Free Web NovelChapter 1472: The next leader
Lin Fan wasn’t surprised to hear this.
There was a part of him that already suspected that this would be the case.
After all, this place was different from a simple alchemy hall, a training hall, or a weapon forging hall.
Those places only had value if there were people that were there to use those facilities and without people there, it wasn’t as if those places had that much value. They still had some value since they contained certain techniques, but it wasn’t as if those techniques were that precious.
But this library was completely different since it was the accumulation of all knowledge in the Dao Sect. freёwebnovel.com
It wasn’t just cultivation, there were also techniques about alchemy, weapon forging, talisman forging, and other similar techniques that were stored here.
This was the very foundation of the Dao Sect.
This was not something that could be obtained that easily. free𝑤ebnovel.com
However, it didn’t seem like the fairy was done with whatever she was planning to say.
Lin Fan could see that the fairy had a trace of hesitation on her face, almost as if there was something that she wanted to say, but she didn’t know how to say.
In the end, she still said it.
"There might be a way for you to take everything."
Lin Fan couldn’t help being caught off guard when he heard this.
After all, this wasn’t a simple offer that was being made to him. Taking everything here would be the same as receiving the full inheritance of the Dao Sect.
Though Lin Fan also didn’t let his guard down since he knew that doing something like this would require a price of equal value to be paid. This price was not something that could have been paid that easily.
It didn’t seem like the fairy was going to keep saying what she had been about to say with the way that she suddenly stopped like this.
So Lin Fan had no choice but to ask, "What method is it?"
The fairy didn’t respond right away as she looked at Lin Fan with traces of hesitation.
In the end, the response that she gave wasn’t even related to this method.
Instead, what she said was, "Bring out that token again. I want to take a closer look at it."
Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling even more confused when he heard this, but he didn’t say anything as he took out the token like she requested. He knew that the fairy would have her own reason for asking to see this token.
So he waited to see what kind of reaction the fairy would have.
"I was wrong, it seems like this is a different token." The fairy muttered under her breath as if she was saying this to herself.
However, Lin Fan couldn’t help narrowing his eyes when he heard her say this.
He had already been told that this token was something special, but no one had told him what was so special about this token before this.
Now he was wondering if the fairy was finally willing to tell him what the others hadn’t been willing to tell him.
It didn’t seem like the fairy was going to say anything at first with the way that she stared at the token. It really seemed like the fairy was seeing something in this token that others hadn’t seen.
But eventually she said, "So I wasn’t wrong about this, this really is that token."
"What do you mean?" Lin Fan couldn’t take it anymore when she said this.
Her words proved that she knew what this token was, so it was time to press this issue and see if he could get any information.
It didn’t seem like the fairy was going to say anything at first, but then she suddenly said, "This is the mark of a future leader."
"Future leader?" Lin Fan repeated in a confused voice.
He looked down at the token again, but it didn’t seem like there was anything about this token that jumped out at him and screamed that it was something that a future leader would possess.
As far as he could tell, this should have been a normal token.
No, it wasn’t a normal token with how it had been able to do all those things, but it shouldn’t have been on the level of the sect master.
Seeing that Lin Fan doubted what she said, the fairy continued by saying, "This token is given to those that have the right to succeed the sect master, so you could call them the future leader. Though there were quite a few of them, so it wasn’t as if it was certain that they would be able to take that position."
After hearing this, Lin Fan couldn’t help knitting his brows even more.
There was a part of him that was more confused after hearing this, but there were also a few things that had been cleared up with these words.
There was one thing that Lin Fan had always wondered about with the Highoak Family’s ancestor and now it seemed like that question had been answered. It was just that it certainly wasn’t what he had expected.
"In the first place, the Dao Sect already knew how to link mana with spiritual energy. So they would have already known how to act like they could use mana when they reached the other continent. Second, they would have had to be a high level member of the Dao Sect to have known about this since this wasn’t something that was known by everyone in the Dao Sect. Then that means that the ancestor of the Highoak Family should have been that sect leader candidate."
But if that was the case, just what had happened to him that he had died and left the Highoak Family like that?
Even if he had died, the legacy that he should have passed on to the Highoak Family shouldn’t have allowed them to fall to the level that they were at.
They should have been much stronger than that...
No matter how he thought about it, Lin Fan was certain of one thing.
"Something had happened in the history of the Highoak Family."
He made a mental note to check on this when he returned to the magic continent.
But right now, it was more important to figure out what this method that the fairy mentioned was.
"So what do I do with this thing? How do I gain the right to become the leader?"
The fairy didn’t answer right away just like before. She just looked at him as if she was thinking about whether to give him this information or not.
But in the end, the fairy said with a nod, "It’s actually very simple. All you have to do is take that token to the center of the sect and pass the test in the main hall."
The way that she said it did make it sound simple, but Lin Fan knew that it was anything but that. The test in the main hall was without a doubt the key to the entire Dao Sect ruins.
The moment that someone passed that test, there was no doubt that everyone else would be thrown out of this place.
Passing that test would be the same as becoming the master of this place and of course the master would throw out intruders. Which meant that this was a place that was without a doubt guarded by the elders of the Five Great Sects.
Even if the elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect allowed him to pass, it wouldn’t be easy with the elders of the four righteous sects there.
Then if he were to pass them by some miracle, it would still be a hard test to pass since it was the test to become the leader of the Dao Sect.
It certainly wouldn’t be a normal test if it was meant to test this.
"You want information?" The fairy could easily tell what Lin Fan wanted with the way that he looked at her.
Lin Fan just gave a simple nod without saying anything.
Instead of hesitating like she had done before, the fairy gave a very straightforward shake of the head to show that this couldn’t be done.
However, it wasn’t as if all hope was lost as the fairy did have something to say.
"You don’t have the right authority yet."
Lin Fan was confused hearing this, but he still asked, "What do you mean by authority? Also, how do I get more authority?"
"You’ve already gained quite a bit with the way that you’ve cleared the test in four different places now."
Lin Fan was a bit surprised to hear this, but then he realized that this wasn’t really that surprising. It was only natural that she would be able to tell since she was most likely linked to some kind of system that the Dao Sect used.
"Then if I pass the test in more places, I’ll be able to get more information from the ones that are there?"
"You’ll have more authority to gain more information." After a pause, the fairy added, "If it wasn’t for the fact that you passed this test, I wouldn’t even be telling you this."
Lin Fan gave a nod to show that he understood.
Information about the Dao Sect had been deliberately kept from him, so the fact that the fairy gave this information did mean something.
It was like she said, he had earned this information by passing the tests that had been left behind.
