"Silly girl."
Lin Fan turned and pulled Tian Mengyao into his embrace.
If it weren't for that specter showing up, he wouldn't have dared to take such a risk.
"It's getting late, let's set off now."
Lin Fan released her and reassured, "Don't worry, I can kill a tiger with one punch, that specter won't be able to hurt me."
He raised his right fist, striking a powerful pose.
"Mmm."
Tian Mengyao tilted her small face up, looking at the resolute glint in Lin Fan's eyes, her heart brimming with affection and admiration.
And so, Lin Fan, carrying a bulging backpack, got into the Wrangler SUV, with Tian Mengyao following closely behind.
Tian Mengyao, at some point, seemed to have secretly cried; her eyes were red, like a cute little rabbit.
"Let's go."
Tian Mengyao calmed her emotions, then started the car and drove towards Mount Luofeng.
Soon, the car stopped about two kilometers from the quarry.
"Xiao Fan, it's that cave in the quarry, right?"
Tian Mengyao, being intelligent and perceptive, had already guessed it before they arrived.
When she first took office, she hadn't listened to Lin Fan and had gone to Mount Luofeng to investigate with a group of people.
As a result, several junior students had inexplicably fallen ill in the quarry.
If Lin Fan hadn't arrived in time and offered his assistance, several lives might have been lost.
"You already know?"
Lin Fan smiled, then said earnestly, "Don't tell anyone, this is our secret."
"Xiao Fan, what exactly are you hiding from me?"
Seeing Lin Fan about to embark on a dangerous venture, Tian Mengyao had many things she could no longer keep to herself.
"Are you referring to it?"
Lin Fan extended his hand and pointed towards the quarry, "I stumbled upon something strange there when I went up the mountain to rescue people earlier."
"I originally wanted to avoid it, but I didn't expect that specter to be so persistent and come out to harm people."
As Lin Fan spoke, his heart felt a little guilty.
This was his nature; although he could lie without blushing now, he still felt a pang of conscience.
"Then why doesn't it find anyone else?"
Tian Mengyao's eyes were full of suspicion.
"Perhaps... because it likes young and strong men?"
As he spoke, Lin Fan got out of the car, opened the rear door, and deftly unloaded two boxes of explosives.
Each box weighed twenty-four kilograms, and just one hundred and fifty grams of explosives were enough to destroy a plane.
Lin Fan also grabbed some detonators and fuses, stacking them up and carrying them.
"You should go down the mountain, no need to wait for me."
Lin Fan walked ahead, without looking back, and added, "If I don't return tonight, you take my sister-in-law and sister Yueyue, and run as far as you can, seek help from the government."
"I will definitely wait for you to return!"
Watching Lin Fan's receding figure, Tian Mengyao felt an overwhelming sadness, "If you don't come back, I'll blow up the entire Mount Luofeng!"
Tian Mengyao was absolutely not joking when she said that.
If Lin Fan truly met with misfortune, she would definitely dare to flatten Mount Luofeng.
Flattening a mountain range spanning ten li would be a simple task for the government.
"Mmm."
Lin Fan responded, but because he had already walked far, Tian Mengyao didn't hear him.
The sun was setting.
Under the blood-red light, Lin Fan's sturdy figure exuded a tragic aura.
He didn't actually know if his current cultivation level was enough to subdue demons and monsters.
If it were a goddess like Jiutian Xuannü, she could certainly vanquish that specter with a flick of her finger.
But he, Lin Fan, was not that powerful; he could only rely on luck at critical moments.
If his luck ran out, he would have to flee.
Tian Mengyao stood there quietly, watching Lin Fan depart.
Her beautiful eyes, at some unknown point, had filled with tears.
"Xiao Fan, you must come back!"
Tian Mengyao shouted with all her might, her voice reaching its loudest volume.
Lin Fan glanced back, smiled at Tian Mengyao, and then, with heavy steps, resolutely continued towards the quarry.
Tian Mengyao returned to the car and couldn't help but cry out loud.
After a long while.
Lin Fan entered the quarry, first connecting the fuses and detonators, then picking up the explosives again, and carefully walked towards the cave.
Suddenly!
A strange whirlwind picked up fallen leaves and gravel, converging into bizarre shapes in mid-air, looking exceptionally eerie.
As Lin Fan neared the cave entrance, a mocking female voice suddenly echoed throughout the entire quarry: "Lin Fan!"
"You dare to come looking for death?"
"I want your life!"
As the voice sounded, the gravel and leaves in the whirlwind actually coalesced into a giant, ferocious head!
"Do you think you can scare a child?"
Lin Fan sneered mockingly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The mighty gale, carrying countless stones and weeds, swept towards Lin Fan from all directions!
For a moment, the quarry was plunged into darkness!
Crackling sounds could be heard incessantly!
Those were the sounds of stones hitting the mountain wall.
The entire sky above the quarry was enveloped in a black and yellow haze, looking even more terrifying than a sandstorm!
"Damn it!"
Lin Fan panicked.
But the next second, he regained his confidence.
A faint purple light, like the moon in the dark night, instantly illuminated Lin Fan's entire body!
He hadn't actually activated his dantian; the purple energy was spontaneously surging out, protecting his body.
The surging purple energy instantly formed a half-foot-thick barrier around him!
The strong winds and stones couldn't harm him in the slightest!
Lin Fan smiled with joy, then took firm steps, walking towards the cave one by one.
"You stole my mountain spirit, and I will see you dead!"
The ferocious head formed from gravel immediately opened its huge mouth and bit towards Lin Fan!
However, the barrier around Lin Fan acted like highly elastic rubber. When bitten, it only deformed slightly.
Lin Fan only felt a tightness in his chest, as if carrying a thousand-pound boulder, but he suffered no harm whatsoever.
"Mountain spirit?"
Lin Fan muttered softly.
So, the medicinal herbs he used to save those students were called mountain spirits!
The name alone sounded like a treasure; it was truly a waste to use it for those students! xxs
"How ridiculous, you say I stole it, so I stole it?"
"If I hadn't absorbed the spiritual energy of Mount Luofeng day and night, how could the mountain spirit have grown?"
The ferocious head was enraged, and it reshaped itself from the gravel into a body tens of meters long, looking exactly like a python.
After transforming, the python directly coiled around Lin Fan and began to tighten its grip.
"You stole my mountain spirit, and I can overlook it."
"But your power within me drives me wild!"
"If you offer up the power within you, I can spare your life!"
The monster presented what it considered a very generous offer.
"Are you kidding me?"
Lin Fan felt the pressure on him suddenly increase dramatically, but he remained expressionless.
"Our ancestors have lived in Luofeng Village for generations, relying on Mount Luofeng for sustenance. You absorbed the spiritual energy of Mount Luofeng without a word, causing us hardship and forcing us to leave home to work. What, do you think you're in the right?"