Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 357 Another breakthrough
[Achievement: The Glory of Liang]

[Effect: The more admirers a martial artist has in the Great Liang Dynasty, the faster their martial arts cultivation progresses.]

[Destiny: [Success Comes Naturally]: On the path of the ninth rank of martial arts, perseverance and gradual progress will lead to unstoppable progress without any bottlenecks.]

Lin Chen's figure transformed into a streak of rainbow light, heading straight for the Lingxiao Palace.

This time, there were sudden signs of a breakthrough, and the surge of qi and blood in his body was so intense that it could not be suppressed. Lin Chen understood that it must be the combined effect of the [Light of the Great Liang] and [Successful as Water Flows] destiny.

Before today, many of the older generation of martial artists in Daliang only admired him, and many were probably jealous of him.

But from this day forward, his prestige in the entire Liang Dynasty will reach an unprecedented height.

The Lingxiao Palace.

Hua Qianwu and several elders had just walked out of the main hall when they saw a rainbow light coming towards them. They were even more stunned after they clearly saw the figure of the rainbow light.

"Lin Chen, we're fine, you didn't need to come in person."

Hua Qianwu subconsciously thought that Lin Chen had come to the main hall to greet them, fearing that they had consumed too much of their energy and blood in order to infuse Pei Qingming with more Lingxiao energy, which would make it difficult for them to walk.

"Dean Hua, I have a premonition that I am about to break through. Please allow me to use the Lingxiao Hall."

Lin Chen did not stop, heading straight for the entrance of the main hall, his words drifting in the wind.

Yu Sanghua's pupils suddenly contracted, and his old face showed a very complicated expression. Was he about to break through again?
If he wasn't mistaken, Lin Chen's earlier gesture at the city gate already demonstrated the strength of a high-grade martial artist, and this continued breakthrough...

Are you aiming for the second or first rank?

A second-rank martial artist under twenty years old is a rarity in the world.

"What a prodigy!"

Hua Qianwu listened to Yu Sanghua's感慨 (feelings/reflections), while the other elders smiled.

"Actually, it makes sense when you think about it. Only with such talent would the Canglan Sect care so much about Lin Chen, and have an elder personally take him as a disciple."

Yu Sanghua nodded in agreement when she heard Hua Qianwu’s words. With the Canglan Sect being so powerful, if Lin Chen were just an ordinary genius, he wouldn’t have been chosen by the Canglan Sect elders.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, Lin Chen sat cross-legged on a jade futon in the center, his body surrounded by pale golden Lingxiao energy. The star-patterned stones embedded in the ceiling sensed the surging energy and flickered, illuminating the entire palace as if a galaxy were pouring down.

This time, Lin Chen did not close his eyes and concentrate as he usually did when breaking through; instead, he opened his eyes and looked at the star map flowing in the dome.

The surging energy within his body coiled like a dragon through his meridians, and the previously dormant acupoints lit up one after another, like beacon fires being lit, flowing from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.

At the same time, celestial energy continuously descended from the dome, enveloping him. This celestial energy gathered in Lin Chen's dantian and finally disappeared into the golden sun.

The golden sunlight shone on Lin Chen's internal organs and limbs, and tiny golden crystals filled his body. But the next moment, flames appeared in Lin Chen's acupoints and began to burn these golden crystals.

The crystals melted, turning into thin golden streams that were absorbed by the acupoints. A thin golden film began to appear on all the meridians, including the bone marrow.

This process repeated itself, and with each cycle, the aura emanating from Lin Chen grew stronger. The blood energy surging from his body swept outwards from the hall, finally crashing against the walls with a resounding crashing sound.

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Cold country.

As the voices of the three elders of the Canglan Sect faded, Murong Xin looked at the three disciples of the Jiuque Sect beside her with a puzzled expression in her beautiful eyes.

"Young Master Wei, is Canglan very strong?"

Murong Xin naturally understood the meaning behind the words of the three Canglan Sect elders. She hadn't expected that Lin Chen would be accepted as a disciple by these Canglan Sect elders without anyone noticing.

But the words of this Canglan Sect elder were a bit too domineering.

Not only does it protect Lin Chen and forbid anyone from harming him, but it also protects the Liang Kingdom. Moreover, it seems that if Lin Chen so desires, he can bring any of the nine kingdoms under his protection.

Such domineering words will likely anger sects like the Nine Palaces Sect.

However, Murong Xin was stunned the next moment, because he saw fear and excitement on the faces of the three disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect.

"It's actually an elder from the Canglan Sect."

"I never thought that someone from this place could be chosen by an elder of the Canglan Sect."

"A desolate place for martial arts, an island without even a Xiantian martial artist, this... is truly unbelievable."

The three disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect seemed not to have heard Murong Xin's words, as they were all immersed in shock.

"Young Master Wei?"

Murong Xin asked again, and this time the disciple of the Nine Palaces Sect looked at her and explained, "The Canglan Sect is one of the super sects of the Yan Dynasty, far beyond what our Nine Palaces Sect can compare to. Not only our Nine Palaces Sect, but all the sects on the island at this moment, if they were to unite, would not be able to stop even a single finger of the Canglan Sect elders."

Murong Xin's beautiful eyes narrowed. Is the Canglan Sect really that strong?

All these sects combined are still no match for a single elder of the Canglan Sect.

"The Canglan Sect is the largest sect in the Canglan Domain. The territory of the entire Canglan Domain is nearly dozens of times the size of the Nine Kingdoms. A sect of the Canglan Sect's caliber would not come to islands like yours that have been destroyed by the Annihilation Storm and are still unclaimed, because the Canglan Sect disdains scavenging."

"Scavenging?" Murong Xin asked, puzzled.

Seeing Murong Xin's puzzled expression, Wei Yichen continued, "Miss Murong, I won't lie to you. When sects like ours come to unclaimed islands like yours, we're just trying our luck to see if there are any martial arts cultivation resources on the island. In the Yan Dynasty, this kind of behavior is called scavenging."

"Sects like the Canglan Sect don't care about the martial arts resources of the islands in the sea, and sects like ours are only second-rate in the Canglan Domain."

After listening to Wei Yichen's detailed explanation, Murong Xin finally understood just how powerful the Canglan Sect was.

"So Lin Chen was accepted as a disciple by an elder of the Canglan Sect?"

"No one in your nine kingdoms dares to offend Lin Chen. Even our Nine Palaces Sect and other sects have to consider whether they have offended Lin Chen in any way during this period. If so, the elders have to go and apologize. In addition, if they want to continue to stay here, they have to get Lin Chen's approval."

Upon hearing Wei Yichen's words, his two junior brothers frowned: "Senior brother, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

“I’m not exaggerating at all. Even if Lin Chen’s own strength is not strong now, since he has been accepted as a disciple by the elder of the Canglan Sect, the Canglan Sect is very likely to send someone to pick him up. If Lin Chen is dissatisfied with our Jiuque Sect and complains to the people from the Canglan Sect, how do you think the experts from the Canglan Sect will treat our Jiuque Sect?”

Wei Yichen looked at his two junior brothers and saw their thoughtful expressions. He smiled wryly and said, "Just as our sects treat the martial artists of the Nine Kingdoms, so too does the Canglan Sect treat us."

What is their attitude towards the warriors of the nine kingdoms?

That was an arrogant attitude, showing no regard for the warriors of the nine kingdoms.

If they don't obey, just kill them.

Murong Xin looked at the two silent disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect, her beautiful eyes sparkling with admiration, and she murmured, "Little sister has made the right bet again this time."

"Miss Murong, I heard that your little sister is incredibly beautiful. Why didn't she come here with you this time?" A disciple of the Nine Palaces Sect asked curiously after hearing Murong Xin's soft words.

Murong Xin was exceptionally beautiful, even by the standards of the Yan Dynasty. However, during this time, they had also met many young men from the Han Kingdom and heard from them that the most beautiful princess of the Yan Kingdom's royal family was the Sixth Princess.

Murong Xin smiled brightly. This wasn't the first time this disciple from the Nine Palaces Sect had asked about her little sister. In the past, she would have made up an excuse to explain, but now she didn't intend to hide it anymore.

"To be honest, my younger sister and Lin Chen are very close. This time, she didn't come with us to Han Kingdom, but went to Liang Kingdom to find Lin Chen instead."

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect instantly became embarrassed.

If he had heard this a quarter of an hour ago, he would have demanded that Lin Chen come to Korea to see him in person, but now...

“Miss Murong, Junior Brother Zhang was just mentioning it casually, there’s no need to take it to heart.”

Wei Yichen spoke up, saying that if there was a relationship between the Sixth Princess of Yan and Lin Chen, then if the fact that his junior brother Zhang was interested in the Sixth Princess reached Lin Chen's ears, it would probably cause trouble.

Teenagers of this age are often prone to jealousy and rivalry.

The more talented a person is, the less they want anyone to covet the woman who belongs to them.

His words were a subtle hint to Murong Xin that she should not mention her junior brother's question to outsiders, and especially not to Lin Chen.

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"What, are you envious of your little sister?"

In her own courtyard, Murong Xin was gazing absently at the delicate flowers in the garden when she heard the voice of her fourth sister, Murong Shuang, behind her.

"Fourth sister, I do envy my younger sister. She has such good taste."

"Actually, my younger sister has changed a lot since she went to Liang Kingdom."

Murong Shuang looked at her fifth sister and said softly, "Before I went to Liang, I had the idea of ​​finding a husband for my younger sister. I went to Liang because of Lin Chen. But at that time, I just wanted to see if Lin Chen was qualified to be the son-in-law of our Yan Kingdom."

"Is that so?" Murong Xin asked in surprise, as she had never heard her younger sister mention it.

"Only Mother knew about this. I only heard it from her later. After returning to the country, my younger sister never looked at any other young talents. She only had Lin Chen in her heart. At the time, I thought my younger sister was a bit silly. Even if she had her eye on Lin Chen, she could have gone to see other young talents. But now, looking back, I realize my younger sister was right."

"At the royal banquet, Su Zhe, the grandson of the Grand Tutor of Han, was considered by everyone to be superior to Lin Chen in terms of both family background and strength. However, my younger sister, in order to prevent Lin Chen from having any doubts, even disregarded the relationship between our royal family and Han and personally appeared to express her opinion."

"Fifth Sister, if it were you, would you do the same?"

Murong Xin shook her head; she wouldn't.

Unless she and Lin Chen have made a marriage agreement, she will definitely not show up at the banquet.

As a royal princess, she was exposed to how to maximize her own interests from a young age.

"Later, Lin Chen made a name for himself in the ranking competition, and everyone envied my sister's foresight." Murong's eyelashes trembled slightly: "But I believe that before that, my sister did not know that Lin Chen's martial arts strength had improved to this level."

Murong Xin was taken aback. Her younger sister didn't know Lin Chen's exact strength, yet she chose to offend Su Zhe and Han Guo for Lin Chen's sake. This shocked her greatly. She had originally thought that her younger sister knew Lin Chen's true strength.

“From that moment on, I knew that my little sister’s heart belonged to Lin Chen, not because of Lin Chen’s talent, but because of Lin Chen himself.” Murong Shuang suddenly smiled: “Including later when the Nine Palaces Sect and other sects entered the Nine Kingdoms, my little sister did not choose to come to Han Kingdom, but chose to go to Liang Kingdom to find Lin Chen, which confirmed my guess.”

Murong Xin remained silent, knowing that her fifth sister was right.

If my younger sister weren't so attached to Lin Chen, when she entered the Nine Kingdoms through sects like the Nine Palaces Sect, she should have done what I did and interacted with the young disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect. Even if she didn't think much of the disciples of the Nine Palaces Sect, she could have used it as a stepping stone to meet geniuses from the Yan Dynasty in the future.

"Fifth Sister, I know that our aunts, including Mother, have taught us since childhood to make the most of our looks and not to be swayed by so-called romantic feelings. But as it turns out, my choice was the right one. If you meet someone you like in the future, don't be too materialistic. There are always people out there. Finding a reliable person who suits you is enough."

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On a certain official road in Daliang, the carriage stopped.

"Princess, are we going to Poyang County or Lingxiao City now?"

Su Qin's face showed excitement; she had heard the voice just now.

Lin Chen is in Lingxiao City!

"Let's go back to the State of Yan."

Murong Yan's languid voice came from inside the carriage.

"Return to the Yan Kingdom?"

Su Qin was stunned. Wasn't the princess here to see Lin Chen? Why is she going back to Yan Kingdom?

"Go back, Aunt Su."

Murong Yan's voice rang out again: "Lin Chen is now the focus of attention in the nine kingdoms, so let's not join in the fun. Besides, our Yan Kingdom's crisis has been resolved."

Hearing her princess's words, Su Qin sighed inwardly. The princess was now considering Lin Chen's needs in every way.

The reason for not going to see Lin Chen was to avoid causing misunderstandings for the young lady from the Jiang family.

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Western part of Daliang.

In a deep abyss, black mist swirls.

This is the westernmost part of Daliang, a forbidden zone for the entire Daliang.

When the voices of the three elders reached this place and resounded through the sky, the black mist suddenly surged and rushed upwards madly.

But just as the black mist was about to surge out of the abyss, the cliff face shone brightly, and complex and mysterious runes began to glow, condensing into a barrier in the air that the black mist could not break through no matter how it surged.

Half an hour later, the surging black mist slowly sank again, and the abyss returned to calm.

A few breaths later, a middle-aged man appeared above the abyss, his brows furrowed: "Such a commotion, I don't know if it's good or bad. I hope it doesn't disturb this thing."

And at this moment, beneath this black mist, a name keeps echoing.

"Lin Chen".

"Lin Chen".

"Lin Chen".

(End of this chapter)