Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 502 Just being alive...it's good enough.
Within the fiery cave, the Azure Dawn True Flame continuously surged forth, flowing into Lin Chen's body as he circulated the Immortal Technique.

However, after a few breaths, Lin Chen frowned.

When the Azure Flame entered his body, it was instantly absorbed and completely assimilated by the other three innate flames within him.

Something is wrong!
When he absorbed the Golden Crow Radiant Flame and later the Illusory Sea Heart Flame, the feeling after these two innate flames entered his body was different, but they both had one thing in common: they were both unruly and domineering, capable of burning everything.

However, the Azure Dawn True Flame entering the body is more like a form of energy.

What is innate fire? It is not because it is domineering or powerful, but because it possesses spirituality!
The book "The Origin and Development of Ten Thousand Fires" given to us by Elder Wanhuo Sect contains this sentence: This is a characteristic shared by all innate fires.

However, he could not sense any spirituality in the Azure Flame that he had absorbed into his body.

If it possessed a spirit, it would be impossible for it to be so easily absorbed as energy and nourishment by the innate fire within its own body!

"Azure Dawn True Flame: It is formed by the fusion of three innate flames: Earth Vein Melting Flame, Azure Wood Fire, and Azure Sea Cold Flame."

【The Earth's Vein Molten Core Flame: Born deep within the Earth's core, it is the culprit behind earthquakes and landslides.】

【Azure Fire: When lightning strikes vegetation, igniting a forest fire, there is a chance that this fire will be born. It absorbs the essence of the vegetation and nurtures life.】

【Azure Sea Frost Flame: Born from the extreme cold, it can transform all things into liquid.】

Lin Chen recalled the records about the Azure Li True Flame in the "Genealogy of Ten Thousand Flames", as well as the three mother flames that condensed the Azure Li True Flame.

It is precisely because of the power of these three mother flames that the Azure Dawn True Flame can enhance alchemy.

But the Azure Flame before him was completely different from what he had imagined. Was something wrong?

While Lin Chen was pondering, the three innate flames within his body suddenly became exceptionally active. No longer content with passively absorbing the Azure Dawn True Flame surging into his body, they actively channeled through his fingertips, surging along the fire hole and rushing into the depths of the underground magma.

Deep underground, a blue flame flickered slowly like a humble gentleman, surrounded by nothingness.

boom!
The three flames of the Golden Crow Radiant Flame arrived at this place, with the Golden Crow Radiant Flame being the first to crash into it with primal ferocity.

Ripples appeared in this void as it was struck by the Golden Crow Blaze, but the Golden Crow Blaze was unable to break through this void and get close to the azure flame at the very center.

The Golden Crow Blaze was ineffective, so the Innate Fire joined in. Unlike the Golden Crow Blaze, which collided in one place, the Innate Fire appeared in patches, burning this void and gradually devouring it.

The Illusionary Sea Flame did not enter this void, but it leaped around in a strange way, causing the void to distort with each leap.

The three innate flames were all trying to devour this void and awaken the azure flames within it, each using its own method.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Hundreds of breaths later, a crisp sound suddenly came from the void, like the shattering of countless pieces of glass.

boom!
A terrifying energy wave swept out, instantly pushing the three innate flames hundreds of feet away. At the same time, a light shield covered with runes appeared around the cyan flame.

……

However, the moment the runic light shield appeared, a faint blue light appeared inside it. Although it only appeared for a short while before disappearing, it brought about a huge change.

The serene, leaping blue flame, like a humble gentleman, suddenly jolted!
As if awakened from a long hibernation, a powerful, gentle yet profound and vast spiritual wave, like a giant stretching its body, suddenly bursts forth!
The cyan flame grew rapidly, and in just a few breaths, it transformed into a huge cyan fire tree, directly breaking through the light barrier.

In the alchemy room of room B3, a middle-aged man was concentrating on forming a pill. Before he could even finish the hand seals, the top-grade pill furnace in front of him trembled violently with a "hum". The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically, and he tried to control the flames, but it was too late.

boom!
The entire alchemy furnace exploded with a deafening roar, scalding dregs and unfinished elixir residue flying everywhere.

B2, B3...

C1, C2...

At this moment, multiple alchemy rooms experienced furnace explosions.

"What's going on? Why is the Azure Dawn True Flame different from before?"

"The Azure Dawn True Flame can automatically sense the purification process of medicinal herbs, so how could it explode?"

Many alchemists were shocked, not knowing what had happened.

In the alchemy room of room B4, Lin Chen's eyes narrowed. Beneath the fiery cave, he sensed a unique energy fluctuation, a terrifying pressure mixed with boundless vitality and a unique fluctuation of extreme cold.

Rumble!
The ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake. Lin Chen did not hesitate. He did not know what was happening below, but if he wanted to refine the Azure Dawn True Flame, this might be his only chance.

As the Immortal Technique was activated, the Azure Fire Tree, which commanded the endless azure flames like a general underground, seemed to sense a summons and headed towards Alchemy Chamber B4. The terrifying energy instantly destroyed the formations of the two surrounding alchemy chambers.

Outside the Fire Storage Tower.

The expressions of several elderly men changed, and the next moment they appeared in front of the tower.

"The fire tower is shaking, something that hasn't happened in tens of thousands of years. What's going on?"

These elders were all at the fourth level of the Innate Realm, but even though they had been stationed here for decades, they had never witnessed the pagoda trembling.

"Could it be that the Azure Dawn True Flame has been broken?"

"It shouldn't be. This treasure pagoda was built by the Wanhuo Sect and sealed by the Qianji Sect seniors. The spirituality of the Qingli True Flame was sealed, leaving only its fire instinct. There is no question of breaking the seal."

Just as these elders were speculating, the tower suddenly shook violently, and the array light screen sealing the entire Fire Hidden Tower flickered rapidly, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Rumble!
In just a few breaths, the spire of the tower collapsed, and a terrifying energy poured out from inside the tower. The first to be hit were the alchemy rooms surrounding the tower. In the blink of an eye, these alchemy rooms collapsed under the impact of the terrifying energy, and figures rushed out before the stone chambers collapsed.

"Damn it, I was refining pills perfectly fine, how could the alchemy room suddenly collapse?"

"The collapse of the alchemy room is nothing, but now a major incident is about to occur."

The alchemist's voice trembled, and the others who escaped and saw the scene before them were also speechless with their mouths agape.

The entire Fire Tower was now enveloped in blue flames, completely transforming into a fire tower.

"The Azure Flame has broken the seal! Everyone, step back!"

The elders looked extremely grim. At this moment, they were certain that the Azure Dawn True Flame had broken the seal. Although they didn't know why the Azure Dawn True Flame had broken the seal, now was not the time to think about that.

This is the Azure Dawn True Flame, formed by the condensation of three innate flames, and it is located in the center of Hundred Refinement City. If it is allowed to spread, the entire Hundred Refinement City will probably be reduced to ashes.

"We must stop them and wait for the others to arrive!"

As one of the top cities in the Thousand Machine Domain, Hundred Refinement City has experts at the fifth level of the Innate Realm. Their task is to buy time.

However, just as the three elders were about to make their move, the blue flames suddenly shrank into the ground, and the original pagoda was completely reduced to ashes.

There was a huge hole in the ground of the pagoda. As the azure flames retreated into the hole, the temperature in the entire courtyard instantly dropped. The elders exchanged glances, but did not make any rash moves. "It actually escaped. This Azure Dawn True Flame is truly strange!"

A middle-aged man appeared at the cave entrance. Looking at the churning lava below, he frowned slightly. His divine sense could detect that it was just pure lava below, without any trace of the Azure Dawn True Flame.

After a long pause, the man turned to look at the crowd behind him: "What exactly happened here?"

"Lord Zhao, we don't know either. I was refining pills when the furnace suddenly exploded, and then blue flames suddenly surged from the flame outlet, engulfing the entire alchemy room."

"Yes, I had a similar experience!"

The alchemists who came out of the alchemy room spoke one after another. Zhao Ge's eyes swept over them one by one. The strongest of these alchemists was only at the third level of the Innate Realm. The formation left by the Thousand Machine Sect was so powerful that even a sixth-level Innate Realm martial artist would have difficulty breaking the seal.

So, Qingli True Flame has been slowly devouring the formation for many years, and it just happened to succeed at this point?
This is highly likely, because after the Azure Dawn True Flame broke the seal, it did not choose to destroy and devour, but instead disappeared directly from the ground, which seems more like a premeditated act.

Since primordial fire possesses spirituality and is not inanimate, it is not surprising that it would act in this way.

Zhao Ge had already made his judgment, but out of caution, he still said, "You are not allowed to leave Hundred Refinement City recently, and you must be ready to be summoned at any time."

"Yes!"

The alchemists readily agreed and then left the Fire Storage Tower without lingering.

"What bad luck today. You know, I put a lot of effort into gathering the ingredients for this batch of pills. I chose to come to the Fire Storage Tower because I was afraid of failure, but I never expected to encounter such a thing."

"Who can argue with that? Years of hard work destroyed in an instant."

At the courtyard gate, Lin Chen, like the other alchemists, wore a helpless and distressed expression, muttering to himself. He maintained this expression until he returned to his own courtyard.

"Come back so soon?"

Yin Yue sensed the array being activated and stepped out of the bedroom, her eyes filled with wariness. The wariness disappeared only when she saw Lin Chen enter, replaced by confusion.

The reason she was wary was because she knew Lin Chen was supposed to stay at the Fire Hidden Tower for ten days, and only three days had passed. There was no reason for him to come back so quickly, so she suspected that someone else had come in.

"Don't even mention it. This was really bad luck. I was hoping to use the Azure Flame to improve my alchemy skills, but I don't know what happened to the Fire Tower. The whole tower was burned down. If I hadn't escaped quickly, I probably would have died there."

Lin Chen's face showed lingering fear, but Yin Yue's eyes widened upon hearing this, staring intently at Lin Chen with an incredulous look.

She guessed what Lin Chen was going there for—to make a move on Qing Li Zhen Yan.

Now that the Fire-Hiding Tower has been burned down, it means that the Azure Li True Flame has been broken...

Did Lin Chen really succeed?
As for Lin Chen's complaints, she simply ignored them. This was because Lin Chen was afraid of being followed by a powerful figure, and she was continuing to act out of caution.

"Just being alive is good enough."

After a long pause, Yin Yue finally managed to utter a sentence.

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Li's Trading Company

"Young Miss, something's happened!"

Li Chongshan rushed into the backyard, where Li Qin, who was cultivating inside, asked coldly, "What happened?"

"The Fire Tower is gone, and the Azure Flame has broken free and escaped."

"what!"

The door to the room was pushed open, and Li Qin walked out with a shocked expression: "Then...where is Xiao Yan?"

"Xiao Yan should be fine. I haven't heard of anyone losing their life."

After her initial shock, Li Qin pondered for a moment before saying, "Manager Li, if anyone asks, just say that Xiao Yan's spot to go to the Fire Hidden Tower was given to him by my Li family to attract him. Also, don't mention the bet between Xiao Yan and my Li family that placed him in the top ten!"

"Young Miss, what do you mean by this?"

Li Chongshan was puzzled, not understanding why the young lady would give such an order.

"The disappearance of the Azure Dawn True Flame will definitely be investigated by Hundred Refinement City. If Xiao Yan actively requested the spot, it will inevitably arouse some unnecessary suspicion, and may even affect the final competition. It's just to reduce some unnecessary trouble."

Upon hearing his young mistress's words, Li Chongshan also realized that although he felt that the breaking of the seal on the Azure Dawn True Flame had nothing to do with Xiao Yan, given Xiao Yan's cultivation level, Hundred Refinement City would definitely investigate if they knew that Lin Chen had actively requested the spot. They might even prevent Xiao Yan from leaving Hundred Refinement City.

The young lady did this to avoid any unnecessary complications.

"I know."

Watching Li Chongshan's departing figure, Li Qin's beautiful eyes shone with a strange light. There were some things she hadn't told Li Chongshan. When Xiao Yan asked for a spot, her intuition told her that Xiao Yan had come for the Hidden Fire Tower.

The so-called three thousand cultivation techniques and two top-tier soul cultivation techniques were just a smokescreen for Xiao Yan.

However, she would not reveal this matter to the outside world. Firstly, the Azure Flame was of great importance to Hundred Refinement City, and Xiao Yan was given the spot by their Li family. If this matter was really related to Xiao Yan, their Li family would also be implicated.

Secondly, regardless of how Xiao Yan did it, being able to ignite the Azure Dawn True Flame means that Xiao Yan's fire control technique is far stronger than it has been shown. Perhaps this time Xiao Yan really has a chance to break into the top ten.

"She was frightened while refining pills in the Fire Storage Tower. As the eldest daughter of the Li family, I went to visit her to comfort her and see her. No one could find any problem with that."

Li Qin whispered something, went back to her room to change her clothes, and then left the shop, heading straight for the east of the city.

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yard.

Lin Chen also used his divine sense to make sure no one was watching him, gave Yin Yue some instructions, and then returned to his bedroom.

The Azure Dawn True Flame entered his body, and the next step was to refine the Azure Dawn True Flame to enhance his Immortal Technique.

Snapped!
Lin Chen snapped his fingers, and a wisp of blue flame appeared on his fingertips.

The biggest difference between the Azure Dawn True Flame and the three innate flames within his body is that the Azure Dawn Flame is extremely gentle and did not cause any damage to his body after entering it.

Lin Chen took a deep breath and slowly circulated the Immortal Technique, causing the four innate flames within his body to gradually converge in his dantian...

(End of this chapter)