All Coincidence?
Back at Qilian Marketplace, Lin Fan had Lin'er follow Feng Ling to the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect.
This time, when he returned to the Blood Demon Sect, his explanation to outsiders was that the marketplace had descended into chaos that day, and the little girl had accidentally gone missing, likely dying at the hands of Ghostly Creatures.
It was a very convincing excuse. After all, quite a few Demon Sect disciples had met gruesome deaths at the hands of Ghostly Creatures that day.
Lin Fan had thought that when the Blood Soul Peak Master said she would arrange a Dao companion for him, she would once again arrange a cauldron for Gathering Essence. He had never expected Senior Sister Mei to be the one who came.
Senior Sister Mei was the Peak Master's personally taught disciple, and now she was an elder with considerable authority on Blood Soul Peak.
When Lin Fan learned that Senior Sister Mei was to be his Dao companion, it was a lie to say he had not been moved.
Inside the cave abode, the two looked at each other in silence, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
Looking at Mei Zhuang before him, Lin Fan said awkwardly, "Senior Sister, don't you have anything to say?"
Seeing that she remained silent, Lin Fan forced himself to continue. "If you aren't willing, I'll go speak to the Peak Master."
"How do you know I'm unwilling?"
Her beautiful eyes swept over Lin Fan, and Mei Zhuang spoke in a cool voice. "Even if it weren't you, it would be someone else."
Lin Fan froze, then fell silent.
"You shouldn't have come back."
Mei Zhuang suddenly spoke.
Lin Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Senior Sister, do you think I could have left?"
"The Flowing Cloud