Cultivation Pet Shop

Both Lin Fan and the regular disciple were surprised by this voice.

When they turned to look in the direction that the voice came from, they found that there was already a crowd that had gathered.

Without any hesitation, Lin Fan and the regular disciple walked in the direction of the crowd to see what was happening.

As soon as they came closer, they could hear the sounds of arguing coming from the center of the circle. While it wasn't as loud as before, they could hear how intense the arguing between the two sides was.

"You think that you can just come here and take our herbs like this? Who do you think you are?" The one who said this was dressed in the uniform of a Junior Alchemist who was also the leader of a group of Junior Alchemists.

The one who was facing him on the other side was wearing the uniform of an Expert Alchemist and was clearly someone of higher standing, but the group of Junior Alchemists didn't back down in front of him.

In fact, Junior Alchemists were treated as servants in the Alchemy King Hall. While they were technically alchemists who studied at the Alchemy King Hall, they were mainly used as servants because even if they were Junior Alchemists, they were still considered at the bottom of the rung.

Those that were Expert Alchemists were the ones that were the disciples of higher ranking alchemists or even elders, so it was strange that the Junior Alchemists would stand up to this person.

The Expert Alchemist said, "Just hand over the herbs already. The sixth elder was coincidentally missing these herbs for a pill that he was making." Then he revealed a threatening expression as he said in a sharp tone, "Are you saying that you're trying to go against the sixth elder?"

When the Junior Alchemists heard this, they immediately flinched.

Going against an elder, that was something that these Junior Alchemists would never dare to do since that would mean that it would be the end of their time at the Alchemist King Hall.

To become an elder, one had to be at least a Grandmaster Alchemist.

Putting aside their alchemy skills, they were all also Nascent Soul Realm Experts.

Not a single one of the elders were simple and each one had the ability to crush their families.

However, even when faced with the threat of the elder, the leader of the Junior Alchemists didn't back down.

That was because he had someone who was backing him.

"Is this how the sixth elder goes about doing things? He just takes whatever he wants from other people like a brute?"

When the Expert Alchemist heard this, he immediately knitted his brows and looked around for the source of this voice. When he finally saw the person who the crowd parted for, he immediately narrowed his eyes as a trace of worry appeared in them.

It was clear by his reaction that he recognized this person.

The person who spoke walked over to the Expert Alchemist and said, "If the sixth elder really needed these herbs, he could have just asked the logistics department for supplies. Is there a need to come and harass our herb gardens like this?" By the end of his words, his voice had turned ice cold.

When the Expert Alchemist heard this, he flinched slightly. However, before he could say anything, there was someone else who suddenly walked through the crowd.

"Brother Aotian, you can't put it like that. You should know how tight supplies are in our Alchemy King Hall, so the sixth elder was just thinking about the logistics department."

The boy who had been addressed as Brother Aotian looked at the person who walked through the crowd and narrowed his eyes. After staring at this person who just arrived for a bit, he said, "Brother Hu, you can't say it like that. Our herb gardens are suffering from the same problem as the rest of the Alchemy King Hall, so our supplies are just as low."

The man who had been called Brother Hu said with a smile, "But everyone knows that your herb gardens here are the most prosperous out of all the herb gardens in the Alchemy King Hall. Even now, I can see that there's plenty of the herbs that my master wants."

Brother Aotian shook his head and said with a sigh, "It's a pity that our master also needs these herbs, so we can't spare any for the sixth elder."

Brother Hu's smile became colder as he said, "Brother Aotian, it's just a few herbs. Are you really saying that you can't spare these herbs at all?"

Brother Aotian looked right at him and said with the same cold smile, "Unfortunately, we can't spare any of these herbs at all. Master is preparing to refine a new pill and he needs extras just in case."

Brother Hu said with a hint of ridicule in his voice, "Oh, is the sixteenth elder not confident in the new pill that he is refining? If that's the case, then I guess we'll have no choice but to look elsewhere."

Brother Aotian said with the same hint of ridicule, "Our master believes in being prepared at all times, so he likes keeping extra sets of herbs just in case anything happens…"

As his voice drifted off, even though he didn't say it, it was clear what he was implying.

This was a jab at the sixth elder, saying that the sixth elder was sloppy and didn't prepare anything in advance.

The exchange of words continued between the two sides as they kept indirectly insulting each other.

For Lin Fan who had been watching on the side, it wasn't hard for him to guess what was happening. After all, when they stated it this clearly, it was hard for him to misunderstand the situation.

The sixth elder had clearly sent these people here to harass the people of the sixteenth elder since this was the territory of the sixteenth elder. As for the two who had appeared afterwards, they were the disciples of the sixth and sixteenth elders respectively.

But Lin Fan knew who they were because of a different reason.

It was because he had just heard about these two from the regular disciple.

The sixth elder's disciple was one of the top candidates when it came to Song Shu's engagement and the sixteenth elder's disciple was the dark horse from an unknown faction.

That was who these two were.

Lin Fan knitted his brows to think for a bit before he suddenly started moving towards the two of them.

The crowd had been focused on the exchange between the two sides at first, but then when the people saw Lin Fan walking through, they started making a path for him. Even if Lin Fan had only just arrived yesterday, he was already quite famous in the Alchemy King Hall because of the banquet that the elders had hosted for him yesterday.

All of the normal alchemists in the Alchemy King Hall had already found a picture of him and memorized his face.

After all, they knew that he was someone that they couldn't offend, so it was better to remember what he looked like.

However, they couldn't help being surprised seeing Lin Fan walking towards the dispute between the sixth elder and the sixteenth elder.

Normally speaking, he wouldn't be getting himself involved in this since this was something that was unrelated to him. That was, unless he had a reason to get involved…

Could it be that Lin Fan was also interested in…?

But that was just the speculation that they had and before they received any concrete proof, no one dared to spread any rumours.

Still, that didn't mean that they couldn't keep watching.

After Lin Fan made his way through the crowd, he walked in between the two sides to the surprise of the two sides.

The two disciples who had been quipping with each other were taken aback by Lin Fan's sudden appearance, but once they saw who it was, they immediately revealed smiles and greeted him.

Brother Hu was the first one to greet him by saying, "Brother Lin, it's an honour to see you. Are you going around for a walk?"

Brother Aotian quickly followed with, "Brother Lin, I've been looking forward to meeting you. Are you free right now? We can go have some tea if you have the time."

Lin Fan just greeted the two of them before saying, "There's something that I have to discuss in secret with the two of you. Do you two have some time right now?"

The two of them were surprised by Lin Fan's words, but they didn't reject him.

After all, this was someone whose talent wasn't inferior to the Alchemy Master's disciple. In fact, many of the elders who had tested him even thought that he was more skilled than the Alchemy Master's disciple.

If the Alchemy Master had been here, it would have been very likely that the Alchemy Master would have taken him as a disciple.

With this kind of talent, it was clear that his position in the Alchemy King Hall wouldn't be low.

That meant that this was someone that they would want to pull to their side.

So the two of them followed Lin Fan to a separate gazebo and after they had sat down, Lin Fan suddenly said a few things to the two of them.

As soon as they heard what Lin Fan said to them, they revealed shocked looks.