Chapter 709 - 708: A Cheap Hide

Chapter 709: Chapter 708: A Cheap Hide

Looking at the five-story pavilion ahead, he saw a constant stream of people coming and going. Of those who emerged from within, some were beaming with joy, while others were utterly dejected.

It seemed these people were all here for the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild’s examinations. If some passed, it was only natural that others would be eliminated.

Since he didn’t have Lu Tao’s or Guan Renjie’s Communication Token, Lin Yun had no way to contact them. He had no choice but to lead his group into the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild.

The first floor opened into a massive hall. At the far end, more than ten desks were lined up in a row, apparently for receiving visitors.

Walking up to an empty desk, Lin Yun spoke to the young man sitting behind it. "Hello, I’m looking for Lu Tao and Guan Renjie."

Hearing this, the young man looked up at Lin Yun, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "You’re looking for Master Guan and Master Lu?"

’Master Guan? Master Lu?’ Hearing these titles, Lin Yun couldn’t help but smile. ’I haven’t seen those two in a few years, and they’ve somehow become ’Masters’? The world is truly full of surprises.’

"That’s right," Lin Yun replied with a nod.

Lin Yun had assumed that after giving their names, the young man would go and announce him. But who would have thought that the moment the words left his mouth, the youth would reply with utter disdain, "Master Guan and Master Lu are very busy. Do you think just any random riffraff can meet with them?"

Hearing this, Lin Yun’s expression darkened. ’Riffraff? This kid at the desk, with a cultivation of only the Eighth Layer of the Primordial Ocean Realm, dares to call me riffraff?’

Lin Yun had been perfectly polite in his inquiry. Who knew this kid would be so arrogant? ’He’s probably been at the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild so long that arrogance has become second nature to him.’

Setting aside Lin Yun’s own status and cultivation, the mere presence of Qingfeng Saint and Flowing Water Saint should have been enough to make the head of the Eastern Domain’s Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild personally come out to welcome them.

"I’m here to see Lu Tao and Guan Renjie. Have them come out to meet me," Lin Yun said slowly, his eyes fixed on the young man.

Hearing this, the youth sized up Lin Yun. He had already tried to probe the cultivation of Lin Yun’s group, but while he could sense Lu Bingning and the women’s levels, he couldn’t sense anything at all from Lin Yun, Qingfeng Saint, or Flowing Water Saint.

As for the women’s cultivation at the Minor Achievement in the Celestial Spirit Realm, it was nothing special in his eyes. He’d seen plenty of Celestial Spirit Realm Martial Artists in the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild.

"I already told you, Master Lu and Master Guan are busy. Are you deaf?" Since he couldn’t sense Lin Yun’s cultivation, the youth certainly didn’t assume it was because Lin Yun was too powerful for him to detect—after all, Lin Yun looked far too young for that.

After yelling at Lin Yun, the youth’s gaze fell upon Lu Bingning and the other two women, a lustful fire igniting in his eyes. The three of them were so beautiful they became the focus of male attention wherever they went, something Lin Yun had long grown accustomed to.

But with a fire already smoldering in his chest, Lin Yun’s anger instantly erupted when he saw the youth brazenly ogling the three women. He shot forward, grabbed the young man by the collar, and lifted him clean off his feet.

Dangled in the air by one hand like a helpless chick, his neck clamped in Lin Yun’s grip, the youth struggled desperately while sputtering threats.

"Brat, do you have any idea where you are? Do you know the consequences of offending the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild?"

"I don’t know what will happen to me, but I’m crystal clear on what’s about to happen to you," Lin Yun said icily. Then, he snapped the man’s arm and channeled his own Elemental Power into the youth’s body, pulverizing every bone in the limb.

With the bones in his entire arm shattered, the limb was completely ruined. An injury like this was impossible to heal, even with Elixirs.

The intense pain made the youth shriek. His screams quickly drew the attention of others in the hall, and soon, a number of people from the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild had surrounded them, shouting angrily at Lin Yun.

"What do you think you’re doing? How dare you cause trouble in the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild?"

"Let him go, now!"

One by one, the guild members pointed and yelled at Lin Yun. Ignoring their shouts, Lin Yun turned to Qingfeng Saint and Flowing Water Saint behind him and said with a cold smirk.

"Is this the kind of reception you two get when you visit the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild?"

"Heh, Young Lord, should I just tear the whole guild down for you?" Flowing Water Saint replied with a grin, clearly enjoying the chaos.

Looking at the guild members gathering around them, Lin Yun found himself wondering. ’Why are there so many idiots in this world? You try to speak to them reasonably, but they refuse to listen. They have to suffer a bit before they learn who they’re dealing with.’

Take the youth in his hand, for example. His eyes were now filled with terror as he looked at Lin Yun. If he still hadn’t figured out that Lin Yun was a tiger pretending to be a pig, he might as well just drop dead.

"Master Guan and Master Lu are on the third floor... I’ll go announce you..." the youth stammered in terror.

Hearing this, Lin Yun snorted. Still holding the youth, he started toward the stairs. "No need for announcements," he said as he walked. "You can take me there yourself."

Lin Yun calmly ascended to the second floor, which was lined with individual rooms. It didn’t take long for the commotion to attract the guild’s guards. More than a dozen of them blocked Lin Yun at the foot of the stairs leading to the third floor.

"Who are you? How dare you run wild in the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild?" the leader, an expert at the Minor Achievement in the Spirit Realm, demanded.

’The Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild really is rich,’ Lin Yun thought. ’These dozen or so guards are all at the Celestial Spirit Realm, and their leader is a powerhouse at the Minor Achievement in the Spirit Realm.’

But Lin Yun was in no mood for this. He looked at the man and said a single, cold word. "Scram."

The guard captain was instantly enraged. ’How dare he trespass in the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild and act so audaciously? This is utter lawlessness!’ He immediately charged at Lin Yun.

However, just as he got within a meter of Lin Yun, the captain suddenly found he couldn’t move. A terrifying pressure had completely immobilized him.

"S... Saints..." The captain’s terrified gaze shifted to Qingfeng Saint and Flowing Water Saint flanking Lin Yun, and he stammered out the word.

There were two Saints with Lin Yun. The captain’s aggression vanished in an instant. Ignoring the guards, Lin Yun continued toward the third floor, still carrying the youth in one hand.

Now knowing that the two men behind Lin Yun were Saints, the youth in his grasp grew even more terrified. Upon reaching the third floor, Lin Yun glanced at the rooms on either side and asked flatly.

"Which room is it?"

Without hesitation, the youth pointed to one of the rooms and told Lin Yun that it was Master Lu’s. Master Guan’s room, he added, was on the other side in the Artifact Refiner’s section.