The deep-seated grudge of blood had been avenged, and now she was taken as a disciple by the powerful figure before her. You Jiuling finally revealed a genuine smile, her lively eyes curving into crescent moons.
“Boss, where should we go now?” Sha Dulong asked, secretly envious of the little girl. He couldn’t help but feel jealous—how easily she had become the boss’s disciple. If only it could be them instead.
But they had long accepted the truth—they had no chance. Although the master had never explicitly stated his criteria for taking disciples, they all understood one thing in their hearts.
It had to be a cute little girl, pretty and adorable.
What a pervert…
Lin Fan remained silent for a moment. Within three years, the Beast Spirit Realm would invade this place. He needed to enhance his strength as soon as possible. Originally, he had set aside the “Seven Sage Treasure Chart,” but now it was time to resume his search for it, seizing everything belonging to those old bastards, the Seven Sages.
Moreover, he already had four fragments of the Supreme Token, and only two remained unaccounted for. He didn’t know where those last two were. Rather than searching aimlessly, he should focus on what was already known.
“You all take her and return to Xuanjian Pavilion first. I’ll come find you later,” Lin Fan said. He didn’t want to bring them along—after all, their cultivation levels were not high enough, and if they encountered serious trouble, he would be too busy protecting them.
Sha Dulong and the others exchanged glances before nodding in agreement.
After Sha Dulong and the others left with You Jiuling, Lin Fan continued on his journey.
“Woowoowo—”
Suddenly, the little chicken perched on Lin Fan’s shoulder stood up straight, crowing loudly while flapping its wings.
“What’s wrong, Chicken?” Lin Fan asked curiously, noticing the chicken’s unusual behavior.
“Woowoowo—”
The chicken flapped its wings again, pointing toward the mountain range ahead as if something had caught its attention.
Lin Fan slightly furrowed his brows. “You’re saying there’s something over there?”
“Woo—!” The chicken nodded enthusiastically, clearly excited.
“Alright, let’s check it out.” Lin Fan flew toward the mountains.
As he landed among the peaks, the environment was drastically different from before.
Flames roared into the sky, the air unbearably hot. The mountains were littered with corpses, most of which belonged to ferocious beasts.
“Huh, what place is this?” Lin Fan was puzzled. There was no mention of such a place in the sect’s ancient records.
If it hadn’t been for the chicken’s alert, he wouldn’t have even noticed this mountain range.
The chicken hopped off Lin Fan’s shoulder, wings spread, its cute little head lowered as it sniffed the ground. Then it crowed loudly, as if it had discovered something precious, and darted deeper into the mountains.
Seeing this, Lin Fan quickly followed behind, urging the chicken to slow down.
He still didn’t know what this place was or if there were any dangers lurking. The chicken, however, seemed completely unconcerned, which left Lin Fan somewhat speechless.
The mountains were desolate, with nothing but bare rocks. Yet, these rocks shimmered with flickering flames, as if real fire flowed within.
Following the chicken, they passed through a narrow, inconspicuous crevice and continued downward.
Lin Fan was puzzled—this chicken seemed to know the way too well. But he didn’t dwell on it and simply followed behind.
The crevice appeared to slope downward.
The temperature grew hotter with every step.
“Woowoowo—”
From the darkness ahead came the chicken’s call.
Lin Fan quickened his pace.
When he finally caught sight of the chicken standing still in front of a pool of blazing liquid, Lin Fan was stunned.
“What the hell is this place?”
The cave wasn’t large, its bare walls unremarkable, but in the center was a blazing pool of fire.
The pool was circular, with a radius of two or three zhang.
The liquid inside looked like fire, yet also like blood, constantly emitting waves of scorching heat.
“Woowoowo—”
The chicken seemed ecstatic, spinning in place, its cute eyes sparkling with excitement, as if it had struck gold.
“Chicken, take it easy. We don’t even know what this stuff is…” Lin Fan hadn’t even finished speaking when the chicken leapt straight into the fiery pool.
“What the hell! One day, you’re gonna end up dead because of this recklessness,” Lin Fan muttered, watching the chicken jump in without even checking.
“Woowoowo—”
Inside the fire pool, the chicken swam like a fish, wings folded, joyfully gliding through the flames.
Lin Fan carefully observed. The surrounding rocks seemed to have endured the test of time, exuding an ancient, solemn aura.
As he examined the liquid, Lin Fan extended a finger to touch it.
The moment his finger made contact, a surge of searing power shot toward him.
*Ping! Congratulations, you have discovered the Earth Core Flame.*
*Earth Core Flame: Essence of the earth, violent, fierce, and scorching. Contact means death.*
Lin Fan quickly dispelled the heat. Now he understood why the chicken was so excited.
This was essentially the perfect habitat for the chicken. The Earth Core Flame was a powerful source of nourishment for it.
At this moment, the chicken was undergoing a transformation. Slowly, the Earth Core Flame was seeping into its body, and the amount of flame in the pool was visibly decreasing.
Suddenly, a hard red shell enveloped the chicken.
“Damn it,” Lin Fan muttered, watching the chicken’s transformation with an exasperated expression. He knew exactly what this meant—another evolution.
Phoenix rebirth through Nirvana.
For the chicken, with enough power, it could directly ascend.
Lin Fan had no words for the chicken’s absurd luck. In a seemingly ordinary mountain, it had stumbled upon such a treasure.
*Beep! Congratulations, you have completed the Water Rule.*
At that moment, the completion rate of the Water Rule reached one hundred percent.
A faint smile appeared on Lin Fan’s lips. He summoned the Water Rule, and to his surprise, it was his very first Rule Chain.
He could even sense that his combat power had slightly increased.
Lin Fan condensed the Water Rule into his left arm, and instantly, the strength of his left arm surged.
Lin Fan sat cross-legged. Since the chicken was currently absorbing the Earth Core Flame, he had nothing else to do, so he decided to begin forging his second Rule Chain.
“Forge the Fire Rule.”
*Beep! Fire Rule completion rate: 1%.*
The moment Lin Fan focused, he noticed the forging speed had increased dramatically.
This was likely due to the fragment of willpower he had absorbed earlier, and also because the area was saturated with Earth Core Flame.
The Fire Rule’s essence in the air was far denser here than anywhere else.
Wild, blazing sparks of fire wildly surged into Lin Fan’s body.
An ordinary person would have been instantly consumed by the flames.
But with the system’s assistance, the fire particles were immediately suppressed upon entering his body and gradually solidified.
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