Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 202 Su Tong asks for martial arts (please subscribe)

Wudao Mountain. It had been a day since Lin Chen came down from Wudao Mountain.

Jia Nanzhu was still waiting in the back mountain.

As for Zhao Cangsheng, he was old after all, and he already knew that Lin Chen had successfully left his name in Wudao Mountain, so he went to rest under Jia Nanzhu's persuasion.

The decline of Qi and blood is extremely cruel to a warrior.

Especially in old age, one’s energy and spirit can be said to be getting worse day by day.

Zhao Cangsheng's highest martial arts realm was only the sixth level. At this age, his strength declined rapidly. In addition, after his trip to the northern border, he aged even faster after the grief.

"Lin Chen, the model of Daliang martial arts students, from today on, looking at the entire Daliang, it can be said that everyone in the world knows you."

Jia Nanzhu looked at her disciple with a smile. Lin Chen felt a little embarrassed and said modestly, "Teacher, you flatter me too much. I don't deserve this."

Who in the world doesn’t know you!
I am still far from this statement.

Lin Chen knew very well that even if he was named a model martial arts student in Daliang, it would only cause a sensation in a small circle. His relatives and friends, including those in Poyang County, Raozhou Prefecture and Jiangnan Dao would have some fame, but looking at the entire Daliang, except for those young men in the awakening state, the strong men who had entered the realm of martial arts might not necessarily pay attention to this matter.

Strong warriors who have entered the realm of strength sometimes practice in seclusion for several months, and no one will mention this to them after they come out.

“Always a good start.”

Jia Nanzhu was very satisfied that Lin Chen had such cognition. If he were in Lin Chen's shoes, if he were to become a role model of martial arts students in Daliang at his age, he would only think that his name had spread throughout Daliang.

"The Ministry of Martial Arts has decided to select you as a model for Daliang martial arts students. Jiangnan Dao will benefit from you and will have more training resources. Raozhou Prefecture is a big winner, and Poyang County can be said to benefit the most. According to convention, the training resources of martial arts halls in Poyang County will increase several times in the next three years. Poyang County will usher in a period of prosperity for martial arts."

Doubling the martial arts school's training resources will not only allow students in Poyang County's martial arts school to obtain more training resources and accelerate their realm breakthroughs, but will also attract young people from other counties to come to Poyang County to learn martial arts.

Although the Military Affairs Department stipulates that students can only learn martial arts in martial arts schools in their registered place of residence, this rule is not rigid and there are ways to work around it.

Regardless of whether it is for the sake of the Wuzheng Department or Lin Chen's own face, the Wuzheng Department will turn a blind eye to the geniuses from other counties coming to Poyang County.

Otherwise, if the county where such a model of martial arts students is located cannot have the best martial arts level in the whole prefecture, it would be a slap in the face of both Lin Chen and the Ministry of Martial Arts.

"From this perspective, all warriors in Raozhou Prefecture, especially the young men who will enter martial arts halls and martial arts schools in the next three years, will have to thank you for this favor."

Lin Chen nodded: "If you are poor, you can take care of yourself. If you are rich, you can help the world. I cannot help the world, but it is a great honor to use the resources of the Ministry of Military Affairs to seek some benefits for the young people in my hometown."

"As for you, Daliang's rules require that students be trained until the end of the special training ground. This cannot be changed. Otherwise, Master Kong will be slapping himself in the face. You have to understand."

Hearing what his teacher said, Lin Chen answered without hesitation: "Disciple understands. In fact, the Wuzheng Hall has already provided disciples with many resources. Since disciples set foot on the special training ground, the Wuzheng Hall has provided unlimited resources for realm breakthrough. Without the resources provided by the Wuzheng Hall, disciples would not be able to break through to the internal organs so quickly."

You have the power of "everything will come naturally" in your destiny, but you also need the resources to keep up.

You can't just rely on the fate of "everything will come naturally" to make your energy and blood grow crazily out of thin air. This is unrealistic.

Lin Chen didn't know the total value of the cultivation resources he had consumed since he opened the fifteenth acupoint, but it was definitely a terrifying number. According to his estimation, it should be tens of thousands of taels.

To reach the Awakening Stage, tens of thousands of silver taels are required, which is unaffordable for the children of ordinary wealthy and powerful people.

"I am very pleased that you have this idea. Although the Ministry of Martial Arts will not give you more personal resource rewards, the resources you have consumed in your cultivation over this period of time can be bought with money, and some resources cannot even be bought with money."

Some resources are unique to the Military and Political Department and cannot be purchased by outsiders unless they are exchanged for contribution points.

Jia Nanzhu told Lin Chen all this just because she hoped that Lin Chen could understand the Wu Zheng Department and not feel resentful because the Wu Zheng Department only gave him an empty title.

In fact, Lord Kong had already paid the reward to Lin Chen in advance.

"Of course, the Ministry of Martial Arts is not so stingy. All the young men in Linhu Village will be able to enter the Martial Hall for free in the next five years, and your Lin family will also receive a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, and your parents will enjoy the ninth-rank imperial official rank."

Ninth-rank imperial edict?

Lin Chen was startled and asked in confusion: "Does my father have it too?"

In his memory, the imperial edict seemed to be given to his wife or mother.

"Of course, this is a reward for your parents for raising such an outstanding child like you. In addition, your tutor Yu will be promoted to a higher rank and enjoy the treatment of a seventh-rank official."

One person achieves the Tao and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven!
"Disciple thanks Master Kong and the Ministry of Military Affairs!"

Lin Chen understood the social etiquette by thanking Lord Kong first and the Ministry of Military Affairs later.

Ten thousand taels of silver were enough to make the Lin family one of the top ten richest families in Poyang County.

It's not that other families in Poyang County didn't have 10,000 taels of silver. 10,000 taels of silver was a lot of money for many families, but these families also had expenses and needed to raise their offspring. Even if they earned 10,000 taels of silver, most of it would have been spent.

Lin Chen is now even more certain that he was right not to let his family go into business. As long as he continues to make progress in martial arts, the Lin family will be able to move forward step by step. Why would they need to go into business and make enemies with others for profits?

"Have a good rest for a few days. The old village chief of your village is preparing to set up a buffet to worship the ancestors. As for the matter of awakening the mind and achieving a breakthrough in the internal organs, there is no need to rush."

Hearing his teacher's words, Lin Chen scratched his head; "Teacher, I have practiced dirty."

Jia Nanzhu was startled, staring at Lin Chen with his old eyes, and the next moment he reached out and held Lin Chen's arm. Lin Chen felt a warm current flowing along his arm to his heart. When this warm current flowed to his heart, Lin Chen's heart beat, and then the blood in his body vibrated, and the other four organs also responded.

"It is true that you practiced dirty, but your practice is a little different from others."

Jia Nanzhu withdrew his hand. The force he had just used entered Lin Chen's body and went straight to Lin Chen's heart. It was certain that the strength of Lin Chen's heart had reached the level of internal organ training. However, what he did not expect was that Lin Chen's other four organs also reacted.

The five internal organs respond together!

This should be the case after one has achieved great success in internal organ training, but Lin Chen has just entered the stage of internal organ training.

"I'll take a look again!"

Jia Nanzhu once again injected strength into Lin Chen's other four organs, and this time Lin Chen felt a slight tingling sensation.

"The other four organs are obviously not as strong as the heart, and it is true that I only trained one of them."

"Teacher, could it be related to the internal organs training method that I am practicing?"

Hearing Lin Chen's question, Jia Nanzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Are you referring to the Nine-Turn True Blood Refining Method that you got from Wudao Mountain?"

"Ah."

"It is very likely. Since even Lord Kong asked you not to reveal this technique, it is enough to show that the origin of this technique is extremely mysterious. It is understandable that it is different from other people's internal organs training. However, this means that some of the previous experience in internal organs training may not be of much help to you."

A mysterious and powerful martial art that helps improve a warrior's strength, but it also has obvious disadvantages. Without any experience to refer to, the subsequent path of cultivation can only be explored step by step.

"Three techniques are perfect, the path of extreme martial arts, a unique way of blood circulation, and a special method of training internal organs..." Jia Nanzhu's expression also became serious: "Teacher will study it carefully to see if he can figure out some tricks."

"Thank you for your hard work, teacher."

"I'm your teacher. This is what I should do. How can it be considered hard work?" Jia Nanzhu patted Lin Chen on the shoulder. "But we still need to celebrate. The villagers of Linhu Village have been waiting for you for a long time. I don't like crowds by nature, so I won't go."

"Can……"

"No buts, I am no longer in the age to enjoy excitement."

"Then I will come to see the teacher later."

"Go."

Jia Nanzhu watched Lin Chen leave with a smile. If he went, he would steal the limelight from her disciple.

This stage belongs to my disciples, not to old guys like me.

……

……

After leaving the back mountain, Lin Chen realized that what the teacher said was a bit understated. There was more than just a buffet, the entire front of the ancestral hall was filled with more than a hundred tables.

There aren't that many villagers in Linhu Village.

Zhao Zanghu came over immediately after seeing Lin Chen show up. “Don’t be fooled by the number of tables. Many distinguished guests are coming today. The county lord and Lord Su from the Wuzheng Office are coming, plus your fellow disciples in the martial arts hall. We will need dozens of tables. Plus there are guests from the surrounding villages in the town, so a hundred tables is not too many.”

Lin Chen: ... "I heard from your teacher that it won't be long before you have to leave Poyang County. Take this opportunity to invite all the nobles in the city to come over. This will make it easier to solve any problems that our village encounters in the future."

"You're always trying to squeeze out my surplus value."

Lin Chen was a little helpless. The old village chief was really a shrewd old man.

"I understand. I will definitely say this at the banquet. I hope these nobles can take care of Linhu Village."

Zhao Zanghu laughed when he heard Lin Chen's sensible words: "That would be the best. I have already made an agreement with your brother. After the New Year, he will start to take over the affairs of the village. The position of village chief is reserved for him."

"Didn't you say you would leave it for Gu Fei?"

"Gu Fei's heart is not in the village. He runs to the city all day and is nowhere to be seen. He is also not steady in his work. If he is made the village chief, our village will be ruined by him."

Lin Chen chuckled and didn't respond. Zhao Zanghu was about to continue talking when a resentful voice came from behind him: "Village Chief, in your eyes, I am such an unreliable person. A few days ago, you told me to practice martial arts well in the martial arts hall, and you also said that I was the most promising person in our village besides Lin Chen."

Zhao Zanghu turned around and saw Gu Fei's resentful eyes. His old face rarely turned red. Then he widened his eyes and blamed him: "If you want to walk, can you make some noise? I'm so old, are you going to scare me to death?"

"not me……"

"What's not? Be more careful next time. I'm going to entertain the guests. Lin Chen, don't forget to go to the ancestral hall to worship your ancestors later."

Lin Chen: …

Watching the old village chief fleeing in a hurry, Lin Chen looked at Gu Fei and asked, "How is your stay at the Mantis Martial Arts School?"

"My senior brothers in the martial arts school are very kind to me, and the instructor also takes good care of me." Gu Fei lowered his voice and said, "Just now our martial arts school's instructor came and told me a good news that he can give me a place in the Enlightenment Pill by the end of the year."

As it took Gu Fei more than a year to successfully practice Qi, he was not qualified for the quota of the Enlightenment Pill. Lin Chen knew that Mantis Martial Arts School gave Gu Fei such a quota out of his face.

However, it does not exist that Gu Fei has taken up other people's quota for the Enlightenment Pills. Since he has become a model for martial arts students in Daliang, the martial arts training resources allocated to Poyang County will increase several times, and there will naturally be more Enlightenment Pills than before. Not to mention giving Gu Fei one quota for the Enlightenment Pills, even if he wants ten, it would not be excessive.

“This is a good thing, but don’t publicize it.”

"I understand. The martial arts school gave me a spot for the Enlightenment Pill because of you." Gu Fei nodded in agreement.

Lin Chen and Gu Fei had not been chatting for long when He Ruyun and Su Lingchuan came together. Most of the dignitaries in Poyang County also came with them. Lin Chen had no time to spare and had to receive these people on behalf of the old village chief.

The imperial edict conferred by the Ministry of Military Affairs and the memorial archway arranged by the Ministry of Military Affairs cannot be completed so quickly. The fastest process will take several days, and by then Su Lingchuan and others will have to come again.

As Lin Chen arranged for Su Lingchuan and others to take their seats, people soon arrived from the martial arts hall, as if they had calculated the time perfectly.

The masters of the eight major martial arts schools all came, and this time even the disciples from the schools that Lin Chen was not familiar with came with him, and as for the ones he was familiar with, not a single one was left out.

This banquet lasted for more than an hour until the lights came on and everyone left.

……

……

After seeing off Lord Su and the others, Lin Chen was ready to go home and tell his parents about the reward given to his family by the court. However, when he was still ten feet away from home, Lin Chen stopped and looked towards the shadow on the left: "Come out."

The young man who walked out of the darkness was as thin as a bamboo stick. His thin, tanned wrists were visible under his coarse linen shirt, and his patched trouser legs were stained with mud from the lake shore.

Perhaps because he had been in the dark for too long, the boy's exposed skin was covered with visible mosquito bites.

"Mr. Lin..."

The young man stuttered. Facing Lin Chen's gaze, he felt his whole brain was a little dazed. The words that he had said hundreds of times were suddenly blocked.

Snapped!
The next moment, the young man knelt on the bluestone slab, holding a piece of rice paper tightly in his right hand, his bony shoulder blades protruding under his thin shirt: "I... I want to practice martial arts."

Lin Chen suddenly stared at the boy, and after a while he said, "Do you want to become my disciple?"

"No...no."

The young man shook his head hurriedly. He had never thought of taking Master Lin as his master. Who was Master Lin? How could he be worthy of taking Master Lin as his master?

"Get up."

Hearing that the young man did not want to take him as his master, Lin Chen's expression eased a little. It was not that he was overly suspicious. If the young man wanted to take him as his master, it was inevitable that someone was behind the scenes directing him.

Thinking that he was born in a humble family, he felt pity for the young man when he saw his attire.

"what's your name?"

"Su...Su Tong, my father is from Lianhua Township...my mother's name is..."

"What's that in your hand?"

Seeing the boy talking incoherently, Lin Chen interrupted him.

"This is the article written by you, Master Lin. I... I can recite it by heart. When I was young, my family was poor. Three generations of my family had only five acres of thin land, one fishing boat, and four cousins. I was the youngest. When I was old enough to practice martial arts, my eldest cousin had already practiced martial arts in the martial arts hall for several years. Our family was already short of money..."

When Su Tong was reciting the article, he was no longer panicked as before. He was calm and spoke very fluently, obviously he had memorized the article by heart.

【Where the moon is leaking, there are starlights. 】

[The sound of a man of steel from a poor family can shake the world. 】

"I had never thought about learning martial arts until I read this article written by you, Master Lin."

At the end of his speech, the young man lost his previous timidity, and looked at Lin Chen with surprisingly bright eyes, like the ever-burning wicks in the ancestral hall, persistently emitting sparks in the damp leaf breeze.

"Are you the only child in your family?"

"I... I have a younger sister. My father has passed away. I also have a mother, but she is ill and has been bedridden for many years..."

At the end, Su Tong's voice became weak again. Although Master Lin's family was poor, at least he could have enough to eat, but his own family...

"Do you know how much money it costs to learn martial arts? Even if the martial arts hall doesn't charge you tuition, what about your mother and sister at home?"

Lin Chen looked at Su Tong. Although Su Tong was thin and looked only about twelve or thirteen years old, Lin Chen knew that the boy should be fourteen years old. Given the situation at home, he must have shouldered the burden of supporting the family very early on.

"I... know that when you, Master Lin, entered the martial arts hall, you also went... to the fish shop outside to sell fish. I can do the same. I can do more work besides practicing martial arts."

The corner of Lin Chen's mouth twitched. He even knew that he had sold fish in a fish shop. This Su Tong really knew his past very well.

"Young men from Linhu Village can enter the martial arts hall for free. If your family elders agree, you can come to Linhu Village and train with the young men in the village, and then enter the martial arts hall in Kaohe Town next year."

"Thank you, Master Lin!"

Su Tong was stunned for a moment, then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He was about to kneel down again, but Lin Chen slapped out with his palm, and the palm wind lifted the boy up.

"No need to do that." Lin Chen waved his hand: "It's getting late today, go find the village chief, stay in the village, and go back to the city tomorrow."

"No... no, I can go back today."

Su Tong waved his hands quickly. Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You came to see me without telling the elders at home?"

"No...no."

Su Tong answered truthfully. He didn't know whether Master Lin would help him, so he didn't dare tell his family. He also heard in the city that Bailiu in Linhu Village was holding a buffet today, so he sneaked out of the city.

No one in the village cared about having an extra child, so he just kept hiding and ate the steamed buns he brought from the city when he was hungry.

"Then you really have to go back. Go find the village chief and ask him to find someone named Gu Fei to take you back to the city, so that the elders at home won't worry."

Lin Chen looked at Su Tong with a higher opinion. He came here alone without consulting his elders. This was quite courageous and it also showed that the young man was determined to learn martial arts.

"I……"

Su Tong wanted to refuse, but Lin Chen had already turned around: "Remember, it's nothing to owe a little favor when you are poor, you can double it in the future."

(End of this chapter)