Lin Fan knitted his brows when he heard this and he turned to look at the door.
There had been a closed sign placed on it and normally people understood that if there was a closed sign, it meant that the store was closed, so they didn't bother knocking. But now there was someone who surprisingly didn't understand what the universal closed sign meant.
Still, there was no reason for him to answer since whoever was outside should understand that the store was closed if they didn't receive an answer, but that wasn't the case.
After a slight pause, there was another knock on the door.
Again and again, there were pauses and knocks on the door that continued for an entire minute.
Finally, Lin Fan knew that this person wasn't a normal person, so he said, "We're closed. Come back tomorrow."
After he said this, there was another pause before a voice said, "Hello there, I'm looking for Lin Fan. Can you please tell me if he's here?"
Lin Fan was about to open the door and chase this person away, but he then realized that this was a voice that sounded familiar. He was certain that he had heard this voice before, but where had he heard it before?
While Lin Fan was thinking, Mo Ze Chen suddenly said, "Isn't this brother Wang?"
Lin Fan turned to look at him with a confused look and after a few seconds of thought, he realized who Mo Ze Chen was referring to.
It was Wang Jian from the Myriad Sword Hall.
Lin Fan then thought for a few more seconds before deciding to open the door for him.
However, before he did, he made sure that Hong Long went back into his Storage Ring and that Lulu put her cloak back on.
When the door opened, there was Wang Jian standing outside the door, but there were also other people with him. Based on their clothes, it seemed like they were also disciples of the Myriad Sword Hall.
Wang Jian saw the door open and he said with a smile, "Brother Lin, can we come in?"
Lin Fan looked at the two behind him before saying, "Only you, no one else."
The two other disciples from the Myriad Sword Hall clearly looked offended, but Wang Jian raised his hand to stop them before saying, "Alright."
Wang Jian turned to the other two and said, "You guys can just go look around at the other shops, I can handle it here."
The other two disciples had clear unwilling looks on their faces, but they still listened to Wang Jian in the end.
Once they were gone, Wang Jian came into the store. The first thing he did after coming in was to take a look at the store's interior.
After looking around, he looked back at Lin Fan and said in a surprised voice, "You were really running a pet shop?"
Hearing this, Mo Ze Chen and Lulu both broke out in laughter while Lin Fan just stood there with no emotions on his face.
When he heard the laughter, Wang Jian turned to see Mo Ze Chen and he said, "Yi, brother Mo, you're also here?"
The smile on Mo Ze Chen's face froze and after a few seconds, he said, "I've been here the entire time."
Wang Jian just said with a calm look on his face, "Is that so? I didn't notice you."
Mo Ze Chen suddenly pointed at him and said, "You!" But then his hand quickly came down and he shook his head with a bitter smile on his face.
He knew that he wasn't someone that stood out. He was just a little chubby who had an ordinary face, but he still wanted to be noticed at least.
Lulu saw the look on Mo Ze Chen's face and came forward to pat him on his shoulder.
When Mo Ze Chen saw her, he took advantage of this chance and turned to pull her into a hug.
Lulu was caught off guard by this, but she didn't push him away. She just silently stood there, letting him hug her since she wanted to help comfort him, but there was a blush on her face.
After all, she was someone who had been sheltered by her father her entire life, so she wasn't used to being close to people of the other gender.
Luckily for them, neither Lin Fan or Wang Jian paid them any attention since they were more focused on another matter.
After a moment of silence, Wang Jian began the conversation by asking, "Did you hear about the Thunder Sect and the True Spirit Sect working together to excavate that Ancient Era Ruin?"
Lin Fan wasn't surprised when he heard this since he had already expected it.
He had been at the banquet and he had taken note of how many tokens each representative had received.
The people who had received the least number of tokens were the Ice Goddess Palace and the Myriad Sword Hall. Both of them were sects that competed with the Thunder Sect when it came to recruiting disciples, so of course they wouldn't be allies.
The only reason the True Spirit Sect was the Thunder Sect's ally was because neither of them wanted to face these two other sects alone since the Ice Goddess Palace and the Myriad Sword Hall had always been close. They had been close ever since there had been a pair of lovers between them that had been tragically lost because of a mistake from both sects. Since then, they had built good relations in order to honour the memory of these lovers.
Lin Fan was silent for a bit before he gave a nod and said, "I've heard of it."
Wang Jian had an awkward look on his face because he clearly expected Lin Fan to say more, but hearing that this was all he said, he still didn't give up. Wang Jian continued the conversation by saying, "Then brother Lin, are you planning on going into the ruins?"
Lin Fan shook his head and said, "What reason do I have to go into the ruins?"
Wang Jian revealed a look of disbelief as he said, "But it's an Ancient Era Ruin, why wouldn't you be interested in going? You should know what kind of meaning an Ancient Era Ruin has."
Lin Fan gave a shrug and said, "I'm not interested." Then after a pause, he added, "I don't have a token to enter with anyway."
Wang Jian was surprised when he heard this, "The Hunters Organization hasn't given you a token?"
Lin Fan looked at him with a confused look, "Why would they give me a token in the first place?"
Wang Jian didn't know what to say in response to this. The plan that he had come here with was on the basis that Lin Fan was related to the Hunters Organization.
When Lin Fan had arrived at the second round of the Hunters Exam, he had been brought there by Qiao Yi Fei who was quite famous. He had also heard that Lin Fan had been hanging around with the equally famous Mao Tao and Fu Ling recently, so Wang Jian had just assumed that Lin Fan was someone that the Hunters Organization had chosen to nurture and he would be getting one of their tokens.
Now that Lin Fan was telling him that he wasn't related to the Hunters Organization at all, Wang Jian didn't know how to proceed.
The main reason for him coming here today wasn't just to visit Lin Fan, but rather to find allies for the Myriad Sword Hall.
Lin Fan could see the changing emotions on Wang Jian's face and he could guess what he was thinking.
Before Wang Jian could say anything, Lin Fan suddenly asked, "So what is your purpose in visiting me today?"
Wang Jian trembled slightly at this, but then he said with a smile, "Can't I come and visit a friend?"
Lin Fan gave a snort and said, "I believe that as much as you believe that. Why don't you tell me the real reason?"
Wang Jian revealed a bitter smile and said, "Am I really that untrustworthy?"
Lin Fan gave a stronger snort this time and said, "Yes, you are."
Wang Jian didn't know how to respond to this as the bitter smile on his face became wider. Then he slowly said, "But I really do believe this."
Lin Fan just calmly said, "Maybe if it was some other time, but with everything that is happening now, only a fool would believe that you came here without any intentions. After all, with your status in the Myriad Sword Hall, shouldn't you be getting ready to go into the ruins? Why would you come all the way here for no reason?"
Wang Jian revealed a sly smile and said, "What if I said that I wasn't going?"
Lin Fan looked right at him and then asked, "What do you know?"
Wang Jian gave an emotional sigh as he said, "It seems like I can't hide anything from you at all."
Then he went over to the door and peeked his head out to make sure that there was no one lurking outside before coming back to the middle of the room to check the room.
Lin Fan wasn't surprised by how cautious he was since this was definitely something related to the Ancient Era Ruins, or rather the Thunder Sect and True Spirit Sect, so it would be something very important.
After he had finished checking around the store, Wang Jian came back over to Lin Fan and leaned in to say, "There's a third faction that's working with the Thunder Sect and the True Spirit Sect."
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