Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales 

  They really didn’t expect that Martial Path Mountain would actually fall. 

  They came from so far away, and this was the outcome that they got. That was something that they couldn’t accept. 

  “Martial Path Mountain had already closed down, so should we head back too?” Liang Yongqi asked. 

  They didn’t want to stay here. Thinking about it, even if there wasn’t much emphasis on them at home, it was much better than being by Lin Fan’s side. 

  The feeling of being terrified each day didn’t feel good. 

  Yuan Tianchu stood there stunned. 

  He couldn’t accept such an outcome. 

  My conjecture is definitely correct. Why would such an outcome occur? 

  “Cousin, didn’t my father tell you what we should do if Martial Path Mountain doesn’t exist?” Lin Fan asked. 

  Father didn’t expect Martial Path Mountain to end up like that. 

  He felt that going home was the right choice. 

  They had no future staying here. 

  Zhou Zhongmao was stunned. Uncle didn’t address this problem with him. Thus when Cousin asked him about it, he didn’t know what to say. 

  Zhang Tianxian had thoughts of rising up once more, but due to his limited ability, he hadn’t been able to find the right chance. 

  He felt that the time to recreate Martial Path Mountain had arrived. 

  At the same time, he couldn’t let these few friends leave. 

  “Your father said that whether or not Martial Path Mountain exists isn’t important. As long as I am here, you should stay here.” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  Lin Fan said, “When did my father say that?” 

  Zhang Tianshan pointed at his stomach, “In the letter. However, I ate it so you can’t see it. Only I know about it.” 

  Damn. 

  Wasn’t that just nonsense? 

  You saw the letter, tore it, and then swallowed it. No matter what you say would be the truth. 

  Zhang Tianxian walked over and said softly, “Do you want to help me rise up once more?” 

  Lin Fan shook his head to express that he wasn’t interested. 

  “Haiz, don’t reject me so quickly. As long as I make a comeback, I will be the Sect Leader, and you all will be heavy contributors to Martial Path Mountain. You can be the Head Disciple. This chance is hard to come by.” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  He felt that Brother Lin sent his son over at the best time. 

  No matter what, Brother Lin was from a rich aristocratic family. His son had traveled from far and definitely brought loads of money. 

  Lin Fan said, “Stop kidding me. We have money on us, so you want us to invest. I am speaking the truth with you. You will definitely not be able to make a comeback with Martial Path Mountain.” 

  His words were really direct, totally hurting Zhang Tianxian’s heart, 

  Zhou Zhongmao had to let his cousin remain here. He thought about it for a moment and said, “It is not impossible, but the location has to change. My cousin has to be the sect leader too.” 

  “En?” Zhang Tianxian’s expression changed, “How is that possible? I am the Martial Path Mountain Sect Leader. If he is the Sect Leader, then what am I?” 

  Zhou Zhongmao said, “Disciple.” 

  “Impossible, impossible.” Zhang Tianxian muttered, what a joke. 

  For him to be a disciple, wouldn’t people mock and laugh at him if they found out? 

  Lin Fan looked at his cousin. What was he saying? Who wanted to be a Sect Leader? That old mountain, he had to end up cleaning other’s problems? 

  He wanted to head home. 

  He didn’t want to think about anything else. 

  Yuan Tianchu was thinking about something. 

  He felt that this thing was a little problematic. 

  He felt that something wasn’t right, but was unable to pinpoint it. It seemed like he had to think carefully about it. 

  Zhang Tianxian said, “It is impossible for me to be the disciple, I have to at least be Deputy Sect Leader. I am familiar with the area and will be of much help.” 

  Lin Wanyi told him in the letter to let Lin Fan remain here and not let him return to You City 

  Zhang Tianxian naturally had to do it. 

  Martial Path Mountain had already closed down. If he could reopen it, it was not bad for him to be a Deputy Sect Leader. 

  Lin Fan looked at the two of them, “Are you serious? Me being a Sect Leader?” 

  When he said that, his tone slightly rose. 

  Zhang Tianxian sighed, “Then you will be the Sect Leader. Anyways Martial Path Mountain already fell, and you will be the huge sponsor, so you should be the leader.” 

  The moment he said that, he and Zhou Zhongmao glanced at one another. 

  They understood right away. 

  Both of them had to make Lin Fan stay and not let him return to You City. 

  To Zhang Tianxian, no matter who the Sect Leader of Martial Path Mountain was the same. It was a huge mess. Martial Path Mountain wasn’t his either, but was rented. 

  If others didn’t want to rent to him, he still had to move. 

  Liang Yongqi felt that it had nothing much to do with him, so he didn’t bother. 

  He wanted to contest for the Sect Leader position, but at this point, it didn’t seem like strength or character was a deciding point for the position but wealth. 

  Damn. 

  That was a little too much. 

  Using money to being Sect Leader was too much. 

  Lin Fan contemplated, he definitely wouldn’t be able to return to You City. 

  He said that he wanted to, but how could he really return? 

  He was used to being a rich family Young Master. 

  He didn’t want to lose that position. 

  Now that he could be a Sect Leader, that felt good. 

  The key was he was poor. 

  What was there in Martial Path Mountain? 

  Apart from those houses, there was nothing at all. 

  The pressure was huge. 

  “Okay, then let’s just try.” Lin Fan didn’t dare to be so certain. Who knew how much debt Martial Path Mountain had. If he got tired from it, he would decide to retreat and quit. 

  Even if his father beat him up, he had to return to You City. 

  Zhang Tianxian was a little hungry, “Sect Leader to celebrate we should head to the shop to drink and enjoy. What do you think?” 

  Liang Yongqi was also hungry. 

  They traveled for so long, and they hadn’t eaten in a proper restaurant. 

  This Weifu Pavilion naturally was much better than Drunk Fragrance Pavillion. It was okay just to taste it. 

  Lin Fan said, “Let’s be frugal. A celebration is too much of a waste. Gou’zi, bring them to the roadside stalls. Cousin and I will head to the Weifu Pavilion toilet. Let’s go.” 

  “Okay. Young Master, no, Sect Leader.” Gou’zi said. 

  Zhang Tianxian obviously understood what Lin Fan was thinking, “My stomach hurts. I will go with you.” 

  “En?” Lin Fan stared, “What? I am the Sect Leader, and you dare to go against me? 

  Zhang Tianxian wanted to curse out and kill Lin Fan. 

  This kid was just so cunning. 

  Did you think I couldn’t see through you? 

  After which, Lin Fan brought his cousin into Weifu Pavillion while Zhang Tianxian headed to a stall not far away. 

  “This isn’t a Sect Leader that would share riches and problems.” Zhang Tianxian grumbled. 

  Later, Lin Fan and his cousin walked out after eating. This place really tasted good, much better than Drunk Fragrance Pavillion. 

  A huge city is indeed better; its artistry was fantastic. 

  Zhang Tianxian was drinking tea by the side of the road. There was naturally no room for comparison. 

  One was like the Heavens, and one was like Earth. 

  The gap between them was just huge. 

  “Let’s go, let’s head to Martial Path Mountain to take a look.” Lin Fan said. 

  Zhang Tianxian and co looked towards Lin Fan and Zhou Zhongmao with vengeance. They ate well while not caring about what we were eating. 

  Sect Leader? 

  How was there such a Sect Leader? 

  No matter what, even if he ate alone, he should bring him the Deputy Sect Leader along.

  Chapter 110: Chapter 110- Cousin, you are about to be beaten up

  Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales 

  Martial Path Mountain, the foot of the mountain. 

  “Haiz, I didn’t expect to come back once more. I am so emotional.” Zhang Tianxian stood there and looked up. His expression was one of reminiscent. No matter what, he was the Sect Leader in the past. 

  Although it had already closed down, it was still a part of his life. 

  However, thinking about those disciples, he wanted to curse out. 

  A bunch of practical kids. 

  He didn’t give them an allowance, and they all ran, none thought about going through thick and thin. 

  “Who does the mountain belong to?” Lin Fan asked. 

  Zhang Tianxian said, “Jiang City Huang Family. I felt that the mountain had energy, so I discussed with the Huang Family Old Master to rent it for 700 teals each year. I have rented for dozens of years, spending close to 10 thousand silver. Haiz, I am totally out of money now.” 

  That was the case. 

  This had totally burnt all the money he had saved when he was young. 

  In the past, when he was travelling, he was quite famous. If he opened a small shop, he would be rich. 

  However, he just wanted to open a sect and invested all his money. 

  Who knew that he would lose so much money that he nearly lost his pants. 

  They headed up the mountain. The stone stairs were still in a good condition, just that there were chips here and there. It was another sum of money to repair. 

  The weeds all around had to be cut. 

  The fees for that were not small either. 

  Now he only hoped that the houses were good. 

  In front of the Martial Path Mountain Hall, Zhang Tianxian touched the closed gate, slowly wiping off the dust. He then said emotionally, “I am back.” 

  To him, this place was filled with great memories. 

  However, the Heavens didn’t help him, causing a sect with the potential to be great to close down. 

  That was just too much. 

  Lin Fan pushed open the gate. The environment inside was old and simple. The roofs were missing bricks, and there was a huge hole. 

  “Why is it so broken?” 

  No matter whether the sect was closed down or not, he at least had to ensure that the basic facilities were okay. 

  Yuan Tianchu frowned. 

  He didn’t say anything. He just looked around and felt that things weren’t as simple as they seemed. 

  After which, he looked towards Zhang Tianxian. 

  This person wasn’t simple, and one couldn’t just look at the surface. 

  He suddenly felt that the situation wasn’t right. Thinking about it, if you were the Sect Leader and suddenly your position was taken away, could you agree? 

  No matter what, he wouldn’t agree with it. 

  Zhang Tianxian was obviously finding someone to take over, using his money to rebuild Martial Path Mountain. Then once it is on the right track, he would kick him away. 

  He was terrified as he thought about it. 

  How terrifying. 

  Zhang Tianxian gave out a bitter smile. To Yuan Tianchu, it was a look of his plan working. 

  Yuan Tianchu was someone who could see this entire situation more clearly than anyone else. 

  Zhang Tianxian said, “Sect Leader, to rebuild Martial Path Mountain, we need to repair it. However, the current situation isn’t good. Sect Leader, please decide.” 

  So practical? 

  They had just reached Martial Path Mountain and hadn’t seen everything, but the only thing he thought about was fixing the mountain. 

  To repair the entire mountain would need loads of silver. 

  “En, as Deputy Sect Leader, this mission is yours.” Lin Fan said. 

  Zhang Tianxian blinked and rubbed his fingers, “Sect Leader, it needs… to repair Martial Path Mountain…” 

  Lin Fan said, “I don’t have money.” 

  He was just so direct. He could be the Sect Leader, but he had no money. 

  Zhang Tianxian said, “Sect Leader, I don’t have any either.” 

  As if to prove his words, he took out a bag; it was empty, there was nothing in there at all. 

  They couldn’t continue like this. 

  Yuan Tianchu kept silent. 

  A bird that popped up would be shot. It was best for him not to get involved in this and just look. 

  Suddenly, Zhou Zhongmao, who had been ignored by everyone, spoke. 

  “Cousin, I have money.” 

  The moment he said that, he attracted everyone’s gaze. 

  Zhou Zhongmao took out around a thousand silver, as for what there was, he didn’t count it. 

  Lin Fan looked, “Cousin, where did you get this from?” 

  Zhou Zhongmao said calmly, “Before we left, Uncle gave this to me.” 

  “Then why didn’t you tell me?” Lin Fan was stunned. Oh my god, he had to smack his cousin, to actually keep secrets from him. 

  If he had so much money, he should have told him. 

  To take it out now, was he forced to use it on Martial Path Mountain? 

  Zhou Zhongmao said, “Uncle told me not to tell you, and only take it out when we faced problems. Martial Path Mountain is a little broken. Uncle’s words were right, so I am taking it out to fix the Martial Path Mountain.” 

  “Haiz.” Lin Fan sighed. Cousin, cousin, to think I treated you sincerely, but you did such a thing. I am totally heartbroken. 

  Zhang Tianxian smiled, his eyes lit up, “This money is enough, we even have money to rent the mountain.” 

  “Rage Points +66.” 

  Rage points spread over. 

  Liang Yongqi was furious. 

  How despicable. 

  He was so rich but still stole his money. Too much, that was really too much. 

  Yuan Tianchu felt much better. Upon seeing Zhou Zhongmao take out so much money, his heart was totally calm. 

  He didn’t feel angry. 

  He was even gloating a little. 

  He ensured that his guesses were definitely correct. 

  However, he was wary of Zhang Tianxian. This person had many thoughts, and his schemes weren’t less than that of Lin Fan’s. 

  The older person was always more skilled. 

  Impressive, impressive. 

  Zhang Tianxian looked at Martial Path Mountain. He felt much better and saw the prosperous future of Martial Path Mountain. 

  The investments into Martial Path Mountain would allow it to glow once more. 

  In eye-catching future was right in front of them 

  “Sect Leader, now that we have money, I feel that we should recruit those disciples back to strengthen us.” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  Lin Fan was speechless, “What are you thinking? Calling them back? For them to eat for free? Do you want to close down again?” 

  He still didn’t understand how such a Martial Path Mountain closed down. 

  “We have to give them an allowance each month. A normal disciple would get 1 silver a month, and a direct disciple will get 6.” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  Lin Fan looked at Zhang Tianxian with his mouth agape. What a joke! The sect had to give allowance to disciples even after taking them in? 

  What kind of rule was that? Were they just bullying him for not reading novels in the past? 

  Not only was Lin Fan stunned. 

  Even Zhou Zhongmao was too. 

  So that was the reason why Martial Path Mountain went bankrupt. 

  Actually, Zhang Tianxian wasn’t too stupid. The way he recruited disciples was just really wild. Just by eating at the restaurant, he could recruit a waiter as his disciple. 

  Not only could they eat and drink for free, but he also had to give them an allowance. 

  If he had no money, the waiter would definitely head back to work. Of course, after learning some skills, he wouldn’t be a normal waiter, but one with skills.

  Chapter 111: Chapter 111- Then isn’t being calm but stupid

  Under the leadership of Zhang Tianxian, Lin Fan and the others slowly understood the situation of Martial Path Mountain. 

  Regret started to spread through his heart. 

  His cousin’s actions were just so terrible; he should have said that he had money. Why did he even have to hide it? 

  Were there problems with his brain to want to rebuild Martial Path Mountain? 

  He just wanted to spend some time outside and when the time was right to head back to You City to enjoy. 

  The other things had nothing to do with him at all. 

  However, the current situation made it impossible. 

  Zhang Tianxian took a two hundred silver note from his cousin to search for workers. 

  On a rough estimate, the renovation of Martial Path Mountain would at least need a thousand silver. 

  This was a terrifying estimate! 

  However, he had no choice. 

  The houses were too broken, and there were simply too many places that had to be renovated. 

  That night, people couldn’t stay on Martial Path Mountain as there was nothing there at all. There were only a few wooden planks in the room. What was Zhang Tianxian even doing? Even if it closed down, shouldn’t there at least be a place to sleep? 

  Their resting location tonight was quite decent for them. Lin Fan and the others had planned to get some sleep on the carriage. 

  However, he couldn’t. 

  He had incurred their wrath and gained three hundred rage points from them so he could only bring them to the inn to sleep. 

  For them to not be able to take a little bit of hardship, how would they even manage to rebuild Martial Path Mountain? 

  Regret. Disappointment. 

  Liang Yongqi really wanted to scold Lin Fan. This fellow was just too much. If he just wanted to pass the night, then just do so. 

  However, he wanted them to pass the night while he and his cousin went to the inn to sleep. Was he treating them as fools? 

  He had never seen such a shameless person before. 

  Lin Fan looked at the round moon in the night sky and sighed, “I want to go home.” 

  Only after he left You City did he understand how much he missed home. Although he had just came out, he missed home a lot. 

  Daytime. 

  Zhang Tianxian was really efficient. It was good to have money as he was able to use it to find many good helpers in Jiang City. 

  Everyone was fighting for his business. 

  The news of Martial Path Mountain reopening also spread quickly. 

  Many people rubbed their hands and were tempted. 

  To the commoners in Jiang City, it was a good thing to be able to enter Martial Path Mountain. Not only did they provide food and lodging, they gave out pocket money too. One could learn some martial arts at the same time. Where would one even get such a good deal? 

  Only in Martial Path Mountain could one get so lucky. 

  Martial Path Mountain. 

  Zhang Tianxian stood with his arms behind his back. Behind him were many commoners, “Sect Leader, many people came. Martial Path Mountain is officially reopened.” 

  He was now pumped up. 

  Although he was already in his middle ages, he had an unwilling heart that was still beating and brimming with life. 

  To Lin Fan, he wasn’t renovating but just throwing away money. 

  Yuan Tianchu and Liang Yongqi acted like it didn’t concern them. 

  They weren’t affected, and this whole matter had nothing to do with them. 

  It was indeed the case. 

  Yuan Tianchu thought that his goal of coming out was to understand Lin Fan. 

  Liang Yongqi felt that he came out just to eat and wait for death. That his family didn’t need him, his father didn’t need him, and he was just useless. 

  At this moment, there were questions from the commoners. 

  “Will this new Sect Leader recruit new disciples now that Martial Path Mountain is reopened?” 

  “That’s right, that’s right, we all know how to do things and are really diligent.” 

  Lin Fan was scolding them in his heart. With these people, it was no surprise that Zhang Tianxian went bankrupted. Normal civilians treated you as their money bag, so how would the sect even succeed? 

  To be able to last for so long was already quite amazing. 

  Zhang Tianxian said excitedly, “Martial Path Mountain is entering its restructuring stage. When the mountain opens, we will naturally recruit disciples.” 

  Lin Fan said, “Are you the Sect Leader, or am I the Sect Leader?” 

  He just wanted to slap Zhang Tianxian. 

  Couldn’t he just keep quiet? 

  “You are Sect Leader, Sect Leader.” Zhang Tianxian smiled. He was a little helpless and couldn’t adapt to it so quickly. 

  Lin Fan coughed, “You all can enter my Martial Path Mountain, but why don’t you all help me renovate it for free? When you enter, we will teach you martial arts for you to be an expert. How about that?” 

  As expected, when he said that, the commoners looked at him with their mouths agape. 

  Oh my god! 

  To think that someone could even say that! 

  Martial Path Mountain’s Sect Leader was too shameless. 

  To rip off normal people. No future, this place had no future at all! 

  “Sect Leader, we were joking. Don’t take us seriously.” 

  “That’s right, that’s right, we are really busy so why would we have time to learn martial arts?” 

  Hearing that Martial Path Mountain didn’t give out money and they had to even repair it for free, no one would agree unless one had brain problems. 

  Lin Fan shook his head; they were just too practical. He just said this casually, and they were all frightened to such an extent. 

  He had never heard of needing to give allowance when recruiting disciples. 

  Were you teaching people or hiring people? 

  Jiang City. 

  Huang Family. 

  Back Courtyard. 

  “Young Master, Martial Path Mountain is reopening. That Zhang Tianshan is back.” A servant hurriedly reported. 

  A man was practicing calligraphy diligently, his words seemed really random and all over the place, a true accident of the calligraphy world. 

  “Scoff!” The man scoffed in rage and held the brush. 

  “Good.” 

  The people around all clapped their hands and passed him some tea, “Young Master’s calligraphy is decent, one of the top in the current generation.” 

  Huang Boren was really delighted and felt good that people were commenting him. After drinking the tea, he looked at the servant that hurried over, “What did you just say?” 

  “Young Master, Martial Path Mountain reopened. They found many people to renovate it.” The servant reported. 

  That despicable Zhang Tianshan, he rented Martial Path Mountain for so long and didn’t pay money before running away right away. 

  Who knew where he went. 

  “En?” Huang Boren said, “What? He dared to come back to reopen it? Let’s go and take a look. If he doesn’t pay the rent to me, I will smash his Martial Path Mountain.” 

  He was the oldest young master in the Huang Family. 

  His father’s health wasn’t good and was resting, so he was in charge. 

  “Oh right, hang up the words I just wrote.” 

  Before leaving, he turned his head and instructed. 

  He was in a good mood today and wrote really well, writing a line of great words so he naturally needed to hang it up to admire. 

  “Yes, Young Master.” 

  To Huang Boren, that Zhang Tianshan wasn’t anything good. 

  They had agreed that year that he would pay rent every year for Martial Path Mountain. 

  He kept his words at the start. 

  He paid rent for a few years. 

  Then he directly ran away and didn’t pay any money, causing Huang Boren to rage. 

  How could there be no trust and honesty between people? 

  Martial Path Mountain. 

  Lin Fan looked at the busy people, his heart was really calm. He had no sense of belonging to Martial Path Mountain. 

  Who would use this place after they repaired it? 

  He wouldn’t stay here. 

  The person who got this place would be very lucky. 

  He was furious in his heart. What was up with his cousin? He wasn’t like this in the past, why did he suddenly become so dumb? 

  “Sect Leader, do you see the future prosperity of Martial Path Mountain?” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  Lin Fan said, “No, I only see that my wallet is shrinking.” 

  “Haiz, money is just an external object, so why care about it so much? Your Father also gave me tens of thousands of riches. I remember what he said, money is the source of all evil, and it is useless to leave it on you. Even till now I am unable to reach such a level of enlightenment.” Zhang Tianxian said. 

  Lin Fan looked at Zhang Tianxian with a weird expression, was what he said true? 

  That isn’t called reaching a high level of enlightenment. 

  That was being foolish.