457 Forming the Team (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

”You can raise the Flame Belle, every time you feed her a Soul Seed Piece in her youth, there's a higher chance that she would develop a Soul-grade flame as she ranks up. By then, your Contracted Beast is going to be terrifying; even Advanced Magicians would be scared to fight her!” Zhao Manyan became more excited the more he spoke. It was clear that he too had not expected Mo Fan's Secret Tipping Scroll to contain information about a Flame Belle!

These Secret Tipping Scrolls were truly a great place to find a fortune!

Frankly speaking, Mo Fan was not too interested in the Contracted Beasts that were auctioned in the marketplace. It felt like they were not as useful as his Swift Star Wolf. It would be a waste of money if he could not get a significantly stronger Contracted Beast after spending forty million RMB.

As such, the Flame Belle that Zhao Manyan had mentioned was quite ideal… If he was planning to get one, he wanted to get something great!

He finally decided to spend the money. He had to get all the information he could about the Flame Belle!

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The community of the Hunters had lots of rumors being shared around every day. Most of the rumors were traded in the Hunter Union, yet some special places would also provide valuable information. Similar to the inns in the milieu of Wuxia tales, where cultivators always discussed and traded the rumors they heard, the Hunters also had their places of gathering too...

Zhao Manyan seemed to be quite an expert about things like this. He quickly sent his men to these places to search for the information, and let Mo Fan buy the Secret Tipping Scrolls from specific locations, to see if he could find anything related to the Flame Belle.

”My money is getting used up at a crazy rate considering I'm only buying a few lines of words...” In the room, Mo Fan felt his heart aching as he glanced at the scrolls piling up on the table in front of him.

The truth was, it did feel like a lottery. The only difference was, he would know if he had won the jackpot, but he needed a huge sum of money for it...

”This piece of information is valuable. This group of Hunters trespassed into a Flame Belle's territory when they were looking for a Soul Seed, and were fiercely attacked by the Flame Belle. This means that the Flame Belle is very cautious and hot-tempered, which makes sense if she was about to give birth,” said Zhao Manyan.

Mo Fan had learned a great deal about the North Burning Valley from the scrolls, including the places where the Flame Belle was active. Not many Hunters would be hunting around the area, as not everyone could handle the extreme heat.

However, Dunhuang was one of the go-to places for Hunters to search for treasure, as there were lots of ancient artifacts waiting to be discovered, even though the place was roaming with demon beasts.

”We've now learned the location, the path to take, the danger level and the treasure waiting for us. What we lack is an on-the-spot investigation,” said Mo Fan.

The Secret Tipping Scrolls had provided lots of extra information. If they were actually planning a visit to the Burning Valley, the information would save them lots of trouble. After all, the place was located in the demon beasts' territory, and it would be troublesome for humans without any tricks.

”So you've decided to go, with only the information we have?” asked Zhao Manyan curiously.

”Just a field trip, it won't bring any harm to us, just treat it as a training...” said Mo Fan.

”Don't mention the word 'training',” said Zhao Manyan with a long face.

”HAHA, I remember that the North Burning Valley isn't far away. If we fly to Gansu and skip Dunhuang City, we should arrive at the North Burning Valley fairly quickly. The trip won't take more than half a month. I'll have plenty of time to rest up to prepare myself for the second challenge week for next month!” said Mo Fan.

”You seriously do whatever comes to your mind,” Zhao Manyan said helplessly.

Most Hunters would spend some time preparing themselves so they would not return empty-handed. Only a few like Mo Fan would set out for an adventure straight away.

That being said, it was more practical to visit the place than trying to find clues from the unreliable pieces of information.

”I wish you all the best then. I hope you'll bring a Flame Belle back, and crush all students at the Pearl Institute's Main Campus!” Zhao Manyan gave Mo Fan his blessing.

”Wish my ass, did I say I'm going alone?” said Mo Fan, raising his eyebrows.