Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 501 The State of Qingli True Flame

"Miss, has Xiao Yan agreed?"

"I agreed, but I didn't agree."

Li Chongshan listened to his young mistress's words with a look of doubt in his old eyes.

"Xiao Yan made a request, asking my Li family to provide three thousand kinds of soul cultivation techniques, as well as two top-tier soul cultivation techniques."

Li Qin spoke softly, and Li Chongshan glared at her: "This Xiao Yan really dares to speak up. Does he think that soul cultivation techniques are so worthless, let alone top-tier soul cultivation techniques? Miss, you didn't agree, did you?"

"I agreed."

Li Chongshan: ...

"The Thousand Machine Domain is not lacking in soul cultivation techniques. Three thousand soul cultivation techniques are not difficult to find. As for top-tier soul cultivation techniques... many top-tier soul cultivation techniques are called top-tier because of their immense power, but there is another reason besides that: their cultivation difficulty is extremely high."

Li Qin sighed softly: "Apart from the top-tier cultivation techniques of the Thousand Machines Sect, which can be cultivated step by step, which of the other top-tier soul cultivation techniques does not have extremely strict requirements on the soul? In fact, many techniques can only be cultivated by their creators."

In the Thousand Machine Domain, the Thousand Machine Sect is transcendent, while other sects, including these large families, sometimes have top-tier divine soul cultivation techniques that it may take hundreds of years for any clan member or disciple to be able to cultivate, precisely because these top-tier techniques have extremely high requirements for cultivators.

In layman's terms, these top-tier techniques are all custom-made and have no universal applicability.

Of course, even if it lacks universality, it is still a top-tier skill and is priceless.

"Miss, this matter should still be..."

"It won't be easy for Xiao Yan to obtain these two top-tier cultivation techniques; he needs to enter the top ten in the final competition."

Li Chongshan's prepared words of persuasion turned into a chuckle upon hearing his young mistress's words.

To be in the top ten of the finals? Xiao Yan really dares to dream.

Do you really think he's the only one with innate fire? Judging from previous weapon-refining competitions, there are quite a few people with innate fire in the final competition.

These two top-tier martial arts techniques are completely unnecessary to give away.

"In addition, I also granted Xiao Yan a request to stay in the Fire Tower for ten days."

"Wait ten days in the Fire Tower of Tibet?"

Li Chongshan narrowed his old eyes: "It seems that Xiao Yan also wants to get a feel for things. Our business has five spots to enter the Fire Tower every year, and there are two left this year. If Miss wants to give one to Xiao Yan, that's fine too."

The reason why the Li family business set up shop in Hundred Refinement City was not only because of the city's large scale, but also because Hundred Refinement City had the Fire Storage Tower. With its business in Hundred Refinement City, the Li family could send five alchemists into the Fire Storage Tower every year for a ten-day period each time.

Li Qin did not refute Manager Li's deduction about Xiao Yan's purpose. Regardless of Lin Chen's true intentions, the Li family would only admit one thing to the outside world: giving Xiao Yan a spot was just to let him experience the feeling of refining higher-level pills with the help of the Azure Dawn True Flame.

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courtyard.

Upon hearing that Lin Chen wanted to enter the Fire Tower, Yin Yue suddenly realized: "So your target is actually the Azure Dawn True Flame."

Why would you think that?

Lin Chen was somewhat curious: "So many people have tried to obtain the Azure Dawn True Flame, but none of them have succeeded. How could I, who is not even at the third level of the Innate Realm, possibly succeed? Could it be that I want to use the Azure Dawn True Flame to break through my alchemy skills?"

"Ten million innate stones, you couldn't earn that much even if you practiced alchemy your whole life. Others practice alchemy to earn the resources needed for cultivation, except for a few who are truly obsessed with it. Do you think you are someone who is obsessed with the way of alchemy?"

Yin Yue gave a cold laugh, and Lin Chen remained silent for a while: "I still think you were cuter when you didn't show any emotions."

Yin Yue's expression instantly turned expressionless: "If you really refine the Azure Dawn True Flame, you will offend all the alchemists in the Hundred Refinements City."

"It was Xiao Yan who offended the alchemists of Hundred Refinements City, what does it have to do with me, Lin Chen?"

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The next day.

Manager Li then delivered a cartload of cultivation manuals, all of which were techniques for cultivating the soul.

Looking at the cultivation manuals that Lin Chen unloaded from the carriage, Yin Yue couldn't help but laugh: "They really are three thousand of the most common soul cultivation techniques. They can't even bear to use a jade slip."

It's common knowledge in the martial arts world that slightly more valuable techniques are recorded on jade slips. But even the cheapest jade slips still cost around ten Flame Coins. The techniques sent by the Li family aren't on jade slips, so it's safe to say that these techniques are probably not even worth as much as a single jade slip.

"The more ordinary it is, the more it returns to its true nature."

Lin Chen muttered something to himself, ignoring Yin Yue's mockery. Although these cultivation techniques weren't valuable, it would take him a considerable amount of time to collect them all on his own.

"Deceiving yourself."

After saying that, Yin Yue turned around and went back to her bedroom.

Lin Chen didn't care. Given Yin Yue's background, she had been exposed to the most advanced cultivation techniques, so naturally she looked down on these ordinary ones.

But what he just muttered wasn't purely to save face. These techniques might not be powerful, but they were all unique understandings of the mysteries of the soul by our predecessors, and they might inspire him.

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Reading a hundred books a day, Lin Chen no longer left the courtyard. He spent his days reading these spiritual cultivation techniques, occasionally adding his own spiritual insights, and using spiritual secrets such as the Canglan Technique, the Divine Control Record, and the Canglan Eye to verify them. His understanding of spiritual cultivation was becoming deeper and deeper.

The wonders of the spirit are beyond words.

However, this leisurely period was interrupted after fifteen days.

The Li family sent a jade token, which allows one to enter the Hidden Fire Tower for ten days.

After putting the remaining books into the storage box, Lin Chen gave Yin Yue some instructions and left the courtyard to head to the Fire Storage Tower.

The Fire Storage Tower is located to the left of the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, in the central area of ​​Hundred Refinement City. It is isolated by a three-zhang-high courtyard wall formation, which prevents outsiders from getting close and seeing the bottom of the tower.

When Lin Chen arrived at the entrance of the Fire Hidden Tower, he showed the jade token given to him by the Li family to the Xiantian expert in charge. He was then allowed to enter the tower and received a number: B4!

Upon entering the courtyard, Lin Chen finally got a clear look at the entire tower and was amazed. The tower was wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, with the lowest level having a diameter of 100 zhang. Around the tower were alchemy rooms.

These alchemy chambers were all attached to the tower, like decorations clinging to it.

Thirty alchemy rooms allow thirty alchemists to simultaneously refine pills using the Azure Dawn True Flame.

Lin Chen finally understood why the eldest daughter of the Li family was so polite. With so many alchemy rooms, the quota for entering the Fire Storage Tower was extremely precious to ordinary martial artists, but it should be nothing to the Li family.

Following the rotation of the tower, Lin Chen quickly found the B4 alchemy room.

Pushing open the door, Lin Chen's gaze swept across the entire room. The alchemy room was very simple, with a pill furnace in the middle and a medicine shelf on the side, and nothing else.

Lin Chen's gaze fell on the area below the alchemy furnace. The area below the furnace was not flat, but rather a sunken space. When Lin Chen peered down, he saw magma flowing and flames occasionally erupting from below.

However, these flames dissipate after reaching a certain height, as an invisible barrier prevents them from rising further.

Lin Chen looked toward the side of the alchemy furnace, where there was a groove that was exactly the size of the No. 5 plaque in his hand.

"Therefore, I need to put this number plate up so that the Azure Dawn True Flame can be unsealed and surge up through the hole below."

Having figured out the situation in the alchemy room, Lin Chen took out some medicinal herbs from his storage box. Although he had the intention of refining the Azure Dawn True Flame, he did not plan to start as soon as he entered. If he started the Azure Dawn True Flame and caused some commotion, the people in charge of the Fire Storage Tower would definitely find out and suspect him.

When he received his number plate, he glanced at the roster, which contained many names. This meant that there were quite a few people refining pills inside the Fire Storage Tower at the moment. If he was delayed for a day or two, many more newcomers would arrive.

Just in case, if I get disturbed at a crucial moment while refining, all my efforts will be in vain.

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Two days later.

After reading two hundred volumes of spiritual cultivation techniques in the alchemy room and refining a few batches of pills, Lin Chen looked down at the bottom of the furnace. In the past two days, he had refined five batches of pills, but not with the Azure Dawn Fire, but with the Li Fire within his body.

He currently possesses three innate flames within his body: the Innate Fire of Separation, the Golden Crow Radiant Flame, and the Illusory Sea Heart Flame. However, in the realm of alchemy, the Fire of Separation is more useful than the other two flames.

Lin Chen placed the pills on a stone platform to the side. This time, he didn't waste any more time and put his name tag into the groove. The name tag was embedded in the groove and shimmered with light, creating a star array under the entire pill furnace.

The star array shimmered, and the temperature inside the alchemy chamber was rising noticeably. Molten lava began to churn at the opening beneath the furnace, and a few breaths later, a blue flame shot up.

Azure Flame!

Unlike the terrifyingly high temperature and domineering nature of the Li Huo and Jin Wu Yao Yan, and unlike the eerie nature of the Huan Hai Xin Yan, the appearance of the Qing Li Zhen Yan, although it raised the temperature, was not unbearable for people.

Moreover, after the Azure Dawn True Flame came up, it only burned the alchemy furnace and showed no intention of spreading outwards.

"Compared to the other three innate flames on my body, this Azure Dawn True Flame is like the difference between a good student and a bad student."

Lin Chen recalled the violent appearance of the three innate flames that appeared on his body, and then looked at the quietly burning Azure Dawn True Flame, and felt somewhat emotional.

Is this the true nature of the Azure Flame, or is it restricted by the formation of the Fire-Hiding Tower?

"However, this also makes it easier for me to refine it."

The stability of the Azure Dawn True Flame is a good thing for me; I can absorb a wisp of it first to test it out.

Lin Chen activated the Immortal Technique, slowly extended his hand, and the moment his fingertips touched the Azure Dawn True Flame, he felt a kind of joyful exuberance from the Azure Dawn True Flame.

It's like a child who has left home suddenly meeting a long-lost relative.

Just as Lin Chen was wondering, the three innate flames within his body spontaneously appeared in his palms, and the three flames began to come into contact with the flames of the Azure Dawn True Flame.

boom!
The four innate flames merged instantly, and then suddenly shrank downwards towards the cave entrance.

This scene made Lin Chen's expression turn strange.

The innate fire within his body actually surged into the lair of the Azure Dawn True Flame.

More accurately, it was Qingli True Flame that brought these three innate flames in.

(End of this chapter)