Time continued to pass just like this and soon it had been over a month since the banquet at the Gao Manor.
Lin Fan had been training in preparation this entire time, but the Feng Family never showed up. They didn't even send anyone to investigate his store. It was like the Feng Family didn't even exist.
It was also strange that none of his regular clients had disappeared during this time. It was like none of them were afraid of the Feng Family.
Could it be that he had been overthinking it and the Feng Family was really nothing to worry about?
But what he didn't know was that the currents under the city ran deep and he had some unknown allies who had been helping him put pressure on the Feng Family.
Even though there were people putting pressure on the Feng Family, it still wasn't enough to stop them from doing certain things.
The Union Government had long received Lin Fan's application for a noble title and even though he was more than qualified, they had held off processing this request the entire time to see how the Feng Family would react.
Even with the Legendary Realm Lord Mu endorsing Lin Fan, the Union Government still firmly chose to stay on the Feng Family's side.
Lord Mu couldn't help sighing on the inside since he knew that there was more than one Legendary Realm Expert in Lin Fan's shop, but no one at the Union Government would believe him.
A force that had more than one Legendary Realm Expert? They would have already been qualified to be the strongest force on this planet, so what would they be doing running a pet shop?
This story was just too unbelievable.
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So Lin Fan didn't hear a peep from the Feng Family, but that didn't mean they weren't out there.
It was a normal morning for Lin Fan as he was preparing for the morning rush, but before he could even open the store, there were the sounds of explosions coming from outside.
When he came out to see what it was, he found that it was an opening for the store across the street.
The store had been sold a few weeks back and it had been renovating the entire time, but Lin Fan didn't know what it was being renovated into.
Most of the store owners on this street didn't really talk to each other since this was the poor part of town, so security had been bad and most people tried to avoid each other to avoid trouble.
Lin Fan was curious who was making such a large ruckus for a store opening, but when he walked over with the curious crowd, his eyes narrowed when he saw the store.
The store that had opened right across from him was actually another pet store!
It was the Nature Brand Store that was considered the biggest brand of pet stores in the entire city, now they were actually opening a store right in front of Lin Fan. This was clearly an act of war against his store.
The Nature Brand Store was the business of one of the noble families, but Lin Fan wasn't exactly sure which family it was.
Lin Fan even suspected that this was the long awaited retaliation of the Feng Family that he was waiting for.
But when he walked over to the store, he was surprised to see who was there.
It was Young Master Ding who had been beaten up by Lin Fan before and Young Master Zhao who had plotted against Lin Fan.
They had both suffered a loss at Lin Fan's hands, so of course they would want to take their revenge, however they couldn't beat him directly. Since they couldn't fight him head on, there was no better way than to attack his business.
Then there was the fact that Lin Fan had also offended the Feng Family, which had allowed them to hug the Feng Family's legs.
The Feng Family were the owners of the Nature Brand Store and they had put everything into creating a store that would steal all of Lin Fan's business.
When Young Master Ding and Young Master Zhao saw Lin Fan appear, there was a cold look that appeared on Young Master Ding's face when he remembered everything he had suffered through. As for Young Master Zhao, he was much calmer and was carefully watching for Lin Fan's reaction.
Young Master Ding came over and said, "Ho, if it isn't trash Lin, did you come to see what a real pet shop is like?"
While he acted all arrogant, the moment Lin Fan turned his gaze on him and narrowed his eyes, Young Master Ding couldn't help taking a step back in fear. He could still feel the pain that came from the arm that had been broken.
Lin Fan just ignored this fool and turned his attention to the store. This was a store that was luxuriously decorated, completely looking out of place in this neighbourhood.
But this expensive look attracted the attention of many people and there were quite a few of his customers that had been drawn over.
Lin Fan poked his head into the store and he found that there were many special elixirs just like in his store, but they were being offered at an even lower price.
Lin Fan couldn't help knitting his brows at this.
He knew that if they continued to sell these special elixirs at this low price, they would definitely suffer a loss that they couldn't come back from. This was not something that lowly noble families like the Ding and Zhao Family could do.
After thinking for a bit, there was a wire that connected in his mind and he realized that there must be someone behind them supplying all these elixirs. The only people he could think of who would do this was the Feng Family.
This seemed quite roundabout, but he did feel that it was appropriate.
The Feng Family had already lost a Platinum Realm Expert at the Lin Fan's hands and that was already unacceptable. It had already seriously damaged the power of the Feng Family.
While the Feng Family was still confident that they could take care of Lin Fan, if they attacked him directly, it might mean that they would suffer more casualties. Especially since they knew that Lin Fan had Lord Mu on his side and an unknown master behind him.
When they tried to suppress Lin Fan's application for a noble title, Lord Mu had been Lin Fan's greatest supporter which concerned them a bit.
They knew that Lord Mu wouldn't fight them directly for Lin Fan, but just how strongly he opposed them was enough to make them cautious.
Not to mention that if they suffered even more casualties, it might even mean damaging the foundations of their family. This was definitely not worth it to take care of just Lin Fan, they had to consider the future of their family.
If they hurt their own power any further, the other three royal families of Snow Wind City might plot to destroy them.
So, the Feng Family was making use of the Nature Brand Store and the two noble families that Lin Fan had offended to attack his store.
Lin Fan found this funny when he thought it through.
The Feng Family really were foolish, they didn't bother sending anyone to investigate him and just assumed that they were stronger than him. Lin Fan really didn't understand why such an arrogant family hadn't already been destroyed by their own hubris.
But thinking about it, since the Feng Family had survived for this long, it must mean that they had some kind of secret trump card they were holding which Lin Fan should be worried about.
After thinking this through, Lin Fan turned right away and headed back to his store, leaving behind a stunned Young Master Ding.
Young Master Ding never expected Lin Fan to just ignore him like this, which had pushed all his buttons and infuriated him.
He was the Young Master Ding that everyone had worshipped, no one had ever dared to ignore him ever since he was born!
Young Master Ding's anger completely pushed aside his fear of Lin Fan and he quickly followed Lin Fan into his store.
But the moment his foot went over the threshold of the store, Lin Fan turned back and said, "Sir, you are blacklisted from this store. Please leave or you will be escorted out."