Lin Chen looked at Yin Wushuang. Back when Supreme Elder Ye first brought him to meet Supreme Elder Yin, he’d already hinted at a piece of information.

Supreme Elder Yin was in seclusion attempting a breakthrough!

At the time, he’d thought the Eight Desolates Sect was afraid Supreme Elder Yin would succeed, so they chose to start a war, wanting to stop Supreme Elder Yin’s breakthrough.

But Supreme Elder Ye’s expression back then had told him that Supreme Elder Yin probably hadn’t broken through successfully.

Although he did not know how great the risks were for breaking through after the Myriad Phenomena Realm, from Supreme Elder Ye’s expression Lin Chen could feel that Supreme Elder Yin had most likely failed and suffered a backlash.

And the Blood Moon Sect as well as Yama Hall had joined the war, forming an alliance with the Eight Desolates Sect, which also confirmed this point.

So when Supreme Elder Yin went to the Ten Thousand Flames Sect and, with overwhelming methods, killed an Innate Sixth Realm Martial Artist and wounded an elder who was likewise at the Myriad Phenomena Realm, the price he paid was probably not small.

“This disciple thanks Supreme Elder Yin for taking action.”

Lin Chen was not a pretentious person; since Supreme Elder Yin had already said as much, he finally bent deeply toward Yin Wushuang in a bow.

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Canglan Sect.

After Lin Chen followed the two Supreme Elders back to the sect, the two Supreme Elders left on their own.

Lin Chen understood that the Supreme Elders obviously had matters to discuss, and he was certain it must be related to the events that had occurred in the Holy Fire Realm this time.

Compared to his last return, Lin Chen found the sect even more desolate now. He could hardly see any disciples walking outside. The Task Hall, which used to be bustling with people, now did not even have a single shadow in sight.

After wandering around the sect once, Lin Chen returned to his own residence, and to his delight, his master had actually come back.

“Master!”

Lin Chen was very excited. Ever since war broke out with the Eight Desolates Sect, after he left Canglan Sect, it had already been several years since he’d seen his master. If he counted the dozens of years in the Thousandfold Secret Realm, the time was even more distant.

“On this trip to the Ten Thousand Flames Sect, did you suffer grievances?”

“Your disciple didn’t suffer any real grievances. Supreme Elder Yin already vented his anger on my behalf.”

Lin Chen shook his head. If he said he’d been wronged, then Dongfang Canglang and that Yan Hui had probably been wronged far more.

As for injuries… with the toughness of his body now, his ability to heal was terrifyingly strong. That bit of injury simply didn’t count for much.

“I didn’t expect Uncle Yin to personally go to the Ten Thousand Flames Sect either.”

Du Xiaofeng also sighed once. What had happened at the Ten Thousand Flames Sect had already spread throughout Canglan Sect, so naturally he had received the news.

There was the anger from his own disciple suffering grievances, and also the satisfaction from Supreme Elder Yin’s decisive action, but even more than that was guilt.

His disciple had been wronged, yet as the master he’d had no way to do anything, and instead had needed a Supreme Elder to step in.

“As your master, I now somewhat regret taking you as my disciple back then.”

Lin Chen was stunned, not understanding why his master would say such a thing.

“You’ve grown too fast. To be honest, I can’t offer you much help on your path of cultivation. If I haven’t guessed wrong, your strength now shouldn’t be beneath mine anymore.”

Hearing his master’s words, Lin Chen finally understood why his master would say this. It was because he felt he hadn’t helped his disciple much and was a bit guilty.

“Master, in my homeland there’s a saying: ‘A teacher is one who passes on the Way, imparts knowledge, and dispels confusion. A disciple need not be inferior to his teacher, a teacher need not be stronger than his disciple…'”

“These words were said by a senior in our homeland who had trained many disciples. In his view, the relationship between master and disciple does not require the master to always be stronger than the disciple. In fact, the faster a disciple surpasses his master, the more it proves the master’s success.”

Hearing his disciple’s words, Du Xiaofeng also laughed. “It seems I was being a bit sentimental and needed you, the disciple, to comfort me. But you’re right: the stronger the disciple, the more it proves the master’s eye for choosing disciples.”

Lin Chen chuckled. “Master’s eye is beyond doubt. Only you would dare decide to take a disciple even before he’d reached the sect.”

Speaking of this, the corners of Du Xiaofeng’s mouth lifted slightly. Back then, in order to take Lin Chen as his disciple, he’d traded barbs with several of his fellow senior brothers. It was the most correct and most pride-worthy thing he’d done in his entire life.

Half a two-hour later, Du Xiaofeng left, but before leaving, the expression on his old face suddenly became a bit strange. “I heard that you have a marriage agreement with the Flower Clan Princess?”

“Yes. Your disciple and Senior Sister Jiang are both from Canglan Island. It’s just that before going to the Ten Thousand Flames Sect, your disciple had no idea that Senior Sister Jiang was actually the Flower Clan Princess.”

Lin Chen briefly explained the situation, and Du Xiaofeng nodded. “That is fate. Who could have imagined that the dignified Flower Clan Princess would end up on an island in the sea where the Martial Path is barren?”

“I suppose that girl named Murong Yan is also from Canglan Island.”

Du Xiaofeng blinked his old eyes, and Lin Chen immediately understood why his master had suddenly brought up the matter between him and Senior Sister Jiang. It wasn’t gossip; it was because of Murong Yan.

For a moment, Lin Chen didn’t know how to answer.

“Ahem, that girl I’ve arranged to stay at Clear Wind Residence in Canglan City. That’s my property, and no one knows about this yet.”

In the Flame Dynasty, it wasn’t anything special for Martial Artists to have three wives and four concubines. Many experts were like this. But since Lin Chen had a marriage agreement with the Flower Clan Princess, Du Xiaofeng couldn’t help but think more about it.

With the Flower Clan Princess’s status, would she accept sharing a husband with another woman?

If people of the Flower Race learned of that girl’s existence, would they harbor other intentions?

As Lin Chen’s master, he had to make proper arrangements for Lin Chen; as for how things would be decided in the end, that would be up to Lin Chen himself.

“Many thanks, Master.”

Lin Chen could also guess why his own master would arrange things this way.

“In terms of the Martial Path, I can’t give you much help right now, so I can only think things through for you in this other regard.”

This time Du Xiaofeng truly departed, and a quarter of an hour later Lin Chen also left the sect and headed for Canglan City.

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Canglan City was bustling with life.

Stepping into the city, Lin Chen found that the number of Martial Artists in the city was even greater than the last time he had come. But he quickly understood: because of the war, many Martial Artists had arranged for their families to be settled in Canglan City.

Of course, those who could arrange for their families to come to Canglan City were all Innate Martial Artists; ordinary Martial Artists didn’t have that ability and could only choose other cities close to Canglan City.

Clear Wind Residence was located in the south of Canglan City, close to the direction of the Canglan Sect. Compared with the bustle elsewhere, the entire area where Clear Wind Residence stood was very quiet.

Those who were able to live here were the most powerful people in the whole Canglan Domain: the families and descendants of the sect’s various Elders, and the Royal Family offspring of the major Wang Chao in the Canglan Domain.

Inside Clear Wind Residence.

Murong Yan sat in the courtyard, holding a book in her hands. Compared to Jade Scrolls, she still preferred reading books.

What she was reading was the Record of Marvels of the Flame Dynasty given by Lin Chen’s master; this book recorded the appearance, characteristics, effects, and so on of all the marvels in the Flame Dynasty…

“Princess.”

Watching her own Princess read this book for months on end, Su Qin’s eyes held doubt. Now that the Princess had come to the Canglan Sect, shouldn’t she be looking for some Martial Arts Technique to cultivate?

The Yan Family’s Cultivation Techniques in the Flame Dynasty could only be considered second-rate, whereas the Canglan Sect’s Cultivation Techniques were the pinnacle of the entire Flame Dynasty.

“Aunt Qin, with my current Realm, no matter how I cultivate I still won’t be able to catch up to Lin Chen. Since I can’t help Lin Chen on the Martial Path, I can only seek another road.”

Murong Yan spoke with a smile. She had not even stepped into the Innate Realm yet, while Lin Chen was already outstanding among Innate Martial Artists. Since she could not assist Lin Chen in battle, then she would change direction.

The marvels of the Flame Dynasty were countless; if she memorized these marvels thoroughly, and even learned to draw inferences about others from one example, then for some special items that had yet to be discovered, she could analyze them based on their growth environment, appearance, and scent, and infer their effects.

In the future, when she and Lin Chen roamed the Flame Dynasty, if they encountered such things, she would be able to provide Lin Chen with some informational reference.

Su Qin had not expected her own Princess to harbor such thoughts. Linking this to the rumors outside these days… about Lin Chen becoming the Flower Race Prince Consort, her heart instantly sank to the bottom.

The many Martial Artists in Canglan City were all extremely delighted about Lin Chen becoming the Flower Race Prince Consort. Though most of them did not know what the Flower Race was, they had heard from others that the Flower Race was no weaker than the Canglan Sect.

At this critical juncture when the Canglan Sect was at war with the Eight Desolates Sect, Lin Chen, a super Celestial Pride disciple of the Canglan Sect, forming a political marriage with a power on par with the Canglan Sect—many people saw this as the Canglan Sect seeking an ally, something that would surely change the course of the war.

“Aunt Qin, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I can see you’ve been holding it in for days; don’t bottle it up until you make yourself ill. In my heart, you’re already my elder relative.”

Murong Yan didn’t treat Aunt Qin as a subordinate; she had long regarded her as family. The two of them had depended on each other in the Flame Dynasty—if not blood kin, then closer than kin.

“Princess, about that Flower Clan Princess?”

Hearing her own Princess speak this way, Su Qin no longer held back.

She could understand Lin Chen’s choice to ally with the Flower Race for the sake of the Canglan Sect, marrying that Flower Clan Princess. But where did that leave her own Princess?

“Aunt Qin, who do you think the Flower Clan Princess is?”

Murong Yan set the book down on the wooden rack beside her, looking at Su Qin with a smiling gaze.

“I don’t know. But the news outside definitely wouldn’t be wrong.”

“If it were the Canglan Sect that needed an alliance, Lin Chen should have known long ago. Marriages between such powers would certainly have been deliberated far in advance; Lin Chen would have told me the last time.”

“Princess, could it be that Lin Chen deliberately didn’t say anything?”

Murong Yan smiled faintly. “You’re thinking too poorly of Lin Chen. There are times when he truly can be sly, but in certain matters he has his own principles.”

Murong Yan thought of how she had once disguised herself as a man; Lin Chen had clearly seen through it, yet had pretended not to know. She couldn’t help the shallow dimpled smile that appeared on her face.

“As for the identity of that Flower Clan Princess, I actually have a guess in my heart. Aunt Qin, do you want to hear it?”

“Princess, you know the Flower Clan Princess’s identity?”

“Lin Chen’s Senior Sister Jiang Qing.”

At this moment, Lin Chen had just arrived at the courtyard gate. Hearing Murong Yan’s guess, a look of astonishment appeared on his face as well.

This woman truly was as clever as ice and snow—she could even guess this!

“Princess, you say that Flower Clan Princess is Lin Chen’s Senior Sister on Canglan Island? That’s impossible, isn’t it?”

Su Qin’s face was filled with disbelief. What kind of status did the Flower Clan Princess have, and what kind of place was Canglan Island? Back then, a single Innate Martial Artist had been enough to leave all the Canglan Island dignitaries at their wits’ end.

It was like… like a phoenix hidden in a chicken coop.

“I certainly have my reasons for such a guess. The most important point is that I’ve already come to the Canglan Sect, yet Lin Chen’s Senior Sister still hasn’t come. That alone runs counter to common sense.”

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