Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 209 New Title: Medicine Jar Sick Body

Walk thousands of steps!

The steps disappeared and the road became clear!
When Lin Chen felt that his body could no longer bear the cold, the clouds and mist dispersed and the steps under his feet turned into flat ground.

The frozen blood started circulating again as Lin Chen's mind moved, and in just a few breaths, his body became warm again.

Passed?
There was a light in Lin Chen's eyes, the clouds and mist disappeared, and the coldness dissipated. So, he passed the test and had the opportunity to obtain this body-tempering fortune?
No wonder the master said that no one in the Huang family has been able to obtain this good fortune for so many years. His own qi and blood are so strong, but he almost couldn't hold on. Among the strong people who practice internal organs under the age of 20, there are probably not many whose qi and blood can compare with his.

Not much, but definitely some!
But he must also meet the requirements of practicing Zhenyue Pu and be able to get the Huang family to give him this opportunity. After meeting these screening conditions, there are very few people who meet the requirements.

To be more precise, he is most likely the only one in Daliang who meets these conditions.

Looking forward, what came into view was a valley with clouds and mist rolling above. However, strangely, the entire valley did not give Lin Chen a dark, damp and cold feeling. The skylight poured down as if filtered by soft gauze, giving people a warm feeling of sunshine.

On the contrary, looking at the tall and straight green pines, the green vines hanging down from the high rock walls, and the gurgling streams flowing out from the cracks in the rock walls, it is as lively as a piece of music.

The whole valley was filled with the scent of grass and trees; even the breath seemed to be fresh enough to penetrate into Lin Chen's lungs, making him feel refreshed.

The next moment, Lin Chen's eyes fell on a stone tablet in the front left. It was covered by vines, but some words could be vaguely seen through the gaps between the vines.

Lin Chen stepped forward, tore off the vines, and all the words on the stone tablet were revealed.

"This place is where the Earth's essence converges in Huangshan, and there is a strange stone. I have sat cross-legged on the strange stone for several years, and I have learned the body-tempering technique, the Mountain-Turning Method, and engraved it on the stone. If there are later comers, they can sit on the strange stone. If they can draw the Earth's essence into their bodies, they can start the path of body tempering... Huang Xiongliu!"

After reading the whole article, Lin Chen looked towards a huge bright yellow jade stone in the middle of the entire valley.

The moment he stepped into the valley, he had already noticed this huge rock that was as big as a bed and more than ten feet high.

"This strange stone is what Master said is a gift from heaven."

Lin Chen held his chin and thought, the words on the stone tablet were left by the ancestor of the Huang family, and Huang Xiong was the name of that ancestor of the Huang family.

According to the ancestors of the Huang family, this strange stone can only breed a wisp of local energy every twenty years, and can only retain a wisp of local energy. Once you step on the strange stone and fail to absorb this wisp of local energy, the local energy will dissipate.

This is the reason why the master said that one can only enter the ancestral land once every twenty years.

What is the local energy?
Lin Chen didn’t know about the earth’s energy, but after he started practicing Zang, his teacher mentioned the theory of the five elements to him.

The five internal organs correspond to the five elements: gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The reason why the nine countries established a joint martial arts academy is also related to the correspondence between the five internal organs and the five elements.

Most of the elixirs and resources for the internal organs training realm are divided into five elements. For example, the heart corresponds to fire. If you want to refine the heart, the Heart Tempering Pill from Daliang will be the most effective. This is because the main ingredient of the Heart Tempering Pill, Dragon's Breath Grass, is only available in Daliang.

Similarly, several other countries also have their own five elements medicines, which is why the nine countries chose to establish a joint martial arts academy.

Let each martial arts genius use the best elixir, so that they can achieve perfection in the internal organs training realm.

Most of those who are at the Zang-training stage have never been to a martial arts academy, and all they have are elixirs from various places. They can also progress from Zang-training to entering the realm of quality, but such Zang-training warriors are called ordinary Zang-training warriors, and they cannot develop their physical potential to the limit.

The first two stages of martial arts are about laying the foundation.

The more solid the foundation is, the stronger the potential for martial arts will be after entering the realm, not to mention that the strength at the same level will far exceed those of ordinary martial artists.

With doubts, Lin Chen walked up to the strange stone and saw the true third-level formula of Zhenyuepu engraved on one side of the stone.

The ancestor of the Huang family engraved the third level of the Body Tempering Edition of Zhenyuepu on the front of the strange stone, and the fourth level on the other side of the strange stone. As for the fifth and sixth levels, there are none. The Body Tempering Edition of Zhenyuepu has only four levels. According to what was written on the stone tablet of the ancestor of the Huang family, he only realized the fourth level, and the rest needs to be explored by later generations on their own.

[The fifth level must be there. I am not sure whether I can cultivate to the sixth level. I was already past the age of youth when I comprehended the Zhenyue Tempering Body Technique. My tendons, bones, qi and blood have already taken shape. I can only vaguely touch the fifth level. If the later ones can cultivate to the sixth level, the seventh level or even higher, if they are not descendants of my Huang family, I hope you can leave a copy of the technique to my Huang family and repay me for the kindness of passing on the technique. If the descendants of my Huang family come here, seeing the monument is like seeing me.]

This is the original text written on the stone tablet by the ancestor of the Huang family.

Lin Chen also felt that the Huang family's ancestor was indeed a very realistic person, but this request was not excessive.

If it were me, when talking to outsiders, I would at least let the newcomer kowtow and worship me as his master. If my Lin family is in decline, I would give my family some wealth. If my family is still a martial arts family, I would select talented descendants of the Lin family and accept them as my disciples.

Accepting a disciple... worshipping a master and bowing...

A thought flashed through Lin Chen's mind, and the next moment he returned to the stone tablet.

[Please repay me for the kindness of passing on my skills. If any of my Huang family members come here, seeing the stele is like seeing me.]

Staring at the last line of words on the stone tablet, Lin Chen thought of something. The next moment, he reached out to pull away the weeds at the bottom of the stone tablet, and then dug some soil, revealing the stone tablet buried under the soil, and found a few more lines of words.

"it is as expected……"

The corner of Lin Chen's mouth twitched. He just had a flash of inspiration and remembered that in a novel he had read in his previous life, there was a senior master who buried his true martial arts inheritance in the soil below his corpse, and just placed a martial arts secret book in the treasure house of the cave.

He did this to see if the person who came into the cave later would sincerely worship him as a master. If he wanted to worship him, he would have to kowtow. As long as he kowtowed in front of his corpse, he would be able to sense that the real secret book was buried on the ground.

This is a test of the character of the successor.

The operation of this senior Huang is also similar.

When the descendants of the Huang family come here, seeing the monument is like seeing the person.

If they were descendants of the Huang family, they would certainly kowtow and pay their respects when seeing their ancestors, and naturally they would be able to discover some clues.

If an outsider recognizes his willingness to pass on his skills and acknowledges him as his master, he will also kowtow and show his respect.

[The Earth's Qi is something I made up. The strange stone absorbing the Earth's Qi is also something I made up from a story I read in a comic book when I was young. The real magic of this place is that there is a six-leaf green fruit on the cliff of the mountain stream. It only bears fruit once every twenty years. You must eat it immediately after picking it, otherwise it will turn into fruit water after three breaths.]

[After taking this fruit, clouds and mist will fall after two hours. When the clouds and mist fill the valley, the Earthly Evil Qi will appear. The Earthly Evil Qi contains an extremely cold poison, and this fruit must be taken to block it. This fruit can only last for six hours.]

[The Earthly Evil Energy lasts for three hours as a cycle, and there are seven cycles in total. You can use the Earthly Evil Energy to temper your body, but you must do it within your ability. If your body cannot hold on, retreat immediately, and do not try to show off.]

[If you can endure the body tempering of the Earthly Evil Qi seven times, your body will be immune to the cold poison of the Earthly Evil Qi. After that, you can continue to temper your body with the Earthly Evil Qi every day... until you have tempered your body forty-nine times in seven days, and then your body tempering is considered to be complete. ]

[The miraculous creation of heaven and earth is amazing. I also discovered the magic by accident. ]

……

After reading these lines, Lin Chen's expression was very interesting. Did the three ancestors of the Huang family fail to survive the previous seven attacks of evil spirits after taking the exotic fruit, or did they not notice these lines?
As for why the Huang family ancestor did not tell this matter to his descendants in secret, Lin Chen guessed that in the eyes of the Huang family ancestor, if the descendants of the family came here and did not even kowtow to his ancestor, they would be unfilial sons and would not be qualified to obtain the real method of absorbing the earth's energy.

If those three people discovered what their ancestor did, why didn't they tell the descendants of the clan? Is it because they share the same idea as the ancestor that unfilial descendants are not qualified to practice?
Or are the three members of the Huang family also unfilial descendants?

Forget it, let’s not speculate on what’s already happened.

Lin Chen dug another half foot deeper, then suddenly stopped and looked at the stone tablet:
[No need to dig any more. There are no words underneath. We have explained everything that needs to be said. You should relax when digging the stone tablet. Remember to fill the soil back in. There is no need to tell the descendants of the family about this.]

Lin Chen: …

He dug another half a foot to make sure he had reached the bottom of the stone tablet, and then glanced at the back of the stone tablet to make sure there were no words on the back. Only then did Lin Chen fill the soil on the stone tablet back to its original height and slowly restore it to its original state.

After scanning the cliff, Lin Chen also discovered the strange fruit that the Huang family ancestor mentioned.

Six leaves and green fruit.

Pick it and swallow it.

Lin Chen didn't feel any special changes in his body. He was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the clouds above to begin to fall.

An hour later, the clouds above began to roll towards the valley and continued to move downwards.

Two hours later, the towering green pines had been mostly covered by clouds and mist, and Lin Chen also felt something strange about the entire valley.

The temperature dropped suddenly, and along with it came howling winds.

Above, clouds and mist rolled in, completely blocking out the light, like the darkness before a violent storm. The entire valley gave people a feeling of depression and suffocation. Whoosh!
A terrifying sound of wind tore through the air and echoed throughout the valley, as if blowing a charge horn. The clouds that were originally ten feet away from Lin Chen's head suddenly fell down at this moment.

Smash down, don't float down.

Lin Chen's pupils suddenly shrank, and the first thing he did was to circulate the Qi and blood in his body, and a faint blood-red fluorescence emanated from his entire body.

But even so, at the moment when the clouds fell, his clothes shattered in an instant, and tens of thousands of tiny bloodstains appeared on his skin. The air in the entire valley turned into endless sword energy at this moment, cutting his body.

The copper skin that was cultivated through practice was easily cut like tofu under the sword energy.

Lin Chen's entire body was shaking violently, and every inch of his skin felt as if it was being repeatedly scratched by thousands of ice blades. The evil spirit of the Earth, along with the biting cold wind, poured into the valley, and the whistling sound was mixed with the clanging sound of metal hitting stone.

The evil energy did not dissipate after penetrating the skin. Instead, it turned into strands of dark snakes that coiled around the bones and ran along the spine into the internal organs.

Cold all over my body!

For the first time, Lin Chen truly experienced what it felt like to feel a chill all over the body, a chill that came from deep in the bone marrow.

At the same time, a strange warm current surged out from the dantian and flowed to Lin Chen's head, blocking the rising of the evil energy.

A warm current surged up, and Lin Chen's mind became clear again.

He knew in his heart that this warm current must be the effect of the strange fruit, which could keep his brain clear and not be affected by the evil spirit of the earth.

He gritted his teeth and practiced the third level of Zhenyue Pu. The blood in his body surged through his meridians like lava, and began to resist and flush out the evil energy that attached to his bone marrow and rushed towards his internal organs.

The ulna of the right arm was the first to crack, and the periosteum lasted less than three breaths under the erosion of the evil spirit.

Fortunately, after several painful experiences with the medicine, Lin Chen's tolerance for pain was very high. He was not afraid of the crack in his ulna. He remained calm and activated the Zhenyue Pu Heart Technique, allowing his qi and blood to continue to wash his meridians with the earthly evil energy in his body.

A long-term illness makes a good doctor.

He now has a plan for dealing with the situation. As long as he is not disabled, it won't be a big deal.

An hour later!

The clouds and mist dissipated, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief and began to breathe heavily, but the evil energy raging in his body did not disappear, but still filled his body.

Lin Chen began to slow down the rhythm of the circulation of Qi and blood, allowing his own Qi and blood to wrap around the evil Qi and flow through his body little by little, just like an electric shock flowing through his body. Wherever the evil Qi passed, the acupoints in his body were vibrating.

Once, twice, three times...

This cycle was repeated nearly a hundred times, and the evil energy in the body was finally absorbed completely.

At the same time, the warm current in his mind began to flow to his whole body, smoothing out the injuries all over his body like an iron. The broken meridians in his body were quickly reorganized, and even the bloodstains on the surface of his skin where they were cut by the evil spirit were slowly fading.

However, just as Lin Chen's body recovered a little, the clouds above the valley rolled down again, and in less than a hundred breaths of time, they filled the entire valley again.

The evil spirit of the earth strikes again!

The warm current returned to Lin Chen's head again, keeping him awake.

This time, the evil energy is even more violent than last time!

In three breaths, Lin Chen turned into a bloody man. This time, the evil energy no longer cut his body surface, but pierced his pores like cold needles.

Lin Chen's body was like a balloon filled with water, which was pierced by many fine needles. The water inside splashed out from the holes. The difference was that what splashed out of Lin Chen was not water but blood.

Thousands of needles piercing the body!

In just a few breaths, Lin Chen's face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and practiced the Zhenyuepu mental method, causing the twenty-four acupoints in his body to vibrate continuously. Each vibration would form a tiny cyclone, and these cyclones would divide the evil energy that had penetrated into the body and wrap it in each acupoint, allowing it to continuously stimulate the acupoints.

Under the stimulation of the evil energy of the earth, the seventy-two small acupoints around the twenty-four acupoints on Lin Chen's body also began to vibrate, and were slowly absorbing the evil energy of the earth.

After a cup of tea, the clouds and mist dissipated.

Lin Chen looked inside his body, feeling the Earthly Evil Energy in the acupoints all over his body. He began to slowly absorb the Earthly Evil Energy as he did before. As the Earthly Evil Energy was absorbed, the seventy-two associated acupoints were also continuously expanding outwards.

Bang bang bang!
His body vibrated with a sound like a drum.

With every vibration, the acupoints throughout the body are like dough that is kneaded into a ball by a huge force, and then the huge force dissipates, and the dough instantly spreads out, becoming more tough and elastic than before.

Lin Chen could clearly feel that his physical strength had increased, but the next moment, his body staggered.

Too much qi and blood have been lost.

With his current level of qi and blood and his age, his qi and blood are extremely vigorous, but this does not mean that his qi and blood cannot be consumed. At least 30% of the qi and blood in his body were lost this time. In addition, the absorption of the earth's evil energy by the qi and blood to temper the acupoints also caused the loss of qi and blood.

This was the first time that Lin Chen realized that his body lacked Qi and blood.

"It's not just because of the bleeding. When I took the medicinal bath, I bled no less than now. So it's because the evil spirit of the earth has caused a great loss of qi and blood."

After figuring this out, Lin Chen finally understood why the three ancestors of the Huang family had failed. They couldn't even withstand it with their own energy and blood. If this evil energy came a few more times, they would probably be sucked dry.

Rumble!
Before Lin Chen could recover from the shock, the clouds above began to surge down again like thunderclouds, and this time the howling wind tore through the valley, and crashed into the rock walls like thunder.

boom!
The clouds and mist fell, and the evil spirit of the earth reappeared.

puff!
puff!
puff!
Lin Chen vomited blood several times in a row, his expression became listless, and his steps kept retreating.

This time, the evil energy hit his bones like a heavy hammer.

Every time a blow lands, the bones vibrate!

Unlike the heavy hammer of the Thousand Hammers Diagram, the heavy hammer of the Earthly Evil Energy attacked and sucked away the Qi and blood in his body.

This kind of pain is unbearable for a human being.

Fifteen breaths later, Lin Chen retreated to the edge of the valley.

If he took a few steps back, he wouldn't have to endure the evil energy of the earth, but this also meant that he would lose this opportunity.

That strange fruit only produces one every twenty years. Once you give up, you have to wait another twenty years.

Want to give up?

There was a look of unwillingness in Lin Chen's eyes. He was unwilling to give up this opportunity that only came once every twenty years.

And at this moment, a piece of information suddenly appeared in Lin Chen's mind.

【Panel update completed! 】

Lin Chen's mind moved, but before he could check the panel, he suddenly found that the pain from the evil energy invading his body had decreased.

?

This sudden change made Lin Chen stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. It must be that there were some changes in this update of the panel.

"panel!"

Lin Chen whispered, and a panel appeared in front of him. He quickly scanned the updated content on the panel. There was a light in his eyes, and he finally understood where the changes in his body came from.

[Title: Medicine Jar Body (When absorbing energy, the pain will be reduced, but the pain will not disappear, it will only be delayed. After the absorption is complete, you will feel double the pain)]

(Note: This title is calculated based on the host's performance in taking multiple medicinal baths and swallowing the refining dragon's true blood during the previous martial arts learning stage.)
(End of this chapter)