Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 349 Innate Calamity
In the land of nine kingdoms, there are innate martial artists.

This news shocked Fei Jun.

But he believed his junior brother wasn't lying; his junior brother was also a Xiantian martial artist, only he had only recently entered the Xiantian realm.

However, he had only recently entered the Innate Realm. From the moment he entered the Innate Realm, he had already surpassed the first rank and was far beyond the reach of a rank-entry martial artist.

"If the nine kingdoms cannot gather enough of the five elements of innate energy, why would anyone break through to the innate level?"

Fei Jun looked at his junior brother Jiang Feng: "How strong is the Martial Garden Master?"

"Very strong."

After considering for a while, Jiang Feng said, "I should be no less than you, Senior Brother."

These words made Fei Jun unable to sit still: "Is this really true?"

"Senior brother, as you instructed, I approached an elder of the Korean Martial Arts Academy and asked him to report to the academy's master. I want to see him..."

Even when recalling the past, Jiang Feng's face still showed signs of unease.

In that courtyard, he met a man. The moment the man stepped into the courtyard, he felt pressure, a pressure he only felt when facing his own Supreme Elder.

"That martial arts garden owner is at least close to the second level of the Innate Realm."

"A master of the Innate Qi Condensation Realm?"

Fei Jun's pupils contracted. Compared to the fact that there were innate martial artists in the Nine Kingdoms, his junior brother's judgment shocked him even more.

Although he was only close to the second level of the Innate Realm, the word "close" alone made it hard for him to believe.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he is already a Xiantian Realm martial artist. If he doesn't have a great stroke of luck in his life, it will be very difficult for him to reach the second Xiantian Realm, the Ningyuan Realm.

For martial artists from the nine kingdoms, the ninth rank is a series of hurdles, with most martial artists getting stuck at a certain hurdle, and only a few being able to climb step by step to the first rank.

The same applies to the innate martial artists of the Yan Dynasty. The sixth realm of the innate realm is also a formidable barrier at every step. In the past hundred years, the sect has produced a total of twelve experts like him who have reached the first realm of the innate realm and the Transformation Realm. However, in the past hundred years, there has only been one expert, the Supreme Elder, who has reached the Condensation Realm.

Of the twelve, not one of them managed to cross this insurmountable barrier.

"How could there be such a powerful figure in the Nine Kingdoms?"

"Senior brother, could it be that the owner of this Martial Garden is also from the Yan Dynasty, but arrived before us?"

"The Annihilation Storm has lasted for nearly a thousand years. Are you implying that someone was able to safely traverse the Annihilation Storm and enter this place? If there really were a powerhouse of that level, do you think it would have been our Nine Palaces Sect's turn to enter the Nine Kingdoms?"

Jiang Feng's eyes gleamed as he looked at his senior brother: "Senior brother, on the way back, I had a guess. Perhaps a powerful figure did indeed traverse the Annihilation Storm back then, but a powerful figure of that level would act with extreme impulsiveness. Perhaps he was just in a moment of interest and gave guidance to the martial arts master of the Martial Garden. This possibility cannot be ruled out."

On the way back, Jiang Feng kept thinking, and after much consideration, he concluded that this was the most reasonable answer.

Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense; how could the owner of Wu Garden have cultivated to the Innate Realm?

"Junior brother, are you saying that the owner of the Martial Arts Garden is a lucky guy?"

"This has happened before. There was a time when a martial artist on a desolate island was noticed by a passing expert who gave him some pointers. For that expert, it was just a casual gesture."

Fei Jun nodded. Although the situation his junior brother mentioned was rare, it had happened before. Once, a sect discovered a desolate island, thinking they could find a bargain, but unexpectedly, the island's native martial artists included several innate experts.

Later, after investigation, it was discovered that hundreds of years ago, a powerful expert from the Yan Dynasty at the fifth level of the Innate Realm had traveled to the island and left behind some resources and cultivation techniques for some reason before departing.

These native martial artists, relying on the resources and techniques left behind by the powerful figure, gave rise to several innate martial artists.

As for whether the island has anything to do with that powerful figure?
There is a cause and effect involved, but for that powerful figure, it was merely a casual act. Hundreds of years have passed, and that mysterious powerful figure has never reappeared.

“Senior brother, the Martial Academy has been training talented disciples for martial artists from all nine countries without any ulterior motives, which confirms my judgment.”

Jiang Feng's words made Fei Jun's eyes narrow; he understood what his junior brother meant.

The owner of the martial arts garden was a lucky man. He encountered a powerful figure who could traverse the Annihilation Storm. That powerful figure imparted some martial arts resources to him. Naturally, such a powerful figure did not expect any reward. It was purely out of interest, or to support these natives.

Such powerful figures usually leave behind a message: "No need to thank me. I only did this because I saw that your martial arts strength is too low. If you are truly grateful to me, then you should do the same as me and cultivate more talented disciples in the future."

The martial arts school's approach to training genius disciples for various countries perfectly aligns with these principles.

“In that case, we’ll leave the Martial Garden alone. Now, the Xuanming Sect has appeared in Zhao, and the Jialuo Sect is in Xiang. Apart from Han, the only other country with innate energy is Liang. We must take Lingxiao City. I will head to Lingxiao City tomorrow. As for Han, you, junior brother, will be in charge.”

"Senior brother, I think we should send a message to the sect. There is so much innate energy here, which is something we never saw in the desolate places before. I'm afraid the two of us alone cannot protect it."

Jiang Feng suggested that in the past, it was already quite good to find a trace of innate energy in the desolate places that had been discovered; more often than not, there wasn't even a trace of innate energy.

However, in these nine kingdoms, the Han Kingdom alone has three places that nurture innate energy. Add to that the Cloud Cauldron Mother Tree in the Zhao Kingdom and Lingxiao City in the Liang Kingdom, and that brings the total to five.

"And that Blazing Fire... Junior Brother, I think the competition here will be extremely fierce. If we want to protect this innate energy, the sect needs to send a few more senior brothers."

As the first to arrive, the Nine Palaces Sect could naturally take away this innate energy first. However, a martial artist needs to absorb a massive amount of innate energy to enter the innate realm. Even if they were the first to arrive, the innate energy they collected would only be enough for one person to use.

For a sect, what it needs is a continuous supply of innate energy so that its disciples can have enough innate energy to refine and break through to the innate level.

"You're right, we should indeed send a message to the sect requesting assistance." Fei Jun nodded, agreeing with his junior brother's suggestion. ...

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Just as Fei Jun and Jiang Feng, the two fellow disciples, were discussing how to obtain the innate energy of the Nine Kingdoms, several more figures appeared on the land of the Nine Kingdoms.

"This annihilation storm has lasted so long, hopefully these desolate islands will bring us some harvests."

"Gentlemen, don't have too high hopes. Apart from a group of weak natives, the previous islands had nothing of value. This island may be the same as the previous ones."

"If that's the case, then we'll follow the rules of the dynasty and take all the native martial artists from these islands away. My sect just happened to discover a fire mine and is in dire need of a large number of miners."

As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, the others around him all burst into laughter.

It didn't matter that the desolate island didn't have any treasures that caught their eye; the Yan Dynasty had many mines, but lacked martial artists and miners.

Because the ore extracted from these mines contains special energy, ordinary people do not approach them; only martial artists are suitable for them. Their purpose in bringing martial artists from desolate places to work as miners is also to bring them here.

Even if their own sect doesn't own any mines, they can simply sell these miners off.

Moreover, although the martial artists in these desolate places are not very strong, many of the women there are beautiful. If they were brought to the Yan Dynasty, they could fetch a good price.

The group exchanged glances, their unspoken understanding unspoken.

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after one day.

News has spread that three thousand members of the Wu royal family have been massacred.

It is said that a warrior from the Yan Dynasty appeared in the Wu Kingdom and took a liking to the Wu Kingdom's empress. When the empress refused, she chose to hang herself. Enraged, the warrior massacred the entire royal family of the Wu Kingdom.

This news shocked the nine kingdoms!

Many warriors were outraged by this, especially those from the Wu Kingdom who were from other countries. Regardless of their attitude towards the royal family, they were filled with rage upon hearing that the royal family had been so humiliated and exterminated.

But Wu was just the beginning. Soon news spread that warriors from the Yan Dynasty had also appeared in Qi and Zheng. And the ruler of Qi, like the ruler of Zhao, chose to lower his status and recognize the other as his ancestor.

As for the State of Zheng...

Although no news has been released from the Zheng royal family, there are rumors that all the princesses of the Zheng royal family have disappeared.

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Yan State.

Murong Yan's pretty face was filled with endless coldness. The Yan Kingdom had intermarried with the royal families of several other countries, including the Wu Kingdom. The current Empress of Wu was her aunt.

"These warriors from the Yan Dynasty are too lawless."

Murong Shuang also had a gloomy face, while Murong Xin spoke up, "Fourth sister, I have a good relationship with some disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect. I'll go to the Nine Palaces Sect and ask them to seek justice for aunt."

"Fifth Sister, it's no use."

Murong Yan shook her head. Fifth Sister was too naive. How could the relationship between the disciples possibly affect the decisions of an entire sect?

Moreover, Fifth Sister's claim that their relationship was "okay" was merely wishful thinking on her part.

A woman's appearance is indeed her asset, but it's not enough when it comes to other people's interests.

"Princess!"

Su Qin walked in from outside the courtyard gate, her face solemn: "His Majesty has just ordered the escort of the princesses away from Yan Kingdom."

"Why?"

"The warriors of the Yan Dynasty who destroyed the royal family of Wu are coming towards our Yan Kingdom."

"what!"

Murong Xin's face paled, and she grabbed Murong Yan's hand: "Sixth Sister, let's go to Han Kingdom. With the Nine Palaces Sect here, those people won't dare to cause trouble."

"Do not."

Murong Yan shook her head, and Su Qin, who was standing beside her, also advised, "Princess, it would be best to leave Yan."

"Leaving is fine, but not to Han Kingdom, but to Liang Kingdom."

Murong Yan's expression was resolute. Going to Han Kingdom would be like going from one wolf's den to another, and her life, including her dignity, would be in the hands of the Nine Palaces Sect.

(End of this chapter)