Chapter 563: It is you who are surrounded by me

Sacred Fire Hall.

Capture Primordial Fire to sell for a good price

The conversation between the two people above made Lin Chen frown. He could be certain of one thing: these two were definitely not Wan Huozong disciples.

Wan Huozong disciples would not say anything about capturing Primordial Fire to take out and sell for a good price.

Could it be that other disciples not from the Wan Huozong had also entered the Sacred Fire Realm? But how could the Wan Huozong agree to that?

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and at this moment, two figures were descending from above the crater.

"Search carefully, don't let that Primordial Fire escape."

"Big... Big Brother, I can't move."

At the crater, the young man had a look of terror on his face. He discovered that he had been restrained by a terrifying force and couldn't move at all.

And the one called Big Brother by him froze, but in the next moment, he made a shocking decision: his figure headed directly toward the sky, completely ignoring his own brother.

But before the man could escape the crater, a wisp of light arrived later and caught up. The man let out a muffled groan, fell directly toward the ground, and finally smashed heavily into the volcanic ash below, burying his whole body under the volcanic ash.

And Cen Kuan, who was restrained, felt his whole body go cold seeing this scene, not only because he was restrained, but also because he felt cold in his heart seeing his own Big Brother choose to abandon him at a critical moment.

"Who are you people?"

Lin Chen's figure appeared from below, looking at Cen Kuan in front of him: "Why would you appear in the Sacred Fire Realm?"

Seeing Lin Chen walk out from below, Cen Kuan felt a sense of relief in his heart instead. With his body restrained, his first thought was that there was a terrifying Primordial Fire existence under the volcano, and given the characteristics of Primordial Fire, he had absolutely no possibility of survival.

After seeing that it was a martial artist, a glimmer of hope for life emerged in his heart.

"Sen... Senior, we entered through the Wan Huozong's Sacred Fire Realm entrance."

"Courting death."

Coldness appeared in Lin Chen's eyes, and terrifying pressure enveloped him. Cen Kuan trembled all over and hurriedly said: "Senior, I really didn't lie to you. We really entered through the Wan Huozong's Sacred Fire Realm entrance."

"The Sacred Fire Realm is the Wan Huozong's secret realm and does not allow people from outside the sect to enter. It seems you didn't intend to tell the truth."

"Senior, everything the junior said is the truth. Because of the appearance of the Sacred Fire Hall, the Wan Huozong opened the Sacred Fire Realm to the outside and allowed martial artists from other sects to enter."

Hearing Cen Kuan's words, Lin Chen narrowed his eyes: "What is the Sacred Fire Hall?"

"The... the junior is not too clear either, just heard it from others. This Sacred Fire Hall was created by the Wan Huozong's founder, and the appearance of the Sacred Fire Hall and the opening of the Sacred Fire Realm to the outside were also rules set by the Wan Huozong's founder."

"Can all Primordial martial artists enter?"

"That... that's not it. One must have a certain fire-refining talent. My Big Brother and I both have some talent in fire-refining, which is why we were able to enter."

The so-called fire-refining talent does not refer to having refined Primordial Fire. Being able to refine Primordial Fire means that the fire-refining talent is already very high. Cen Kuan and his Big Brother had not refined Primordial Fire, but they practiced a soul-controlling flame technique.

As long as one masters a technique that can use the soul to manipulate flames, one is considered to have fire-refining talent.

Lin Chen did not expect that in just a few days, such a change had occurred in the Sacred Fire Realm.

"How did people outside discover the Sacred Fire Hall?"

"The Wan Huozong announced it to the outside world voluntarily. It seems the Wan Huozong has a way to know if the Sacred Fire Hall has appeared."

"How many people entered in total?"

"This... the junior is not too clear, there should be several thousand people."

Several thousand people?

Lin Chen frowned. This number was not small. These were not several thousand martial artists, but several thousand Primordial martial artists.

"Besides the requirement for fire-refining talent, were there any other restrictions for those who entered this time?"

Hearing Lin Chen ask this, Cen Kuan also had doubts in his heart. Why didn't this Senior know these things? Could it be that this Senior didn't enter after the Sacred Fire Hall opened, but entered before the Sacred Fire Hall opened?

So, is this Senior from the Wan Huozong?

But that's not right either. If he were from the Wan Huozong, how could he not know about the Sacred Fire Hall?

With doubts in his heart, Cen Kuan didn't stop talking. He knew very well what the purpose of this Senior's question was, so he answered truthfully: "As long as it is a Primordial martial artist under fifty years old with fire-refining talent, they can enter. Before the junior entered, I heard that over a dozen Fourth Stage Primordial powerhouses had already entered. As for stronger ones... that's not something the junior can know."

Primordial martial artists under fifty years old with fire-refining talent...

Lin Chen pondered. He was no longer a newcomer who knew nothing about the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao. The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao has twenty-four sects, ancient remnants, and even some mysterious families. There definitely wouldn't be few Fourth Stage Primordial martial artists under fifty, and it's even possible there are some who have reached the Fifth Stage of the Primordial.

"What is in the Sacred Fire Hall?"

With so many Fourth Stage Primordial powerhouses entering, it's impossible that it's just for Primordial Fire or Fire Source Beads. There must be treasures in the Sacred Fire Hall that attract these people.

"This... the junior doesn't know. If the Wan Huozong hadn't announced it to the outside world this time, the junior wouldn't even have known about the Sacred Fire Hall."

Cen Kuan looked embarrassed. He was only a Second Stage Primordial martial artist and didn't come from a super sect, but a secondary sect, and had never known about the Sacred Fire Hall before.

"The junior heard... it seems that the inheritance left by that Wan Huozong founder is hidden in the Sacred Fire Hall, but this is just what the outside world says, and the junior is not sure if it is true."

Cen Kuan said everything he had heard, and he really didn't know anything more.

He and his Big Brother entered not for the Sacred Fire Hall, but with the goal of Fire Source Beads and those newly born Primordial Fire. In fact, there were not a few martial artists who had the same idea as him and his Big Brother.

The Sacred Fire Hall, without the Fourth Stage of the Primordial, simply had no chance to touch it. Those who could cultivate to the Primordial Stage were not all fools and had self-knowledge.

"Go."

Getting no more information from Cen Kuan, Lin Chen waved his hand, but Cen Kuan hesitated and didn't leave.

"What, don't want to leave?"

"Sen... Senior, my Big Brother?"

Cen Kuan hesitated and didn't leave because he thought of his Big Brother still buried under this volcanic ash.

"Your Big Brother abandoned you and fled, and you are still thinking about him?"

Lin Chen didn't expect that this Cen Kuan was still thinking about his selfish Big Brother.

"I can understand Big Brother's actions. The strength displayed by the Senior was too terrifying. My Big Brother thought there was a powerful Primordial Fire. If he had tried to save me, both of us brothers would only have lost our lives here, and my Big Brother has been kind to me..."

Cen Kuan's voice grew lower and lower. What he said was just self-deception, but there was one thing he didn't lie about: his Big Brother had indeed been kind to him.

If it weren't for his Big Brother, he would have died many years ago.

Lin Chen took a deep look at Cen Kuan and didn't say anything more, but his figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

Even without this Cen Kuan, he didn't intend to kill that man. He had no grudges with the other party, and the other party hadn't offended him. If he were to kill the other party just because they appeared here, wouldn't he have become a bloodthirsty person?

Seeing Lin Chen disappear, Cen Kuan also let out a long sigh of relief. At this moment, his entire back was soaked.

As a Primordial martial artist, being able to make him feel so uncomfortable just by his aura, he couldn't imagine the strength of this mysterious Senior.

Soon, Cen Kuan collected his thoughts, looked at the volcanic ash below, his expression began to become complicated, but finally, he headed downward.

One day later.

The mountains shook, and the earth cracked again.

Lin Chen stopped his figure, his eyes looking toward the north. In the northern sky, a crimson palace stood there impressively.

"Is this the Sacred Fire Hall?"

There was a bright light in Lin Chen's eyes. Without any hesitation, his figure flashed and headed toward the north.

At the end of the northern plains of the Sacred Fire Realm, a palace stood on the peak of a volcano.

At its base was a raging fire mountain, and the entire Sacred Fire Hall was wrapped in extremely thick, raging flames.

These flames were not ordinary flames. They jumped with dazzling, scorching light, emitting extreme high temperatures that caused the surrounding space to present distorted ripples. Heat waves rolled toward him, and even from a long distance, he could feel the burning pain coming from his skin.

But if one looked carefully, one would find that the flames of this fire mountain were slowly weakening, like receding seawater. Every time the flames jumped, their height seemed to be a fraction lower than the last time, and the heat emitted also decayed a little.

On the plains, over a thousand martial artists gathered here, their eyes fixed on this fire mountain at all times. They came from different sects and forces, their auras were strong and weak, and they were divided into small groups.

Everyone understood that the opening of the Sacred Fire Hall was imminent, and they only needed to wait patiently.

Lin Chen did not scan the whole scene with his spiritual sense. Unless he had the strength to crush all the martial artists at the scene, scanning with spiritual sense was a provocation to all the martial artists at the scene.

After a few breaths, after seeing an acquaintance, Lin Chen didn't hesitate and headed toward that side.

On the entire plain, martial artists were whistling in continuously, so Lin Chen's appearance did not attract the attention of everyone at the scene, but the moment Lin Chen landed, it caused a commotion among the surrounding martial artists.

Although it had only been three years since the Martial Way Mountain, Lin Chen had won first place in the Heaven-Reaching Tower early on. Although it was only first place for a short time, it still caused quite a sensation in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao.

Not only because of Lin Chen's tower-breaking results, but also because of Lin Chen's cultivation speed.

Many people remembered his face.

"Brother Lin, did you come alone?"

Ceng Xi was very excited to see Lin Chen. As for exposing Lin Chen's identity, he didn't feel there was anything to it. There were definitely not a few people at the scene who knew Lin Chen. Since Lin Chen didn't choose to hide his face, it meant Lin Chen didn't care about being known.

"Yes."

Lin Chen nodded. He had just scanned the whole scene roughly and didn't find his Canglan Sect brothers.

With the sect at war, the brothers of his own sect had no time to come.

"Brother Lin, this is Lin Lin Shixiong Jiang Chen of our sect."

Ceng Xi introduced the men beside him to Lin Chen. The first one introduced was Jiang Chen, who was also the leader of the Qianji Sect this time.

"Nice to meet you, Brother Jiang."

Lin Chen looked at Jiang Chen. Not having seen him for more than two years, Jiang Chen had also stepped from the peak of the Third Stage of the Martial Way at that time to the Fourth Stage. This cultivation speed was also quite fierce. ===== CHAPTER 564 =====