Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 494 The terrifying consumption that even Yin Yue couldn't handle

In Hundred Refinement City, Lin Chen spent five thousand Flame Coins to rent a courtyard in the eastern part of the city.

Five thousand Yan coins for a mere six months' stay—that's quite extravagant.

However, if it is a building that can defend against the divine sense of those below the Myriad Manifestations Realm and is also protected by an array, even a sixth-level Innate Realm expert would not be able to break in instantly. In that case, spending five thousand Flame Coins would be very worthwhile.

This is also the most prestigious area in the entire Hundred Refinements City, where no ordinary person comes and goes, and everyone who talks about it is a master of innate abilities.

yard.

Lin Chen activated the formation, and a cyan light shield quickly disappeared from the entire courtyard. A few breaths later, the light shield vanished into the air.

"It's truly amazing. Even our Canglan Sect's protective formation can't do this."

"The Canglan Sect has a vast territory. To protect the entire sect area, the formation requires extremely high standards. Furthermore, the reason why this formation can resist divine sense is because it is constantly consuming energy. The energy required for just the past six months alone would cost at least three thousand Flame Coins."

With a rental fee of 5,000 and a cost of 3,000, the actual profit is only 2,000 Flame Coins.

"Business isn't calculated like that. A trading company needs to support a group of weapon-refining experts. Sometimes, even if they don't make a profit, these trading companies are willing to rent out their properties to keep them running. In addition, if no one rents these kinds of houses, the energy required by these formations will not be exhausted, and prices will drop."

Lin Chen smiled. As a princess of the Moon Soul Clan, Yin Yue was intelligent and knowledgeable, but she certainly hadn't studied the ways of business. When you're a boss and run a factory, sometimes you have to keep operating even if you lose a little money, let alone break even, because you have to spend money to support workers and equipment.

Firstly, it ensures their own scale, and secondly, it helps maintain prices. This kind of formation that prevents divine sense from prying into the ground requires Soul-Devouring Pearls as energy, and the current price of Soul-Devouring Pearls is precisely because of demand. Once the demand disappears, the price will inevitably plummet, and the income of those weapon refiners who create Soul-Devouring Pearls will also plummet...

"Can I start using the crystal-quenching sand now?"

Lin Chen didn't delve into the business principles behind this with Yin Yue. This was the world of martial arts, and martial arts masters didn't need to worry about such things; they only needed to continuously improve their martial arts realm.

"Ah."

Yin Yue nodded and took out another mountain of innate stones from the storage box, along with crescent-shaped herbs.

"This is Moonmelting Grass. When you mix the Innate Stone and the Crystal Sand together and then add the Moonmelting Grass, the energy of the Innate Stone will liquefy and can be directly absorbed through the skin."

Moonmelt Grass?
Why haven't I heard of this?

"This item is unique to my Moon Soul Clan, and not many people outside know about it."

Soon, Lin Chen carried a bronze cauldron out of the storeroom in the courtyard. In the Thousand Machine Domain, the practice of weapon forging was prevalent, and many martial artists would come into contact with it from a young age. Almost every household had some weapon forging tools.

The courtyard also contained many tools for refining weapons, including bronze cauldrons, furnaces, and alchemy furnaces...

Yin Yue first threw one hundred innate stones into the bronze cauldron, then poured in quenching sand, stirred it evenly with an iron rod, and finally put a Moonmelting Grass into the bronze cauldron.

When the Moon-Melting Grass enters the cauldron, it comes into contact with the Primordial Stone and the Tempering Sand, and automatically decomposes, turning into drops of green liquid that flow into it.

As the green liquid flowed, the innate stone and quenching sand inside the cauldron also reacted. Lin Chenyi kept staring at the situation inside the cauldron. This scene was very similar to the process of sand and stone being mixed with cement to form cement slurry on a construction site in his previous life.

A quarter of an hour later, both the innate stone and the tempering sand inside the bronze cauldron were completely fused together, turning into a pool of silver liquid.

"You can go in."

Upon hearing Yin Yue's words, Lin Chen didn't hesitate and stepped directly into the bronze cauldron.

The moment Lin Chen stepped into the cauldron, the silvery-white liquid instantly enveloped his body like lava, entering his body through his pores. The terrifying torrent of energy instantly tore through the barriers of his meridians, frantically flushing all the hidden acupoints in his body.

At the same time, the liquid inside the cauldron dropped rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye—

Within ten breaths, the liquid inside the cauldron had dropped by 10%.

Yin Yue's pupils contracted slightly as she witnessed the rapid depletion of the liquid within the cauldron. Lin Chen's rate of consumption was even faster than she had anticipated. "Is it because Lin Chen's body was tempered by the innate fire?"

Yin Yue pondered, resting her chin on her hand. When the liquid in the cauldron gradually reached its bottom, she added innate stones and tempering sand again.

Meanwhile, inside the cauldron, Lin Chen's hidden acupoint on his chest was swirling like a vortex, frantically absorbing the energy surging into his body as the Canglan Technique was activated.

Three hundred breaths later, a primordial crystal condensed and took shape in a hidden cave.

A martial artist can only open twenty-four main acupoints; all others are hidden acupoints.

After entering the grade, the number of main acupoints becomes seventy-two.

Upon entering the Innate Realm, the number of main acupoints reaches 365, while the number of hidden acupoints exceeds 1,000.

Lin Chen was not overjoyed that a primordial crystal had condensed in a hidden acupoint; compared to the hidden acupoints on his body, this was only one in a thousand.

What he needs to do is absorb energy with all his might and unlock more of the innate crystals in the hidden acupoints.

……

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One day, two days, three days...

Ten days…

Half a month...

As a month passed, Yin Yue looked at the empty pile of innate stones on the left and subconsciously put her hand into the storage box. However, this time, she could only take out less than five thousand innate stones.

The innate stones... have been exhausted.

For the first time, Yin Yue, who was usually reserved, showed a hint of breakdown. She looked at Lin Chen with a resentful gaze. You see, when a traitor appeared in her clan, she took all the treasures from her father's treasury in the palace with her when she left.

The treasure vault contained nearly a million innate stones, and now Lin Chen has used them all up.

A million Innate Stones are enough to allow more than a dozen Innate Second Realm martial artists to step into the Innate Third Realm.

But now, even opening Lin Chen's hidden acupoints isn't enough.

Just how many hidden acupoints did this guy open?

Hidden acupoints differ from main acupoints. When main acupoints condense innate crystals, a hazy light can be seen emanating from the body surface. However, one reason why hidden acupoints are called hidden acupoints is that they do not appear on the body surface.

Yin Yue's face showed a rare look of conflict. She had promised to give Lin Chen the innate stones he needed for his cultivation this year, and this promise referred to the normal amount needed for cultivation.

She had exhausted a million innate stones, so she hadn't broken her promise.

But seeing Lin Chen's current state of complete absorption, she knew clearly that Lin Chen must be in a mysterious state of breakthrough. If she stopped providing resources at this time, it would be tantamount to interrupting his breakthrough.

Thinking about what she would do a year from now, Yin Yue pondered for a moment, and finally took out a pure white stone from her storage box.

Finally, the stone was thrown into the cauldron.

"A million innate stones, plus the moonstones of my clan, is more than the most outstanding geniuses in the history of my clan have ever been able to afford. You've gotten a good deal."

(End of this chapter)