Chapter Thirty-Four: The Hidden Dragon Rises to Heaven

  Lin Fan still couldn't turn over the little meatball, and could only helplessly put it on the ground. However, this time the little meatball was quite obedient and didn't leave the cave, instead running to where the Purple Thorn Dragon had just fallen asleep, humming loudly.

  Deeply shocked in his heart, he thought that there must be something unusual about the place where Zi Jing Bao Long had just slept.

  With a hint of surprise in his heart, Lin Fan quickly came to the front of the little pig and pointed at the ground, asking: "Do you mean that there is treasure down here?"

  He nodded vigorously, as if he could hear Lin Fan's words. The little pig's two front hooves began to dig the soil fiercely, which surprised Lin Fan again. The little meatball not only understood what he said but also dug the ground with all its might. Could it be that there was really treasure underground?

  As he associated the owner of this cave with a sixth-level giant dragon, Lin Fan's heart also began to stir, carrying away the small meatball. Lin Fan took down the black giant sword from his back, and his cultivation had already been raised to the realm of a mid-level battle master. Now that he wielded the power of the giant sword, it was no longer what it used to be.

  With a loud roar, Lin Fan slashed downwards towards the ground, sending dust flying everywhere. A massive and deep pit suddenly appeared, and before Lin Fan could even react, a meatball-like object instantly arrived, grabbing a copper mirror from within the pit and tightly embracing it in its arms.

  Lin Fan put the black giant sword back on his back, and with some surprise, he picked up the little meatball, looked at the copper mirror in its arms, and asked somewhat speechlessly: "You came here just to find this?"

  He nodded, and the little meatball hugged the copper mirror in his arms again, as if afraid that Lin Fan would snatch it away. Lin Fan was rendered speechless by the little meatball's actions. At this moment, he wished he could go up and slap the little meatball a few times for the sake of a copper mirror, which had almost cost him his life just now. If that were the case, wouldn't he be wronged to death?

  Lin Fan snatched the copper mirror from Xiao Rou's arms, ignoring Xiao Rou's protests. He carefully examined the copper mirror in his hand, which was round and fiery red. The handle of the copper mirror was carved with nine flying dragons, giving off an ancient aura.

  "It's so ordinary, for the sake of this copper mirror you almost got me killed, I'm going to spank you", before Lin Fan even raised his hand, the little meatball seemed to be able to predict its own fate and directly hid back into Lin Fan's arms, refusing to show its head again.

  Helpless smile, Lin Fan put away the copper mirror and stood up with his black giant sword on his back, leaving the cave. His cultivation had already broken through the middle-level warrior realm, and he didn't have much worry about the second layer of the Magic Mountain Range.

  Lin Fan did not continue to try and extract the beast dan from the gorilla, as he was well aware that with his current strength, it was impossible for him to break through the gorilla's physical body and obtain the beast dan. Rather than wasting time here, it would be better to leave the cave and come back another day when he had a solution.

  Roughly calculating the time, there are still about fourteen days left before rushing to Longteng Imperial Capital. Lin Fan didn't expect that he would be implicated and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. He had originally wanted to take a good stroll through the Magic Mountain Range, but now he had to return to the Lin Family Ancestral Hall.

  But for everything he got in the Mystic Mountains this time, Lin Fan was still very happy, especially with the Yin-Yang Devouring Skill, which could devour the essence and battle aura of other warriors. This was simply more heaven-defying than the Five Elements Shift.

  Just less than a kilometer away from leaving the cave, Lin Fan's ears perked up as a sudden commotion came from afar. His heart was filled with great doubt and curiosity, wondering who would dare to make a move in the Mystic Mountain Range. With his curiosity piqued, Lin Fan quickly headed towards the direction of the commotion.

  On a vacant lot, the four of Cain's faces were filled with anger, terror and regret as they faced off against a dense cluster of creatures hovering in mid-air. When Lin Fan arrived, he was also startled by this group of unknown organisms.

  "Du Ren, hurry up and take beautiful Shifu away with you, I'll clear the way for you."

  "We will either walk together or die together."

  "It's better for one person to die than everyone dying here, vultures are cruel by nature and although they're first-class spiritual beasts, they're pack animals. We've already provoked the vultures, I believe it won't be long before a large group of them arrive, at that time you'll probably won't even be able to leave."

  Upon hearing Cain's words, the three people's faces all revealed a hint of despair. They too had wanted to leave, but all around them were dense swarms of vultures. At this moment, what else could they do besides wait for death? Especially since vultures are social creatures, provoking one is equivalent to offending the entire flock. Before half an hour passed, the vulture army would arrive, and by then it would be their turn to be torn apart by the vultures.

  Vulture? Only slightly inferior to the old eagle, but thousands of times more ferocious than the old eagle. It is a gregarious creature and a first-class spiritual beast. Even living in the second layer of the Magic Mountain Range, no spiritual beast dares to offend the vulture lightly.

  What surprised Lin Fan was that there was information about this creature in his mind. It turned out that the young master of the Lin family had always been fond of vultures and spent a lot of money to buy and raise them, but vultures were social animals and would die once they left their group.

  "No matter what, I'll be a student of Ryūjin Academy in the future too, so save me!"

  If it were someone else, Lin Fan would have turned around and left, absolutely not meddling in other people's business. However, the four people nearby were students of Longteng Academy, and soon he would also become a student of Longteng Imperial Academy. After a fierce internal struggle, Lin Fan finally decided to save them.

  Since it was already decided, Lin Fan would no longer have any hesitation. He took down the black giant sword from his back and unfolded the Five Elements Escape technique. His figure directly disappeared from the original location. What left him speechless was that since leaving the mountain cave, the Five Elements Escape had become more agile again. As for what reason, Lin Fan thought about it for half a day but couldn't figure it out.

  Just as the four were in despair, a figure descended from the sky, holding a black giant sword, with an endless overbearing aura slashing towards the vultures hovering in mid-air. Seeing the newcomer, all four of them were stunned for a moment, but this was not the time to be stunned. The four had already been hopeless, and now seeing someone come to their rescue, they quickly gathered together with their last bit of strength.

  "You four go ahead and leave, I'll take care of things here."

  "We leave together..."

  Before Cain finished speaking, Lin Fan turned around and said angrily: "You bastard, if you want to see me die, just stay here, get out of my sight".

  Lin Fan was thoroughly enraged, thinking to himself: "I came to save you guys, and yet you four insist on staying behind, getting in the way. With my mastery of the Five Elements Escape Technique, I can leave whenever I want. What can these few dozen vultures do to me? Even if a hundred more were to come, what could they possibly do?"

  Cain seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by the other three. He faced the youth who single-handedly blocked dozens of vultures and said: "Kane has noted your life-saving favor, we will meet again."

  After finishing speaking, the four people quickly killed a path and escaped. Several vultures wanted to chase after them, but Lin Fan waved his black giant sword and would not let them catch up. With a chill in his heart, the black giant sword in his hand suddenly stabbed upwards towards the sky, then instantly chopped down, and a dragon's wail echoed throughout the entire world.

  His cultivation reached the realm of a war master, and Lin's family's ultimate technique, War Dragon Decree, could be used. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Lin Fan resolutely unsheathed the first sword of War Dragon Decree: Ascending Dragon Rising to Heaven.

  The dragon's roar had just faded away, and the dozens of vultures that were still ferociously attacking just now were completely annihilated by Lin Fan, not a single one left alive. Looking at the vulture corpses scattered all over the ground, Lin Fan seemed very satisfied with his masterpiece.

  "The War Dragon's Decree is indeed overbearing, but unfortunately with my current cultivation I can only use the first sword, and I really don't know how powerful the subsequent sword techniques are. It's really exciting to think about", Lin Fan muttered to himself before unfolding his Five Elements Shift and heading in the direction the four people had left.

  It's not right to save people for nothing, at least let the four of them know who saved them. After all, I'll be heading to Longteng Academy soon, and it's unfamiliar territory, so it's very necessary to establish a good relationship in advance.

  The four of them had not stopped to rest for a moment, when Lin Fan's figure slowly appeared. Seeing Lin Fan, the four people's faces all showed a hint of surprise, they really couldn't imagine how the young man could escape so easily.

  "Are you four okay?"

  They shook their heads one by one, although they were covered in bloodstains all over their bodies, but overall there were no casualties, which was already a blessing in disguise. Cain spoke first: "Thank you for saving our lives, I don't know how to address you?"

  Lin Fan

  "Your strength is really impressive, you can actually withstand dozens of vultures alone", this time the speaker was He Mei Li. Although Lin Fan saved her, it seemed that from start to finish she looked down on Lin Fan in general. Her voice was slightly arrogant and had a high-handed tone, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

  What a beautiful tone, the other three people can't help but hear it, and they let out a faint sigh in their hearts. Although they are very disgusted with He Mei Li's tone of speech, the three of them have no way to do anything about it, especially Kayne, who comes from a poor family and is fundamentally different from the other three people, like an emperor and a beggar.

  Ignoring her beauty, Lin Fan asked Cain, "Aren't you guys supposed to be on the first layer of the Mystic Mountain Range? Why are you here and being attacked by vultures?"

  The beauty suddenly became furious when she saw the young man ignoring her, pointing at the young man in front of her and saying viciously: "Do you know who I am? How dare you ignore me?"

  "Beautiful Shifu, Lin Fan brothers didn't mean to, you don't have to mind", seeing the big fight about to break out, Cain's heart was greatly urgent, not to mention whether the four of them were young opponents or not, just from the fact that the youth had saved one of their names, he decided he would definitely not be an enemy of the youth.

  Still ignoring He Meili, in Lin Fan's heart, he disliked this kind of wealthy family woman the most. Relying on her family having some power, she didn't put anyone in her eyes. Her own strength was extremely poor. If it wasn't for him taking action to rescue her just now, he believed that He Meili would have become a pile of minced meat by now.

  It seems like he was afraid of what Mei Li would say next, so Cain hastily said: "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Cain, they are Du Ren, Mei Li, and Zhou Wen, we all come from Longteng College. This time the college is on holiday, the four of us formed a party to enter the Magic Mountain Range, originally wanting to capture a second-level beast, but unfortunately, we unexpectedly encountered vultures, and beautiful sister Mei Li accidentally killed one of the vultures, which attracted the attention of the vulture group.