Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 476 Asking for monthly votes

Inform the royal family of the Yan Dynasty.

Faced with Lin Chen's suggestion, Yin Yue spoke first: "No."

"Why not?"

Lin Chen looked at Yin Yue. The Yan Dynasty had existed for so many years, and its royal family had produced emperor-level experts. It was the most suitable to resolve the calamity of the divine seal.

Yin Yue did not answer, but Jiang Taiyi took over: "We will not inform the Yan Dynasty royal family until the last step. The situation has not deteriorated to that extent yet."

Neither of them offered much explanation, and Lin Chen didn't ask any further questions, clearly indicating that neither of them would say anything.

"The opportunity you mentioned, senior, is it to let me enter the abyss and come into contact with the divine seal?"

"No."

Jiang Taiyi shook his head: "With your current strength, it's impossible for you to enter the bottom of this abyss. The opportunity I'm talking about is these black mists."

"Black mist?" Lin Chen frowned. What was the use of this black mist?

"Since you came from the Dingxi Army camp, you should know that after the black mist surged up, the Dingxi Army used martial artists to absorb the black mist to solve the problem of its spread."

"Yes, Marquis Dingxi told me that martial artists can absorb the black mist. After the moon sets, the black mist will leave the martial artists and return to the abyss. However, a few unlucky ones will be taken away by the black mist, while those who survive the black mist will faint and forget everything that happened in the black mist. But they will recover after a few months of recuperation."

"Do you know why?"

"This junior does not know."

Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Jiang Taiyi slowly said, "The black mist is also constantly evolving. In the earliest days, the black mist devoured people's hearts, but that's no longer the case. Those martial artists who have been shrouded in the black mist will experience months of mental exhaustion and forget their memories of being in the black mist. Have you ever wondered why?"

Lin Chen pondered for a while, then his eyes lit up: "Soul?"

"Yes, the black mist affects the soul. Those martial artists forget their memories in the black mist because their souls are damaged. And those who are taken away by the black mist are because their souls are unstable, giving the demons an opportunity to take advantage."

Having just broken through to the next level, he's become irritable...

Listening to what this senior Jiang said, and recalling what the Marquis of Dingxi had told him, he finally understood.

A martial artist who has just broken through a realm has increased their blood and qi, but their soul has not kept up. They need some time to allow their soul to reconnect with their body. On the other hand, a person with a volatile temper and unpredictable moods... to some extent, this is also a manifestation of an abnormal soul.

"Demons feed on souls and even spirits, but precisely because of this, demons themselves are also a kind of tonic for the spirit, provided that one can absorb them and not let the spirit be defiled by the demon."

Jiang Taiyi looked at Lin Chen: "Ordinary innate experts may not be able to guarantee that their souls will not be tainted by demons when they enter the black mist, but because of your special situation, the divine seal has remembered you and will definitely give you some help. With the number of demons in the abyss, I believe it is enough for your souls to reach the third level of the innate realm."

"The Three Realms of the Innate Stages?"

"The number of demons in the abyss is naturally more than this, but with your level, your soul has reached the upper limit of the third stage of the innate realm. Any more... and the soul and body will become unbalanced, which is not a good thing."

Lin Chen understood. This Senior Jiang had summoned him to the Abyss so that he could absorb the demons within.

This demon is a tonic for the soul!
The key question is, how can I guarantee that I will be able to absorb it?
Is it because the divine seal called out its own name in this abyss?

That's too far-fetched.

On his path of martial arts cultivation, Lin Chen had taken many risks, but only when he was certain of success.

"Senior Jiang..."

"Don't rush to refuse. You can try to absorb the black mist first. If you can, then we can talk about it. If not, then let's give up."

Jiang Taiyi looked at Lin Chen, and when he saw the doubt in Lin Chen's eyes, he explained, "This demon can enhance the soul, but that is just my speculation. Even my disciples cannot actually absorb the demon in the black mist. It was because the divine seal called you that I had this idea. But whether my speculation is correct or not still needs to be verified."

Now, Lin Chen truly understood.

It seems that even he himself cannot be 100% certain about the opportunity that Senior Jiang mentioned to him.

"If everyone could absorb the black mist, I wouldn't need to go through all this trouble. I could just find a sect to cooperate with, and plenty of innate martial artists would come..."

Lin Chen: ...

What Senior Jiang said really makes a lot of sense. If every innate martial artist could absorb it, then it would be my turn.

There's a saying that goes something like this: in the past, crayfish were rampant abroad, but in China, they still had to be farmed, and there weren't enough wild-bred ones to go around.

"Alright, I'm willing to give it a try."

Now that things had come to this point, Lin Chen didn't waste any more time. Regardless of whether he wanted to enter the abyss or not, he needed to verify one thing first: whether he could absorb the demon within the black mist.

If not, then all of this is in vain.

Obtaining the black mist was not difficult. The black mist in the abyss spread all the way to the ground. Lin Chen stood at the edge of the ground and circulated the innate power in his body to intercept the black mist.

To Lin Chen's surprise, the innate power he released was immediately swallowed up as soon as it came into contact with the black mist.

"This……"

"Don't even think about using your innate power to pull the black mist out of the abyss. Go in boldly. With me here, you won't have any problems."

Seeing Lin Chen standing at the boundary, using various methods but refusing to step into the black mist, Jiang Taiyi's lips twitched. The experience Lin Chen had gained in martial arts cultivation, as he had researched, was not this cautious at all; this was already excessively cautious...

"Senior, I was just testing it out."

Urged on by Jiang Taiyi, Lin Chen wasn't embarrassed at all. He was always cautious, and any actions that others might have considered radical or risky were always the result of careful thought. Having received Jiang Taiyi's assurance, Lin Chen didn't hesitate any longer. A Myriad Manifestations Realm expert wouldn't lie about something like this; as long as he didn't venture deep into the abyss, his safety should be fine.

call out!
Step out.

When Lin Chen's toes touched the edge of the black mist, a bone-chilling cold instantly surged upwards from the soles of his feet. The black mist surged and swirled like a living thing, engulfing him completely in an instant. His vision was plunged into absolute darkness, and his ears were completely silent.

However, Lin Chen did not panic. As his Canglan Heart throbbed, the chill dissipated into nothingness.

Lin Chen squinted. Although it was dark all around him, as he used his divine sense, he saw something different.

Within the black mist were numerous distorted phantoms, ghostly figures that surrounded him, their claws waving as they lunged at him.

"Is this the demon?"

With a thought, Lin Chen felt his divine soul shimmer in his dantian, and the demon that had been lunging at his brow suddenly twisted and was pulled into his body by the suction force within his dantian.

puff!
Like falling from a great height, the demon entered the space between the eyebrows and instantly fell into the Divine Soul Star, where it was absorbed by the nearest star.

Lin Chen felt as if his soul was immersed in a hot spring. The uncomfortable coldness that had entered his body when the demon entered him vanished, replaced by an unprecedented feeling of fullness.

Senior Jiang was right; I really can absorb demons.

This demon is truly a tonic for the soul.

At this moment, sensing the menacing demons around him with his divine sense, Lin Chen smiled. In his eyes, these were not terrifying demons, but a group of adorable little creatures surging towards him.

Within his dantian, the stars of his divine soul vibrated as Lin Chen frantically absorbed these demons. No longer content with letting them burrow into his brow one by one, he took the initiative to attack. Each time his divine soul resisted, hundreds of demons around him were absorbed into his body.

The stars that had been quietly suspended within the body began to slowly rotate at this moment, as if they were all vying for these demons.

……

……

Beyond the abyss.

As Yin Yue watched the black mist dissipate and Lin Chen's figure appear, more black mist surged from below and engulfed Lin Chen. This cycle repeated itself, and the smile on Lin Chen's lips grew wider and wider.

"He can really absorb the demons in this black mist."

Yin Yue spoke softly, and Jiang Taiyi smiled slightly. This little girl underestimated him.

There are indeed differences between the Myriad Manifestations Realm and the Myriad Manifestations Realm. Does this mean that because he was born here, he is at the bottom of the Myriad Manifestations Realm?

"My judgment was correct. The Divine Seal has indeed captured him. With his current realm and the strength of his divine soul, he is able to absorb the demons that have been born in the last ten years, which can be considered as buying me another ten years."

Jiang Taiyi spoke slowly. He didn't expect Lin Chen to be able to solve the problem of the Divine Seal turning into a demon. Even he, at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, was helpless. Lin Chen couldn't possibly do it.

His goal was to delay the transformation of the divine seal into demons by having Lin Chen absorb these demons, giving him more time to find a solution.

"Not always."

Upon hearing Jiang Taiyi's words, Yin Yue smiled. This senior in the Myriad Manifestations Realm didn't know all of Lin Chen's situation either.

"What do you mean by this?"

Jiang Taiyi looked at Yin Yue. Yin Yue didn't try to hide it. As long as Lin Chen was still absorbing, this matter couldn't be kept secret.

"Lin Chen ranked first in Martial Arts Mountain and received a destiny reward, the destiny he was rewarded with is Divine Illumination Without End."

"Divine illumination without end?"

Jiang Taiyi narrowed his eyes, his divine light revealing an immeasurable destiny...

Yin Yue was able to guess the function of this destiny, so as a powerful expert in the Myriad Manifestations Realm, he naturally made the connection immediately as well.

"It seems Lin Chen has quite a few secrets; no wonder you chose to cooperate with him."

"My collaboration with him is mutually beneficial."

Yin Yue readily admitted that she would choose to have Lin Chen protect her and made a one-year agreement, as she had other plans.

"Why has the senior stayed on Canglan Island all this time? Is it merely to prevent the Divine Seal from turning into a demon?"

"Yes."

Jiang Taiyi's answer made Yin Yue frown. A powerful expert at the Myriad Manifestations Realm wouldn't lie, but the fact that he didn't lie made it difficult for her to understand why he did it.

For the sake of all living beings?

If that's the case, then after the Annihilation Storm disappears, they should secretly contact other Myriad Manifestations Realm experts, and the most suitable among them is the East Sea Divine Palace.

The East Sea Divine Palace is the closest to here, so once the Divine Seal successfully transforms into a demon, the East Sea Divine Palace will be the first to be affected.

Things are definitely not that simple; it's just that I haven't thought of it yet.

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