Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 151 Returning to Linhu Village at Night

The backyard of Wuzheng Office in Poyang County.

Su Lingchuan's face turned pale, and so did Zeng Qingyao and the others.

There were several corpses on the ground, each with a blue face and purple lips.

"Being able to make warriors commit suicide by taking poison, this is a trained assassin, what a big deal."

These corpses were the people who had followed Lin Chaoyang before. After Zeng Qingyao and several other museum owners caught up with them, they saw that the situation was not good and simply swallowed poison and committed suicide.

Death soldiers were extremely common in several countries surrounding Daliang, and even in the former Chu Dynasty, but they were very rare in Daliang.

Because of the policy of developing the country through martial arts set by Emperor Taizu, most warriors went from schools to martial arts halls and followed the Wuzhengsi system. Their identities and household registrations were registered, and they rarely served as assassins for the powerful.

The reason why there were so many death warriors in the previous Dynasty of Great Chu and several surrounding countries was that the martial arts techniques and resources were controlled by the aristocratic families. Ordinary people had no way to learn martial arts and could only sell themselves to the powerful.

When these dignitaries want to train death warriors, they can use those who have reached the Awakening Realm. However, in Daliang, due to the openness of martial arts, there are many Awakening warriors in a county. If they want to train useful death warriors, they must at least reach the Lian Zang Realm.

The cost of training is not low, and most families would not do this.

"Master Su, given Lin Chen's situation, there is no reason for him to offend a force that can train assassins. And that Master Xing is obviously targeting Lin Chen."

Zeng Qingyao did not hide anything. Now, several of their museum owners, including Lord Su, belong to the same camp.

"I know something about this matter, but the other party doesn't dare to attack Lin Chen openly, so they can only resort to such conspiracy and trickery."

Su Lingchuan did not intend to tell Zeng Qingyao and others about the Huo family of Raozhou Prefecture. After all, there was no evidence that the Huo family was the mastermind behind the incident.

When Zeng Qingyao saw Su Lingchuan's expression, she understood in her heart that Lord Su probably already had a suspect in mind, but did not intend to speak out because he had no evidence.

"Sir, should we inform Lin Chen about this?"

"inappropriate!"

Su Lingchuan and Zeng Qingyao objected almost at the same time. The two looked at each other and Su Lingchuan said, "Lin Chen has been taken away by the Military Affairs Department and is undergoing special training. We cannot be distracted by this."

This special training is crucial for a civilian warrior like Lin Chen, and the affairs of the Lin family have come to an end. Lin Ming is already dead, so there is no rush to inform Lin Chen.

Just as Su Lingchuan finished speaking, hurried footsteps were heard outside the yard gate.

"Sir, news just came from the county government that Lin Chen's grandfather, Lin Chaoyang, passed away today."

At the gate of the courtyard, Su Lingchuan's confidant walked in. As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Su Lingchuan and Zeng Qingyao turned ugly.

Lin Chen must be informed of his grandfather's passing.

Especially since Lin Chaoyang had just personally stated how filial Lin Chen was to him as a grandfather. If he didn't inform Lin Chen, Xing Huaifeng would probably take advantage of the situation to get angry again.

"The officer knows."

After a moment of silence, Su Lingchuan looked at everyone and said, "Even if I keep it a secret, Mr. Xing will definitely tell Lin Chen about this. I don't know where Lin Chen and his talented students have gone, so I can't stop them."

Xing Huaifeng targeted Lin Chen, and now that he had the chance to interrupt Lin Chen's special training, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

"You don't need to pay attention to the forces behind these people. Don't make any mistakes in the next period of time, so as not to be caught by others."

Su Lingchuan knew very well that Xing Huaifeng had lost face this time and would definitely not be able to stay in the position of Director of the Military Affairs Department of Raozhou Prefecture for long. However, until the higher-ups found a suitable next Director of the Military Affairs Department of Raozhou Prefecture, Xing Huaifeng would not be removed and he would have to stay in this position for a while.

"I'll wait to understand."

Zeng Qingyao and the others nodded. As the masters of various martial arts halls, if Lord Xing wanted to deal with them, he could only find fault with the operation of the martial arts halls. However, they were confident that they would not be caught in any problems.

"Don't be careless. I didn't care about trivial matters in the past, but that doesn't mean others won't take advantage of them. In short, don't give others any chance to take advantage of you."

After giving some instructions to Zeng Qingyao and the others, Su Lingchuan returned to his study and began writing a letter to his teacher.

He wanted to tell his teacher everything that happened today. The Huo family had even arranged assassins, and it was not just a simple target on Lin Chen.

……

……

Huo family!

"This Xing Huaifeng is such a loser. He is the Director of the Military Affairs Department, but he can't even deal with a student."

Huo Zhong's face flushed with anger. Huo Kang looked at the porcelain fragments scattered all over the floor, then glanced at his angry father, and asked, "Father, what should we do next?"

"What should I do? How should I know what to do?"

Huo Zhong glared at his son fiercely. The Huo family could find fault with Lin Chen, but they could never attack Lin Chen directly. This kind of using Lin Ming's hand to kill someone with a borrowed knife would not bring any trouble to the Huo family as long as the tail was cleaned up.

"Father, I think Lord Xing didn't expect that Poyang County would do so much to protect Lin Chen."

"That's why I said he was stupid. Why did he rush to act? I asked Lin Ming to report it. I could have brought Lin Ming back to the Military Affairs Department and arranged for someone to bring Lin Chen's grandfather to the Department. I could have made the move after confirming that everything was correct. Instead of being stuck in a dilemma like now, I ended up getting myself involved."

"Father, are you saying that Lord Xing will also get into trouble?"

"What else?" Huo Zhong sneered. "All the dignitaries in Poyang County are protesting. Moreover, Lin Chen is a genius student. Even He Ruyun has come out. Behind He Ruyun stands the prefect of Raozhou Prefecture. This matter is not over yet. It will definitely be reported to the Military Affairs Department. Xing Huaifeng, the director of the Military Affairs Department, will be gone in less than a month."

"The Xing family has never produced a strong person. Xing Huaifeng is too naive when it comes to intrigue and schemes."

After cursing, Huo Zhong also sighed. Xing Huaifeng was the most powerful warrior in the Xing family for five generations. Before Xing Huaifeng, the Xing family was just an ordinary warrior family that did not understand the strategies of open and covert struggles in officialdom.

But the Li family had no choice. A seventh-rank warrior with a background and origin would never be willing to be a knife for the Li family.

"Father, what should we do next?"

"Don't do anything yet, just clean up the tail."

……

……

Special training ground.

Bu Wenbin looked at the letter in his hand and remained silent.

After a cup of tea, footsteps were heard outside the yard and Lin Chen walked in.

"Greetings, Mr. Xuetai."

Seeing Lin Chen coming in, Bu Wenbin smiled and said, "Lin Chen, how was your fight on Wudao Mountain these past two days?"

"I am a foolish disciple, and have not yet challenged a senior who has successfully opened the ninth acupoint."

In two days, Lin Chen fought with the senior who had reached the ninth level of enlightenment on the Martial Arts Mountain no less than ten times, but he only lasted less than thirty breaths at most each time.

The gap between warriors is so huge that he sometimes can't help but ask, how did these predecessors practice?

"The martial arts mountain is different from the bronze men you met in the iron house. Although those bronze men are as strong as the Nineteen Apertures, they are only strength on paper. The true combat power of a warrior is measured not only by his own realm, but also by his combat skills and ability to respond to emergencies."

Bu Wenbin comforted Lin Chen, saying that the talented seniors on Wudao Mountain were different from the bronze men. Not only did they retain their strength, but they could also adapt to the situation, which was far beyond the reach of the bronze men.

Lin Chen nodded. He could understand this point clearly.

Just because he defeated eight bronze men who were equivalent to having opened up their nineteenth acupoint, it didn't mean that he could really defeat eight warriors who had opened up their nineteenth acupoint.

These bronze men had no fear. Although their joint attacks were coordinated very cleverly, their flaws were also obvious. It was like a well-designed program, with each step being carried out as planned.

In fact, one of the main reasons why he was able to defeat these bronze men was because he had been beaten many times before, but he remembered the attack order of the bronze men and found out the flaws between these bronze men, which enabled him to defeat these eight bronze men.

If it were a real person, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it.

Although the seniors in Wudao Mountain are not real people, they are no different from real people. The way they attack will change every time, and they have truly evolved the fighting skills.

Although he failed in the battles with these seniors, he did not gain nothing. At least he had made a lot of progress in his fighting skills in these days.

Fighting skills are very mysterious and cannot be described in words. It is more of a feeling and improvisation during battle. When Lin Chen first started challenging in the ring in Wuyuan, he could feel his improvement in fighting. But later, as his realm improved, the opponents he encountered were not strong enough to bring him much improvement in skills.

I'm afraid that every one of those seniors on Wudao Mountain has maxed out their fighting skills.

"Although I lost every time, I gained a lot from every battle with those seniors."

"Well, besides strength, warriors also need the ability to respond in battle."

"It hasn't even been a month since the special training began, so don't be too anxious. I called you here this time because I have something else to tell you."

Bu Wenbin looked at the gleam in Lin Chen's eyes and sighed in his heart. It was such a bad time.

But Daliang was very concerned about filial piety, so he put away his smile and said, "Today, the Military Affairs Department of Raozhou sent a letter saying that your grandfather passed away a day ago."

Lin Chen was stunned. His grandfather was dead?

Lin Chaoyang is dead?
Lin Chen had a complicated expression towards Lin Chaoyang. In his heart, he no longer regarded Lin Chaoyang as his grandfather, but just a strange old man. But when he heard the news of Lin Chaoyang's death, there was still a tremor in his heart.

Perhaps, there is another reason why I practice so hard, which is to make this old guy regret it.

The further I go in martial arts, the more regretful the old man will feel, and the happier I will be.

"I will give you three days off. You can return to the special training site after three days."

Hearing what the academician said, Lin Chen wanted to say that he didn't need to ask for leave, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them in the end. No matter what grudges there were between him and Lin Chaoyang, in the eyes of the academician, Lin Chaoyang was always his grandfather, and it would be unfilial for a grandson not to go back after his grandfather passed away.

Don't persuade others to be kind to others without suffering.

If I tell Mr. Xuetai about how my grandfather treated me, he may not understand me.

Because Mr. Xuetai is also an old man.

Daliang has many similar concepts to his previous life, one of which is filial piety.

The above attaches great importance to filial piety, not only because it is a person's character, but also out of personal considerations.

Everyone will have a day when their energy and blood will decline and they will grow old, but as long as you have filial piety, you can still retain your voice even when you grow old.

The second is that death is the greatest thing.

When a person dies, it is like a light going out, and all grudges will disappear.

This is the simple idea of many people in Daliang, including ordinary people and warriors.

No matter how their grandfather treated them, in the eyes of most people, their grandfather is dead and all the grudges are gone.

Without Lin Chaoyang, there would be no me.

Given the grace of giving birth to a child, it is only right to burn incense at his funeral hall after his death.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir."

"Go ahead. I have arranged for Jiang Kui to take you out."

……

……

The special training ground is a thousand steps outside the fog.

Lin Chen met Jiang Kui again. Compared with the last time, Jiang Kui was much more enthusiastic this time. When he saw Lin Chen, he took the initiative to step forward and patted Lin Chen on the shoulder: "My condolences."

"My grandfather was already in his seventies. For an ordinary person to live to this age is considered a happy death."

Lin Chen smiled back at Jiang Kui. He did not feel sad at all. He just went back for show this time.

"Birth, aging, illness and death are common occurrences for ordinary people, and for us warriors as well. If you can think this way, I will be relieved."

Jiang Kui thought that Lin Chen was just forcing himself to smile, but outsiders really couldn't interfere in this matter, so he took Lin Chen on the boat and headed towards Poyang County.

The cruise ship moved forward in the water mist. Lin Chen did not enter the cabin, but stood on the deck. Seeing this, Jiang Kui pondered for a moment, and finally did not say anything.

According to the rules, trainees are not supposed to know the address of the special training site, and they can only stay in the cabin whether coming or leaving.

But considering Lin Chen's performance in the special training base, although he was only responsible for picking up and dropping off the students, he also had his own sources of information and knew how outstanding Lin Chen's performance was in the special training base.

Lin Chen has unlimited potential, so he doesn't have to follow these rules.

Standing on the deck of the ship, Lin Chen also noticed the green mountains on the shore, and he guessed in his mind that this special training site should be in the depths of Poyang Lake.

The Poyang Lake is 800 miles long, but I don’t know which area of the Poyang Lake this special training site is located in.

An hour later, the cruise ship finally got out of the foggy area. What surprised Lin Chen was that he did not encounter those soldiers when he came back this time.

When he first came here, he had heard that there were Poyang Guards in Poyang Lake, and he also thought that if he met Lord Fang, or Lord Fang's subordinate Lord Lu, he would ask him to convey his gratitude to Lord Fang.

The things in the package that Lord Fang gave him were just two sets of clothes and a token with the word "Wei" engraved on it.

He didn't know what the token was used for, but it was because of Lord Fang's words at that time that Lord Jiang's attitude towards him improved a little.

Four hours later, the sky gradually darkened. Looking at the familiar waters of Poyang Lake and the outline of Poyang County in the distance, Lin Chen felt a little excited.

Although he had been away from Poyang County for less than a month, this was the longest time he had been away from Poyang County in the past sixteen years, including his original body.

"Lin Chen, I will not go to Poyang County. I will send you directly to Linhu Village and wait for you here at noon the day after tomorrow."

"Sorry, Mr. Jiang."

Lin Chen knew that this was Lord Jiang giving him a convenience, otherwise the cruise ship would be closer to the Poyang County wharf, but now it has to go straight down from the Poyang County wharf, and there is still some distance to reach Linhu Village.

Half an hour later, the cruise ship stopped at the lakeside of Linhu Village. Lin Chen said goodbye to Jiang Kui and went ashore carrying their bags.

On the lakeshore of Linhu Village, several villagers were carrying fishing nets and traps. When they saw Lin Chen getting off the boat, they were all stunned.

"Is Xiaochen back?"

After a while, these villagers finally spoke to say hello, but their expressions were a little strange.

Lin Chen just thought that the villagers thought about the death of their grandfather and knew the grudge between him and his grandfather. They didn't know whether to say "Excuse me" or something else, which was why their expressions were so strange.

But as he entered the village, he met more and more villagers with the same expression. Lin Chen frowned. Could there be other reasons for Lin Chaoyang's death?
The ancestral home of the Lin family.

There was a white flag hanging on the dry bamboo branch inserted in front of the door. When Lin Chen arrived at the gate of the ancestral home, his eldest brother Lin Liang must have received the news and walked out of the ancestral home.

"Brother Chen, grandpa is gone."

Looking at his elder brother wearing plain cloth and saying the word "grandfather", Lin Chen frowned. He hated Lin Chaoyang, and so did his elder brother. But now his elder brother called him "grandfather". If there were outsiders around, it might be that his elder brother was trying to cover up, but now there were only two brothers.

"Brother, what happened? Why did he just leave for no reason?"

Lin Chaoyang has always been in good health. Even though he seldom walks around in the village after he became successful in martial arts, his physical condition is still there.

"Lin Ming, that beast..."

When Lin Liang heard his own brother asking about it, he gritted his teeth and told him what had happened.

"The night before yesterday, grandpa held my hand and said that the person he felt most sorry for was you. He did this not to make you, brother Chen, recognize him as his grandfather, but just to clean up the mess for the Lin family. From now on, the Lin family will be handed over to you, brother Chen."

……

……

The ancestral home of the Lin family.

Lin Chen stood alone in the mourning hall in silence. Lin Chaoyang lay on the mourning bed with a peaceful face, his body covered with a white cloth.

In the courtyard outside the eaves, Lin's father and mother, as well as Lin's second uncle and second aunt, including Lin Liang, Lin Hui, and Xier, whose eyes were swollen from crying the past few days, were all standing in the yard.

"Chen'er has been standing in the mourning hall for a long time." Lin's mother said worriedly.

"Don't bother him."

Zhao Zanghu walked in from the courtyard gate, looked at the figure standing upright in the mourning hall, and shook his head.

"village head."

When Lin's father and others saw Zhao Zanghu coming in, they hurriedly greeted him.

"It's good that Lin Chen is back. Chaoyang should be buried tomorrow."

After a long time, Lin Chen in the mourning hall finally took action. He picked up three incense sticks on one side and lit them, but did not worship them. He directly inserted them into his incense burner.

Seeing Lin Chen lighting incense, Lin's father outside the courtyard gate had a glimmer of joy in his eyes. Chen'er may not recognize his father as his grandfather, but at least he will not hate him anymore.

"The person is dead, so what's the point of me hating him? I thought that if you don't achieve anything in martial arts in the future, given the village chief's temper, he will definitely hold a banquet, and then you will be sad again."

Lin Chen glanced at Lin Chaoyang's face and a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Father, mother, second uncle, second mother, you all go and have some rest. I will be the one keeping watch here tonight."

"it is good."

Father Lin did not refuse. Chen'er was a warrior and was stronger than them. The Lin family had encountered such changes in the past two days. He was indeed a little tired and had hardly slept for two days.

"Brother, Brother Hui, you should go and have a rest too."

"No, tonight is the last night, and I want to stay here to watch over my grandfather."

Lin Hui opened his mouth, and Er Niang beside him tugged at the corner of Lin Hui's clothes, but Lin Hui remained unmoved.

Lin Chen understood why Second Mother pulled Lin Hui's clothes. It was because she was afraid that he still had complaints against his grandfather and that Lin Hui's behavior made her unhappy.

"Okay, then the three of us brothers will stay."

Glancing at his eldest brother's expression, Lin Chen knew that he probably wouldn't go to sleep tonight.

"Village Chief, I'm sorry to bother you for some time at this late hour."

Lin Chen looked at the old village chief. Zhao Zanghu was not surprised. When he heard from the villagers that Lin Chen had returned, he knew that Lin Chen would definitely talk to him tonight.

Although everyone in the village saw what happened at the entrance of the village, the Lin family did not know the inside story. I have also found out some information in the past two days. Although it is not much, I can let Lin Chen take a look at it.

(End of this chapter)