Chapter 67: Accompanying Mei on a Journey

  In the Liu family's headquarters, Liu Ming sat gloomily in a stone house with high-ranking members of the Liu family sitting below him on either side.

  "Ancestor, won't we avenge this grudge of Sheng'er?" Liu Heng said with an unwilling expression.

  Liu Ming understood White Liu Heng's glance, and coldly said: "Foolish, revenge, you only know how to take revenge. Do you know what kind of cultivation the young master of the Zhang family has? His mind is full of thoughts of revenge, do you want to drag the entire Liu family down with him before you're satisfied?"

  Liu Heng heard his old ancestor's rebuke and his facial expression changed several times before falling silent with a dejected look.

  "This debt will be repaid, but the time has not yet come." Liu Ming said with a gloomy expression.

  "Alas!" Liu Mao and others heard their ancestors' words and were stunned.

  The Liu family was secretly negotiating, but the protagonist of the negotiation had already quietly left Kyoto.

  Flame Mountain, this mountain peak is very famous on the Wuzhe Continent. It is said that Flame Mountain was formed when an ancient divine beast fell during the Great War of the Ancients and transformed into a mountain peak. As for whether the legend is true or not, it's unknown. However, the temperature within the mountain peak is frighteningly high year-round, with even the outer edges reaching temperatures of nearly a thousand degrees.

  Hot! This was Zhang Huaming's first thought as he approached Flame Mountain.

  "Huh!" Zhang Huaming's face revealed a strange expression, because his divine consciousness had just checked and found that there was someone outside the Flame Mountain, and this person he actually knew.

  Whoosh! Zhang Huaming's figure vanished into thin air.

  Yu Yan stepped closer and closer to Huoyan Mountain, with circles of faint red light radiating from the surface of her body.

  "Who?" Yu Yan felt a fluctuation in the surrounding space and her expression changed. She raised her hand and slapped it down.

  "Hiss!" A flame dragon suddenly shot out from Yu Yan's slender palm.

  "It's me." Zhang Huaming's voice rang out, but unfortunately it was a step too late. When his figure appeared in front of Yu Yan, he was met with a dragon made of flames that spread across the ground.

  "Ah!" Zhang Huaming waved his hand lightly, and the fire dragon that was pouncing on him suddenly turned into nothingness and disappeared in mid-air.

  "Is that you?" Yu Yan saw the arrival of Zhang Huaming, a hint of shyness on her face, and softly said: "Didn't hurt you just now, did I? Where have you been these past few months?"

  Zhang Huaming heard Yu Yan's words with concern, and suddenly felt a surge of excitement in his heart. After silently reciting the Clear Mind Mantra, he smiled and said: "I returned to my master's cultivation place for several months, but it was you, Miss Yu Yan, who came here?"

  Yu Yan heard Zhang Huaming's words, and for some reason, her expression suddenly dimmed, a sorrowful look that made people want to hold her in their arms and comfort her.

  "What's wrong?" Zhang Huaming asked with a serious expression.

  "The Beast God Mountain has fallen." Yu Yan choked with sobs.

  "What?!" Zhang Huaming exclaimed with a shocked expression. Others may not be clear about the true strength of Beast God Mountain, but as a disciple of Xuantian Sect, he was very clear that it could be said that Beast God Mountain was not inferior to the four major sects on the Wulin continent! And the four major sects can defend their own territories, while Beast God Mountain, which is stronger than them, has fallen at the first time? How is this possible?!

  "What exactly happened? Why?" Zhang Huaming asked with a serious expression.

  "I'm not very clear either, I only remember that half a month ago one evening, Beast God Mountain suddenly started with strong winds, then the entire mountain range echoed with strange sounds, followed by intense fighting. When I walked out of the door, I felt dizzy at the back of my head, and when I woke up again, I was here. There's also a handwritten letter from my father."

  Zhang Huaming heard Yu Yan's words, his facial expression changed several times, and a light flashed in his mind, as if he had grasped something, but it flashed by.

  "What are you going to do now?"

  "Hmph!" Yu Yan's face turned from a sorrowful smile to a determined look, "What else can I do? I plan to enter the mountains and cultivate diligently. Once my powers increase, I will avenge my family."

  Yu Yan said after finishing her words, carefully glanced at Zhang Huaming, when she saw the other's solemn and thoughtful expression, she opened her mouth and said: "I don't know what's wrong with Master Zhang?"

  "What?" Zhang Huaming was interrupted by Yu Yan's sentence and smiled slightly: "I came here for the same reason as you."

  Yu Yan thought to herself: "Could it be that Young Master Zhang wants to draw fire into his body and build the Fire Pulse?"

  "En." Zhang Huaming nodded slightly, then seemed to think of something and said: "If Yu Xuan doesn't mind being under me, why don't we enter the cultivation together?"

  "Alright then, I'll have to trouble you with this, sir."

  "It's nothing, just a small matter, let's go."

  "Roar!" Zhang Huaming and Yu Yan had just entered the outer core of Flame Mountain when they heard a furious roar. The next moment, a gigantic creature appeared before them.

  Third-level Flame Beast? Zhang Huaming's expression changed slightly as he saw the massive creature that resembled a cow but was not a cow, and it turned out to be a third-level flame beast. He then ordered: "Yu Yan, Miss, please retreat 100 meters back, wait for me to get rid of this beast before you come back."

  "En." Yu Yan nodded with a small woman's appearance, because she knew the meaning of this third-level flame beast. With her high-ranking Wu Dou Wang cultivation, she could not withstand the flames sprayed by the flame beast at all.

  "Roar!" The Flame Beast seemed to have also taken a liking to Yu Yan's stunning looks, and upon seeing her retreat, it let out a loud roar and sprayed a wave of scorching flames at both Yu Yan and Zhang Huaming.

  "A minor skill." Zhang Huaming waved his hand in the direction of Yu Yan, but his body charged towards the Flame Beast, his iron fist emitting a sonic boom.

  "Roar!" The Flame Beast saw Zhang Huaming's action and suddenly became angry, as if its dignity had been challenged.

  Whoosh! Flames shot out one after another towards Zhang Huaming as if they were free.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of crashing sounds erupted, and each flame was scattered into sparks under Zhang Huaming's iron fist.

  In less than three breaths, Zhang Huaming had already engaged in close combat with the Flame Beast. The scene was a bit bizarre at this moment, as Zhang Huaming was just a small figure in front of the Flame Beast, yet the battlefield echoed with the beast's angry roars.

  Bang bang bang! Zhang Huaming's fists were hitting the flesh, he didn't know why, but now he really enjoyed this close-quarters combat, especially the feeling of his fists hitting the flesh.

  Yu Yan, who was watching from a distance, saw this scene on the battlefield and her face revealed a shocked expression. She covered her mouth with her small hand and thought to herself: "How is this possible? He's actually close-range fighting with a third-level Flame Beast?"

  It's no wonder that Yu Yan was so shocked, after all, the physical defense of most beasts is very high. The third-level flame beast, according to the human cultivator level, is equivalent to a human initial-stage martial arts master, plus its strong physique, at least it can match the high-level martial arts masters among humans.

  After a moment, the Flame Beast's initial roar gradually subsided into a series of mournful cries, and finally fell to the ground with a single blow from Zhang Huaming.

  Boom! The Flame Beast's eyes, as big as fists, showed a hint of unwillingness before it crashed to the ground.

  Zhang Huaming wiped the blood from his hands and smiled at Yu Yan in the distance: "Miss Yu Yan, you can come over now."

  "Master Zhang is indeed well-cultivated, this young woman admires him."

  "Hehe! Yu Yan is just joking, let's hurry up and get going!"

  Yu Yan heard Zhang Huaming's words and was slightly stunned, subconsciously saying: "Zhang Gongzi, don't you want the flame crystal core of the Flame Beast?"

  "What's a Flame Crystal Core?" Zhang Huaming scratched the back of his head and asked, because in his impression, he seemed to have never heard of such a thing.

  Yu Yan saw Zhang Huaming's move, and her heart was both angry and amused. She was angry that Zhang Huaming seemed like a rookie, yet he could cultivate to this level at such a young age. She was amused because Zhang Huaming's move looked like something a little kid would do.

  Yu Yan walked up to the Flame Beast's massive head, stretched out her hand and waved it. The Flame Beast's head suddenly appeared with a crack, and in the next moment, she waved her hand again, and in her palm appeared a small, child-sized red crystal. As soon as this crystal appeared in the air, it immediately emitted a wave of intense heat.

  "What a thick and rich Fire Spirit!" Zhang Huaming's heart secretly shook as he exclaimed.

  "Master Zhang, this crystal nucleus is even more valuable than the Wu Jing, because it's something that only spiritual beasts or divine beasts possess, and it's their essence. If Master Zhang succeeds in igniting his body, he'll still need this fire spirit stone to solidify his boundary." Yu Yan explained as she handed the fire spirit stone to Zhang Huaming.