The Yang Family of Iron Flame Mountain

Li Yunfan was willing to investigate the two women's father partly because of his kindness, and partly because of his confidence in his own abilities.

Since reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he has experienced battles against Yan Family Fortress and Wang Chan, battles against the Bald Demon in Yuejing City, and battles against the Ice Demon in the Imperial Palace. He already has a general understanding of his own strength.

Later, he encountered two Foundation Establishment cultivators who were trying to rob him. Although the two were not good cultivation techniques or magic weapons because they were independent cultivators, they were still Foundation Establishment cultivators. The fact that Li Yunfan was able to kill them with little effort shows that his strength far exceeded that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Ningzhou is an extremely impoverished state in Dongyu Kingdom, with no major sects stationed there. There are only some small cultivation families, the strongest of which is probably only about the same strength as the Li family back then, and they are not worth fearing at all.

When Yang Qingqi heard Li Yunfan say that he was willing to go and check on her father's injuries, she was overjoyed and her face lit up with surprise.

"Thank you so much for your help in saving my father!"

Yang Qinghan, with her hair in two buns, looked at the young senior in front of her with astonishment. She did not expect that after hearing her slander against him, the other party would still be willing to save her father.

However, whatever this senior's plans may be, at least he has given the sisters a glimmer of hope.

Yang Qinghan then bowed to Li Yunfan and sincerely thanked him.

"Your escape speed is too slow, come and ride my magic weapon together." Li Yunfan nodded and waved his hand to release the Cloud Piercing Boat.

Upon hearing this, the two sisters exchanged a glance. Yang Qingqi was the first to leap onto the boat, followed closely by Yang Qinghan, who then flew onto the Cloud Piercing Boat.

Li Yunfan smiled slightly, and with a swift movement, appeared at the front of the Cloud Piercing Boat, then asked.

"Where does your Yang family live?"

"Senior, if you fly in this direction for three days, you will reach the Iron Flame Mountain of my Yang family." Yang Qingqi said, pointing northeast.

Li Yunfan nodded, then lightly tapped the boat with his toes. The Cloud Piercing Boat shot diagonally into the sky amidst the exclamations of the two women, turning into a white light and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The three days Yang Qingqi mentioned were naturally calculated based on her escape speed at the tenth level of Qi Refining. However, with Li Yunfan's speed at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment while piloting the Cloud Piercing Boat, it would only take him half a day to reach the Iron Flame Mountain she mentioned.

This speed shocked Yang Qingqi. Her father was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator and had once used a magic artifact to carry them through the air, but his speed was far beyond what Li Yunfan could achieve. This made her even more curious about Li Yunfan's cultivation level, and at the same time, she became even more certain that he could cure her father.

Compared to Yang Qingqi's shocked expression, Yang Qinghan looked overjoyed, like an innocent and romantic child.

"Iron Flame Mountain... I never expected it to have such a strong fire spiritual energy. Moreover, Yang Qingqi also said that her father was suffering from fire poison... If it's really as I think, maybe this trip wasn't in vain!" Li Yunfan thought to himself with a strange glint in his eyes.

As soon as he arrived above Iron Flame Mountain, he sensed a very distinct fire-attribute spiritual energy, which caused the Purple Nether Heart Flame within his body to fluctuate, as if it really liked this place. Thus, Li Yunfan came to a conclusion that surprised and delighted him.

However, to determine whether this place is as they imagined, they would first need to visit the two sisters' father and obtain a definitive answer from him.

"Please wait here for a moment, senior. My sister and I will go and inform a few uncles in the clan."

Yang Qingqi said respectfully to Li Yunfan, and then she and Yang Qinghan jumped off the Cloud Piercing Boat and ran quickly towards the Yang Family Hall.

Li Yunfan stood on the Cloud Piercing Boat with a smile on his face, hands clasped, waiting for the Yang family members to come out.

Not long after, the two sisters returned with an elderly man in his seventies or eighties and two men in their thirties or forties.

"Junior Yang Taizhong pays his respects to Senior!"

"Junior Yang Jinglong and Yang Jingchen pay their respects to their seniors!"

The three bowed to Li Yunfan in succession, their expressions filled with awe. It seemed that they had guessed Li Yunfan's approximate cultivation level from the two sisters.

It should be noted that there are not many cultivators in Ningzhou to begin with, only a handful of small cultivation families. Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are already top-tier combatants, let alone a cultivator who is suspected to be in the mid or even late stage.

The Cloud Piercing Boat slowly descended, and Li Yunfan lightly leaped down in front of everyone. With a casual wave of his hand, he put the Cloud Piercing Boat away, and then revealed a kind smile and said.

"No need for formalities."

As soon as the three men came out, he had already scanned their cultivation levels with his divine sense. The seventy or eighty-year-old man, Yang Taizhong, had a cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Refining. The other two men, who were in their thirties or forties, had cultivation levels of the twelfth and thirteenth levels of Qi Refining, respectively.

This level of cultivation is already considered extremely powerful in Ningzhou. Coupled with a family head who is at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, it's no wonder that the Yang family can monopolize Iron Flame Mountain.

"Judging from your appearance, you are probably not a cultivator from Ningzhou. May I ask if you are heading to the Fallen Demon Valley to search for treasure?" Yang Taizhong immediately guessed Li Yunfan's purpose upon seeing his face.

"I am indeed not a cultivator from Ningzhou, but why do you think I went to the Fallen Demon Valley to search for treasure?" Li Yunfan asked calmly, his eyes flickering slightly.

Yang Taizhong chuckled and began to explain.

"When I was young, I experienced the opening of the Fallen Demon Valley. At that time, there were other cultivators who shared the same idea as you, and they traveled through Ningzhou to Changzhou. I happened to meet a few of them then. Now that I see that you look unfamiliar, I have made this guess."

Li Yunfan glanced at Yang Taizhong, and seeing that his expression showed no abnormality, he nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, I came from elsewhere and was on my way to the Fallen Demon Valley in Changzhou. Since you have already guessed it, let's not waste any more time. Take me to see the injuries of Patriarch Yang. If I cannot heal them, I will not stay in the Yang family any longer. You three can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Yang Taizhong's face remained as usual with a smile, but Yang Jinglong and Yang Jingchen behind him changed their expressions, a hint of panic flashing in their eyes.

"Senior, you have important business to attend to, yet you still managed to come to our Yang family. We are truly grateful. Regardless of whether you are able to save the patriarch, our Yang family will offer a small gift to compensate for the time you have spent. Please, Senior!"

After Yang Taizhong finished speaking, he stepped aside and respectfully invited Li Yunfan into the family compound. Yang Jinglong and Yang Jingchen also respectfully stepped aside, revealing a passageway in the middle.

In fact, Yang Taizhong was also somewhat worried. Why would Li Yunfan, a cultivator with a cultivation level of at least the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, suddenly come to treat the family head without offering any compensation? This was clearly illogical.

Therefore, they were all speculating whether Li Yunfan was an evil cultivator who wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Yang family's only Foundation Establishment cultivator was seriously injured in order to covet the Yang family's property and secrets.

Although the Yang family was just a small cultivation clan in Ningzhou, the Iron Flame Mountain held a secret that concerned the lifeline of the Yang family. It was precisely because of this secret that the family head's strength was able to improve so quickly, and the strength of Yang Jinglong and Yang Jingchen also greatly improved.

They believed that as long as they kept this secret, the Yang family would one day become the number one family in Ningzhou, and might even be able to go to several neighboring states to carry on the Yang family's glory.

Now that a strange Foundation Establishment cultivator has suddenly appeared, how could they not be worried?