36: Chapter 36 Tianlin City, He Family

Coincidentally, he ran into Li Fan and Gu Ling head-on.

"Brother Li Fan, are you two alright? I just heard someone impersonated my close friend to cause trouble for you?" Di Yun asked anxiously.

Li Fan smiled faintly, waved his hand, and said, "It's nothing, just a few petty pests looking for trouble. It's already resolved."

One debt is settled, another is separate.

Since He Wenguang was the one who caused the trouble, Li Fan saw no need to give Di Yun a cold shoulder.

"Brother Li Fan, I am truly sorry about this, but I will definitely have someone investigate this matter thoroughly!" Di Yun said with a face full of apology.

"Alright, alright, stop talking about this irrelevant stuff. Let's go upstairs; I'm starving to death."

Li Fan patted Di Yun's shoulder and said with a smile.

Seeing that Li Fan's mood hadn't been overly affected, Di Yun quickly led Li Fan and Gu Ling towards the banquet.

By now, most of the guests had already arrived at the banquet.

Many had even quickly formed small groups to start networking.

However, due to Di Yun's departure, quite a few people felt lost.

Without the host's introduction, it was quite awkward for them to approach and greet the people they wanted to meet.

But it wasn't a big issue.

Not long after.

Di Yun returned to the banquet.

However, accompanying Di Yun now were a man and a woman.

The man was handsome and heroic, and the woman was elegant and sweet—truly a match made in heaven.

Their appearance immediately drew the attention and discussion of many people present.

Di Yun didn't keep them in suspense and loudly introduced the two to everyone.

"Excuse me everyone, I'll interrupt briefly. Here, I want to introduce a friend of mine to you all."

"It is none other than Brother Li Fan beside me!"

"I'm meeting the one beside him for the first time; she is Brother Li Fan's partner and also a New Student at Azure Vault University."

As soon as these words were spoken,

The venue erupted in even more intense discussion.

Li Fan?

Was he the Li Fan they were thinking of?

"That's right, this is the Li Fan you are thinking of—the number one New Student of the Beidi!"

Di Yun's statement directly hit the mark for everyone present.

In an instant,

The entire hall burst into a wave of applause.

Li Fan felt quite embarrassed by this reaction.

This was truly a bit too high-profile, which didn't quite fit his style.

But when in Rome, do as the Romans do; after all, it was Di Yun's banquet.

After the introduction,

A large circle of people surrounded Li Fan and Gu Ling, all eager to get close to Li Fan.

Fortunately, with Di Yun managing the crowd nearby, the scene didn't descend into chaos.

Before long,

After chatting with these people,

They finally got to the main event.

Li Fan led Gu Ling on a tour of the food section.

Gu Ling was fine; her appetite wasn't huge, and she ate very elegantly.

But Li Fan was different.

He had completely treated the place like a buffet restaurant, eating heartily with a very unrestrained manner.

Gu Ling chuckled heartily watching this scene.

One of the reasons she liked Li Fan was precisely because he was genuine, unpretentious, and free-spirited.

Sometimes, she wished she could be like that too.

But due to all the rules instilled in her by her family since childhood, she had already developed a habit, making it very difficult to eat so carelessly about her image.

As for the other guests' reaction to Li Fan's behavior,

It wasn't surprising to them.

After all, it was common knowledge among them that Awakened Ones with physical enhancement talents required an enormous amount of food.

Compared to some other physical enhancement types they had seen,

Li Fan was already quite graceful.

Unknowingly,

The banquet was gradually drawing to a close.

The guests were already leaving one after another.

Li Fan checked the time and prepared to leave with Gu Ling.

However, before leaving, Di Yun called Li Fan aside privately.

"Brother Li Fan, we found out. That person is a New Student from Bailiu University named Zhang Xing. The person backing him is He Wenguang, and the Zhang family is a vassal family of the He family."

"This He Wenguang probably intended to have Zhang Xing cause trouble for you and make you lose face at the banquet."

"The He family is a major family in Tianlin City, and He Wenguang is a very petty person. Brother Li Fan, you must be careful in the future. If you can tolerate it, try to endure it a bit. A gentleman's revenge is never too late. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can come to me."

"Except for helping you directly fight the He family, which is somewhat impractical, I can help with almost anything."

Hearing this,

Li Fan's expression gradually turned cold.

The matter with He Wenguang was definitely not over.

But endure?

No way!

However, he was quite touched by Di Yun's words.

"Brother Di Yun, thank you for the reminder. I will pay more attention."

"If there's nothing else, I'd like to leave now. I still need to take my girlfriend back."

Li Fan shrugged and said with a smile.

Di Yun nodded, then called out to the butler nearby, "Steward Liu, go get the car and help them with a ride."

...After dropping Gu Ling off at her dormitory,

Li Fan returned to his villa alone.

Along the way, Li Fan was still thinking about the matter concerning He Wenguang.

If the matter ended here, he might let it go, as he hadn't really suffered any loss.

But if He Wenguang planned to take further action against him or those around him,

Then the situation would become serious.

Li Fan looked up information about the He family online.

The He family was a major family in Tianlin City, possessing two Saint-level Awakened Ones above level five hundred. Their industries spanned various sectors, and they controlled three Abyss-level Secret Realms, five Epic-level Secret Realms, and over a hundred lower-level Secret Realms.

It had to be said,

The He family was indeed a major family with deep foundations.

Di Yun advising him to endure had some merit.

Even Li Fan, possessing the Annihilation Eye, would face very high difficulty in completely eradicating them.

But of course,

If uprooting them entirely wasn't feasible,

It would still be quite easy to eliminate those two Saint-level existences and some of the He family's high-level combat power if the right opportunity arose.

Once the He family's peak combat strength was gone, he didn't believe their rivals would remain indifferent.

"Little brat, I hope you don't force me to take that step!"

Li Fan looked at He Wenguang's photo on the information webpage and spoke coldly.

He hadn't gone through transmigration just to swallow insults!

As for whether to adhere to martial ethics or if it would be too cruel, that clearly wasn't something to consider.

Take the incident just now with Zhang Xing bringing people to cause trouble.

If his strength hadn't been sufficient,

The result would have been him and Gu Ling being severely injured by those fifty-plus level bodyguards.

It might not have been fatal, as both were students from prestigious universities, and Li Fan was the number one New Student of the Beidi, but there was a high probability of leaving them with lingering internal injuries.

As for the price He Wenguang would pay?

Even if the Beidi and Qingqiong discovered he was the mastermind later, how much punishment would they mete out to a seedling with an S-Rank Talent?

In one sentence,

Mercy towards the enemy here is cruelty towards oneself.

Closing the webpage,

Li Fan began to focus on his training.

As his brilliance gradually revealed itself, there would likely be more threats in the future.

Only by quickly increasing his strength could he protect himself and those around him.

Tomorrow was the official enrollment day.

His mentor and class schedule would also be released then.

Li Fan didn't want to waste time; after dealing with school matters quickly, he planned to officially dive into the process of grinding Secret Realms.

Only by raising his level could he enter higher Secret Realms. In higher Secret Realms, his leveling speed would increase, and the ingredients needed for training would be more abundant.

With this prerequisite, combined with Lu Qilai's unique cheat, his speed of improvement would not be slow.

This was a virtuous cycle.