Chapter 42: Going Against the Grain

Lu Fan narrowed his eyes, squinting at Leng Hanchao and Li Qingshan, with a look of contempt. Added to such insulting language, it was hard for anyone present to endure.

"Little beast, sharp-tongued; wait until you are taken down, and you will know the methods of my Sacred Martial Hall!"

Leng Hanchao's expression was ferocious; he had grown up so big and had never been insulted like this before. In public, the Sacred Hall Knights being insulted in public was an even greater crime, unforgivable.

Li Qingshan's expression also sank, without the smugness of his sudden appearance. He had originally wanted to catch Lu Fan off guard, but never expected Lu Fan to be so arrogant, looking completely indifferent.

Lu Fan just sneered, didn't answer, and just scanned the scene playfully. He was surprised to find that the characters he had provoked since his rebirth had almost all arrived.

This was also good, just right to clean them up together, so as not to have trouble in the future.

His posture, in the eyes of others, appeared unfathomable. Especially those who originally knew his "trash" reputation, encountered various strange changes, and had long since changed their past thoughts.

Each one inwardly admired Lu Fan's methods, and also felt a bit of schadenfreude. Thinking: Even if you have some adventures, provoking so many people, I'm afraid your life is not guaranteed.

Elder Bai frowned and didn't speak, not quite understanding the meaning of the Sacred Martial Hall Knights coming over. Nie Xing on the side was vicious, seemingly vaguely aware of something, and stepped out again. Although he had lost his previous confidence, his momentum was extraordinary, pointing his sword at Lu Fan.

"Hmph! Lu Fan, you disregard the safety of your fellow disciples, playing with dangerous arrays, and committed a taboo of the academy. Elder Bai kindly came to ask, but you have no respect for your elders, arrogant and domineering. I..." He wanted to say that he was a hero, following the academy rules, but remembered that he had lost face just now, and closed his mouth.

But he was also witty, looked at Leng Hanchao, and directly changed his words: "You hooked up with evil ways, not tolerated by the world, the Sacred Martial Hall Knights personally dispatched, why don't you hurry up and surrender!"

As soon as this voice fell, the surrounding students and even Elder Bai's expressions changed greatly. The Sacred Martial Hall considered itself orthodox, chasing and killing people of other sects all over the world. Even for some people who acted strangely, they would rather kill by mistake than let go.

This Leng Hanchao led his knights here; it seemed it wasn't a private grudge, it must be that Lu Fan had committed some taboo, and it was likely that he was really an "evil outsider."

"Not bad! This friend is right; Lu Fan is a thief, hooked up with the notorious Skull Society, cruel and bloodthirsty, guilty of death!"

Li Qingshan nodded, pointing at Lu Fan and counting his faults. When he mentioned the Skull Society, everyone around was horrified, terrified, obviously having heard of the Skull Society's fierce name.

Elder Bai's frown deepened; the Sacred Martial Hall broke in without saying hello to arrest a student, and he couldn't make the decision. This kind of thing already involved the academy's face.

Even if Lu Fan was really an evil demon, he should be handed over to the academy's Elder Council for disposal. If the Sacred Hall was given an excuse, I'm afraid it would be unfavorable to the academy later.

However, just at this moment, Lu Fan laughed loudly, looking relaxed, and mocked Li Qingshan: "Hehe! Empty words, what evidence do you have that I hooked up with the Skull Society?"

As soon as his words fell, Li Qingshan was overjoyed, throwing out an Image-Recording Talisman in public, and a light curtain was stimulated, and the scene of the fight in the Skull Society yesterday suddenly appeared.

"Hmph! Lu Fan, you won't deny it to death, will you?" He smiled sinisterly, proud to the extreme. The Lu surname wasn't old, but he was quite difficult to deal with; once today's matter passed and the dust settled, that Profound Artifact would be his.

The people around stared at the light curtain and watched carefully, each one discussing heatedly.

"This is indeed Lu Fan, the ghost Qi is gloomy, the evil spirit is scattered, I'm afraid it really is the Skull Society's lair!"

"No wonder, no wonder. So this Lu Fan is an evil demon; I said how he suddenly made such rapid progress, it must be an evil sect's demon method!"

Various discussions and guesses arose one after another. It seemed that the stolen goods were obtained, and Lu Fan's identity as an evil demon was confirmed.

Lu Fan scanned the scene, shook his head slightly, looking listless. He originally thought today would be very exciting, but the result was all cats and dogs, boring.

"Hehe! It's a huge joke; I appeared in the Skull Society's lair and am an evil demon, while you also appeared there, but you are slaying demons and eliminating demons, eliminating harm for the people. Yellow-mouthed white teeth, let you talk nonsense!"

He looked bored, but the mockery in his words was very obvious. When the surrounding students heard this, they also realized, and the truth was indeed so.

"Sophistry!" Nie Xing looked ferocious; if he couldn't take down Lu Fan today, wouldn't the humiliation he just suffered be in vain? His thoughts turned rapidly, and he directly argued: "You appeared in the Skull Society for no reason; anyone can guess the reason. Do you really think you can fool everyone with a few words!"

Lu Fan rolled his eyes and mocked: "The Skull Society isn't your home; why do you care what I go there for? Do you think everyone is like the Sacred Martial Hall? I love to visit, so I visit; do I need you to care?"

He had an unreasonable posture, but it was quite reasonable, and the people around also nodded in agreement. If it was judged that Lu Fan was a villain just by appearing in the Skull Society, it would be too much of a joke.

"Rather kill by mistake than let go!" Leng Hanchao didn't want to wait any longer; he only felt that delay would lead to changes, took out the rules of the Sacred Martial Hall, and with a roar, the surrounding soldiers danced with knives and swords, about to take Ye Fei down.

"Wait!"

Elder Bai, who had been gloomy and silent, shouted fiercely, his Martial King cultivation erupting, suppressing the whole scene with his momentum.

"This is Tianyuan Academy, not your Sacred Martial Hall. Whether Lu Fan is a demon or a monster, it must be judged by my Elder Council. Commander Leng, please discipline yourself!"

Leng Hanchao's face looked ugly to the extreme; this old man's words clearly meant he was presumptuous. He had wasted some words just now and hadn't taken Lu Fan down directly, originally out of respect for Tianyuan Academy.

Never expected that he would be given face but not want it, and this old man would actually be in such a posture.

Li Qingshan's expression was somewhat gloomy, and he said strangely: "Elder Bai, the Sacred Martial Hall is doing things; you'd better not interfere! We can come here because we have the tacit approval of the academy's top management; don't make a mistake!"

When Elder Bai heard this, he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, his teeth itching to the extreme. He had never encountered such a blatant verbal threat in all his years.

However, these words were spoken into his heart; with such a big movement, none of the other elders came over, I'm afraid they really knew something. He regretted it a bit this time; he shouldn't have come to mix in this muddy water.

Not to mention losing face, no matter what the result of Lu Fan was, he was afraid he would be the scapegoat.

Thinking of this, he glared at Lu Fan fiercely, blaming everything on Lu Fan.

Elder Bai didn't say a word; Leng Hanchao and Li Qingshan only felt that the other party was afraid, and their hearts were happy, looking at Lu Fan with a sinister smile, waving their hands.

"Click, click."

The mechanism turned, and the iron edge was cold. A group of Silver-Armored Guards gathered around, the front row with big knives and long swords, and the back row with rune crossbows and strong bows.

Li Qingshan smiled proudly and said wildly: "Lu Fan, I don't know where you learned a body of Rune Dao, but this time with rune crossbows surrounding you, you can't fly with wings; if you are sensible..."

With a "puff," Lu Fan, who had been watching the people around him coldly, laughed while holding his stomach, "Haha, it's so funny, a few broken crossbows are actually treated as treasures, looking like something incredible. Are you Sacred Hall Knights all so ignorant of the world, poor country bumpkins?"

He laughed until he was out of breath, leaning half of his body on the Art Refining Crystal Furnace, as if he would roll on the ground without this support.

This strange appearance, in the eyes of the onlookers, was all confused. They only felt that Lu Fan was bold, and regardless of anything else, many people secretly admired this courage.

"Lu Fan is indeed not an ordinary person; I didn't expect there to be such a character in the academy!"

Yang Sheng sighed, full of admiration. Nie Xing on the side scanned coldly, but he pretended not to see it and ignored it.

Li Qingshan's face turned black, and he laughed out of anger, saying: "Good, good! I'll see what skills you have that you dare to be so rampant!"

"Fire arrows!"

Leng Hanchao gave an order, and the rune crossbows shone brightly, and rune arrows refined by secret methods shot out. The speed was incredibly fast, and the trajectory was even more tricky, actually turning into arcs, shooting toward Lu Fan from all around.

"Broken! This kid is dead!"

Elder Bai's expression changed; although he didn't like Ye Lu Fan very much, he was an academy student after all. According to his thoughts, even if he was to be executed, the academy should do it; how could outsiders do it?

Other students also had ugly expressions; such rune arrows, let alone a dozen or so shooting together, even if any one of them locked onto themselves, they would probably die on the spot.

"Hey! Stubborn, really looking for death!"

Just at this moment, Lu Fan shook his head; he didn't like these people from the Sacred Martial Hall, but he wasn't prepared to deal with them. Now that things had reached this point, if he continued to endure, these clowns didn't know how many more tricks they would produce.

As soon as his voice fell, his figure slowly stood up, looking like a tiger, and a momentum suddenly rolled out.

"Clang!"

He waved his large hand, smashing it on the Art Refining Crystal Furnace. The lid turned over on its own, and a fire snake immediately drilled out.

"Whoosh!"

He blew lightly; although there wasn't much strength, the fire snake soared rapidly, turning into a curtain of fire in an instant, condensing in the void.

The fire waves rolled, and the rune arrows shot over; the originally elegant and agile trajectory added a trace of stagnation, bombarding the fire curtain, as if stuck into the bullseye, actually not moving.

"What is going on?" Leng Hanchao's expression changed greatly; he had dispatched the knights' sharp weapons, rune crossbows and strong bows, this time; even if the other party was a Fifth-Tier Martial King, he wouldn't be able to eat and walk around, let alone a Third-Tier Martial Master.

"What's going on? I don't believe you if I say you are stupid; actually using rune arrows to deal with a Rune Master, showing off in front of an expert, laughing off big teeth."

The flames gradually dissipated, turning into red light, solidifying the rune arrows in the void. Lu Fan's face appeared, with a look of mockery.

The people around were dumbfounded, and hadn't figured out the situation before them, but Lu Fan moved, leaping up, waving and pointing in the air.

Several seals surged out, sinking into the red light. A mysterious aura that was hard to describe suddenly generated, and on those rune arrows, light patterns swirled, seals swayed, as if they were being refined again.

Li Qingshan was stunned, with a look of disbelief, whispering: "Method of melting, how do you..."

Before his voice fell, those rune arrows turned their spears and shot toward the group of Silver-Armored Guards.

Treating them in their own way, the arc trajectory was hard to grasp; these Silver-Armored Guards couldn't even see clearly, let alone resist. Each one had a horrified face, stumbling back, crying and fleeing.

"Stop!"

Just at this moment, a majestic exclamation rang out. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====