Land Sword Immortal: Eighty Years as the Guardian of the Sword Pavilion
Chapter 354 – The ancestral land of the Wu family, this cannot be tolerated

Chapter 354 – The ancestral land of the Wu family, this cannot be tolerated

Wu Tian thought for a moment, then said to Meng Fan, "Senior Brother Meng, actually, I have an urgent matter at home and need to go back. How about this, I'll return in a month!"

He quickly changed his tone, searching for other excuses, but this one was obviously not very convincing.

Meng Fan looked at Wu Tian as if he were a fool and said irritably, "Do you think I would believe that?"

If Wu Tian had said from the beginning that he needed to go home to handle some matters, Meng Fan might have believed him. But changing his story now made it completely untrustworthy!

Wu Tian could sense that his excuse was not suitable and looked at Meng Fan helplessly. Normally, with his personality, if someone dared to block his way, he would have slapped them to death. But Meng Fan was too strong; he couldn't beat him.

So now, he was at a loss because he had no experience in finding reasons and excuses in such situations. He began to rack his brain, thinking about how to persuade Meng Fan to let him leave. At the same time, he analyzed Meng Fan's personality, trying to figure out what excuse or explanation would be more convincing.

After a moment, he said to Meng Fan, "Senior Brother Meng, I really have to leave Shu Mountain for a while. Once my business is done, I will definitely return to the Sword Pavilion. As for Elder Lin, I will personally explain everything to him when I get back. Senior Brother Meng, I swear, I will return to Shu Mountain within a month. And when I come back, I will bring you ten thousand Spirit Stones as a gift!"

After much consideration, Wu Tian thought that Meng Fan loved Spirit Stones the most, so he tried to use them to persuade him. However, to Meng Fan, this was even less believable than the previous excuse about going home.

There were two reasons it was unreliable.

First, Wu Tian claimed he would definitely return within a month, but Meng Fan didn't believe him. Words alone were not credible.

Second, promising ten thousand Spirit Stones upon his return was even more absurd! Wu Tian looked so poor that he couldn't even produce a hundred Spirit Stones now. Ten thousand Spirit Stones? Nonsense!

Even if Wu Tian somehow stumbled upon ten thousand Spirit Stones, would he be willing to give them to Meng Fan? Definitely not!

Even if he found a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, Meng Fan didn't believe he would give him ten thousand.

"If you insist on leaving, then I'll have to lock you in the Contemplation Room again," Meng Fan said unceremoniously.

The Contemplation Room was indeed a good place. Once locked inside, there was no way to open it from within, making it impossible for Wu Tian to escape.

"Senior Brother Meng, ten thousand Spirit Stones, isn't that enough to buy you off?" Wu Tian asked in astonishment.

He truly didn't understand! With Meng Fan's money-grubbing nature, how could he be indifferent to ten thousand Spirit Stones?

This fool never considered that Meng Fan wasn't indifferent to ten thousand Spirit Stones but was indifferent to him.

Why would he believe that this pauper could produce ten thousand Spirit Stones?

Meng Fan said expressionlessly, "Ten thousand Spirit Stones would certainly be enough to buy me off, but I don't believe you can come up with ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

Wu Tian finally realized that he had almost forgotten he had no credibility with Meng Fan. Thinking it over, if he were in Meng Fan's shoes, he wouldn't believe it either.

This was a tough situation! After serious consideration, he realized he really had no way to convince Meng Fan of this.

After all, during his time in the Sword Pavilion, his image as a pauper was deeply ingrained.

But this time, he truly had to leave the mountain; he had no choice! And with Meng Fan blocking his way, he couldn't leave. So he had to persuade Meng Fan!

After a moment, just as Meng Fan was losing patience and preparing to throw Wu Tian into the Contemplation Room to end it all, Wu Tian suddenly spoke again.

His face was full of conflict and helplessness. Gritting his teeth, his gaze gradually became firm.

"Since that's the case, Senior Brother Meng, I'll tell you the truth!"

Meng Fan frowned and looked at Wu Tian. He knew this kid was a bit simple-minded. Based on his understanding of Wu Tian, he knew that if Wu Tian said he was going to tell the truth in such a situation, he probably really meant it.

It sounded a bit convoluted, but that was the gist of it!

"Go ahead," Meng Fan said indifferently, looking at Wu Tian.

"Actually, I wasn't entirely lying to you. I did receive a letter from home, which is why I have to leave the mountain!

So when I said there was something at home, it wasn't entirely false."

Hearing Wu Tian's words, Meng Fan wasn't surprised.

Because this guy's brain was pretty straightforward. Even if he lied, he would stick close to the truth, not thinking too far ahead, lacking the intelligence for that.

"A letter from your father? Asking you to go home?" Meng Fan asked casually.

Although he asked, he knew that wasn't the case.

If it were, Wu Tian would have told him directly instead of hiding it.

After all, Wu Tian's father was of the same generation as Elder Lin, both being Meng Fan's elders.

If Wu Tian's father wrote a letter asking him to return, Meng Fan would have no reason to stop him.

"No, it wasn't from my father. It was from a cousin!" Wu Tian said.

"A cousin wrote to you, and you need to rush back?" Meng Fan asked.

He was genuinely curious about why Wu Tian wanted to leave Shu Mountain! Although he threatened to lock Wu Tian in the Contemplation Room, if Wu Tian had a legitimate reason to leave, he wouldn't refuse.

All his previous words were just to scare Wu Tian. From Meng Fan's perspective, he didn't want Wu Tian to go down the mountain and cause trouble.

Given Wu Tian's nature, once he left Shu Mountain, he would undoubtedly wreak havoc, which was beyond question.

Wu Tian's father had sent him to the Shu Mountain Sword Pavilion to cultivate his character. It was quite ironic to have a Buddhist disciple leave the Buddhist sect to come to a Sword Dao sect like Shu Mountain to cultivate his character.

It sounded like putting the cart before the horse, but it was true, albeit a bit absurd.

"My cousin told me that our Wu family's ancestral land is about to open, but my father has been imprisoned, and my spot was taken by someone else, so no one informed me to return and enter the ancestral land!" Wu Tian said, his face full of anger, his eyes wide with rage.

"Senior Brother Meng, can you tolerate that? Can I not go back? If this happened to you, would you let it go?"

Meng Fan looked at Wu Tian's expression and knew he wasn't lying this time. Wu Tian didn't have the acting skills to fake such genuine anger.

"Why should I not let it go? As a disciple of Shu Mountain, why would I care about these worldly matters?

So what if your Wu family's ancestral land opens? It's just a worldly family; why are you so concerned?"