Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 351 Junior Brother, No Need to Say More, Senior Brother Admits Defeat

On the martial arts mountain.

After seven consecutive days, Lin Chen looked at his ranking and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ten thousand!"

He spent seven days cultivating day and night, and finally broke into the top ten thousand.

He had considered whether he could directly reveal to these forces from the Yan Dynasty that he was already a disciple of the Canglan Sect, making them hesitant to act against the Liang Kingdom.

Using someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing.

But in the end, he gave up on the idea.

First, he was unaware of the significant power disparity between the Canglan Sect and these other sects.

Second: Even if these people are wary of the Canglan Sect and do not attack me, it does not mean that they will not attack Daliang.

Third: I have obtained the inheritance of the Canglan Token and the Canglan Finger, and am qualified to go to the Canglan Sect to participate in the sect entrance examination. As for whether the innate martial artists of the Nine Palaces Sect know about the Canglan Sect's rules, if they do, they probably won't care too much about my identity as a fake Canglan Sect disciple. I might not even be able to pull off this.

Third: Is it worth it for the Canglan Sect to protect the entire Liang Kingdom for the sake of his disciple?
I wasn't a disciple trained by the Canglan Sect from childhood, and the powerful figures in the Canglan Sect didn't have any feelings for me. Even if they did, it wouldn't matter. The only thing that this kind of sect values ​​is the potential of its disciples.

Judging from the last words of the Canglan True Monarch, the Canglan Sect did not value disciples who held the Canglan Token very much, and it was more of a matter of casting a wide net.

Having challenged the martial arts mountain for so long, he has gained some understanding of some of the geniuses of the Yan Dynasty.

Only those ranked in the top ten thousand of the martial arts mountains can truly catch the eye of these powerful sects.

The stronger the potential one demonstrates, the more the Canglan Sect values ​​them.

Only under such circumstances, if one offers to protect the entire Great Liang, will the Canglan Sect be willing to offend other sects for one's sake.

Of course, there is another, most important reason: exposing his identity as a disciple could bring him utter destruction.

[The one who holds the Canglan Token is a genius selected by our sect. We hope that martial artists from other sects, regions, dynasties, and islands will take care of him and refrain from harming him.]

[The one who carries the Canglan Token must arrive at our sect within five years. If they fail to arrive within five years, disciples from our sect will come to investigate. If they delay without a valid reason, they will be executed!]

The Canglan Sect has the means to sense the Canglan Token. If a disciple is killed, the Canglan Sect will investigate the Canglan Token to find the murderer.

But for some powerful individuals, killing doesn't require them to lift a finger.

Using someone else to do the dirty work, shifting the blame eastward...

Such methods are commonplace. Lin Chen couldn't guarantee that after revealing his identity as a disciple of the Canglan Sect, these powerful figures from the Yan Dynasty wouldn't openly target him, but would secretly use other means to kill him.

Therefore, the safest course of action for him is to contact the Canglan Sect and inform them of his current situation.

He achieved a winning streak of 90,000 matches at Wudao Mountain and was ranked among the top 10,000.

Such martial arts talent should be enough to make the Canglan Sect take him seriously.

"Continue the challenge!"

Lin Chen murmured, but this time he did not immediately enter the battle plain.

A panel appeared in front of him.

[Rank 9999: Chen Qiao, Meteor Valley]

[Rank 9998: Zhang Sheng of Xuanyuan Pavilion]

……

[Rank 9993: Xing Youning of Canglan Sect]

The panel displayed the names of ten opponents, including the sects they belonged to.

Lin Chen's eyes lit up, and he chose Senior Brother Xing from the Canglan Sect without hesitation.

……

Canglan Sect.

Xing Youning was practicing his swordplay when he suddenly raised an eyebrow, sheathed his sword, and took out the Martial Arts Seal from his robes.

"Lin Chen of the Canglan Sect?"

"It's actually my sect's junior brother, but why have I never heard of this name before?"

Xing Youning looked surprised when he saw the challenger's sect and name displayed on the Martial Dao Seal. Those who could enter the top 10,000 of Martial Dao Mountain were all genius disciples of major sects like theirs.

In the entire Canglan Sect, fewer than a hundred disciples have made it into the top ten thousand of Martial Dao Mountain. He knows all the senior brothers ranked ahead of him. This Junior Brother Lin challenging him means that he has only recently entered the top ten thousand of Martial Dao Mountain.

Doesn't this Junior Brother Lin know the rules?
Once you reach the top 10,000 in Martial Arts Mountain, you can see the names and sects of opponents who are ten places behind you. When choosing opponents, you will not choose disciples from your own sect.

Because once you enter the top 10,000 in Martial Arts Mountain, the challenger rankings are no longer sequentially updated; instead, the challenger and the challenged swap rankings.

This junior brother Lin is ranked 10,000. If he wins the challenge, his ranking will rise to 9,993, while I will drop directly to 10,000.

The change in the rules of Martial Arts Mountain is actually intended to intensify the competition among the various sects, especially the major sects. Even though they are stronger than the top few, they are challenged by others simply because they have good relations with the sects of the disciples above them. How can they be willing to accept that?

Although these disciples are not yet very strong, they represent the future of the sect. The grudges they have formed with other sects on Martial Dao Mountain will always accompany them as they become the backbone of the sect.

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Xing Youning wondered why his fellow disciple would challenge him, but he still chose to enter Martial Arts Mountain.

……

Martial arts mountain.

Lin Chen discovered that the location of this battle had changed; it was no longer a plain, but rather in front of a plaza.

Directly in front of the square stands a blue jade tablet inscribed with the words "Canglan".

"Why does Junior Brother challenge me?"

After Lin Chen finished looking around, another figure appeared opposite him.

Xing Youning looked at Lin Chen opposite him. His face was unfamiliar, and he was certain that he had never seen him in the sect before. He then asked in a deep voice.

"Senior Brother Xing, I did not intend to challenge you, but I had no other choice."

Lin Chen quickly clasped his hands in greeting. He needed to use this senior brother's mouth to convey a message to the sect, so he naturally couldn't offend this Senior Brother Xing.

"Oh, tell me about it."

Upon hearing that the other party had a compelling reason, Xing Youning's expression softened slightly.

"Senior Brother Xing, I'm not in the sect, but on a desolate island... I..."

"and many more!"

Xing Youning suddenly interrupted Lin Chen, his eyes filled with disbelief: "You said you came from those desolate islands in the martial arts world, and you obtained the Canglan Token?"

"Ah."

Xing Youning looked somewhat excited. Every year, dozens of disciples holding the Canglan Token would come to the sect, but only half of these disciples were barely qualified to join the outer sect. As for those who could directly become inner disciples, only one or two would appear every ten years or so.

"Where are you now?" Xing Youning pressed.

"I'm still on the island."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's answer, Xing Youning's lips twitched slightly: "So you haven't even entered the territory of the Yan Dynasty yet? Then how did you get into Martial Dao Mountain?"

"Senior Brother Xing, I once met a senior from the Qingtian Sect..."

Lin Chen concealed the matter of the Great Liang Martial Dao Mountain, only saying that he obtained the Martial Dao Mountain Seal from that senior of the Qingtian Sect. "Qingtian Sect, and also taught you the Thousand Machine Evolution Technique?" Xing Youning pondered for a moment, and then understood that this Qingtian Sect should be a small sect in the Thousand Machine Domain. It made sense for a sect in the Thousand Machine Domain to possess the Martial Dao Mountain Seal.

This Martial Arts Mountain was built by the Thousand Machines Sect of the Thousand Machines Domain.

Despite never having been to the Yan Dynasty, this Junior Brother Lin managed to rank among the top ten thousand in Martial Arts Mountain—his martial arts talent is truly remarkable…

"Junior Brother Lin, with your talent, you can directly become an inner disciple when you come to the sect. If you're lucky, you might even be noticed by the elders and taken in as their personal disciple."

"Personal disciple?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Senior Brother Xing, I once met another senior brother from our sect. At that time, that senior brother told me that Elder Du of the sect asked him to pass on a message to me: if I can cultivate the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique, he will accept me as his personal disciple."

"Elder Du? The Boundless Divine Appearance Technique?"

Xing Youning began to ponder the information revealed in Lin Chen's words. He had never heard of the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique, but he knew about Elder Du. This meant that Elder Du had been paying attention to Lin Chen for a long time and had considered taking him as a disciple.

It seems that the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique must be an extremely difficult cultivation method, and Elder Du used it to test Junior Brother Lin.

"Has junior brother completed his cultivation?"

"Well, fortunately, I lived up to my fate."

Seeing Lin Chen nod, Xing Youning felt a pang of envy. Even though he hadn't yet been chosen as a personal disciple by the elders, this junior brother Lin had already caught Elder Du's eye before even arriving at the sect.

There is a difference in treatment between inner disciples and direct disciples.

Thinking that this Junior Brother Lin was a future inner disciple, Xing Youning's last bit of dissatisfaction disappeared, and he took the initiative to ask, "Junior Brother Lin, you just said you had no choice, but what happened?"

Lin Chen could sense the change in Xing's tone and felt a sense of relief, realizing that his decision was correct.

In martial arts, strength speaks for itself.

The potential I've shown has made Senior Brother Xing forget his previous complaints about me, and he's even taken the initiative to care about my situation.

If this applies to my senior brother, it also applies to the powerful members of the sect.

"Senior Brother Xing, many sects from the Yan Dynasty have arrived where I am. These sects have come in and are causing a great disturbance..."

"I understand what Junior Brother Lin means."

Xing Youning interrupted Lin Chen before he could finish speaking.

This junior brother Lin came to ask the sect for help.

Given Junior Brother Lin's martial arts potential, he must belong to a prestigious family in his homeland, and may even be a member of the royal family of the dynasty. Now that martial artists from the Yan Dynasty have entered, they will inevitably bring harm to Junior Brother Lin's family.

“Junior Brother Lin, don’t worry. The sects that go to the desolate land are nothing. I can tell you clearly that as long as you declare your identity as a disciple of the Canglan Sect… being an ordinary disciple of the Canglan Sect might not work, but as long as you declare that you have been accepted as a personal disciple by the elders, none of these sects will dare to touch you or your family dynasty.”

Xing Youning immediately reassured Lin Chen.

"Junior Brother Lin, if you're worried, tell me the names of those sects."

"Nine Palaces Sect".

"Have not heard."

"Xuanming Sect".

"Have not heard."

“Galo Sect”.

"Have not heard."

Xing Youning stopped Lin Chen from continuing: "Junior Brother Lin, a sect that even I, your senior brother, have never heard of is probably not even considered second-rate in the Yan Dynasty. Junior Brother Lin, you probably don't understand the status of our Canglan Sect in the Yan Dynasty. Let me introduce it to you."

"Canglan Sect, established for 60,000 years, is one of the twenty-four super sects of the Yan Dynasty and the number one sect in the Canglan Domain. In the entire Yan Dynasty, after the super sects, the next are the first-class sects, then the second-class sects, and then the third-class sects and those who do not even enter the sect."

"However, the so-called second-rate, third-rate, and unranked classifications are made by many small sects. In the eyes of us Canglan Sect disciples, anything below the first-rate is unranked."

Lin Chen: "Uh..."

He began to understand what his senior brother meant.

In the eyes of the Canglan Sect, sects below the first-class level are nothing. Even if there are differences in strength between them, these differences can be ignored in front of a behemoth like the Canglan Sect.

On the contrary, these smaller sects, in order to demonstrate that their sect is superior to others, further subdivided themselves into so-called second-rate, third-rate, and unranked sects.

Lin Chen's eyes lit up; the Canglan Sect was even more powerful than he had imagined.

"Thank you for your explanation, senior brother. I understand now."

Lin Chen clasped his hands in thanks and then continued, "What I'm worried about now is that if I mention the Canglan Sect, these sects won't believe that I've been accepted as a personal disciple by their elders. They'll think I'm just using their name to make a big deal out of nothing."

"That is indeed a problem."

If Xing Youning put himself in the shoes of those innate experts from second-rate sects, he probably wouldn't believe that Junior Brother Lin had already been accepted as a personal disciple by the elders.

As for the Canglan Token of the Canglan Sect, many people in the Yan Dynasty know about it, and they also know that many disciples who have the Canglan Token have arrived at the Canglan Sect but cannot even enter the outer sect.

"In that case, I will report this matter to the sect elders first. Junior brother, please wait for my news."

"Excuse me, senior brother."

"We are fellow disciples, there's no need for such formalities."

Xing Youning laughed, but after he finished laughing, the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

In Xing Youning's mind, this junior brother Lin should have offered to admit defeat.

We can't really fight a battle with ourselves.

Lin Chen also noticed the questioning look in Senior Brother Xing's eyes, but he couldn't admit defeat, because admitting defeat would mean the end of his winning streak.

At that moment, he could only clasp his hands and say, "Senior Brother Xing, I'm sorry. It's not that I don't want to admit defeat, but I've won so many matches on Martial Dao Mountain. If I were to admit defeat now, it would be a bit of a regret."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's reply, Xing Youning's smile faded slightly. This junior brother Lin was being far too presumptuous.

Anyone who makes it into the top 10,000 has a winning streak on Martial Arts Mountain. He himself once fought his way up from 16,000 to 10,000 in one go.

Because of his dissatisfaction, Xing Youning's tone was also somewhat indifferent: "How many consecutive matches has Junior Brother Lin won?"

"Ninety thousand."

"Nine...ninety thousand matches?"

Xing Youning's face showed a look of shock: "Junior Brother Lin, do you mean that you have never been defeated since you stepped into Martial Dao Mountain?"

"Hmm." Lin Chen scratched his head: "Junior brother, I just feel that if we keep winning like this..."

"No need to say anything more."

Xing Youning interrupted Lin Chen directly: "Junior brother, you did the right thing. I will admit defeat. Junior brother, just wait for my good news."

Ninety thousand consecutive wins!
What is that concept?
This isn't just a super genius, this is an absolute prodigy.

It's important to know that this Junior Brother Lin was in a desolate martial arts region, not in the Yan Dynasty. To be able to win 90,000 consecutive matches in a desolate martial arts region, his martial arts talent is beyond imagination.

Their Canglan Sect has truly struck gold this time.

If I were to make Junior Brother Lin admit defeat, and the sect's deacons and elders found out about it, I'm afraid I'd be branded a sinner of the sect the very next day.

(End of this chapter)