Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 337 Jia Nanzhu: The teacher is incompetent, there's not much he can do (Please subscribe)

a few days later.

late at night.

At the entrance of Linhu Village, several figures entered the village silently without disturbing any villagers.

After entering the village, these figures headed straight for a certain direction inside the village.

During this time, the boy in Linhu Village who was on night patrol was completely unaware.

"These are the ones I want to take. I don't want to leave a single one alive."

In the darkness, a woman's voice rang out, filled with gritted teeth and hatred. If Lin Chen hadn't been Huo Shu, the dignified young lady of the Huo family, how could she have fallen to the point of becoming Li Zhe's plaything?

A few days ago, she learned by chance from Li Zhe that Lin Chen was dead, and she began to harbor a desire for revenge.

Lin Chen is dead, but his family is still alive.

She wanted to use Lin Chen's family members to commemorate her own deceased relatives.

In the past two years, although she had no dignity in front of Li Zhe, she still managed to recruit several other martial artists as her subordinates, thanks to the money she had accumulated as the eldest daughter of the Huo family and the fact that she herself was an awakened martial artist.

"Grandfather, father, mother, brother, today I will avenge you. It's a pity I can't kill Lin Chen with my own hands, so I can only make his family pay for your lives."

Huo Shu whispered to herself, then said, "Make your move!"

However, all around was silent.

Huo Shu was stunned, then repeated, "Do it!"

The surroundings remained silent. Just as Huo Shu had a bad feeling, she felt a tightness around her neck and was lifted up.

"Young girl, you're not that old, yet you're so eager to kill."

Before Huo Shu could speak, she saw the surrounding night changing. When she could breathe again, she realized that she had arrived at the lakeside by the village.

Under the moonlight, her three subordinates lay on the ground, their fates unknown, while an old man stood in front of her.

“If you are willing to let me go, I am willing to offer ten thousand taels of silver.”

Huo Shu immediately begged for mercy. She hadn't expected that there was a martial arts expert hidden in Linhu Village. The only reason why a martial artist of the first rank could live in Linhu Village was because of Lin Chen.

Even so, she had no choice but to give it a try. Ten thousand taels of silver would be quite attractive to even a ninth-grade or eighth-grade martial artist.

"Tell me about your background. If you don't want to suffer, tell me everything."

Unfortunately, the old man in front of her remained unmoved; his calm tone carried an undeniable air of authority.

Huo Shu was about to try to bribe the other party, but before she could speak, the old man pointed a finger and a burst of energy shot into her chest. The next moment, Huo Shu's expression turned ferocious, her whole body trembled, and she could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

At this moment, she felt as if a thousand ants were gnawing at her heart, and that energy was raging through her meridians.

"I...I said."

With difficulty, she managed to utter a few words. The energy within her body vanished, and Huo Shu was drenched in sweat, panting heavily.

"This is your last chance. The pain you feel next time will be many times greater than it is now."

The old man's cold voice sounded like a devil's whisper to Huo Shu. Huo Shu quickly said, "I...I am a descendant of the Huo family. My whole family was wiped out because of Lin Chen. I've come here to take revenge...If you spare me, I promise I will never seek revenge again."

"The Huo family of Raozhou Prefecture?"

Jia Nanzhu looked thoughtful. When he chose to teach Lin Chen martial arts, he had also investigated Lin Chen and knew that the Huo family of Raozhou Prefecture had targeted Lin Chen and ultimately suffered the destruction of their family.

However, the Huo family brought this upon themselves by assassinating a martial arts school disciple, who was a renowned genius of the Martial Arts Mountain. This was something the Great Liang court could not tolerate.

Why choose to retaliate now?

Jia Nanzhu stared at Huo Shu. If it was because Lin Chen was not in Linhu Village that he chose to take revenge at this time, he would not have had to wait until now. After Lin Chen went to Canglan Martial Academy, the days when he would return to the village were just around the corner.

Recalling that Su Lingchuan had come to Linhu Village to bid him farewell the day before yesterday, saying he was to be transferred from Poyang County to the battlefield, and that He Ruyun had also been transferred away, coupled with the fact that Lin Chen's fate was still unknown, Jia Nanzhu couldn't help but think more deeply.

Upon hearing the question, Huo Shu, who was lying on the ground, had a hint of resentment in her eyes and said, "It's because I heard that Lin Chen is dead."

Sure enough!

Jia Nanzhu's pupils contracted slightly: "Where did you hear this news from?"

The news that Lin Chen's fate was unknown after entering the formation that sealed the Li Huo Dao was not disclosed by the imperial court, and very few people knew about it.

He knew this because Lord Kong had sent him a message.

If news spreads that Lin Chen's fate is unknown during the war between Daliang and Han, it will affect the morale of Daliang.

"I heard it from Li Zhe. Li Zhe seemed to have let it slip, but he actually knew about my hatred for Lin Chen and deliberately revealed this to me, wanting to use me as a tool to kill Lin Chen's family."

Huo Shu already knew in her heart that she could not possibly survive. Since she could not survive, she would drag all the people she resented down with her.

She resented Lin Chen, but she also resented Li Zhe.

After her family was wiped out, Li Zhe's attitude towards her completely changed. Her status in the Li family was even lower than that of a servant. In addition to having to satisfy Li Zhe's bestiality at any time, she also had to endure his beatings and scoldings.

During his recent stay at the Li family home, Li Zhe had lost interest in her and had hardly ever set foot in her courtyard, which actually relieved her. However, a few days ago, Li Zhe suddenly came to the courtyard and not only became more gentle in his attitude towards her, but also mentioned the death of Lin Chen in their conversation.

Although Li Zhe immediately fell silent after speaking, as if he had accidentally let something slip, she wasn't stupid. Li Zhe did this on purpose, his goal being to make her take action against Lin Chen's family.

She came to Linhu Village not only because of her hatred for Lin Chen, but also because she understood Li Zhe.

If she doesn't follow Li Zhe's plan, he might humiliate and torture her again.

"Li Zhe revealed to me in this way that it would be good if I killed Lin Chen's family. If I failed to kill them, or if it was exposed and discovered later, Li Zhe and the Li family could also absolve themselves of any responsibility."

Jia Nanzhu's face was ashen. He believed Huo Shu's words. The transfer of He Ruyun and Su Lingchuan was not something Huo Shu could do. The Li family's plan was probably to wait for Huo Shu to make her move, and then arrange for someone to kill Huo Shu to silence her.

If He Ruyun and Su Lingchuan were still in Poyang County, they would investigate the Lin family immediately if something happened to them, and they might not be able to silence them in time.

"What a fine family the Li family is."

Jia Nanzhu exuded a chilling aura. With Lin Chen's fate unknown, the Li family couldn't wait to make a move against him. If the Li family had known about Lin Chen's stay in Linhu Village, their conspiracy would have succeeded.

He, as the teacher, couldn't enter the sea of ​​fire to save his student, and Jia Nanzhu felt deeply guilty. "Lin Chen, I, as your teacher, am incompetent and cannot save you, but I will protect your family for you."

Lin Chen is dead. Li Zhe harbored such deep resentment towards Lin Chen. Now he has me and Lord Liang to look after Lin Chen's family, but what about after I'm buried? What about ten... twenty years later...?

At that time, Li Zhe was only middle-aged.

A chilling murderous intent lingered in Jia Nanzhu's eyes.

Although he is old, he can still kill someone.

……

……

Hongdu Prefecture, Li Family.

"Young master, news has come from Poyang County that Miss Huo has not left Linhu Village."

Li Zhe listened to the butler's report and his face turned very ugly: "It was my oversight. With Lin Chen's talent, it is very likely that the higher-ups have arranged for a rank-one martial artist to protect his family. Huo Shu's subordinates are not even practitioners of martial arts, so I'm afraid they have been discovered."

"What about our side?"

"It's alright. Huo Shu went to kill Lin Chen's family members. It wasn't my order. I just accidentally let it slip. I also told Huo Shu not to have any bad intentions. Our Li family can clear her name."

Li Zhe waved his hand, seemingly to comfort the steward, or perhaps to comfort himself: "Besides, Father has broken through two ranks and has already entered the fourth rank. Right now, the Great Liang and the Han Kingdom are at war, which is exactly when there is a shortage of rank-4 martial artists. The court will not do anything to my Li family. A Lin Chen who has already died is not as good as a living fourth-rank martial artist."

"Young master, it would be best to go to the master's place. With the master there, nothing unexpected will happen."

"Yes, I will set off for my father tomorrow."

……

……

The next day, early morning.

At the city gate of Hongdu Prefecture, an old man appeared. The soldiers on guard bowed their heads in salute. They did not know the old man's identity, but the aura emanating from him told them that he was a martial artist of the first rank.

"Such a strong killing intent."

After the old man entered the city, the captain of the guards frowned and said, "You all carefully check the people entering the city. I'm going to report to the lord."

……

At the Li family home, Li Zhe had packed his luggage early in the morning and was preparing to ride the horse brought by the steward.

However, just as Li Zhe mounted the horse, the white horse suddenly let out a mournful cry, its limbs went limp, and it collapsed to the ground.

"waste."

Li Zhe slapped the horse's head with his palm, and the white horse didn't even have time to whimper before its head shattered.

"Bring me another horse."

However, the butler beside him did not respond. Li Zhe was stunned and looked behind him, only to find that the butler had also collapsed to the ground.

In an instant, Li Zhe felt a chill run down his spine. He stomped his right foot and was about to fly towards the courtyard wall, but his body barely left the ground by three feet before he fell back down.

"Who, which senior, has come to visit my Li family?"

By this time, Li Zhe understood perfectly well that a powerful figure was targeting him.

As Li Zhe finished speaking, an old figure slowly walked in through the courtyard gate. When Li Zhe saw the figure, he was taken aback, and then quickly bowed and said, "This disciple greets Lord Jia."

Because of his father's influence, Li Zhe had met Jia Nanzhu, the former deputy director of the Jiangnan Martial Arts Hall, once when he entered the martial arts school.

Although several years had passed and Lord Jia's face had aged considerably, he still recognized him at a glance.

It wasn't that he had a deep memory of this Lord Jia, but rather that he had heard that Lord Jia had personally gone to the special training ground to guide Lin Chen in his martial arts practice.

"According to the laws of the Liang Dynasty's Martial and Political Department, those who are jealous of others or harbor ill intentions will be expelled from the martial arts school and removed from the Martial and Political Department's register. Those who harbor murderous intentions towards their fellow disciples of the same age will, at best, have their martial arts cultivation abolished, and at worst, be executed..."

Jia Nanzhu's icy words sent shivers down Li Zhe's spine. He forced a smile and said, "Lord Jia, I don't know what you mean by that?"

"Do I need to say more about Huo Shu's actions against Lin Chen's family?"

"Lord Jia, you are innocent!"

Li Zhe looked puzzled: "This disciple really didn't know that Huo Shu had taken action against Lin Chen's family. Lin Chen and I were indeed competitors for the title of model student of Jiangnan Province, but I wouldn't hold a grudge against Lin Chen just because of that competition. When Huo Shu's family tried to harm Lin Chen, my Li family even reported it to the Ministry of Military Affairs."

"I also deeply admire Lin Chen and have always taken him as my role model..."

"Why say such things in front of me? You may fool others, but you can't fool me."

Jia Nanzhu shook his head, interrupting Li Zhe, and slowly raised his right hand.

Seeing this, Li Zhe realized he couldn't keep up the act any longer and hurriedly said, "Lord Jia, even if you suspect me, you shouldn't use your personal feelings against me. My father is a fourth-rank martial artist, and he is currently fighting against Han Kingdom martial artists on the battlefield for the sake of Liang. If you kill me, how will you explain it to the court? Aren't you afraid of causing an uproar throughout the land and chilling the hearts of other martial artists?"

Pretending to be stupid was useless, so Li Zhe could only use this statement to threaten him.

If he were killed, his father would certainly not let it go, and there was no evidence to prove that he had instructed Huo Shu to do it. If the matter were to go to the imperial court, he could still live.

Unfortunately, Li Zhe misjudged Jia Nanzhu's thoughts.

"If you die, I will go to find your father."

From the moment he stepped out of Linhu Village, Jia Nanzhu had already made up his mind: he wanted to kill not only Li Zhe, but also Li Zhe's father, Li Yuan.

Only when both father and son are dead will Lin Chen's family have no worries.

As for the imperial court and Lord Liang, he will find that Han warrior on the battlefield and fight him to atone for his sins with his death.

Jia Nanzhu raised his right hand and, to Li Zhe's horrified gaze, pointed a finger out.

"No!"

(End of this chapter)