The Sect Leader's Bizarre Recruitment Chapter 421: What Hardship Did I Ever Endure? Lin Fan Begins His Seclusion (Part 2) - Novel Cool

Chapter 421: What Hardship Did I Ever Endure? Lin Fan Begins His Seclusion (Part 2)

Chapter 421: What Hardship Did I Ever Endure? Lin Fan Begins His Seclusion (Part 2)

It's really...embarrassing."

"Uncle, don't say that."

Xiao Ling'er shook her head and smiled lightly, "We're all family."

"Moreover, regarding the refinement of the Imperial Armament, I also had the opportunity to witness it during the Celestial Prodigy Festival. Now, with the chance to participate, it's my good fortune."

"Not only can it broaden my horizons, but it can also improve myself. It's a win-win situation!"

"You sure know how to talk. You're truly impeccable." Jin Zhen sighed, "With you as the Senior Sister in the Moon Embracing Sect, what's there to worry about?"

"Elder Jin is joking."

Xiao Ling'er spoke solemnly, "Today, it's all thanks to the teachings of my master. As a junior, I'm merely doing what I can."

The crowd: "..."

...

Not long after, the refinement began.

Xiao Ling'er's task was simple—to act as the Human-shaped Flame Projector.

All she needed to do was manipulate her Unusual Flame according to Hu Kunlun's instructions.

Under their combined efforts, the turtle shell's aura became increasingly powerful.

One by one, auxiliary materials were thrown into the flame, melting and then fusing with the turtle shell. The originally bony shell gradually revealed a metallic luster...

The entire process lasted for a full month.

But it proceeded exceptionally smoothly!

"It's almost done!"

Jin Zhen wiped his head, "I never imagined it would be this smooth. If my first participation in refining an Imperial Armament is this successful, won't I be able to boast about it for a lifetime?"

"It's just a matter of timing, location, and people. That's all!" Hu Kunlun was also excited, but he couldn't express it. He had to stay low-key!

"Moreover, these materials are special. It'll be hard to find them again, and Ling'er is so dedicated in helping. If even with all this, it's not successful, wouldn't it make us seem too incompetent?"

"But...let's not say more. We're already at the crucial stage. Don't let our efforts go to waste due to carelessness!"

"Of course."

The crowd immediately fell silent and then devoted all their efforts to the refinement.

Half a day later...

"It's done!!!"

Hu Kunlun let out a loud shout.

Boom!

The entire Fire Virtue Peak trembled.

At that moment, infinite black clouds gathered in the sky, and heavenly thunder roared, heralding the arrival of the tribulation!

"The Imperial Armament Tribulation!"

Hu Kunlun held their breath.

Jin Zhen was a bit nervous, "It should be able to withstand it, right?"

Hu Kunlun: "..."

"It can!"

He spoke with certainty.

The formation of the Imperial Armament would inevitably bring tribulations, and if they could withstand it, it would become an Imperial Armament. If they couldn't, it would be directly destroyed!

But this turtle shell was a defensive Imperial Armament, and its expertise lay in defense. Surely it wouldn't fail to withstand the tribulation, right?

Boom!

As his words fell, the first tribulation thunder crashed down.

The elders of the Fire Virtue Peak lineage were all nervous, and some even couldn't bear to look at the silver-white turtle shell slowly rotating in the air.

"It withstood it!"

Hu Kunlun shouted.

They hurriedly opened their eyes to witness the spectacle.

In the sky, the silver-white turtle shell slowly rotated, releasing various laws and divine runes, just as before, without any changes.

The crowd was stunned.

"This...hasn't it even started yet?"

And at that moment, the second heavenly thunder fell.

This time, they witnessed it clearly.

The heavenly thunder was deep purple, thick, and awe-inspiring, like a thunder dragon roaring down. It struck the turtle shell, creating a breathtaking scene.

However, the turtle shell didn't budge, showing no reaction at all.

Instead, the powerful tribulation thunder dissipated upon reaching it.

"Huh?!"

"Ah?!"

They were taken aback.

"Is this tribulation fake?"

But Xiao Ling'er observed it closely, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath. "Is it possible that the Imperial Armament you refined is too powerful, and these tribulations can't even tickle it, which is why it's so unaffected?"

"Hmm?"

The crowd looked at each other, a bit suspicious of their own refined Imperial Armament's strength.

Is the Imperial Armament they refined really this powerful?

But soon, the facts spoke for themselves.

Nine consecutive heavenly thunders, each more precise than the last, struck the turtle shell, and not a single one deviated, all hitting the turtle shell precisely. The turtle shell remained as steady as Mount Tai, not moving even a hair's breadth. It 'caught' all the heavenly thunders!

When the tribulation clouds dispersed, they immediately used their divine sense to investigate.

To their surprise, not only did the turtle shell show no signs of the damage they feared, but there wasn't even a scratch as small as a hair, and the areas struck by the tribulation remained exactly the same as before, without any change in color or dirt!

"Its defensive power..."

Hu Kunlun scratched his head, "I can't even estimate it anymore."

"So powerful!" Jin Zhen and the other elders were thrilled.

"Then let's inform Old Turtle."

"This time, we've fulfilled your command!"

Hu Kunlun also smiled.

It was too smooth and too powerful, indeed worth celebrating~

...

"It's done? So fast?!"

When the old turtle saw the silver-white, and more sacred 'metal turtle shell', it couldn't help but feel a surge of pride—so cool!

It was indeed an Imperial Armament!

"Hahaha, well done everyone!"

During this half-month, the old turtle not only ate several 'seafood' dishes but also learned some social etiquette. At this moment, the old turtle expresses gratitude while producing a large pile of 'seafood'. At least they are 7th Stage, mostly 8th Stage, and there's even a 9th Stage 'Emperor Crab', though they've been dead for a long time, these strong cultivators' physical bodies are very resilient, even after a long time, they are still 'fresh'.

"I'll take these for myself first and try out my new Imperial Armament, hahaha!"

"..."

Xiao Ling'er: "..."

Hu Kunlun and the others: "..."

"What about this?"

"Nephew, what do you think?" Hu Kunlun and the others naturally wanted to take these treasures, as they were all valuable. If they shared them with their disciples, it would greatly enhance their strength!

"Then you should take them, Elder."

Xiao Ling'er smiled, "These are gifts from the Old Turtle, aren't they?"

"In that case, we'll take them. But this giant crab, you must bring it back, Nephew!"

"You've worked the hardest these days, and it wouldn't be right for us to let you labor in vain. It would make us seem ungrateful."

"..."

Hu Kunlun spoke, and Xiao Ling'er couldn't refute, so she could only accept, "Then, many thanks."

"By the way..."

Hu Kunlun lowered his voice, "What do you know about this Old Turtle?"

Xiao Ling'er shook her head lightly, "I know very little."

"However, if you really want to know, I can ask Master. I'm sure he won't hide anything."

"That's unnecessary." Hu Kunlun shook his head, "This minor matter, why bother the Sect Leader?"

"I'm just curious. It's very powerful, and its generosity is remarkable. Moreover, these are 'seafood,' which hints at its identity, possibly related to overseas..."

"No worries."

Xiao Ling'er smiled, "I can guess what you're concerned about, but since Master hasn't stopped me, there's no need to worry."

"Indeed."

Hu Kunlun exhaled in relief, "The Sect Leader is such a powerful existence. Since he hasn't stopped me, I was indeed overthinking."

"..."

...

The Old Turtle went to the mountain gorge where it had been cultivating recently, made preparations, and suddenly rammed its head into its shell.

Boom!!!

The shell shook, but it was just a slight tremor.

Simultaneously with the tremor, infinite laws surged forth, dissolving the attack while an astonishing counterforce emanated from the shell.

The Old Turtle felt a sharp pain in its forehead, followed by dizziness, and then it was flung out, landing dozens of miles away!

"What?!"

"What?!?!"

Touching the bump on its forehead, the Old Turtle was shocked but also delighted, "Marvelous!!!"

"So powerful?!"

The strongest aspect of a Beast was its Physical Body!

That strike just now was only nine-tenths of its strength, and it was focused and unyielding, attacking only a 'single point'!

As a result, the headbutt, which should have been a full-power strike, only slightly shook the shell, and instead, it was the Old Turtle who was injured and flung out so far?

Moreover, this was all without external control, it was the Old Turtle's own power!

Once it refines it, combined with its own strength, how formidable and astonishing would it become?

"Hiss!"

The Old Turtle instantly sucked in a breath of cool air, astonished to the point of speechlessness. At this moment, it couldn't hold back anymore and immediately burrowed into its shell, spraying a mouthful of essence blood while refining with all its might.

It didn't know how to refine artifacts, but refining treasures, it was capable!

As for why it sprayed essence blood, it was to refine the treasure into its Lifebound Imperial Armament!

...

In the Moon Embracing Sect.

Lin Fan withdrew his gaze.

"It seems that the Old Turtle has completely submitted."

"Good."

"..."

"I won't be gone for long. I wonder how long this trip will take and what I'll encounter."

"With its strength, especially its defense, enhanced to such an abnormal degree, even if a Marquis-level opponent were to come knocking, it could protect us for a period of time."

"Only then can I leave with peace of mind!"

"..."

Time always slips away unnoticed.

Now, only two years and a bit more remain of the five-year promise I made with the Ten Thousand Flowers Saintess, Gu Xinglian.

It may seem like a long time, but for cultivators, two years is not much.

Especially now that I'm a Ninth Stage cultivator, a single closed-door cultivation could last two thousand years, let alone just two years?

But even so, as a Hang-up, I, Lin Fan, recorded the events, and two years were not enough.

The reason I felt like every year passed slowly was that there were too many things happening!

Endless crises, endless troubles, enemies that couldn't be killed, monsters that couldn't be defeated...

There were countless events, naturally making time feel slow.

But now, the majority of the crises have been resolved!

The Moon Embracing Sect has transformed into the Moon Embracing Lineage, and its strength has grown significantly. The Ximen and Zhou families have been thoroughly defeated, and the forces behind them can no longer stir up any waves in the overseas regions, or one could say, they have been permanently dealt with.

The Buddhist Sects? Directly suppressed!

Even the Black Lotus of the Century-Ending Great Tribulation has been taken care of...

Currently, the Moon Embracing Sect has no real opposing forces.

Even if there are, as long as it's not a Holy Land personally coming or a large group of top-tier forces joining hands, with the Moon Embracing Sect's current strength, it's sufficient to respond.

But...

The Moon Embracing Sect hasn't provoked these forces, so why would they join hands to target the Moon Embracing Sect?

"Perhaps, we just need to be cautious on the annual 'Disaster Day.'"

"And for possible threats..."

Lin Fan counted on his fingers.

"The Shi Clan counts as one. As one of the strongest Ancient Clans in the Northeast Domain, their strength may not be weaker than the current Moon Embracing Sect. And if they were to join hands with other forces..."

"We must be cautious."

"Aside from them, there's the Starsea Alliance, Sunfire Divine Palace, and several other forces. They initially besieged the Moon Embracing Sect, but I forced them to flee the Western Domain, and they're still lingering in the Central State."

"Although they seem relatively weak now, there's a chance they could stumble upon some fortuitous encounter or befriend a powerful figure, which may pose a threat."

"As for the other holy lands, as long as Star Mother Gu is there and the Sky Gazing Mirror remains, if any of the other holy lands make a move, Star Mother Gu will at least give me a heads-up."

"So..."

"The potential threats within the Immortal Martial Continent aren't numerous or overly troublesome."

"But when it comes to external threats..."

Lin Fan fell silent.

External threats? That's a tricky one.

The focus is primarily on the disciples of the protagonist template.

First, the plot of the Seven Gods descending to the mortal realm in Perfect is highly likely, and when the time comes, it's not just seven gods but possibly seventy gods.

A battle between the two sides is inevitable.

Secondly, due to the matter of the Meteor Tear, it's highly likely that the upper realm will send people. However, if handled well, it might not necessarily result in a life-or-death struggle.

Other protagonist templates might also attract attention from the upper realm.

There's also the fishing old man, He Qiang. This old fellow directly fished out a God's Tomb. If that tomb is indeed someone's ancestral tomb... once they find out, it'll be difficult to handle them, no matter how challenging it might be.

And there's the Sword Qi Great Wall on San Ye's side!

"I wonder how things are going on San Ye's side, and what exactly happened with the Sword Qi Great Wall."

"Sigh."

Lin Fan rubbed his temples, "I didn't know, but now that I think about it, it's quite shocking."

"I thought we were temporarily safe, but it seems like the saying 'invincible in the world, but enemies from above' came true, huh?"

"Invincible in the world, enemies from above, eh?"

"However, the Moon Holding Sect hasn't reached the point of being invincible in the world yet."

"A heavy responsibility and a long way to go."

"But no matter what, enhancing my strength is the top priority."

"As for my disciples, I don't need to worry about them. They have their own paths, and they've already gotten on the right track. As long as they steadily move forward, that's enough."

"As for me..."

"I need to focus on both creating laws and wholeheartedly improving my cultivation realm."

"If it's something that even Star Mother Gu is wary of and needs help with, it's definitely not going to be easy!"

"..."

The next day, Lin Fan announced his seclusion.

All matters of the Moon Holding Sect were to be decided by the elders and Xiao Ling'er.

However, few knew that before his seclusion, Lin Fan had called Xiao Ling'er to the Moon Holding Palace for a private conversation.

"Master, why did you call me here?"

"I'm curious," Lin Fan smiled. "Sit, Tianna, and brew some tea."

"Yes, Master."

Tianna brewed two cups of tea properly and then stepped out.

"Your Burning Flame Art has already reached perfection, right?"

"Mhm."

Xiao Ling'er nodded. Regarding Lin Fan, she didn't hide anything, "The Burning Flame Art is a rather special cultivation technique. At first, it was merely a low-grade, lower-tier technique, and even that was a stretch."

"But this technique can refine unusual flames and control them using the Burning Flame Art."

"It can even allow multiple unusual flames to coexist peacefully within the body and even fuse them."

"And with each additional unusual flame, it unlocks one of the secret techniques of the Burning Flame Art, the Ten Changes of Immortal Flame."

"Now, I possess nine unusual flames. The Burning Flame Art has become an Immortal-level technique, and I can perform the Ninth Change of the Ten Changes of Immortal Flame. Not only can I unleash the Great Sunfire Inferno composed of nine flames, but I also know the Nine-Colored Buddha's Wrath Lotus..."

"The development of the Burning Flame Art has reached its pinnacle."

Lin Fan nodded slightly, "Indeed, just as I suspected. But have you thought about what you'll do if you obtain more unusual flames?"

"This..."

Xiao Ling'er scratched her head, "I have considered it."

"I think there are two choices."

"One is to give it to Yun'er. She's also cultivating the Burning Flame Art, but due to the lack of unusual flames, she's using beast flames as substitutes, except for the Dragon Bone Fire. Although they're not bad, they're not the proper path."

"The second option is to let the Unceasing Inferno devour them, thereby strengthening the Unceasing Inferno and enhancing my power."

"Actually, you have a third choice."

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, "Do you remember how the Hundred Forged Divine Flame came to be?"

"Of course I remember."

Xiao Ling'er's eyes shone with admiration, "That's also how the unusual flame ranking came to be. After enduring countless hardships to forge multiple unusual flames that were ranked low or even unranked, he finally created the Hundred Forged Divine Flame."

"Not bad," Lin Fan nodded and smiled, "So, if he could do it, perhaps you can too."

"If you find more unusual flames and fuse them with the ones you currently possess, not only will the Unceasing Inferno benefit, but all your unusual flames will become stronger."

"Moreover, you can try to improve and perfect the Burning Flame Art, allowing it to reach new heights. You can fuse ten, eleven, or even dozens of unusual flames!"

"In that case..."

"Ten Changes, Hundred Changes..."

Xiao Ling'er's expression turned serious, "Master, what do you mean?"

"Believe in yourself," Lin Fan smiled. "Your future will be far more brilliant than you can imagine, and your limits will surpass your expectations."

"Perhaps one day, you'll possess your very own realm."

Xiao Ling'er blinked.

She understood what Lin Fan meant.

But can I really do it?

However... if Master says I can...

"Yes, Master!"

"I'll definitely give it my all!"

(End of Chapter)

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