"Su Fan, now that Longchuan is captured, can you let me go?"
Xu Wanli asked Su Fan with a cautious expression.
"Let you go? Have the Xu family donate half their assets to the Martial Alliance, or you'll stay here."
Would Su Fan let Xu Wanli go so easily? Absolutely not.
How could Su Fan let him go without taking some advantage from him?
It was likely that after this incident, the Xu family would never dare to oppose Su Fan again.
The people who infiltrated the Long family were all easily dealt with by Su Fan; what was their Xu family in comparison?
Although Xu Wanli was heartbroken, for the sake of his life, he painfully ordered the Xu family to send half their assets.
While the Martial Alliance made money very quickly, Su Fan's consumption speed was also fast. The main reason was that attribute pills were too expensive; even earning a fortune daily wasn't enough for Su Fan's consumption.
By obtaining half of the Xu family's assets, Su Fan could quickly boost his strength.
When Longchuan woke up, he suddenly found that he couldn't mobilize the true qi within his body and felt weak all over.
"You're awake."
Su Fan sat outside the prison cell and said softly upon seeing Longchuan awake.
Longchuan then noticed Su Fan.
"Kid! What did you do to me!"
Longchuan was greatly alarmed. Not being able to mobilize true qi meant a martial artist had lost their greatest reliance. What exactly had Su Fan done to him?
The Long family had been isolated for a long time and naturally did not know about neurotoxins.
"Just something to make you lose your ability to resist. Your Long family's location is about two hundred li northwest of the Heavenly Mountain, in the dense forest, right?"
Su Fan asked Longchuan nonchalantly.
He wanted to confirm the truth of the information he got from Long Ying through Longchuan.
Longchuan was stunned.
"Who told you!"
Longchuan was shocked.
Outsiders could not possibly know the Long family's location. Even the Xu family, who had tried their best to find them, had only discovered the anomaly and appeared proactively; the Xu family had never found the Long family's exact location.
"Oh, this location is indeed correct."
Su Fan nodded. Without the other party directly answering, this statement confirmed that the location Su Fan mentioned was accurate.
"Are you the strongest in your Long family?"
Su Fan asked again.
"Hmph!"
Longchuan snorted coldly and ignored Su Fan.
He could tell Su Fan was trying to probe the Long family's secrets and refused to let him succeed.
"No need to be like this, you just need to answer yes or no,"
Su Fan said with a smile.
"You know Long Ying, right?"
Su Fan asked.
Longchuan's eyebrows twitched, but he did not answer Su Fan.
"It seems you do."
"I got a ring from them. This item shouldn't be something an ordinary person can possess, right? Even for the Long family, it wouldn't be standard equipment. Their status in the Long family must be quite high? What is your status in the Long family?"
"Patriarch?"
"Hmph!"
Longchuan just snorted disdainfully.
"Definitely not. An elder?"
Longchuan remained expressionless and silent.
"An elder, a high position. Then your strength should be top-tier. Is there anyone stronger than you?"
Longchuan was becoming a little agitated. He hadn't said anything, yet Su Fan had guessed it all correctly.
"I think so, but their strength wouldn't be much stronger than yours, at most one realm higher."
Su Fan guessed.
Longchuan glared at Su Fan, his lips tightly shut.
"Heh, it seems I guessed correctly."
Su Fan said with a light smile.
Longchuan couldn't understand how Su Fan had guessed it. He hadn't said a word from beginning to end, why?
What Longchuan didn't know was that in this world, there was a term called micro-expressions, which could reveal a person's inner emotional fluctuations and thus judge their attitude towards a statement.
Although Su Fan didn't have much research in psychology, Longchuan truly lacked expression control, and even an amateur like Su Fan could basically guess his inner thoughts.
"Alright, you can rest now. I don't plan to kill you yet."
After getting the answers he wanted, Su Fan said to Longchuan.
After leaving the Martial Alliance, Su Fan felt that his strength needed to be rapidly improved.
Besides cultivation, equipment in games was also a crucial element for increasing strength.
Su Fan was determined to quickly obtain the equipment and bring it back. The level 30 ice-attribute set he had taken off, if brought into reality, would definitely increase his strength significantly.
That night, Su Fan entered the game again.
Because he had instructed Li Changmin yesterday to pack up, they were ready early in the morning.
After packing their belongings, they moved forward.
The next target: Lei Hu Village.
Yes, it was Xu Dalei's mountain stronghold, the place where Xia Yun was rescued.
Although Xu Dalei, the leader of Lei Hu Village, had been killed by him, the stronghold still existed, so Su Fan intended to eradicate it.
Passing by Longhu Mountain, Su Fan looked up. He could vaguely see a few figures hiding in the shadows, observing the movements of the bandit suppression camp.
However, Su Fan didn't care. It was likely that others from Longhu Mountain didn't trust Su Fan. With such a large force passing through Longhu Mountain, if they had any ill intentions, Longhu Mountain would be gone in an instant.
Only after the bandit suppression camp had completely left Longhu Mountain did they breathe a sigh of relief.
"I told you Brother Su Fan wouldn't lie to me, but you guys didn't believe me."
Cheng Yaoyin said to the others with a speechless expression.
Er Qing, Aunt Niu, Wen Yan, Xiao Jiu, and Da Niu were all present.
"I also saw that Brother Su Fan is an honest person and wouldn't lie to us."
Aunt Niu always trusted Cheng Yaoyin's judgment, but Wen Yan and Xiao Jiu remained skeptical of Su Fan.
"I'm just being cautious. It's not just me who's suspicious; Brother Wen Yan is also suspicious of Su Fan,"
Xiao Jiu pouted and pointed at Wen Yan.
Wen Yan felt a bit awkward. He had wanted to observe Su Fan's character, as he still held some hope that Su Fan could help him clear his name.
Looking at it now, Su Fan was sincere towards Cheng Yaoyin. Even if Cheng Yaoyin hadn't won and joined the bandit suppression camp, Su Fan hadn't made any moves against Longhu Mountain; instead, he had trusted them and exposed his back to them.
"I think we can discuss the matter of amnesty now."
This time, Wen Yan didn't hesitate. Seizing the opportunity while everyone was present, he brought it up proactively, suggesting they all discuss it.
Cheng Yaoyin looked at Wen Yan with some surprise.
Yesterday he didn't want to talk about it, but today he had a change of heart?
"Wen Yan! You've thought it through!"
Cheng Yaoyin said to Wen Yan with surprise and joy.
The main reason they hadn't defeated Su Fan was Wen Yan. Wen Yan was the one most dissatisfied with the imperial court and didn't want any dealings with them.
As brothers, they naturally wouldn't force Wen Yan.
"Let's talk about it when we get back."
Wen Yan blushed. As a scholar, this sudden change in behavior made him feel somewhat ashamed.
Cheng Yaoyin, however, was very excited.
Wen Yan's change of mind was something worth celebrating for him.
"Let's go, let's go back and kill that ox. We'll drink and talk!"
Cheng Yaoyin said excitedly.
"Kill the ox? We're still counting on it for plowing. Aren't you going to farm?"
Xiao Jiu was speechless upon hearing this.
"Farm what! We're going to follow Su Fan from now on, so what's the point of keeping it?"