Chapter 1548: Should we do it?
In the end, it didn’t seem like the person inside noticed them at all.
The prison itself was nothing more than a stone cell that had iron bars keeping the prisoner trapped inside. It didn’t seem that stable since it was nothing more than a few iron bars that were there.
But in this case, it wasn’t as if these iron bars alone were what made up this cell.
Since this was a cell in the Dao Sect’s law enforcement pavilion, one could be certain that the bars were special.
Just the space itself had arrays that suppressed the prisoners in it, so it was only natural that there would be arrays placed on the bars as well. These arrays would be placed here to ensure that whoever was imprisoned here wouldn’t be able to break out.
But it turned out that there was more to the array on the bars than Lin Fan’s group thought.
It was strange seeing the prisoner inside of the cell looking at them like this, but there was no reaction that came from the person that was inside of the cell. Even when their eyes were directly on Lin Fan’s group, it didn’t seem like they could see them at all.
After a long moment of silence, Lin Fan started moving backwards while holding the hands of Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu.
Only when they were around the corner did they let out sighs of relief, but they didn’t dare speak just yet. They made sure to move away from this cell and moved to a much more isolated place.
It was only after they reached this place that Ye Qing Huan finally said, "I recognized that person."
Lin Fan was surprised to hear this, but he quickly figured out why this was the case. That was why he just asked, "Which sect?"
"The Mount Hua Sword Sect." After what seemed to be a moment of thought, Ye Qing Huan added, "If I remember correctly, his title was the Plum Blossom Sword."
Lin Fan gave a small nod before falling into deep thought.
There wasn’t a moment where he questioned what Ye Qing Huan said.
With her status as the disciple of the Heavenly Demon, there was no doubt that she had encountered the elders that had come to the Dao Sect ruins from the righteous sects before. It was only natural that she would be able to recognize these elders from the righteous sect with just a single glance.
But in the end, it wasn’t as if this mattered.
"Do you want to save him?" Lin Fan asked Ye Qing Huan all of a sudden.
Ye Qing Huan didn’t answer right away as she considered this idea, but in the end she shook her head.
There was a part of her that had considered it, but she tossed that idea out in the end.
After all, there was no guarantee that they would be able to handle this elder if they were to help them. At the same time, it wasn’t as if the situation was desperate enough that they would consider this.
If they faced a crisis that they all suffered from, then it might make sense to cooperate with the elder. But since there was no such crisis, then it was just asking for trouble getting involved with him.
After seeing this, there was one more thing that Lin Fan had to ask, "Do you want to get rid of him?"
Ye Qing Huan shook her head more decisively this time.
After all, she was clear on the implications of doing something like this.
If they were to actually move on the elder from the Mount Hua Sword Sect, then it would mean a lot of trouble once they left this Dao Sect ruins. An elder had a completely different meaning from a disciple.
Lin Fan wasn’t surprised to see this response from Ye Qing Huan.
There was a part of him that had been worried that Ye Qing Huan might have lost control of her emotions after seeing that elder. But it was clear that she was even more stable than him with the way that she answered.
Since that was the case, there was nothing for him to worry about.
As they moved through the prison once more, they were surprised to find that it wasn’t just the Plum Blossom Sword alone that was trapped in this prison.
There were elders from the other three righteous sects as well that were trapped here.
If there was the Plum Blossom Sword here, then it was only natural that the elders from the other righteous sects would be caught as well. In the end, those elders were at the same level as the Plum Blossom Sword.
If the Plum Blossom Sword couldn’t avoid whatever it was that had trapped him in this place, then it was only natural that they wouldn’t be able to avoid it either.
But in the end, the most surprising thing was that there was an elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect that was also trapped here.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t believe that this elder was caught, it was just surprising that this elder had been caught along with the righteous sect elders.
That was unless there were different traps in different places that they fell for which brought them all here.
This time, Lin Fan waited for Ye Qing Huan to make a decision.
It would have a completely different meaning if there was an elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect here. This was something that they couldn’t ignore that easily.
But it didn’t seem like Ye Qing Huan really cared that this elder was trapped here and it didn’t seem like she was planning on helping this elder either. The apathy that she looked at this elder with made Lin Fan even suspect if this person was an elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
However, he knew that this person was indeed an elder since he was one of the people that had offered him benefits for a spiritual energy gathering array previously.
Lin Fan might not recognize the elders of the other sects, but he recognized the elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
"He’s one of the ones that were plotting against you, so there’s no harm in leaving him here for now." Ye Qing Huan finally said this.
Lin Fan couldn’t help raising a brow when he heard this since he had no idea where Ye Qing Huan obtained this information. But it wasn’t as if there was a single part of him that doubted this since it was information from Ye Qing Huan.
Not to mention that he was already aware of this situation.
It was only natural that they would be plotting against him since he was someone that was brought from the outside and had something as precious as the Source Metal. Anyone that would be able to control him would no doubt increase their own status in the Heavenly Demon Sect.
The Heavenly Demon Sect was a place where even the elders competed with each other after all.
Then again, it wasn’t as if Lin Fan really cared that much about this elder either just because he was someone from the Heavenly Demon Sect. He was an outsider, so it wasn’t as if he had ties that were that deep in the first place with the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Still Lin Fan said, "We’ll come and help when everything is over. There’s no harm for someone of his level to stay in these cells for a few more days."
Ye Qing Huan nodded in agreement to this.
In the end, they just couldn’t completely abandon him.
But they had felt the aura that came from the elder and knew that he wasn’t in any danger yet.
His cultivation was being suppressed, but it wasn’t at the level where he was going to die any time soon. Plus, it wasn’t as if they couldn’t just toss him food and water if the need arose.
While they were discussing this, they had been ignoring Xiao Mu since it wasn’t as if Xiao Mu would have any thoughts on this matter. Xiao Mu wasn’t from the Heavenly Demon Sect or the righteous sects, it was a puppet that had grown up in the Dao Sect.
So it really wouldn’t have any information on the Five Great Sects other than what Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan had told it.
But to Lin Fan’s surprise, he found that there was a slight hostility that came from Xiao Mu.
He wasn’t certain who this slight hostility was aimed at, but he did have a guess.
After all, this seemed related to the Heavenly Demon Sect elder that they had just been discussing.
The way that Xiao Mu looked at Lin Fan was almost as if it wasn’t happy that they were letting off the Heavenly Demon Sect elder that easily. It seemed like Xiao Mu was also displeased that the elder had plotted against him.
Though they weren’t that close, it seemed that he had at least left an impression in Xiao Mu’s heart.
It seemed like all the time that he spent with Xiao Mu hadn’t been wasted.
That made Lin Fan’s heart fill with a bit of warmth.
But on the other side, Ye Qing Huan had a smile that had a completely different meaning. She could tell that Xiao Mu’s anger wasn’t as simple as it seemed on the surface.
However, it wasn’t as if she was going to stop Xiao Mu from feeling this way.