Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 420 Illusory Sea Heart Flame
The Myriad Fire Sect, the Undying Palace.

"This place is the palace where my Ten Thousand Fires Sect stores the innate fires. There are 1,800 innate fires stored here."

Zhuang Lie led Lin Chen into the palace. The Wanhuo Sect naturally possessed more than just these innate flames, but some of them were cultivated at great cost by the sect, while others were only recently conceived and only had a seed flame. It was impossible for them to be placed in the palace.

The innate fire in all the palaces was prepared and stored by the Myriad Fire Sect.

As they stepped into the main hall, the palace gates behind them slowly closed. The instant the gates closed, flames of various colors appeared throughout the arched palace, filling the entire hall and making the shadows beneath their feet appear eerie.

The innate fire is so powerful that it can even scorch space itself, and the light it emits can also distort the shadows of two people.

Looking around, Lin Chen saw thousands of oil lamps on the surrounding stone walls, each with a flickering flame that was the innate fire.

"That's truly amazing."

Seeing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but sigh. Only the Myriad Fire Sect could keep thousands of innate flames stable on the oil lamp without interfering with each other.

All innate fires, regardless of their type, share a common characteristic: when two meet, they will try every means to devour each other. They can even become violent simply by sensing their own kind, without needing to make contact.

"Without this much ability, how could my Myriad Fire Sect have become a super sect?"

Zhuang Lie also had a proud look on his face: "These innate flames are currently sealed. I have selected five that you are most likely to be able to refine successfully. Go and feel them up close, and then choose one."

Since Lin Chen chose to accept his request, Zhuang Lie naturally wouldn't just ignore it. Instead, he would select a third type of innate fire for Lin Chen based on the characteristics of the Golden Crow Radiant Flame and the Li Fire that Lin Chen had already refined.

First, it cannot be too violent. Given Lin Chen's current level, he definitely cannot refine a primordial fire that is too violent. Second, it cannot conflict with the Golden Crow Radiant Flame or the Separating Fire. Therefore, there are not many primordial fires that Lin Chen can choose from.

If Lin Chen were a disciple of the Myriad Fires Sect, he could discuss with the other elders whether they could cultivate a suitable new innate fire for Lin Chen. However, since Lin Chen is not a disciple of the Myriad Fires Sect, the other elders would certainly not agree to use the sect's resources to cultivate an innate fire for Lin Chen.

The cost of cultivating a new innate fire is no less than that of cultivating a disciple at the fourth level of the innate realm.

"Thank you, senior. I will go and experience it."

Following Zhuang Lie's instructions, Lin Chen quickly found the five innate flames. He stood in front of each innate flame for about thirty breaths.

After sensing all five innate flames, Lin Chen walked back to Zhuang Lie.

"So, have you decided which one to choose?"

"This junior chooses the Illusory Sea Heart Flame."

"Phantom Sea Heart Flame?"

Zhuang Lie wasn't surprised when he heard Lin Chen choose this innate fire. These five innate fires were the most suitable for Lin Chen in the hall, and he could choose any of them.

Lin Chen thought that Huan Hai Xin Yan was confident in his own soul.

Thinking of Lin Chen's victory over Zeng Xi, a disciple of the Thousand Machines Sect, Zhuang Lie nodded: "Alright, you go back to your courtyard, I'll go and get you the Illusionary Sea Heart Flame."

The Illusory Sea Heart Flame is an extremely special innate fire. Its flames have no temperature, and even the flowers, plants, and trees in its path remain intact. However, if any living creature encounters the Illusory Sea Heart Flame, it will become a living dead.

The Illusory Sea Heart Flame targets the soul.

Lin Chen bid farewell to Zhuang Lie and quickly walked out of the main hall. Without delay, he glanced back at the palace gates that had closed again and hurried towards his residence.

His choice of the Illusory Sea Heart Flame was based on the suggestion given by the [Racing Against Time] title.

The other four types of flames are not ones that he can currently refine.

It's either due to insufficient qi and blood, or a lack of strength...

Only the Illusionary Sea Heart Flame, according to the [Racing Against Time] method, has a 50% chance of being refined.

The Illusionary Sea Heart Flame was recorded in the book "The Origin of Ten Thousand Flames" that Elder Zhuang gave him. This flame targets the soul. Those who are burned will fall into an illusion. If their soul is not strong enough, they will be trapped in the illusion forever until their soul is exhausted.

Furthermore, this fire will not cause the Golden Crow Radiant Flame and the Blazing Fire within his body to rage and conflict.

……

One day later.

Lin Chen waited for Elder Zhuang's return. Elder Zhuang did not bring the Illusionary Sea Heart Flame, but instead gave Lin Chen a bottle of pills, as well as several packets of medicinal herbs.

"This is the Soul-Stabilizing Pill, which can stabilize the soul, but it needs to be taken for ten consecutive days to be effective and can only last for half a month. As for the herbs in this medicine, they are all herbs for nourishing the soul and stabilizing the spirit. In addition to taking the Soul-Stabilizing Pill, you also need to decoct the herbs for a medicinal bath during these ten days."

"Thank you, senior."

Lin Chen was overjoyed. He hadn't expected Elder Zhuang to have prepared all this for him. The more stable his soul was, the higher the success rate of refining the Illusionary Sea Heart Flame would be.

"Don't be too happy yet. If you fail to refine it, that's fine. But if you succeed, I will ask your master for ten times the compensation."

Hearing Elder Zhuang's words, Lin Chen's lips twitched. If he failed, his soul would be damaged, and Elder Zhuang would naturally be embarrassed to ask his master for compensation. Perhaps his master would even hold Elder Zhuang accountable.

"I will return in fifteen days with the Illusionary Sea Heart Flame."

Zhuang Lie came and left quickly. By this time, there was nothing left to say. He had given Lin Chen all the help he could, and to give anything more would be overstepping his bounds.

Over the next few days, Lin Chen took Soul-Stabilizing Pills and medicinal baths.

Day three.

Is Brother Lin here?

"Brother Du, please come in."

Hearing Du Shuang's voice outside the courtyard, Lin Chen immediately agreed.

"Brother Lin, I heard you're preparing to refine your third innate fire?"

Looking at the bath tub in the courtyard, Du Shuang knew that the rumors circulating from her senior brother were true.

If it weren't for refining the third innate fire, Lin Chen wouldn't still be in the sect, much less be taking a medicinal bath in their Ten Thousand Fires Sect.

"Hmm, I'm going to give it a try."

“To refine three innate flames at the first stage of the Innate Realm is something that very few disciples in our Myriad Flames Sect would dare to do.”

Du Shuang sighed with emotion. If it were anyone else, not a disciple of their Wanhuo Sect, who would dare to do such a crazy thing, he would just scoff at it.

However, considering Lin Chen's performance at the Fire Refining Platform not long ago, Du Shuang didn't completely rule out the possibility of a definitive answer.

"If Brother Lin were a disciple of my Myriad Fire Sect and had cultivated the lower volume of the Fire Fusion Technique, the Fire Refining Technique, he might actually have a chance to successfully refine it."

The Fire Fusion Technique is the basic cultivation method of the Myriad Fire Sect, while the advanced cultivation method is the Fire Refining Technique, which only inner disciples of the sect are qualified to cultivate.

Hearing Du Shuang's words, Lin Chen's expression remained unchanged, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Over the next half hour, while talking with Du Shuang, Lin Chen also inquired about the situation of the Fire Refining Technique. After seeing Du Shuang off, he had a thoughtful look on his face.

The Fire Refining Technique is something the Myriad Fire Sect will absolutely never pass on to outsiders.

You can earn the title of "Martial Arts Master" and engage in countless battles with the martial artists you have defeated, observing their martial arts techniques.

He had already learned from Du Shuang that Zhao Haoyang had cultivated the Fire Refining Technique to an extremely high level.

"Let's give it a try and see if we can observe Zhao Haoyang's Fire Refining Technique from his battle with him."

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