Chapter 374: Ten Thousand Mile Flame Scorched Beach

There was a vast disparity between Li Fan and Huangfu Song, both in terms of strength and status.

Threatening someone naturally carried risks.

However, for one, due to the phenomena that occur after a Cultivator's death, it was truly difficult to kill someone to silence them without it being known.

Secondly, Li Fan was now a role model for the world, living in the spotlight.

Even if Huangfu Song wanted to take action, he had to consider the consequences.

Huangfu Song certainly had no intention or determination to trade his life for a Junior like Li Fan.

Compromise was inevitable.

Thus, while the move seemed dangerous, it was actually all within Li Fan's plan.

"Five Elements Great Cave Heaven…"

Li Fan pondered for a moment, closed his eyes to concentrate, and began to contact Lu Xuejing, whom he hadn't checked on since subduing her.

The Fisherman's methods were truly mysterious and wondrous.

Even in the thick White Mist, he could communicate at any time within his mind with a subordinate regardless of the distance.

"Master…"

Feeling Li Fan's summons, after a moment, Lu Xuejing's timid voice rang out.

Having not contacted her for a long time, Li Fan didn't offer a single pleasantry.

He directly inquired about her recent situation.

After getting a general sense of things, Li Fan thought for a while and then asked for news about her mother.

The loyal Lu Xuejing told him everything truthfully.

"Mother seems very busy lately, constantly traveling and inspecting various Cave Heavens."

"They are all places I've never heard of. Sometimes, she even loses contact for a long time…"

Li Fan listened, and a plan gradually formed in his mind.

Before breaking the connection, Li Fan comforted and praised the young girl.

Lu Xuejing appeared very excited, her soft, sweet voice quite pleasant to the ear.

After instructing her on the planned matters, Li Fan cut the connection while Lu Xuejing was extremely reluctant to let go.

"The plan is as such. Whether it succeeds or not will depend on my luck."

Li Fan thought to himself.

Fortunately, Li Fan's luck was good.

The next day, just as Huangfu Song was about to pilot the crossing dust boat away from Severed Hand Immortal City, Li Fan received a message from Lu Xuejing.

A sharp light flashed in Li Fan's eyes as he flew onto the crossing dust boat.

"Kid, what do you want now?"

Huangfu Song sized up the abruptly entering Li Fan with an unfriendly expression.

He dismissed the others and brought Li Fan to a sealed cabin.

He stared at Li Fan with a cold gaze, waiting for him to continue.

"To compete for the ranking, I intend to make a desperate gamble. Other aspects have already been arranged; now I need Senior to help me once more."

Hearing this, Huangfu Song couldn't help but say in shock, "So soon?"

He narrowed his eyes and carefully observed Li Fan from head to toe.

He seemed to be thinking; after a moment, he finally said, "Speak then, what do you want me to do?"

Li Fan said in a low voice, "I want Senior to change course and carry me to Spirit Transformation Stream at the fastest speed."

"Spirit Transformation Stream?" Huangfu Song was slightly taken aback.

"What are you going there for?"

Li Fan didn't answer but continued with his request: "Furthermore, a legitimate reason must be found so that others don't see anything abrupt about it."

Huangfu Song sneered, "You kid, you certainly have a lot of requests."

Not refusing on the spot, Huangfu Song fell into a long silence.

He seemed to be contacting someone.

Li Fan stood still and waited patiently.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Huangfu Song nodded slightly.

He looked back at Li Fan.

"Consider yourself lucky. I have a friend who is currently overseeing the Formation construction work at Spirit Transformation Stream."

"The Formation construction there is also nearing its end."

"His next stop is also very close to my mission location."

"I haven't seen him in a long time, so I'll arrange to go with him and catch up."

Huangfu Song said concisely.

Li Fan was slightly pleased and bowed, "In that case, I thank Senior."

"Don't give me that." Huangfu Song retracted all the smile from his face.

"I'm helping you, but not for any other reason."

"I really want to see who your backer actually is."

Li Fan said solemnly, "Senior is overthinking. Junior is all alone; where would a backer come from?"

Seeing Li Fan still playing dumb, Huangfu Song stopped arguing with him.

He just gave a cold laugh.

"I wonder, Senior, how long will it take to reach Spirit Transformation Stream this time?" Li Fan asked thick-facedly, as if nothing were wrong.

"Two days at the fastest, seven at the slowest. It depends on whether we encounter any emergencies on the way," Huangfu Song replied somewhat impatiently.

"Just wait patiently. Since I've promised you, I won't trick you in this regard."

Li Fan nodded slightly and thanked him again.

The crossing dust boat's sudden change of destination caused some surprise among the Cultivators on board.

But since it was the helmsman Huangfu Song's order, they naturally didn't dare to have any objections.

The crossing dust boat turned into a red light, piercing through the Devouring Yuan White Mist and moving forward rapidly.

After leaving the White Mist Barrier, it first flew to the nearest Quyang Immortal City, and using the teleportation Formation there, arrived at a desolate place covered in scorched earth.

Then it continued to speed toward the target.

"This is the Ten Thousand Mile Flame Scorched Beach, and the Spirit Transformation Stream is deep within it."

"The violent fire-attribute Spiritual Energy repels all foreign energy, and even the spatial structure has become unstable. So, it's impossible to build a teleportation Formation."

Looking at Li Fan, who was observing the outside scenery with curious eyes, Huangfu Song couldn't help but explain.

Even with the Formation's barrier, inside the crossing dust boat, Li Fan could still feel the intense heat from the outside.

It was a remnant of pure power that could burn everything to ashes.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed only that dark red majestic power remained.

The ground was cracked, and the sky looked as if blazing flames were constantly burning.

"A thousand years ago, this was also a good place. Unfortunately, it has turned into this ghostly state now."

Touched by this desolate scenery, Huangfu Song also sighed, filled with emotion.

"If the Spirit Transformation Stream weren't so special, the Alliance probably would have abandoned this area long ago."

"What is so special about the Spirit Transformation Stream?" Li Fan asked, following Huangfu Song's lead.

"You don't know?" Huangfu Song was truly surprised this time. "Then why were you in such a hurry to come here?"

Li Fan immediately put on an innocent expression.

Huangfu Song's face twitched continuously.

Fortunately, his self-restraint was good, and he managed to hold back his temper.

Instead, he acted as a narrator again: "Spirit Transformation Stream itself has nothing special. It's just that this place is rich in a kind of blue-green stone."

"This stone naturally has a very strong suppressive effect on Spiritual Qi."

"If we Cultivators approach it without a special way to deal with it…"

"The Spiritual Qi throughout the body will become dormant and impossible to mobilize, instantly making one as weak as a Mortal."

"Based on its properties, the Alliance calls it the Spirit Transformation Stone."

Hearing this, Li Fan suddenly felt that this stone seemed somewhat familiar.

As if he had seen it somewhere before.

His thoughts whirled, but he still couldn't remember.

Li Fan immediately knew it might be something seen by that Clone that had mysteriously disappeared.

So he stopped dwelling on it.

After thinking for a moment, Li Fan asked again, "I once happened to see that in ancient times, there was an existence called the absolute immortal stone."

"It seems to have a similar effect to the Spirit Transformation Stone Senior mentioned."

"I wonder if the two are the same thing?"