Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 218: Become a disciple of the dean and learn about the difficulty of the Nine Transformations (Subscription Request)
Canglan Mansion!
The largest city in Tokaido, its walls are majestic like a crouching dragon.

When Qu Feng brought Lin Chen into Canglan Mansion, the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop them at all. They looked at Lin Chen with envy and awe.

Even in Tōkaidō, where martial arts flourish, the disciples of Canglan Martial Arts Academy are still enviable.

It was not the first time for these soldiers to defend the city. It was the time for the freshmen assessment of the Martial Academy. There was only one possibility for the young man who was brought to Canglan Mansion by the disciples of the Martial Academy at this time. He had already obtained the disciple letter of Canglan Martial Academy and was a prospective disciple of Canglan Martial Academy. The only thing missing was the formalities.

There is no disciple of Canglan Martial Academy who fails to reach the highest grade.

Entering Canglan Martial Arts Academy means that one's martial arts skills are at least at the ninth level. Coming out of the academy means one is at the county master level.

"One Canglan Courtyard is half of the Canglan Mansion."

After entering the city, Qu Feng introduced the situation of Canglan Mansion to Lin Chen.

The city area of Canglan Prefecture is the largest in Tokaido, and Canglan Martial Arts Academy occupies half of Canglan Prefecture.

Lin Chen looked into the distance and saw the mountains extending from the city gate inward like a giant inky python lying across the city. Among the green peaks, flying eaves and brackets were faintly visible, and the buildings on top of these mountains could be vaguely seen.

Going deeper, there are deep mountains covered by clouds and mist.

"That's the Canglan Mountains. Behind the Canglan Mountains is the East China Sea. Our martial arts academy is here and is responsible for guarding the East China Sea monsters. But this has nothing to do with you now."

Even he had never been to the back of the Canglan Mountains. Only those senior brothers who had reached the highest level would go there.

After an incense stick of time, Qu Feng brought Lin Chen to the gate of Canglan Martial Arts Academy.

In front of the courtyard gate is a spacious bluestone square, on which stand twelve three-meter-long bronze-painted weapons.

Knives, guns, swords, halberds...

"Junior Brother Lin, these twelve weapons were left by our senior brothers who graduated from Canglan Martial Academy. Each of these senior brothers has a martial arts cultivation of the upper third rank, but it is not the upper third rank that can forge weapons on this square."

Seeing Lin Chen looking at the twelve weapon statues, Qu Feng explained.

"Brother Qu, what do you mean by this?"

Lin Chen was a little confused. Qu Feng scratched his head and said, "I am not very clear either. I just heard the instructor mention it. Anyway, Junior Brother Lin, you just need to know that there are more than twelve seniors of the third rank who have walked out of Canglan Martial Academy over the years, but only twelve of them can forge their own spiritual weapons here."

This time Lin Chen understood.

That is to say, in order to forge one's own spiritual weapon here, one must reach a certain standard, and for those who can reach this standard, the top three grades are the most basic requirement.

A warrior of the top three ranks may not necessarily leave behind a spiritual weapon image, but those who can leave behind a spiritual weapon image are at least of the third rank.

His eyes passed through these weapons and looked towards the gate. On both sides of the gate stood two white jade tablets, each three meters high. On the left white jade tablet, four large characters were engraved: Canglan Martial Arts Academy!
The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, with a momentum of soaring!

On the white jade stele on the right, there is a piece of red paper.

"Junior Brother Lin, you can take a look and guess what is written on this red paper."

"I'm afraid I can't guess that."

Lin Chen shook his head, but when he saw Senior Brother Qu winking at him, he wondered, "Could it be related to me?"

"Junior Brother Lin, you will know if you go up and take a look."

Qu Feng kept Lin Chen in suspense and led him towards the white jade stele on the right. When they got in front of the stele and saw the words on the red paper, Lin Chen finally understood why Senior Brother Qu kept Lin Chen in suspense.

The content on this red paper is indeed related to him.

【Good news】

[Congratulations to Lin Chen, the new disciple of Canglan Martial Arts Academy, for leaving his name on Wudao Mountain for the seventh time! ]

Under this piece of red paper, another piece of red paper was pasted seamlessly.

[Congratulations to our Canglan Martial Arts Academy's new disciple Lin Chen for winning the title of Daliang Martial Arts Student Model! ]

"Junior Brother Lin, how is it?" Qu Feng asked with a smile.

"It's too grand. I feel ashamed."

Lin Chen shook his head. He could understand that the martial arts academy used its reputation to recruit talented disciples from other fields, but hanging a red list in front of the martial arts academy did not make much sense.

The warriors who can appear in Canglan Martial Arts Academy all aim for Canglan Martial Arts Academy and do not need to rely on their own fame.

"This is the rule of our martial arts academy. It is also the same for other martial arts academies and martial arts halls. The achievements of our disciples must be announced on the red list. Junior Brother Lin, you don't care about these things, but it doesn't mean that others don't care. It is also a kind of encouragement to other disciples."

Qu Feng knew that Lin Chen did not want to be too prominent, but this involved more than just Lin Chen. If the martial arts academy did not display Lin Chen’s achievements today, should other disciples who achieved slightly worse results than Lin Chen be displayed as well?

If he were to die, would rumors arise?

After all, Lin Chen has become a role model for martial arts students in Daliang, and he is not even on the red list. You just got first place in the martial arts academy competition. Do you have the nerve to put yourself on the list?
"I understand what you mean, brother. I just hope we can withdraw as soon as possible."

"I'm afraid it won't be possible to withdraw in a short time. If we want to withdraw, we'll have to wait until the end of the year for the exams at the earliest."

"The year-end exam?"

Lin Chen estimated that the martial arts academy would start recruiting students in late autumn, and there were only three months left until the end of the year. Wasn't the time too short for the final exams to begin?
"The end-of-year exam is held every year in the martial arts academy, not only for you freshmen but also for us old students. However, since you have been in the martial arts academy for a short time, the exam is more of a formality. You don't have to participate."

The year-end exam of Canglan Martial Academy is more important for those who have been in the academy for one or two years. The freshmen... are just an embellishment.

All examinations in the martial arts academy are conducted equally for new and old students.

Practicing the realm of internal organs is different from the realm of opening the orifices. In the realm of opening the orifices, twenty-four acupoints are opened one by one, but practicing the realm of internal organs only requires refining the five internal organs. Many new students are not necessarily inferior to old students.

A talented freshman may not necessarily be worse than the senior students after a few months.

"The instructor is here. He should be here to pick you up."

Qu Feng briefly introduced some of the situations in the martial arts academy. The details would be given to Lin Chen after he entered the academy. The academy would issue a disciple manual, and Junior Brother Lin would naturally know the details by then.

"Teacher Zhao."

"Well, this must be Lin Chen."

Zhao Hai looked at Lin Chen with a smile: "Alright, leave Lin Chen to me, you go back first."

"it is good."

Qu Feng agreed, and before leaving, he said to Lin Chen: "Junior Brother Lin, I live at the foot of the Seventh Peak. You can come and see me when you are free."

"What are you looking for?"

Zhao Hai’s face turned serious: “Qu Feng, I’m telling you, it’s ok for you to be lazy, but don’t let it lead others astray.”

Qu Feng is well-known in the martial arts academy for his laziness. Although he has a good talent in martial arts, he just doesn't make any progress in his practice. He is satisfied with just passing the test.

“Hehe, Instructor Zhao, look at what you said. How could I lead Junior Brother Lin astray? Cultivation must be a combination of work and rest. If you keep practicing, you might develop a mental demon.” Qu Feng didn’t care about what Zhao Hai said. Anyway, he was used to being criticized by the instructors in the martial arts academy.

The teachers' criticism went in one ear and out the other to him, and as for changing... that was absolutely impossible.

"Fuck off!"

Zhao Hai glared at Qu Feng unhappily, and waited until Qu Feng left before he smiled again and looked at Lin Chen: "Lin Chen, your martial arts talent is higher than Qu Feng's, but don't learn from Qu Feng. If this kid was more diligent, he would have entered the rank by now."

"Disciple, please remember this."

"Well, come with me."

Zhao Hai brought Lin Chen into the martial arts academy, headed to the left, and finally entered a hall.

【Canglan Master Hall】

"Lin Chen, here is the information of all the instructors in Daliang. According to the rules of the martial arts academy, the instructors should select the disciples, but your situation is rather special, so the martial arts academy decided that you should select the instructor yourself."

As soon as he entered the hall, Zhao Hai handed over a stack of papers. Lin Chen took it with some doubts, and only realized it after hearing Zhao Hai's explanation.

Is this a special treatment for yourself?

Other disciples are chosen by their teachers, but you can choose your own teacher.

"associate dean?"

When Lin Chen saw the teacher information on the first piece of paper, his mouth opened slightly. He didn't expect that the first teacher would be the vice-dean.

Normally speaking, people at the level of vice-president would not be in charge of teaching students.

"Vice Dean Qin is a martial arts expert in our martial arts academy. He has already entered the third rank and has trained many disciples. He has rich experience in teaching disciples and is able to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. If you choose Vice Dean Qin as your instructor, you will definitely not suffer any loss."

Zhao Hai introduced himself with a smile, saying that although the dean was very shameless, his own teacher was not bad either.

The teacher specifically asked him to put his information at the front, so that Lin Chen would see it first. Plus, with him there to persuade him, maybe Lin Chen would choose it directly.

"I...I'll take a look first."

Unfortunately, Lin Chen did not make a direct choice. There was a trace of regret in Zhao Hai’s eyes. This was all he could do. As a disciple, he had already done his best to be filial. If he continued to persuade, then the other vice presidents, including the president, would know about it, and he would be in trouble.

I can't sacrifice myself for the teacher.

The second sheet of paper had a teacher, and the third sheet of paper also had a teacher, both of whom were at the seventh rank. Could it be that as Teacher Zhao said, that Vice Dean Qin was his best choice?

Lin Chen muttered to himself, subconsciously pulled out a card from the back, glanced at it, and was stunned.

"Hua Qianwu, the dean of Canglan Martial Academy..."

After seeing the contents on the paper carefully, Lin Chen raised his head and looked at Instructor Zhao with a puzzled look.

Doesn’t this Teacher Zhao understand the ways of the world?
Put the dean’s information at the end?

"Ahem, I stacked these teaching information in the order in which I collected them."

Zhao Hai was stared at by Lin Chen, but his expression remained unchanged. After all, what he said was not a lie, as Dean Hua was indeed the last one to hand it in.

Knowing that Instructor Zhao had put the dean's information at the end, Lin Chen was no longer in a hurry. He looked through them one by one. There were thirty sheets of information in total, including one dean, four vice-deans, and twenty-five instructors.

After reading it, Lin Chen had an idea in his mind.

"Teacher Zhao, I choose Dean Hua!"

Lin Chen believed that as long as one's brain was not broken, one would know how to make the best choice for himself.

"Okay, I'll take you to register first, and then I'll take you to see the dean."

Zhao Hai sighed in his heart, Teacher, oh teacher, it’s not that I didn’t try my best, it’s just that you, as a teacher, are not as good as Dean Hua.

If you were a second-rank official and the dean, Lin Chen would definitely choose you.

The identity registration at Canglan Martial Academy was very simple, perhaps because Zhao Hai was there personally to take care of it, the formalities were completed very quickly. There were twelve sets of uniforms for the disciples of the martial arts academy, corresponding to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, with three sets for each season.

"As for the dormitory you will live in, Lin Chen... wait until you meet Dean Hua, and let Dean Hua arrange it."

The martial arts academy has a unified arrangement of dormitories for ordinary disciples, which are allocated according to the courtyard where the instructor lives. However, a genius like Lin Chen must have special treatment. Since Lin Chen has chosen the dean as his instructor, Zhao Hai will not interfere.

……

……

In the side courtyard of the main hall of the martial arts academy, Lin Chen met Hua Qianwu.

"Dean, Lin Chen has been brought here. I will leave first."

Zhao Hai was a little scared of the dean. After all, he had just done some small tricks and put the dean's information at the end.

"Zhao Hai, you are very good."

Hua Qianwu smiled and said, "I admire you for not fearing power."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Hai's expression changed instantly. Admiring himself?
This is because he knew that his little trick was known to the dean.

"Dean, I was forced to do this. It was the teacher who forced me to do this."

Zhao Hai had no choice but to sell his master to protect himself. Even though Dean Hua smiled and said he admired him, he might have already thought of how to punish him.

"Really?"

"If you don't believe me, go ask the teacher. I can't help you either."

Zhao Hai made a bitter face, and Hua Qianwu snorted coldly: "Get lost!"

"Why!"

When Zhao Hai heard the word "get out", he felt like he was hearing heavenly music. He was not afraid of the dean scolding him, but he was afraid of the dean praising him.

This is the consensus of everyone in the martial arts academy.

Lin Chen looked at Instructor Zhao's act of selling out his master to protect himself, and he had a vague guess in his mind, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The atmosphere in Canglan Martial Arts Academy is that everyone likes to say "get out"?
"Lin Chen, do you know why the martial arts academy offered you thirty drops of dragon blood?" After Zhao Hai left, Hua Qianwu's eyes fell on Lin Chen.

"Disciple doesn't know."

Lin Chen shook his head. Judging from the expressions of the other vice-presidents of the martial arts academy and the reaction of his own teacher at the time, thirty drops of thousand-year-old dragon blood was definitely beyond their psychological value.

"Because Lord Kong told me that you practiced the Nine-Turn True Blood Internal Medicine Technique."

Hua Qianwu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If you want to master the Nine-turn True Blood Refining Method, thirty drops of dragon blood are necessary. My Canglan Martial Academy wants to recruit you as a disciple. If I cannot provide you with thirty drops of dragon blood, it would be irresponsible to you. In this case, I will simply give it to you as a condition for admission."

"This...is something I didn't expect."

There was a look of surprise on Lin Chen's face. He had never thought about it in this way. Now it seemed that Canglan Martial Arts Academy offered him conditions nearly ten days after Lord Kong left. It must have received Lord Kong's notice and changed the originally prepared conditions, which was why it was delayed for a few days.

"Do you want to know the origin of the Nine-Turn True Blood Internal Medicine Technique?"

"Can you tell me, disciple?"

Lin Chen had an expectant look on his face. It would be a lie to say that he didn't want to know, but Lord Kong had kept him in suspense at the beginning and just asked him not to reveal to others that he was practicing the Nine Revolutions True Blood Internal Medicine Technique.

"Master Kong didn't tell you because he was afraid of putting pressure on you. Now that you've practiced dirty work, it's better for you to be mentally prepared."

"Nine-turn True Blood Refining Internal Organs... This method was practiced by Emperor Taizu back then."

Lin Chen opened his mouth slightly. This martial art was actually the one practiced by Emperor Taizu of Daliang.

Seeing Lin Chen's shocked expression, Hua Qianwu dropped another bombshell: "In the past three hundred years in Daliang, only Emperor Taizu has mastered this skill."

"Only Emperor Taizu has mastered it?"

Lin Chen's pupils suddenly shrank. He didn't believe that no one else in Daliang had practiced this method in the past three hundred years. At least the descendants of Emperor Taizu and the Daliang royal family should have practiced it.

"The fact that Wudaoshan has given you this technique shows that Emperor Taizu is optimistic about you. This is an honor for you, but it will also be a huge challenge for you."

Thinking back to the contents of Mr. Kong's letter, Hua Qianwu still remembers it vividly.

Knowing that Lin Chen was practicing the Nine-Turn True Blood Refining Method, the first thought in his mind was not to give Lin Chen thirty drops of dragon blood, but whether to give up or not offer Lin Chen too high conditions.

Since Emperor Taizu, it’s not that there haven’t been people who have practiced this method, but no one has ever been able to succeed.

Once failed, it means there will be no possibility of entering the product.

Even if Lin Chen can become invincible in the Lianzang realm, so what?
Lord Kong did not tell Lin Chen the truth because he was afraid that Lin Chen would give up this path after learning the truth.

And from the letter that Lord Kong wrote to the Martial Academy, he figured out what Lord Kong meant.

Let Lin Chen give it a try!
All the resources of the Martial Academy will be used, and even the Ministry of Military Affairs will secretly provide resources.

However, there is no need to tell Lin Chen these inside stories for the time being.

"Dean, why didn't other seniors in Daliang succeed in their cultivation?"

As this concerns his own future in martial arts, Lin Chen's expression became serious and he asked earnestly.

"First, the Nine-turn True Blood Internal Medicine requires a lot of precious resources, all of which are at the level of Dragon True Blood." Hua Qianwu expected Lin Chen to ask, so he said directly without hiding anything.

“Is it just because the resources are precious?”

Lin Chen didn't believe that a company as big as Daliang would not be able to gather enough resources.

At least the royal family definitely has the ability to put it together.

When Emperor Taizu was practicing, he could only rely on himself to gather resources, but the royal family was in control of the country, so there was no reason why they couldn't gather the resources.

"The preciousness of the resources is only one of the reasons. The real difficulty lies in absorbing and refining it. The pain is beyond the endurance of ordinary people. The Nine Turns... as the name suggests, it involves nine times of refining the true blood. The pain increases with each turn. Those who have practiced this method in the past generations have only managed to reach the sixth turn at most."

pain?

Hearing the reason, Lin Chen heaved a sigh of relief. What he was least afraid of was pain. It seemed that his title of [Medicine Jar Sick Body] came at just the right time. It was a must for practicing the Nine Revolutions True Blood and Organ Training Method.

"I know that you have refined three drops of dragon blood and can endure suffering that ordinary people cannot endure, but I want to tell you that the pain you have endured before is not even one percent of what you will suffer in the future."

When Hua Qianwu saw Lin Chen heaved a sigh of relief, he thought that Lin Chen felt that he had refined three drops of true dragon blood and felt that he was strong enough to handle it.

"No matter how hard it is, I will never give up."

Lin Chen answered powerfully and with a firm attitude.

If I give up, wouldn’t that be a disservice to my own title?

"it is good!"

Hua Qianwu also slammed the table and said, "Since you are so determined, as your instructor, I will prepare everything for you. Let's take a gamble together!"

Lord Kong dares to bet.

Lin Chen dares to bet on himself!

What is there that Hua Qianwu dare not gamble on!
(End of this chapter)