When everyone heard Lin Yan say that, they all had a similar thought in their mind,
He must be joking, right?
Xiao Fan and Fei Xu were equally shocked, the former was showing a concerned face but his mocking gaze was pretty obvious, while the latter was genuinely worried about Lin Yan.
Lin Yan did not waste any more time and asked Xiao Fan directly, "Brother Xiao, there is no need to fight if you are scared of getting hurt but you still owe me my money. Mm? How much was it? Aah right! 50 gold coins was it. You didn't forget, do you?"
Listening to Lin Yan's mockery, Xiao Fan's face wasn't very seeing-like, out of patience as he already was, accepted his challenge in front of everybody, not denying the fact that he took Lin Yan's money.
"Alright, I accept your challenge. But..." Xiao Fan paused for a moment, glared at the pouch in Lin Yan's hand, and continued with a weird look on his face, "...but as you said, brother Lin, that I took your money? How about we do this? If you win, I will gladly hand over all your money today, but... If I win, you have to apologise and compensate me, you know, for falsely accusing me in front of everyone."
Fei Xu wanted to advise Lin Yan to not accept Xiao Fan's proposal but he was a bit late as Lin Yan accepted his condition while chuckling in his mind, "It's alright, Have it your way then."
Everyone in the crowd was looking at them as if they were watching an idiotic performance. Some of them were even mocking and laughing at Lin Yan for overestimating himself.
"Ha Ha, this is going to be a good show to start our holiday." one of them said.
"He He, I bet that short guy is going to get his ass kicked." another one of them said.
"Shouldn't we at least try to stop them? He is too young to be fighting him." one of the kind-looking men said, although he didn't even move from his position.
"How about we bet on who will win?" One of the scar-faced men said, but all he got in return was the weirdest look on everyone's faces.
When everyone heard him say that, they looked at him as if he was the greatest fool they had ever seen. While they were sure that the oversized man named Xiao Fan would absolutely win, but to bet on him? They would not do something so foolish when everyone knew who had the advantage over others in the present fight, it wouldn't be even called a gamble. However, the major reason to not bet was that they all had a family to provide for, so they couldn't unreasonably risk their hard-earned money for someone's else childish conflict whom they barely even knew.
After everything was decided on, all the disciples who were present there gave the two of them enough room to fight.
Fei Xu and Hao Xi were also standing in the crowd, a concerned look obviously visible on their face. As per the sect rule, if there is a dispute, someone must be there to stop them in time and judge the winner. Senior Han, who was also present there, was decided to be the judge in their fight. It was because he was the oldest servant disciple in the Servant Hall so they had to give him respect for what he deserved.
...
The brilliant sun was radiating his glorious sunshine over the Luan mountain range that expanded for thousands of kilometres.
The "Luan" name for the massive mountain range was given to it, by the ancestor of the Mystic Wood Sect a few millenniums ago, because of all the varieties of birds that lived in there.
For the reason that the whole mountain range was so vast, it was efficiently divided into three domains— Core region, Inner region and Outer region.
While the two of the former regions were arranged for the sect master, elders and core disciples to live in, the outer region was further separated into two parts— The Inner location and the Outer location.
The Inner location which was near the inner region, was organised for outer disciples to cultivate, and the outer location, which was also known for the starting peaks of the Luan range, was the place where all the servant disciples lived.
In one of those greatest peaks where the servant hall was situated, an unexpected crowd of over sixty servant disciples could be seen just outside the servant hall, encircling two people, an oversized man and a young boy who was half the size of the former one.
Lin Yan who was also pretty excited, looked at Xiao Fan who was standing in front of him at a distance of five metres, his overly large chest puffed out with clear confidence.
Lin Yan and Xiao Fan gazed at Senior Han who was also standing there between them with a slight hunch-back.
Senior Han did not waste any more time and shouted as loudly as he could, "Fight."
As soon as Lin Yan and Xiao Fan heard Senior Han scream his lungs out, they started to dash toward each other.
While being in the third layer of the Mortal Body Realm and also the shorter one among them, Lin Yan was way faster than Xiao Fan, in everyone's eyes, at one point he was just standing there but the next moment, he was already in front of Xiao Fan.
Noticing Lin Yan that had suddenly appeared in front of him scared the shit out of Xiao Fan. He quickly stopped due to his overweight and sent a punch toward Lin Yan that he conjured unknowingly, with no sense of aim whatsoever.
Lin Yan easily dodged his attack and as a counterattack, returned a swift kick toward his left kidney's position. Xiao Fan who was making up for the sudden change, grimaced as he saw Lin Yan's kick making way near his lower ribcage. He tried to stop his kick but it was too late. As soon as Lin Yan's foot landed on Xiao Fan with high velocity, a shrill cry sounded in everyone's ears.
"Aaahhhhh..." Xiao Fan started to groan in pain loudly, his hands roaming softly all over the spot where he got kicked, in the hope of easing the pain.
Even after seeing Xiao Fan like this Lin Yan did not stop, moving his little body as swiftly as he could, he came behind Xiao Fan and kicked his butt with all the strength he could muster up in the heat of the moment.
"Ahhh~~"
Xiao Fan tumbled down and began to wriggle all over the ground. His face clearly showed that he was in a lot of discomfort. Lin Yan saw his pathetic self and stopped himself from doing any more damage. Lin Yan understood that even if he hated him so much but Xiao Fan was still a mortal, so, there was no point for him to act further. He was also worried that it would only bring him trouble if he accidentally killed him.
Senior Han looked at Xiao Fan's miserable condition and then at Lin Yan, who was standing there shrugging his shoulder when his gaze met with him. Senior Han was amazed as he saw Lin Yan win against someone who had a huge advantage over him in terms of weight, height and age.
Everyone present there had dumbfounded expressions on their faces, unable to understand how could Xiao Fan lost to Lin Yan so easily.
Fei Xu and Hao Xi were also seemingly astonished to see their junior brother Lin beat the crap out of Xiao Fan in front of their eyes.
There was only a single person who was not shocked but had a straight look on his face as if he knew what would be the result before the match.
It was Wang Li, an outer disciple of the Mystic Wood Sect.
When Wang Li was busy distributing the money, he heard all the cheerful sounds that were coming from the outside of the servant hall, so he quickly arrived and noticed that a crowd had gathered over in the next field to the servant hall.
He soon reached there and also observed their fight. At first glance, he discerned the strength behind Lin Yan's kick which left him perplexed. He noticed that the strength behind that kick was way past what a mortal could achieve. So, he waited quietly until the match was finished.
"Lin Yan won the match." Senior Han declared that as he saw that Xiao Fan had already fainted after crying his lungs out.
Just as everyone was going to surround Lin Yan to congratulate him, a loud voice sounded that caused everyone to look at the person who was walking step by step toward Lin Yan.
Senior brother Wang Li... Sh*t did I caused too much trouble?
Lin Yan stood there in his position, not even daring to move forward to greet Wang Li.
Wang Li arrived beside him and a thoughtful expression was on his face before he said, "Hm. Lin Yan, right?"
Lin Yan simply nodded toward Wang Li.
Wang Li smiled as he saw his reactions but did not care about it. He took out a wooden token from his robe and threw it toward Lin Yan. Lin Yan did not want to piss him off, quickly caught the token and looked at Wang Li silently with a calm gaze.
"It's a token for the outer sect entrance examination. It would be three weeks later from today. Just come to the outer sect gate if you want to... That's it." Wang Li said with a friendly composure and turned around to return to the servant hall.
Lin Yan calmed his nerves down as he saw him walk away but he again freaked out when he saw him stop midway.
"Ooh right, there is one more thing." Wang Li suddenly stopped and gazed at Xiao Fan, then at Lin Yan and continued, "How much money did he owe you?"
Lin Yan replied calmly, "Fifty gold coins."
Wang Li nodded and said softly, "I see.." He stopped and took out a pouch bigger than a normal one, from out of nowhere which surprised everyone and Lin Yan too.
A storage ring, maybe?
Wang Li threw the pouch over Xiao Fan's fainted body and disappeared, leaving everyone flabbergasted.
He is stronger than what rumours say... Phew...
With Wang Li's sudden disappearance, everyone sighed in relief and began to congratulate Lin Yan while keeping their distance from him.
Lin Yan just nodded and picked up his money, not caring about the clowns.
Fei Xu, Hao Xi and Senior Han also congratulated him personally after they saw Wang Li gave Lin Yan some kind of outer sect token.
"Ha ha, brother Lin. Please don't forget your fellow brothers after you joined the outer sect..." Fei Xu teased him, but Lin Yan only gave a resolute answer.
"Senior brother Fei. It's still not decided yet. You know."
"Haha, you are right. I'm just excited today. That's all. Haha..." Fei Xu said while laughing his heart out that somehow pissed Lin Yan, but he didn't mind it since Fei Xu helped him many times in the past. Lin Yan remembered that he owed him some money so he quickly returned it all.
Moving on.
As they were busy in their conversation, Senior Han was the first to say goodbye. After that, only three of them were left.
Lin Yan was also about to leave but when he heard Hao Xi say something that he actually forgot, he cursed himself for being so stupid.
"Hehe, brothers... How about we go to the same place as before?" Hao Xi suggested.
Fei Xu nodded and looked toward Lin Yan.
But in Lin Yan's mind, there was only a single thought going on.
It's endless brothel time... Time to f**k, cough!! no, to increase strength!!