Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

”Could it be that the Cyan Li True Flame broke the seal?”

”It shouldn’t be. The Treasure Pagoda was personally built by the Ten Thousand Flames Sect and sealed by the elders of the Thousand Mechanism Sect. The Cyan Li True Flame’s spirit was sealed, leaving only the instinct of the flame. There’s no such thing as breaking the seal.”

Just as several elders were speculating, the body of the tower suddenly shook violently. The array light that sealed the entire Fire Storage Pagoda flashed urgently, flickering on and off.

Rumble!

In just a few breaths, the tower’s tip toppled, and a terrifying surge of energy poured out from inside the tower, first hitting the alchemy rooms surrounding the tower body. In the blink of an eye, these rooms collapsed under the terrifying energy surge, and silhouettes fled before the stone chambers fell apart.

”Damn it, I was doing alchemy just fine, so why did the alchemy room suddenly collapse?”

”It’s not just the collapse of the alchemy room that matters; now something major is going to happen.”

There was a trembling voice from an alchemist, and as others escaped the scene and saw the spectacle before them, their mouths gaped in dead silence.

The entire Fire Storage Pagoda was enveloped in cyan flames, completely transformed into a Fire Pagoda.

”The Cyan Li True Flame has broken the seal. Everyone, step back!”

The elders’ faces looked exceedingly grim. At this moment, they confirmed that the Cyan Li True Flame had indeed broken the seal. Although they didn’t know why the Cyan Li True Flame broke the seal in good condition, now was not the time to ponder this issue.

This is a Cyan Li True Flame condensing from three strands of Innate Fire, and it’s in the center of Hundred Refinements City. If left to spread, the entire Hundred Refinements City might turn to ash.

”We must block it until others arrive!”

Hundred Refinements City, as one of the prominent cities in the Thousand Mechanism Domain, has Fifth Realm Innate experts within. They needed to buy time.

However, as the three elders were about to act, the cyan flame suddenly contracted underground, and the original pagoda completely turned to ash.

On the ground of the pagoda, there’s a large hole. As the cyan flame withdrew into the hole, the temperature inside the courtyard instantly dropped. The elders exchanged glances but did not act rashly.

”It actually ran away; this Cyan Li True Flame is truly peculiar!”

A middle-aged man appeared at the mouth of the hole, looking at the surging magma below, his brows slightly furrowed. His Divine Thought could perceive that below was simply magma, with no trace of the Cyan Li True Flame.

After a while, the man turned back to the crowd behind him, ”What exactly happened here?”

”Lord Zhao, we don’t know either. I was doing alchemy properly, when the pill furnace suddenly exploded, then the flame outlet emerged with cyan flames that swallowed the entire alchemy room.”

”Yes, I had a similar experience!”

The alchemists coming out from the alchemy room spoke up one after another. Zhao Ge’s eyes scanned the group, among these alchemists, the strongest was only Third Realm Innate, and the array left by the Thousand Mechanism Sect could not be broken even by Sixth Realm Innate martial artists.

So, has the Cyan Li True Flame been slowly consuming the array over the years, just happening to succeed at this point?

This possibility was considerable, because after the Cyan Li True Flame broke the seal, it didn’t choose to destroy and consume, but directly disappeared underground, more like it had been premeditated.

Innate Fires all have spirits rather than being inanimate, it’s not unexpected for them to act in such a manner.

Zhao Ge formed a judgement in his mind, but for the sake of caution, he still said, ”None of you may leave Hundred Refinements City in the near future, be prepared to be summoned at any time.”

”Yes!”

The alchemists quickly acknowledged, then did not linger here and left the Fire Storage Pagoda.

”Today is really unlucky. You know, the ingredients for this batch of pills took a lot of effort to gather, and now something like this has happened.”

”Who wouldn’t agree, years of effort wasted in an instant.”

At the gate, Lin Chen followed other alchemists with the same expression of helplessness and heartache, muttering to himself, maintaining this expression until he returned to his own courtyard.

”Back so soon?”

Yin Yue sensed the array activating and walked out of the bedroom, eyes filled with vigilance, until seeing Lin Chen come in, the vigilance disappeared and was replaced by confusion.

She showed vigilance earlier because she knew Lin Chen went to the Fire Storage Pagoda with plans to stay for ten days, and only three days had passed, no reason to return so soon, she suspected someone else had come.

”Don’t bring it up, this time was really unlucky. I thought to use the Cyan Li True Flame to improve my alchemy skills, but I don’t know what happened to the Fire Storage Pagoda, the entire tower got burned down. If I hadn’t escaped quickly, I would’ve been dead there.”

Lin Chen wore an expression of lingering fear, while Yin Yue’s eyes widened upon hearing this, staring at Lin Chen with an incredulous gaze.

She had guessed that Lin Chen was up to something with the Cyan Li True Flame.

And now the Fire Storage Pagoda was burned, which means the Cyan Li True Flame broke the seal...

Could it be that Lin Chen really succeeded?

As for Lin Chen’s complaints, she directly chose to ignore them, knowing he was worried about being tracked by strong fighters, and continued to act cautiously.

”Just... it’s good to be alive.”

After a long while, Yin Yue squeezed out a sentence.

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Li’s Trading Company.

”Young Miss, there’s trouble!”

Li Chongshan hurriedly entered the backyard, where Li Qin was coldly refining her cultivation techniques inside, and she responded: ”What happened?”

”The Fire Storage Pagoda is gone, and the Cyan Li True Flame broke the seal and fled.”

”What!”

The door inside the room was pushed open, Li Qin walked out in shock, ”Then... what about Xiao Yan?”

”Xiao Yan should be fine, we haven’t heard of any fatalities.”

After her initial shock, Li Qin’s face showed contemplation, and after a while she said: ”Shopkeeper Li, if anyone asks, say Xiao Yan’s slot for the Fire Storage Pagoda was offered by our Li family to attract him, and don’t mention Xiao Yan’s wager with our family on the top ten!”

”Young Miss, you mean to say?”

Li Chongshan appeared puzzled, not understanding why the young miss gave such instructions.

”With the Cyan Li True Flame’s disappearance, Hundred Refinements City will surely investigate. If the slot was requested by Xiao Yan himself, it might arouse unnecessary suspicion, and could even affect the main contest, just avoiding unnecessary trouble.”

Upon hearing his family’s young miss’s words, Li Chongshan also understood, though he felt the Cyan Li True Flame breaking the seal was surely unrelated to Xiao Yan, given Xiao Yan’s realm. But when Hundred Refinements City investigates, knowing Lin Chen actively requested a slot, they would likely conduct an investigation and might not allow Xiao Yan to leave Hundred Refinements City.

The young miss did not want unnecessary complications.

”The old man understands.”

As Li Chongshan left, Li Qin’s splendid eyes sparkled with something unusual. There were some things she hadn’t told Li Chongshan. When Xiao Yan requested a slot, her instincts had told her Xiao Yan was aiming for the Fire Storage Pagoda.

The so-called Three Thousand Techniques and two top-tier Divine Soul Techniques were just diversions by Xiao Yan.

But she wouldn’t disclose this externally. Firstly, because the Cyan Li True Flame is of great significance to Hundred Refinements City, and since Xiao Yan received his slot from their Li family, if this incident truly involves Xiao Yan, their Li family would be implicated.

Secondly, no matter how Xiao Yan managed it, being able to stir the Cyan Li True Flame indicated Xiao Yan’s Fire Control Technique was far stronger than shown, and maybe this time Xiao Yan really had a chance to reach the top ten.

”Having been startled during alchemy in the Fire Storage Pagoda, as the young miss of the Li family, I should personally visit and offer comfort, and nobody can find any fault with it.”

Li Qin whispered to herself, then changed her attire before leaving the trading company, heading straight towards the eastern part of the city.

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In the courtyard.

Lin Chen’s Divine Thought spread out, confirming no one was watching him, he gave Yin Yue instructions, and then returned to the bedroom.

The Cyan Li True Flame had entered his body, next he would refine the Cyan Li True Flame, using it to enhance his Immortal Technique.

Snap!

With a snap of his fingers, a wisp of cyan flame appeared at his fingertip.

The greatest difference between the Cyan Li True Flame and three kinds of Innate Fire within his body was that the Cyan Li True Flame was extremely gentle. After entering his body, it didn’t cause any damage.

Lin Chen took a deep breath, slowly circulating the Immortal Technique, allowing the four strands of Innate Fire within his Dantian to slowly converge...