"Who?" Jiang Fan asked, puzzled.
"Oh dear!" the fat man exclaimed in a flustered manner, " Shan Taixiao! That good-for-nothing!"
Seeing that Jiang Fan still didn't understand who Shan Taixiao was, the fat man continued to explain, "Have you forgotten that guy who kept making sarcastic remarks during the Five-School League?"
Only then did Jiang Fan remember that there was such a despicable person.
"So you're talking about him? Just a High-Stage Third Rank. Wasn't he so scared that he ran off to the Inner Wilderness Zone to train before? Where does he get the confidence to challenge me now?"
"He's no longer High-Stage Third Rank!"
"Oh? You broke through?" Jiang Fan's tone carried a hint of surprise.
Although this is not just a breakthrough in a small realm, the threshold from the Lower Three Ranks to the Middle Three Ranks is not so easy to cross.
"You guessed right, he's currently at the Early-Stage Fourth Rank!"
"Something's not right." Jiang Fan quickly realized something was amiss. "Back in the Five-School League, he personally witnessed my pack of Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros. Even Chao Yang, Early-Stage Fifth Rank, and the You brothers, You Zhong and You Zhong Late-Stage Fourth Rank You Shi, fled in terror. He's only just been promoted to the Early-Stage Fourth Rank. Who gave him the courage to challenge me to a Life-and-Death Arena?"
"I was wondering about this beforehand too, so I inquired about it beforehand. Guess what? Never mind, time is of the essence, so I won't beat around the bush with you. That kid somehow got a Pseudo Spirit Weapon!"
"What?!" Jiang Fan was starting to get restless.
It wasn't out of fear, but because Pseudo Spirit Weapon were extremely rare.
I'd only ever seen it before in the hands of the Holy Son of the Church of Justice.
" Pseudo Spirit Weapon? Are you sure you didn't mishear?"
"I was incredibly surprised when I heard that. After all, given Shan Taixiao's background, there's no way he could have gotten his hands on a Pseudo Spirit Weapon. Let alone the Shan Family, even our Pill Pavilion doesn't have many in stock. Besides, these kinds of things are one-time use items; even if they had them, they'd be kept as collectibles, only entrusted to important direct descendants or geniuses for life-saving purposes in special circumstances. While Shan Taixiao has some talent, he's not a Shan Family, nor is he the most talented genius in the family. So even if the Shan Family really did possess such a Pseudo Spirit Weapon, they wouldn't give it to him."
Jiang Fan fell silent.
A moment later, he stood up. "Let's go take a look."
Soon, the two arrived at the Life-and-Death Arena.
The place is packed with people; judging by the scale, almost all the teachers and students from the entire school have arrived.
" Jiang Fan, you've finally arrived! I thought you were going to hide like a coward, hahaha--"
Jin Kai stepped out of the crowd, his face full of sarcasm.
Jiang Fan didn't even glance at Jin Kai, walking straight past him and heading towards the arena.
hateful!
Jin Kai clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, his back teeth almost grinding to powder.
But soon a smile returned to his face, a sinister and chilling smirk.
Turning around, she watched Jiang Fan's departing figure with the same look she had of a corpse.
He's just a dead man who's about to die. He's the legitimate young master of the Jin Family, the future head of the Jin Family. Why should he get angry with a dead man like you?
Thinking of this, Jin Kai turned his gaze and landed on Shan Taixiao standing on the stage.
Upon receiving Jin Kai's gaze, the latter immediately revealed a fawning and determined smile.
The exchange of glances between the two was extremely subtle and difficult for others to notice, but Jiang Fan, as Spirit Master, clearly caught it.
Are these two in cahoots?
Could it be that the Pseudo Spirit Weapon that Shan Taixiao was given to him by the Jin Family?
After this analysis, Jiang Fan felt that he must have found out the truth.
The fat man said that with the strength of the Shan Family, it was impossible for them to possess Pseudo Spirit Weapon.
But if it's the Jin Family, it's much easier.
" Brother Fan, I know how capable you are, but it's still best to be careful," the fat man reminded him worriedly.
"Hey! Fatty, are you doubting my Brother Thigh's abilities? Or do you lack confidence in him? He's just a Shan Taixiao. Even if ten or a hundred more came, they wouldn't be enough to blow up in front of my Brother Thigh."
Zhou Yanchen crossed his arms, his expression incredibly arrogant, as if it wasn't Jiang Fan who was so cocky, but himself.
Actually, for Zhou Yanchen, Jiang Fan's awesomeness was equivalent to his own awesomeness. After all, he had excellent taste; he chose Jiang Fan at first sight, which was a kind of awesomeness in itself, wasn't it?
" Zhou Tiantian, can you please stop licking like that? Aren't you afraid of disgusting my Brother Fan?"
"Ugh! Give me back my Brother Fan! That's clearly my Brother Thigh!"
My home!
"Bullshit! It's clearly my house!"
I can't stand it.
Jiang Fan dashed onto the stage as if fleeing, wanting to stay with the two guys, afraid he'd catch their infection.
Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Shan Taixiao standing opposite him.
"I'm very curious, who gave you the courage to challenge me to a Life-and-Death Arena? Don't tell me it was that Pseudo Spirit Weapon."
He didn't believe in that Pseudo Spirit Weapon.
He believed that Shan Taixiao hadn't publicized his possession of Pseudo Spirit Weapon and had instead used it to surprise the competition.
But the problem now is that everyone knows Shan Taixiao possesses Pseudo Spirit Weapon. If he's careful and doesn't give Shan Taixiao a chance to use the Pseudo Spirit Weapon to launch a sneak attack, wouldn't the conspiracy fall apart on its own?
"Hmph!" Shan Taixiao snorted coldly, "Of course I have other methods, but why should I tell you?"
"Was that Pseudo Spirit Weapon you received from the Jin Family?" Jiang Fan continued to ask.
Shan Taixiao's pupils suddenly dilated, and a look of surprise was clearly visible in his eyes.
I almost blurted out, "How did you know?"
"What Jin Family? I don't know what you're talking about. This Pseudo Spirit Weapon is an heirloom of my Shan Family."
"As expected, it was given by the Jin Family." Jiang Fan said to himself, as if he hadn't heard the other person's words.
Jiang Fan! Are you deaf? I said it has nothing to do with the Jin Family!
It was obvious that Shan Taixiao was angry.
"This is a classic case of protesting too much; it seems I was right after all," Jiang Fan continued, talking to himself.
This attitude infuriated Shan Taixiao quite a bit.
Especially after feeling Jin Kai's vicious gaze, which looked at him like he was an idiot, he shrank back, his face turning deathly pale with fright.
"You're asking for it!"
Shan Taixiao shouted, took out a pill, and put it in his mouth.
The moment he swallowed it, his body seemed to inflate like a balloon, his muscles bulged, his veins stood out, his skin cracked inch by inch, and his hair fell out in clumps.
"Ahhh--"
A piercing scream erupted from Shan Taixiao's mouth, as if he were enduring unbearable pain.
"It's Qi Burst Pill!"
As the young master of the Pill Pavilion, the fat man immediately recognized what kind of pill Shan Taixiao had taken.
"What?! Qi Burst Pill?! He actually dared to take Qi Burst Pill?! Is he planning to ruin his future?!"