Chapter 277 Something Feels Off

Lin Fan, holding a chicken leg and about to take a bite, was startled when he heard the familiar voice. He looked toward the sound and was overjoyed.

"Brother Wuxie, I didn't expect you to come too." Lin Fan smiled happily, not expecting the Yao family to bring Yao Wuxie along.

Lin Fan hadn't planned to tell the Yao family about his relationship with Yao Wuxie, because in Lin Fan's view, Yao Wuxie's rise was a sure thing.

Though the road was full of hardships, which towering figure hadn't emerged from trials?

Even he, with such a heaven-defying system, had gone through countless life-and-death dangers.

"Ah, so the exalted one is Brother Lin! Father and great-grandfather should have told me earlier. If I'd known, I'd have brought those things I've treasured for years to share with you." Yao Wuxie breathed a sigh of relief, then patted his chest. Earlier, being scolded by his father had nearly scared him to death.

If after returning, his father docked his allowance for fun because of this, his future days would be miserable.

"Brother Wuxie, no more nonsense. Come over and have a few drinks with me." Lin Fan smiled and waved. Since they'd met, Lin Fan didn't mind revealing his relationship with Yao Wuxie.

This way, Yao Wuxie would gain importance in the Yao family.

"Hehe, I'm still hungry." Yao Wuxie laughed happily, but being a bit dense, he still didn't grasp the situation.

An ordinary person wouldn't be as calm as he was.

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Yao Tian and the Yao Ancestor were completely dumbfounded. What was going on? How did Wuxie know the exalted one?

And from their conversation, they seemed to be on brotherly terms, with a good relationship.

Yao Tengfei was terrified, his face pale as he hid behind the crowd. At first, not seeing the other's face, he didn't know who it was.

But when Lin Fan sat down at the table, Yao Tengfei was completely stunned.

Wasn't this the guy he'd run into that day?

After being beaten that day, Yao Tengfei had wanted to get revenge, but then the incident at the Burial Sea Demon Land happened, and he'd put it aside.

Now, seeing that the man was the so-called exalted one, Yao Tengfei was utterly bewildered.

"Ancestor, wh-what's going on?" Yao Tian's heart pounded. This was too confusing, giving him no time to think.

The Yao Ancestor remained silent, but a thought crossed his mind.

Could this man be...

...

Now Lin Fan and Yao Wuxie were drinking and chatting happily. For Lin Fan, meeting an interesting fellow wasn't easy.

Though Yao Wuxie's cultivation wasn't great, he possessed the only special constitution in the Xuanhuang Realm, which no one else could match.

Although the true dragon was now swimming in shallow waters, Lin Fan believed the day of its rise would come.

But as for this special constitution, Lin Fan hadn't found a way to unlock its seal; it all depended on Yao Wuxie himself.

At this moment, the Yao family's eldest son, Yao Shengtian, seeing this waste so familiar with the exalted one, felt an inexplicable panic.

Could the position of family head be in jeopardy?

A gleam flashed in Yao Shengtian's eyes, and then a smile appeared on his demonic face as he stepped forward.

"Greetings, exalted one. I am the sixth young master's elder brother. It's fate that you know my younger brother. If you don't mind, may I..." Yao Shengtian decided to take a gamble. No matter what, he couldn't let that waste steal the spotlight.

Otherwise, the Yao family would become his domain.

But before he could finish, he was ruthlessly interrupted.

"I do mind. Just stand over there." Lin Fan smiled slightly as he looked at Yao Shengtian.

Lin Fan had no regard for the Yao family.

He liked Yao Wuxie for his personality, but that didn't mean he would accept the rest of the Yao family.

Lin Fan's blunt refusal left Yao Shengtian standing there awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

"Get back here! What does your sixth brother's conversation with the exalted one have to do with you?" Yao Tian said sternly.

He knew Yao Shengtian's little scheme well. When Yao Shengtian acted, he had silently supported him, but now it seemed something was off.

This exalted one wasn't so approachable after all.

Finally, Yao Shengtian lowered his head, unwillingness in his eyes and a burning pain on his face, as if an invisible slap had struck him hard.

Seeing Yao Shengtian humiliated, Yao Wuxie was secretly delighted. Serves you right for always beating me.

Then Yao Wuxie, a bit embarrassed, nudged Lin Fan. "Brother Lin, what about that massage, the shoulder rub..."

Lin Fan looked at Yao Wuxie's shining eyes and smiled. "You mean?"

"Ah, Brother Lin, that thing. I've never experienced it." Yao Wuxie acted a bit coy, speaking shyly.

"Haha." Lin Fan laughed, then beckoned to a female disciple of the Immortal Spirit Pavilion. "Come over, pour wine, give a massage."

Yao Wuxie excitedly straightened up. He'd never imagined such treatment.

The chick, who was eating happily, looked at the two enjoying themselves, pondered for a moment, then cast a domineering glance at a female disciple standing in the distance.

The female disciple, seeing the chick's overbearing look, trembled inwardly, then rejoiced and hurried over to massage the chick's back.

The chick let out a comfortable chirp and continued eating.

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The scene before them left the Yao family members stunned.

Yao Tian and the Yao Ancestor were even trembling, not from fear but from excitement.

They never expected that the most overlooked sixth young master of the Yao family had such a connection.

And judging by their relationship, it seemed even closer than ordinary friends.

Especially when they saw Yao Wuxie casually patting the exalted one's shoulder and calling him brother, their hearts pounded violently.

They had witnessed that earth-shattering battle.

Heaven and earth shattered, time reversed, destruction everywhere...

Lin Fan was also thinking. He had no way to activate Yao Wuxie's constitution; it all depended on Yao Wuxie himself.

"Brother Wuxie, why not go out and gain some experience?" Lin Fan began to hint.

"Ah... experience what? I hate hardship the most." Yao Wuxie gnawed on a chicken leg, his mouth greasy, while a female disciple gently wiped it off, envied by others.

"Don't you want to become stronger? To be a figure who dominates the universe?" Lin Fan said.

"Heh, Brother Lin, don't fool me. Me, a figure dominating the universe? With my skills, I'd starve to death on the road. It's so comfortable here in Zangyao City. I'm not going out, not going out." Yao Wuxie shook his head.

With his aptitude and talent, reaching his current cultivation was already luck.

When Yao Tian and the Yao Ancestor heard the exalted one's words, their hearts stirred greatly.

A figure dominating the universe.

Lin Fan smiled and shook his head, saying nothing more. It seemed he'd have to come up with a plan.

The meal ended quickly.

Lin Fan was about to leave, but before leaving, he called Yao Tian and the Yao Ancestor aside and spoke to them.

They nodded continuously, saying little, but by the end, their eyes shone with a strange light.

Yao Wuxie, still clueless, felt a sudden chill when he saw his father and great-grandfather's gazes, sensing something was off.

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