On the path to immortality, I can see destiny.

The burly man casually threw a punch, but Zhao Fan clearly saw just how terrifying the power of that punch was.

A red fist-shaped imprint descended from the sky and landed at the exit, shattering the mountain wall and blocking the exit with rubble in the blink of an eye.

Immediately following, the entire mountain trembled with unmistakable clarity.

Previously, Zhao Fan only thought about using the formation to trap the big man, without expending much effort.

But now he clearly realized that he had overestimated his formation. If this big man hadn't been in such a hurry to catch Su San and hadn't intended to deal with him, he would probably have died at the hands of this big man today.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fan became afraid. He dared not provoke the big man any further. With the flow of spiritual energy in his hands, the Dinghuo Formation quickly dissipated, clearing a path.

"You're smart to know what's good for you!"

Seeing the fire snake in the sky disappear, the big man didn't make any more moves. He got up and headed straight for the direction Su San had fled.

After the burly man left, Zhao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

He then realized that when he was helping Su San, he hadn't considered his own future at all.

This made Zhao Fan even more vigilant, reminding him that no matter what he did in the future, he should first consider his own escape route.

Zhao Fan put away the array plate, looked at Xiao Er trembling at his feet, gently picked it up, and patted its head.

"It's alright, he's already gone."

Xiao Er seemed to understand Zhao Fan's words, and his body gradually stopped trembling.

Zhao Fan, holding Xiao Er, pondered what he should do next.

If the big man could capture Su San, he would probably be so happy that he wouldn't care about himself anymore.

But if he fails to catch him, he will surely come back to cause trouble for me.

In any case, I can no longer stay here.

Although it's a pity, if we can help Su San survive, it will be a way of repaying the kindness of him who saved us back then.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fan immediately packed up everything here.

Actually, there aren't many things; the only thing that needs to be taken away is the medicine furnace.

There's nothing else besides that.

As for the master's grave, there's nothing there, and we can't exactly dig the master up again.

As for the medicinal herbs in the field, most of them were not yet mature, so even if they were dug up at this time, they would be of no use.

After quickly tidying up and putting away the three formations, Zhao Fan ran off with the little wolf.

However, after running around like this, Zhao Fan didn't know where he should go.

Although I've heard my master say that if you go more than a thousand miles to the north, there is a larger market town that is supposedly managed by the Zhou family.

Although that market town is safe, one would need to pay a large amount of spirit stones to live there permanently.

Besides that, perhaps I could go to the Su family. If Su San can return alive, given the help I've given her, staying at the Su family temporarily shouldn't be a problem.

However, Zhao Fan quickly rejected the idea.

Putting aside Su San's status in the Su family and whether he would be accepted, let's just say that he might run into that big man on the way to the Su family.

Although the big man hadn't seen his true face, he couldn't guarantee that the big man wouldn't recognize him.

"Forget it, let's go hide in the Cangyun Mountains for a while."

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Fan decided to go to the Cangyun Mountains.

……

An hour later, Zhao Fan brought Xiao Er to the Cangyun Mountains and stopped on the mountain where Xiao Er had been born.

This mountain is located on the outer edge of the Cangyun Mountain Range. There are no high-level demonic beasts around, making it a good place to hide.

At this moment, perhaps because the scent of the Blood Shadow Wolf had not yet dissipated, no monsters dared to enter the cave.

However, after feeling the familiar atmosphere here again, Xiao Er's mood was not very good.

Outside the cave, traces of the three men's battle with the Blood Shadow Wolf were still visible.

However, the Blood Shadow Wolf's corpse must have already been taken by those three to exchange for spirit stones.

After Zhao Fan put Xiao Er down, he ran outside alone, lay down in front of an open space, and sobbed for a long time.

Looking at the wolf cub's appearance, Zhao Fan knew that this might be the place where the wolf mother had died in battle.

Zhao Fan looked at the waiter, but didn't say anything or do anything else.

He didn't know what to do or how to comfort the little guy.

Just like when he looked at his master's corpse, he didn't know what to do.

In the end, he just followed what he saw: when someone died, other families would bury them and then erect a tombstone.

So he buried his master and erected a monument.

At this point, the wolf mother hadn't even left behind her body, and it seemed there was no way to bury her.

Zhao Fan didn't pay any more attention to Xiao Er after that, and just focused on setting up the formation around the outer cave.

Then, at the deepest part of the cave, they found a relatively flat spot and placed the alchemy furnace there.

The location is actually quite good, but unfortunately there's nothing like a sacred spring here.

Although the overall concentration of spiritual energy is higher than that of the Southern County, cultivation is actually not as fast as with a spiritual spring.

There is no other way at the moment. If he goes any deeper, his Qi Refining Level 5 cultivation level is not enough to guarantee his safety, and going back would risk losing his life.

After tidying up the surroundings, Zhao Fan casually found a corner to sit and meditate.

Three hours later, Zhao Fan's spiritual power had almost recovered to its peak.

He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Er lying quietly beside him.

It wasn't sleeping, but it wasn't in a good mood either; it just lay there quietly.

Zhao Fan was a little unaccustomed to Xiao Er's behavior, but he could understand it; he had also been saddened for a long time when his master died.

And just as no one comforted him at the time, he didn't know how to comfort others.

In fact, Xiao Er was just a wolf, so he didn't know how to comfort him.

Zhao Fan was just beginning to think about what he should do next. Now that his spiritual power had been restored, he naturally had to quickly refine a batch of pills.

……

A day passed in the blink of an eye. When Zhao Fan opened his eyes, seven round pills flew out of the furnace and landed in his hand.

The alchemy went smoothly this time, but things were not so peaceful outside.

Although the waiter was there to absorb the fragrance of the pills, some of the fragrance still drifted out.

This fragrance will naturally attract nearby monsters.

Fortunately, Zhao Fan had already set up the formation as soon as he arrived; otherwise, if the alchemy had been interrupted by a demonic beast halfway through, it would have been disastrous.

At this moment, six first-tier demonic beasts were trapped inside the formation.

Among them were four early-stage Tier 1 demonic beasts and two mid-stage Tier 1 demonic beasts.

Zhao Fan took out the array plate and immediately activated the Ding Fire Array hidden in the Gui Water Array.

Several fire snakes flew out and instantly flew towards the four early-stage first-tier demonic beasts.

These four demonic beasts were very weak. With a series of screams, these four early-stage first-tier demonic beasts died in the formation in the blink of an eye.

Only two mid-stage Tier 1 demonic beasts remained, startled by the sudden appearance of the fire snakes, and darted around the formation in panic.