Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 23 Meeting you is his great fortune
Poyang County Wuzheng Office.

Located in the central area of Poyang County, the tallest attic that Lin Chen had previously seen at the city gate is inside the Wuzheng Office.

From this, we can see how much importance the Liang Dynasty attached to martial arts.

The Wuzheng Institute is not as easy to enter as the martial arts hall. Even after Yu Yongnian reported his identity, he still had to wait.

"Wait here."

The doorman glanced at Yu Yongnian with an indifferent attitude, then walked through the gate.

After a cup of tea, the concierge returned with a smile on his face and a more enthusiastic attitude.

"Please follow me, Instructor Yu."

The guard personally led Yu Yongnian and Lin Chen into the Wuzheng Office and finally arrived at a courtyard.

"The inspector is inside. Please come in, Master Yu."

The guard sent the person away and left. Yu Yongnian said to Lin Chen, "Wait at the door."

Lin Chen:……

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In the courtyard, Shu Suwan was brewing tea. Seeing Yu Yongnian coming in, she smiled and said, "Junior brother, how come you have time to come here? I will have my tea ready in a while. It is the best new Wuyi tea."

"Senior sister, I came here this time to file a complaint with Wu Zheng."

"Complain?"

Although Shu Suwan knew that her junior brother would never come to the Wuzheng Office unless he encountered something, she still felt a little resentful when she heard this: "Junior brother, can't you come and see me if you have nothing to do?"

Yu Yongnian fell silent, and Shu Suwan's resentful expression subsided: "I was just joking with you, what are you suing me for?"

"Lin Chen, the martial arts disciple, is the first person in Kaohe Town to cultivate his vital energy. However, all the martial arts halls are unwilling to give him a place in the Kaiqiao Dan disciple program. This is clearly a violation of the rules."

Shu Suwan looked surprised: "The Lin Chen that Junior Brother is talking about is the student who wanted to work and study?"

"Well, Senior Sister, you also know Lin Chen's family background. He is the son of a fisherman, and he cultivated his essence with only twenty taels. What a talent for martial arts. Such a genius deserves an enlightenment pill."

"Did it really only cost twenty taels?"

"Not much, at least." Yu Yongnian said with certainty: "Sister, don't you believe me too?"

"Of course I believe what Junior Brother said." Shu Suwan shook her head slightly: "But it's useless for me to believe Junior Brother. Those martial arts schools won't believe it. Junior Brother, why don't you calm down and put yourself in their shoes. If Junior Brother is the instructor of the martial arts school, will you believe this?"

"It's possible... that you don't believe it."

Yu Yongnian's personality would not allow him to lie with his eyes open. If he were a martial arts school recruiting students, he would also have doubts about this matter.

“Even if the martial arts hall doesn’t believe it, over the years, even if the number of students who have cultivated their vital energy exceeds 80, it will not happen that the top student in the martial arts hall will not get a place.”

Hearing the dissatisfaction in her junior brother's words, Shu Suwan had to explain: "The Wuzheng Institute does not have a clear rule that the first place in the martial arts hall must be given a quota for the awakening pill. In the past, if the number of students exceeded 80, the first place student in the martial arts hall would be given a quota. It was more of a reflection of unity and fairness."

Shu Suwan knew that her junior fellow apprentice was lacking in thinking in certain aspects. In the past, even if the number of students exceeded 80, the martial arts school had to give at least one place to each town's martial arts hall. This was to reflect the military administration and the court's equal treatment of the people in the town.

Since we have to give a place, it will definitely be given to the first place.

The first place means a better family background and greater potential.

But this time an accident happened. Who could have imagined that Lin Chen, the son of a fisherman, would get first place in the martial arts hall? Under such circumstances, the martial arts hall would naturally think of giving the place to other students from better-off families in Kaohe Town.

Anyway, as long as Kaohe Town is given a quota, it will be enough to report to the Wuzheng Office.

"I know what you want to say. Lin Chen is the son of a fisherman, but he won first place in the martial arts school. Could it be that the martial arts school didn't think of this? Even if the money spent was fake, it can be faked once and then later. It is enough to show that Lin Chen has the money to continue to move forward in the martial arts."

Seeing that her junior brother was about to speak, Shu Suwan knew what he wanted to say and smiled slightly: "Junior brother, you are confused because you are involved."

"Please give me some advice, senior sister." Yu Yongnian frowned. This was exactly what he wanted to say just now, but he didn't know where he was lost.

"In the eyes of the martial arts school, the records of the money Lin Chen spent on martial arts training reported by the martial arts hall must be false. Then the martial arts school will consider why it was falsified and what the purpose of this falsification was."

"What's the purpose of lying?"

Yu Yongnian pondered for a while, and after a while he seemed to have figured something out. He smiled bitterly and said, "So the martial arts school suspected that I was cheating in order to get an A-level rating in the instructor assessment. And I personally brought Lin Chen to the martial arts school, so in the eyes of these instructors, they thought I was cheating."

"Junior brother, there is no need to do this. I believe in you. If you want to go back to the county, there is no need to do this. As long as you nod, I will do it for you." There was deep meaning in Shu Suwan's words, but unfortunately Yu Yongnian didn't hear it.

"It's useless for Senior Sister to believe me. The martial arts school won't believe me. In this case, I can only take the last step."

Yu Yongnian said in a deep voice: "Sister, Lin Chen came from Linhu Village. Mr. Jiang had some feelings for Linhu Village back then, and he specifically told me that if the younger generation in Linhu Village had talent in martial arts, they could write to him to let him know. If Lin Chen wrote to Mr. Jiang about this, he would be angry, and the Wuzheng Office would be hard to explain. I, your junior brother, stopped Lin Chen first and told you about this to avoid causing trouble for you."

Shu Suwan blinked slightly, how could she not understand her junior brother? The meaning of his words was that if Wu Zheng did not solve the problem, he would take Lin Chen to find Mr. Jiang.

"Junior brother, are you using Mr. Jiang to threaten me?"

"Junior brother doesn't dare."

"You don't dare. You are saying it clearly. If Lin Chen is not given a spot for the Kaiqiao Pill, you will let Lin Chen write a letter to Mr. Jiang, saying that the Wuzheng Office and the martial arts school discriminate against him." Shu Suwan was angry.

"Lin Chen wants to write a letter, I can't stop him. I'm just a teacher, not Lin Chen's elder." "Puff!"

When Shu Suwan heard her junior brother's hidden words, she could no longer hold back her laughter.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. The situation of this year's martial arts school students is different from previous years. Junior Brother doesn't understand the inside story yet."

"The number of students who have cultivated their vital energy has exceeded the limit. This situation has happened before. Junior brother still believes that Lin Chen deserves this spot." Yu Yongnian looked determined.

"Not only is the number of students exceeding the upper limit of 80, but also because Master Su has made a big move against the martial arts school this year."

Seeing her junior's puzzled expression, Shu Suwan explained, "Poyang County has been at the bottom of the prefecture competition for four consecutive years. The newly appointed Lord Su wants to change the situation. He has sent a notice to all the martial arts schools. The new students entering the martial arts schools will have a competition every three months. The results of the competition are related to the amount of resources that the military government will give to the martial arts schools. In this case, the martial arts schools will naturally leave the awakening pills to the students with potential."

Yu Yongnian was surprised. He really didn't know there was such a secret.

The newly appointed Lord Su of the Military Administration Institute has set such a rule, so the major martial arts schools naturally hope that their students will rank higher in the competition. The resources provided by the Military Administration Institute to the martial arts schools are what the instructors and owners of the major martial arts schools care about very much.

Since it concerns the personal interests of these instructors, it is no wonder that they are unwilling to give Lin Chen a spot for the Enlightenment Pill.

"Sister, Lin Chen's journey has not been easy. You heard it with your own ears. This kid even gave up his dignity in order to practice martial arts. If such a person loses the chance to receive the Enlightenment Pill just because of his poor family background, I don't know how to talk to him."

Yu Yongnian looked at his senior sister with pleading eyes.

Shu Suwan's eyes were filled with resentment: "Junior brother, you have come to me in person, how can I, your senior sister, just stand by and watch?"

Junior brother, you don’t understand me.

"Thank you, senior sister." Yu Yongnian was delighted to hear this and immediately responded.

"Don't be so quick to thank me. I have an idea in mind, but I'm not sure if it will work." Shu Suwan waved her hand and asked curiously, "Junior brother, you care so much about Lin Chen, have you accepted Lin Chen as your personal disciple?"

There is a master-disciple relationship between teachers and students, but this master-disciple relationship is not solid. Many teachers will privately accept some talented and potential students as their disciples. This is considered a true master-disciple relationship.

"It costs less than twenty taels of silver to cultivate the essence, isn't it worth it?" Yu Yongnian did not hide his true thoughts from his senior sister: "I have never thought of accepting Lin Chen as my apprentice."

"Why not accept him?" Shu Suwan was very confused. Since her junior brother cared so much about Lin Chen and thought so highly of him, it would be reasonable for him to accept him as a disciple.

"I am just an ordinary instructor. How much help can I give to Lin Chen if I accept him as my disciple? If a village student can make a name for himself in martial arts, he will surely catch the eyes of those big shots. The importance of being the first mentor is not insignificant."

When Yu Yongnian said this, Shu Suwan was moved: "Lin Chen is so lucky to meet my junior brother."

The path of martial arts is extremely costly.

Many martial arts geniuses who are able to show their talents come from large families. Those martial arts masters are concerned about the backgrounds of these talented students and will not accept them as disciples.

But if a country boy makes a name for himself in the martial arts.

Clean, no background, no master.

These are the disciples most loved by those martial arts masters, and once they are accepted, they will be trained as their disciples.

"It's not a great honor, I just feel that a young man with great ambition who can put aside his dignity should not be let down."

Until now, Yu Yongnian still remembers that Lin Chen took the initiative to come to his yard and said that he wanted to work and study.

If a young man did not have firm belief in martial arts, how could he think of doing such a thing and say such words?

He could imagine that on the night of the separation, Lin Chen must have tossed and turned in bed, thinking all night before coming up with this idea. Even before stepping into his own yard, he must have hesitated for several seconds before mustering up the courage to come in and talk about working and studying.

"Senior sister, I have an idea. You stay here for a while. I will handle this matter."

"Junior brother thanks senior sister on behalf of Lin Chen." Yu Yongnian said with a smile.

"I don't see you caring much about your own affairs, but you are so excited about a student's affairs."

There was some meaning in Shu Suwan's words, but Yu Yongnian couldn't hear it.

Shu Suwan walked out of the yard and stopped when she saw Lin Chen standing outside the door.

"Lin Chen, a student of Kaohe Town Martial Hall, greets you, sir."

Seeing an elegant woman walking out of the yard, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. After he reacted, he immediately bowed, but he was guessing the woman's identity in his heart.

This person has an unusual temperament, could he be Inspector Shu from the Military Administration Office?
If that's the case, then the relationship between the instructor and this Inspector Shu...

The spirit of gossip burned in Lin Chen's heart. In the more than ten months in the martial arts hall, he had seen the families of Instructor Liu and Instructor Chen, but he had never seen the family of Instructor Yu.

"Your teacher Yu is going to quarrel with me, your senior sister, because of your matter. If I don't give you a quota for the Enlightenment Pill, I will take you to Raozhou Prefecture to complain to Lord Jiang."

Shu Suwan's expression was serious, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry. Lin Chen hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether what she said was true or not, but he still replied: "Master Yu's love for his disciples will be remembered in my heart."

"A master cannot have two different disciples. They are all of the same character. Okay, go in and have tea with your teacher Yu."

Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Shu Suwan seemed to scold him, but in her heart she was very satisfied with Lin Chen's answer.

He did not change his words to please himself.

If Lin Chen answered "I dare not", she would feel resentful, because this proved that her junior brother had misjudged her.

(End of this chapter)