Chapter 49: Justifiable Defense

  As the footsteps approached, several people walked down from the second floor staircase. The ones walking in front were an old man with gray hair and a lovely young girl wearing light green clothes, with two cute dimples on her round face. The girl seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

  Little loli, looking at the girl slowly coming towards herself, Lin Fan's heart suddenly came up with three words, actually Lin Fan still liked little loli in her heart.

  An old man and a young girl followed by five men and one woman, a total of eight people, quickly came in Lin Fan's direction, wherever they went, everyone gave way, and every face was filled with a hint of reverence.

  Lin Fan even discovered that in the great hall, there were several Great War Masters who also looked at the eyes of the eight people with a hint of reverence. This was too ridiculous! The cultivation of the eight people, except for the old man, were basically all at the War Master level, and not even one Great War Master among them. As for the old man's cultivation, Lin Fan couldn't see clearly, as if the old man's body was shrouded in a layer of mysterious light halo.

  "Good Langya team leader".

  "It's been a long time since I've seen Wolf Fang Team."

  Wherever the eight of them passed, everyone bowed and saluted as if it were an imperial visit. The old man simply nodded indifferently, without even opening his mouth to say a word. However, it seemed that everyone was already accustomed to this, and instead felt that the old man's nod was like a greeting to them. Every face was filled with surprise.

  Everyone's expression on their face was taken in by Lin Fan, who was guessing the identity of the old man with contempt. Judging from the respectful attitude of several great war masters towards the old man, the old man's identity should not be simple.

  One of the eight people, a young woman, stepped forward and said to the woman in the window: "Just now we have already discussed with Vice President Tian Er, this time the gold medal mission is given to our Toxic Wolf Mercenary Group".

  "Please wait a moment", the woman inside the window seemed to be slightly surprised, hastily opening the documents on the table to search, after a while, the woman raised her head again and said: "Within three months, there is only one gold medal mission, which is to rush to Tianshan to find a thousand-year-old snow lotus, the employer offered a reward of 5 million gold coins".

  Golden quest? Five million gold coins? Even Lin Fan was taken aback by this number, but to put it into perspective, the combined annual financial income of all six families in Luojing City barely reached one million gold coins. Now, for just a single golden quest, the client is offering a reward of five million gold coins - this is simply too exaggerated!

  The old man nodded in apparent satisfaction and finally spoke up, "The Thousand Year Snow Lotus is a rare treasure of the Heavenly Mountains, blooming only once every thousand years. The Thousand Year Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus has already taken shape and can move its position at any time, with an unpredictable trajectory. Five million gold coins are a fair price, we accept."

  Is 50 million gold coins also considered fair? Hearing the old man's words, Lin Fan couldn't help but want to go up and kick the old man a few times with his feet. This guy is really good at pretending to be a big shot. 50 million gold coins represent what? That's the total financial income of the six major families in Luoshan City for five whole years! At this moment, the old man actually seemed somewhat dissatisfied, truly deserving of being beaten up.

  "The Golden Mission Tianshan Snow Lotus has been taken down by the Poison Wolf Mercenary Group", a woman inside the window shouted out loudly, as if afraid that others in the hall wouldn't hear her, her voice somewhat distorted from shouting too high.

  Everyone ignored the woman and congratulated the eight people, after a round of flattery, the young woman and the woman had completed all the formalities. At this time, the green-clothed woman came to Lin Fan's side, without even looking at her, and asked the woman by the window: "Last time I asked you to pay attention to someone, have you found anyone?"

  "Miss Moon Shadow, I've been helping you find a candidate for the past few days. Look, this gentleman by your side is a very good candidate and hasn't joined any mercenary group yet."

  Upon hearing the woman's words, Moon Shadow turned around to look at the young man beside her, with a face full of disdain. She stretched out her right hand and pointed at the young man, asking in a sarcastic tone: "Are you sure it's him?"

  She nodded and said with certainty, "The gentleman just now has clearly expressed his desire to accept the task." In fact, the woman had already guessed that Lin Fan was not a member of any mercenary group, otherwise he wouldn't have asked her such a foolish question.

  The more he looked at the young man in front of him, the more displeased he became. He couldn't quite put his finger on why, but Moon Shadow lightly shook his head and the disdain on his face grew even thicker. It seemed like he was too lazy to even speak, so he turned around and walked towards the seven people.

  "Wait, what do you mean?" Looking at the green-clothed girl shaking her head at him, Lin Fan felt extremely frustrated in his heart, thinking to himself that he had offended someone again. He just wanted to take on a task and go explore some danger, but this was all wrong. Moreover, he had never expressed any intention of joining the Poison Wolf Mercenary Corps. Did this world even allow people to live?

  When Lin Fan finished speaking, Yue Ying turned her head slightly and asked in a somewhat arrogant tone: "My intention is very clear. The Toxic Wolf Mercenary Corps has never accepted trash members, so I can only say sorry to you."

  Am I trash? Even if Lin Fan's temperament was good, he was almost driven to curse by the girl's tone. He took a deep breath and finally endured it, constantly reminding himself that he had dignity and was a gentlemanly man, why bother arguing with a little loli.

  "I want to join your Wolf Mercenary Corps? What a huge joke, you don't want someone like me and I don't want to join a mercenary corps like yours either."

  "You say our Venom Wolf Mercenary Group is trash?" Lin Fan's words left Yue Ying stunned, seemingly unable to believe that there was actually someone who dared to insult them. After all, the Venom Wolf Mercenary Group was a renowned mercenary group in the industry, and ordinary people were still trying to curry favor with them - who would dare to provoke them so lightly? It was simply infuriating.

  Knowing there's a tiger on the mountain, you can deliberately head towards the mountain where the tiger is, but you can't knowingly walk forward when there's a cliff ahead and then suddenly jump off without saying a word. What's the difference between this and 2B?

  But in Lin Fan's heart, it was not so. Although his current strength had only just reached mid-level Martial Master, a man lived in this world for three things: first, strength; second, face; and third, women. Life was small, but face was big. Don't mention a poisonous wolf mercenary group, even the entire Mercenary Guild would have to do what they were told.

  "Sorry, I never repeat myself. If you didn't hear clearly just now, you can turn around and ask your companions, I think they should have heard it."

  As soon as Lin Fan spoke, the entire hall fell silent instantly, with every sound being audible, and everyone stared at the young man in the distance with eyes bigger than cow's eyes, each with a look of worship. They really couldn't understand which goddess from heaven had given the young man such a reckless power that he dared to confront the Poison Wolf Mercenary Corps.

  "Looking for death", there was no more verbal dispute, Yue Ying had already taken action to prepare to kill the young man, those who dared to insult the poisonous wolf mercenary group generally only had one outcome, death.

  But before the moon shadow took action, Lin Fan only felt a dizziness in front of his eyes, and a half-old man in blue shirt appeared in front of him. The man had a smile on his face and said, "Miss Moon Shadow, why make such a big fire?"

  "Tian Er, the vice president, this trash actually insulted the Wolf Mercenary Corps as trash, he must die." Seeing the man, Yue Ying didn't make another move, but a pair of venomous eyes stared fixedly at the young boy behind the man, as if she would take advantage of any opportunity to ruthlessly kill the girl with one slash.

  "Vice President Tian Er, as a leader of the association, you must be a person who understands justice. Come and judge for yourself. Obviously, this little loli insulted me first, and I was just defending myself. Is that wrong?"

  Lin Fan walked up to Deputy Director Tian Er, pointing at the girl in front of him with a stern expression, his voice filled with righteous indignation, as if all the mistakes were on the girl's part and had nothing to do with himself.

  After hearing Lin Fan's words, everyone's face changed color. The term "little loli" was used to perfection. Although Yue Ying is already twenty years old, she looks like a fifteen or sixteen year old girl in terms of appearance and figure. Using the term "little loli" to describe her seems fitting, but who among those present would dare say it out loud? Probably only Lin Fan himself.

  Helpless, he shook his head. Just as Moon Shadow was about to go wild again, Tian Er, the vice president, looked at the old man not far away and said: "Duyao, no matter what, this is a mercenary guild, and you are very clear about the rules of the guild. No one will fight in the guild, this is the rule given by the President himself, I think the leader of Duyao won't be rude to the President."

  Although the old man didn't say a word from start to finish, everyone present could clearly feel that the old man's killing intent had been released without any restraint. If it wasn't for Vice President Tian Er's timely appearance, the old man might have already started a massacre.

  His face changed again and again, the aura on his body slowly disappeared without a trace. The old man's icy eyes stared at Lin Fan and said: "This time, I'll give Vice President Tian Er some face, but listen clearly, kid. Don't let me see you again in the future, or else I'll show no mercy. Let's go."

  It seems that there is some reluctance, but Moon Shadow's heart is very clear about the strength of the Mercenary Guild, and even her master is wary of it, let alone her. However, at the moment of departure, Moon Shadow, like the old man, left a large pile of harsh words, and then slowly left the main hall with the old man.

  Helplessly watching the eight people gradually disappear, Lin Fan thought that such an old trick could happen to himself, and it was really depressing. Moreover, he could also anticipate that in the future, as long as he saw the poisonous wolf mercenary group again, they would not let him off easily.

  "Little brother, the Poison Fangs are ruthless by nature and will never let anyone get the better of them. You've provoked them today, so be extremely careful from now on and make sure to avoid running into the Poison Wolf Mercenaries again, or they'll definitely come looking for trouble with you over what happened today."