Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 554 Being entrusted by others and being loyal

boom!
A fire dragon roared in, its terrifying flames distorting the very space around it. Lin Chen flicked his finger, sending out a gust of wind that instantly cleaved the fire dragon in two.

But Lin Chen didn't stop there. He flicked his fingers several more times, and the fire dragons that were attacking from the surrounding area also dissipated.

"Six fire dragons appeared as soon as I landed."

Lin Chen looked around and saw fireballs floating in the air everywhere. The six fire dragons were the result of these fireballs sensing him and launching an attack.

Lin Chen had heard Zhao Haoyang mention the dangers of the Sacred Flame Realm before he entered, but it shouldn't be this dangerous.

The Sacred Flame Realm is vast, and everyone who enters is teleported to a different location. But no matter where they are teleported, according to Zhao Haoyang, as long as they have reached the second level of the Innate Realm, they can still handle it.

However, the power of each of those six fire dragons was no less than that of a second-stage Innate Realm cultivator. If it were an ordinary second-stage Innate Realm cultivator, they might not be able to handle it if caught off guard.

"Could this be the reason why those disciples from the Sacred Flame Realm haven't returned yet?"

Lin Chen pondered, but then dismissed the idea. Even if the second level of the Innate Realm was difficult to deal with, it wouldn't necessarily lead to death. Moreover, the disciples who entered the Myriad Fire Sect were at least at the second level of the Innate Realm, but that didn't mean they were all at the second level. There were also quite a few disciples at the third level of the Innate Realm.

As a super sect, the Wanhuo Sect has about ten disciples under the age of thirty who are at the Innate Realm Level 3.

These disciples wouldn't encounter a crisis as soon as they entered, so something else must have happened in the Sacred Flame Realm.

Just as Lin Chen was pondering, he suddenly turned around and reached out to the left. In the air on the left, a wisp of green light struggled in his palm, and as the green light struggled, flames engulfed Lin Chen's hand.

Unfortunately, the flames failed to cause Lin Chen the slightest harm.

A few breaths later, the flames dissipated, and Lin Chen looked at the green glass bead in his palm, where waves of fire were flowing.

Fire Source Pearl.

A treasure unique to the Sacred Fire Realm, born from the fire spirit.

Fire spirits are a special kind of existence, which are more advanced than ordinary flames, but are still some distance away from becoming innate flames.

To use the description of fire spirits from the Myriad Fire Sect: Not all fire spirits can become innate fire, but all innate fires are grown from fire spirits.

This item is used to upgrade the rank of innate fire, and it is also one of the main treasures recently acquired by the disciples of the Myriad Fire Sect.

There are only two ways to increase the power of the innate fire. One is for the innate fire to absorb the energy of heaven and earth and grow on its own, but this path takes a hundred years, enough to kill a martial artist.

Another path is to provide energy to the innate fire, such as allowing the innate fire to devour innate fires weaker than itself. However, this path is risky, and innate fires are extremely precious. Even the Myriad Fires Sect cannot use one innate fire to feed another.

Therefore, the Fire Source Bead, which can upgrade the grade of the Innate Fire, is extremely precious.

One hundred Fire Source Pearls can increase the power of a primordial fire by one level.

However, for Lin Chen, if he wanted to increase the power of his innate fire by one level, he would need a thousand fire source beads.

Because it is not a single innate fire, but a new innate fire formed by the fusion of four innate fires, its power is inherently stronger than that of a single innate fire, making it even more difficult to advance.

After carefully storing the Fire Source Pearl, Lin Chen chose a direction and began to move forward.

Lin Chen did not slow down his speed within the fireball, nor did he make a special effort to collect the fire source beads.

It wasn't that he didn't want the Fire Source Pearl, but rather it stemmed from his principles as a person.

Elder Zhuang claimed that he was able to enter the Sacred Flame Realm because he came in to find the whereabouts of the disciples of the Myriad Flames Sect. However, as the saying goes, one should be loyal to one's duty when entrusted with a task.

Elder Zhuang has been kind to me, so I can't let Elder Zhuang be in a difficult position.

First, find the whereabouts of the Wanhuo Sect disciples, then consider your own interests.

One day, two days...

For five consecutive days, Lin Chen traveled on foot but still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Wanhuo Sect disciples. On the contrary, he collected more than thirty Fire Source Pearls.

These were all things he captured and refined by the fire spirits that attacked him during his journey.

"Did I go the wrong way?"

After five days without finding any trace of the Holy Flame Realm disciples, Lin Chen was considering whether to change direction. However, just as he was pondering, his eyes suddenly turned to the left front.

……

"Junior brother, you go first, I'll hold off these beasts!"

"Senior brother, you go ahead, I'll take care of it."

The two youths were fleeing frantically, pursued by five or six fire dragons. Their clothes were tattered, and the fire dragons were closing in on them. At this rate, they would be overtaken by the fire dragons soon.

To survive, the only option is for one person to stay behind and hold off the fire dragons.

“Senior brother, you are stronger than me and have a better chance of escaping. Only by telling the elders about the situation within the Holy Flame Realm can the other brothers be saved.”

The young man, who was called senior brother, gritted his teeth upon hearing this. He knew that his junior brother was right. His junior brother was at the second level of the Innate Realm. Even if he had temporarily escaped the crisis, he might not be able to get out. But he simply couldn't bear to abandon his junior brother.

"Senior brother, don't forget your other fellow disciples!"

Upon hearing his junior brother's words, the young man trembled. He and his junior brother carried the hopes of their fellow disciples.

"Junior brother, take care!"

The young man took a deep look at his junior brother, and finally stopped hesitating. His figure transformed into a rainbow light and was about to head forward. However, before he could fly ten feet, a wall of fire appeared and blocked his way.

Not just one wall, but the other three walls also appeared, completely sealing off this space.

"You can't escape!"

Seeing the wall of fire, the young man's face showed despair. He looked back at his junior brother and saw the same expression in his brother's eyes.

Back then, they witnessed several of their senior brothers being trapped in this wall of fire and ultimately losing their lives within it.

“Junior brother, it’s my fault for being useless. Master asked me to take care of you in the Sacred Flame Realm, but I failed to do so.”

The young man stopped running away and returned to his junior brother's side. Thinking of his master's instructions before entering the Sacred Flame Realm, he looked ashamed.

"How can you blame Senior Brother? Such a change in the Sacred Flame Realm was something no one could have imagined. Even Senior Brother Chen has perished."

The junior brother shook his head. Even a top expert like Senior Brother Chen, who was among the best in the three realms of the Innate Realm, couldn't survive. How much less could his own senior brother, who had only recently entered the three realms of the Innate Realm, survive?

"Senior brother, can I ask you for a favor?"

"what's up?"

"Send me on my way before the wall of fire arrives; I do not wish to endure the agony of being burned alive."

The man had already witnessed how painful it was to be burned by the flames in the Sacred Fire Realm. Those senior brothers who had refined the innate fire and could grit their teeth to endure the pain caused by the innate fire wreaking havoc in their bodies all let out miserable howls after being burned by the wall of fire.

He didn't want to endure this pain.

"it is good."

After a long pause, Zhang Qing quietly agreed, and at that moment the wall of fire was only ten feet away from them.

"Junior brother!"

"Brother!"

Just as the two brothers were gazing deeply into each other's eyes, a voice rang out.

"Excuse me, are you two disciples of the Myriad Fire Sect?"

Upon hearing the sound, Zhang Qing immediately looked to his right, only to find that the wall of fire on the right had disappeared at some point, and a young man was standing there.

"You are Lin... Lin Chen?"

Upon seeing the young man's face clearly, Zhang Qing blurted out.

"Yes, that's me."

Lin Chen nodded and then explained, "The Wanhuo Sect disciples who have entered the Sacred Flame Realm haven't come out for so long. I was entrusted by your sect's elders to come in and check on the situation."

Hearing Lin Chen's explanation, Zhang Qing suddenly understood. He naturally recognized Lin Chen; he had been watching Lin Chen's battle with Zhao Haoyang from the audience and vividly remembered Lin Chen's appearance. The reason he had hesitated earlier was simply because this was the Sacred Flame Realm, and Lin Chen was not a sect disciple, so it was impossible for him to be here under normal circumstances. But now, after hearing Lin Chen's explanation, he understood.

Lin Chen was worried about his fellow disciples who had been in the Sacred Flame Realm for so long, so the sect elders allowed him in.

As for why Lin Chen was chosen, it was because of his strength and ability to refine innate fire.

"Brother Lin..."

Let me deal with these firewalls first.

Lin Chen interrupted Zhang Qing, flicked his finger, and the innate fire within his body burst forth, splitting into three and shooting towards the other three walls of fire, quickly consuming all the flames of those three walls.

Seeing Lin Chen so easily destroy the wall of fire, Zhang Qing and his fellow apprentices were overjoyed. The stronger Lin Chen was, the greater their chances of being rescued.

"Now you can tell me what happened to you here."

“This time, a powerful innate fire has revived in the Sacred Flame Realm, and it’s not just one; many of my fellow disciples have lost their lives…”

Since the elders had allowed Lin Chen to come in, Zhang Qing did not hide what had happened to them.

Before the Sacred Flame Realm opened, a total of one hundred disciples entered it. When they first entered, the disciples of the Myriad Flames Sect were overjoyed because the number of fire spirits in their Sacred Flame Realm was more than their elders had told them.

The hundred disciples were divided into teams of ten to hunt down these fire spirits. In less than a month, each of them had an average of ten or so fire source beads, whereas in previous years, they would have had at most three or four.

But this joy lasted only a month. A powerful innate fire appeared, and a group of disciples were directly devoured by this innate fire. The remaining disciples tried to leave, only to find that there was also a terrifying innate fire behind them.

Caught between two forces, all the Wanhuo Sect disciples could only flee in other directions. They discovered that there were not just two, but nearly ten, of these terrifying innate flames. In the end, Zhang Qing and the others had no choice but to gather together and use the fire-repelling items given to them by the sect elders to block these innate flames.

However, these fire-resistant items could not last forever. In order not to sit and wait for death, Zhang Qing and his junior brother escaped the encirclement of the innate fire under the cover of other fellow disciples. They planned to go to the exit as soon as possible to spread the news and let the sect elders find a way to deal with everyone.

Once inside the Sacred Flame Realm, the teleportation location is not fixed, but it has a unique characteristic: those who enter within a quarter of an hour will be teleported to the same area, no more than a thousand feet apart, and the exit is also located in this area.

Lin Chen understood that Zhang Qing and the others had entered at the same time and appeared in the same area. They then split into small teams to hunt down fire spirits, but encountered powerful innate fire. They tried to escape back to the exit, but the innate fire blocked their retreat. Now they are barely holding on with the help of some fire-avoiding treasures.

"Brother Lin, I hope you can inform my sect elder about the situation in the Sacred Flame Realm."

Zhang Qing clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lin Chen, who looked at him with some confusion: "What do you mean by that?"

“Brother Lin, those few innate flames are very powerful, and we are still two days away from the exit. I’m afraid my fellow disciples won’t be able to hold on, so I need to go back and help them. Please take my junior brother with you.”

In Zhang Qing's view, although Lin Chen showed great strength, those few innate flames were even stronger. If he were Lin Chen, knowing the situation here, he would not stay here any longer. As long as he could get the news out, the sect elders would definitely reward him handsomely.

Of course, he could also conceal the power of those few innate flames and have Lin Chen find the other fellow disciples to buy time, but doing so would only provoke Lin Chen's dissatisfaction.

If I go back myself, the extra person can help us hold on for a few more days.

"Senior brother, if you're going to leave, then..."

"Junior brother!"

Seeing his junior brother's anxious look, Zhang Qing interrupted him with a stern face: "Master has said that your talent is higher than mine, and you will go further on the path of martial arts than me in the future. You should get out alive. Originally, I was worried that you would not be able to get out alone, but now that Brother Lin is with you, there should be no problem for you to get out."

Junior Brother Zhang Qing fell silent upon hearing this.

Lin Chen looked at Zhang Qing and his junior brother with some surprise. The two brothers were very close. Usually, even brothers from the same sect would prioritize their own safety in this situation.

"No need. After you tell me the location of the others who are trapped, you and your fellow disciples can all leave."

Although the deep brotherhood between the two was touching, Lin Chen didn't want to waste time and interrupted them directly.

"Brother Lin?"

Zhang Qing looked at Lin Chen with some surprise. He didn't believe that Lin Chen was unaware of the danger involved. If it were just an ordinary innate fire, so many of his fellow disciples wouldn't have been trapped.

"I promised Elder Zhuang that I would do my duty to fulfill his request."

Seeing that Zhang Qing was about to speak again, Lin Chen interrupted him once more: "Don't waste time. The sooner I get there, the sooner your fellow disciples can receive support."

"Thank you, Brother Lin. After I leave, I will definitely tell the sect leader and elders exactly what you said."

Lin Chen had already said this much, so Zhang Qing stopped beating around the bush. After telling Lin Chen the direction in which the other disciples were trapped, he bowed deeply to Lin Chen, and his junior brother Zhang Qing followed suit.

"Take care, Brother Lin."

"You should also be careful."

After giving instructions to Zhang Qing and his fellow disciples, Lin Chen flashed and transformed into a streak of rainbow light, heading in the direction Zhang Qing had pointed.

"Senior brother, I never expected Lin Chen to be like this..."

"This is a true gentleman." Zhang Qing looked in the direction Lin Chen had left, his eyes filled with admiration.

If he were Lin Chen, upon learning of the situation within the Sacred Flame Realm, he wouldn't choose to put himself in danger.

“Let’s go. Since Brother Lin has taken the risk for us, my fellow disciple and I must also spread the news.”

……

……

Within the Sacred Flame Realm, Lin Chen unleashed his speed to the limit, becoming 30% faster than before. After three hours, Lin Chen slowed down, as he had already discovered the disciples of the Myriad Flames Sect.

In a canyon, dozens of Wanhuo Sect disciples sat cross-legged. The entire canyon was shrouded in a light barrier, and at this moment, these Wanhuo Sect disciples were continuously injecting their innate energy into the golden beads floating in their mouths.

boom!
A massive azure fire dragon slammed into the light barrier, causing it to sway and the Wanhuo Sect disciples inside to shake, but they managed to hold on.

At the mouth of the canyon, three fire dragons, each as tall as a small mountain, coiled up, their six pairs of dragon eyes staring fiercely at the Wanhuo Sect disciples inside the light barrier.

Just as Lin Chen sensed the situation in the canyon, the three fire dragons coiled there suddenly turned around and looked in Lin Chen's direction.

It was discovered!

Since it is innate fire, its perception is extremely keen.

Now that he had been discovered, Lin Chen made no attempt to conceal himself. He unleashed his full aura and shouted, "Fellow disciples of the Myriad Flames Sect, I'm here to help you!"

The Wanhuo Sect disciples, who had been forcibly holding on, all turned their gazes forward upon hearing the sound, and then witnessed a scene that shocked them.

In their sight, a young man flicked his finger and shot out three flames. The three flames were aimed at the three coiled fire dragons. Although the flames were small, they suddenly turned into a huge wave just before they reached the three fire dragons, instantly swallowing the three fire dragons. The Azure Dragon, which was originally attacking the light barrier, actually abandoned its attack and ran directly to the back of the canyon.

However, although the Azure Dragon was fast, the young man was even faster. In a flash, he appeared above the Azure Dragon, reached out and grabbed its throat. The Azure Dragon, which had left everyone helpless, couldn't even survive a single move in the young man's hands.

"too strong!"

"Who is this person?"

Are there any senior brothers under the age of thirty in the sect who are this powerful?
All the disciples of the Ten Thousand Fires Sect fell silent, feeling both joy at being saved and shame.

So many of us are no match for just one person.

"I...I think I know who this is?"

After a while, one of the disciples spoke up.

"who is it?"

"Lin Chen of the Canglan Sect".

Someone recognized Lin Chen, and as soon as this person said this, the others at the scene also saw Lin Chen's appearance clearly and confirmed his identity.

"If that's the case, then it makes sense."

Many disciples of the Myriad Fire Sect were able to accept Lin Chen's identity, since he had demonstrated an amazing talent for refining innate fire when he first came to the sect, and had already reached the peak of the third realm of innate fire when he broke through the Tower of Heaven more than two years ago.

In the sky, Lin Chen frantically absorbed the energy of the Azure Dragon. As the Azure Dragon's body shrank until it became transparent, a roar suddenly came from the depths of the Sacred Fire Realm.

The entire earth shook violently.

Li You, who was in another part of the Sacred Flame Realm, heard the roar and his face showed excitement.

(End of this chapter)