Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 352 Qu Guanfu: Du Xiaofeng, that old scoundrel

Martial arts mountain.

Zhao An looked at the name that was fourth on the jade tablet, his expression quite complicated.

Lin Chen!

The name first appeared at the end of the jade tablet. Because of this person's challenges, he became curious and even sent a message to the Canglan Sect to remind him.

Now that he has reached the top four, it can be said that he has witnessed the rise of this person's name step by step.

The top three on the Jade Stele are all super geniuses known throughout the Yan Dynasty, having won over 5,000 consecutive matches within the top 10,000.

Even these two could not achieve a winning streak of 90,000 matches from the moment they entered Wudao Mountain.

"The Canglan Sect has given birth to another super genius."

Those who are recognized by all sects of the Yan Dynasty as the top three in the Martial Arts Mountain Jade Stele are called prodigies.

……

Canglan Sect.

Xing Youning came down from Wudao Mountain and went straight out of the courtyard. After pondering for a while, he finally walked towards the Elder Hall.

As an inner sect disciple, Xing Youning was still qualified to go to the Elder Hall to request an audience with the elders.

"Disciple Xing Youning requests an audience with the Elder; I have urgent business to report."

Xing Youning stood respectfully in front of the Elder Hall until a voice inside said, "Come in," before he stepped inside.

Inside the Elder Hall, three elders were present. Facing their gazes, Du Xiaofeng felt the pressure and dared not keep them in suspense. He quickly said, "This disciple met Elder Du's personal disciple, Junior Brother Lin Chen, at Martial Dao Mountain."

Upon hearing this, two of the three elders looked puzzled. Elder Du only had three personal disciples, and they had never heard of a disciple named Lin Chen.

"Senior brothers, I do know about this matter. It just so happens that Senior Brother Zhao and I were in Senior Brother Du's courtyard last time. It is said that Lin Chen has not yet entered our sect. Senior Brother Du met him outside and thought that Lin Chen has good potential. He wants to take him as a personal disciple."

Qu Guanfu said with a smile, "At that time, it was under the persuasion of Senior Brother Zhao that Senior Brother Du decided on this matter. He even went to the Hall of Names to register Lin Chen's name."

"Oh, to be noticed by Senior Brother Du and persuaded by Junior Brother Zhao, it seems that Lin Chen's potential is not bad."

"Not bad. Just over half a month ago, Lin Chen was ranked 40,000th in Martial Arts Mountain."

Forty thousand?
There was a brief silence in the hall upon hearing this.

Xing Youning's pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes filled with disbelief. Elder Qu would definitely not lie. In other words, this Junior Brother Lin was ranked 40,000th in Martial Arts Mountain a month ago, and in just one month, he had risen from 40,000th to within 10,000th.

This ranking improvement speed is simply too terrifying. Even the senior disciples didn't improve at this speed.

Upon hearing Qu Guanfu's words, the two elders above quickly realized what was going on.

It was Zhao who used a provocation tactic on Du, which is why Du accepted Lin Chen as his personal disciple. Otherwise, the 40,000 disciples of Martial Arts Mountain wouldn't even be worth their attention.

As for why Junior Brother Zhao did this, his thoughts are not hard to guess. The sect competition is approaching, and each sect competition is also the day when their elders accept disciples. Senior Brother Du has already accepted one personal disciple, so naturally he cannot accept another. Junior Brother Zhao will have one less competitor.

These elders don't accept disciples in every sect competition. Take the two of them for example, they have already accepted personal disciples in the previous two competitions, and they will not accept any more in this competition. Therefore, if Junior Brother Zhao wants to snatch the sect's good talents as disciples this time, his competitors will be Elder Du and the others.

Oh right, this Junior Brother Qu in front of me is one too.

I'm afraid this Junior Brother Qu isn't innocent either; he secretly colluded with Junior Brother Zhao to provoke Senior Brother Du into accepting a disciple.

"Senior Brother Du is such a cunning old man... a man who is still vigorous with age... his choice of disciples is naturally impeccable."

The elder who was speaking realized that Xing Youning was also present, and immediately changed his words as soon as he spoke.

"If you want to report on Lin Chen's matter, you should go to Elder Du."

Qu Guanfu smiled and looked at Xing Youning: "I think Elder Du should be willing to listen to your report on Lin Chen."

"I originally intended to go to Elder Du, but later I felt that Junior Brother Lin's matter was of great importance and I should inform the sect."

Upon hearing Xing Youning's words, Qu Guanfu and the other two looked puzzled. Could a personal disciple really be involved in something of such great importance?

"Elder Zhao just said that Junior Brother Lin is ranked 40,000th in Martial Dao Mountain, but I am ranked 9,997th. If I were to meet Junior Brother Lin, I would choose to concede defeat. Junior Brother Lin's current ranking has now entered the top 10,000 in Martial Dao Mountain."

Qu Guanfu's smile faded as Xing Youning said this, and the other two elders also showed interest.

Forty thousand and ten thousand are two completely different concepts.

Being able to enter the top 10,000 of Martial Arts Mountain is already enough to catch the eye of these elders.

"Just because Lin Chen is Elder Du's personal disciple, you're willing to admit defeat? Thinking you can use this to curry favor with Elder Du?"

The leading elder, however, grasped another key point, and his expression darkened.

Upon hearing this, Xing Youning knew that the elder had misunderstood him, and quickly explained, "This disciple did not do this to curry favor with Elder Du. It's just that Junior Brother Lin chose to challenge me because he had an urgent matter to ask the sect for help. After inquiring about Junior Brother Lin's winning streak at Martial Dao Mountain, this disciple chose to voluntarily concede."

"How many consecutive matches did Lin Chen win on Martial Arts Mountain?"

Compared to asking for help, the elders were more concerned about this at the moment.

According to Junior Brother Lin himself, he has never lost a single match since entering Martial Arts Mountain, and before encountering the disciples, he had won 90,000 consecutive matches.

hiss!
The atmosphere in the hall froze. Qu Guanfu's lips twitched uncontrollably; he had been deceived.

Both Zhao and I were deceived by Du.

It wasn't them who provoked Senior Brother Du to accept a disciple; it was the old man's cunning that used them to confirm that Lin Chen would be accepted as his personal disciple.

He thought he was the hunter, but it turned out he was the prey.

The other two elders, seeing Qu Guanfu's expression, couldn't help but sigh, thinking to themselves, "As expected of the cunning and shrewd Senior Brother Du."

Junior Brother Zhao and Junior Brother Qu still want to take advantage of Senior Brother Du; they're still too young.

He achieved a winning streak of 90,000 matches and entered the top 10,000.

This disciple is indeed worth taking on.

Xing Youning was also observing the expressions of the three elders. He did not know about the matter between Elder Qu and Elder Du, but seeing that the three elders were not too excited, he continued, "The reason why I said that this matter is of great importance is because that Junior Brother Lin is not in the territory of the Yan Dynasty, but comes from a desolate island overseas, and has not yet entered the Yan Dynasty."

"According to what Junior Brother Lin said, when he encountered the power of the Blazing Fire, Elder Du taught him the Wujin Divine Appearance Technique through a disciple of the sect, promising that if Junior Brother Lin could master this technique, he would take him as his personal disciple."

"The reason why Junior Brother Lin is asking for help is because many sects of the Yan Dynasty have appeared on the desolate island where Junior Brother Lin is located. The appearance of these sects has affected the power structure of Junior Brother Lin's island and also affected Junior Brother Lin's own interests."

Swish!
There was a moment of silence in the main hall. The next moment, Xing Youning heard Elder Qu's voice through gritted teeth: "Senior Brother Du, what a fine prospect you discovered while traveling outside."

Walking outside is a load of rubbish; it's probably just walking in a dream.

At the same time, he also heard the words of the other two elders.

"That old bastard is really cunning!"

"That old scoundrel wants to eat it all by himself!"

The three of them happened to know what the Wujin Divine Appearance Technique was. In the history of the Canglan Sect, very few disciples were able to successfully cultivate it, let alone in the midst of the Li Fire, relying solely on the oral instruction from Wudao Mountain. The fact that Lin Chen was able to successfully cultivate it shows how high his martial arts talent was.

Even without cultivating the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique, Lin Chen's achievements in a desolate island where martial arts are not prevalent already demonstrate his potential.

"No, this matter cannot be settled like this. I will go and argue with Senior Brother Du."

"Junior Brother Qu, calm down."

When the two elders saw Qu Guanfu's outburst, they quickly tried to stop him.

"Given Senior Brother Du's personality, Junior Brother Qu, do you think theory is useful?"

Useless!

Qu Guanfu could imagine that if he really went to argue with Senior Brother Du, he would not only fail to get the result he wanted, but would also be ridiculed for a long time.

"Then let's ask the sect leader to settle this matter."

"That's fine."

The leading elder nodded, but based on his understanding of Senior Brother Du, he knew that even if he went to the sect leader, it would be useless; at least Junior Brother Qu and Junior Brother Zhao would have little chance.

Just because Junior Brother Qu and Junior Brother Zhao didn't have a chance doesn't mean that the elders didn't have a chance either.

It was Junior Brother Qu and Junior Brother Zhao who urged Senior Brother Du to accept Lin Chen as a disciple, but they did not agree. After learning about Lin Chen's situation, Senior Brother Du secretly took him as a disciple first, which was against the rules.

"You said that other sects from the Yan Dynasty have appeared on the island where Lin Chen is currently located. Which sects are they?"

"They should all be second-rate sects. I asked Junior Brother Lin about the names of those sects, but I haven't heard of any of them. I believe that as long as Junior Brother Lin takes out the Canglan Token, none of those sects will dare to touch him. But from what Junior Brother Lin said, it seems that he not only wants to protect himself and his family, but also the dynasty he belongs to."

Upon hearing Xing Youning's words, the three elders understood the purpose of Lin Chen's request for help.

As a disciple of the Canglan Sect, he and his family were safe and sound, and the martial artists of those sects would not dare to lay a hand on him, but the dynasty he belonged to might be a different story.

Even an ordinary disciple or even an inner disciple of the Canglan Sect cannot stop these powerful figures from the sect.

After all, not every one of the three thousand inner disciples of the Canglan Sect can reach the Innate Martial Realm, and most of them only stay at the Innate First Realm throughout their lives.

Sects wouldn't go to great lengths to suppress such an ordinary disciple.

Otherwise, with the three thousand inner disciples of the Canglan Sect plus the disciples of other super sects, each sect's disciples would protect a region, leaving no room for other sects to survive.

To gain the protection of a sect, one must possess qualities that would warrant the sect's intervention.

Clearly, the potential that Lin Chen has shown already meets this requirement.

"Is Lin Chen worried that if he says he is Elder Du's personal disciple, those sects won't believe him and will think he's just using someone else's name to make a name for himself?"

"Yes, Junior Brother Lin has this concern, which is why he sought help from the sect."

"This is simple."

The leading elder smiled and said, "When you enter Martial Dao Mountain, have Lin Chen inject the Canglan energy into the Canglan Token. Then look at the numbers engraved on the back of the Canglan Token and let him tell you. I will personally inject energy into the Canglan Token. When you face those sects, you can inject energy into the Canglan Token again."

"Yes, disciple, let's do it now."

Xing Youning nodded and was about to leave the main hall when Qu Guanfu called him back.

"There's no need to leave; you can enter Wudao Mountain right here."

Seeing that the other two elders also nodded, Xing Youning didn't hesitate. He took out the Martial Dao Seal and entered Martial Dao Mountain with a thought.

“Senior Brother Zhou, I think we don’t need to trouble you to come. I’ll take care of injecting energy into the Canglan Token.”

“Junior Brother Mei, as an elder of the sect, it is my duty to help my disciples. How can you call it troublesome?”

Hearing his two senior brothers' words, Qu Guanfu felt helpless. He realized that regardless of whether Lin Chen would eventually become Senior Brother Du's personal disciple, he definitely had no chance.

The two senior brothers are starting to have their own ideas now.

As for a genius like Lin Chen who is close to being a prodigy, the sect will consider his choice of which elder he should become his disciple. These two senior brothers wanted to take this opportunity to leave a good impression on Lin Chen.

The Azure Tokens issued by the sect to the outside world were not a single token, but a pair.

The main Canglan Token is held outside the sect, while the deputy Canglan Token is held within the sect.

In this way, the sect can discover that the Canglan Token has been activated, but disciples who have not arrived at the sect within five years will be sent out to check the situation.

Each of these Canglan Tokens has a corresponding serial number. As long as the sect knows the serial number of the Canglan Token held by Lin Chen, it can manipulate it through the secondary Canglan Token.

“Junior Brother Mei, I have been searching for a successor to carry on my legacy for many years, and I hope that you can…”

"Senior Brother Zhou, you said the same thing when you accepted disciples in the last two sessions. So, you're saying that you need to find a successor every time you change your clothes?"

……

"Senior brothers, I think we should wait until Lin Chen arrives at the sect before deciding who Lin Chen should take as his master. There's no need to argue about it now."

Seeing that the two senior brothers were about to escalate their verbal exchange into a physical fight, Qu Guanfu spoke up to stop them.

After a short while, Xing Youning withdrew from Wudao Mountain.

"Junior Brother Lin has already gone to confirm the number. I will go into Martial Dao Mountain again in a while."

Fortunately, Martial Arts Mountain offers two consecutive opportunities to challenge the same person. If you do it more than twice, you cannot challenge that person again for a month.

Once again from Martial Arts Mountain, facing the earnest gazes of the three elders, Xing Youning said directly, "Junior Brother Lin's Canglan Token shows the engraved number 7460."

"Alright, I understand. You may leave now."

Zhou Zhifeng nodded slowly: "Don't make this public. Once Lin Chen arrives at the sect, the sect will reward you."

(End of this chapter)