Chapter Twenty-Four: Fusion

  On the Western Mountain, white clouds and dark dogs.

  The green hills remain unchanged, and the clear water flows forever.

  Two months later, in the depths of the mountains and forests, the sound of fighting continued to be heard.

  "Damn you, demonic leopard! Do you think this will be enough to burn me to death? Haha, let's see how much more you've got."

  With a loud cry, a black-scaled leopard was punched flying, crashing into several large trees and falling to the ground. After a mournful wail, the demon-patterned leopard never managed to get back up again.

  In the woods, there were also five leopard corpses scattered on the ground like it.

  This adult magic-striped leopard has the strength comparable to a martial artist who has cultivated his body to the ninth level, with extraordinary power and sharp claws. Most importantly, in critical moments, the magic-striped leopard can spit out magical fire to burn its opponent. Generally, even a newly-cultivated inner energy first-level martial artist would find it difficult to kill them without getting hurt. Not to mention, taking on a group of magic-striped leopards alone.

  But today, they faced an opponent who clearly exceeded expectations.

  Lu Fan's entire body was engulfed in raging flames as he grasped the last remaining demonic leopard with one hand.

  His body was charred and blackened, and Lu Fan's face also had bloodstains, which were the marks left by the demonic leopard's sharp claws.

  The scales on the Magic Pattern Leopard's body couldn't stop the invasion of the flames in Lu Fan's hand. Looking at the struggling Magic Pattern Leopard, Lu Fan's expression was filled with anger, because these not only burned away his last set of clothes, but also ruined his hair.

  Damn it, the flames on his body won't even mess up his hairdo, and these leopards are actually helping him style it.

  The palm exerted force, and a faint white glow appeared in the middle of the arm, which was a precursor to the emergence of the gongqi.

  Lu Fan pinched the demon-patterned leopard to death and then pulled out a dragon's saliva flower beside it.

  "Master, this Dragon's Spittle Flower is really too heaven-defying. As soon as it's planted, within a radius of ten miles, the wild beasts will rush over immediately. I had no idea there were so many wild beasts in the Western Mountain Range. We've been killing them for two months now, but instead of decreasing, their numbers are actually increasing."

  After finishing speaking, Lu Fan turned his hand over and a stream of water appeared from his hand. He then swallowed it in one gulp. His skill in converting the five elements into gas was getting better and better. It was all due to the result of cultivating Wuji Lian Shen for these days.

  Wu Chen, who was watching from the side with a smile, said: "You've been quite lucky these past few days, not running into any more ferocious beasts. If Longyan Flower were to summon another Rockshell Dragon Turtle, you'd be in trouble."

  As soon as Lu Fan heard the words "Rocky Tortoise", his eyelids twitched. It was a month ago that he had used Dragon's Saliva to summon a wild beast, which had a body like rock, hard and terrifying. At that time, Lu Fan was no match for it and could only flee in defeat.

  Wu Chen wouldn't make a move, he just stood by and watched. It was strange to say the least, he was clearly standing on one side, but not a single wild beast attacked him. Lu Fan asked for a long time before finally asking it out, it turned out to be a kind of kung fu called "Body Fusion with Heaven and Earth", a very obscure one.

  These days, Lu Fan also followed and learned for a period of time, but the effect was not very obvious.

  Drag all the corpses of the demonic leopards over. Lu Fan began to dissect them manually, to see if there were any Wild Beast Cores inside that he needed.

  It's unlikely that a small beast like this would have a crystal nucleus. According to Master, only powerful beasts comparable to the Rockshell Dragon Turtle or above, which are at least as strong as an Inner Boundary Warrior, would each possess a crystal nucleus.

  Lu Fan dissected five or six of them before finding a crystal nucleus the size of a thumb.

  Handed over to Wu Chen, he took a closer look and sighed, "There's no Ice Heart Meteorite. It seems we can only continue moving forward."

  Lu Fan sighed and said: "Can't we use something else instead?"

  Wu Chen said, "Of course, there are other things that can replace it, but the effect of refining will not be as good. The combination of Ice Heart Meteorite and Sealing Stone is the best, which not only has the effect of suppressing cultivation with power, but also accelerates the absorption of heaven and earth's power. Whether it is martial arts or alchemy, it is the best choice."

  Lu Fan nodded and said: "Alright, let's continue searching. Master, I feel that I can break through at any time. Especially my gong energy, it's almost out of my body."

  Wu Chen replied: "I know. But at this time, you must suppress it. It must be when the yuanqi and gangjin reach a balance, and then break through is the best opportunity."

  Lu Fang said: "Then I'll try to suppress it, the yuanqi is about to come out too. I've already seen four colors of airflow in my dantian, just one more color and I'll be done."

  Wu Chen smiled and said: "That's right, just one more color to go. I didn't expect you to make such rapid progress in cultivating yuanqi."

  Lu Fangdao said: "Maybe I'm a genius in terms of Qi cultivation."

  As he spoke, Lu Fan took out the Wen Huo Ding from his ring and infused it with air, causing the cauldron to rapidly expand. Then, Lu Fan threw all the leopards into the cauldron, added some medicinal herbs he had picked himself, and began to burn them.

  Lu Fan's left hand transformed into flames and threw them into the cauldron, burning and roasting. Soon, the fragrance of the medicine combined with the aroma of roasted meat wafted out.

  Lu Fan didn't know why, but as long as he threw things into the Wen Huo Ding to roast, they became especially easy to cook and delicious. On the first day that Lu Fan discovered this, he was overjoyed. He had no desire to eat hard, dry rations, plus roasted meat that was like charcoal.

  For Lu Fan, the gentle fire tripod was simply a divine cooking artifact. As long as he threw everything into it and lit the fire, that was all there was to it.

  Every time Wu Chen saw Lu Fan's actions, he would sigh. A good medicine cauldron was being used by Lu Fan as a big pot for cooking things. But it had to be said that the cooked food was still quite delicious.

  The two of them ate quickly and were full, the remaining roasted meat was all packed up, to be eaten again at night.

  Continue walking forward, sometimes Lu Fan didn't even know if he had already walked out of the Xishan mountain range.

  The forest is dense and vast, almost blocking out the sunlight.

  Lu Fan walked for another half day, and suddenly the sky cleared up. In front of him was a small lake with a fiery red color. Near the crescent-shaped lake, several wild beasts were lying down in twos and threes.

  As soon as he saw this ferocious beast, Lu Fan immediately hid into the woods.

  It's really "what you fear will come", the beast in front of him is actually the Rockshell Turtle that had made Lu Fan suffer a great loss.

  Each dragon turtle was at least one zhang high, with a massive body covered in hard rock, horns on its head, and purple electric light.

  Compared with the last time I saw a rock turtle, these are bigger.

  In general, the volume and strength of the wild beasts are in direct proportion. Lu Fan considered whether to take a detour, taking advantage of them not having discovered him yet, he quickly left first.

  But at this moment, Wu Chen's voice rang out.

  "Blood Moon Lake! There's actually a Blood Moon Lake here."

  Wu Chen's voice was full of surprise, and Lu Fan had never heard his master sound so surprised before, so he couldn't help but ask out loud: "Master, what's wrong with Blood Moon Lake?"

  Wu Chen smiled and said, "Lu Fan, your good fortune has arrived. The Blood Moon Lake water is a magical lake water that can enhance one's Qi cultivation power. You should find a way to enter the Blood Moon Lake for cultivation, and in just a few days, you will be able to cultivate your Yuan Qi. At the same time, the Blood Moon Lake water also has some effects on enhancing physical strength, which can help you break through simultaneously. Your luck is really good!"

  Lu Fan's eyes lit up as he listened, and the Blood Moon Lake in front of him was actually so mysterious.

  But immediately, Lu Fan furrowed his brow and looked towards the few Rock-shelled Turtles beside Blood Moon Lake. These guys lying here were indeed a bit of a problem.

  Gritting his teeth, Lu Fan said: "It seems we can only lure them away."

  Wu Chen smiled and said: "It's better to lure them a bit further away, so they won't come back to disturb your cultivation. Why don't you just kill them all?"

  "Can I do it now?"

  Wu Chen said, "Believe in yourself. By the way, your cultivation of Wuji Lian Shen not only can help you merge your aura and yuanqi, but also other things. I once tried using Wuji Lian Shen to merge with Qi Xiu Gong Fa, it's not bad, why don't you try merging with martial techniques too? Didn't you recently practice that incomplete Xiaohui Quan?"

  Lu Fan nodded and said: "Really? Well, there's no better idea anyway, let's give it a try."

  When he finished speaking, Lu Fan jumped into the woods and found a secluded corner, gently inserting the Longyan flower into the soil.

  Suddenly, the dragon's saliva flower released a strange fragrance.

  This fragrance made Lu Fan momentarily stunned, it was precisely the Longyan incense strengthened by Wu Chen.

  The fragrance slowly spread and soon let the rock turtles basking in the sun by the lake smell it.

  Immediately, several rock turtles stood up at the same time. The next moment, several rock turtles rushed out like they were desperate to get away.

  Lu Fan hid in the tree and watched the movements of several rock turtles.

  Two of them ran in the wrong direction and crashed into a nearby forest, breaking countless trees along the way. The other two ran in the right direction but overshot and continued to move forward.

  Only one stopped under the tree and looked around.

  Lu Fan seized the opportunity and jumped down, with flames rising all over his body.

  Inferno Crumbling Mountain Fist.

  A loud muffled sound, and the rock armor shattered in all directions.

  Lu Fan's fist accurately hit the Rock Shell Dragon Turtle's head countless times.

  The Rock-shelled Turtle let out a mournful cry, but did not fall to the ground. Its powerful defensive strength allowed it to only retreat a few steps before steadying its body.

  The red eyeballs, the rock shell dragon turtle was furious, and rushed towards Lu Fan quickly.

  Lu Fan gritted his teeth and said: "Last time I was knocked flying by you, this time it's absolutely not going to happen again."

  He raised his hand and actually grabbed the horn of the Rock Armor Dragon, the powerful impact force causing a deep trench to be pulled out of the ground beneath Lu Fan's feet.

  His two feet had already sunk completely into the ground.

  A milky white aura burst forth from his arm, Lu Fan raised his right fist and struck downwards.

  Little Destructive Fist!

  One punch down, another piece of rock armor was shattered.

  But at this time, the horns of the Rockshell Turtle had already lit up with a dazzling thunder light.

  Just as he looked up, Wu Chen's voice came from above Lu Fan's head.

  "Vital energy guards the elixir field, spirit reigns over the infinite, all things can be merged."

  Lu Fan kept repeating these twelve words, his mind became clear and bright, and a surge of energy flowed into his arms from the heavens.

  Lu Fan punched out again.

  "Crushing Mountain Fist!"

  The horn of the Rock Shell Tortoise was broken by a punch from Lu Fan, and the Rock Shell Tortoise fell to the ground with a loud crash.