Cultivation Pet Shop

Young master Aotian was the first to come back to his senses as he said, "Brother Lin, is what you just said true?"

Young master Hu also quickly came back to his senses and asked, "Brother Lin, this isn't a joke, right?"

Lin Fan gave both of them a serious nod before saying, "This was something that Grand Elder Fu told me, so there's nothing wrong with this."

The expressions on both young master Aotian and young master Hu's face changed after hearing this.

The two of them looked at each other before suddenly standing up at the same time.

"Brother Lin, thank you very much for this information. If there is a chance, I will certainly repay you in the future." Young master Aotian said with cupped hands before running off.

"Brother Lin, I will not forget your kindness from today. I hope that we will meet again soon." Then after that, young master Hu also ran off.

When the people who had been waiting on the side saw the two of them running off, they looked at the other side before following their young masters off.

As for Lin Fan, he just sat in the gazebo taking a sip of his tea with a relaxed look on his face.

It almost seemed like the look of someone who had just caught a large fish in his net.

Well, it wasn't just one large fish, but rather two large fishes.

He didn't think that he would run into the sixth elder's disciple and the sixteenth elder's disciple on his mission to collect information, but since he did, he didn't waste that chance. After all, this was all in preparation for what would happen in two days.

Thinking this, Lin Fan took another sip of his tea before suddenly standing up and heading off.

There were still two more people that he had to meet before the end of the day.

…

When night came, Lin Fan didn't head back to his residence.

Instead, Lin Fan headed to the desolate and remote building where he had met Elder Fu the first time.

After waiting for a bit, Elder Fu suddenly came through the door, but Lin Fan wasn't surprised since he was already waiting for him.

After Elder Fu sat down, Lin Fan asked, "How are things going with the preparations?"

Elder Fu calmly said, "We've already prepared most of the things and we're planning on announcing the event tomorrow." Then after a pause, he said, "I still have my doubts about this."

Lin Fan ignored this and said, "I've told the first elder's disciple, the second elder's disciple, the sixth elder's disciple, and the sixteenth elder's disciple about this event today."

Elder Fu was surprised when he heard this, but he quickly recovered. He even looked at Lin Fan with a look of admiration after he recovered before saying, "You really move fast."

Lin Fan tapped his fingers on the table before saying with a sigh, "Well, it's not like we have much time to work with."

Elder Fu rolled his eyes and said, "Whose fault is that?"

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "There's no other choice. If we delay this for too long, the other elders will have made their preparations and it'll be too late. Also, if we wait too long, the other elders will start getting suspicious. It had to be done as soon as possible."

Elder Fu was about to say something, but then he knitted his brows before swallowing his words. After thinking for a bit, he asked, "What do you mean by the other elders making their preparations?"

Lin Fan raised his hand and swept it out over the table, taking out a few pieces of paper that he just left there.

Elder Fu was surprised to see this, but he also quickly reached his hand out to take them and read over these pieces of paper.

His face filled with more and more shock as he read over these pieces of paper and in the end, it was filled with complete disbelief.

Elder Fu said to himself, "This…They…How could they do all this!" After slapping down the piece of paper in his hand, he asked Lin Fan, "How did you get all of this?"

Lin Fan gave a shrug and said, "I just did a bit of digging around."

Elder Fu put his hand to his face before saying, "I never thought that it was this bad…"

Lin Fan just said with a smile, "I'll leave this matter to you then." Then he said in a serious voice, "Of course, this has to be taken care of before the event."

Elder Fu revealed a bitter smile as he said, "You're just giving me more and more work, aren't you?"

Lin Fan gave another shrug before saying with a smile, "I would help, but I can't do anything when it comes to this. You know that."

Elder Fu gave a nod before giving a sigh, "It's not your fault either, it's all those greedy fools. To think that they were making this many behind the door deals…"

Lin Fan didn't say anything in response to this since there was nothing he could say here.

After a period of silence, Elder Fu suddenly gave another sigh before changing the topic by asking, "Have you prepared the things that you need for the event? If you haven't, I can help you get what you're missing."

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "I've already gotten everything, so you don't need to worry about that."

Elder Fu revealed a concerned look again as he said, "In two days…I still don't like this plan."

Lin Fan gave another shrug and said, "There's no other choice."

Elder Fu just silently looked at Lin Fan for a bit before suddenly standing up. He took the pieces of paper that were on the table and then walked out without another world.

Lin Fan just revealed a faint smile when he saw this, but he didn't say anything either.

After standing there in silence for a few seconds, Lin Fan also suddenly disappeared from this place.

…

Two days later, almost everyone at the Alchemy King Hall headquarters had gathered at the main square in the valley.

This was because just a day ago, there had been a sudden announcement that had shocked everyone.

It was an announcement that no one had expected during this period at the Alchemy King Hall, but it had happened.

The announcement was about an event, but this was no ordinary event. This would be an event that would decide the engagement of the Alchemy Master's disciple.

It was also a very simple event, but it was very competitive.

The event would be an open alchemy contest where everyone could show their alchemy skills. The one that showed the greatest alchemy skills would be the one that would become the Alchemy Master's disciple's fiance.

However, the gimmick of this event was that it wasn't being held as a tournament.

Rather, it was being held as a free for all fight and during the day that the event was being held, anyone could come and refine a pill to be judged. The person that refined the greatest pill would sit atop the throne that had been placed in the center of the square.

Every time that there was a pill that was judged to be superior to the one the person in the throne refined, the person in the throne would be replaced.

At the end of the day, the person who was left sitting on the throne would be the one who would be Song Shu's fiance.

As for the judges, they were a judge panel composed of different elders who had been invited by Elder Fu.

That was the other thing that everyone had been surprised by.

p This event was actually organized by Elder Fu who had been their biggest obstacle in trying to make their disciples Song Shu's fiance.

But it seemed that in the end, the old Elder Fu wasn't able to hold them all off, so he had no choice but to organize this event.

So naturally the elders were happy to join this event as judges.

After all, if they were judges, they could give extra points to their own disciples, which would help them place higher.

So the first, the second, the sixth, and the sixteenth elders all made it onto the panel.

As for the other five, they were random elders along with Elder Fu.

The start of the event wasn't that strong since none of the favourites showed up immediately. In the beginning, it was only the Expert Alchemist disciples of the Master Alchemists and the Junior Alchemists who made pills.

Naturally, there was nothing special about this since their skills were at the bottom of the barrel that was the Alchemy King Hall.

Eventually, one of the Expert Alchemists was firmly placed on the throne, sitting there for over an hour.

Lin Fan had arrived early with the two girls to watch this event, but they hadn't made a move the entire time.

As time passed and noon came, people began wondering where the disciples of the elders were. But after noon passed, the disciples of the elders finally arrived.

At first, it was just a single disciple of a single elder who easily took the throne from the person who was currently sitting on it, but he didn't last long on the throne. Because as soon as the first elder disciple arrived, there were other elder disciples that quickly followed after them.

But even with all these elder disciples, there wasn't a single top candidate that appeared.