I Became the Demon King of Lust

After everyone had some time to let this news settle, they all revealed strange looks.

Some of them looked down, some of them looked at Bing Lan, and some of them looked at Long Shui Ling.

It was as if they had all kinds of different thoughts in their minds.

Long Shui Ling also had a strange look on her face.

Normally, she disliked this kind of treatment even though she was the young miss of the Long Family.

She had been raised as such, so she didn't enjoy being treated differently from everyone else because she was from the Long Family. She was taught the value of proper hard work and earning what you should have.

But…this was different.

This was a SS Rank Dungeon, so it was completely different from everything that she had faced before.

The most important thing being…this was what she had wanted in the first place.

The reason why she had been so excited and determined about this was because she had wanted Lin Fan to shine.

She had wanted to use this opportunity to let everyone know how amazing he was.

That was just how she was, she wanted everyone to know how amazing her man was.

But she also knew how hard it was to get a spot in this SS Rank Dungeon scouting team in the first place.

If they didn't go through the back door, then it would be hard for them to even be considered for the team. They would have to go through many challenges just to be put on the short list.

So taking the back door was much easier for them.

As the silence hung in the room, I was the only one who seemed calm about all of this.

That was because I had already thought of the answer to this question.

So after a pause, I said, "Guild master, thank you for this opportunity."

The others in the room were surprised to hear me suddenly speak.

After all, it shouldn't have been me to say anything in the first place. This was a question that had been asked of the Long Family's young miss, Long Shui Ling.

I was nothing compared to her, so how could I answer for her?

But that was what I did.

Bing Lan wasn't surprised to hear this since she already knew that I was the leader of this group.

She was about to say something, but I spoke first.

I had deliberately paused after saying this so that I could make a point.

I then said, "But we will not be accepting this offer."

After I said this, everyone looked at me with shocked looks, including Bing Lan and Long Shui Ling.

It was clear that not a single person had thought that I would give up this opportunity.

Then once they had time to let it sink in, the others that were around the table all looked at me like I was an idiot.

"What a fool, he doesn't accept the cup offered to him."

That was most likely what they were all thinking.

After all, it wasn't just not accepting this that was happening. In their minds, they thought that I was offending Bing Lan at the same time by not accepting this offer from her.

Basically, I was slapping her in her face by rejecting her goodwill like this.

When the time came to choose, she would without a doubt look at me more harshly because of this.

Or that was what they thought because they didn't know the real situation.

Bing Lan wasn't offended at all when she heard this, she just had a confused look in her eyes.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "May I ask why you are rejecting this offer?"

I calmly looked into her eyes and said, "Guild master, this trip into the SS Rank Dungeon is not a field trip. It is something that will endanger the lives of those that go into the dungeon. This is not something that we can play around with."

After I said this, the others in the room all nodded in agreement to this.

They naturally knew that this was the case since they knew how important this SS Rank Dungeon was.

But that didn't stop them from thinking that I was a fool for turning this down.

I then said, "If we take the back door like this, there is no doubt that it will create backlash in the guild. At the same time, our reputations will take a large hit because of this matter. In the long run, this will hurt us more than it will help us."

Bing Lan didn't seem to react at all, but after a moment of consideration, she gave a slow nod of agreement.

I saw this and continued, "As such, it is better for us to slowly work our way up and join the expedition with our own power. If we can't cut it, then it will be meaningless for us to go in the first place since we will just be throwing our lives away."

I could see my party members jolting when they heard this.

They had been shocked and stunned, but also enticed by this offer. But after they heard what I said, they were slowly coming back to their senses.

Bing Lan already knew everything that I was saying, but she had still offered this position.

She looked at me and slowly said, "Are you sure about this?"

When they heard this, the others in the room couldn't help looking at Bing Lan in shock.

They had already been surprised when the guild master had offered this back door to them, but now she was even confirming this with them.

This was something that they had never seen before.

I just gave a nod and said, "I'm certain about this."

Bing Lan looked at me with narrowed eyes for a bit before suddenly saying, "Alright, I'll respect your decision." After a pause, she added, "I just hope that you won't regret it someday."

As she said this, many at the table looked at me with schadenfreude.

It was as if they were saying, "Look at you now, not accepting the guild master's offer like this. You won't have a future."

But I wasn't fazed by this at all as I simply said, "I won't."

They were mistaken.

Bing Lan's final words weren't a warning, but actual concern.

But of course, they would never know that.