27: Chapter 27 Breakthrough to the late stage of the second tier!

He hurriedly shut his mouth.

He always felt that his sister was about to pounce on him and beat him up the next second, which left him completely baffled.

"Is there a problem?"

Lin Fan scratched his head and asked, puzzled.

"Is there a problem?"

Lin Duo mimicked his tone as she retorted, then stomped her foot hard.

"Of course there is a problem! You clearly promised me that you would take me to the theme park today!"

"And yet, you're going out again now, and you even want to come back late?"

Lin Duo shouted with red eyes, looking like she was about to cry.

Lin Fan: "..."

"I promised?"

Lin Fan's head was full of question marks.

He tried hard to recall, and finally found the relevant memory.

It turned out that the theme park in town was reopening today.

Previously, when he went to school to pick up Lin Duo.

The original owner had seen her looking unhappy and had casually promised to take her to play.

"Damn it, I won't be able to grind for experience today."

Lin Fan wailed in his heart.

But his face showed no sign of annoyance.

Instead, he smiled awkwardly and reached up to scratch the back of his head.

"Haha, of course I remember!"

"I was just teasing you earlier; I never intended to go anywhere."

"We'll leave as soon as you're ready."

Lin Fan hurriedly explained.

Upon hearing this.

Lin Duo's expression finally softened, and she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

"I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you... I thought you didn't want to take me anymore."

Lin Duo sniffled and sobbed softly.

Looking at his sister's tearful appearance, Lin Fan felt a wave of guilt.

He didn't dare tell his sister that he had actually forgotten about it.

And had almost run off to do something else.

Forget it, there was no point in saying such things, so he wouldn't say it.

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have teased you."

"Go change into a pretty dress quickly, and we'll leave right away."

Lin Fan softened his voice to comfort her.

Lin Duo nodded vigorously.

She turned and ran back to her room to change clothes.

Lin Fan shook his head helplessly, but his face carried a smile.

Although it was a pity that he couldn't grind for experience today, making his sister happy made this minor regret insignificant.

Family was what mattered most.

"Mm, that's right."

Lin Fan put his hands on his hips and nodded solemnly.

He thought this pose was especially cool; the protagonists in manga all posed like this.

"What are you doing standing there?"

"Like a little old man, have you been watching too many TV shows?"

His mother's teasing voice came from not far away, and Lin Fan hurriedly opened his eyes and looked over.

He saw his mother standing at the kitchen doorway, covering her mouth and giggling.

"Haha, it's nothing, it's nothing."

Lin Fan rubbed his nose and started laughing along too.

His mother waved at him, signaling him to come over.

Although somewhat puzzled, Lin Fan still obediently walked over.

"Take this, and when you take your sister out to play, buy some candy to eat."

His mother lowered her voice and secretly stuffed something into his hand.

Lin Fan looked down.

It was a 500-yuan banknote!

Seeing this money, Lin Fan was shocked and immediately wanted to return it.

Although he had easily earned over six million yuan yesterday.

His parents didn't have that ability.

500 yuan just to buy snacks was truly too extravagant.

Only children of wealthy families spent money like that.

For an ordinary family like theirs, this amount of money was enough to cover living expenses for several days.

Seeing Lin Fan about to return the money.

His mother immediately pressed his hand down.

"You are not allowed to refuse!"

"This is also your father's wish; consider it a gift to celebrate your promotion to a Tier 1 mage."

"Go have fun without worry; performing well at the academy is the best reward for us."

His mother finished with a smile, then turned and hid back in the kitchen.

Lin Fan froze in place, clutching the banknote in his hand tightly.

For him, this money was insignificant.

But he knew in his heart.

In order to produce this money, his parents must have been scrimping and saving for a long time.

Moreover, the family was still in debt, and it was even possible they might not be able to keep their house.

Lin Fan clenched his fist, causing the banknote to become crumpled.

He secretly made up his mind that he must find a way as soon as possible to give the money he earned yesterday to his parents!

Lin Fan returned to the living room to wait for his sister.

Not long after, Lin Duo came down from upstairs.

She had changed into a beautiful long blue dress.

The hem of the dress just covered her ankles, she was wearing a pair of little black shoes, and she also had a light blue hat on her head.

She blinked her big, watery eyes.

She looked extremely cute.

Simply the perfect little sister!

"I'm ready!"

Lin Duo shouted excitedly, no longer looking her usual quiet self.

Lin Fan guessed that she must have been looking forward to going to the theme park ever since the day he promised.

He couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

If he hadn't been stopped by his sister and had just gone out to grind for experience, missing the promise to take her out, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Lin Fan couldn't help but shiver, not daring to think any further.

"Okay, let's go."

Lin Fan reached out his hand.

Lin Duo immediately placed her hand on it, and the siblings walked out of the house hand in hand.

...

Meanwhile.

Inside the Alliance Building.

In an office even more spacious than the room where Lin Fan had collected the Magic Beast carcass yesterday.

In the center of the room.

A long conference table was fixed to the floor, with multiple chairs placed on both sides.

Several people were sitting around one end of the table, with a figure sitting in the main seat.

If Lin Fan were present, he would definitely be able to recognize one of them.

It was none other than Fang Bin, who had received him yesterday, currently sitting in the guest seat next to the main seat.

Sitting opposite him was a beautiful woman, nearly thirty years old.

She had a pair of charming peach-blossom eyes and long hair draped over her shoulders.

Her name was Vice Minister Wei Rujun.

She was the Vice Minister of the Baiyun City Alliance branch.

Everyone present was a core figure of the Alliance branch.

Elder Wang was also among them; he was wearing a long brown trench coat.

The other two were the two individuals who had assisted the man in the leather jacket in hunting the Mutant-level Magic Beast yesterday.

They were the other two high-level officials of the Alliance branch.

The Minister's secretary and the office director.

And the man sitting in the main seat, wearing a brown leather jacket and black sunglasses.

Was the Minister of this Alliance branch.

Minister Jiang Tianhai.

At this moment.

Everyone's expression was extremely grave.

They had already finished listening to the strange encounter recounted by Fang Bin:

How he met the mysterious Chen Ping.

And everything that happened between the two of them.

Except for Elder Wang and Fang Bin, everyone else reacted intensely after hearing it.

They all understood what the appearance of a void stone meant.

"Bring it here for me to see."

Minister Jiang Tianhai spoke up.

Elder Wang immediately took that small void stone out from his cloak and tossed it over.

Minister Jiang Tianhai pinched the void stone with two fingers and examined it carefully.

He could clearly feel.

Within this transparent stone, there was a condensed yet complex fluctuation of magical power.

This was indeed a void stone!