After Su Xiao left Lin Fan's place,

she walked over to Gu Yu's table.

Seven or eight young men and women were all sitting together.

Exquisite spirit fruits and delicate pastries were displayed on the table.

Meanwhile, in front of Lin Fan's table, there was nothing, completely empty.

"Just a First Rank Holy Emperor Realm ant. Why is Miss Su Xiao so concerned? Just let him be by himself!" Gu Yu's lips curled into a playful smile.

Su Xiao frowned and glanced in the direction of Lin Fan.

"After all, he is Ruoxue's friend. Some matters still need to be communicated."

"Heh."

Gu Yu chuckled disdainfully and shook his head: "He is indeed Miss Ruoxue's friend! But Miss Su, you have already done more than enough. Helping this ant is merely a favor; not helping him is your duty! Besides, if it weren't for Miss Ruoxue, such a First Rank Holy Emperor Realm waste wouldn't have the chance to travel with us."

"Even my servants have Ninth Rank Saint Emperor cultivation. Lin Fan isn't even qualified to be my servant. Why are you being so polite to him, Miss Su? Are you planning to have any dealings with him in the future?"

"This..." Su Xiao hesitated for a moment.

She admitted that Gu Yu wasn't wrong.

Given Lin Fan's First Rank Holy Emperor Realm cultivation, without Ning Ruoxue,

perhaps in this lifetime, Lin Fan wouldn't have the chance to meet her.

"Alright." Su Xiao nodded gently and threw Lin Fan to the back of her mind.

...

On the other side, Lin Fan sat there, continuously absorbing nature's spiritual energy.

Time passed by second by second.

A quarter of an hour.

An hour.

A day.

After a whole day.

Suddenly, the skies changed dramatically, and a terrifying aura, earth-shaking, converged on Lin Fan.

The Void trembled, and countless terrifying spiritual powers around moved like a whirlpool, flooding into Lin Fan's body.

"What's going on?"

Everyone on the back of the flying bird was startled, including Su Xiao, Gu Yu, and others who rushed out of the resting rooms.

Whoosh!

In an instant, everyone's gaze focused on Lin Fan.

Lin Fan, who was breaking through!

"This kid..."

"His aura is so strong?"

"What's going on... Is it an illusion? Damn it!"

Everyone looked at Lin Fan in astonishment.

At this moment, the aura Lin Fan exuded was even more terrifying than a Dao Venerate.

Yet, Su Xiao, Gu Yu, and others felt Lin Fan's cultivation aura was still First Rank Holy Emperor.

Still at the peak of First Rank Holy Emperor!

At this point.

The surrounding spiritual energy was almost entirely gathered by Lin Fan, rushing into him like a breached dam.

"Pop!"

In an instant.

Lin Fan's aura changed abruptly.

Breaking the shackles from First Rank Holy Emperor and successfully stepping into Second Rank Holy Emperor.

Everyone was stunned!

Damn!

Such a big commotion for just breaking through a small realm? What a joke!

The next second.

Lin Fan heard a burst of laughter: "Haha! A lot of thunder but little rain, I thought you were really capable! Damn! Turns out you just advanced from First Rank Holy Emperor to Second Rank Holy Emperor! Such a big spectacle, trying to scare us!"

"Hehe, boring."

A woman with a beauty score around nine sneered.

She directly turned around, went back to her room, too lazy to spare Lin Fan another glance.

Wanyan Qing thought it was a waste of time.

The commotion just now was so huge, she thought something significant had happened.

Turns out it was just Lin Fan advancing.

And... merely from First Rank Holy Emperor to Second Rank Holy Emperor... such majesty, so terrifying!!!

"Brother Gu, this kid... truly can't be comfortable without causing a scene!"

Another young man shook his head, named Wu Kun, with Desolate Ancient Supreme Fifth Rank cultivation.

"Kid, you disturbed me. How do you plan to apologize?"

Gu Yu looked at Lin Fan with some amusement.

If it weren't for Su Xiao, with Gu Yu's character, he would have already thrown Lin Fan off the bird's back just for being displeasing.

Lin Fan remained seated, consolidating his Second Rank Holy Emperor Realm.

He seemed to ignore Gu Yu's words, as if he hadn't heard.

Gu Yu felt a bit embarrassed, and more so, angry.

In front of so many people, Lin Fan directly ignored his words, instantly igniting a fury in Gu Yu's heart.

"Kid! I'm talking to you. Are you deaf or mute? Answer me!" Gu Yu shouted coldly.

A flicker of fierceness flashed in his deep-set eyes.

Lin Fan remained unfazed.

To him, Gu Yu was just like a jumping clown, not worth responding to.

"You!!!"

Gu Yu's eye twitched hard, with so many people watching.

Lin Fan, just a First Rank Holy Emperor, no, he just advanced, a Second Rank Holy Emperor, dared to give the cold shoulder to him, a Desolate Ancient Supreme Sixth Rank?

Who gave him the guts!

"You're courting death!" Gu Yu shouted, about to make a move.

"Young Master Gu, please wait."

Unexpectedly.

A clear and cold voice came: "Young Master Gu, could you do me a favor? Ruoxue entrusted him to me, so I'm responsible for taking care of him. If you make a move against him, it'll be hard for me to explain to Ruoxue."

Su Xiao came over, looking apologetically at Gu Yu.

"Hmph! This waste dared to ignore me. I just asked him a question, and he said nothing. What does he mean by that?" Gu Yu's voice was icy and bone-chilling.

"This..." Su Xiao's eyebrows knit together.

Even when she spoke to Lin Fan, he was very aloof, only responding with "Oh" and "Okay," indeed quite infuriating.

"Sigh! Young Master Gu, he is just that kind of person. Even you said it yourself, he's just an ant. Why bother with an ant? On my behalf, just let him off this time. After all, he's Ruoxue's friend, and you want to meet Ruoxue, don't you? If... once you know Miss Ruoxue and she finds out that you attacked her friend, it wouldn't look good, right?" Su Xiao sighed.

"This..."

Gu Yu raised an eyebrow.

Ning Ruoxue's image and alluring figure flashed through his mind.

"Hmph! I'll let him off once today. Next time, hehe! Don't blame me for being ruthless." Gu Yu snorted coldly and dropped it.

The crowd present chuckled playfully.

Then they all returned to their rooms.

Su Xiao was a bit angry, walked up to Lin Fan, and said coldly: "Lin Fan, fine if you ignore me! Why didn't you answer when Gu Yu asked you a question?"

"Was there a need to answer?" Lin Fan opened his eyes and looked at Su Xiao calmly.

The indifference in his eyes startled Su Xiao a bit.

But.

The next second.

Su Xiao got even angrier.

"Was there a need to answer? Don't you know the answer to that yourself? What is Gu Yu's cultivation? What is your cultivation? Lin Fan! The most important thing is to assess yourself accurately! If you weren't Ruoxue's friend, do you think I would stand up for you just now?" Su Xiao was angry, truly angry.

She felt Lin Fan didn't appreciate her gesture.