Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

After a hundred breaths.

Having crossed a mountain range, Lin Chen spoke softly to the little girl in his arms, ”Little one, hold on tight to me, don’t be afraid.”

As soon as he finished speaking, golden wings appeared on Lin Chen’s shoulders, with flames dancing upon them.

Whoosh!

Lin Chen’s figure transformed into a golden light, his speed several times faster than before. The little girl in his arms saw the golden wings on his shoulders and a look of contemplation appeared in her eyes.

Ten breaths, a hundred breaths, a quarter-hour...

Lin Chen changed direction multiple times, while the little girl in his arms remained silent from beginning to end, quiet as a doll.

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In less than a quarter-hour, at the place where Lin Chen exhibited the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, the figure of the giant Da appeared, with multiple cracks on his body and holding the head of an old woman with white hair.

”Damn it, there’s no trace of life.”

Feeling the surroundings for a moment, Da showed surprise in his eyes; the martial artists from the Canglan Sect disappeared completely here.

Innate Martial Artists, using their full power to camouflage themselves, will leave traces as Innate Power tears through the surrounding world. Normally, martial artists can’t detect it, but his tribe just happened to have a secret tracking technique.

But now the technique couldn’t discover any trace of the opponent’s escape. Only two possibilities: either the opponent didn’t use Innate Power to escape, but Da didn’t believe this person would leisurely escape with the lady, knowing he would free himself in a quarter-hour.

So there’s only the other possibility, that this person is hiding nearby.

Da’s figure disappeared on the spot, but half an hour later, he returned, his face extremely grim, while the head of the old woman in his hand, her eyes were wide open, and her rigid mouth seemed to sketch some sort of mocking intent.

”Canglan Sect!”

Da’s roar of fury echoed across the land.

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In the Red Dust Domain, the three Yu brothers met secretly in a city.

”Second brother, send a message to the family, tell everyone to hide.”

”Elder brother, why do we need to have our family hide? We’re just responsible for escorting, the rest is none of our business.”

Yu Xingshun was a bit puzzled. It was Gu Fei of the Canglan Sect who took the little girl on the flying ship, it had nothing to do with the Yu family.

”If that giant can capture Gu Fei, there’s no problem, but Gu Fei has hidden his strength for months and is cautious. Since he dares to take the little girl, he’s confident he won’t be caught by the giant.”

Yu Xingyao spoke solemnly, ”What if the giant can’t catch Gu Fei?”

Upon hearing this, Yu Xingshun and Yu Xing’an’s expressions changed instantly, immediately realizing their elder brother’s concern.

If that giant couldn’t find Gu Fei, he wouldn’t really ask the Canglan Sect for the person, so he would come to the Yu family to gather information about Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was invited by them; the forces behind the giant would surely find the three brothers for information about Gu Fei.

Origin, destination...

As for whether they would harm the three brothers if they answered truthfully?

Entrusting their lives to others, betting on their kindness?

”Alright, I’ll send a message home right away.”

”Third brother, you’ll separate from us and follow our contingency plan from years ago.”

Yu Xing’an, hearing this, also grew serious, but still nodded solemnly. The contingency plan was set by their father, a strategy to deal with crises threatening the family’s survival.

With the highest talent in the family, he would now completely go into hiding, cutting off all ties with the family.

This period could last ten years or even longer...

”Take all these Innate Stones with you as well, remember... don’t show too much curiosity in matters unrelated to you.”

Yu Xingyao sternly advised. The third brother had good talent in the Martial Path, but had always followed him and the second brother, and had never faced danger, often acting in a way that could easily bring him trouble.

”Elder brother, don’t worry, I know what to do; I won’t bring trouble upon myself.”

Yu Xing’an nodded seriously; the family was in danger, and all hope was pinned upon him. He wouldn’t repeat his past mistakes.

”Find a safe city; these thousand Innate Stones are enough for you to cultivate for several years.”

”I’m planning to...”

”Don’t tell me or the second brother where you’re going, just keep it to yourself.”

Yu Xingyao interrupted his third brother’s words; his younger brother still hadn’t realized how severe the crisis was for the Yu family.

The Yama Hall lost eight assassins, although all died by Gu Fei’s hands, with the Hall’s vengeful nature, they might also target the Yu family.

And then there’s the mysterious tribe; the information revealed through their speech was too enigmatic. If they wanted to keep the changes within their tribe a secret, they might also resort to silencing witnesses.

Furthermore, they might use methods to extract the third brother’s whereabouts from him and the second brother, but as long as neither knew the third brother’s destination, there’s no method that would work.

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Zhaoran City.

A medium-sized city in the Red Dust Domain, a fifty-year-old man drove a carriage slowly into the city.

The soldier in charge of guarding the gate nodded slightly after looking at the man and then let him pass.

”Head, this person seems to be quite strong?”

”A Second Grade Martial Artist, what do you think?”

”An Upper-Grade Martial Artist, though he seems somewhat unfamiliar, probably not from our Zhaoran City.”

”Why bother about such things, we just need to enforce the City Lord’s rules. Upper-Grade Martial Artists don’t have to pay an entry fee.”

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The conversation between the soldier and his subordinate, though not loud, clearly reached Lin Chen’s ears as he entered the city.

This time, he used the Azure Wave Transformation Technique to alter his appearance, changing himself into a middle-aged man in his fifties.

His appearance held some resemblance to his previous look, but without close inspection, it was indistinguishable.

This was a flaw of the Azure Wave Transformation Technique, a common flaw in all shape and appearance-changing cultivation techniques of the Flame Dynasty’s Martial Path.

No cultivation technique can allow someone to change their appearance arbitrarily; most enable only minor adjustments. For Lin Chen, he could at most change to look fifty years old, any older would require other means of disguise.

As for his realm, Lin Chen suppressed it to the Second Grade Realm. This realm allowed him to avoid some unnecessary trouble without drawing too much attention.

Just like when entering the city, Upper-Grade Martial Artists are not subject to soldier inspections, but those at the Innate Realm would leave a strong impression on these soldiers.

There are quite a few Innate Martial Artists in the Flame Dynasty, but that’s built on a vast number of martial artists. The Flame Dynasty still mostly consists of Grade-Entering Martial Artists, and Upper Grade is just the lifetime limit for ordinary martial artists with average talent.

In the city, Lin Chen found an inn, parked the carriage properly, and led the veiled girl into a room.

Releasing his divine thought to ensure the entire inn had no Innate Martial Artists and nobody could eavesdrop on their conversation, Lin Chen then looked directly at the girl in front of him.

”The granny instructed me to take you away, offering a reward of three thousand Innate Stones and a Void Stone. Now you are already safe.”

The girl, hearing Lin Chen’s words, removed her veil, revealing an exquisite yet bloodless white face.

The girl seemed about seven or eight years old, with fair and cool skin, her eyes calm as a deep pool, her long silver eyelashes casting a small frosty shadow under her eyes, showing no trace of childish innocence.

Lin Chen has a cousin, Xi’Er, whose temperament is worlds apart from this girl.

This girl gives the impression of a crescent moon suspended lonely atop a snowy peak—distant, transparent, and untouchable.

”What Ying Po promised you, I will give you.” The girl looked at Lin Chen, her voice carrying aloofness: ”You didn’t inquire about my background because you don’t want to get involved and want to leave with the reward, so your identity should be fake.”

Even when presenting her assumptions, the girl’s eyes remained emotionless, as if reciting a written document.

The girl took out a Seven-Colored Jade Box from her bosom, and Lin Chen’s mouth twitched at the sight of this jade box.

According to what the second senior brother told him, the Hundred Objects Box crafted by the Thousand Mechanism Sect is pure black, the Thousand Objects Box is black and white, while the Box of All Things is a Tri-Colored Jade Box.

A Seven-Colored Jade Box, what level is this?

With the family background of the second senior brother and third senior brother, both princes of the dynasty, they have seen numerous fine items. Even if they haven’t seen some rare ones, they should have heard of them.

Yet, neither the second senior brother nor the third spoke of this Seven-Colored Jade Box, showing how rare it is.

The girl’s hand caressed the jade box, and the next moment the box lit up, a beam of light shooting from it, casting onto the ground.

Within that beam of light appeared Innate Stones, stacking up to half a man’s height at the end.

Three thousand Innate Stones!

After piling the stones, the girl placed her hand again on the jade box, rubbing it once more. A new light fell on the table, and soon a treasure box appeared on the tabletop as well.

”This treasure box contains the Void Stone. You can check it first.”

The girl calmly watched Lin Chen, who did not hesitate, placing all the Innate Stones into his Hundred Objects Box. Three thousand Innate Stones filled the Hundred Objects Box to its capacity.

The capacity of the Hundred Objects Box is only one thousand liters, thus, three thousand Innate Stones nearly filled the entire box.

After securing the Innate Stones, Lin Chen picked up the box on the table and opened the lid, revealing a transparent stone inside, exuding a unique aura.

This is the Void Stone?

He had never seen a Void Stone nor knew what it was like, but the girl didn’t seem to be lying about it.

”The Void Stone is the most peculiar Divine Stone of the heavens and earth, just by holding it and circulating the cultivation technique, the Void Stone will modify it to attain perfection.”

The girl seemed to know what Lin Chen was thinking and explained: ”The ancestor of the Canglan Sect, back then, created the Azure Wave Technique using the Void Stone.”

”Thank you for the guidance.”

Lin Chen nodded, with the girl speaking so openly, there was no need for doubt.

”Everything Ying Po promised you, I have given you. Now I am ready to discuss a new transaction with you.”