The wooden chest containing a thousand taels of silver had been sent by servants to Rain-Listening Pavilion, where he lived, since it was inconvenient to carry.
After calming his excited emotions, Fang Han settled himself and began the day's cultivation.
Lin Ao might have been strong, but only among Liangshui City's younger generation. In all of Qingyang Prefecture, he amounted to nothing. He absolutely could not grow arrogant and complacent because of this.
Yet outside, because of him, enormous waves had already been stirred.
After leaving Pine Wave Pavilion, Elder Fang Yuan did not immediately return to rest. Instead, he sought out several instructors responsible for the Inner Hall's daily affairs.
With unconcealable radiance on his face, he told the instructors the news that Fang Han had defeated Lin Ao.
Naturally, in order to encourage the Inner Hall disciples, the instructors spread the news throughout the Inner Hall.
The news was like cold water splashed into a cauldron of boiling oil, exploding through the Inner Hall in an instant!
"Have you heard? Fang Han... Fang Han defeated Lin Ao!"
"Which Lin Ao? Could it be... Lin Ao from the Lin Family?!"
"Damn it! Is there a second Lin Ao in Liangshui City? It's that Lin Ao, the one hailed as the number one among the younger generation!"
"Is that for real?! Fang Han actually... actually beat him?!"
"Absolutely true! The instructors said it themselves!"
"My heavens! How long has it even been? He's been in the Inner Hall for less than a year, right? Is... is he even human?!"
"After Lin Ao became the number one among the younger generation, weren't those Lin Family Inner Hall disciples awfully arrogant whenever they saw us? Let's see them keep acting arrogant now!"
"Chief Fang Han is mighty!"
After the initial dead silence