After confirming that the two kids had been kidnapped, Lin Fan started searching the area.
There had to be a reason why the kidnappers had come here to take these kids, so they must have left some clues.
But no matter how he searched this small house, he wasn't able to find anything.
That was until one of the kids came up to him and handed him a note.
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes when he saw this before taking the note and reading it. After reading it, he couldn't help knitting his brows while staring at the note.
Seeing this, Yun Lan couldn't help being curious about the note. She came over to see what was written and after reading it, she also knitted her brows.
After a moment of silence, she turned to the child who had given up the note to Lin Fan and said in a sharp voice, "Why didn't you bring this out earlier?"
The child flinched when she was scolded, but then she lowered her head without saying anything.
Seeing this, Yun Lan's heart softened and she said in a more gentle voice, "No, it's not your fault. You were too in shock to know what to do." After saying this, she went over to pat the little girl on the head.
When the little girl felt Yun Lan's arms around her, she buried her head in Yun Lan's chest and nuzzled up against her.
Lin Fan was completely focused on the note this entire time.
The note was a very simple one, it only had a single sentence on it.
"I have taken the children. Come to this location if you want to get them. -Hai Lang."
Under it was a crudely drawn map with a location marked.
Lin Fan couldn't believe that it was big brother Hai who had been involved in this matter.
As he remembered, big brother Hai's boss should have already forced him to give up on this matter. Not to mention that they were currently running around trying to find the tokens that he had stolen, that they didn't know he had stolen.
So they shouldn't have had the time to mess with him or this orphanage.
So why did big brother Hai suddenly kidnap those kids?
This just didn't make any sense at all…
For smart people, it was sometimes easy for them to read what other smart people would do. But when it came to the actions of idiots, it was hard to read since there was no thought put into these actions at all.
Lin Fan liked to think that he was a smart person, so the actions of this idiot hurt his brain.
He just couldn't think of a single reason why big brother Hai would do something like this.
The only thing that he could think of was that…big brother Hai had acted on his own. He had taken advantage of the fact that the boss' attention was occupied by this token matter, so he had come to mess with the orphanage on his own.
But if that was the case, what would kidnapping these two kids do?
He didn't know the relationship between Lin Fan and the orphanage, so he couldn't guarantee that Lin Fan would come and rescue them. Not to mention that in a cultivation world like this, it was very likely that he wouldn't come rescue them since everyone cared about themselves the most.
The only other thing that Lin Fan could think of was that big brother Hai, or the boss behind him knew something that he didn't think they knew.
If that was the case, then this situation became much more complicated.
If they were waiting for him with an ambush…
No, it was impossible since he had erased all traces of him breaking into their compound last night. Not to mention that they wouldn't be able to sense the aura of the tokens at all.
So it was impossible that they had found anything.
The more Lin Fan thought about it, the more his head hurt.
During this time, Yun Lan just looked at him with a worried look.
She was worried that Lin Fan would abandon those kids to their fate, but she also couldn't blame him if he did.
He was someone who they hadn't known for long, so it wasn't as if he was very close to these kids. She couldn't just expect him to risk his life to save these kids that he wasn't related to at all.
But Lin Fan's next actions surprised her.
He looked at her and asked, "Do you have a safe place to go?"
She looked into his determined eyes and nodded in a daze.
Lin Fan nodded back before saying, "Take the kids and go there. Once I'm done, I'll come and find you. Don't leave until I come."
Yun Lan's eyes couldn't help revealing a touched look before she nodded in response to this.
She gathered up all the kids and her friend before taking one last look at Lin Fan. With a concerned look, she said, "Be careful."
Lin Fan nodded and patted her on the head before saying, "Don't worry, I'll be back."
Yun Lan just gave a nod in response to this.
After they were gone, Lin Fan's expression turned serious as he stood there in thought.
He didn't know what big brother Hai's goal was, but since he had decided to go against him, he wouldn't hold back.
Lin Fan's abilities were much greater than before, so if he wanted to make someone disappear without leaving a trace, it was easy for him.
But as he left the orphanage, he couldn't help feeling an uneasy feeling.
It was as if that other possibility that he had thought of…was a reality.
…
Once he was outside of the city, Lin Fan didn't hold back at all as he immediately cast the illusion spell around himself. He then came to a secluded spot and then summoned Igneel out.
After all, no one would expect him to come from the sky.
He got on Igneel's back and then flew to the area indicated by the map.
Once he was close, he released Greeny's puppets to survey the area as well.
As he had expected, there were scouts that had been placed all around this area that were watching for him. However, what they didn't notice was Greeny's puppets that were flying around them watching them.
What he didn't expect was a group that was to the side watching over the area where big brother Hai was waiting with the kids.
This was a group that had…the boss with them.
It seemed like his fears had become true.
He didn't know how the boss had done it, but he had figured out that Lin Fan was related to the tokens going missing.
That was why he had targeted the orphanage and taken the kids.
Lin Fan couldn't help falling into deep thought as he started thinking over everything that he did to see if there were any mistakes that he had made. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of a single thing.
There shouldn't be any way that they had found out that he had taken the tokens…
When it came to their formation and their traps though, Lin Fan wasn't worried at all.
That was because he knew that it was impossible for them to threaten him with just the forces that they had.
They had four different Foundation Realm Cultivators with them, but that didn't mean that they could hurt Lin Fan. These Foundation Realm Cultivators were only in the Mid Foundation Realm and one was in the Low Foundation Realm.
The one in the Low Foundation Realm was the boss, who clearly didn't seem like he would be able to fight.
He had also seen that their greatest weapon was an array that they had prepared. It was an array that could trap even someone in the High Foundation Realm.
It was just too bad that the one that they were facing was Lin Fan, who could easily see through this array.
That included the array's weakness.
As long as he wanted to, he could easily destroy this array.
But he chose not to do it right away.
Since he had already scouted out everything, there was no need for him to wait.
Lin Fan had Igneel descend near the area before releasing the illusion spell around himself.
Then he started heading towards big brother Hai.
…
"Boss, the target has entered the area."
When the boss heard this, he couldn't help revealing a smile before quickly knitting his brows as well. After a bit of silence, he said in the voice transmission talisman, "Watch him carefully and make sure that he doesn't run away. We can't afford to make a single mistake here."
"Un, we'll keep watch, boss." The response came from the voice transmission talisman.
The boss just stood there without responding.
Around the boss were the three Foundation Realm Cultivators and based on the look on their faces, it was clear that they didn't approve of this.
To move all of these resources just for a single possibility, it really was something that they couldn't agree on.
But even though he was weaker than the three of them, he was the young master sent by the family. They had no choice but to listen to his orders.
However, the looks on their faces made it clear that they disapproved and would be doing something about this.
The boss just ignored all of this as he focused on big brother Hai and the others in front of him.
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