Whether it's the Black Yan Hall or Yun Kaige and his people, none have truly left this island. Instead, they are concealed nearby.
Lin Chen observed all this with his Abyssal Eye.
Within these ruins, everyone's divine soul perception was suppressed. Yun Kaige and his group believed that concealing their aura was enough to evade Lin Chen's detection. However, they didn't realize that their minor activities near the island, although Lin Chen's Abyssal Eye was also somewhat suppressed by the ruins, were not as severely affected as their soul power. Hence, Yun Kaige's actions were all seen by Lin Chen.
Even in these ruins, the Abyssal Eye can perceive everything within a five-thousand-mile radius.
Yun Kaige and his group naturally didn't know about Lin Chen's possession of the powerful Abyssal Eye, so they weren't far when concealing their forms to hide around the surroundings.
Seeing all this, Lin Chen naturally did not plan to leave the island at this moment, as there were still some opportunities waiting for him beneath the Fire Sea.
"Zhang Hongying, Zhang Caiyun, it's best for you to stay on this island without wandering around. Yun Kaige and those from the Black Yan Hall haven't gone far; they're hidden somewhere outside the island. If you go out and fall into their hands again, I won't be able to save you."
Lin Chen approached Zhang Hongying and Zhang Caiyun, among others from the Zhang Family, and advised.
"Do you mean they're not far and are laying an ambush outside waiting for us to go out?"
Zhang Caiyun was surprised upon hearing Lin Chen's words and exclaimed.
"Yes, after all, they suffered a great loss at my hands this time and naturally won't let me off easily, thinking of revenge. Since they want to guard, then let them guard. I want to see how long they can guard."
Lin Chen replied indifferently.
"Lin Chen, are you saying your divine soul isn't affected by the dense fog in the ruins, allowing you to detect them?"
Zhang Caiyun was amazed that Lin Chen could sense Yun Kaige and the Black Yan Hall people had not left, and immediately asked.
They knew that upon entering here, they discovered this world suppressed their soul power, and it was the same at this moment. However, Lin Chen could detect Yun Kaige's ambush; therefore, it seems possible that Lin Chen's divine soul isn't affected or he has other means.
But upon reflection, Lin Chen, with merely the Seventh Level of Nirvana Realm cultivation, was previously hunted by the Black Yan Hall people. Not long ago, he fell into the Fire Sea and stayed below for half a month. When he should have perished, he rode ten Fire Dragons to attack Yun Kaige and others. Hence, it might be because Lin Chen obtained some remarkable opportunity beneath the Fire Sea.
"I have my ways, don't overthink or speculate. Just listen to me, besides knowing too much isn't beneficial."
Lin Chen looked at Zhang Caiyun coldly and spoke.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Caiyun snorted and turned her head away.
"Hmph, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. What's the big deal?"
Zhang Caiyun retorted discontentedly.
Yet, although she was stubborn verbally, she understood inwardly that Lin Chen's words held some truth. Knowing too much indeed brings no benefit, just like Zhang Hongying, who originally had nothing to do with Lin Chen but was suspected by Liu Yong to be Lin Chen's woman, thereby inviting life-threatening danger.
Thus, if she also knew Lin Chen's secrets, it would truly bring no benefits.
After advising Zhang Caiyun and others, Lin Chen flashed away and headed toward the Fire Sea.
Now, with the Fire Control Technique, the Fire Sea posed no harm to Lin Chen.
Arriving beneath the Fire Sea, Lin Chen stared at the Yang Flame Divine Fire, wanting to give it a try.
However, when Lin Chen performed the Fire Control Technique and maneuvered for a while, the violent fire attribute energy forced him back.
Lin Chen fled swiftly and avoided being scorched by the flames; otherwise, he wouldn't just be seriously injured but would be burned to ashes by the Yang Flame Divine Fire.
Gazing at the massive Flame Lotus deep within the central Fire Sea, Lin Chen was filled with dread.
This Yang Flame Divine Fire is of Seventh Grade, which is not an exaggeration. Even a Creation Realm Expert would instantly be turned to ashes if touched.
Looks like Lin Chen would have to abandon the idea of subduing the Yang Flame Divine Fire now and try again in the future when his cultivation becomes stronger.
Then, Lin Chen shifted his focus to the Flame Crystal Stones in the Fire Sea. Yun Kaige's group and the martial artists from the Black Yan Hall had collected quite a few Flame Crystal Stones over the past half a month but hadn't harvested them all.
Now that Lin Chen had mastered the Fire Control Technique, he could move freely in the Fire Sea, collecting Flame Crystal Stones without the need to retreat ashore every once in a while to restore his spiritual power.
As for the Fire Beasts in the Fire Sea, many of their kind had previously been knocked unconscious by the Little Profound Turtle and then brought into the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron Space by Lin Chen. They were now terrified of Lin Chen, retreating as soon as they saw him, making it impossible for Lin Chen to knock out a few and tame them.
These Fire Beasts were born from the Fire Sea and were unafraid of the Yang Flame Divine Fire. They would hide within the Yang Flame Divine Fire upon seeing Lin Chen.
Without needing to go ashore to restore spiritual power, Lin Chen collected Flame Crystal Stones swiftly, amassing a thousand pieces in no time.
The collected Flame Crystal Stones were mostly low-grade, with high-grade and middle-grade accounting for almost half the proportion. After a simple calculation, Lin Chen realized this harvest amounted to nearly forty million low-grade Spirit Crystals, making Lin Chen overjoyed.
After a day of collecting Flame Crystal Stones, on the second day, Lin Chen entered the second layer space of the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron to transmit himself to a foreign world and temper his body.
However, this time Lin Chen persisted for only a hundred breaths before being pulled back into the cauldron space.
Because the Star Map Lin Chen had illuminated only contained ten paths, allowing him to remain in the foreign world precisely for a hundred breaths. If Lin Chen wanted to stay longer in that world, he'd need to illuminate the eleventh path on the Star Map.
Lin Chen glanced at the newly collected Flame Crystal Stones, feeling conflicted. After all, these Flame Crystal Stones were scarce, but when exchanged into Spirit Crystals in the outside world, their inherent energy was not sufficient to surpass the energy of the Spirit Crystals acquired through exchange.