Cultivation Pet Shop

Chapter 971 Ball (1)

Lin Fan couldn't help feeling that something was wrong when he saw this, but before he could ask anything, there were people that suddenly came into the room that they were in.

These were the drivers that were responsible for taking them to the hall where the ball was being held.

The ball wasn't being held in the palace, but rather in a different hall that was specially built for this ball.

It had been built the week before the ball was held and was specially named after Lin Fan since it was built for him.

It was named the Peaceful Normal Hall.

Since it was time, Lin Fan and the others in his group followed the driver to the carriage prepared for them.

Lin Fan wasn't going with the Lin Astral Emperor or the empress since they had already gone to the hall before them.

The reason why Lin Fan was going late was because it was expected of them to go late. They were the guests of honour, so of course they would show up after everyone else showed up.

The Lin Astral Emperor was the host, so he was the one that would be in charge of meeting and greeting everyone.

To help him, Lin Fan's parents and Lin Jian had gone with them.

So it was just Lin Fan, Angela, Zi Ling, Momonga, Yuki, Lin Yue, and Lin Hong who were here.

Lin Hong clearly didn't want to be here, but he had no choice.

He would have to attend with Lin Fan as his cousin.

Lin Fan couldn't be allowed to go alone, or else people would think that there were cracks in the relationship of the Lin Astral Family. So there had to be someone from the Lin Astral Family's younger generation that went with him.

But the problem was…they were all afraid of him and were unwilling to go with him.

If they were forced to go with Lin Fan, it would have the opposite effect.

That was why Lin Hong was the best choice in this matter.

Lin Hong had spent a decent amount of time with Lin Fan as his slave, so he had gotten used to him. Even if he was still afraid of Lin Fan because of all the things that had happened, he was at least able to act normally around him unlike all the other cousins.

So that was why Lin Hong was the perfect person to go with Lin Fan.

When they arrived at the banquet hall, they found that there were still many people gathered outside. However, not a single one of them were actually invited to this banquet.

Most of them were people that were related to newspapers in some way that were all here to get the scoop of the century.

After all, it was impossible for the reason for this ball to be kept a secret, so everyone had learned the reason.

This was a ball that would be the introduction of the new heir of the Lin Astral Family.

This was news that would shake the entire human society, so no one wanted to miss this.

There were even spies for the other races among the people here.

But of course, Lin Fan's protection was at the highest level, so not a single person was able to reach Lin Fan. There had already been a route prepared for when this happened, so Lin Fan didn't go in through the main entrance.

There was a special side entrance that no one knew about where he entered the hall from.

At the front, everyone was still waiting for his arrival.

But in the back, he had already entered.

When he arrived, he and his group were immediately taken to a room that had been prepared for them.

This was a special dressing room that had many different outfits and people for makeup, styling his hair, and different roles that were waiting.

They had been on stand by the entire time, waiting for him to arrive.

When they saw him, they didn't waste a single moment to grab him and bring him to the styling chair to prepare.

The others with him were also taken into their own private dressing rooms.

Half an hour later, Lin Fan, Lin Hong, and Momonga had all gathered in a single waiting room.

The last half hour had been quite intense for them as the different people brought here to help style them had run them ragged.

They were all leaning in the chairs that had been prepared for them.

As for the girls, they still weren't ready yet.

They could hear the sounds that were coming from the distance and it seemed like it would be a long time before they were ready.

However, they weren't given time to rest at all.

Or at least, Lin Fan wasn't given time.

Not long after he had finished with everything, there was someone that came for him.

It was one of the private servants of the Lin Astral Emperor that Lin Fan was familiar with.

As soon as he arrived, he asked Lin Fan to follow him.

Lin Fan didn't need to ask to know what was happening, but he couldn't help saying, "The girls aren't ready yet."

The servant shook his head and said, "They can come to the hall later. It is your entrance and your introduction right now."

Lin Fan was surprised by this, but he nodded in response to this.

He was the guest of honour after all, so it was normal for him to enter all by himself when he was introduced.

He had wanted to go with Angela and Zi Ling, but thinking about it, it was better this way.

That way, the attention would be on him and they wouldn't attract any danger.

So he was prepared to go with this servant, but before they could go, Momonga said, "He's not going anywhere…or at least he isn't with you."

Lin Fan, Lin Hong, and the servant were all surprised by this.

But Lin Fan trusted Momonga, so he quickly moved away from the servant and pulled out a white sword.

When the servant saw this, he revealed a fierce look and pulled out a dark dagger that had a faint green glow to it.

Before he could do anything though, Lin Hong had already charged forward at the servant.

While he disliked Lin Fan, he knew how important this day was for their Lin Astral Family. He wouldn't allow this day to be ruined for any reason and out of all the people here, he was the most disposable.

The servant quickly raised his dagger to stab in Lin Hong's direction.

Taking advantage of the gap created by Lin Hong, Momonga waved his hand and there was a wisp of dark energy that came out. This dark energy went behind Lin Hong and using him as cover, it landed right in the eyes of the servant.

When it landed in the servant's eyes, the servant's vision suddenly turned dark and he couldn't see what was in front of him.

Lin Hong noticed that there was something off with this servant, so he quickly moved to the side to dodge the sudden stab that came out before pushing out his palm at the servant. The three pets behind him all released their force laws at the same time, making his attack even stronger.

The servant wasn't able to endure this direct hit to his side and was sent flying by the force of this palm. He slammed right into the wall and then his eyes rolled back as he lost consciousness. His hand also released and the green glowing dagger dropped to the ground.

Lin Hong couldn't help looking at his palm after this and he revealed a confused look.

After all, he knew that he wasn't that strong. Even with his pets, he wasn't that strong.

The pets that he had now were the three pets that he had before, but they had been returned to him by Lin Fan.

Even if these three pets had become stronger because of Lin Fan, they shouldn't have been strong enough to do this.

After the commotion, the guards outside suddenly came in and they were surprised to see the servant lying there, as well as Lin Hong standing there with his three pets out.

Lin Fan took control of the situation and explained the situation.

The guards were surprised to hear this, but they quickly pulled out their weapons and surrounded the servant. However, seeing that this servant was knocked out, they quickly put the restraints on him and took him away.

The captain of the guard came over to Lin Fan and said with a serious look, "Young master Fan, should we report this to…"

He didn't finish his sentence, but it was clear who he was referring to.

He knew that this was the right thing to do, but if he did…it was clear that he and his team would be blamed for what had happened.

This wasn't a small matter either.

This was an assassin that had somehow been able to reach Lin Fan, the heir to the Lin Astral Family.

If something had happened to Lin Fan, they definitely wouldn't be able to keep their lives.

Lin Fan shook his head in response to this and said, "I'll bring this matter up with grandfather later. You shouldn't worry about this now and secure the perimeter."

The guard captain looked like he had been pardoned and he quickly left the room with his guards, but he didn't risk it and left two with Lin Fan.

Lin Hong looked at Lin Fan with a stern look and was about to say something, but Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Not now."

Lin Hong was taken aback by this, but seeing the look on Lin Fan's face, he nodded in the end.