Hearing this voice, Nie An raised his brows. "This Yun Fan actually dared to come knocking on my door."
At the same time, the eyes of Yan Hu, who had been dispirited on the ground, flashed with a strong ray of hope. He used all his strength to shout towards the door, "Yun Fan, I'm here, save … ugh …"
But before he could finish shouting, Zhou Tao, who appeared fierce but was cowardly at heart, kicked him in the stomach, causing Yan Hu to cry out in pain and faint immediately.
Hearing Yun Fan's voice, Zhou Tao was very nervous now. He knew that Yun Fan would definitely not let him off, so he had to hug Nie An's thighs tightly.
"Master, you have to make a decision for this lowly one …"
Zhou Tao turned around and knelt at Nie An's feet while trembling as he pleaded.
"Useless thing!"
Nie An glanced coldly at Zhou Tao and continued to fiddle with his nails with a calm expression. "I, Nie An, don't even care about a mere Yun Fan. Why are you so afraid?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Master is right to teach me a lesson. But Yun Fan is just outside. If he comes in and sees that I beat Yan Hu up like this …" Zhou Tao's forehead was sweating as he stammered.
Nie An said proudly, "Hmph, what are you panicking for! Without the cultivation of the Four Symbols Realm, it is impossible to damage the protective barrier of my cave abode. As long as I don't let him in, Yun Fan will never be able to enter! "
"Master is brilliant!"
Zhou Tao was overjoyed. In that case, as long as he didn't walk out of the protective barrier, Yun Fan wouldn't be able to hurt him at all!
Zhou Tao immediately became spirited as he stood up and said, "Master, please have a seat. This lowly one will go outside and send him away!"
"Okay …"
After getting Nie An's approval, Zhou Tao immediately walked out of the cave abode with his head held high and his chest puffed out. He then saw Yun Fan standing outside the protective barrier.
At this moment, more and more inner disciples had gathered outside the cave. They had all heard the commotion and rushed over to see what was going on.
Meeting Yun Fan's gaze that was as sharp as a knife, Zhou Tao's heart instantly turned cold. With the former's current status and cultivation, he was not someone he could afford to provoke. However, when he recalled that he had the backing of his master, Nie An, in addition to the protection of the protective barrier in front of him, he reluctantly mustered up his courage and walked over.
"Yun Fan, what are you doing here?"
Zhou Tao said with a fake smile across the protective barrier.
"Cut the crap and hand over Yan Hu!"
Yun Fan threw another heavy punch at the protective shield, causing ripples to appear on it.
He was only worried about Yan Hu's safety and didn't want to argue with Zhou Tao at all.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding inner court disciples began to whisper to each other.
"Is this Yun Fan the champion of this year's Inner Court Ceremony? He seems to be a little arrogant … "
"Haha, a new inner court disciple dares to provoke an old disciple who is two years older than him in front of his cave. He is indeed overestimating himself."
"Sigh, this kind of method is obviously not wise."
Some of the older inner court disciples were waiting to see how Yun Fan would end today. After all, this kind of provocation to the authority of the older inner court disciples needed someone to suppress it.
As for those who had just joined the inner court this year, their eyes were filled with anticipation. They wanted to see what this year's champion of the Inner Court Ceremony would do.
Seeing that Yun Fan really couldn't break the protective barrier, the fear in Zhou Tao's heart instantly disappeared. He proudly said, "Yan Hu is my master Nie An's new servant. Without my master Nie An's orders, no one can take him away. You should go back."
Yun Fan stared at Zhou Tao. His voice was so cold that it seemed to come from the depths of hell. He said word by word, "Zhou Tao, if you hand Yan Hu over to me now, I can let bygones be bygones. I can also give up the twenty thousand Spirit Stones. I will only give you ten breaths of time. After ten breaths … I will make you suffer a fate worse than death!"
"Hehe … Haha … Hahaha …"
Zhou Tao held his stomach and laughed loudly. He immediately leaned his head close to Yun Fan through the protective barrier and sneered, "Yun Fan, are you out of your mind? Are you trying to scare me? Don't you know where you are? I, Zhou Tao, am standing right here. Let's see how you are going to make me suffer a fate worse than death! "
"One!"
Yun Fan shouted in a deep voice.
As soon as Yun Fan finished speaking, Zhou Tao's eyes were filled with contempt. He actually helped Yun Fan count quickly, "Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! Haha, I have finished counting for you. Your Master Tao is standing right here. I see that you … "
"You are courting death!"
Without waiting for Zhou Tao to finish speaking in a complacent manner, Yun Fan's right hand formed into a claw and grabbed towards Zhou Tao with lightning speed. When Yun Fan's claw came into contact with the protective barrier, the protective barrier did not block it like before. It actually quietly retreated like a tide and did not obstruct Yun Fan's claw in the slightest.
"You …"
Before Zhou Tao could react to what was going on, Yun Fan's claw directly grabbed onto Zhou Tao's neck amidst everyone's exclamations of shock, and then he fiercely pulled back before lifting Zhou Tao up!
"Uh … Uh …"
Zhou Tao, who was held by the neck and was suspended in midair, was astounded to the extreme in his heart. He was utterly unable to understand why the protective barrier that even a Four Symbols Realm expert was unable to destroy collapsed before Yun Fan.
Yun Fan pulled Zhou Tao's body close to him and looked face to face at Zhou Tao who had lost his head out of fear. His ghastly voice caused Zhou Tao to be terrified.
"I gave you a chance, yet you didn't use it?"
Zhou Tao's eyes were bloodshot as his legs kicked wildly in the air. He used all his strength to break free from Yun Fan's claw that was like an iron clamp. He was already astounded to the extreme in his heart.
At this moment, Yun Fan was an Origin Opening Realm cultivator who possessed the Four Symbols Spirit Seas. Moreover, his skin had been transformed by the Heavenly Flame and was incomparably tough. Even a Perfect Meridian Opening Realm cultivator wouldn't be able to break free from Yun Fan's claw, let alone Zhou Tao who was merely at the intermediate stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.
"How did he break through the protective barrier?"
It wasn't just Zhou Tao. All the surrounding cultivators were astonished and had the same question in their hearts.
"Look at his left hand …"
It was unknown who shouted, but only then did everyone realize that Yun Fan was holding a golden token in his left hand. The patterns on the token were gorgeous and golden. It was clearly not an ordinary item.
At the same time, everyone also realized that every time the protective barrier that was about to close came into contact with the golden token, it would disappear like ice melting snow.
"The token in Yun Fan's hand can actually open the protective barrier of Nie An's cave. Its authority is so high!"
Only the tokens worn by inner court elders and above had the authority to open the protective barrier of an inner court disciple's cave at will.
"How did he get such a high-grade token?"
"This Yun Fan … is indeed not to be trifled with!"
After realizing this, everyone around took a deep breath, especially the older disciples. It seemed that there would be a new strong opponent in this year's Inner Sect Season.
Yun Fan had only thought of this method in a moment of desperation. After all, this was something that belonged to the Saintess, so its authority was naturally not small. The result of his attempt did not disappoint Yun Fan.
Therefore, when Yun Fan reached out with his right hand, he used his left hand to hold the token and tap on the protective barrier. The protective barrier immediately retreated like ice melting snow.
Just like that, Yun Fan grabbed Zhou Tao and walked into Nie An's cave in large strides, ignoring the latter's final struggles.
Just as he entered, Yun Fan saw Yan Hu, who was covered in injuries and unconscious. Yun Fan's face instantly darkened to a terrifying degree.
He tilted his head and looked at the struggling Zhou Tao. His voice was filled with endless coldness as he said: "Was it you who beat Fatty up like this?"
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