Feeling Lin Fan's gaze on him, Xiao Huohuo felt a little disgusted.
It was as though everything lay within Lin Fan's grasp, like a cat toying with a mouse! And he was the mouse in Lin Fan's eyes.
Indeed, Xiao Huohuo had fled the Drunken Immortal Pavilion like a homeless dog, with everyone clamoring to beat him, while Lin Fan was surrounded by a crowd, noble and beyond reach. One stood in the heavens, the other in the dirt.
"This boy is actually the Medicine Immortal Valley's successor?"
After seeing Xiao Huohuo's medicinal cauldron, the Drunken Immortal Pavilion master's eyes narrowed slightly as he finally recognized its origins.
Hearing the Drunken Immortal Pavilion master's words, Lin Fan looked surprised. "The Medicine Immortal Valley?"
He had naturally heard of the Medicine Immortal Valley, a great secluded sect.
The Medicine Immortal Valley was a major lineage in Archaic, with a long heritage and deep foundations. It was said to have been left behind by a Pill Immortal, a lineage that even supreme imperial clans dared not offend lightly.
All because it was a sect composed entirely of alchemists.
Although alchemists were not strong in combat, everyone knew how important medicinal pills were to cultivators. Whether healing injuries or breaking through cultivation realms, they could not do without pills.
Thus, alchemists wielded tremendous influence, their networks of connections extending throughout the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land.
Even a Great Emperor had to weigh the influence of a powerful alchemist.
Anyone else encountering the Medicine Immortal Valley's successor would certainly have been wary. Unfortunately, Xiao Huohuo had encountered Lin Fan, who did not care in the slightest and discreetly checked Xiao Huohuo's personal panel.
[Son of Fortune's name: Xiao Huohuo] [Identity: descendant of the ancient imperial Xiao Clan, young master of the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, disciple of the Pill Immortal] [Realm: peak Spirit Sea Realm] [Physique: Endless Fire Physique] [Techniques: Burning Codex, Divine Wrath Fire Lotus...] [Life script: a genius in his youth, he became a good-for-nothing upon breaking through. After suffering the humiliation of Nalan Jia breaking off their engagement, he suddenly rose to prominence in the Kun Sect. After obtaining the Purifying Lotus Immortal Flame, he advanced by leaps and bounds. To prove his Dao and become the Fire Emperor, he sought to destroy the supreme imperial Lin Clan, then later disappeared!]
A descendant of the ancient imperial Xiao Clan!
The Pill Immortal's disciple!
After reading Xiao Huohuo's identity, physique, techniques, and other details, Lin Fan marveled inwardly. As expected of an epic-tier Son of Fortune, everything was maxed out.
It seemed the remnant soul attached to Xiao Huohuo was the Pill Immortal.
He had heard that the Pill Immortal was the founding patriarch of the Medicine Immortal Valley. Had he actually survived until now?
Tap! Tap!
While Lin Fan was thinking, Xiao Huohuo also struggled briefly before making his decision. Riding his cauldron, he approached Lin Fan with unwavering resolve.
The hatred for his father's murder and his clan's destruction needed no further words!
Many people had learned Xiao Huohuo's identity and could not help looking surprised. They all found it interesting that he actually did not fear the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion.
Just then, his master's weak voice reached Xiao Huohuo's ears. "Huo'er, leave at once. Don't act rashly."
"This boy's monstrous talent far exceeds my imagination!"
"Even in my Immortal Ancient Era, there were few such monstrous talents. Every one of them became a 'king' in the future. You aren't-you aren't his match for now!"
Xiao Huohuo smiled, choosing to act despite knowing it could not be done. "No, Master. Forgive Huo'er for disobeying you this once. This boy and I cannot live beneath the same sky. If I don't kill him, I'll betray my true heart!"
"Huo'er, you... ah, forget it, forget it! I've lived long enough, too..."
Dan Chen let out a long sigh, feeling somewhat relieved. He understood his disciple's nature: he valued affection and loyalty far too deeply. That was precisely why he had taken him as his disciple. It was a virtue, but it could also be the flaw that sent him to his grave.
"Xun'er! I've disappointed you! I couldn't bring you back to the Xiao Clan as my wife!" A lovely figure surfaced in Xiao Huohuo's mind. He gave a regretful smile, before his gaze gradually grew resolute.
"Xiao Huohuo, how dare you!"
"The Imperial Scion hasn't even settled the score with you for injuring my clan's Sage, and you're already looking to die?"
Seeing Xiao Huohuo charge over on his cauldron, Ji Kun could not help shouting. Xiao Huohuo was too terrifying now; even he had no confidence in making a move. Lin Fan remained calm throughout.
"Hmph, there's no need for the Imperial Scion to act!"
"This boy dared break my Drunken Immortal Pavilion's rules, destroy its property, and treat its dignity as nothing! I shall naturally capture him myself."
As he spoke, the Drunken Immortal Pavilion master struck with thunderous force. Surging imperial might poured out, shattering the entire void inch by inch. An enormous palm enveloped heaven and earth as it grabbed at Xiao Huohuo!
So what if he was the Medicine Immortal Valley's successor?
That status could not compare to the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion.
The Drunken Immortal Pavilion had a mysterious and ancient heritage, suspected to date back to the Immortal Ancient Era and to be connected to immortals of the Primordial Chaos Realm. As its master, he knew quite a few of the Lin Clan's secrets. The Lin Clan was not so simple.
A damaged imperial weapon inadvertently sliced open the void. Xiao Huohuo wanted to charge at Lin Fan, but in truth, this was Elder Dan's means: looking toward Lin Fan and uttering threats, he entered the Primordial Chaos Realm ahead of time.
A Great Emperor!
Ji Kun was so frightened that his legs went weak.
Lin Fan glanced at the pavilion master in surprise. Seeing his fat wobble, and that attire... he simply could not associate this man with a Great Emperor.
Rumble!
Xiao Huohuo also erupted with unimaginable might, his presence climbing toward the Sage King and Quasi-Emperor levels.
It was unbelievable. How could a mere Spirit Sea Realm cultivator unleash such terrifying might?
The Ancient Spirit Emperor Flame burned heaven and earth like an eerie fire lotus. Cold swept through wherever it passed, burning the void to nothing as it slammed toward the enormous palm.
Rumble!
The two forces collided, unleashing incomparable might. A massive mushroom cloud soared into the sky, sweeping across a million li and shaking heaven and earth.
The surrounding cultivators were all utterly horrified. Wasn't this two fucking Great Emperors fighting?
Seeing such terrifying power, Ji Kun could not help swallowing. "Is he dead?" he murmured.
Lin Fan shook his head. The system had made no announcement, so Xiao Huohuo was still alive. Purple-gold divine light flashed in his eyes, and another pupil appeared in the white of each eye as his Double Pupils pierced through illusion.
[Ding! Xiao Huohuo has been gravely wounded and lost his damaged imperial weapon, the medicinal cauldron. x80,000] [Ding! Dan Chen has burned his divine soul, damaged his origin, and fallen into a near-death state. Villain Points obtained: x100,000]
The imperial might was terrifying. Even with his Double Pupils, Lin Fan dared not investigate recklessly, lest he suffer unimaginable devouring. Only after the storm subsided somewhat could he make out a little.
He was not the only one who saw the scene before them. The Drunken Immortal Pavilion master and the various powerful figures lurking in the shadows saw it too.
At the center of the destruction, countless fissures formed black holes that devoured everything.
One mass of immortal light was particularly dazzling, enveloping a figure whose eyes were tightly closed. He was covered in blood, his whole body curled up.
Who else could it be but Xiao Huohuo?
He actually wasn't dead!
Suddenly, a small opening split the void beside him, revealing a vast, emerald-green world like an immortal paradise.
It was the Primordial Chaos Realm!
Many powerful figures' pupils contracted. Just as the small opening was about to close, the immortal light flashed, carrying Xiao Huohuo inside and vanishing from this world.
"He survived even that? And entered the secret realm!"
Upon learning Xiao Huohuo was still alive, the cultivators erupted in an uproar, unable to believe it. This had to be fake, right?
A minor Spirit Sea Realm cultivator had survived a Great Emperor's attack. At the very least, he could brag about it for the rest of his life.
Even the Drunken Immortal Pavilion master's expression could not help shifting darkly. A dignified Great Emperor had personally acted, yet failed to capture a little brat. It was an utter disgrace!
However, he seemed to have sensed a force that did not belong to an emperor!
It was very likely... an immortal!
An existence belonging to Archaic's legends!
Lin Fan remained calm.
He had gained a hundred and eighty thousand Villain Points without having to lift a finger. That felt pretty good!
There had been no surprises in what happened before him. Everything had gone as he expected.
How could an immortal's disciple die so easily?
Xiao Huohuo's next step should be to obtain a tremendous opportunity!
The reason he was in no hurry to act was that he knew Xiao Huohuo would not die so easily yet, and he did not want to put himself in danger either.
However, Lin Fan reckoned that Xiao Huohuo had exhausted his trump cards this time, with the Pill Immortal near death and his imperial weapon lost.
Their next meeting would be the day Xiao Huohuo died!