Chapter 341: Divine Phase First Transformation: Giant Phase (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

At his waist.

A strand of cool energy flowed into his body, and wherever it passed, the meridians ravaged by the Li Fire were wrapped by a layer of green liquid, forming a green membrane.

The sudden cool sensation made Lin Chen's somewhat blurred consciousness instantly become clear.

"This is?"

Feeling the source of this cool energy, Lin Chen had a look of doubt in his eyes. This energy came from the jade pendant his future mother-in-law gave him, which was somewhat similar in shape to the token: Flower-Appraising Jade.

His future mother-in-law gave him this Flower-Appraising Jade so that when he encountered some rare flowers and herbs, he could take it out to test them. If it was a rare flower or herb that his mother-in-law hadn't collected, the Flower-Appraising Jade would emit light, and then he could collect it.

But his mother-in-law hadn't said that this Flower-Appraising Jade also contained energy, and the feeling this energy gave him was very similar to the Mother Tree Essence given to him by the Martial Garden, no...... it was even purer than the energy of the Mother Tree Essence.

Wherever the cool energy passed, the riddled meridians destroyed by the Li Fire began to recover, and a layer of green membrane appeared wherever it passed through the meridians of his whole body, preventing the destruction of the Li Fire.

"What is the origin of this Flower-Appraising Jade?"

Lin Chen already understood that this Flower-Appraising Jade was definitely not an ordinary object.

His mother-in-law was probably not an ordinary person either.

But at this moment, Lin Chen had no time to think too much. With the help of this energy, he began to control the Li Fire energy in his meridians, and what he had to do next was to control this Li Fire and let it circulate according to the mental cultivation method of the "Wujin Divine Phase Art".

The Li Fire in the meridians was pushed to the dantian by the green energy. As Lin Chen continuously activated the "Wujin Divine Phase Art", the originally jumping Li Fire began to slowly become peaceful.

This process was extremely slow, but at least it gave Lin Chen hope.

One day, two days, three days......

Seven days later, there was already a crimson-red liquid in Lin Chen's dantian, which was exactly what the Li Fire energy had turned into.

Turning fire into liquid, this is the first step.

After the Li Fire was liquefied, Lin Chen also continuously integrated his own Qi and blood into it, and then activated this Li Fire energy to slowly circulate toward the meridians of his four limbs. When the Li Fire energy entered the meridians again, Lin Chen couldn't help but tremble his teeth again.

Although the meridians were protected by a layer of green membrane, with the entry of the Li Fire, it still brought intense pain, but fortunately, he could still grit his teeth and persist through this pain.

Wherever the Li Fire liquid flowed, the meridians were also being widened bit by bit, and the green membrane on the meridian walls began to gradually dissipate, replaced by a thin red membrane.

This process was extremely slow, and the speed of the Li Fire moving forward in the meridians was like a snail. This required extremely high requirements for Lin Chen's mind and the precision of his use of Qi and blood.

Too fast, if the meridians weren't widened properly, he would have to start over.

Too slow, the red membrane would be difficult to form and would be directly burned through.

It was like forging, where the control of the heat is extremely precise, but forging relies on a furnace and a hammer, while Lin Chen could only rely on his own use of Qi and blood, needing to reach the level of being as flexible as an arm.

One failure, two failures.

There was no look of discouragement on Lin Chen's face. Being able to reach this step had already surprised him very much.

As for failure, as long as he tried many times, he would eventually succeed.

Steadying his mind, Lin Chen continued to try, using Qi and blood to guide the Li Fire energy to shuttle through the meridians again, circulating according to the mental cultivation method of the "Wujin Divine Phase Art".

Another seven days.

When the Li Fire energy finally flowed through all the meridians of his four limbs and hundred skeletons, Lin Chen let out a long sigh.

By now, the second step was finally completed.

Now, it was the third step, and also the most crucial step.

Body tempering.

The body can carry Li Fire energy, and what needs to be done next is to use this Li Fire energy to temper the body.

At this moment, in Lin Chen's meridians, the Li Fire energy flowed unimpeded like Qi and blood, but this only controlled the Li Fire energy, and there was still a long distance from the last step of the "Wujin Divine Phase Art", body tempering.

"Li Fire body tempering, start!"

Lin Chen took a deep breath, immersed his mind again, and under the activation and guidance of the "Wujin Divine Phase Art", the Li Fire energy flowing in the meridians now became active again, starting to gather toward the dantian.

At the dantian, these Li Fire energies continuously gathered, finally forming a rotating crimson-red Qi vortex.

"Break!"

Lin Chen gave a light shout, and the Qi vortex exploded suddenly, like a rain of pear blossoms, at this moment piercing into the pores and bone marrow of Lin Chen's whole body.

Hiss!

This scene was like pouring fire rain on his body, and it was the kind from inside to outside. Lin Chen grimaced in pain, and a burnt smell slowly emerged from his body.

The needle-like Li Fire energy shuttled through his flesh and bone marrow like mountain streams, and in the end, it gathered back into the meridians, and then gathered toward the dantian.

Each innate fire body tempering must be repeated for ninety-nine cycles.

This meant Lin Chen needed to experience the pain of his whole body being torn apart ninety-nine times.

But he had no choice. Not to mention that he couldn't resolve the life-threatening crisis if he didn't cultivate the "Wujin Divine Phase Art" now, even if there was no life-threatening crisis, with his character, he wouldn't give up after reaching this step.

Whether his perseverance was amazing, Lin Chen didn't know.

But in terms of enduring hardship and pain, Lin Chen considered himself inferior to no one, which also had to do with his identity in his previous life.

In his previous life, he was born into a nation that could endure hardship and work hard.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged in the boiling magma sea of fire, his pores flickering like stars.

Every time the Li Fire energy surged into his body, with the operation of the "Wujin Divine Phase Art", these Li Fire energies quickly turned into liquid and flowed into the dantian.

The crimson-red liquid mass at the dantian suddenly collapsed into a vortex, compressing the Li Fire energy like star sand, infiltrating every inch of his muscles and bones.

His skin continuously peeled and regenerated in the burning, the newborn muscles glowing with a glazed luster, and his bones emitting the crisp sound of gold and stone clashing.

The Li Fire pierced through the bone marrow like thousands of crimson-gold threads, smelting the originally snow-white bones into dark red.

Don't know how much time passed.

Lin Chen opened his eyes. The moment his eyes opened, a strand of energy washed out from his whole body, actually pushing the surrounding sea of fire, appearing a vacuum area.

The next moment, Lin Chen gave a light whistle, and his figure suddenly soared to a height of one zhang.

The Wujin Divine Phase Art is not just as simple as body tempering. The word "Divine Phase" indicates that cultivating this art can change one's own changes.

First Phase: Giant Phase.

If one can reach the Innate Realm, one can be dozens of zhang tall, worthy of being called a true giant.

With his current stage, reaching a body size of three zhang is considered the limit.

There was still enough Li Fire energy here, so Lin Chen naturally wouldn't give up this opportunity.

The next moment, his figure shot toward the sea of fire, directly merging into the sea of fire, like a fish entering the sea, and the sea of fire didn't cause him any harm at all.

The countless Li Fire energy in the sea of fire was now drawn out from the sea of fire, surging into Lin Chen's body like a tide. These Li Fire energies became quiet immediately after entering Lin Chen's body, quickly turned into liquid and flowed from the meridians to the dantian, and after being transformed by the Qi vortex formed in the dantian, turned into strands of pure energy washing through Lin Chen's four limbs and hundred skeletons.

These Li Fire energies continuously washed through Lin Chen's whole body acupoints, flesh, and bones one after another......

And under the continuous washing and tempering of the Li Fire energy, Lin Chen's body was also continuously expanding, starting to grow toward the giant's body size.

In the sea of fire, under Lin Chen's crazy absorption of Li Fire energy, his aura was also getting stronger and stronger.

His figure was also growing bit by bit, and wherever he passed, the sea of fire rolled back, and thousands of Li Fire energies turned into red swimming dragons and actively drilled into his pores.

Daliang.

Hongdu Prefecture, Li Family.

"Can it be confirmed that Lin Chen is already dead?"

A young man in the back courtyard, hugging a young woman, asked the middle-aged man bowing his head in front of him.

"Young Master, according to our investigation, Lin Chen went to the Li Fire Path and entered that Li Fire formation, and hasn't come out until now. The sealed Li Fire has gradually awakened, and even First Rank martial artists cannot step into it."

"It seems Lin Chen should be dead."

There was a sharp light in Li Zhe's eyes. Two years...... for these two years, he had been suppressed by Lin Chen. At first, it was to compete for the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar. At that time, the gap between him and Lin Chen wasn't that big, and even in his view, Lin Chen being able to take the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar was more because of his bottom-level background.

The imperial court needed someone like Lin Chen from the bottom level to give those poor martial artists a hope. In terms of strength, he was not below Lin Chen.

But what he didn't expect was that this Lin Chen then soared into the sky, first leaving his name on Mount Wudao, then breaking Pei Qingming's record, and later after the Martial Garden issued the Hidden Dragon List, he rose all the way to the first place on the Hidden Dragon List Heavenly List.

The gap between him and Lin Chen was completely widened.

If it were someone else, they might be smug about having the qualifications to compete with Lin Chen for the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar, but in his view, this was a shame, a taboo in the Li Family, and he didn't allow anyone to mention it.

"So what if the talent is strong? Martial arts...... ultimately depends on who lives longer."

Li Zhe had a smug smile on his lips. His father was right to let him endure at the beginning. This Lin Chen hadn't been arrogant for two years and now had lost his life.

After another dozen years, who would still remember Lin Chen?

Everyone would only remember that he, Li Yuan, is a high-grade martial artist.

"Since Lin Chen is dead, then the Lin Family......"

There was a cold look in Li Zhe's eyes. Because of Lin Chen, the Huo Family was destroyed. This account must be recorded on Lin Chen.

For the Huo Family, he didn't have much affection. His father agreed to his engagement with Huo Shu just to use the Huo Family's power to suppress Lin Chen, and for him, it was just coveting Huo Shu's beauty.

But with the destruction of the Huo Family, he had already gotten Huo Shu, and after two years, he had long been tired of playing.

Wanting to take revenge on Lin Chen was more out of his jealousy for Lin Chen and the resentment accumulated from being suppressed by Lin Chen for two years.

"Young Master, although Lin Chen is dead, the County Magistrate of Poyang County and Su Lingchuan of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo have a good relationship with Lin Chen. If we rashly take action against the Lin Family, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

"Rest assured, Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun won't be able to stay in Poyang County for long. Now that our Daliang is at war with the Han Kingdom, the battlefield is exactly where people are needed."

Li Zhe sneered repeatedly, just let his father find an excuse to transfer Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun away. All ranked martial artists who have a relationship with Lin Chen will be transferred away.

"Young Master, Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun are easy to transfer, but the Shu Family and Jiang Family in Raozhou Prefecture......"

"Lin Chen is dead. The Shu Family is used to self-preservation, even if they notice it, they will pretend not to know. As for the Jiang Family...... could it be that they still want their daughter to remain a widow for Lin Chen? The Jiang Family can't wait to dilute the relationship with Lin Chen. If the Lin Family is destroyed, then no one will mention the matter between Lin Chen and their daughter again."

Li Zhe had a confident smile on his face. He believed he wouldn't miscalculate the attitudes of the Shu Family and Jiang Family.

Just like after the Huo Family was destroyed, Huo Shu had no value other than her appearance. Their Li Family never mentioned the engagement alliance with the Huo Family to the outside world, and the Jiang Family is naturally the same, not wanting to see others mention the Lin Family again.

"Get up, I won't look for you tonight."

Li Zhe patted the woman's plump body. Seeing the woman's puzzled look, he didn't explain. To deal with the Lin Family, the best candidate is not their Li Family, but Huo Shu.

The Li Family can stay behind the scenes, so that even if something unexpected really happens, they can push Huo Shu out to take the blame.

Huo Shu is a member of the Huo Family. To avenge the destruction of her family, she secretly took action against the Lin Family, and their Li Family didn't know about it. No one can say anything.

Therefore, tonight he is going to Huo Shu's courtyard to reveal the news of Lin Chen's death to Huo Shu, pretending to have let it slip.

Poyang County.

"Good, this official will pack up and set off for the battlefield tomorrow."

He Ruyun received the order from above to go to the northern battlefield. There was no panic on his face; in fact, he had been looking forward to it for months to cover the sky.

From the day Daliang went to war with the Han Kingdom, he had been thinking about going to the battlefield to kill the enemy every moment.

Now, he finally got his wish.

In the months of fighting with Daliang, the imperial court would transfer martial artists from various paths to the battlefield, but the first two rounds didn't reach him, and now the third round finally reached him.

Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo.

Su Lingchuan also received the transfer order, but his brows furrowed.

It wasn't that he was afraid of death and didn't dare to go to the battlefield, but that he already knew He Ruyun had also received the transfer order.

Transferring a County Magistrate and the Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo of a county at the same time, this situation was somewhat unusual.

Could it be that the battlefield is in a weak position and urgently lacks ranked martial artists?

Su Lingchuan had doubts in his heart. In the past, transfers only transferred the Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo or the County Magistrate, leaving one who was familiar with the local situation to maintain order in the county. This kind of transferring both the County Magistrate and the Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo at the same time, unless the battlefield is extremely lacking in ranked martial artists.

Thinking of this layer, a shadow was cast over Su Lingchuan's heart. The battlefield lacks martial artists, which shows that the situation is extremely unfavorable for Daliang.

"If the battlefield situation is unfavorable, it is impossible for the imperial court not to have war reports."

Since the war with the Han Kingdom started, the imperial court has sent war reports to all parts every day. Even if he is just a small Director of the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, he can receive war reports. Just the war report sent yesterday, the battle between Daliang and the Han Kingdom on the battlefield was only in a stalemate state.

Unless, the imperial court sent fake war reports.

But the two Prime Ministers and Lord Liang are definitely not such people.

"What is the Lord thinking about?"

The aide on the side saw Su Lingchuan receive the transfer order from above and then frown and ponder, couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, perhaps this official thought too much."

Linhu Village.

"Lord Jia, can you persuade the young people in our village? Going to the battlefield will kill people...... I know our Daliang and the Han Kingdom are at war, this concerns every Daliang commoner, but this group of young people aren't even at the Open-Acupuncture stage, isn't going to the battlefield just sending them to death?"

Zhao Canghu complained to Jia Nanzhu by the lake at the edge of the village.

"Or, let Lin Chen write a letter to the village. These little guys in our village are convinced by Lin Chen, and what he says is more effective than the elders in the family."

Hearing Zhao Canghu's words, Jia Nanzhu's old eyes narrowed slightly. Lin Chen had entered the formation sealing the Li Fire for months, and until now his life or death was unknown. He had known about this matter long ago, but he hadn't informed Lin Chen's family.

This old village head of Linhu Village, although not a martial artist, was very shrewd. Daliang and the Han Kingdom were at war, and Lin Chen had no news for months. This old village head probably had some guesses and came to him to verify it.

"Lin Chen has something to do, I'm afraid he can't get away."

"It's okay, just write a letter and send it back, it won't take much time." Zhao Canghu immediately smiled and added.

Jia Nanzhu looked deeply at Zhao Canghu, and after a long while, suddenly sighed: "Old Brother Zhao, Lin Chen has been missing for months, life or death unknown."

Facing Zhao Canghu, Jia Nanzhu ultimately didn't hide it.

"Wha...... what?"

Zhao Canghu's body trembled. Although he had bad guesses in his heart, it was still somewhat hard to accept when he got a confirmed answer from this Lord Jia.

"Lo...... Lord Jia, you are joking with me, right?"

"Months ago, Lin Chen entered a dangerous place, a place where even First Rank martial artists cannot step, and now five months have passed, and there is still no news of Lin Chen."

Jia Nanzhu could understand Zhao Canghu's mood. When he first got the news, he was also hard to accept.

He and Lin Chen were master and apprentice. After receiving this news, he left Linhu Village for the first time and went to the Li Fire Path, and also saw the monstrous flames inside the formation with his own eyes.

"Lord Jia, I don't understand any Li Fire, you just tell me, how likely is it that Lin Chen survived?"

"Nine deaths, one life."

Walking out of the lakeside courtyard where Jia Nanzhu lived, Zhao Canghu wiped his eye sockets with his sleeves, afraid of being seen crying earlier.

How could it be...... how could it be nine deaths, one life?

He didn't know how to face Lin Chen's parents.

"Village head...... village head, just let us join the army."

A group of young guys, led by Gu Fei, happened to be walking this way. Seeing Zhao Canghu's figure, they ran over immediately.

In the past, Zhao Canghu would only scold a few words, but at this moment, Zhao Canghu's face stiffened: "Fine."

"Village head, you agreed?"

Gu Fei and the others almost couldn't believe their eyes. The village head who had never agreed before actually agreed this time.

"Go, go join the army. When you die outside, I will distribute your family's fields to others in the village. Don't expect the village to support your parents. When you die and your corpse is wrapped in linen and brought back, don't bury it in the village either. Just find a piece of land outside the village and bury it."

Gu Fei:......

Other teenagers in the village:......

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 342 =====