Chapter 697: As the Virtue Grows Taller, the Devil Grows Taller Still

In the void, Feng Qingzi watched the surroundings eagerly, determined to catch that brat the moment he appeared and give him a good lesson. How dare he take an old man's belongings—there was no justice in this world.

Lin Fan, too, stared anxiously at the void, feeling somewhat helpless. This old man was far too cunning.

Very well, let's see who can hold out longer.

Now Lin Fan lay there, not daring to move an inch.

For a great cultivator like this, even the slightest disturbance in the air could be keenly sensed.

So to be safe, Lin Fan remained utterly still, letting the wind and rain batter him, refusing to budge.

Three days later.

Feng Qingzi had not appeared even once.

Lin Fan felt that the old man must have left by now. After all, anyone with normal intelligence would assume he had fled, not stayed put without moving.

But just as Lin Fan was about to get up, a figure suddenly appeared in the void.

The moment Lin Fan saw that figure, he was startled, then obediently played dead again.

"This old man is seriously twisted. He doesn't show up for days, and when he does, it's with such earth-shattering timing," Lin Fan muttered, speechless. He had nearly been scared into a fit by the old man.

"Three days—could he really not be here? It seems I'll have to search elsewhere." Feng Qingzi looked around, his expression more haggard than a few days ago, then vanished into the void again.

But at that moment, Lin Fan suddenly noticed a golden light falling from the void.

And that golden light was unmistakably a storage ring.

"Damn, this old man is forcing me into crime," Lin Fan said, utterly exasperated at the sight of the glittering storage ring.

"What does this old man take me for? Does he really think I'm some insatiable greedy bastard?" Lin Fan fumed inwardly.

This was a provocation—before leaving, he still tried to set a trap.

A great cultivator like him dropping something? Did he really think I'm a fool?

"I won't go out. Absolutely not." Lin Fan closed his eyes, refusing to be lured by the storage ring.

Meanwhile, in the void,

Feng Qingzi stared intently at the storage ring he had dropped. You can't catch a wolf without risking a child—he didn't believe the brat wouldn't come out.

Somehow, a feeling told Feng Qingzi that this human brat hadn't left, that he was hiding nearby.

This feeling came from reaching the tenth level of the Divine Heaven realm, the Eternal Divine Throne.

A sense for danger and treasure alike.

"Hmph, I don't believe you won't come out. The moment you do, I'll slap you silly. At such a young age, you learn nothing but swindling old folks."

Feng Qingzi was furious. The pain in his heart could not be understood without experiencing it firsthand.

The storage ring Lin Fan had swindled contained treasures Feng Qingzi had accumulated over several millennia. Losing it would be heartbreaking.

Another ten days passed.

Lin Fan was about to lose it.

"Damn, did that old man leave or not?" Lin Fan was at his wit's end. "Could that storage ring on the ground really have been dropped by accident?"

But after hesitating for a moment, Lin Fan decided to wait a little longer. That old man seemed deeply cunning; the only reason he had been tricked before was his overconfidence in his own strength.

Now that he knew he had been duped, he would surely try every means to catch him.

Boom!

Just then, a thunderous roar echoed.

"Feng Qingzi, what are you doing in my territory?" A terrifying, ferocious aura suddenly erupted from the void, brimming with brutality.

"Is that Supreme Jie?" Lin Fan's expression changed drastically as he sensed the aura.

"Jie, I came on business and will leave now."

...

"Sure enough, the old man hasn't left." Lin Fan's heart trembled at the sound of Feng Qingzi's voice.

Damn, this old man had incredible patience—he had held out until now.

"Hmph, come and go as you please? Stay right there!" Supreme Jie's voice boomed like thunder as he struck instantly, shaking the void.

Feng Qingzi's figure flickered into view, then fled into the distance.

Crackle!

A fierce battle erupted, shaking heaven and earth, before gradually fading into the distant void.

"I never thought Supreme Jie would be the one to save me." Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief. If not for the Supreme, who knew how long the old man would have hidden.

But thankfully, the old man had finally left. In an instant, a golden light blinded Lin Fan.

"Haha, the old man forgot his storage ring!" Lin Fan rejoiced at the sight.

What was this called?

Trying to steal a chicken only to lose the bait. Did he think I was easy to deal with?

The final result? Of course not.

"Jackpot! I've hit the jackpot! Old man, this storage ring you dropped is mine now." Lin Fan stood up and walked toward the ring.

To be safe, Lin Fan still remained in his invisible state.

Staring at the storage ring, Lin Fan swallowed hard, then reached out with his virtuous hand.

"Ding, congratulations on discovering the Greed Prison."

"Huh!"

The moment Lin Fan grabbed the ring, the system's prompt sounded, and he was completely dumbfounded.

"Damn, the old man tricked me!" Lin Fan panicked and tried to drop the ring, but in an instant, the ring burst into light, transforming into a prison that trapped him.

"Earth Escape!"

Without hesitation, Lin Fan tried to burrow into the ground, but found it sealed as if by a spell. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape.

"Haha... haha!" Just then, a hearty laugh echoed through heaven and earth.

"Boy, how about it? Fallen for the trap, haven't you?" A figure appeared before Lin Fan, and the moment he saw it, he was stunned.

Two streams of tears slowly trickled down.

"As the virtue grows taller, the devil grows taller still."

"Old man, didn't you say you were being chased by the Supreme?" Lin Fan wanted to cry but had no tears. At the very last moment, he had been outwitted by the old man.

"Ancient Clan Supreme? Did you see him? That was just an aura I simulated. What do you think? Do you submit?" Feng Qingzi laughed heartily, all the pent-up frustration of the past days vanishing in an instant.

"You..." Lin Fan was speechless. He thought his own tricks were deep, but this old man's were even deeper.

There is always a sky beyond the sky, and people beyond people. There were far too many cunning bastards more devious than him.

"Now, are you willing to become my disciple?"

Lin Fan: "..."