Chapter 980 Further Signs

There was no way that the Lin Astral Emperor would have let Lin Fan leave the Lin Astral Empire after what had happened with the ball.

So now that there were signs of movement from the Beast Race, it was even less likely that he would allow them to leave.

The reason why he had called him here in the first place was just to ask his opinion on what they should do.

In a way, it was a sort of test for Lin Fan, as well as giving him guidance. At the same time, he wanted to teach Lin Fan about the matters of the Lin Astral Empire in preparation of him taking over one day.

There was nothing really for Lin Fan to do other than to give his opinion on the matter.

But to everyone's surprise, Lin Ao made a request that shocked them.

"I want to be put in the investigation team."

When they heard this, the other three all looked at him with shocked looks.

They knew that Lin Ao wasn't a fool and he knew how dangerous this matter was, so why would he make this request?

It was Lin Jian who spoke first, "Ao'er, you shouldn't play around at a time like this. You know how dangerous this is."

Lin Jian was the one that cared about Lin Ao the most, even more than he cared about Lin Fan. That was because Lin Ao had been the apple of his eye for a long time, so his feelings for Lin Ao were much deeper than his feelings for Lin Fan.

Of course, that didn't mean that he didn't care for Lin Fan.

Lin Fan nodded in agreement to this and said, "Father, there's no need for you to go personally. The Lin Astral Empire has plenty of experts to take care of this matter."

The Lin Astral Emperor just backed them up with a simple nod.

He also cared for Lin Ao as one of his great grandchildren, but he also cared for Lin Ao's talent after seeing his performance at the sword trial.

He knew that while Lin Ao wasn't as talented as his son, Lin Fan, he was still talented in his own way. Or at least he was much more talented than the other members of the Lin Astral Family.

So Lin Ao was also someone that he wanted to help develop, which is why he wanted him to stay in the Lin Astral Empire's capital.

Facing the questioning and shocked gazes of all three of them, Lin Ao explained, "I want to go and gain some practical experience by fighting against the Beast Race."

All three of them knitted their brows again when they heard this.

The Lin Astral Emperor said, "If you want some fighting experience, I can arrange that. There's no need for you to go out and take this risk."

Lin Fan and Lin Jian nodded in agreement to this.

Lin Ao didn't back down though as he said, "Yes, but it won't be as helpful as actual battle experience against the Beast Race."

All three of them knitted their brows even more when they heard this.

The Lin Astral Emperor was about to say something else, but Lin Ao said, "I want to make my family proud as well. I'm sure that you can understand that."

When he said this, both the Lin Astral Emperor and Lin Jian revealed understanding looks. They knew what he was talking about as men with family, so they could relate to him.

Only Lin Fan still had a slightly concerned look.

Well, it wasn't that Lin Fan wasn't able to understand where he was coming from, but Lin Fan had never been a father before. It was hard for him to understand exactly why Lin Ao was doing this.

But both the Lin Astral Emperor and Lin Jian had felt what Lin Ao felt before, so they knew where he was coming from.

So after considering it, the Lin Astral Emperor still gave permission to Lin Ao to head out with the investigation team.

However, to ensure that he was safe, he gave him a Ruler Artifact and a few Peak Sun Realm Experts as guards.

It might be considered excessive, but these were all his personal items and personal guards, so there was nothing that anyone could say about it.

Lin Ao was touched that the Lin Astral Emperor gave him all of this and thanked him graciously, but the Lin Astral Emperor just said, "Come back safely."

The next day, Lin Ao left the Lin Astral Empire's capital with Yue Qingrou.

At first, Lin Ao had insisted that she stay in the capital, but she had insisted on going. She had even gone as far as threatening to kill herself if she wasn't brought along.

Lin Ao knew her better than anyone and he could see the crazy look in her eyes, so he had no choice but to bring her along.

For Lin Fan and Lin Xue though, it was very awkward seeing their parents acting this way.

Less so for Lin Fan since he had Angela and Zi Ling to comfort him, but it was a strong blow to Lin Xue who was still single.

She was at the age where she was interested in that kind of stuff…no, she was interested in that kind of stuff a long time ago. It was just too bad that the person that she was interested in was…

After they left, Lin Fan went back to the store and managed it like normal.

With the advertising effect that came from the ball, there were even more people that came to his store.

It was completely packed and everything sold almost instantly. The only time it didn't sell instantly was when people started competing for the items in the store.

These were all idiots who didn't know the rules of the store and tried to use their influence to gain advantages. Not a single one of them was able to get a single thing from the store.

They were all found out by Lin Fan and then kicked out of the store, being banned for a day.

Not a single one of them dared to raise a complaint since it was Lin Fan who kicked them out.

Complaining to the heir of the Lin Astral Empire, the one who was basically confirmed as the crown prince. That was just asking to die.

As for why he wasn't the crown prince…that was just because the Lin Astral Family hadn't announced it yet.

But in everyone's heart, he was already the crown prince based on how the Lin Astral Emperor treated him.

So no one dared to offend him.

But there would always be idiots who didn't know the rules that Lin Fan would have to take care of.

A week passed just like this before Lin Fan was summoned back to the same meeting room as before.

This time, he had been summoned because the first reports from Lin Ao had been sent back.

Gathered in the room was the Lin Astral Emperor and Lin Jian when he arrived.

When the two of them saw him, they gave him the report from Lin Ao.

Lin Fan didn't read it right away as he looked at the expression on their faces. It didn't seem like everything was going well based on the expressions that they had.

However, he didn't ask them anything and he read the report.

After he finished reading it, he couldn't help knitting his brows as well.

The report didn't have anything bad about Lin Ao, he and Yue Qingrou were both safe as they went with the investigation squad. However, there was something strange about the report that they sent back.

There were reports of a strange energy that they didn't recognize.

After a long silence, Lin Fan asked, "Has there been any progress made in identifying the strange energy?"

Both the Lin Astral Emperor and Lin Jian shook their heads when they heard this.

They had sent people to check the strange energy after receiving the early reports that they hadn't shown Lin Fan, but they hadn't been able to find anything.

The reports they received was that this strange energy was a type of energy that didn't seem to exist in this world.

They didn't know exactly what that meant, but as the Lin Astral Emperor and his son, they had some ideas…

The Lin Astral Empire had been around long enough to inherit some details of the past, so they knew a few things that others didn't. That included what could be the source of this strange energy.

But both of them were also surprised by Lin Fan's question.

After all, they could hear a trace of recognition in Lin Fan's voice.

How did Lin Fan know about this strange energy?

He had never seen the records of their Lin Astral Family yet…

Lin Fan knitted his brows to think for a bit after seeing this before suddenly saying, "I want to go and investigate that place myself."

Both the Lin Astral Emperor and Lin Jian were caught off guard when Lin Fan said this.

Both of them had the impression that Lin Fan was a calm and collected person who wouldn't act impulsively…so they were both caught off guard when Lin Fan suddenly said that he wanted to go.

But after recovering from their shock, the Lin Astral Emperor immediately shook his head and said, "No, it's too dangerous."

Lin Fan had already expected this, so he said, "I'm the only one that can examine that energy and determine what it is."