At the same time, traveling through time, starting from subverting the war at the top

Chapter 252 Xiao Yan really wanted to become stronger.

Lin Mo raised his right hand and stretched it straight towards the light barrier, reaching into the bookshelf without any hindrance, and took out the four wooden boxes one by one.

Lin Mo looked at the four slightly antique wooden boxes in his hands and opened them one by one.

Inside the first wooden box were two silver scrolls.

The scroll is made of a rather peculiar material, resembling a strange crystal. On its surface, there are even tiny electric lights that move around like silver snakes.

Upon seeing the scroll's impressive appearance, Lin Mo's eyes flashed with surprise. He then took it out and slowly unfurled it.

"Thunder Strike Technique, Mid-Level Earth Rank, Thunder Attribute Technique"

Upon reading the description on the scroll, Lin Mo's surprise deepened. Lightning-attribute techniques were already quite rare, especially high-level ones, which were even harder to find. He never expected to encounter one here.

The other silver scroll in the wooden box contains a set of combat techniques that complement this skill.

Mid-level Earth-rank combat skill: Thunder Technique of Awakening of Insects.

In the second wooden box, a crimson scroll lay quietly.

It is the Flame Manipulation Technique.

Lin Mo picked up the scroll and slowly unfurled it, revealing the three fiery red characters "Nongyan Jue" (弄炎决).

Following these three large characters, there is another large character in a particularly bright red color.

"real!"

That's right, this scroll is the Flame-Making Technique, an improved version by the Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Lin Mo looked up at the scroll, where a line of text was written at the beginning.

"This Flame Manipulation Technique is the result of my years of painstaking improvement. Although the previous Flame Manipulation Technique was powerful, it required at least three people to cultivate it in order to condense a 'pseudo-different flame,' and each condensation required a considerable price."

However, this method is superior; even when cultivated alone, one can successfully condense a 'pseudo-different fire.' Moreover, its power far surpasses the former, and its side effects are greatly reduced. Although the condensation method is more complicated, these are negligible flaws compared to the gains.

The original Flame Manipulation Technique not only required three people to practice together, but also had ridiculously severe side effects.

The fact that the old demon was able to improve and perfect it shows that he is indeed very capable.

However, Lin Mo also believed that he had a serious illness. No wonder the two elders, who were his contemporaries, had already reached the peak of the Dou Zong realm, far surpassing him, while he was still only a seven-star Dou Zong.

So it turns out that all these years, he hasn't spent his time on the right things.

The last two wooden boxes contained a fist-sized, fiery red, perfectly round bead. The bead contained a rather violent and enormous fire attribute energy, which was a seventh-order fire attribute magic core.

A seventh-tier magical beast is equivalent to a Dou Zong level. The magical core formed inside a magical beast of this strength is extremely valuable.

Because magical beasts of this level possess intelligence comparable to humans, if truly driven to a dead end, they would rather self-destruct their magic cores than allow their enemies to succeed. Therefore, very few people are able to obtain magic cores of this level.

In the last box was a seemingly ordinary bamboo scroll, which turned out to be the method for crafting the Heavenly Demon Puppet.

For Lin Mo now, with the Five-Wheel Fire Control Technique, which is clearly a higher-level fire control technique, the Flame Manipulation Technique is not so important.

For Lin Mo, the most important thing was actually the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method in his hand.

You should know that this thing can be used as a reference for puppetry techniques in the mortal world, and Lin Mo may be able to forge a new path with it.

Thinking of this, a faint smile of joy crossed Lin Mo's face.

"What brings you here? Didn't you find the cultivation techniques or fighting skills you wanted in the treasure vault?" Lin Mo suddenly turned around, looked at Xiao Yan, and said with a smile.

Xiao Yan, who had followed Lin Mo all the way to the depths of the treasure vault, quickly bowed and said, "Elder Lin." Lin Mo looked at Xiao Yan, nodded, and said, "That's right. With Elder Yao here, you don't need to use ordinary cultivation techniques and fighting skills."

"By the way, I promised Elder Yao that I would find you a strange fire, and I have now found it."

"Really?!" Upon hearing the news of the strange fire, Xiao Yan exclaimed excitedly.

"Don't rush to be happy."

Lin Mo glanced at Xiao Yan and immediately poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

“That strange flame is the Fallen Heart Flame. I have already given it to Elder Su Qian. As a student of Canaan Academy, you should know the importance of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to the academy.”

Xiao Yan immediately came to his senses.

"Of course, you don't need to be too pessimistic. At least you now know about the existence of a strange flame. Whether it will be successful in the end depends on you and your master negotiating with the academy yourselves."

The negotiation process will be difficult because it is completely different from the original story.

While the Fallen Heart Flame previously brought various benefits to Canaan Academy, it was also a major hidden danger. If the Fallen Heart Flame were to fully erupt, the entire inner academy would be destroyed.

This is why Lin Mo became a hero after taking the Fallen Heart Flame.

Currently, this Fallen Heart Flame is still in its infancy. As long as there are elders in the inner courtyard who practice fire-attribute techniques to continuously infuse it with battle qi, the heart flame it provides can still enable the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to function again.

After being nurtured by the inner courtyard, it will no longer be resistant to the inner courtyard, which means that the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower can be opened permanently without any hidden dangers.

If Xiao Yan were to ask for it again, it would be tantamount to stealing a treasure.

“Young friend, this is different from what we initially said.” The old apothecary couldn’t help but reveal himself and speak up.

"I only promised you that I would help Xiao Yan find a different kind of flame, but I didn't promise anything else," Lin Mo said with a smile.

Seeing that Xiao Yan and Yao Lao remained silent, Lin Mo spoke up: "There's nothing we can't talk about. As long as the price you pay is high enough, I believe the academy won't refuse."

"Of course, the Grand Elder probably can't make the decision on this matter. Elder Yao will have to talk to the Dean, since he was the one who sealed and suppressed the Fallen Heart Flame in the first place."

For Yao Lao and Xiao Yan, this was the only way.

This also means that they will not be able to obtain this strange fire in the short term, but as Lin Mo said, they finally have something to look forward to now.

Lin Mo then asked, "Xiao Yan, do you possess multiple beast flames simultaneously?"

As Xiao Yan nodded, he opened his hands, and two flames, one blue and one black, rose from his palms.

"Both the Firefly and the Tiger Flame are from sixth-tier magical beasts, which my teacher helped me obtain."

Lin Mo said, "I have a fire control technique that can fuse three kinds of beast fire to generate a flame that is no weaker than a strange fire."

While beast fire is equally precious, it is far easier to obtain than strange fire.

If you're lucky, you might even run into one at an auction.

Therefore, after hearing what Lin Mo said, Xiao Yan's breathing became rapid involuntarily.

"Elder Lin, could you teach me this fire control technique?"

Xiao Yan desperately wanted to become stronger.

(End of this chapter)