Going Against the Grain
Bi Fan gave a bitter smile. "Is there any other way? By the way, why are you here? Did you appear together with the Spirit Refining Star Tome?"
The Lightning Beast snorted. "More or less. This stretch of starry space originally contained only the power of lightning—the kind you usually see. Later, the Spirit of the Spirit Refining Star Tome came here. Lord Cheng Jue was afraid it would get lonely all by itself, so he used Soul Power together with lightning to create me."
He couldn't help exclaiming in amazement, "Senior Cheng is that powerful? He can even refine living beings?"
"What did you think? The Spirit Refining Star Tome is a cultivation method that exists only in legends. Refining living beings is the ultimate state of the Soul Control Technique, the ultimate secret art within the Soul Refinement Technique. You could say it defies the heavens. But there's no point explaining it to you now; you wouldn't understand. You can figure it out for yourself when the time comes."
Bi Fan nodded and smiled. "Then you should know where the Spirit of the Spirit Refining Star Tome is, right? Why not tell me?"
The Lightning Beast immediately gave him a scornful look. "Why should I?"
He rubbed his nose with a smile, then casually summoned the dragon scale into his hand. The golden scale instantly blazed with a rich light. "Just think of it as a threat."
It shot back several hundred meters, then shouted furiously, "You—you despicable scoundrel!"
Clutching the dragon scale, he grinned and chased after it. "Don't run. Why not just tell me? You can't escape anyway."
The man and beast sped through the dark clouds. In the end, the Lightning Beast was forced to give in, glaring at him in