Dragon Roar Iron Shirt! Frost Rock Village

Master Yi Jie hesitated slightly upon hearing this. "Wouldn't that take up too much of your time, Benefactor Lin?"

"Not at all. The martial arts you sent me have been a great help, Master Yi Jie. This is just a small matter," Lin Chen said with a relaxed smile.

Seeing this, Master Yi Jie no longer refused. "Alright then, I'll trouble you, Benefactor Lin."

Master Yi Jie had witnessed Lin Chen's strength and methods. The Demonic Evil discovered by his fellow disciples in the temple this time seemed quite formidable. Bringing Lin Chen along might offer some assistance.

Therefore, after a brief moment of thought, Master Yi Jie agreed. Lin Chen immediately asked Master Yi Jie to wait at the entrance while he went back to get his car.

While retrieving the car, Lin Chen decided to reinforce the Iron Shirt he held.

"Martial Art Recordable: Dragon Roar Iron Shirt."

"Dragon Roar Iron Shirt: Refines the physical body, enhances defense, condenses the Blood Qi True Dragon, and suppresses all evil spirits."

"Just as I thought!"

Seeing the Iron Shirt reinforced and upgraded, a smile appeared on Lin Chen's face. The Iron Shirt was merely an ordinary external martial art, but after reinforcement and improvement, it had already surpassed the scope of ordinary external martial arts!

"Record!"

Lin Chen chose to record it without any hesitation. The next moment, the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt in his hand transformed into a dragon-shaped phantom and merged into Lin Chen's body.

Roar~

A high-pitched dragon's roar emanated from Lin Chen's dantian, and a Blood Qi True Dragon began to condense. As the Blood Qi True Dragon condensed, Lin Chen could clearly feel his physical fitness rapidly increasing, and his physical defense strengthening at an accelerated pace.

In just a moment, the Blood Qi True Dragon was fully condensed. Although it couldn't compare to the Blood Qi True Flame that had been reinforced multiple times, the improvement it brought to Lin Chen was still undeniable.

"My strength has greatly increased. Most importantly, my physical defense... now, against a third-tier Cultivator, I could probably just stand there, and they wouldn't even be able to break through my defense!" Lin Chen said with a smile as he felt his body.

With such formidable physical defense, the next time he faced an enemy of comparable strength, it would be difficult for them to inflict any substantial damage under the dual defense of Blood Qi True Flame and his physical body. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about pain from injuries!

"Origin:"

"Reinforceable Martial Arts: Phoenix Undying Body First Level (5/9), Dragon Roar Iron Shirt First Level (0/9)."

"Reinforce Dragon Roar Iron Shirt!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen directly chose to reinforce the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt. Although he had obtained an external martial art, the unreinforced Dragon Roar Iron Shirt still had some gap compared to the Phoenix Undying Body.

In this situation, Lin Chen's defense was clearly lagging behind his cultivation level, which was why he chose to reinforce the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt without hesitation, to quickly improve his defense.

Buzz~

The next moment, Lin Chen felt his physical strength and defense increase again. Even the Blood Qi True Dragon within his body visibly grew stronger.

"Awesome!"

Lin Chen laughed heartily. However, he could also feel that the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt would likely need to be reinforced a few more times to catch up with his cultivation level.

Otherwise, relying solely on the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt to withstand Cultivators of the same realm might still be a bit difficult. But for Lin Chen, this was not a problem; as long as he had enough Origin, he could upgrade his martial arts in minutes.

Lin Chen started the car and drove to the school entrance to meet Master Yi Jie. Then, under Master Yi Jie's guidance, he headed to meet Master Yi Jie's fellow disciples from Vajra Temple.

After nearly two hours of driving, the two arrived at a small town at the foot of a mountain and met Master Yi Jie's fellow disciple, a burly middle-aged man.

"Senior Brother Huiming!" Master Yi Jie looked at the middle-aged man and then introduced him, "This is Benefactor Lin, whom I mentioned to you before. He is a Cultivator who despises evil!"

"Benefactor Lin!" Master Huiming nodded slightly.

Lin Chen nodded slightly and then looked at Master Huiming, asking curiously, "Didn't Master Yi Jie say there were several Vajra Temple fellow disciples? Why is only Master Huiming here?"

As soon as he said this, Master Yi Jie, standing beside him, also looked at Master Huiming with confusion, as he too didn't know what was going on and only saw Master Huiming at the moment.

"The situation in Frost Rock Village has changed. The other three fellow disciples have already gone up the mountain ahead of time, leaving me here to wait for you," Master Huiming explained.

"So that's how it is!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen and Master Yi Jie understood why only Master Huiming was there and why the other Vajra Temple monks had disappeared.

"I've already asked the restaurant to prepare some food. Let's eat first, and I'll also inform you about the situation in Frost Rock Village," Master Huiming said to Lin Chen and the other.

Lin Chen and Master Yi Jie nodded. It was already close to noon, and if they went up the mountain now, they wouldn't have lunch. This was also why the Vajra Temple disciples had agreed to meet in the town.

Cultivators already had large appetites. Master Yi Jie had eaten a full meal before heading to the unfinished building, as it was difficult to sustain oneself during intense combat on an empty stomach.

A table full of rich meat and delicacies was brought out, and Master Huiming and Master Yi Jie began to devour it ravenously. Lin Chen didn't hold back either. Since becoming a Cultivator, his appetite had also increased significantly. Although not as much as Master Yi Jie and the other, it was still much larger than before.

While eating, Master Huiming also explained the situation in Frost Rock Village. About ten days ago, strange deaths began occurring in Frost Rock Village, and the number of deaths was still increasing. The most bizarre thing was that the villagers couldn't leave the village.

This matter was discovered by Master Huiming, who happened to be traveling through the area. He went into the village to investigate, but encountered strange beasts and ghosts. Master Huiming was no match for them and fled down the mountain, contacting his fellow disciples from the nearby Vajra Temple to come and eliminate the demons.

"Monsters and Ghosts?" Master Yi Jie's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Normally, if monsters and Ghosts were naturally born, they wouldn't be able to live together."

Lin Chen nodded upon hearing this. Exotic Beasts had powerful blood qi, while Ghosts preferred Yin energy. Although these two types of creatures weren't necessarily mortal enemies, they wouldn't be comfortable living together.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, naturally mutated 异兽 and Ghosts would not live together. The situation in Frost Rock Village was indeed very abnormal.

"Evil Cultivators!" Lin Chen said with a solemn expression.

If there were Evil Cultivators controlling Ghosts and exotic beasts, then it wouldn't be strange for exotic beasts and Ghosts to appear and live together.

However, beast taming and ghost nurturing were two different schools of cultivation. It was almost impossible for one person to master both beast taming and ghost nurturing simultaneously. This meant that if there were Evil Cultivators in Frost Rock Village, their numbers were likely more than one!

"That possibility is very high!" Master Huiming nodded slightly, then asked with some confusion, "It's just that I don't understand, if there were at least two Evil Cultivators, why didn't they keep me there in the first place?"