Once Lin Fan came out of the banquet hall, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.
That old man...he was an expert from one of the Five Great Sects, there was no denying that.
And when he held up two fingers, that was his way of saying that there were two different sects that were involved in this matter. If the old man was from one of the Five Great Sects, that means that there was someone who was just as strong as him who was also here.
Two experts from the Five Great Sects, that was a lot of pressure on Lin Fan and the Love Sect.
Judging by the pressure that he felt from the old man, Lin Fan was certain that this old man was at least in the Nascent Soul Realm, if not the Soul Formation Realm.
That meant that there were two experts that should be in the Soul Formation Realm that were here in the Martial Might Sect to watch over them...
It was no wonder everyone at the banquet had been terrified.
Even the Martial Might Sect at most only had a single Soul Formation Realm Cultivator and that would be their strongest expert, but the Five Great Sects could easily send Soul Formation Realm Cultivators to perform a task like this.
It made it very clear just what the difference between the Martial Might Sect and the Five Great Sects was.
Lin Fan had promised that he would talk to Mu Bao Bao about this, but he knew that he would never do anything like that. The only thing that he was worried about now was how they would get back to the Mu Empire after this tournament was over.
The old man and the one that was hidden certainly wouldn't let them leave that easily...
Perhaps he really should contact the Demon Palm Sect to see if they would help.
If they were connected to the Heavenly Demon Sect, then they should help them escape since the Heavenly Demon Sect was currently backing the Mu Empire.
So they should know how important the Love Sect was to the Mu Empire.
But Lin Fan didn't completely panic since he still had an ace up his sleeve.
The only problem was that this was the nuclear option. The moment that this was used, there was no doubt that the Five Great Sects would send powerful experts after them.
It would just make the Five Great Sects take this matter more seriously.
That was naturally the Mimic Slime that Lin Fan kept by his side at all times.
This was his final trump card in the Rebirth Realm and the one last thing that he had to keep his life.
Unless he was truly in danger, he wouldn't use this.
Lin Fan could feel the headache developing as he thought about all of this.
It seemed that the situation with the Martial Might Sect was even more complicated than he thought. He had never expected actual members from the Five Great Sects to be here...
But it was only members of the Five Great Sects that could explain everything that had happened recently.
Only members of the Five Great Sects could pressure the Martial Might Sect into doing everything that they had done.
This was their way of showing sincerity to their Love Sect so they could talk to Lin Fan alone like this.
After thinking about this for a while, Lin Fan just shook his head and said, "Let's wait and see how this develops. There's nothing that I can do about it right now."
Fear.
That was what he was feeling.
He had most likely been told to treat us with respect on the threat of death.
This really put into perspective what kind of behaviour the Five Great Sects acted with.
It was clear that they only cared about their own benefits and no one else.
But then again, that was the kind of world this was.
When the Love Sect group arrived at the gathering grounds for the tournament, they couldn't help being surprised.
That was because...there were just too many people!
They had already met some of the other sects during the other events, but now there were more than three times that amount that were gathered.
Just with a rough count, it seemed like there were over ten thousand people that were gathered here.
Were they all here to participate in the tournament?
Even if the elders were ignored, there were still at least five thousand of them that were here.
This really didn't seem like a small deal anymore...
When they arrived, there were many groups that turned to look in the direction of the Love Sect.
These were gazes that were filled with curiosity, but there were also gazes that were filled with hostility. There didn't seem to be a single gaze that had kindness in them as they looked over.
It seemed that the rumours about the Love Sect group had spread and everyone was wary of them. So even if they had never met the Love Sect group, they already had a prejudice towards them,
Lin Fan looked at Xiao Ming and the others and he found that they weren't bothered by this at all.
They were just chatting amongst themselves without a single care that they were being ignored by everyone else.
Lin Fan gave a satisfied nod before scanning the surrounding area again.
With his Appraisal Eyes, he was able to gain much more information than others were and he quickly identified the ones that seemed stronger than the others.
But he didn't have the chance to tell Xiao Ming's group since there was someone who suddenly stepped up.
There was no such thing as mics in this world, but even then, this person's voice was loud enough that it could spread to everyone here.
"Welcome to our Martial Might Sect's tournament. We are honoured to have the talented next generation gather in our Martial Might Sect to compete for the title of the strongest. Though we have to say that we will do our best not to let that title get away."
After that was just some pleasantries that had to be said as the host of this event.
It didn't really seem like anyone was really paying attention to what this person said as they scoped out their competition.
But after the pleasantries were over, the host said, "I'm sure that all of you have been wondering what this tournament will entail. Well, let me tell you now that this tournament will have a total of three rounds and the first round will be gathering herbs."