After getting that man to cough up the location of the Blood Lingzhi, there was no reason for Lin Fan to stay any longer.
In fact, staying longer might be more troublesome.
Lin Fan dropped that man back on the seat at the bar and turned to leave.
Lin Li Zi was surprised to see this, but she quickly followed behind Lin Fan with a wary look the entire time.
She knew that the atmosphere wasn’t good, so she didn’t dare let down her guard for even a second.
As they were leaving, the waitress suddenly looked at Lin Fan and said, “Do you know what you’ve done?”
Lin Fan looked back at her with a casual smile before saying, “And? Is that supposed to scare me?”
The waitress couldn’t help visibly tremble when she heard this.
In all her years of working here, this was her first time seeing someone like this.
In the face of his response, there really wasn’t anything that she could say.
After all, she could tell from the aura that he released that he was dangerous.
Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Lin Fan just calmly said, “Don’t poke at something you don’t need to poke at. When the time comes, you will know what choice you have to make.”
The waitress knitted her brows in confusion after hearing this, but Lin Fan didn’t care as he walked out.
When it was all done, the mercenaries who had stood up and held their weapons looked at the waitress. The man who had been manhandled by Lin Fan couldn’t help saying in a voice that was filled with complaint, “Miss Yu Xi, why didn’t you do anything?”
The waitress looked at the man with cold eyes and said, “What did you want me to do? You felt the aura coming from him as well, did you want me to die with you?”
The man revealed an awkward look when he said this.
In truth, he was just venting because he was angry about being treated this way by Lin Fan.
But he had indeed felt the aura that came from him.
That aura that had fallen on him had been irresistible. No matter how he wanted to go against it, he wasn’t able to do anything.
He wasn’t even able to move a single finger under that pressure.
The waitress angrily looked at this man since it was his fault that such a thing happened. If he had just given the information that the other side wanted or acted properly, they wouldn’t have lost their temper like this.
If it wasn’t for the obligation that they had to protect him since he was in this bar, she definitely wouldn’t have stepped in.
“Alright, that’s enough of that.”
A voice suddenly rang out that made all of them calm down.
The bartender stepped out from behind the bar and said, “Let’s just accept what has happened and move on from there.”
The waitress couldn’t help looking at the bartender that came up all of a sudden before saying with an aggrieved look, “Master, are you only coming out now? Why didn’t you help earlier?”
The bartender gave a shrug as he said, “What could I have done? It would have ended the same way.”
“Huh?” The waitress couldn’t help revealing a shocked look when she heard this.
The others all looked at the bartender with the same shocked look.
After a moment of silence, the waitress asked, “Master, are you sure about that?”
The bartender just gave a simple nod as he said, “That person was much stronger than any of us. If he wanted to, it would have been easy for him to kill all of us without any effort. The only reason he didn’t do it was because he at least cared about his relationship with the Mercenary Guild.”
All of them revealed even more shocked looks when they heard this.
After all, they knew who this bartender really was.
He was the master of this bar, the one that the Mercenary Guild had left in charge of this place.
Since he was someone that the Mercenary Guild trusted to take care of this place, he was naturally not weak.
He was someone that was far more powerful than anyone else who was in this bar.
But even he said that this mysterious person was someone that could easily kill them all if they wanted to.
The waitress glared at the man who had caused this entire mess.
The others also glared at him once they heard what the bartender had said.
If he had remained stubborn, it was likely that they all would have lost their lives.
So of course they could blame him at this point.
It was all because he didn’t want to tell Lin Fan where the Blood Lingzhi was that this had happened.
The bartender just ignored all of this as he looked in the direction that Lin Fan walked out in.
The waitress was the first one to recover and she immediately noticed that there was something off about the bartender’s expression.
She leaned in and asked, “Master, is something wrong?”
The bartender didn’t answer right away and instead looked around before waving his hand for her to follow him.
He brought her all the way to the back before saying, “There was something wrong with what he said at the end.”
“Huh?” The waitress revealed a confused look before asking, “You mean the part where he told us that we would have to make a decision? Isn’t that just about whether to pursue this or not?”
The bartender shook his head before saying, “If that was it, why would he have said all of that? He isn’t a fool, he should know what we can and can’t do just based on the difference in power. There was no need for him to say anything since we definitely wouldn’t have been able to do anything.”
The waitress knitted her brows before slowly asking, “Then should I try to find information on him?”
The bartender shook his head slowly before saying, “No, that might just anger him more…It’s clear that he’s giving the Mercenary Guild face or he wouldn’t have done all of that. So we have to consider that he’s someone from headquarters who’s here on a special mission…”
The waitress’ chin dropped when she heard this before she revealed a bitter smile.
Someone from headquarters…
Those were the true powerhouses of the Mercenary Guild.
But if that was true, it would make sense why he had that much power for a B Ranker.
He was just hiding his true power and wouldn’t have used it if it wasn’t for them offending him.
The bartender shook his head in the end and said, “Forget it, there’s no point thinking too deeply about this. For now, we should just report it to the branch in the city and ask them to observe carefully. If something happens, I hope that they make the right choice…”
His voice trailed off in the end, but the worry in his eyes didn’t disappear.
…
Some distance away from the inn, Lin Fan and Lin Li Zi had just arrived at their destination.
With the fog clearing up and with the directions from that man, they were able to find this place quite easily.
This was the place where the Blood Spiders had made their base and the place where the Blood Lingzhi grew.
The Blood Lingzhi were used by the Blood Spiders to feed their young and to evolve, so they had formed a nest in this cave to protect the Blood Lingzhi.
Since the web of the Blood Spiders was scattered all over the cave, they couldn’t just burn them all since they were also attached to the Blood Lingzhi. If they burned it all, then it would mean accidentally burning the Blood Lingzhi as well.
That couldn’t happen since Lin Li Zi’s mother still needed the Blood Lingzhi.
Blood Spiders were not easy to deal with since they came in a swarm and there was the mist to deal with. They could see that the mist was even flowing out of the cave, showing that the cave was still filled with mist.
After arriving, Lin Li Zi suddenly stopped and said, “I can’t let you take this risk anymore. It’s my mother that we’re getting this Blood Lingzhi for, so I can’t drag you into this. Please stay out here while I take care of the Blood Lingzhi.”
Lin Fan just raised a brow as he looked at her, as if he was trying to figure out if she was being serious or not.
Seeing that she was serious, he couldn’t help revealing a faint smile.
Along the way, he had been thinking about a new plan with the Lin Family that involved Lin Li Zi. He had been seeing what kind of character that she had, seeing how she would fit into his plan.
With this final piece, he decided that he liked her and that she would make a fine piece to use in his plan.
Since he had decided on using her, that meant that he couldn’t just let her throw her life away here.
Lin Li Zi saw that Lin Fan wasn’t saying anything, so she took this as silent agreement and turned to head towards the Blood Cave with a determined look.
But before she could go any further, Lin Fan suddenly came forward.
Lin Li Zi was surprised to see Lin Fan appear in front of her and she was even more surprised to feel his fist in her stomach.
By her ear, he said, “When you wake up, this will all be over.”
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