When Lin Fan came back to the tent, he found that Mu Bao Bao was waiting there for him.
Even though she still had her hood on, he could tell from the way that her body was trembling slightly that she had seen everything. It was clear that she was doing her best to suppress her laughter right now.
When Lin Fan saw this, his face turned a bit dark and he didn't hesitate to go over there to grab her in his arms.
Mu Bao Bao was caught off guard by this, but she didn't resist as she let him take her in his arms.
Lin Fan looked at her with an evil smile and said, "It seems like you need to be punished."
Mu Bao Bao gave a shiver when she heard this, but it was actually a shiver of excitement.
But before they could do anything, there was a voice that came from outside, "Brother Lin, don't worry about standing guard. My people will take care of that, so you can just get a good night's rest."
Lin Fan had completely forgotten about this matter since he usually had his tamed beasts for that, but he couldn't do that this time since he didn't want to show his cards to the fourth prince's group.
At the same time, he couldn't help revealing a bitter smile at this.
He didn't keep going with Mu Bao Bao since he knew that the moment had passed and it was possible that the fourth prince would cut in at any time, so they just sat there awkwardly in the tent.
During this time, Mu Bao Bao started shaking again, but this wasn't from excitement.
She was laughing at Lin Fan over how the fourth prince was acting.
It was almost as if he was stalking Lin Fan with how much he bothered him, even shouting out to him in the middle of the night.
Lin Fan had a bitter smile on his face when he saw this and he pulled out a pillow from his Storage Ring that he threw at Mu Bao Bao's face before saying, "Go sleep already. It'll be a long day tomorrow."
Mu Bao Bao grabbed the pillow, but she put it to the side and came over with a blanket to grab his arm before lying down against him.
She put her head in his chest and then relaxed as she let herself drift off.
Lin Fan just looked at her with a pampering smile before patting her on the head and lying down to sleep himself.
Their plan had been to go into the Minor World to sleep, but with how the fourth prince was acting, that really wasn't possible now.
So they had no choice but to sleep out here in the tent.
Inside of the Minor World though, Senior Sister Bing, Lala, and Xiao Yue had been waiting for Lin Fan.
Instead of staying in the city, they had insisted on coming along after finding out about the existence of the Minor World.
In the past, they knew that they were too weak to come along, so they had obediently stayed in the city training to get stronger. But now that there was the Minor World for them to hide in, they had insisted on coming, even threatening Lin Fan if they weren't allowed to come.
The other girls had also wanted to come, but they had their own things to do.
Tian Tian was the head of the Mercenary Guild, so she couldn't just disappear.
Yue Lan was the one that ran the town, so it was even more impossible for her to disappear.
Although Ming Xin was a latecomer, she had shown her intelligence and had become another essential part of the town that couldn't leave just like Yue Lan.
As for Duanmu Yi and Duanmu Ming Yue, that was where Lin Fan put his foot down.
The two of them had very weak cultivations, so he wouldn't let them put themselves in danger even if there was a Minor World for them to hide in. That was the line that he drew and no matter what Duanmu Yi said, he didn't listen at all.
As for Duanmu Ming Yue, she was easier to deal with since she just accepted everything that Lin Fan told her. She was obedient to an almost terrifying degree, but Lin Fan chose not to think about it.
He felt bad for the girls waiting for him in the Minor World, but they should know that if something came up, he would go into the Minor World.
So there was nothing that he could do.
He would have to make it up to them another time.
The next morning, the fourth prince woke up bright and early to greet Lin Fan.
He had even come over with a plate of breakfast in hand which almost made him seem like a wife who was waking her husband up…but he was a prince and he was a man!
Lin Fan had a dark look on his face before rejecting this breakfast that the fourth prince brought over to him.
Over the next few days, there were many incidents like this…
But the worst one in Lin Fan's opinion was definitely the bath incident.
By chance, they had found a nice spring where they could all take the time to have a bath.
The fourth prince showed his generosity by allowing Lin Fan's group to go first and Lin Fan went after the girls had finished.
While he had been waiting at the camp for the girls to finish, he felt strange since the fourth prince's eyes had been on him the entire time.
Then when he went to take a bath, the fourth prince made a move.
While Lin Fan was in the middle of bathing, the fourth prince suddenly arrived saying, "Brother Lin, how about we bathe together? I'm sure some naked bonding is all we need to become closer!"
Lin Fan was so shocked by this that he wasn't even able to cover himself in time and during that period, the fourth prince saw…
"Elephant!"
The fourth prince was shocked by what he saw and then he couldn't help taking a step back.
Even compared to his own that he was proud of, he had never seen anything that was as big as this…
There was an awkward atmosphere that hung in the air before Lin Fan quickly covered himself and disappeared.
When he reappeared, he was back at the tent and he completely ignored the fourth prince.
That was the bath incident.
After that, the fourth prince settled a bit, but from time to time, he would peek at Lin Fan's lower half…
Just like this, they traveled for a few days until they finally came to a town.
The fourth prince sent his attendants away and then had Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao follow him.
They were confused since this was just a transient town that they were passing through, but it turned out that this wasn't the case.
That was because the fourth prince led them to a manor that was on the edge of town.
This place was a normal looking manor from the outside, but when one came in, they could see that this place was anything but normal. The inside might have seemed like a normal courtyard, but when one looked closely, they could see that the materials used to build these buildings were anything but normal.
That was because they could feel the spiritual energy fluctuations coming from them.
Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao immediately raised their guard and moved away from the fourth prince once they sensed this.
The fourth prince revealed an awkward look before raising his hands to say, "No, no, this isn't what you think it is!"
Neither Lin Fan or Mu Bao Bao let their guards down when they heard this, but they waited for the fourth prince to explain.
The fourth prince took a deep breath to calm himself down before saying with a sigh, "The one who wants to meet you is waiting for you here."
"Huh?" That was all that Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao could say as they revealed confused looks.
But after seeing the look on the fourth prince's face and thinking about what he had just said, they realized what he meant by this.
The one that wanted to meet them…wasn't that the…?
But what was such an important person like that doing here?
Not to mention, if that person were to go missing and come to a place like this, wouldn't the entire empire know about this? Or at the very least, fall into chaos because of his absence?
This didn't make any sense at all.
The fourth prince saw the looks that they had and he gave a sigh before saying, "There's nothing to hide, he is waiting in there for you."
Then after saying this, the fourth prince headed to the exit as if he was about to leave this place.
But before he did leave, he suddenly turned around and said, "Just a warning, there's no one around in this place, so you should be careful. You don't know what can happen here."
He didn't need to give this warning, but he felt like he needed to in the end.
Rather, he felt like he should give Lin Fan this warning at the very least…
Then the fourth prince turned and walked off without looking back once.
Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao just stood there staring in the direction he had left in. Then they turned back to look at the courtyard in the center where they could feel an aura waiting for them.
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