Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 950: Find a Foothold

Chapter 950: Chapter 950: Find a Foothold

Soon, Gu Fan and Lord Xiong arrived at the next small town, where they used their coins to buy a somewhat dilapidated house before boarding up all the windows with planks.

Originally, Lord Xiong thought they could hire people to do this but Gu Fan insisted on doing it themselves for a simple reason: immediately boarding up all the windows of a newly purchased house would be too suspicious and would certainly arouse the curiosity of others.

Seeing how thoroughly Gu Fan had considered the situation, Lord Xiong was very satisfied and began to trust Gu Fan.

"Good heavens, I’m not that foolish." Gu Fan knew with Lord Xiong’s wisdom, he would have thought about the risk of hiring people to board up the windows. He must have brought it up intentionally just to see Gu Fan’s reaction.

And Gu Fan, considering the safety of the Xue Clan, rejected the proposal, which was akin to passing a test from Lord Xiong.

As evening fell, Gu Fan and Lord Xiong went to the city gates and after a long wait, finally saw Xue Wang, Mo Yun, and the others scaling the city walls.

As soon as Xue Wang saw Gu Fan and Lord Xiong, he smiled, "How did it go, you two?"

This is how Lord Xiong responded, "Although the place is a bit simple, at least it’s somewhere to stay, we’ve got everything arranged."

"I trust in your work." Then Xue Wang and the others followed Lord Xiong and Gu Fan to their new residence, only to find it was indeed very basic.

Gu Fan said, "I apologize, everyone. Due to limited funds, if we are to use this method to enter cities in the future, we’ll need to buy many, many houses. Practically every place we go, we’ll need to purchase a house, so it’s better to save where we can."

"Alright, we’ll make do." Xue Wang looked around the simplistic accommodations, feeling they were hardly fit for human habitation, but the situation was indeed difficult at the moment.

Lord Xiong informed Xue Wang about everything that happened after buying the house, including boarding up the windows and especially praised Gu Fan for truly considering the position of the Xue Clan.

After hearing this, Xue Wang acknowledged that Gu Fan was indeed thoughtful, but this did not mean he trusted Gu Fan just yet; he wanted to see more of Gu Fan’s actions in the future.

Having gone through this, Gu Fan understood what to do next, how to gain the trust of Xue Wang. First was to bind their interests together, letting Xue Wang know that their interests were aligned and everyone was pursuing immortality. Second, Gu Fan always needed to consider the Xue Clan’s perspective when acting on their behalf.

But Gu Fan questioned himself, was doing all this enough? If he were Xue Wang, he would never forget Gu Fan’s kind-hearted nature or the scene where Gu Fan didn’t have the heart to kill that child.

Gu Fan stroked his chin in thought, wondering what he must do. He needed to gain Xue Wang’s trust completely, once and for all; otherwise, the road ahead would be filled with constant trepidation.

With dawn approaching, Gu Fan stayed in the same house as the members of the Xue Clan. He knew that if he did not enter and stay right under Xue Wang’s watchful eye, Xue Wang might begin to suspect him again.

Now it was daytime, and Gu Fan and Mo Yun were free to come and go. Once Gu Fan rallied the people of this city to secure the place tightly, perhaps setting a fire or the like, then even if Xue Wang was formidable, he wouldn’t be able to break out and fight desperately.

When the house collapsed, Xue Wang and the others would turn to ash under the sunlight. So, as formidable as the Xue Clan might seem, their weakness was all too evident, and too easily exploited. From this, Gu Fan understood why Xue Wang and his clan were seeking true immortality.

If the Xue Clan weren’t restricted by sunlight, they probably would have already taken control of the entire world, Gu Fan silently lamented. The thought of the Xue Clan commandeering everything, regarding all humans as food, was simply horrifying.

Gu Fan swore to himself that he must never allow the Xue Clan to find true eternal life, and he didn’t believe that the Xue Clan could ever achieve it. The same old saying applied, vampires of the future wouldn’t be able to move about in sunlight either.

With this in mind, Gu Fan felt completely at ease. After all, Xue Wang and his ilk would never find true eternal life, so what was there to worry about?

The only problem Gu Fan was currently concerned about was Lord Xiong. Just what was the man’s identity, and why was he able to deal with the Xue Clan?

While Gu Fan was mulling this over, the sky darkened imperceptibly. He saw a member of the Xue Clan get up, which made Gu Fan very nervous; he thought this vampire was about to go out and snatch a few people to feed on. This was not something Gu Fan wanted to see.

Not until the vampire returned from an outhouse and lay back down to rest did Gu Fan finally breathe a sigh of relief. If the Xue Clan made a big fuss and caused unnecessary panic, it would be troublesome.

"Wait a second?" Gu Fan furrowed his brows, a key point dawning on him.

Gu Fan remembered back in the last small town, the way he met Lord Xiong and Xue Wang. Counting from the day he met them, aside from Lord Xiong and Xue Wang helping him handle a group who were after his life, there had been no incidents of people going missing in that town, and he rarely heard about disappearances.

Gu Fan was puzzled; the Xue Clan definitely needed to drink human blood, right? So why hadn’t they attacked ordinary people? And it looked like Xue Wang and his associates had no intention of going outside to grab someone.

"Can they really hold back? Don’t lose control and come after my blood," Gu Fan was somewhat worried for himself.

It was also because he ended up living with the vampires that Gu Fan managed to clarify this matter. It was all thanks to Lord Xiong.

Lord Xiong slit his wrists, let his blood flow, and then distributed it to Xue Wang and the others, thereby fulfilling their craving for blood. This meant that Xue Wang and his companions no longer needed to go out and capture people, and it also greatly reduced the chances of their whereabouts being discovered.

This made Gu Fan even more curious about Lord Xiong. Back in that small town, although he had settled down with Lord Xiong and the Xue Clan, and they all stayed in the same residence, the vampires stayed in the cellar, and Gu Fan, along with Mo Yun, lived in another room. Gu Fan had never witnessed Lord Xiong feeding the vampires with his own blood.

Now that Gu Fan had seen it, he was extremely surprised. What was the history of Lord Xiong, and did he not treasure his blood at all?

Then something even more astonishing happened. Despite losing so much blood, Lord Xiong was completely fine, and the wounds on his wrists healed rapidly.

It was then that Gu Fan finally understood one of the secrets about Lord Xiong, that he possessed true eternal youth and immortality, which was also why Xue Wang trusted him so deeply, because a living example was right in front of their eyes.

But as far as Gu Fan knew, the only ones with real eternal life were the big boss and Zhuo Hang, and both were members of the Eternal Life Clan. So why did Lord Xiong have it, and what exactly was his history with the Eternal Life Clan?

Wait, until the big boss met Zhuo Hang, he had always believed he was the only one in the world with real eternal life.

"My God, this is getting more and more complicated," Gu Fan thought to himself. He had completely lost interest in the Xue Clan, his attention now entirely focused on Lord Xiong.