Chapter 147: Take Your Challenge and Get Out!!!

“Little Uncle, you’re incredible!”

The moment Lin Fan emerged, Jiang Xuesheng let out a thunderous cry and threw himself at him.

Bang!

Lin Fan sent Jiang Xuesheng flying with a punch. He dusted off his hands and grinned. When one was sleepy, someone delivered a pillow—and this was a first-rate punching bag. Not bad, not bad at all!

That punch eased some of the frustration weighing on him, though he still felt rather stifled.

“Negative emotion points from Jiang Xuesheng: +666!”

Yang Xiao watched Jiang Xuesheng vanish into the horizon and silently mourned him for three minutes. He then walked up to Lin Fan and extended his hand.

“Congratulations on completing the test—and on breaking through all nineteen levels in succession. Impressive, truly impressive. I never expected your actual strength to surpass even mine. We should spar sometime!”

“Why wait? Let’s do it now!”

Lin Fan clasped his hand, a hint of excitement shining in his eyes. Not only had someone delivered a pillow, but now they were offering him a quilt as well.

“Er…”

Yang Xiao was speechless. He had merely been making polite conversation. Even if they really were going to spar, they should find a suitable place and arrange it for another day. How had Lin Fan taken him seriously and wanted to fight immediately?

“Another day.”

Yang Xiao tried to withdraw his hand. Now was not the time. Lin Fan had passed both major tests, which meant Yang Xiao should take him to accept an S-rank mission.

But when Yang Xiao pulled, his hand did not budge. He tried again with greater force, yet Lin Fan still held it in an iron grip.

Yang Xiao: “...?”

“Negative emotion points from Yang Xiao: +666!”

Yang Xiao looked at Lin Fan and ventured, “How about now, then?”

Whoosh!

Lin Fan released his hand and smiled politely.

“That would be perfect.”

“Negative emotion points from Yang Xiao: +999!”

Lin Fan left the classroom and slowly made his way toward the Secluded Valley Residence. As he recalled beating Yang Xiao two days earlier, the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifted into a faint smile.

In the end, when Jiang Xuesheng returned from afar, the first thing he said was, “Who is this pig-headed fellow? Why is he wearing Senior Yang Xiao’s clothes?”

And so Yang Xiao contributed several more waves of negative emotion points.

Just as Lin Fan was reminiscing about the scene, several figures suddenly appeared before him. They were all eighteen or nineteen years old, and they blocked his path.

“Stop! You’re Lin Fan, aren’t you? This is a challenge letter from Fan Shuo of the Heavenly Dynasty Association. If you have the courage, come to the Heavenly Dynasty Association in three days and fight!”

One of the youths tossed a bright-red letter onto the ground before Lin Fan and spoke arrogantly.

“Who is Fan Shuo? I don’t know him. Why should I accept his challenge just because he wants to challenge me?”

Lin Fan did not even glance at the letter lying on the ground. He simply walked past the youths and continued forward.

The youths’ expressions changed. If an ordinary person had shown them such contempt, they would have already taught him a lesson. Unfortunately, they did not dare act now. They were only at the early Meridian Opening realm, while Lin Fan was someone capable of defeating Wu Di. His strength far surpassed theirs.

“Lin Fan, don’t regret this. Don’t think that because you’re in the Heavenly Book Academy and your family is under the academy’s protection, we won’t dare touch you. Once you graduate, the academy will no longer protect your family. A family with only a few Meridian Opening experts could be wiped out by us with a wave of the hand. Do you believe that?”

The youths were furious, yet they still did not dare attack. All they could do was threaten him.

They had already investigated Lin Fan’s family thoroughly. It was merely a tiny clan from Azure Snow Commandery, with only a few Meridian Opening experts guarding it.

For people like them, destroying the Lin family would be effortless. All they needed to do was say the word, and countless forces would gladly eliminate the family on their behalf.

The only reason they did not act now was that Lin Fan was still a student of the Heavenly Book Academy, and his family remained under the academy’s protection.

But once Lin Fan graduated, even if he broke through to the Flowing Stream realm, he would still be nothing in their eyes.

At that time, destroying the Lin family after it lost the academy’s protection would be as easy as turning over a hand.

Step!

Hearing the youth’s words, Lin Fan, who had already walked several paces away, suddenly stopped. He slowly turned around and said coolly, “Are you threatening me?”

“So what if I am?”

The youth stepped forward and stared directly at Lin Fan. He was rather proud of himself. He had not personally challenged Lin Fan, and he did not believe Lin Fan would dare attack him.

He looked at Lin Fan and said, “Don’t think that possessing a little talent gives you the right to do whatever you want. In truth, you’re nothing.”

“Brother Shuo said that if you don’t dare accept the challenge, he will send every Heavenly Dynasty Association member currently in the academy to surround your Secluded Valley Residence. They won’t challenge you or attack you. They’ll simply block the way and prevent anyone from leaving.”

“As long as you refuse to accept the challenge, forget cultivating in the Heart-Mind Tower or studying martial techniques in the Archives Pavilion—you won’t even be able to step through your front door!”

At the end of his speech, a mocking glint flashed through the youth’s eyes.

To be fair, the Heavenly Book Academy had many rules protecting its students, but some loopholes were unavoidable. Naturally, the academy turned a blind eye to certain matters.

After all, what the academy wanted was competition among its students—the survival of the fittest.

Lin Fan remained completely unmoved. He merely stared at the youth and said calmly, “You told me it was a threat, and then asked what I could do about it. Is that right?”

The youth met Lin Fan’s tranquil gaze. The slight pride that had risen in his heart after speaking those words vanished instantly.

“What are you going to do?”

The youth took a step back, mysterious energy surging through his body. He had the distinct feeling that Lin Fan meant him no good.

“Nothing much. Take your challenge letter and get lost. I refuse that Fan Shuo’s challenge.”

Lin Fan spoke indifferently. Then his tone abruptly changed.

“But you can also tell him this: three days from now, I’ll go to the headquarters of the Heavenly Dynasty Association myself and issue a challenge. We’ll fight to the death. And I won’t be challenging him alone—I challenge the entire Heavenly Dynasty Association. Anyone who refuses to submit may come at me. There will be no concern for life or death!”

With that, Lin Fan did not wait for the youth to reply. He raised his hand and, like someone swatting a fly, slapped the youth hard across the face before he had time to react.

The youth flew backward with a resounding bang.

The other youths behind him hurriedly caught him, but Lin Fan had used such tremendous force that they were all sent staggering backward as well.

When they finally steadied themselves, they discovered that the youth in their arms had already fainted. His face was swollen beyond recognition, and several teeth had fallen out.

“Anyone in the Heavenly Dynasty Association who holds hostile intentions toward me—if you’re a man and have the courage, come at me together!”

Lin Fan’s voice drifted back from far ahead. The youths suddenly looked up, only to discover that he had already gone.

Inside the fifth level of the Heart-Mind Tower, Lin Fan sat cross-legged and softly murmured, “Three days will be enough.”

The Heart-Mind Tower had seven levels in total, though only the first five were currently open to students. The first level consumed one hundred merit points per day, the second three hundred, the third five hundred, and the fourth one thousand. The fifth level, where Lin Fan was cultivating, consumed five thousand merit points per day.

Of course, one day of cultivation on the fifth level was equivalent to ten days outside. Three days there amounted to an entire month of cultivation in the outside world.

Moreover, Lin Fan had now finished organizing his cultivation techniques. Given how formidable they were, three days of cultivation could rival more than three months for anyone else.

In other words, three days of cultivation on the fifth level of the Heart-Mind Tower were equivalent to four months of ordinary cultivation.

Naturally, Lin Fan’s foundation was also incomparably deep, making breakthroughs far more difficult. The time and energy he needed were countless times greater than what ordinary people required.

Thus, although he cultivated quickly compared with others, he did not consider himself fast at all.

After so many days, his negative emotion points had once again surpassed three hundred million. Aside from the people who had contributed before, the Heavenly Dynasty Association and the organizations beneath it had also supplied him with a considerable amount.

There were additional sources as well: the negative news surrounding Xie Haichao’s death, the emotions of his family and clan, the envy and resentment of the Gods and Demons Alliance after he broke through the nineteenth level, and the jealousy aroused whenever he answered questions in class.

In any case, with vast quantities of negative emotion points pouring in every day, Lin Fan could no longer keep track of all the scattered contributions.

In three days, he would break through to the Meridian Opening realm and gain enough strength to contend head-on with an early Flowing Stream expert.

By “contend head-on,” he meant without relying on his many other methods—an honest fight. He would not even need to use his saber techniques.

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