Breaking Through to the Transforming Force Realm

After speaking, Lin Fan placed a jade pendant in Su Qingwei's palm. It was another of the small items he had asked Su Yuanshan to buy in Commandery City last time. There were two in all; if one shattered, the other would shatter too.

Su Qingwei nodded and reminded him again to be careful. They held each other for a tender moment, and Lin Fan gently touched their two children's soft cheeks before turning to leave the bedroom.

Lin Fan unfolded a map of the surrounding area. After some thought, he found a stretch of deep mountain forest eight hundred li away.

Drawing on his cultivation, Lin Fan soon left the bustling town behind and sped along the main road. A little over an hour later, the ground beneath his feet had become a rugged mountain path.

By the time he reached the deep forest, the trees grew denser with every step. Towering ancient trunks blotted out the sky, and the calls of birds and beasts rose and fell all around him. There was scarcely a trace of human presence. Mountains stretched away in overlapping ridges, thick with vegetation; even the common weeds that grew beside roads elsewhere stood taller than a person here.

Now and then, the faint howl of a Ferocious Beast came from the distant woods.

Overhead, it gradually grew darker. Sunlight filtered through the leaves and cast flecks of mottled light across the forest floor. Lin Fan checked his surroundings and found the place excellent: deserted, and suitable for a secluded breakthrough.

Lin Fan stepped over jagged rocks and pushed through tangled shrubs. Halfway up a cliff where two peaks stood close together, he found a natural cave. A sheer, smooth cliff a hundred meters high lay beneath it; an ordinary person could never reach this