Chapter 26: Ye Qinghong’s Physical Changes

“Ah!”

The sudden voice gave Hua Luoyan a fright.
Following the sound, she saw a tall, slender figure slowly materialize before her.

“Sect Master Hua, it’s so late. Where are you preparing to go sightseeing?” Lin Fan smiled faintly, his eyes full of amusement.

“You… you all…” Hua Luoyan stared in shock at the dozens of disciples before her. “How could there be so many left…”

“You wicked Hua Luoyan! To think we trusted you so much. Are you disappointed that not enough of us died?!”

Hearing Hua Luoyan’s muttering, a female disciple questioned her with an angry tone.

“When Senior Sister Su told me about this, I didn’t believe it. But having witnessed it today, my eyes have truly been opened!”

“In the past, I used to respect Sect Master Hua very much. But now, I only feel disgusted!”

…

The disciples stared at Hua Luoyan with fury in their eyes, wishing they could skin her alive and pull out her tendons on the spot.

“No… no…”

Seeing the scene before her, Hua Luoyan knew there was no hope of escape.
She could only collapse to the ground in despair, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

“Sect Master Hua, just look—”

Lin Fan said with a playful expression, “Just what kind of villain could provoke such public outrage?”

“No… you can’t kill me, you all can’t kill me!” Hua Luoyan suddenly stood up, roaring herself hoarse.

“Oh?” Staring at the wretched Hua Luoyan, Lin Fan found it somewhat amusing. “You say we can’t kill you. Could you give me a reason?”

“Because…”

Hua Luoyan suddenly raised her head and looked at Elder Zhou beside Lin Fan. “Because… if I die, they won’t be able to live either!”

“My, it seems this is truly a troublesome matter…” Lin Fan frowned, feigning a troubled expression.

“It’s good that you know,” Hua Luoyan showed a smug expression, “So, I advise you not to make any rash moves, otherwise…”

“What a pity.” Before Hua Luoyan could finish, Lin Fan shook his head and sighed.

“A pity? A pity about what?” Hua Luoyan asked in confusion.

“Do you want to know what exactly that pill I gave you was?”

“W-What is it?” Hua Luoyan suddenly became flustered. “You poisoned me?!”

“No, no, no,” Lin Fan raised his hand and wagged his index finger, “This Seat would never stoop to such a lowly method as poisoning.”

“If it’s not poison, then tell me what it is?!”

[Yeah, Host, I’d also really like to know. What exactly did you give her?]

The system asked with some curiosity.

“It’s nothing much,” Lin Fan lightly patted his sleeve, “Just a small Spirit-Scattering Pill.”

“What?!”

Hearing Lin Fan’s answer, Hua Luoyan’s face turned ashen. “B*stard… you are so vicious…”

The Spirit-Scattering Pill, a ninth-rank pill.
After a cultivator below the Heavenly Immortal realm consumed it, the spiritual power within their body would slowly dissipate at an extremely slow rate.

Yet this was not the most terrifying part.

The most terrifying part was that the effects of the Spirit-Scattering Pill would remain with the cultivator forever, cutting off any possibility of cultivating again from the very root.

In other words, before long, Hua Luoyan would lose all her cultivation and become a complete and utter cripple.

“Vicious? The feeling’s mutual.” Lin Fan smiled faintly, his expression nonchalant.

“No…” Hua Luoyan suddenly burst into tears. “I beg you, I don’t want to lose my cultivation…”

For Hua Luoyan, who had spent her entire life pursuing power, there was nothing more terrifying than becoming a cripple.

“Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful,” Lin Fan put on a sympathetic expression, “How about this, as long as you agree to one thing, I can help you remove the pill’s effect.”

“What is it?!”

Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Hua Luoyan, as if clutching at a life-saving straw, asked impatiently.

“Give all the poisoned elders the antidote.”

“This…” Hua Luoyan suddenly fell silent.

Hua Luoyan knew very well that the antidote was her last bargaining chip.
If she gave up the antidote now, she would completely lose her qualification to negotiate with Lin Fan.

“It seems Sect Master Hua is a little unwilling…” Lin Fan shook his head, showing a regretful expression.

“Wait!” Hua Luoyan gritted her teeth and threw a delicate little bottle at Lin Fan. “Take it!”

“Not bad…”

Feeling the rich medicinal aroma emanating from the bottle, Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction. “The medicine is fine. Elder Zhou, you will be in charge of distributing it.”

“Yes, Senior.”

Elder Zhou responded, then carefully took the antidote.

“The antidote has been given to you. Can you fulfill your promise now?” Hua Luoyan said impatiently.

“Promise? What promise?” Lin Fan turned his head and asked the disciples behind him, “Did I promise her anything?”

“N—o—”

As if they had planned it, all the disciples responded in perfect unison.

“You…” Seeing the scene before her, Hua Luoyan instantly spat out a mouthful of blood. “You don’t keep your word!”

“You’re wronging me, Sect Master Hua,” Lin Fan responded in a snarky tone, “This Seat has always been a person of his word, but there’s one condition—the other party has to be human…”

“Pfft—”

Being toyed with by Lin Fan again and again, Hua Luoyan was suddenly overcome with anger.
Along with a large spray of blood, Hua Luoyan fainted from rage.

“No way? She can’t take it already?” Lin Fan clicked his tongue, looking as if he hadn’t had enough fun yet.

“Senior, how should we deal with her?” Elder Zhou stepped forward and cupped her fists toward Lin Fan to ask.

“How you deal with her next is your business,” Lin Fan said, then gave a light wave of his hand. “Let’s go, my disciples.”

Before Elder Zhou and the others could react, Lin Fan and the two Su sisters had already vanished.

“Respectfully sending off Senior!”

The northern part of the Xianling Continent.

Green Peak Mountain.

“Senior Sister Bai, I’m begging you, please spare me. I really can’t eat anymore…”

Staring at the red pill being brought to her lips, Ye Qinghong’s spirit was on the verge of collapse.

“Sister Qinghong, it will definitely succeed this time, please believe me—” Bai Ling vowed to Ye Qinghong with absolute certainty.

“But—” Ye Qinghong murmured, “You said the same thing the last one hundred and eighty times…”

“Last time, I promise it’s the last time!” Bai Ling extended her small hand and patted her barely-there chest.

“Alright then…” Ye Qinghong tremblingly took the pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

“Eh?!”

As the pill’s effects took hold, Ye Qinghong suddenly noticed that her chest felt inexplicably hot.

“Sister Qinghong,” Bai Ling rubbed her little hands together, full of hope, “how do you feel?”

“Um, I feel…”

“My disciples, Master is back from the hunt!” Lin Fan arrived at the courtyard entrance and kicked the main gate open with one foot.

???

Hearing Lin Fan’s shout, the two Su sisters looked at each other in bewilderment.

Why did that sound so strange?

“Ma—ster—”

Hearing this familiar voice, Bai Ling was instantly overjoyed and hurriedly ran toward Lin Fan.

“Wuwuwu~ Master, Ling’er missed you so much…” Bai Ling cried a river of tears, as if she had suffered some great injustice.

“Alright, alright, isn’t Master back now?” Lin Fan stroked Bai Ling’s forehead, his eyes full of doting affection. “Right, where is your Sister Qinghong? I’ll introduce you two to some new friends.”

“Master, I’m here…” Ye Qinghong slowly stood up from the stone bench, her expression full of exhaustion.

“Ah!” As if he had seen a ghost, Lin Fan pointed a trembling finger at Ye Qinghong and asked, “Qinghong, your chest…”

“Hm?” Seeing Lin Fan’s shocked expression, Ye Qinghong was somewhat bewildered. “Master, my chest… what’s wrong with it?”

!!!

You have the nerve to ask what’s wrong?!

Lin Fan just couldn’t figure out how Ye Qinghong had developed.

It hadn’t even been half a month, had it?

“It worked… I succeeded!” Seeing the change in Ye Qinghong’s body, Bai Ling jumped three feet in the air with joy.

“Eh? It worked? How could…”

Seeing Bai Ling so excited, Ye Qinghong couldn’t help but look down.
The result of this one look was not a small matter; Ye Qinghong’s mouth was directly shocked into an ‘O’ shape.

“This… is this really me?!”

…

Staring at the bizarre scene before him, Lin Fan couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.

‘You two haven’t been… doing that at home behind my back, have you?!’

“Master, who are these two…” Su Muxue scratched her head and asked, somewhat confused.

“Hah!” With Su Muxue’s question, Lin Fan finally came back to his senses. “My apologies, I forgot to introduce you!”

“This is my first disciple, Bai Ling.”

“This is my second disciple, Ye Qinghong.”

After a round of introductions from Lin Fan, the four disciples gradually became familiar with each other.

“Sister Muxue, I have to say—you two sisters really look alike!” After observing the two Su sisters for a long time, Bai Ling couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Ah… it’s… it’s alright…” Being observed up close by Bai Ling for so long, Su Muxue’s cheeks felt a little hot.

“Right, Sister Muxue. Come with me, I’ll show you two something good!” Without another word, Bai Ling pushed the two Su sisters into the house.

“Clack!”

Bai Ling, who was only focused on pushing, locked the door as soon as she entered the room, completely oblivious to the fact that she had dropped something.

“Hm?”

After the door closed, Lin Fan quickly walked forward and picked up the item Bai Ling had dropped.

It was a book with a dark red cover.

After flipping through a few pages, Lin Fan was instantly filled with rage.

“Ling’er!” Lin Fan roared into the room in exasperation. “Get out here!”