From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

"Thank God. Shao Xue Cong deserves a new start. Poor child, after all these years of suffering."

"I told you to be like Liang Feng. Work hard and be filial to elders."

"Lin Xuan Qi must have gained much through his ruthless hunting trips against the beasts. He definitely deserves it after keeping our village out of harm's way for so long."

Fortunately, all that he heard were compliments for the new disciples.

Villagers were genuinely happy for them.

This made Lin Fan feel safer with the choices.

He would rather not have any disciples than having disciples who couldn't work for a common good.

When he got back to where Zhang Xi and Sun Hai were, they were ready to leave with the new disciples.

They decided to skip Hei Feng village as it wasn't a good choice for them to find disciples there.

So, they left for other villages instead.

Unfortunately, they didn't have much luck in the other villages.

They encountered some candidates with sword cultivation root or alchemy cultivation root, but none were with physique cultivation root.

Even though it was less than what Zhang Xi and Sun Hai anticipated, they had to accept the fact that it wasn't easy to find someone suitable.

Finally, they decided to return to Qing Feng Sect.

But before that, they went back to Hong Feng City first.

Lin Fan wanted to pay a visit to Master Xin.

...

Hong Feng City.

Sima Family Mansion.

Lin Fan visited Sima Liang leaving the others in the inn to rest.

When Sima Liang saw Lin Fan again, he knew his purpose and he led Lin Fan to Master Xin's workshop.

"Master Xin, long time no see." Lin Fan greeted Master Xin and bowed.

Master Xin stopped his hammering and gave Lin Fan a smile.

"Tell me, how was the amulet."

Lin Fan passed him the amulet and Master Xin took a good look at his handiwork again.

He also told of the battles he had won by utilizing the amulet.

Master Xin was all smiles when he heard how useful his masterpiece was to Lin Fan.

It was all that an Artifact Cultivator could ever ask for.

When Lin Fan finished his stories, Master Xin nodded at Lin Fan approvingly and said, "Well, now I can make it twice as useful."

"Twice as useful?" Lin Fan was intrigued.

What did it mean by being twice as useful? He thought.

Master Xin took out another amulet that looked like the one Lin Fan had.

With both amulets in his hand, he said, "I can fuse these two amulets together.

"And with it, you can turn into the form of two demonic beasts or turn into the form that's a mixture of two demonic beasts.

"The caveat is that you'll need two demonic beast cores to do that."

"Would I still be able to use only one demonic beast core like what I'm doing now?" Lin Fan asked.

"Of course, the option would still work. Feel free to use it as per normal." Master Xin said.

"Great. What do you need and how long do I have to wait?" Lin Fan was eager to get it done.

He was after all supposedly still grounded in Qing Feng Sect.

"Don't worry. The family head, Sima Liang would kill me if I dare even take a single copper coin from you." Master Xin said and walked towards his furnace.

"It shall take only the afternoon. Maybe have tea with the family head while you wait."

Lin Fan nodded and left Master Xin's workshop.

Sima Liang already had tea and desserts waiting for Lin Fan.

This time as there weren't others around, Lin Fan had more freedom to talk.

"Sima Liang, you better be prepared for what's coming."

"You mean the rebellions and chaos due to the new Emperor?" Sima Liang asked.

Lin Fan sighed and shook his head, "I've encountered the Dark Lord in a secret realm."

"The Dark Lord?! Isn't he dead?" Sima Liang drank the cup of tea he had in his hand.

Every time when the Dark Lord appeared it meant bad news for everyone.

Lin Fan then briefed Sima Liang on how the Dark Lord was now different.

Sima Liang frowned as he heard about how much stronger the Dark Lord had become.

"What is the Dark Lord after this time?" Sima Liang asked when Lin Fan was done with his briefing.

"That's where I need your help." Lin Fan said and he took out a map of the Quan Dynasty.

He pointed at cities he had marked with a cross.

"Get your partners and shops in these cities to gather whatever information they can.

"Anything unusual that occurred should not be ignored.

"Make sure to alert me as soon as possible of any findings."

Sima Liang took the map and said, "I will get it done. And here..."

He took out a voice transmitting pendant and passed it over to Lin Fan.

It was the quickest way for him to inform Lin Fan if anything unusual happened.

The voice transmitting pendant costs a lot and only big sects like Qing Feng Sect or rich families like the Sima family could afford it.

Lin Fan took the voice transmitting pendant and kept it.

"Master Lin Fan, the new amulet is ready."

Master Xin entered the guest room with the finished amulet in his hand.

Lin Fan thanked Master Xin and he tried to give Sima Liang some gold ingots for it.

But Sima Liang refused the gold ingots.

Lin Fan finally gave up with the tussle as he had to get back to the inn in time.

Otherwise, he would have wanted to test the new amulet there and then.

He had to forgo it and test the amulet back in the wooden hut.

With that he left the Sima Family mansion and met up with the others.

...

Qing Feng Sect.

"Stop... Oh, it's senior master Sun Hai. I'm so sorry."

The disciple on guard at the entrance of Qing Feng Sect recognized Sun Hai, Lin Fan and Zhang Xi and he let them through.

"They are..." The disciple asked when he saw unfamiliar young teenagers following them behind.

Sun Hai lifted his head high, and said, "New disciples of the Physique Peak."