The two followers of Wei Long could not believe what they saw. Wei Long was gone. He was dust.
Su Lin stood frozen. Her face was white as paper. The man in front of her was not the trash Lin Fan anymore. He was a monster. A demon. He killed Wei Long with one simple punch. Wei Long was a genius at Body Refining Level 5. But in front of Lin Fan, suddenly he was nothing.
Fear. What if Lin Fan killed her too? She looked at his cold eyes. She saw no emotion in them. It was like he was looking at an insignificant rock on the ground.
Lin Fan did not look at them again. He turned around. He started walking away, towards his hut. Towards the outer sect disciple's living area. The poorest area in the Green Cloud Sect.
After Lin Fan was gone, the two followers finally breathed. They were covered in cold sweat.
"He... he killed Senior Brother Wei Long!" one follower stammered.
"What do we do? He is a monster!" the other one cried.
Su Lin's mind finally started to work again. Her fear turned into anger. "He is just trash! He must have used some evil trick! We must report this to the Elders! The sect will not let a murderer live!"
The three of them ran. They ran as fast as they could. They ran towards the Elder's Hall. They needed to tell someone what happened.
On the other hand, Lin Fan walked slowly. He felt the immense power inside his body. It was a sweet intoxicating feeling. He was no longer weak. No one could bully him ever again.
A blue screen appeared in his mind again.
[Quest Issued: Punish the Arrogant]
[Description: An arrogant Elder will come to find you. Teach him a lesson.]
[Reward: Divine Sense (Universal Range)]
Lin Fan was a little surprised. "Divine Sense?" he thought. He knew what that was. Strong cultivators could use their mind to see things far away. But "Universal Range"? That meant he could see everything, everywhere, in the entire universe. It was a ridiculous reward for a simple task.
"This system is very good," Lin Fan thought with a small smile. "What is your purpose, System? Why give me such Godly powers?"
[Host, this is meager gifts. But yes, we would need you in future when needed.]
Lin Fan nodded. He was not naive but for such godly powers, he would not mind getting exploited.
He soon arrived at his house. It was not a house. It was a small, broken wooden hut. It was the worst place to live in the whole sect. Inside, there was only a hard wooden bed and a broken table.
He used to hate this place. But now, he did not care. With his power, he could have a golden palace if he wanted.
He sat on his bed. He closed his eyes. He waited. The system said an Elder would come. He wanted to see what the Elder would do.
In the Elder's Hall, Su Lin and the two followers were kneeling on the floor. They were crying.
In front of them sat an old man. He had a white beard and wore grey robes. He was Elder Zhang. He was in charge of the outer sect disciples. His cultivation was at the Golden Core Stage. In the eyes of outer disciples, he was a powerful god.
"What is this nonsense!" Elder Zhang shouted. His voice was loud and angry. "You say Lin Fan, the Body Refining Level 1 trash, killed Wei Long with one punch? Do you think I am a fool?"
"Elder, it is true! We saw it with our own eyes! Wei Long turned into dust!" one follower said, his body shaking.
Su Lin added, "Elder, Lin Fan must be using some demonic art! He is a danger to the sect. You must punish him!"
Elder Zhang frowned. Wei Long was a talented disciple. His older brother, Wei Tian, was a powerful inner sect disciple. If something happened to Wei Long, his brother would be very angry.
Although he is an Elder but stuck in this poor Outer Disciple Trashbin. So enraging an Inner disciple would not be wise for him.
"Hmph. Demonic art? In my Green Cloud Sect?" Elder Zhang stood up. "I will go and see this trash myself. If you are lying, I will punish all of you!"
Elder Zhang walked out of the hall. He was very fast. In just a few moments, he appeared in the outer sect living area. The other disciples saw him and immediately bowed their heads in fear.
He walked directly to Lin Fan's broken hut. He looked at the hut with disgust. "A trash lives in a trash place," he muttered.
"Lin Fan, you trash! Get out here and kneel!" Elder Zhang shouted. His voice was full of power. So powerful that shockwave from that shout broke and splintered the front door.
Lin Fan opened his eyes. He stood up and walked out of the hut. He looked at the angry Elder. He looked at the broken door.
Elder Zhang looked at Lin Fan. He used his senses to check Lin Fan's cultivation. He only felt the power of Body Refining Level 1. It was very weak. It was like a tiny candle flame.
"You are all fools," Elder Zhang thought, angry at Su Lin and the others. "This boy is trash. He cannot kill anyone."
He looked at Lin Fan. "You are Lin Fan? Did you kill Wei Long?"
"Yes," Lin Fan said. His voice was calm.
Elder Zhang was surprised by the calm answer. Then he became very angry. A mere trash was not afraid of him. "You admit it! You used some dirty trick to harm a fellow disciple! According to sect rules, I will cripple your cultivation and break your legs!"
Elder Zhang raised his hand. A red ball of fire appeared in his palm. It was his famous technique, the "Flame Dragon Palm". The air around him became very hot.
"Kneel now, and I might show you mercy!" Elder Zhang threatened.
Lin Fan did not move. He just looked at the Elder. "You are very noisy," he said.
This made Elder Zhang furious. A trash called him noisy! It was an insult!
"You are courting death!" he yelled.
He pushed his palm forward. The red ball of fire shot towards Lin Fan. It was fast and powerful. It could melt steel.
Su Lin and the two followers, who had followed the Elder, watched from a distance. They thought Lin Fan was going to die.
The Flame Dragon Palm hit Lin Fan directly in the chest.
There was a small sound. "Poof."
And then... nothing.
The fire disappeared. Lin Fan stood in the same spot. He had not moved at all. His cheap cloth robe did not even have a black mark on it. He was completely unharmed.
Elder Zhang's eyes opened wide. His jaw dropped. "Impossible!" he screamed. "How can you be alive? My Flame Dragon Palm can kill a Foundation Building expert!"
Lin Fan looked down at his own chest. He brushed off some dust that wasn't there. "Your attack is weak. It is like a gentle breeze."
Elder Zhang's face turned from red with anger to white with fear. He finally understood. The boy in front of him was not trash. He was hiding his true power. He was a monster far stronger than him.
He wanted to run. But his body suddenly froze with fear. A deep primal fear.
Lin Fan looked at the terrified Elder. He remembered the system's quest. "Punish the Arrogant," he thought.
He slowly lifted his right hand. He pointed one finger at Elder Zhang.
"You tried to kill me," Lin Fan said in a flat voice. "So, you can disappear now."
He flicked his finger.
A tiny, almost invisible, golden light shot from the tip of his finger. It was not fast. It was not loud.
But for Elder Zhang, it was the most terrifying thing in the universe. He could not move. He could not speak. He could only watch as the small golden light came closer.
The light touched his forehead.
Just like Wei Long, Elder Zhang's body did not explode. It did not bleed. It just... Poof. From his head to his feet, he turned into fine grey dust.
A small wind blew. The dust of the Golden Core Elder scattered in the air. He was gone forever.
[Quest Completed: Punish the Arrogant]
[Reward Issued: Divine Sense (Universal Range)]
A new power entered Lin Fan's mind.
Suddenly, he could feel everything. He could feel the ant crawling under a rock ten meters away. He could feel the Sect Master meditating in the main hall on the highest mountain. He could feel the entire continent, the entire planet, and if he wants, the entire universe.
Everything was clear in his mind.
He looked at the spot where the Elder had been. Then, he turned and looked at Su Lin and the two followers. They were on the ground, shaking and crying, too scared to even make a sound.
Lin Fan ignored them. They were less than ants to him now.
He walked back into his broken hut.