Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 172 Senior Brother Lin is Radiating Light

The cruise ship is just twenty feet ahead.

The fish monsters on the left and right sides were only ten feet away.

If we continue to move forward at this speed, we will most likely be surrounded by the fish monsters on both sides.

Anyone with a little bit of common sense can calculate this outcome, not to mention that those who can appear in the special training ground are all smart people.

Seeing that one of their companions had escaped alone at this time, the expressions of the others changed.

"mean!"

A young man cursed angrily, but just as he finished his words, two figures suddenly jumped high up.

"Brother Lin, I'm sorry!"

"Brother Lin, I'm sorry, we don't want to die!"

Once surrounded by the fish monsters on both sides, they would have no chance of breaking out.

Perhaps Senior Brother Lin could do it with his powerful strength, but they definitely couldn't, and these fish monsters have become crazy now. Even if they wanted to follow Senior Brother Lin like before, they were powerless.

Ji Rui, who rushed to the cruise ship first, had a look of shame on his face.

It was he who asked Senior Brother Lin to abandon them and break out of the siege alone, but at that time they were still a long distance away from the east side of the island, and in his opinion, the hope of survival was too slim.

With no hope of survival in sight, Ji Rui had already accepted the reality of death and did not want to drag down Senior Brother Lin.

But now that hope is right in front of him, his thoughts have changed.

He wants to live!
Even though he knew that his actions were a betrayal to others, he didn't want to die.

Brother Lin, I’m sorry!

Sorry, other brothers and sisters!
Ji Rui soared into the sky and reached the lakeshore. Although the cruise ship was parked on the water several feet away, this distance was nothing to him.

However, just when Ji Rui stomped his right foot on the ground and wanted to jump up again, a shadow suddenly emerged from the lake. A huge fish monster opened its bloody mouth. Ji Rui's pupils suddenly shrank and he wanted to dodge, but it was too late and he was swallowed by the fish monster.

Seeing Ji Rui being swallowed by the fish monster, the other two young men had horror on their faces and stopped immediately. However, what made them even more terrified was that the fish monster, which had originally rushed towards Senior Brother Lin and the others, abandoned Senior Brother Lin and the others and rushed towards the two of them.

"Haha, you deserve it!"

When the young men around Lin Chen saw this scene, they showed satisfaction on their faces. This is the consequence of betrayal.

"My fellow apprentices, please board the boat from one side and be careful of the fish monster in the lake."

Looking at the two people surrounded by the fish monster, Lin Chen frowned and spoke to the young men behind him.

"Brother Lin, do you want to?"

"I can't watch these two fellow apprentices being killed by the fish monster."

After hearing Lin Chen's words, the young men all had looks of disbelief on their faces. These two people betrayed everyone, and yet they still wanted to save them?

"Everyone makes mistakes. The two brothers were just trying to survive. I think they have realized their mistakes now. We should give them a chance. With the help of these two brothers, they helped us to lure away the fish monster. From this point of view, we should thank them."

Lin Chen looked sincere, and the teenagers were deeply moved.

Senior Brother Lin is not only strong, but in their eyes, his entire being is glowing.

"Senior Sister Jiang, please lead a few fellow disciples to fight their way out from there."

Jiang Qing said "hmm" with a strange expression, and started to move forward diagonally with a few people.

"My two junior brothers, hold on, I'm coming!"

Lin Chen shouted loudly, leaped up, and smashed directly towards the two people who were surrounded.

With his current body at the second level of Zhenyue Pu, he can completely use himself as a weapon.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

Seeing Lin Chen charging into the circle of monsters and coming up to them, the two young men had expressions of great shame on their faces and didn't dare to look Lin Chen in the eye.

"You just want to survive, that's right, no one is not afraid of death."

Lin Chen spoke to comfort the two of them, and then said loudly: "Follow me and fight together."

"Ah."

The two young men spoke in muffled voices, but at this moment they had made up their minds. From now on, anyone who dared to speak ill of Senior Brother Lin or do anything bad to Senior Brother Lin would be their enemy.

The premise is that they can really survive!
drop!
Drip!

Drop drop!
Just as Lin Chen was about to lead the two men to break out of the encirclement, a rapid flute sound suddenly came from the lake. Along with the appearance of the flute sound, these fish monsters jumped towards the lake one after another and gave up the encirclement of Lin Chen and others.

Seeing the fish monster retreat, Lin Chen blinked slightly. It seemed that the test arranged by Lord Xu was over.

"Is the test over now? Why is old man Su so stingy?"

Xu Li, who was staring at every move from a distance behind, muttered something.

Isn’t it just that a few more fish monsters died?

These fish monsters are originally used to extract their flesh and blood to refine elixirs, so it doesn’t matter if a few more die.

"The test is over, go out and meet these boys."

Although he felt somewhat dissatisfied, Xu Li also knew that after these fish monsters retreated, there was no need to continue this test.

……

……

The fish demon broke through and retreated, leaving the young men present a little confused, but then their faces showed the joy of escaping rebirth.

"Could it be that reinforcements have arrived, and these fish monsters sensed the danger and retreated on their own initiative?"

Some of the boys were thinking, but more of them just sat down on the ground. After a long battle and with their tense nerves, as the fish monster retreated, these boys could no longer hold on.

"Alive, alive!"

"We didn't die, we survived."

Everyone looked at each other with joy in their eyes, but the next moment these young people's eyes fell on the figure walking towards them.

Without Senior Brother Lin, they would not have survived until now and would have died at the hands of the fish monster long ago.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

"Senior Brother Lin!"

All the young men spoke up at once. Lin Chen glanced at everyone and said, "Although we don't know why the fish monster retreated, we can't let our guard down. Senior Sister Jiang, I'll leave this to you. I need to go back."

Lin Chen's words startled everyone. Senior Brother Lin wanted to go back at this time? "There are still three junior brothers in the iron warehouse, and I also want to see how it is to teach them."

When Jiang Qing heard Lin Chen's words, she rolled her eyes in her heart and said, "Junior Brother Lin, you are overacting."

"Don't look, I'll be fine!"

Just as Lin Chen turned around and prepared to go back, Xu Li and others walked out from the dense forest not far away.

Seeing Xu Li and the other instructors, the young men present were stunned. Didn’t the instructors die together with the fish monster?
How come it appeared intact again?
"Lin Chen, you did a good job. I am very satisfied with you."

Xu Li did not hide his admiration for Lin Chen, and the other teachers looked at Lin Chen in the same way.

Lin Chen was shocked: "Master Xuetai, Instructor Min, what's going on?"

"This is a test, your last test at the special training ground."

Xu Li spoke directly, and then glanced at the others: "Most of you performed well in this test, but a few of you... failed the test."

Hearing what Lord Xu said, Lin Chen gave a bitter smile, while those students who thought they had survived the calamity opened their mouths slightly, not knowing what to say.

Is there such a test for people?
The two students who followed Lin Chen lowered their heads like ostriches. They knew that the few unqualified people mentioned by Mr. Xu included them.

"It's right to be afraid of death. No one is not afraid of death, even I am afraid of death!"

Xu Li's face turned cold: "But if you are afraid of death, and just run away when you encounter a monster, what is the difference between Daliang and the previous dynasty?"

"You have disappointed me. From now on, pack up your things and get out of the special training ground. You are not worthy of staying in the special training ground."

The two young men blushed, lowered their heads and said nothing. Zhang Jiang at the side sighed, "You two, follow me."

If you don't have the courage, it would be fine to hide in the iron gate, but abandoning your companions and escaping for your own life at the last moment is such selfish behavior that Daliang will not allow.

When Lord Xu reports the results of this test to the Wu Zheng Hall, these two people will no longer receive any subsequent martial arts training resources from the Wu Zheng Hall. They can only rely on their families and themselves to obtain subsequent martial arts training resources.

"Everyone else go back and rest. Lin Chen... Jiang Qing, you two come with me."

All the students were taken away by the instructor, while Xu Li took Lin Chen and Jiang Qing towards the shore.

“Are you confused?”

"My lord, what on earth is going on with these fish monsters?"

Lin Chen did have many doubts, the most puzzling of which was how Lord Xu controlled these fish monsters?
"You'll know soon."

Xu Li smiled slightly, and just as he finished speaking, a figure walked out of the cabin of the fishing boat on the lake, accompanied by angry curses.

"Xu Li, do you know how many fish monsters I lost this time?"

"That's the answer you want to know."

Xu Li took a step forward on the spot, and his figure landed steadily on the deck of the cruise ship like an arc of light. Lin Chen and Jiang Qing looked at each other, and also used their Qinggong skills. Although not as easy as Xu Li, they also climbed onto the deck of the cruise ship steadily.

"Old man Su, don't be angry. I have brought you the culprit who killed your fish monster. You can do whatever you want with him. I will never stop you."

Xu Li laughed, but the old man dressed as a fisherman rolled his eyes. What could he do about it?

Needless to say, this little girl from the Jiang family has a powerful man named Jiang Duanchao behind her. As for this kid named Lin Chen... if I touch him, I'm afraid Lord Jia will come to settle the score with me personally.

"Good boy, you killed hundreds of fish monsters for me. How do you feel?"

"Feeling?" Lin Chen thought for a moment and replied, "It feels great."

This was Lin Chen's true feeling. This was a battle in which he could give his all, and every time a fish monster died in front of him and the blood splattered, he felt very refreshed.

Is there a violent nature in me?

"Cool?"

The old man didn't expect Lin Chen to answer like this. He was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud: "Yes, it is indeed very satisfying to kill these fish monsters, but you are satisfied with killing them, so I have worked for nothing in the past two years."

"Senior, did you cultivate this fish monster?"

"This fish is called a ghoul. The mucus in its body is poisonous, and it catches prey by spraying mucus. However, under my control, these ghouls do not spray mucus like you do, otherwise you would not be able to bear it."

Su Dechang explained: "The several kinds of elixirs sold in the Wuzheng Hall and the Danyao Pavilion outside all use the flesh and blood of the poison-eating squid. I cultivate these beasts to provide materials for refining elixirs. Do you want to know how I cultivate these poison-eating squids?"

Lin Chen nodded. He was indeed curious. Could monsters be cultivated?

"The ghouls live in groups. There is a queen in the group. I control the queen and let her lay eggs continuously. Then I control the ghouls through some secret methods. Once the queen can no longer lay eggs, I will pull out her tendons and skin her, and then train a new queen. Do you think my methods are cruel?"

Su Dechang looked at Lin Chen with a smile. Lin Chen said without any hesitation, "Disciple does not think your methods are cruel. Master Su once told me about the crimes committed by the demons in Daliang. Disciple once read the words left by a senior in a book."

"What?"

"Forgiving the demons is what the people who were harmed by them have to do, and what we, the descendants, have to do is to send the demons to meet these people."

When Lin Chen said this, Su Dechang and Xu Li were both stunned. After a while, they both burst into hearty laughter.

"Your words are very much to my liking. You are right. Forgiving the demons is what the people who were harmed by them and the seniors who died fighting them should do. What we have to do is to send the demons to meet these seniors."

Su Dechang was very satisfied with Lin Chen's answer. There were few monsters in Daliang now, and some people had forgotten the harm that the monsters had caused to the people of Daliang. Especially with the passing of hardliners against the monsters like Zhenbei Hou, some shameful voices had even appeared in the court.

"Lin Chen, there are only three days left before the three-month special training ends. Have you thought about the future path of martial arts?"

Xu Li smiled and spoke, and Lin Chen replied: "Subsequent disciples should return to Poyang County and concentrate on training in the martial arts hall."

According to what Lin Chen learned from Su Daren, the special care given to the students by the Military Affairs Department only ends at the special training site. From then on, no matter how talented the students are, they can only rely on themselves to obtain training resources.

Of course, students can stay in the martial arts school for three years, and there will be year-end competitions and provincial examinations afterwards. As long as they can get good rankings, they will also receive rewards, but there will be no training with unlimited resources like in special training grounds.

There is a standard for all rewards.

"With your potential, you should be able to enter the martial arts academy. Jiang girl, have you mentioned this to Lin Chen?"

"No."

Jiang Qing on the side shook her head. When they were at the shore of the back mountain, she had been planning to talk to Junior Brother Lin about the matters of the Martial Academy, but was interrupted by the fish monster.

"We have five major martial arts academies in Daliang, but they have nothing to do with the Wuzheng Hall. Let Jiang girl tell you the details. This official and Lao Su have something else to do."

"Then the disciple will take his leave."

Lin Chen knew that the two had something to discuss, so he and Jiang Qing left the cruise ship.

"How about it?"

Watching Lin Chen's figure disappear, Xu Li's smile faded and he asked Su Dechang.

"He is indeed a rare martial arts genius, and he has his own opinions. I will send a message to Junior Brother Ji."

"Hurry up, I'm afraid other martial arts schools will snatch our people."

(End of this chapter)