Chapter 972 Ball (2)

Lin Fan knew that if this was known by the Lin Astral Emperor, he would surely cancel this ball.

But this was not the best move for them, even if it was the safest move.

If they did cancel this, it would mean that everything that they had planned during this time would go to waste and it would be a blow to their prestige.

So the last thing that they could do was cancel this ball.

But it wasn't as if they could just let down their guard either.

The enemy had been able to infiltrate to this point, so it wasn't as if they couldn't sneak more people in.

Lin Fan was planning on showing up at the ball and then informing the Lin Astral Emperor what had happened.

Once that happened, he wouldn't be able to cancel it even if he wanted to.

It didn't take long before another person came back to bring Lin Fan into the main hall.

It was the guard captain from before who had taken over for the servant.

As they headed to the main hall, the guard captain told Lin Fan, "The emperor's servant has been found. He was knocked out and hidden in one of the empty rooms in the hall. Other than being a bit injured, there's nothing wrong with him."

Lin Fan nodded in acknowledgement of this.

It wasn't just that it was a good thing that the servant had survived, but also because this now confirmed how the assassin had snuck in.

It was clear that the enemy had some kind of powerful disguise technique that allowed them to take the appearances of people. At the same time, they also had a powerful technique that allowed them to mimic the aura of the people that they disguised as.

That was how they hadn't recognized the servant in disguise just now.

It was only because of Momonga's superior spiritual sense that they were able to see through the disguise in the first place.

Momonga was a Ruler, so it was hard to hide from him unless they were a Ruler as well.

When they reached the banquet hall, Lin Fan was introduced in front of everyone and was escorted in by the guards.

The guests weren't surprised since Lin Fan was the important heir to the Lin Astral Family, but the Lin Astral Emperor was confused by this. He had sent his personal servant to go pick up Lin Fan, so he was surprised to see that his servant was gone.

Still, he didn't show it on his face at all.

Since Lin Fan was here, he came to Lin Fan's side with a smile and walked down into the hall with Lin Fan before introducing him.

It didn't take long before the two of them were surrounded, but during this time, they had a secret conversation with the sound laws that they both had gained through their void laws.

"Where is Lin Ming?"

That was the name of the servant.

"An assassin knocked him out and disguised themselves as him." Lin Fan replied.

The Lin Astral Emperor immediately asked, "What? Why didn't you report to me?"

Lin Fan didn't answer, but this silence was more than enough of an answer.

The Lin Astral Emperor then said with a sigh, "I assume that you have some kind of plan?"

Lin Fan didn't answer right away, but then he honestly said, "I have no plan at all. I was just going to observe the situation and react accordingly."

The Lin Astral Emperor gave another sigh before saying, "You should know what kind of position you have, so you should also know what the risks are. I hope that you will remember this when you act."

Then without saying anything else, the Lin Astral Emperor moved away to talk to other guests.

However, Lin Fan knew that he was going to confirm the situation with the guard captain and arrange countermeasures.

Lin Fan couldn't help revealing a bitter smile, but he also didn't let that stay on his face for long because he was currently being surrounded by guests.

Most of these people were groups from Stellar Kingdoms that had all come forward to greet him. These were all members of the royal family from these Stellar Kingdoms that had all come to flatter this new heir to the Lin Astral Family.

After all, this was someone that would one day rule over them, so the closer they could get to him, the more benefits that they would receive.

So of course they would try to get in his good books while they had this chance.

But Lin Fan wasn't interested in this at all.

To him, these Stellar Kingdom royals were not trustworthy at all.

He knew that they were only approaching him because of his position, so there was nothing that he would gain from them.

If there was someone with a higher position than him or if he lost his position one day, they would abandon him immediately.

So he just casually talked to each of them before moving on to the next.

It was only when it was the Zi Stellar Kingdom's group that he stopped and talked to them properly.

That was because…this group was Zi Ling's family.

However, Lin Fan found that this group was just like the rest.

They weren't like his family at all, they only cared about currying favour with him.

So after giving a few words of promise that he would visit the Zi Stellar Kingdom in the future to give them a show of support, Lin Fan moved onto the next group. However, there was a disappointed feeling in his heart when he moved away.

He had heard from Zi Ling that her father was a caring person, but he hadn't asked a single thing about her during his talk with Lin Fan.

It seemed that he was only caring when he benefited from it.

He was only caring when Zi Ling had been the prodigy princess of their Zi Stellar Kingdom.

But now that she had been sold to Lin Fan as a fiancee, he didn't care about her as much…

It was the same with the rest of her family who she had described as caring.

So he made a decision not to let them meet in the future, or at least as little as possible so it wouldn't shatter the image that Zi Ling had in her mind.

He knew that if it was shattered, she would surely be crushed.

This wave of royals continued for a long time until a certain group came forward.

As soon as this group came forward, the Stellar Kingdom royals immediately scattered and created a path for them.

This group just walked right through everyone as if it was a natural thing and they came up in front of Lin Fan.

Once they were there, the leader of this group looked over Lin Fan before suddenly revealing a smile and saying, "Brother Lin, it's an honour to meet you."

Lin Fan didn't know who this person was until the guard beside him whispered, "This is the crown prince of the Wang Astral Empire, Wang Yin."

Lin Fan wasn't surprised by this since he could already tell that this young man wasn't a normal person. So he just said with a smile, "Brother Wang, it is my honour to meet you. I've long heard your name, but have never had a chance to meet you."

Wang Yin just said with a smile, "I can't say that it's been the same for me since it's only been not long since I've heard of you." Then his smile became a bit pointed as he said, "But I've heard plenty about your accomplishments already."

As he said this, he looked over at Lin Tian in the distance.

It was clear what he was referring to.

Lin Tian also felt this gaze on him and he turned to see the two of them looking at him. When he saw this, he couldn't help revealing an ugly expression before turning away.

Of course Lin Tian was also here.

As one of the elders of the Lin Astral Family, even if showing his face here was the last thing he wanted to do, he had no choice but to show his face.

After all, he had to show everyone else that the Lin Astral Family still had its unity, still had its power.

But he could already guess why these two youngsters were looking at him, which made him feel very awkward and embarrassed.

This wasn't the place for him to say or do anything about it, so he did the only thing that he could do. He made an excuse and left the banquet hall so that he could avoid attention for a while.

He would still sneak back later.

But as he left, he bumped into Lin Hong who had also been here.

The two of them exchanged an awkward look before going on their own way.

After all, they still hadn't forgotten what had happened when Lin Fan raided Lin Tian's branch.

After Lin Tian left, Wang Yin turned back and said, "Brother Lin, I have to ask you for a spar one day."

Lin Fan just nodded with a polite smile, "Of course, I'm curious on how strong brother Wang is as well."

While they were talking, there was another group that came over that created a gap in the sea of Stellar Kingdom royals.

This group came right up to Lin Fan and in a beautiful voice, a person said, "Lu Fei Yu, pleasure to meet you."