Perfect: Many children, many blessings! Join the chat group!

[Lin Dong: Seriously? Is creating your own martial arts style that easy?]

Lin Dong was somewhat skeptical of Xiao Yan's words.

If creating your own martial arts is really that easy, then who in this world would bother learning other people's skills?

[Han Li: Fourth Brother, are you sure you really created several spells?]

Han Li also sent a questioning comment at this moment.

Actually, it wasn't just him; everyone else in the group was also suspicious.

Xiao Yan had previously created a skill called 'Buddha's Wrath Lotus', which was quite powerful, and they were all very impressed with it.

But to say that he can easily create several skills on his own is a bit of an exaggeration.

[Xiao Yan: Of course it's true, would I lie to you?]

[Han Li: Then tell me, what supernatural abilities have you created yourself?]

[Xiao Yan: Seeing is believing, so I'll just send you some skill screenshots.]

[Xiao Yan: (Two-colored Fire Lotus), (Two-colored Fire Lotus), (Three-colored Fire Lotus), (Four-colored Fire Lotus)...]

Xiao Yan sent a series of screenshots showcasing his skills to the group chat.

There are more than a dozen of them, big and small.

However, all of these skills are named 'Fire Lotus'!
This made everyone in the group twitch their lips a few times.

[Lin Dong: Aren't all these fire lotuses the same?]

[Qian Renxue: Isn't this your Buddha's Wrath Lotus?]

[Luo Feng: You're not trying to tell us that these fire lotuses belong to different skills because of their different combinations, are you?]

[Xiao Yan: Haha, Sixth Brother understands me best! That's right, these fire lotuses may look the same, but in reality, the power of the fire lotus created by combining each different type of strange fire is different. For example, the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus I created by combining the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame and the Sea Core Flame is relatively weaker, but if I combine the Sea Core Flame and the Azure Ice Flame, the power of the fire lotus will be enhanced. By combining each different type of strange fire, can't we create different skills?]

After hearing Xiao Yan's explanation, everyone was stunned.

Even Zhu Chen, who was secretly watching the screen, almost burst out laughing.

Aren't all fire lotuses created by fusing different different flames Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotuses?

This guy is actually trying to sow discord here?

[Lin Dong: Fourth Brother, stop messing around. This can only be considered a self-created skill, and I don't think your technique of fusing different flames, even if it's self-created, has any real technical merit.]

[Xiao Yan: Bullshit! Fusing multiple different flames requires a lot of skill in controlling fire, okay? It took me quite a while to fuse the four-colored fire lotus.]

[Lin Dong: Well, I also spent a lot of effort to comprehend the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger. By the way, I've already uploaded the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger martial art; those of you who are interested can go and learn it.]

[Wang Lin: Fifth Brother's "Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger" does indeed possess profound mysteries. Some time ago, I also learned three immortal techniques from Situ: "Nirvana Finger," "Demon Transformation Finger," and "Yellow Spring Finger." These three immortal techniques seem to have commonalities with the "Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger" you uploaded. You can learn them and study them carefully; perhaps they will be of some help to you.]

[Lin Dong: Look, even my second brother praised my martial art.]

[Xiao Yan: Second brother was just comforting you. His real intention was for you to learn his Three-Finger Divine Power. As for the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger, it's fine not to learn it...]

Lin Dong: Impossible, absolutely impossible...

[Zhu Chen: Hey~, everyone's here today!]

Seeing that Xiao Yan and the others were chatting happily in the group, Zhu Chen sent a comment at the right time.

[Lin Dong: Big brother, you've finally arrived.]

[Xiao Yan: Big brother, you haven't been online for three months. Did you see the message I left you before?]

Lin Dong and Xiao Yan were both extremely happy to see Zhu Chen.

Xiao Yan, in particular, has been vigorously promoting the 'Blast Sky Gang Alchemy Guild' recently. Thanks to Xiao Xun'er's help, his progress has been very smooth, and he has already recruited quite a few alchemists.

However, at the same time, the people from the Soul Palace and the Pill Tower have also noticed his situation.

He desperately needs someone to back him up.

Now that Zhu Chen has returned, it has relieved his worries.

[Zhu Chen: I just went into seclusion for a short while, you guys don't need to get so worked up, do you?]

Zhu Chen smiled and offered an explanation.

[Han Li: I also went into seclusion for three months this time. For cultivators like us, three months of seclusion is actually quite short.]

[Luo Feng: What a coincidence! I've also recently gone into seclusion at a place called 'Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9,' and I might be in seclusion for quite some time.]

Seeing that Zhu Chen and Han Li had been in seclusion, Luo Feng also revealed his current situation.

[Zhu Chen: Didn't you go to Fog Island before? Didn't you find the Meteorite Starship there?]

[Luo Feng: No, that Babata probably only recognizes the Meteorite Star people and deliberately blocked me, so after I returned from Fog Island, I signed up for the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.]

Although Luo Feng had collected all the plant hearts on Mist Island, he had not found a single Wood Crystal deep underground.

The Cloud Vine did appear, but he couldn't defeat it at the time, so he had to call Hong from the Extreme Martial Arts School to come and collect it.

If you can win, then fight; if you can't, then call for reinforcements.

This is his consistent style.

[Zhu Chen: That Babata is an intelligent life form, and some things will definitely follow a program. Since you're here, just make the best of it. For now, hone your skills in the Ancient Civilization Ruins No. 9. If you can't stand the loneliness, go explore other worlds. Don't really drive yourself crazy.]

Zhu Chen offered Luo Feng a word of comfort in the group chat.

Although the No. 9 ancient civilization site is not a place for normal people to stay, it is also an opportunity for Luo Feng.

People who have stayed there will develop mental problems to varying degrees.

He suspected that Luo Feng's bloodthirstiness in the later parts of the original story, and his tendency to wipe out entire clans at the drop of a hat, was very likely related to the fact that he had been sealed off in the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins for one year and three months.

However, now that Luo Feng has mastered the "Original True Explanation," his time to clear the level should be faster this time.

[Han Li: Brother, did you gain anything from this seclusion?]

After seeing Zhu Chen finish talking with Luo Feng, Han Li immediately sent a message in the group chat.

Every time a cultivator goes into seclusion, it is of great importance.

It could be a realization of one's state of mind, or a breakthrough in one's cultivation.

During his seclusion this time, he broke through from the early stage of Nascent Soul to the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

Therefore, he was very curious to know what Zhu Chen had gained from this seclusion.
I suppose they're not any worse than me, right?

[Zhu Chen: Actually, there wasn't much to gain, except that my cultivation level broke through a small realm. Since you're asking me this, you must have broken through too, right?]

[Han Li: I merely broke through from the early Nascent Soul stage to the mid-Nascent Soul stage; it's nothing to boast about.]

[Zhu Chen: You're being modest, aren't you? I remember you only formed your Nascent Soul three months ago, right? Breaking through from the early to the middle Nascent Soul stage in just three months—if that got out, wouldn't everyone be out of a job?]

[Han Li: I was just lucky; it was a lucky breakthrough.]

[Xiao Yan: Third Brother, you stole my line...]

[Han Li: ???]

...(End of chapter)