Cultivation Pet Shop

Meanwhile, back in Lin Fan's shop.

Since it was the morning, it meant that Lin Fan was open for business again.

He took care of the morning rush as per usual, but he felt it was strange since there was no one that came looking for him.

He was almost certain that there would be someone that would come, or at least there would be people that would be assigned to watch his store, but there was no one new. There were just the same old scouts as usual.

There was no one new that came, for example, people from the Thunder Sect, the True Spirit Sect, or even the Assassins Association.

Lin Fan was very surprised by this since he knew that Shi Yan should have been quite important to Lei Feng. After all, he had seen how close they were at the first banquet and Shi Yan had been trusted enough to lead the kill squad that came for the Xu Family.

So why wasn't there a single move being made?

Still, there was nothing that Lin Fan could do right now. After all, it wasn't like he could charge right at the Thunder Sect or the True Spirit Sect, could he?

So after the morning rush, Lin Fan pulled Mo Ze Chen aside and gave him the token as he said, "Take this, we'll be heading out soon, so get ready."

Mo Ze Chen was surprised when he saw this and he couldn't help asking, "What is this?"

Lin Fan asked, "Did you hear about the auction last night?"

How could Mo Ze Chen not hear about such a big event?

Even if the city forums had deleted all mention of this, Mo Ze Chen had his own sources. Not to mention that he was a hunter now, so he also had access to the Hunter Organizations information network.

Anyone who was anyone would know about this, so how could Mo Ze Chen not know about it?

After a pause, he looked down at the token and asked, "Then this is…"

He didn't finish his sentence, but the way he left his words hanging made it very clear what he was implying.

Lin Fan nodded without saying anything, but that was already enough to answer Mo Ze Chen's question.

Mo Ze Chen held the Ancient Era Ruins token out again as he said, "Boss, I can't take this. It's too valuable."

Lin Fan shook his head and didn't take the token before saying, "I need someone on my side with me in there. It's better than having someone unreliable in there, don't you think?"

Mo Ze Chen held the Ancient Era Ruins token for a bit before saying, "Alright."

To be honest, he was actually quite tempted by this token, but he knew that this wasn't the place for him to be. After all, this was something that involved all twelve great factions and he was nothing more than a new Hunter.

If it wasn't for Lin Fan, he definitely wouldn't even be qualified to be touching one of the tokens.

After thinking for a bit, he couldn't help asking, "Then boss, do you have another token for Lulu as well."

After being with Lulu for a while, he had realized that he was completely outclassed by her.

She was a true genius, one that had made several breakthroughs in just a few days, already reaching the Peak Embryo Soul Realm, just being a step away from reaching the Child Soul Realm. Meanwhile, he was still in the Mid Embryo Soul Realm and he had been there for a long time. He only felt the breakthrough nearing after receiving the rewards from the ruins from the Hunters Exam.

She would definitely be much more useful to Lin Fan in these ruins.

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "She can't go into the ruins."

Mo Ze Chen was surprised as he asked, "Why?"

Lin Fan slightly knitted his brows as he said, "First, there's no token and second, we need someone to watch over the store."

Lin Fan had a different reason for why he didn't want to bring Lulu along, but he didn't tell Mo Ze Chen yet because he didn't know how to talk to him about this.

Lin Fan was already treating the tribe in the ruins as part of his forces, so he didn't want people to know about them just yet. Then again, it would be dangerous if they were ever found since they were a completely new faction that no one had ever met before. As well as being the original race of this planet, the race that had been here before the Galactic Humanity Alliance settled here.

This would be a case of the new settlers meeting the aboriginals and Lin Fan knew perfectly well how that would go based on the examples from earth.

The tribe wasn't strong enough to face the twelve factions of the Galactic Humanity Alliance since their strongest member was the grand elder and even then, he was only in the Nascent Soul Realm. Or at least he would be when he recovered, but before he recovered, he was actually only in the Peak Child Soul Realm.

There was no way that they would be able to claim a piece of land for themselves with the power that they had.

This was a dog eat dog world, so the most likely outcome would be that they would be completely eliminated or they would be chased off the planet so that they wouldn't cause trouble in the future.

So until the time was right, Lin Fan didn't plan on letting anyone know about them.

Mo Ze Chen was about to continue arguing the case, but then there was a voice that called out from the front desk, "Owner Lin, are you here?"

Lin Fan and Mo Ze Chen were both surprised to hear someone calling for Lin Fan, but Lin Fan recognized this voice since it was a familiar voice.

Lin Fan came out to see Murong Yue standing at the counter with Lulu sitting behind it with a helpless look on her face.

It was clear that she had tried to stop Murong Yue, but Murong Yue hadn't cared about her.

Lin Fan wasn't surprised to see her since he recognized her voice, but he was curious why she was here. The auction was already over and it was certain that the Hunters Organization would have their own matters to take care of, so he was curious why she would have time to come see him.

Murong Yue waved at Lin Fan when he came out and then when he came over, she said, "Owner Lin, can we talk in private?"

Lin Fan looked at her for a bit before giving a nod to Lulu.

Lulu understood what he meant and she headed off into the store to stock a few shelves.

Murong Yue turned to look at Mo Ze Chen and even though she didn't say anything, the meaning in her gaze was clear.

Lin Fan just calmly replied, "You can say anything you want to me to him."

Murong Yue thought about it before giving a nod after remembering what she was here for.

Lin Fan saw this and gave a snap, creating the same soundproof bubble as before.

After the bubble was formed, Murong Yue said, "Owner Lin, do you have anyone that you can recommend for the Ancient Era Ruins trip?" As she said this, she turned her gaze to Mo Ze Chen.

It was clear that Lin Fan trusted this person and while she didn't know exactly who he was, she did remember that he was one of the four people who had passed the last Hunters Exam.

Since that was the case, that meant that he fit both criteria for the person that they needed.

Lin Fan raised a brow before asking, "Did you get another token?"

Murong Yue just nodded in response.

Lin Fan didn't expect them to ask him to recommend someone to bring into the Ancient Era Ruins since he couldn't be considered a core member of the Hunters Organization. They should have plenty of other Hunters that they could rely on, so why were they asking him?

Still, Lin Fan said, "No, I don't have anyone that I could recommend."

Murong Yue was taken aback when she heard this.

It was clear that Mo Ze Chen was the right candidate, but why was Lin Fan not recommending him?

Mo Ze Chen could understand the meaning behind the conversation from the context, so he cleared his throat and said, "I already have a token, but…"

Before he could say anything else, he suddenly felt a cold look from Lin Fan and immediately swallowed his words.

Murong Yue was surprised to hear this as she looked at Lin Fan with a surprised look.

Where had he gotten another Ancient Era Ruins token from?

But then when she thought about it, she remembered the report from this morning.

They had learned that Shi Yan had died, but they didn't know who killed him.

However, Murong Yue had a good idea who had killed him after learning that Lin Fan had gotten another token overnight.

Still, this was a good thing since Shi Yan was one of the enemy leaders and they had taken one of the enemy's tokens, so they would be down a person in the Ancient Era Ruins.

As for who to give the token that they got last night, the Hunters Organization had other candidates, but they had wanted to give it to Lin Fan's choice since he was the leader and they wanted to build a team that could work better with him.

After Murong Yue thought about it, she waved her hand and said, "Alright, that's all I wanted to ask. See you later, Owner Lin."

Without even giving him time to respond, she ran out of the store just as fast as she came.

When it was just Mo Ze Chen and Lin Fan left at the counter, Mo Ze Chen couldn't help asking, "Boss, wasn't that another token that was just offered to you? Couldn't you have given it to Lulu?"

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "It's not time for her to show her abilities yet. The outside world isn't ready for them just yet."

Mo Ze Chen wanted to say something else, but then he swallowed his words since he knew that Lin Fan was right.

This was what the grand elder had also told them in his letter, so he had to respect their choice.

Seeing that there was no other way, Mo Ze Chen didn't say anything else and headed off to help Lulu in the store.

Lin Fan watched him walk away before shaking his head with a sigh and sitting down behind the counter.