Chapter Thirty-One: Kick a Man When He's Down

  This night was a sleepless night for the entire Sunset City, the Li family's mansion was ablaze with raging flames, illuminating every corner of Sunset City. This night, no one dared to come out and ask questions, even the city lord's mansion was closed tightly.

  The dawn light began to descend upon the world, and the massive fire at the Li residence seemed to have not been completely extinguished. Small flames were scattered everywhere, and within a hundred meters of the Li residence, there was no sign of human life, as if it had become a forbidden zone, with no one daring to approach to see what had happened.

  Ordinary people don't know, but the various big families in Luò Rì Chéng are well aware that this time, the Lǐ family joined forces with all the other families to suppress the Lín family's business in Luò Rì Chéng, aiming to completely destroy the Lín family. Now that the Lǐ family has been destroyed overnight, anyone with a discerning eye can guess what happened. The families that stood out and cooperated with the Lǐ family at the time have all disappeared without a trace.

  The city lord's mansion gate, which had not been opened for a night, finally slowly opened at the arrival of the next afternoon. The city lord, Liu Nan Tian, wearing a grayish-brown robe, walked out of the mansion in eight-character steps, seemingly completely unaware of what had happened in Luoshan City last night.

  Accompanied by several city guards, Liu Nan Tian arrived at the square. It seemed that all the family heads had agreed to gather here beforehand, with not a single one missing. However, two families were absent - aside from the Lin family, the remaining one was the Li family that was annihilated last night.

  The densely packed crowd, everyone thought that this time the Lord of the City convened a full meeting to condemn the culprit who destroyed the Li family last night, but as soon as Liu Nan Tian opened his mouth, everyone was stunned, still thinking it was their own ears that heard wrong.

  Liu Nantian's words were essentially condemning the Li family's recent actions as extremely heinous, to the point of being detestable by both humans and gods. As soon as Liu Nantian finished speaking, all the other families stood up in unison, echoing his sentiments, regardless of whether they had previously been at odds with the Lin family or not. It was as if they had rehearsed it beforehand.

  Under the most public criticism, the downfall of the Li family did not get the expected return in imagination, but was despised and insulted by everyone, beating a drowning dog. When the Li family showed super strong power at first, all families including the city master's mansion were surrendered. However, now that the Li family has been destroyed, no one will stand up to say a good word for the Li family.

  Listening to Lin Fei's report, Lin Fan's face didn't show any surprise. After all, there was the shock of Baibao Hall first and then the downfall of the Li family. It would be strange if the families in Luoricheng didn't clarify their relationship with the Li family.

  "Master, last night Li Jia ran away with a Li Bo Gu, do we need to launch a pursuit and kill him?"

  "It's unnecessary," said Li Beigong. Lin Fan had deliberately let him go, and if they were to chase and kill him now, it would have been much less trouble last night, just sending out a few more Tianxia warriors would have solved everything.

  "Lin Fei, have you all taken the Soul-Linking Pill?"

  Nodding, Lin Fei also didn't hide anything and said: "Young Master, after finishing things last night, everyone unanimously expressed their willingness to take the Tongling Dan. I had no choice, so we all took it last night."

  "Your own Spirit Awakening Pill, Lin Fan wouldn't know about it, right? He asked, "You can take the Spirit Awakening Pill, but remember, cultivation is still best done gradually and in sequence. The pill can only serve as a supporting role at most."

  "Understood, young master."

  "Lin Fei, I'm going to be away for a while, about twenty or so days. During this time, Tian Ge and Di Jue, you two protect the Lin family well. If anyone dares to do anything untoward to the Lin family, kill them without mercy, no need to report back."

  When he heard that the young master was leaving, Lin Fei's face clearly showed a hint of surprise, but he didn't ask anything else. Afterward, Lin Fan stood up and packed his things, carrying the black giant sword on his back and holding the little meatball in his arms, and headed towards the Lin family ancestral hall after everything was done.

  The crisis of the Lin family has been completely resolved, and neither the Li family nor the black-clothed men can pose a threat to the Lin family. So, taking advantage of this period, Lin Fan wants to enter the Magic Mountain Range for some training.

  With the master's order, Lin Fan could enter the temple passage at will. Having learned from the previous experience, this time Lin Fan entered the Magic Mountain Range was simply a familiar road.

  All the way forward, the little pig in his arms snored again, not excited at all to return home. The Magic Mountain Range is divided into five layers, and the first layer basically lives with a level of spiritual beasts.

  In the world of spiritual beasts, the division of ranks is the most rigorous, just like a pyramid, where those below must always obey those at the top of the pyramid. This is the survival rule of the spiritual beast world.

  The Mystic Mountain Range is divided into five layers, but it's not a layer-by-layer division. Instead, it's divided from the outside in. Before entering the Mystic Mountain Range, Lin Fan asked Lin Fei for a map of the range's terrain. According to Lin Fei's words, the Heavenly Canopy mostly operates and trains in the second layer of the Mystic Mountain Range, while the Earthly Fiend can only operate and train in the first layer.

  With the magical mountain range map, Lin Fan was basically familiar with the first two layers of the entire magical mountain range. After wandering around the first layer for less than half a day, Lin Fan headed towards the inner layers of the magical mountain range.

  Lin Fan's current cultivation has reached the level of a high-ranking warrior. The spiritual beasts in the first layer seem to be not enough, and to rapidly increase his strength, he can only hone himself in a strong environment. The second layer of the Magic Mountain Range is basically all second-level spiritual beasts, equivalent to the level of a war master.

  As soon as he stepped into the second layer of the Mystic Mountain Range, Lin Fan shivered with a chill, thinking that this place was so cold, almost like the North Pole. He put his hands in his pocket and touched the small ball of meat, only then did he feel a hint of warmth.

  What made Lin Fan somewhat depressed was that the first layer of the Mystic Mountain Range was sunny and beautiful, but the second layer had become icy and snowy. This difference was really speechless, and Lin Fei hadn't told him earlier that the second layer of the Mystic Mountain Range was such a ghostly weather, otherwise he would have prepared some warm clothes before entering again.

  Lin Fan didn't know that the Mystic Mountain Range was so vast, and the section he entered happened to coincide with the annual Cold Descent, which was why it was so extremely cold. Fortunately, Lin Fan's cultivation had already broken through to the high-level warrior realm; otherwise, an ordinary person wouldn't have been able to withstand the chill entering their body.

  The colder it got, the more Lin Fan's nose turned bright red, and as he cursed the weather with his mouth, the pace of his feet also accelerated instantly. However, as time passed, the weather gradually warmed up, although it was still a bit cold, but not as deadly as before.

  Lin Fan's eyes narrowed, his footsteps paused momentarily as he gazed at the two women in the distance. He thought to himself that it couldn't be a coincidence, because the two women were none other than the ones he had met by the river while fishing, who had scolded him for being a pervert and called him a cruel-hearted purple-clad girl.

  Lin Fan couldn't help but feel speechless when he thought back to what had happened earlier. He was just catching fish in the river, minding his own business, when out of nowhere a purple-clad girl started scolding him and nearly took his life.

  Without the slightest hesitation, although the pale purple girl was stunningly beautiful, Lin Fan didn't want to see her again. What if the girl had another episode of madness? Who would he reason with then?

  She quickly turned around and left, Lin Fan didn't want to see them, but they might not mind seeing him. A furious roar sounded, Lin Fan only heard the light purple girl shouting: "Hei Niang, that rascal has been following us all along, he must have ulterior motives".

  Lin Fan almost fell over, and he turned around to stare silently at the pale purple girl in the distance. He had entered the Mystic Mountain Range this time solely for training, but when did it become about following her? He had seen people who were wronged before, but Lin Fan had never seen anyone as brazenly deceitful as she was. Now he was a million times more resentful than Dou E.

  It's inevitable, it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Lin Fan walked quickly towards the two women in the distance with an air of nonchalance. As he approached, Lin Fan also spoke with some annoyance: "Excuse me, miss, is the Magic Mountain Range your family's property?"

  Looking at the pale purple girl in front of him, Lin Fan suddenly thought of a classic comedy movie he had seen on Earth, "A Chinese Odyssey", where there was a scene where Stephen Chow and Ng Man Tat were robbing people on the road, and their catchphrase was: "This tree was planted by me, this road was opened by me. If you want to pass through here, leave your sole behind." Now that he thought about it, the pale purple girl in front of him really looked like a robber who had left her sole behind.

  It seems that she understood the implication of Lin Fan's words, and with a faintly purple face and a hint of anger, she said: "What's wrong with the Magic Mountain Range not being my family's? Who let you follow us all the way here? You're really shameless. People like you should have died early and reincarnated."

  "Dream, that's enough."

  Before Lin Fan's anger reached the sky, the black-clothed woman on the side was clearly somewhat enraged, and seemed to be very afraid of the black-clothed woman. The pale purple girl immediately shut her mouth tightly, not daring to say a word, but her eyes were fiercely staring at Lin Fan, as if warning him about something.

  "Go away", she seemed somewhat impatient, the black-clothed woman waved her hand and then took off with the pale purple girl, quickly disappearing into the distance.

  "A terrible aura", Lin Fan said dazedly, looking at the two who had already disappeared. Just now, he clearly felt a hint of a terrible aura from the black-clothed woman, this aura seemed to be even more powerful than Na Lao's, which means that the black-clothed woman was at least a War King strongman.

  No wonder the girl was so lawless and unreasonable, it turned out that there was an invincible strongman protecting her by her side. Although the light purple girl's cultivation had reached the War Master realm, Lin Fan didn't have any fear at all. Relying on his Five Elements Escape and Black Giant Sword, he could completely fight a War Master head-on, and even if he couldn't win, he would definitely not lose.

  What made Lin Fan feel a little suspicious was that the light purple girl and the black-clothed woman were actually what kind of people? Why would they appear in the Magic Mountain Range, just as Lin Fan's small meatball in his arms suddenly woke up, pouting with her red nose and constantly bumping against Lin Fan, seemingly very anxious.

  "What's wrong, little meatball?"

  (PS: Last night, I went to the supermarket and when I was checking out, a woman with a unique temperament kept glancing at Xiao Du. Xiao Du roughly calculated that it lasted for seven whole minutes. Is Xiao Du's charm rising again? After returning home, I couldn't sleep all night, filled with regret. If only Xiao Du had responded at the time, who knows what would have happened? Wow!)