Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 525 Twice Shocking the Myriad Realms

Refused!
When Lin Chen refused for the second time, Jiang Chen was also shocked and didn't react for a moment.

Clearly, even Jiang Chen hadn't expected Lin Chen to refuse.

“Brother Xiao, Cloud Pavilion is the residence of the most distinguished guests of our Thousand Machines Sect. Those who are qualified are the sect leaders of major super sects or seniors of the Myriad Manifestations Realm. This woman should not be exaggerating.”

Jiang Chen sent a telepathic message to Lin Chen, fearing that Lin Chen might mistakenly believe that the people residing in the Cloud Pavilion were just ordinary distinguished guests.

Hongluan's beautiful eyes widened at this moment, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

How dare Xiao Yan refuse the young master's summons?
"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Jiang, but I am more eager to see the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture and the Taiyi Azure Spirit Record as soon as possible."

Lin Chen knew that Jiang Chen's telepathic message was well-intentioned, as he was afraid of offending this noble young master.

Upon hearing Lin Chen's explanation, Jiang Chen realized that Xiao Yan was eager to get his hands on the reward.

This is the difference in behavior that comes with different statuses.

If he had won first place, he would have chosen to meet that young master, since the reward was inevitable. However, since Xiao Yan was not a disciple of the Thousand Machines Sect, it was understandable that he had some concerns.

“Young lady, Brother Xiao must be eager to observe the technique. Why don’t you visit your esteemed young master after he has finished observing it?”

Jiang Chen tried to smooth things over for Lin Chen, but Hong Luan didn't appreciate it at all: "Do you know how many people want to see my young master but can't? Being able to see my young master is a chance far greater than your opportunity to observe these two techniques. Don't be ungrateful."

Lin Chen smiled but didn't reply, his meaning was already clear.

"Okay, I hope you won't regret it!"

Seeing Lin Chen's resolute attitude, Hongluan stopped talking, turned around and left with a sullen face.

The fact that she was able to say a second sentence showed that the young master was interested in Xiao Yan; otherwise, she would have left without a word the moment Xiao Yan refused her.

As a young master, countless martial artists would want to follow him, but Xiao Yan is ungrateful and doesn't realize the immense opportunity he's missing today.

"Brother Xiao, let's go too."

Seeing Hongluan leave, Jiang Chen sighed softly. After Hongluan's interruption, he lost interest in introducing the Pill Pavilion to Lin Chen and led Lin Chen straight to their destination.

……

Genting Pavilion.

Yang Rongtian was enjoying tea with the sect leader of the Thousand Machines Sect when Hongluan appeared from the rainbow and landed in a courtyard, which Yang Rongtian saw in its entirety.

"Sect Master Xuan, I've heard that Young Master Dongfang is in your sect?"

Xuanjing squinted his old eyes: "City Lord Yang is indeed well-informed."

"That person didn't try to hide it at all; they found out by accident. I wonder if Sect Master Xuan could introduce us?"

Yang Rongtian laughed heartily, while Xuan Jing gave Yang Rongtian a meaningful look: "Since City Lord Yang wants to see that person, I am naturally willing to make the contact on his behalf. Young Master Dongfang also lives in Cloud Top Pavilion, so I can take City Lord Yang there."

Lord of Thousand Forging City, the number one forging master of the Yan Dynasty.

Xuanjing believed that, given the nature of that young master from the East, he would certainly not refuse Yang Rongtian's visit.

……

Yundingge Courtyard No. 1.

Dongfang Canglang smiled upon hearing Hongluan's words, but his smile carried an unfathomable chill.

That's really great...

Of the two people I've recently been trying to recruit, one hasn't responded at all, and the other has refused outright.

Lin Chen was one thing, and Hong Luan hadn't clearly stated her identity as a super genius of the Canglan Sect, so her lack of response was understandable. But Xiao Yan was truly arrogant.

Originally, I thought I would get rid of Jiang Yaoyan, who was hopeless and couldn't be helped, but now it seems I have to keep him.

As for Xiao Yan...

There was killing intent in Dongfang Canglang's eyes. Just as he was about to speak, his gaze suddenly turned to the courtyard gate.

"Young Master Dongfang, I have come to pay a visit with Lord Yang of Thousand Forging City."

Upon hearing Xuan Jing's voice outside the courtyard gate, the murderous intent in Dongfang Canglang's eyes vanished, and he once again returned to his image as a gentle and amiable noble young master.

"Sect Master Xuan, please come in."

At the courtyard gate, when Dongfang Canglang saw Yang Rongtian entering with Xuanjing, his eyes lit up and he said indifferently, "I have long heard of Lord Yang's great name. He is the number one blacksmith in the Yan Dynasty. Even my father praised Lord Yang's blacksmithing skills."

"Young Master Dongfang, you flatter me. I am unworthy of such praise."

Yang Rongtian quickly replied, "I only asked the sect leader to introduce you to the Thousand Machines Sect after I heard that you were coming to the sect. It is my fault for disturbing your rest."

"Lord Yang, you're too kind."

Dongfang Canglang smiled and said, "Hongluan, serve tea."

After Xuanjing and Yang Rongtian took their seats, Hongluan stood to the side with her hands at her sides, but her eyes kept glancing at her young master.

In her opinion, the young master was definitely going to take action against Xiao Yan. As long as the young master made a move, even in Qianji City, no one could protect Xiao Yan.

But now the young master and Lord Yang are having a very pleasant conversation, and they haven't mentioned Xiao Yan at all.

Dongfang Canglang didn't forget about Xiao Yan; rather, he put Xiao Yan aside after meeting Yang Rongtian.

Compared to the weight of the Thousand Forged City Lord, Xiao Yan is insignificant.

If he could win Yang Rongtian's allegiance, his trip to the Thousand Machine Domain would have been worthwhile, and he would have gained far more than Jiang Yaoyan had won first place.

……

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The main hall of Dan Pavilion.

Gu Yunfeng did not sit in the seat of honor, but stood there, while a young man stood on one side of the hall.

"Master, Xiao Yan has been brought here."

"Well, you go down first."

Jiang Chen looked at his master standing in front of the steps and was a little puzzled. According to his master's personality, he should be sitting in a chair at this moment. Why was he still standing there?

And who is that young man? He looks very unfamiliar to me. Isn't he one of my senior brothers from the Pill Pavilion?

Since his master hadn't introduced him, he could only bow respectfully and leave.

"Xiao Yan, you have won first place in this alchemy competition. According to the rules, I will bestow upon you the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture and the Taiyi Azure Spirit Record for study. However, you only have one hour. After one hour, both of these techniques will self-immolate."

Gu Yunfeng was very direct, not even exaggerating Lin Chen's abilities or asking if Lin Chen wanted to join the Thousand Machines Sect. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't.

Who would have thought that Uncle-Master would personally appear for Xiao Yan's sake, and is now standing on one side of the main hall?

"Thank you, Pavilion Master Gu."

Lin Chen nodded and accepted the two jade slips that Gu Yunfeng flicked at him.

"Remember, you only have one hour. Both jade slips contain formations that will self-destruct after the time is up. Also, don't try to be clever and think you can memorize the techniques. You'll see when you observe them later that these two techniques cannot be memorized by brute force."

Gu Yunfeng reminded Xiao Yan again, then glanced at his uncle beside him. Seeing that his uncle was expressionless, he continued, "You can observe from here."

"it's here?"

Lin Chen was somewhat astonished. He had originally planned to take it back for observation, but he was afraid that his body might undergo some changes during the observation and comprehension process, especially with such strange phenomena. If it were in this hall, it might expose many of his secrets.

"Rest assured, this hall is protected by an array. Not even a sixth-level Innate Realm expert like myself could detect it with their divine sense. As the head of the Pill Pavilion, I assure you that no one outside the hall will know that you are comprehending the cultivation technique here."

Those outside the hall will not know, but I cannot guarantee what will happen to those inside.

Gu Yunfeng added in his mind, "There's nothing I can do; these are the words my martial uncle told me to say."

He didn't know why his martial uncle would say those words. The only explanation was that his martial uncle was quite familiar with Xiao Yan and knew that Xiao Yan was cautious and prudent. Or perhaps his martial uncle knew that Xiao Yan was hiding a secret and didn't want to expose it to others.

“I naturally trust the words of the Pavilion Master, and I will observe and comprehend them in this main hall.”

Hearing what the Pavilion Master of Dan Pavilion had to say, what else could Lin Chen say?
Furthermore, he believed that the esteemed Pavilion Master of the Thousand Machines Sect's Pill Pavilion was essentially acting as a guarantor for the sect, and therefore wouldn't deceive him.

"Never before has anyone studied both the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture and the Taiyi Azure Spirit Record at the same time. I hope you can gain some insight from them."

After saying this, Gu Yunfeng got up and left the main hall. As for when the young man disappeared, Lin Chen didn't even notice.

The entire spacious hall was now empty except for Lin Chen.

Looking at the two jade slips in his hand, Lin Chen's eyes flickered, but he did not hesitate for long. He directly put his divine sense into one of them. Since he had already decided to observe here, he could not hesitate any longer.

In fact, the current situation is much better than Lin Chen had imagined. Ever since he learned from Yin Yue that the Thousand Machines Sect might suspect him, he was afraid that after he won first place, the Thousand Machines Sect would not release him from these two techniques so easily, but would interrogate him. He had already thought about how to deal with this.

As a result, none of these countermeasures were used, and the Thousand Machine Sect remained completely unaware.

Lin Chen focused his mind and focused his divine sense into the jade slips. Three breaths later, he withdrew his divine sense, a resolute look in his eyes. The next moment, he crushed the two jade slips.

The two jade slips shattered and turned into powder, but before Lin Chen's eyes, two flowing, mysterious scrolls appeared in mid-air.

The scroll on the left is a nebula map, with nine swirling nebulae rotating around each other, resembling a painting from the depths of the universe, profound and full of mystery.

The scroll on the right is a diagram of the meridians of plants, with flowing blue-gold light among the branches and leaves, symbolizing endless life.

Two seemingly disparate scenes were now presented to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen finally understood why the Pavilion Master of the Pill Pavilion said that these two cultivation techniques could only be observed and not memorized. This was because there were no cultivation techniques or formulas. Whether one could comprehend anything depended on what one could learn from these two scrolls.

Lin Chen directed his vast divine soul to surge into the two scrolls, while at the same time, the myriad stars within his dantian were also constructing and reshaping the two scrolls.

Ever since he first used the Taixu Stone to upgrade the "Immortal Technique," he discovered that the stars within his soul could reconstruct the technique, which was much faster and more effective than deducing it himself. He continued to do this even later in the Tower of Babel.

The same applies now.

Within the dantian stars, the first thing to be reconstructed was the nine swirling nebula patterns—one, two… three…

The moment the nine vortex nebula diagram was reconstructed, Lin Chen realized that the stars in his soul had changed. The original stars were more like decorations in the sky, like a net of small lights. Although there were more stars, they did not move on their own.

However, the current Divine Soul Stars are like real stars, possessing their own unique trajectories...

The stars within the nine vortexes transformed into nine vortex nebulae, with the stars at the edge of each vortex both attracting and repelling each other…

……

In a corner of the main hall, a pair of eyes were fixed on Lin Chen. When they saw the nebula that appeared behind Lin Chen, their eyes were filled with shock.

"Copying the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture?"

Luo Changhe murmured to himself, "Only a hundred breaths have passed, and Lin Chen has already been able to copy the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture?"
As a powerful expert in the Myriad Manifestations Realm of the Thousand Machines Sect, Luo Changhe had also studied the Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Scripture. However, he did not follow the path of alchemy, so he did not delve too deeply into this path. But he was well aware of how difficult the Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Scripture was.

"No, this isn't a copy of the Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture. This nebula and this kid are one!"

Soon, Luo Changhe discovered an even more shocking fact: in his divine sense, this nebula was one with Lin Chen.

"It seems this is the real reason why this kid concealed his identity to compete for first place!"

By this point, Luo Changhe understood perfectly why Lin Chen had participated in the alchemy competition under the name Xiao Yan. It was probably for the sake of the "Nine Revolutions Primordial Scripture" and the "Taiyi Azure Spirit Record".

"What secrets do these two cultivation techniques hold? And Dongfang Canglang is also eyeing them..."

Luo Changhe's eyes flickered. He didn't take Dongfang Canglang seriously, but the person behind Dongfang Canglang... If Dongfang Canglang had that person's guidance, it was very likely that these two cultivation techniques contained a shocking secret, but neither the Myriad Manifestations Sect nor the Medicine King Valley knew about it.

……

Stars condense into nebulae!

Lin Chen made good progress on this step, but he ran into trouble when reconstructing the meridian diagram of plants. The trajectories of the stars were moving on their own, and even if he moved the stars one moment, he would be pulled back by the nebula vortex the next.

"The reminder to race against time is absolutely correct. These two techniques originate from the same source, but what exactly is the mystery of the Taiyi Qingling Record?"

"By studying the 'Nine Revolutions Azure Spirit Record,' there is a chance to comprehend the extraordinary phenomena of a martial soul... extraordinary phenomena..."

Lin Chen repeated the prompt "Seize every second" in his mind. The next moment, his eyes lit up. What he actually needed was not to comprehend the "Taiyi Qingling Record". His focus was on the martial soul phenomenon.

The moon rises over the sea!
How should the bright moon rise?

In the soul, the bright moon hangs among the stars...

Perhaps I took the wrong path from the very beginning.

With a sudden realization, Lin Chen's immense divine soul began to fluctuate, and the bright moon hanging in the center of the stars began to slowly descend, getting closer and closer to the sea surface, until finally it sank directly into the seabed.

The bright moon sinks into the sea!

The terrifying martial will from the seabed crashed madly towards the bright moon at this moment. In just a moment, Lin Chen's face turned pale, and his aura began to become unstable.

"What is this kid doing?"

Seeing Lin Chen's sudden change, Luo Changhe frowned, his spiritual energy becoming chaotic—a sign of demonic possession.

Once one goes astray in the three realms of innate cultivation, it is highly likely that the foundation of one's soul will be damaged. Even if one can recover in the future, the possibility of stepping into the myriad realms will be cut off.

Just as Luo Changhe was contemplating whether to awaken Lin Chen, Lin Chen's previously dissipated aura suddenly became solemn. Luo Changhe's fingers paused in mid-air, and then... he witnessed a scene that shocked him.

P.S.: I went out with my wife for Qixi Festival today. We queued for three hours just to eat, which was ridiculous. I apologize for the late update. Happy Qixi Festival everyone! It's the last day of the month, so don't save your monthly tickets.

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