At the foot of Zhen Tian Peak.
Lin Fan quietly waited for Zhang Xiaobin to have his epiphany, even though the other was taking quite a long ti and his comprehension seed a bit poor.
But that didn’t affect Lin Fan’s intention to win him over.
It didn’t matter if your comprehension was good or bad—those weren’t the real issues. As long as you were a person, a disciple of Zhen Tian Peak, you were always welco by Lin Fan.
Seeing Zhang Xiaobin imrsed in thought, Lin Fan didn’t disturb him.
Instead, he started thinking about other things.
Based on his predictions,
soone would co for him soon. That guy earlier was furious, petty, and clearly soone who reversed right and wrong. He’d definitely go off and wail to his superiors.
Why didn’t Lin Fan flee, knowing this would happen?
The reasoning was simple.
As long as the opponent was sowhat strong, he would never fight them on the Life and Death Platform.
The goal was simple—to let the opponents know: You want to kill , but I just won’t let you. What can you do about it? It’ll infuriate you to death.
And, to let them see,
just how shalessly cunning the "elite genius" they were dealing with really was.
"Brother Lin, I think I’ve started to understand a few things," Zhang Xiaobin said.
Lin Fan smiled with satisfaction, "Understanding even a little is good. So, have you thought it through? Are you willing to leave Zhen Tian Peak and follow instead?"
Zhang Xiaobin was clear-minded.
Staying at Zhen Tian Peak had indeed led to frequent bullying, and the "invincible mindset" spoken of by Brother Lin was far too mysterious. What he’d just claid to have understood was simply him saving face.
Even if he didn’t fully comprehend it,
there was an inexplicable voice deep in his heart urging him, ’He’s right. You should say yes.’
Zhang Xiaobin let out a long sigh. Sotis, maybe you really should follow your true feelings.
Just as he was about to agree,
a discordant voice ca from afar.
The tone was arrogant and tinged with schadenfreude.
"Brother, it’s him. He’s been acting cocky all over Zhen Tian Peak."
"Hey! Don’t even think about running, my brother’s here. Let’s see how arrogant you still are!"
Zhou Long now had his backbone and brimd with confidence. Just monts ago, he’d been enduring humiliation for the sake of self-preservation, not wanting to embarrass himself further. But with his mighty support present, what more was there to fear?
Lin Fan looked up and saw Zhou Long, who had fled earlier, now returning. This ti, he was accompanied by another person. That man exuded calmness and moved with authority, and although there wasn’t a grand display of overwhelming power, he gave off an undeniably dangerous vibe.
The surrounding disciples imdiately showed great respect, addressing him as "Brother Nan Gong."
"Brother, be careful. This is Nan Gongjin, a very formidable senior. I’ve heard he’s just a sliver away from breaking through to the Golden Core Realm," Zhang Xiaobin whispered nervously, his face betraying fear. As a disciple of Zhen Tian Peak himself, seeing this senior arrive naturally filled him with dread.
But when he saw Brother Lin staring unwaveringly at the newcor,
he started to grasp the invincible mindset Brother Lin had spoken about.
Because his first reaction upon seeing Nan Gongjin was fear.
He couldn’t even dream of being as calm as Brother Lin.
"Huh, strange. Why does the little assistant look different now?"
Lin Fan looked at Nan Gongjin not because he was handso, but because there was a slight anomaly in the system’s data about him.
[Nan Gongjin: Immortal Triple Realm—Three God Realm.]
[Chance of drop: ... (Not wasting space, won’t die).]
These two pieces of data were normal, consistent with what Lin Fan had seen before. But the peculiar part was there was now an additional note.
[Remark: Three years after three years, and still unable to break through to the Golden Core Realm—so frustrating.]
Although it was just one line of text,
it showed Lin Fan the little assistant’s progress. Progress was good—an assistant with no progress couldn’t even be considered an assistant.
"Lin Fan, you’ve been strutting around Zhen Tian Peak, causing trouble and goading our disciples into challenges on the Life and Death Platform. Now that my brother has arrived, tell him whatever nonsense you have to say," Zhou Long said confidently, puffing out his chest as though Lin Fan wasn’t worth a second thought.
When your support arrives, so does your confidence.
As for the cowardly state he’d been in earlier, that was all in the past.
Nan Gongjin stared at Lin Fan with an indifferent expression. "You’ve co to Zhen Tian Peak to stir up trouble and continually provoke our disciples into fighting on the Life and Death Platform. Since that’s the case, I’ll join you there. Do you dare?"
"I don’t," Lin Fan replied bluntly.
Imdiately,
the disciples nearby burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious. He was so arrogant earlier, but now that Brother Nan Gong’s arrived and invited him to the Life and Death Platform, he chickened out. What a coward."
"Exactly."
"I even overheard him spouting sothing about an invincible mindset to that fool earlier. Turns out it’s just hot air."
With Brother Nan Gong present, these disciples naturally felt emboldened and took the opportunity to mock Lin Fan relentlessly.
Zhang Xiaobin looked at Brother Lin with confusion.
He had indeed been lectured about the invincible mindset earlier.
But Brother Lin’s retreat seed entirely contradictory to the concept—wasn’t the invincible mindset supposed to an advancing fearlessly?
So why...
Lin Fan listened to their remarks and couldn’t help but laugh: "What’s so funny? Are you all brain-dead? Knowing that the gap in strength is massive, throwing yourself into a fight for the sake of pride without regard for survival—that’s not bravery, it’s stupidity."
"Cultivation is all about defying the heavens. In this current scenario, would any of you have the guts to challenge the heavens?"
"None of you would dare, and neither would I. But does that make us cowards? Not at all. It inspires us to cultivate harder. Only when we beco strong enough, when we gain sufficient confidence, can we defy the heavens."
"So, your way of thinking is gravely flawed."
As Lin Fan spoke to the crowd, his words struck a chord with so disciples. Reflecting deeply, they suddenly felt as if his reasoning made so sense.
But for Lin Fan, it didn’t matter if his argunt made sense or not.
One way or another, he was determined to spin things around to save face.
Being humiliated? Not possible.
The disciples began discussing in hushed whispers.
"Think about it carefully, that kind of makes sense, doesn’t it?"
"Yeah, it does. Brother Nan Gong is at the peak of the Three God Realm, and if the other guy knows he’s outclassed, refusing the Life and Death Platform isn’t unreasonable."
"Rember the incident where King Zhao Xian demanded a duel on the platform and ended up dead? Makes sense too, right?"
"Hmm, true, true. There’s logic in that."
Onlookers are forever the world’s analysts. No matter the scenario, they’ll dive deep into dissecting it and eventually arrive at a supposed "truth."
Nan Gongjin didn’t care about Lin Fan’s ramblings; he only wanted to force Lin Fan onto the Life and Death Platform, slay him, then return to Zhen Tian Peak to claim the coveted Spirit Pill begged for by his elder brother—a key to achieving the Golden Core Realm.
Other matters held no significance to him.
Suddenly,
Nan Gongjin unleashed a crushing aura. "Lin Fan, you’ve stirred trouble on Zhen Tian Peak, challenging people to the Life and Death Platform. Now I’m inviting you to the platform, but you don’t dare. Are you truly a coward?"
"Yes, I’m indeed too scared. Don’t try to goad —I admit I don’t dare. If you try forcing up there, I’ll report you to the sect elders," Lin Fan replied.
Upon hearing this, Nan Gongjin was so infuriated he nearly spat blood.
He’d never seen anyone admit their fear so blatantly.
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