Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 457 The Wonderful Uses of the Taixu Stone
After a hundred breaths.

Having crossed a mountain range, Lin Chen whispered to the little girl in his arms, "Little one, hold on tight to me, don't be afraid."

As soon as he finished speaking, golden wings appeared on Lin Chen's shoulders, with flames dancing around them.

call out!
Lin Chen's figure transformed into a golden light, several times faster than before. The little girl in his arms looked thoughtful as she saw the golden wings on Lin Chen's shoulders.

Ten breaths, a hundred breaths, a quarter of an hour...

Lin Chen changed his position several times, while the little girl in his arms remained silent the entire time, as quiet as a rag doll.

……

……

In less than a quarter of an hour, at the spot where Lin Chen used the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique, the figure of the giant Ada appeared. His body was cracked in many places, and in his hand he was holding the head of an old woman with white hair.

"Damn it, it's stopped breathing."

After sensing the situation for a moment, Ada was surprised to see that the Canglan Sect warrior had completely disappeared from this place.

When a martial artist with innate abilities uses all their strength to escape, their innate power can break through the surrounding world, leaving traces that ordinary martial artists cannot detect. However, their clan happens to possess a secret technique for tracking.

However, the secret technique failed to detect any trace of the other party's escape. There are only two possibilities: either the other party did not use their innate power to escape, but Ada does not believe that this person would dare to slowly escape with the young lady knowing that he would be free in a quarter of an hour.

Therefore, there is only one other possibility: this person has hidden himself nearby.

Ada's figure disappeared from the spot, but half an hour later, he returned, his face extremely ugly. The old woman's head that he was holding in his hand had her eyes wide open, and her stiff lips seemed to be outlining some kind of mockery.

"Canglan Sect!"

Ada's furious roar echoed throughout the land.

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In the mortal realm, the three Yu brothers secretly met in a certain city.

"Second brother, send a message home and tell everyone to hide."

"Brother, why do you still want your family to hide? We are only responsible for guarding them, and what happens afterward has nothing to do with us."

Yu Xingshun was puzzled. It was Gu Fei from the Canglan Sect who brought the little girl on the flying boat, and it had nothing to do with their Yu family.

"If the giant could capture Gu Fei, it wouldn't be a big deal. But Gu Fei has been hiding his strength for months, so he must be a cautious person. Since he dared to take the little girl with him, he must be confident that the giant won't catch up with him."

Yu Xingyao's expression was serious: "What if that giant fails to catch up with Gu Fei?"

Upon hearing their elder brother's words, Yu Xingshun and Yu Xing'an's expressions changed instantly, and they immediately understood what their elder brother was worried about.

Since the giant couldn't find Gu Fei, he couldn't possibly go to the Canglan Sect to demand him back. So he would only go to the Yu family to find out about Gu Fei's situation from them.

Gu Fei was invited by them, and the forces behind that giant will definitely find the three brothers and try to learn about Gu Fei from them.

Origin, destination...

As for whether the other party would not harm the three brothers if they answered truthfully?
To entrust one's life to someone else, gambling on their kindness?
"Okay, I'll send a message home right away."

"Third brother, you and the two of us will separate and proceed according to the agreement made many years ago."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xing'an's expression darkened, but he still nodded emphatically. The so-called agreement from many years ago was a plan his father had devised for dealing with any life-or-death crisis facing the family.

I am the most talented in the family, and from this moment on I will completely hide myself and sever all ties with the family.

This timeframe is ten years or even longer...

"Take all these innate stones with you. Remember... don't be too curious about things that don't concern you."

Yu Xingyao solemnly warned that although his third brother had good martial arts talent, he had always followed behind him and his second brother and had never experienced danger himself. Many of his actions could easily bring him trouble.

"Brother, don't worry, I know what to do. I definitely won't cause any trouble for myself."

Yu Xing'an nodded solemnly. His family was in danger, and all their hopes rested on him. He would never make the same mistake again.

"Find a safe city. These thousand innate stones will be enough for you to cultivate for several years."

"I intend to……"

"Don't tell me or my second brother where you're going. Just keep it to yourself."

Yu Xingyao interrupted his third brother, who still didn't realize how serious this crisis was for the Yu family.

Eight assassins from the Underworld died, all at the hands of Gu Fei. However, given the Underworld's vengeful nature, they are very likely to target the Yu family as well.

Secondly, there's that mysterious clan. The information revealed in their words is too mysterious. If the clan wants to prevent the internal changes from being leaked, they might kill to silence the witnesses.

The other party might even use methods to force him and his second brother to reveal the whereabouts of his third brother. As long as he and his second brother don't know where their third brother is, the other party's extraordinary abilities will be useless.

……

... Zhaoran City.

In a medium-sized city in the mortal realm, a man in his fifties slowly drove a carriage into the city.

The sergeant in charge of guarding the gate glanced at the man, nodded slightly, and then let him pass.

"Boss, this guy's pretty strong?"

"A second-grade martial artist, what do you say?"

"A high-ranking martial artist, huh? But he looks a bit unfamiliar. He's not from our Zhaoran City, is he?"

"Why worry about so much? We just need to follow the city lord's rules. High-ranking martial artists do not need to pay an entry fee to enter the city."

……

Although the sergeant and his men were not speaking loudly, their conversation was clearly heard by Lin Chen as he entered the city.

This time, he used the Azure Wave Illusion Technique to change his appearance, transforming himself into a middle-aged man of about fifty years old.

Her appearance was somewhat similar to her previous one, but it was not noticeable unless you looked closely.

This is a flaw in the Canglan Illusionary Transformation Technique, and also a flaw in all martial arts techniques in the Yan Dynasty that involve changing one's appearance.

No martial arts technique can allow a person to change their appearance at will; it's more about fine-tuning. As for Lin Chen, he can only change his appearance up to fifty years old. If he gets any older, he can only use other methods to disguise himself.

As for his cultivation level, Lin Chen suppressed it to the second rank. This level allowed him to avoid some unnecessary trouble, but also prevented him from attracting too much attention.

Just like when they first enter the city, high-level martial artists don't need to be checked by the soldiers, but if they are in the Innate Realm, they will leave a deep impression on these soldiers.

The Yan Dynasty has many innate martial artists, but that's based on a huge base of martial artists. The Yan Dynasty has more entry-level martial artists, and the upper-level is just the upper limit for an ordinary martial artist with average talent in this lifetime.

In the city, Lin Chen found an inn, parked the carriage, and led the little girl wearing a veil into the room.

Lin Chen released his divine sense to confirm that there were no innate martial artists in the entire inn and that no one could overhear his conversation before he finally looked at the little girl in front of him.

"That old woman asked me to take you away, promising a reward of three thousand innate stones and one Taixu stone. You are safe now."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, the little girl removed her veil, revealing a delicate but bloodless, snow-white face.

The little girl was about seven or eight years old. Her skin was pale and her eyes were calm like a deep pool. When her long, silvery-white eyelashes drooped, they cast a small, frosty shadow under her eyes, showing no trace of the childishness one would expect from a child.

Lin Chen himself has a cousin, Xi'er, whose temperament is completely different from that of the girl in front of him.

This young girl gives the impression of a solitary crescent moon hanging atop a snow-capped mountain—distant, translucent, and inviolable.

“I will give you what Yingpo promised you.” The little girl looked at Lin Chen, her voice also carrying arrogance: “You didn’t ask about my background because you didn’t want to get involved and wanted to take the reward and leave, so your identity must be fake.”

Even when expressing her guesses, the little girl's eyes remained completely devoid of emotion, as if she were simply reciting a document.

The little girl took out a seven-colored jade box from her bosom. When Lin Chen saw the jade box, his lips twitched.

According to what his second senior brother told him, the Hundred Things Box made by the Thousand Machines Sect is pure black, the Thousand Things Box is black and white, and the Myriad Things Box is a three-colored jade box.

A seven-colored jade box—what level is this?

Given the family background of the second and third senior brothers, who were princes of the dynasty, they had seen many good things, and even if they had never seen some of the rare and precious items, they should have heard of them.

Even the second and third senior brothers hadn't mentioned this seven-colored jade box, which is enough to show how rare it was.

The little girl stroked the jade box with her hand, and the next moment the jade box lit up with a luster, and a beam of light shot out from the jade box and hit the ground.

Within that pillar of light, one innate stone after another appeared, eventually piling up to be half a person's height.

Three thousand innate stones!

After the innate stones were piled up, the little girl placed her hand on the jade box and rubbed it again. The light shone again, this time landing on the table, and soon a treasure box appeared on the table as well.

"This treasure box contains the Taixu Stone. You can examine it first."

The little girl looked at Lin Chen calmly. Lin Chen didn't stand on ceremony and put all the innate stones into his treasure box. The three thousand innate stones filled the treasure box.

The total capacity of the Hundred Treasures Box is only one thousand liters, and three thousand innate stones filled most of it.

After collecting the Innate Stone, Lin Chen picked up the box on the table, opened the lid, and found a transparent stone inside, exuding a unique aura.

Is this the Taixu Stone?
He had never seen the Taixu Stone and didn't know what it looked like, but the little girl shouldn't be lying to him about that.

"The Taixu Stone is the most unique divine stone in the world. As long as you hold it and practice your cultivation technique, the Taixu Stone will transform it and make it perfect."

The little girl seemed to know what Lin Chen was thinking and explained, "The founder of the Canglan Sect used the Taixu Stone to create the Canglan Technique."

"Thanks for the advice."

Lin Chen nodded. Since the little girl had said all that, he had no reason to doubt her.

“I have given you everything that Yingpo promised you. Now I am ready to discuss a new deal with you.”

(End of this chapter)