From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

"It's all right. I was too excited reciting lines from a novel. Be on your way and ignore anything you hear for the night."

"Yes, sir."

The patrolling soldier heard the scholarly officer's words and went on his way.

Lin Fan had used his Sound Memory ability to inject the scholarly officer's voice into the patrolling soldier's mind.

With the imminent danger averted, Lin Fan continued his struggle with the scholarly officer.

He was now standing behind the scholarly officer, with one hand on the scholarly officer's mouth.

The other hand with his Primordial Claw was digging into the scholarly officer's neck.

Not giving up, the scholarly officer used both of his hands to try to stop Lin Fan's claw.

The scholarly officer directed all his Qi as he increased his strength and protection.

He successfully stopped Lin Fan's claw from advancing into his neck and managed to move Lin Fan's claw away from it.

Lin Fan took a deep breath and then puffed out black smoke.

The black smoke covered the scholarly officer's face immediately.

The scholarly officer's eyes opened wide as he had not expected this.

He tried to hold his breath, as he knew it would be all over if he breathed in the poison.

The black smoke lingered and finally dissipated.

Now the scholarly officer's face was red as he held his breath.

When the scholarly officer saw the black smoke going away, he saw an opportunity to take in a deep breath.

Lin Fan was waiting for this opportunity as he puffed out the poisonous black smoke again.

This time, it was too late for the scholarly officer, as he inhaled some of the black smoke.

Pain immediately coursed through his lungs and into his body.

When the neurotoxin took effect, the scholarly officer lost control of his body, and he slumped onto the ground like a deflated balloon.

Splatter.

To be safe, Lin Fan's claw plunged into the scholarly officer's neck, and he ripped out whatever was in it.

[Ding! Congratulations on terminating malevolent intent.]

[Vengeance points + 500.]

[Current Vengeance Points: 910]

Lin Fan sat on the ground and took out his Blood and Qi Restoration pills immediately.

He swallowed some to try to recuperate his Qi.

At his level, the Blood and Qi Restoration pills weren't as useful anymore.

Lin Fan knew he had to figure out something better soon.

When he recovered some of his Qi, he rummaged through the belongings of the scholarly officer.

He could only find a jade seal that looked valuable.

It was in the form of a tiger, with hints of bright green and clear white from the jade.

Recalling what the scholarly officer did during the battle, Lin Fan figured it was a storage artifact.

So, he tried and injected his Qi into it.

And Lin Fan was right.

Inside the storage artifact were tons of paper men, the paper umbrella, a manuscript, and lots of gold bars.

He took out the manuscript and saw the title 'Spirit Fold of Myriad Forms'.

He was intrigued as he still remembered how frustrating it was to deal with the paper men.

Even if it wasn't a high-level technique, it would certainly come in handy for him in the future.

Lin Fan kept the seal, and he dragged the body of the scholarly officer into a corner of the room.

And covered it with stacks of books that were inside.@@novelbin@@

He then took out his jade pendant.

The night was not over, and there was more work to be done.

"Lin Fan, done with my target."

His voice was then transmitted to the others in the team.

"Good. I'm also done. The rest of you, update your status if you can," Hun Yen Kun's voice came into Lin Fan's mind.

"Ho Ming here, done."

"Zhao Jia Rui here, done."

"Hu Tuo here, done."

They waited for the Lai brothers' response.

But it was silent.

Maybe they were still fighting against their targets, they thought.

However, they were proven wrong when they heard Lai Qing's voice the next moment.

"We need help, the target is too powerful... argh."

Lai Qing couldn't finish his sentence before breaking off in a cry of pain.

"Who is nearest to them?" Hun Yen Kun asked.

"Me. Let me see what I can do," Lin Fan replied as he looked at the map.

The Lai brothers' target was only five hundred meters away from him.

Lin Fan cleaned the bloodstains off the armor he was wearing.

He then used his Sound Memory ability and waited for the patrolling soldiers to pass by before he emerged from the room.

Walking down the corridor, he lowered his head and tried to be as normal as possible.

Unfortunately, a patrolling team came straight toward him.

He kept his calm as they approached slowly.

The lead of the team frowned as he saw Lin Fan.

"What are you doing here?" He pointed at Lin Fan and asked.

The rest of the team halted, and they held their hands on the handles of their swords.

Lin Fan turned and looked at the room where the scholarly officer was, and said, "He wanted to have more books, asked me to borrow some."

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The leader of the team squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Fan closely.

Trying to recall if he had seen him before.

"Let him go, I need more books to read now!" The patrolling team heard the scholarly officer's voice in their minds.

The leader of the team quickly bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, be on your way now."

Lin Fan shrugged his shoulders, giving him the I-told-you-so look.

He then continued his way down the corridor.

When he got near the room where the Lai brothers were, he could hear muffled sounds from inside.

He opened the door, and someone came flying toward his face.

Lin Fan raised his hands and blocked it.

"Argh. You could have cushioned my fall instead," Lai Ming cried out as he fell onto the ground.

He was now heavily wounded, with a cut on his shoulders so deep that his bones could be seen.

"Quick, save my brother," he raised his hand, which was shaking, and pointed ahead.