Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 207 Huang Yuanliang: We can’t let the Li family take all the good things

on the official road.

Many pedestrians surrounded most of the road, and even many caravans stopped.

In the middle of the road, two young men were several feet apart, looking at each other with wary eyes.

what's the situation?
Lin Chen was a little surprised and looked at the instructor. Yu Yongnian thought for a moment and rode his horse closer to the nearest caravan.

"Brother, what's going on?"

The guard of the caravan was a middle-aged man. After hearing what Yu Yongnian said, he glanced at Yu Yongnian and Lin Chen. The vigilance in his eyes disappeared a lot. He smiled and said, "The two on the Hidden Dragon List have met. One is from Huizhou Prefecture and the other is from Wenzhou Prefecture. Let's prepare for a contest."

Hidden Dragon List?
Lin Chen's eyes narrowed. When he was in the martial arts school, he had never heard of the Hidden Dragon List. Even his teacher had never mentioned it to him.

"To you, this list means nothing."

Hearing that it was the Hidden Dragon List, Yu Yongnian's face was filled with reminiscence. Seeing Lin Chen's puzzled look, he explained, "The Hidden Dragon List only includes those who practice internal organs under the age of 30 in Jiangnan Dao. They are indeed considered to have potential in Jiangnan Dao, but compared to you, they are nothing."

A martial artist under the age of 30, and a Jiangnan Daoist...

Lin Chen indeed lost interest after hearing this. This kind of so-called potential dragon genius should be on the list that Junior Brother Lu and Junior Brother Zhao are pursuing.

"Teacher, what are the benefits of being on the Hidden Dragon List?"

But even if such a list comes out, will it bring benefits to those on the list?
"The top ten will have the opportunity to be recruited into some families. Some families may also value their potential and provide them with martial arts training resources to help them enter the martial arts examination."

Yu Yongnian simply uttered two words, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then he understood.

Because of his fate, he has already reached the top among his peers, but there are more ordinary warriors in Daliang, like Junior Brother Lu. The money in their families is only enough for them to practice to the late stage of awakening. After practicing the internal organs, if they want to continue to improve in martial arts, they need to rely on their own efforts to obtain money and resources for practice.

The existence of the Hidden Dragon List gave them an opportunity.

One can imagine how difficult it is for low-level warriors to practice.

Since I came from a poor family, I have been able to get to this point. I should cherish it and take the lead at every step. Only in this way can I get enough resources to practice martial arts before I enter the realm of martial arts.

Just as Lin Chen and his instructor rode their horses past the crowd, the fight between the two young men in the field had ended.

With Lin Chen's current eyesight, he could tell at a glance that the two did not go all out. Although their fight drew cheers from the spectators, it was all just a bit too much, and was not even as intense as that of the students in the martial arts school.

"Do you think that fighting among warriors on the Hidden Dragon Ranking is just a joke?"

Yu Yongnian saw Lin Chen staring at the two people in the field with a thoughtful look, and thought that Lin Chen was puzzled by the fact that the fight was too frivolous.

"When you are in the martial arts hall, you get injured while sparring with each other. There are enough pills in the hall to help you recover from your injuries. Even broken bones are not a big deal. But you won't get this treatment outside the hall. The pills sold in the pill shops are all priced at more than ten taels of silver. If you are slightly injured, you will lose a hundred taels of silver."

"It's not that I don't dare to go all out, it's that I don't dare to get hurt without absolute certainty."

Can practicing dirty martial arts make money?
It is not a problem to earn a few hundred taels of silver a year, but unless one is a martial artist who has given up the path of martial arts, the money earned is not enough to cover the expenses of training.

"Daliang, you students are well protected."

Lin Chen nodded. He agreed with his instructor's words. Even the warriors on the Hidden Dragon List had to be cautious in battle and not dare to get hurt. However, students like them did not have such worries. This was the care the court gave them.

"Many young people don't know how much support the Ministry of Martial Arts has given to the major martial arts schools. They think that elixirs and poultry meat cost money and are only slightly cheaper than the outside world. They don't cherish their time in the martial arts school. After leaving the martial arts school, they suddenly repent, but it's too late."

Yu Yongnian sighed and said, it may seem that the price is not much cheaper, but in three years, hundreds of taels can be saved.

With so many martial arts schools in Daliang, the amount of resources consumed every day is an unimaginable number.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. He thought of what Lord Kong said. Someone wanted the Ministry of Military Affairs to change its policy and increase the provision for entering-level warriors.

If the Ministry of Military Affairs really does this, then the martial artists from humble backgrounds will never have a chance to make a name for themselves, and they won't even dare to compete in martial arts.

The battle between the warriors on the Hidden Dragon List was just an interlude. On the way, Yu Yongnian told Lin Chen many things that he needed to pay attention to when traveling outside, all of which were his personal experiences.

Lin Chen, who had lived two lives, already knew some of these experiences, but he still listened carefully.

Two days later.

Several mountains appeared in Lin Chen's sight.

The green mountains on the face are like ink stains on rice paper, and their outlines gradually blur in the clouds.

Lin Chen reined in his horse and gazed at the mountain top. The twisted Welcoming Pine trees were looming in the mist.

"We have reached the Huangshan area."

Yu Yongnian saw Lin Chen looking at Huangshan from afar and said with a smile, "Huangshan is the number one mountain in Huizhou. There is a thousand-year-old pine tree on the top of the mountain, named the Welcoming Pine. I heard from my teacher that the ancestor of the Huang family was under the Welcoming Pine, observing the sea of clouds and strange rocks, and realized the Zhenyue Pu. Zhenyue means to suppress all mountains in the world."

"The name of Zhenyue Pu has this meaning, I really didn't know it."

Lin Chen was surprised. According to his understanding, the reason why the ancestors of the Huang family named this horizontal training method Zhenyuepu was simply because of the characteristic of a mountain that is as still as a mountain.

Zhenyuepu!
What a great spirit.

"Huangshan is not simple. There are many forbidden areas inside. Even I have never been inside."

When Yu Yongnian was introducing the scenery of Huangshan to Lin Chen, a figure on horseback appeared not far away: "Junior Brother Yu!"

The man who came seemed a little older than Yu Yongnian, and his clothes were embroidered with a pine tree. Yu Yongnian saw the man and clasped his fists and said, "Fifth Senior Brother, why are you here?" "The teacher received your letter and calculated that you should arrive today, so he specially ordered me to come and greet you."

Huang Fenghua finished speaking, his eyes fell on Lin Chen, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "This should be Lin Chen's nephew, a young genius, he is indeed gifted."

"Disciple greets Uncle Master."

Lin Chen was about to dismount to greet him, but Huang Fenghua waved his hand and said, "No need to dismount. The teacher is already waiting at the mansion. Junior Brother Yu, let's go directly to see the teacher."

"it is good."

Yu Yongnian nodded. He saw it clearly in his mind like a mirror that the reason why Fifth Senior Brother came here to greet him was not because of him, but because of Lin Chen.

In fact, Yu Yongnian had misunderstood this point. Huang Fenghua, who was leading the way in front, came to pick them up not only because of the teacher's instructions, but also because he himself wanted to make friends with this junior brother.

The teacher suddenly accepted Yu Yongnian as his disciple, and several of his fellow disciples were a little confused. Even though they knew that one of the students trained by their junior brother Yu when he was a teacher seemed to have a high talent in martial arts, it stood to reason that he did not deserve such treatment from the teacher.

Until recently, Jiangnan Dao published an article in which Junior Brother Yu was directly named as a model of Jiangnan Dao teaching. Only then did several of their fellow disciples admire their teacher's vision.

But I just admire the teacher. As for my junior, I feel that he is lucky to have an encounter with a talented young man.

But the moment the Ministry of Military Affairs issued the document, Huang Fenghua's attitude towards Yongnian changed.

Not to mention that Junior Brother Yu benefited from Lin Chen's help, just the reward from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the seventh-rank official rank... this meant that Junior Brother Yu had already secured a stable position.

As an entry-level warrior, his potential is already worthy of his friendship.

After all, he himself hasn't even entered the rank yet, and it's hard to say whether he can. The reason why the teacher accepted him as a disciple is just because they are from the same clan and he wants to take care of the side branch.

……

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Wangshan is a dead horse.

Looking at Mount Huangshan within sight, another hour passed before Lin Chen finally arrived at the foot of Mount Huangshan.

Huang Mansion!

A huge mansion similar to a manor-style mansion occupies most of the foot of Huangshan Mountain.

Lin Chen followed his teacher and dismounted in front of the mansion. Huang Fenghua, who led the way, said with a smile, "Junior Brother Yu, Junior Nephew Lin, you must have come all the way here exhausted. Go back to your room and take a shower. I'll go see the teacher first. Junior Nephew Lin's accommodation has also been arranged. It's next to the courtyard where you originally lived."

"Okay, Lin Chen and I will go see the teacher after we take a shower."

Yu Yongnian nodded in agreement. The Huang family mansion was very large, and he had not been to all places there, but he was familiar with the road from the mansion to the Huangshan Villa where he lived.

When Yu Yongnian took Lin Chen to the villa, Huang Yuanliang was worshiping his ancestors in the ancestral hall in the backyard of the Huang family's ancestral home.

"Dad, if you really want to let Lin Chen go to that place, that is the ancestral land of our Huang family. Even clan members are generally not allowed to enter." Huang Kun could not help himself until his father finished worshiping the ancestors.

"Kun'er, you need to be more tolerant."

Huang Yuanliang looked back at his son and said, "Since our ancestor, no one in our Huang family has been able to practice the Zhenyue Book to the sixth level. The highest level is only the fourth level."

"Dad, just because no one of us has cultivated to the sixth level now doesn't mean that there won't be any in the future. As long as my Huang family is still around, maybe there will be descendants in the future who can cultivate the Zhenyue Pu to the sixth level."

Huang Kun was still somewhat unwilling. That place was only open once every twenty years. If Lin Chen was allowed to go in, even if the Huang family had a genius, they would have to wait another twenty years before they could enter.

"Your brothers have average martial arts talents, and Qiang'er and his friends are not much more talented than you brothers. If we wait until Qiang'er and his friends marry and have children, it will take more than ten years for the next generation to grow up. Even if God blesses our Huang family and a unicorn child is born, we can wait for twenty years before entering."

Huang Yuanliang saw that his son was still trying to argue, so he said in a deep voice: "Since you have formed a bond with Lin Chen and have done him a favor, then you should do it to the end. I have learned about Lin Chen's martial arts training path. In Lin Chen's heart, the first person who has done him a favor is Yongnian. There is no dispute about this. The Quzhou Li family is definitely more kind to Lin Chen than my Huang family, but what Li Yueshan taught Lin Chen is the Zhenyue Pu of my Huang family."

"The Li family has such a great favor to Lin Chen?"

"This old fellow Li Yueshan even did the thing of chasing Lin Chen under the moon."

Huang Yuanliang snorted lightly. He had only recently learned about this. When Lin Chen became a role model for Daliang martial arts students, the incident in which Li Yueshan slammed the table in the Wuzheng Hall for Lin Chen was talked about a lot. However, Li Yueshan's son Li An was a person who could not hide things. Once, when he was drunk, he told the story of what Lin Chen had encountered when he first came to the Li family.

"If old man Li Yueshan is willing to lend a hand to others, then why can't my Huang family give Lin Chen a chance to enter the ancestral land? Whether he can gain anything depends on Lin Chen's own luck."

When Huang Kun heard what his father said, he no longer objected.

My father is right. Isn’t the Li family’s kindness to Lin Chen just guiding Lin Chen in practicing Zhenyue Pu?

But Zhenyuepu belongs to their Huang family. Why should the Li family take away this favor?

This is unfair to the Huang family, and they cannot afford to suffer this loss.

Seeing that his son no longer objected, Huang Yuanliang sighed in his heart. His son was fine in other aspects except that he was a little too petty. He did not object as soon as he mentioned the Li family.

Li Yueshan pursued Lin Chen under the moonlight because his son Li An could not protect the huge Li family, and he allowed Lin Chen to enter the ancestral land because he realized that Kun'er might not be able to protect the Huang family's foundation.

Compared with the Li family, the Huang family's foundation is several times larger.

Mount Huangshan is a priceless treasure.

(End of this chapter)