Inside the main hall of Luoyan Gate, Lu Fan stood quietly, holding his dark blade. *Swish...* A door appeared on the stone wall, and the disheveled old Daoist priest slipped in with a grin.
"Old fellow! Are you sure they've all come in?" Lu Fan asked. His greatest worry was that someone would target his family again, as these foreigners cared nothing for martial ethics and only sought to achieve their goals by any means.
"Kid! Don't you worry! Six of them, not one missing. You just wait here, they'll be teleported here soon. You just need to kick one and kill one!" The disheveled old Daoist priest said confidently, found a spot to sit, and pulled out a roasted chicken from his robe to gnaw on.
"Damn it... you stole my little chicken!" Lu Fan recognized the roasted chicken as his own pet wild chicken the moment he smelled it.
"Kid! Don't talk nonsense and slander Daoist Master's character. Is Daoist Master someone who steals chickens and dogs?" The disheveled old Daoist priest pouted, his mouth slick with grease from the chicken.
"If you don't steal chickens and dogs, where did this little chicken come from?" Lu Fan rolled his eyes and asked.
"I caught it! Daoist Master went and caught it openly. But no one was watching the place where you raise little chickens, and no one wanted my money when I offered it! So I brought it back and roasted it. You can't blame me for this, right!" The disheveled old Daoist priest said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Then give me the money now?"
"Kid! Don't you understand 'no responsibility once it leaves the counter'?" The disheveled old Daoist priest glanced at Lu Fan with disdain, thinking the boy was incredibly ignorant.
"Heh heh! You know about 'no responsibility once it leaves the counter'? Have you ever deposited money?" Lu Fan burst out laughing. This old guy was truly invincible.
*Swish...* Suddenly, someone emerged from the stone wall. It was one of the foreigners.
"Heh heh! Been waiting for you!" Lu Fan grinned. The old fellow's method was indeed quite good.
"Kid! They'll find this place soon. You must die..." The foreigner was startled and tried to retreat, only to find the stone door couldn't be pushed open anymore! He took a deep breath and said.
"Yes! They will come, but you won't live to see it!" Lu Fan smiled faintly and said.
"I..." The foreigner saw a hint of danger in Lu Fan's smile. *Swish...* He immediately raised his long sword to defend himself.
*Clang...* A crisp sound. Lu Fan's dark blade clashed against the opponent's treasured sword. Just as the foreigner was secretly relieved that he had reacted quickly enough, *swish...* the dark blade suddenly lengthened by two feet, and the blade instantly circled his sword.
The foreigner felt a chilling sensation from his shoulder to his back. *Swish...* Large amounts of blood flowed down his body.
"Kid, I'll fight you to the death... Ah...!" The foreigner was shocked by Lu Fan's incredible speed. With a roar, he swung his sword and lunged at Lu Fan.
*Hmph!* Lu Fan sneered. This was what was meant by being caught off guard – when you're panicked and terrified, you often leave yourself wide open...
*Poof...* Lu Fan's figure flashed. The opponent let out a scream and fell to the ground with a thud. Blood gushed from one of his legs.
"I won't kill you now. Your blood will drain dry later. Hmph!" Lu Fan stood there, sneering.
"You... you're a... monster! I've cultivated for decades longer than you, I don't believe that at the same realm, you'd be this much stronger than me!" The foreigner shouted indignantly. This wasn't the Chinese martial arts he understood! Chinese martial arts weren't like this!
"Hmph! You'll never understand how profound Chinese martial arts are!" Lu Fan snorted coldly and kicked him. *Bang...* The guy immediately curled up in the corner.
*Swish...* Suddenly, a faint sound came from the adjacent stone wall.
*Swish...* Lu Fan instantly moved and struck with his sword.
*Poof...* A foreigner fell to the ground, clutching a severed arm. *Clatter...* An arm landed on the ground beside him.
"You go cool off in the corner too!" Lu Fan kicked again, and this guy also curled up in the corner.
"Kid! You've got good skills at whack-a-mole! As soon as they pop their heads out, you take them down!" The disheveled old Daoist priest said, blinking his eyes.
"Heh heh! Just a coincidence, a coincidence." Lu Fan chuckled, but his body suddenly moved in another direction. *Poof...* Another sword strike, piercing the abdomen of someone.
*Thump...* The guy immediately knelt down.
"Hey! Kid! How did you know he was there? Even Daoist Master didn't notice!" The disheveled old Daoist priest exclaimed in surprise.
"If I said I can see through stone, would you believe me?" Lu Fan said with a grin.
"If you can take down the next one..."
*Whoosh...* *Poof...*
Before the disheveled old Daoist priest could finish speaking, Lu Fan suddenly sent his Luoying Sword flying. With a *swoosh*, it pinned someone who had just poked half their body out.
"Alright! I take back what I said! Damn it! These peak realm experts are like little chicks in front of you! I should have never set up this formation for you. It took me days of work, and you still want money from Daoist Master for a little chicken. Hmph!" The disheveled old Daoist priest said, taking fierce bites of the roasted chicken as if venting his anger.
"Pah! You're still justifying stealing. If it weren't for giving you face, I wouldn't have lured these guys here. I would have dealt with them long ago, and I wouldn't be wasting time here!" Lu Fan said in a manner that showed no intention of backing down.
"Good boy! Ungrateful! White-eyed wolf! I'll steal all your little chickens later and eat roasted chicken every day! Hmph!" The disheveled old Daoist priest roared angrily.
"Hahaha! You finally admit you stole it!" Lu Fan burst into laughter.
*Snap...* The disheveled old Daoist priest suddenly threw away the chicken bone in his hand and shouted at Lu Fan, "Daoist Master is tired of chicken, give me some fruit!"
"None!" Lu Fan flatly refused.
"Hmph! You always have fruit to lure young girls, but you don't have any for Daoist Master? Believe it or not, I'll roast your second senior sister too!" This was a serious threat from the disheveled old Daoist priest.
"Alright! Here's one for you!" Lu Fan flicked his wrist, and an apple flew towards the disheveled old Daoist priest.