Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 340 Lin Chen: If you want to kill me, why wait until later? (Second Update)

Taizhou Prefecture.

Dusk enveloped the sea area of ​​Taizhou Prefecture, where military camps had been set up along the coast, heavily guarded.

Daliang and Zheng were separated by the sea, and Taizhou was also one of the battlefields.

Although the battle at Lingxiao City terrified the Zheng Kingdom, preventing its warriors from launching further attacks from Lingxiao City, it did spur them to begin launching attacks from other coastal areas.

Taizhou Prefecture stationed 3,000 troops for this purpose.

At this moment, in the central tent, an old man was closing his eyes to regulate his breathing. The next moment, the old man suddenly opened his eyes.

"Who?"

"Junior Lin Chen has come to pay a visit."

Hearing the sounds outside the tent, the old man gave a bitter smile. He had expected this genius from the Great Liang to come, but he hadn't expected him to arrive so quickly.

"come in."

Lin Chen entered the tent, looked at the old man inside, and bowed, saying, "This junior has trespassed into the military camp without prior notice. I hope Lord Ge will forgive me."

On the way here, Lin Chen already knew that his teacher had fought Li Yuan in Taizhou Prefecture, and also learned that the commander of the army in Taizhou Prefecture was a second-rank martial artist.

Ge Hongyi looked at Lin Chen: "You're here for your teacher, right?"

"I wonder where my teacher is now? I hope that Lord Ge will be accommodating and allow me to see my teacher."

"Lin Chen, you don't need to be so polite."

Looking at Lin Chen's impeccably polite demeanor, Ge Hongyi gave a wry smile: "Your teacher did suffer a loss in the battle with Li Yuan, but I and a few others arrived in time to stop the fight. I have already arranged for someone to treat your teacher's injuries."

"I will not favor Li Yuan. I have already reported what your teacher said to the court. The court will send someone to investigate soon and will surely give you justice."

"The reason I stopped your teacher from continuing the fight with Li Yuan was to stabilize the morale of the army. We are currently at war with Zheng, and many generals in the army have a good relationship with Li Yuan. If I were to take down Li Yuan without solid evidence, it would only shake the morale of the army. I hope you can understand my predicament."

"Thank you, sir. I have never held a grudge against you."

Lin Chen nodded emphatically. He wasn't just being polite; this Lord Ge had indeed done everything he could.

As the commander-in-chief, currently at war with the State of Zheng, stabilizing morale is his primary concern. It's only because Lord Ge is giving him face that he could have taken down his teacher.

"I will take you to see your teacher first."

Ge Hongyi led Lin Chen out of the tent and towards another tent at the rear of the camp.

"Junior Brother Jia, look who I brought to visit you."

Jia Nanzhu, who was recuperating in his tent, stood up upon hearing the sound and walked towards the tent entrance.

He harbored no resentment towards this Lord Ge.

This time, he underestimated Li Yuan's strength. Li Yuan had broken through to the sixth rank five years ago. He originally thought that Li Yuan was at most at the fifth rank now, and that he could kill Li Yuan with all his might before his injuries spread.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan had been hiding his strength and had already entered the fourth rank, and even reached the peak of the fourth rank. Although his martial will had reached the upper rank, due to his age and old injuries, the strength he could truly exert was only at the fourth rank.

This Lord Ge's intervention actually saved him.

Unable to kill Li Yuan, he can only hope that the imperial court will send someone to help him.

When Jia Nanzhu lifted the curtain, he was stunned when he saw the figure standing behind Ge Hongyi, his old eyes filled with disbelief.

"teacher."

Seeing his teacher's old and haggard appearance with a full head of white hair, Lin Chen quickly took a few steps and appeared in front of Jia Nanzhu.

Snapped!
Lin Chen knelt down and said in a deep voice, "This disciple is unfilial and has caused my teacher worry."

"Okay...okay, it's good that you're alive."

"Get up, get up quickly."

Jia Nanzhu looked at the boy kneeling in front of him and quickly helped him up with his withered hands. Ge Hongyi, who was standing to the side, frowned as he watched the emotions of the master and his disciple. He was obviously not sure why the two of them were so agitated.

Although he was the commander-in-chief of this area, he was unaware of Lin Chen's unknown fate.

However, Ge Hongyi was quite perceptive and quietly left, giving the master and disciple some space.

"Come to the tent and tell the teacher what happened in the formation that sealed the fire?"

Jia Nanzhu pulled Lin Chen into the tent, and Lin Chen helped his teacher sit down: "Teacher, when I entered the formation, I didn't expect that the Han Kingdom and the three islands of the South China Sea had also sent warriors in. The Han Kingdom harbors evil intentions and wants to awaken the Li Huo..."

After a short while, having listened to Lin Chen's story, Jia Nanzhu laughed and said, "It seems you've actually turned misfortune into blessing."

"I suppose so." Lin Chen smiled. If he hadn't been forced into a corner, he really wouldn't have challenged so recklessly at Martial Dao Mountain, and he might have missed the Wujin Divine Appearance Technique.

"Teacher, what's the situation with the Li family?"

"Do you still remember the Huo family from Raozhou Prefecture?"

"Ah."

Lin Chen nodded. He remembered the Huo family of Raozhou Prefecture; they were the first martial arts family to target him, but they were later wiped out.

"Huo Shu, the daughter of the current head of the Huo family, is not dead. She has been staying in the Li family. The Li family somehow found out that you had been trapped in the formation for several months and assumed that you were dead. Li Zhe then instigated Huo Shu to take revenge on your family. I discovered this, and from him, I learned that the Li family was the mastermind behind it all."

At this point, Jia Nanzhu paused for a moment: "Back then, I really thought you were dead. The Li family held such a grudge against you. If the Li family were still alive, even with Lord Liang and me watching over them, the Li family wouldn't dare to lay a hand on your family. But I am old, and so is Lord Liang. After we pass away, I'm afraid the Li family will still lay a hand on your family."

"I thought that rather than doing this, I should risk my crippled body to save your family from danger. As for the court's wrath, I don't care since I won't live for many more years anyway."

"I didn't tell you about this matter, Instructor Yu. His strength is still too low, and even if you knew, it wouldn't help."

"I have troubled you, Master."

Although Lin Chen had already guessed his teacher's intentions on the way here, he was still moved when he heard his teacher's words.

He transmigrated to this world, and his background wasn't exactly privileged, but he was fortunate to have met two excellent teachers on his martial arts path. "You are my disciple. It's a teacher's duty to protect their disciple from harm. If I couldn't save you in the Blazing Fire Formation, and I couldn't even protect your family, what face would I have..."

Jia Nanzhu abruptly stopped speaking here. His original thought was that he had failed to protect Lin Chen's family, and after his death, how could he face Lin Chen in the afterlife?

Now that Lin Chen is still alive, it's not appropriate to say such things.

"Since you are still alive, then let the imperial court handle the Li family's affairs. The imperial court will surely give you an explanation. Don't blame Lord Ge. If it were any other commander-in-chief, he would have killed my teacher for barging into the military camp and suddenly attacking the generals. But Lord Ge did not. Instead, he provided my teacher with medicine to heal his injuries."

"Yes," Lin Chen replied, then asked with concern, "Teacher, how are your injuries?"

"It's an old ailment from many years ago, nothing serious."

Jia Nanzhu comforted Lin Chen, and Lin Chen didn't ask any further questions. He could ask Lord Liang about the injuries his teacher had suffered in the past.

The fact that the Nine Kingdoms lacked the elixir to heal the teacher's injuries does not mean that the Yan Dynasty also lacked it.

"Then please rest first, Master. I will go see Lord Ge later."

"Remember, don't act recklessly, and don't be impulsive."

Lin Chen walked to the tent entrance and heard his teacher's words. His expression turned strange. Teacher, you yourself fought your way from Poyang County to Hongdu Prefecture, wiped out the entire Li family, and then rushed into the military camp to fight Li Yuan. Now you're advising me not to be impulsive...

It felt like a butcher advising passersby not to kill.

……

After leaving his teacher's tent, Lin Chen went to the tent where Lord Ge was located again. However, before he could even enter, he saw Lord Ge walk out of the tent with a livid face, followed by several generals.

"Lord Ge, what's wrong?"

"Li Yuan has disappeared."

"what?"

Lin Chen's expression also darkened. Li Yuan was nowhere to be seen at this time; did he know that Lin Chen had arrived?

"Because of your teacher's matter, I ordered Li Yuan to stay in the camp and not to go out, but just now I received a report from below that Li Yuan has disappeared."

Ge Hongyi was also furious. He couldn't possibly take down Li Yuan just because of Jia Nanzhu's one-sided opinion. In the end, he simply ordered Li Yuan to stay in the camp and not go out.

Someone tipped Li Yuan off!

"Lin Chen, Li Yuan has only been gone from the camp for a quarter of an hour. I have already sent men to chase after him and will not let him escape."

"Thank you, Lord Ge. Do you know which direction Li Yuan went?"

"Soldiers reported that Li Yuanchu's army camp has headed north."

North?
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. North of Taizhou lies the Southern Anhui Road...

"Lin Chen, I'm going to capture Li Yuan. You stay in the army and keep your teacher company."

Ge Hongyi didn't say much to Lin Chen and quickly left with several generals. Lin Chen, however, did not return to his teacher's tent, but instead looked towards the southeast.

If he were Li Yuan, he would never choose to stay in Daliang. His escape has already confirmed that he has harmed his own family. The safest way to escape is to leave Daliang.

To the north, it's still within the territory of Daliang.

However, heading southeast leads to the Minnan Road, which borders the Zhao Kingdom and is the shortest route away from Daliang.

"Lord Ge and his men have gone north to pursue him. If Li Yuan runs north, he will surely be caught up by Lord Ge."

Having thought all this through, Lin Chen no longer hesitated. He left the military camp and headed directly southeast. If his guess was correct, Li Yuan would turn south after traveling a certain distance to the north, and he could catch up with him.

……

……

The sky is slightly bright.

A middle-aged man looked at the river ahead and breathed a sigh of relief.

Once you cross this river, you'll be in the State of Zhao.

"Jia Nanzhu, Lin Chen... I, Li Yuan, swear I will not be a man if I do not avenge this."

Li Yuan's eyes were filled with resentment. The reason he fled was not because he was afraid that Jia Nanzhu had evidence. Jia Nanzhu would never have any evidence, which was why he was not worried even when Jia Nanzhu attacked the army.

But when he learned from a trusted confidant that Lin Chen had come to the army, he could no longer sit still.

Although he didn't understand why Lin Chen was still alive, his trusted confidant had seen Lin Chen in Lingxiao City before, so he naturally wouldn't mistake him.

Since Lin Chen is still alive, it doesn't matter whether Jia Nanzhu has any evidence or not.

In his view, although he was a fourth-rank martial artist, he knew even more that Kong Qifeng valued Lin Chen. Given that the feud between him and Lin Chen could not be resolved, and based on his understanding of Kong Qifeng, Kong Qifeng would definitely kill him to eliminate the threat to Lin Chen.

Kong Qifeng, the Minister of Military Affairs, is seen as a kind old man by the martial arts school disciples. But those who can reach that position are all ruthless and decisive. In order to eliminate those dissenting voices in the country, this Minister Kong's butcher's knife has killed a large number of people.

If he doesn't flee and waits for the people from the imperial court to arrive, he will face certain death.

In order to escape successfully, he deliberately chose to head north after leaving the military camp, but after traveling dozens of miles, he changed direction and headed south instead.

"Lin Chen, in the future, I, Li Yuan, will surely use your and your entire family's heads to appease my son's spirit in heaven!"

Li Yuan roared angrily, and the next moment he stepped onto the river.

Even if he alerted the river garrison, he was not afraid. The strongest garrison here was only a mid-level martial artist, and they could not stop him.

"Why wait until later to take my head? You can have it now."

Just as Li Yuan stepped onto the river, a voice came from behind him. Li Yuan turned around instantly and stared intently at the figure walking a hundred feet away.

(End of this chapter)