Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 290 Panel Update, Crazy Speculation
Name: Lin Chen

[Sect: Canglan Sect]

[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: 87308]

【Points: 2700】

Upon reaching the top of Wudao Mountain, Lin Chen immediately checked his ranking.

87,308th place—that was his final ranking before breaking through to the next level.

[Should we enable cross-ranking challenges?]

【Yes! 】

Just as Lin Chen decided to accept the cross-rank challenge, the sect leader of Wanshui Sect received the news from the sect's disciples.

"The Three Springs Sect has gone too far!"

The sect leader of Wanshui Sect had a look of anger on his face. He originally thought that his disciples would communicate with this suddenly emerging genius and invite him to Wanshui Sect. However, he did not expect that there were several sects with the same idea as him.

During the time that genius stopped challenging others, several of their own disciples faced several challenges, and were ultimately defeated by a disciple from the Three Springs Sect.

There are challenges every day at Wudao Mountain, which is perfectly normal. But once you're in the top 100,000, there's usually only one challenge every three to five days. And who among those who can get into the top 100,000 isn't a genius?

Those who make the list will not enter the Martial Arts Mountain to challenge if their strength does not improve.

It's clearly abnormal that my disciple has experienced ten challenges in just a few days.

"Sect Master, what should we do now?"

"If we report the Three Springs Sect to the Yan Dynasty for being unrighteous, then don't blame us for being unjust."

The sect leader of Wanshui Sect had a "what's the use" look on his face. If he didn't want Wanshui Sect to get this genius, then Sanquan Sect wouldn't have an easy time either.

Martial Arts Mountain was created by the Yan Dynasty and is usually maintained by formations. The rule that people beyond 10,000 are not allowed to communicate is a rule set by the Yan Dynasty, although this rule is relatively lenient.

Normally, officials would not investigate unless the people complained, and the court would turn a blind eye. But if one reported it, the court would definitely investigate and punish the offender.

……

……

Wudao Mountain is a vast plain.

Lin Chen looked at the young man who appeared opposite him, and without any hesitation, he flashed and rushed towards him.

boom!
A sharp palm wind whistled in, and the young man opposite him suddenly narrowed his eyes. Before he could finish the task that the sect leader had given him, he felt a pain in his body and was sent flying backward.

Lin Chen looked at his opponent who had disappeared into the air with a satisfied expression.

After reaching the highest level, his martial arts will tempered his body anew, and his palm strikes were infused with his martial arts will, making him far stronger than when he was at the Great Perfection stage of Internal Organ Refinement.

Lin Chen looked inward and saw that the spiritual platform that had been floating above was now located in his dantian. The golden figure had disappeared, and the gate of the spiritual platform was half-open, with a continuous stream of martial arts will energy gushing out and cleansing all the acupoints in his body.

After reaching a certain level, one's martial arts will continuously cleanse the physical body, and when releasing one's power, the martial arts will accompany it.

The power of martial will is several times, or even dozens of times, greater than the power of simply releasing blood and qi. This is why many martial artists do not pursue the path of physical tempering.

Unless one can achieve mastery of body tempering, even if a martial artist's physical body is stronger than other martial artists in the Refining Organs Realm, once they reach the Rank 1, the martial will protecting their body will be several times stronger than the blood and qi protecting their body.

As the saying goes, effort and reward are not proportional.

But for Lin Chen, the path of body tempering he followed was originally part of the martial arts will. Now that he had reached the next level, the martial arts will was constantly washing over his physical body, allowing his physical strength to rise to a terrifying level.

Back on the steps, Lin Chen chose to continue the challenge.

Meanwhile, in another part of the Yan Dynasty, the young man who had fought Lin Chen withdrew from Martial Dao Mountain, his face pale. Looking at the sect leader standing in front of him, he was somewhat at a loss.

"how?"

Facing the sect leader's expectant gaze, the young man truthfully said, "Sect leader, the opponent didn't give me a chance to speak at all and directly defeated me."

"Didn't you get a chance to speak?"

The old man frowned: "Since you can't speak, you can express it to your opponent through your moves."

In the old man's original plan, when his disciple met this genius, he would first use his sword to write words in the air. Even if the other party attacked immediately, he could step back and use his mouth and gestures to indicate that he had something to say.

How could there be no chance?
"I was defeated by this person with a single palm strike, and it was too late for anything."

Old man:  …

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……

On Wudao Mountain, Lin Chen continued his cross-rank challenge.

One game, two games, three games...

After ten matches, Lin Chen's ranking rose by a thousand places, and only then did he choose to stop.

Ten battles gave him a sense of his own strength. In the last battle, he faced an eighth-rank martial artist who was very strong. It took him thirty moves to defeat his opponent.

"Is this the Yan Dynasty? It's this difficult to get over 80,000 places. To get into the top 50,000 or even the top 10,000... I'm afraid you'd have to reach the middle level."

The fact that only martial artists under the age of twenty could enter Martial Dao Mountain gave Lin Chen a clear understanding of the power of the Yan Dynasty.

His strength would place him in the top 20 among the younger generation of the Nine Kingdoms, but in the Yan Dynasty, he would only be ranked over 80,000, and that was after he had reached the rank of Rank 1.

"However, fighting against these genius martial artists from the Yan Dynasty also allowed me to witness various unique martial arts techniques."

Lin Chen had a vivid memory of the battle that had just ended; his opponent was a swordsman.

The opponent slashed out with a blade, completely ignoring his physical body, causing his mind to tremble. If it weren't for his strong soul, he would have suffered a loss from this attack.

The Yan Dynasty possesses many powerful martial arts techniques that directly attack the soul.

"Compared to the geniuses of the Yan Dynasty, I cannot match them in terms of cultivation techniques. If I want to rank higher in Martial Dao Mountain, I must cultivate the Thousand Machines Refining God Technique and the Azure Wave Finger." Lin Chen chose to withdraw from Martial Dao Mountain, took out the Azure Wave Token, and began to cultivate the Azure Wave Finger this time.

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Early next morning.

Jiang Qing arrived and said directly, "Junior Brother, I need to go back to Raozhou Prefecture."

"Go back to Raozhou Mansion?"

"Yes, my mother asked me to go back for a visit. This trip is also to prepare for entering the ranks."

Jiang Qing didn't hide anything from Lin Chen. Before she came to the Martial Academy, her mother had told her that she must go home when she was about to break through to the next level, and her family had prepared a level-one spiritual weapon for her.

She has now reached the Great Perfection of Internal Organ Refinement, and is just one step away from entering the Rank 1.

"Junior Brother Lin, would you like me to send a message home?"

"want."

Lin Chen nodded. Now that he had entered the ranks of masters, he should inform his instructors and teachers.

"Please wait a moment, senior sister."

Back at the study, Lin Chen wrote three letters: one to his family, one to his tutor, and one to his teacher.

"Junior brother, in this martial arts academy ranking competition, if things are not going well, don't force yourself."

Jiang Qing knew that Lin Chen was going to participate in the martial arts academy ranking competition, but she couldn't participate in the competition because she had to go home to get promoted.

"Senior sister, don't you know me? I never do anything I'm not sure I can do."

Lin Chen chuckled and agreed. Jiang Qing blinked her beautiful eyes. She naturally understood her junior brother, but the situation was different now. Daliang was facing blockades from multiple countries, and this ranking competition was a contest against Han Guo.

This ranking tournament will undoubtedly be more brutal and intense than in previous years.

"Ah."

Jiang Qing didn't give any further instructions. Junior Brother Lin was sensible and knew how to conduct himself properly, so a reminder from her was enough.

"Senior sister, when are you leaving?"

"I'm leaving after saying goodbye to you."

"Then I'll take my senior sister there."

Lin Chen and Jiang Qing snuggled together for a while, and then Lin Chen personally saw his senior sister off at the gate of the martial arts academy.

"My senior sister has left, and junior brother Fang is in seclusion. It seems I will have to return to living alone again."

While cultivating at the Martial Academy, Lin Chen didn't have much interaction with other disciples. Originally, Senior Brother Qu would occasionally come to visit him, but because the Martial Academy Ranking Competition was approaching, Senior Brother Qu was also taken away by Instructor Liu to cultivate in seclusion, making his courtyard quite deserted.

Fortunately, he had gotten used to the quiet.

Back in the courtyard, Lin Chen was about to continue practicing the Azure Wave Finger when his eyes lit up as he sensed a change in the panel.

Lin Chen immediately summoned the control panel.

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm Level: Ninth Rank]

[Spirit Rank: Third Tier]

【Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Whirlwind Kick: Perfect】

[Zhenyue Manual: Body Tempering: 4.3]

[Title: Martial Arts Prosperity (A renowned figure on Martial Arts Mountain; for every 1,000 consecutive wins, Martial Arts Comprehension permanently doubles, and Divine Soul increases by 10%)]

Lin Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the change in the title section.

The title "[Martial Arts Flourishing]" came at a very opportune time, as it was awarded based on my performance at Martial Arts Mountain.

A thousand consecutive wins can double one's comprehension. It may not seem like much, but if one can enter the top 50,000, one's comprehension will reach a terrifying level.

Moreover, this comprehension is permanent, which means that he will become a true martial arts genius.

This one title alone is worth more than the three titles that disappeared: [Medicine-Pot Sick Body], [Perfect in Every Way], and [Senior Brother].

Lin Chen's gaze continued downwards, but his eyes were drawn to the next line of text, and he paused there.

[Achievement: The Glory of Liang]

[Effect: The more admirers a martial artist has in the Great Liang Dynasty, the faster their martial arts cultivation progresses.]

[Destiny: [Success Comes Naturally]: On the path of the ninth rank of martial arts, perseverance and gradual progress will lead to unstoppable progress without any bottlenecks.]

"Even my destiny has changed."

Lin Chen considered it for a moment. The effect of [Light of Liang] was easy to understand, but it was still uncertain how fast the martial arts cultivation progress would be.

In the "Destiny" section, the words "Path to Ultimate Martial Arts" that were originally followed by "Success Comes Naturally" have been changed to "Path to Ninth-Rank Martial Arts".

"The Enlightenment and Internal Organ Refinement realms are stages within each level, but once you reach the Rank 1, you directly enter the ninth-rank martial arts path, assuming the natural progression effect remains unchanged..."

Lin Chen's breathing suddenly became rapid, and a guess popped into his mind.

This conjecture was something he himself found hard to believe.

"Perhaps this is the effect I can only achieve after I chose to condense my own martial will into a higher level. If that's the case, then the cultivation method I chose for internal organ training will be the most correct choice. This is the greatest benefit I gained from choosing the Nine Revolutions Internal Organ Training."

(End of this chapter)