Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 361 Lin Chen Breaks Through the Barrier, One Step Ahead (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Inside the Lingxiao Palace.

The golden cocoon of light hung in the air like a blazing sun. Every few breaths, a surge of powerful blood and energy would overflow from the cocoon and then crash into the surrounding halls like a tidal wave.

Inside the golden cocoon of light, Lin Chen sat cross-legged, his acupoints emitting soaring golden light. In his dantian, the vast energy condensed into an icy blue vortex, and within this icy blue vortex, the Li Fire transformed into petals that spun continuously.

Within the flame petals, the original golden figure slowly became transparent, with green liquid constantly flowing around its transparent body.

Lingxiao Energy, Canglan Energy, Mother Tree Energy, Lihuo Energy...

Lin Chen now possesses four of the five innate elements of energy.

I don't know how much time passed, but a faint "click" sound came out.

Suddenly, the golden cocoon of light cracked open, and five energy phantoms appeared behind Lin Chen: a golden sun, a burning flame, a swirling dragon, and a cascading green waterfall.

There were five energy phantoms, four of which were very clear, but the last one was as blurry as mist.

After a while, Lin Chen opened his eyes, a hint of regret in them.

"The Five Elements enter the Innate Realm, but I lack the Water element, so I couldn't take that final step into the Innate Realm."

Even with the blessing of a destiny that is "successful in the natural course," one still cannot enter the innate realm when all five elements are present.

However, although he failed to break through to the Innate Realm, this breakthrough still brought him to the First Rank, and even to the peak of the First Rank.

The moment he stood up, a golden film flowed across his skin, his internal organs trembled, and a terrifying aura suddenly surged outwards.

boom!
The entire Lingxiao Palace resounded with a deafening roar.

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Outside of Lingxiao Martial Academy.

Gao Zemin and Hu Yunhua were enjoying tea in the courtyard when they heard the sound coming from the direction Hu Yunhua was looking at: "Brother Gao, it seems that your Canglan Sect's genius disciple has emerged from seclusion."

The two stayed at Lingxiao Martial Academy for five days. During these five days, Hu Yunhua learned about Lin Chen's situation from the martial artists of Daliang.

His first reaction was shock and disbelief.

He originally thought that Lin Chen should come from a martial arts noble family on the island, but he didn't expect that he was born into an ordinary fisherman's family.

A fisherman's son, he defied the odds and rose to become the number one genius of the younger generation in just three years. He is even likely to reach the second rank after his seclusion this time.

In the Yan Dynasty, this would have been an unbelievable thing.

Gao Zemin smiled. He hadn't told Hu Yunhua about Lin Chen's performance at Wudao Mountain. He hadn't informed Hu Yunhua that Lin Chen had chosen to seek help at Wudao Mountain when he was facing the danger of being burned alive. How many geniuses in the history of Yanhuang Dynasty would dare to try such a confident move?
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The gates of the Lingxiao Palace finally reopened several months after Lin Chen went into seclusion to break through his cultivation.

The gate slowly opened, and golden sunlight immediately streamed into the space. As the dozens of figures who rushed over upon hearing the commotion stepped out, the young man seemed to be bathed in golden sunlight.

"It's Junior Brother Lin."

"It's Senior Brother Lin."

Qin Yan and Gu Kong recognized Lin Chen immediately upon seeing the young man walking out of the main hall.

Both of them had seen Lin Chen's appearance on Wudao Mountain.

"This aura...is it from a first-grade martial artist?"

Hu Yunhua was surprised to see Lin Chen come out. He then looked at Gao Zemin beside him and said, "Brother Gao, that's not fair of you. You're still holding back at a time like this. Are you afraid I'll steal your Canglan Sect's disciple?"

When Gao Zemin sensed Lin Chen's aura, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. Lin Chen had obviously just broken through, and his aura could not be completely concealed. Both he and Hu Yunhua could judge Lin Chen's realm at a glance.

"Brother Hu, you've wronged me. When I left Canglan Sect, Lin Chen was only at the third rank. I never expected that Lin Chen would be able to break through to the first rank during this seclusion."

Seeing Gao Zemin's expression, Hu Yunhua knew that what Gao Zemin said was true. He was also a little envious of the Canglan Sect. This time, the Canglan Sect really hit the jackpot, and they even found it in a desolate place in the martial arts world. Other sects would be envious if they heard about it.

"Brother Gao, your Canglan Sect is overjoyed to have such a talented disciple. Shouldn't Pei Qingming be given to my East Sea Divine Palace?"

Lin Chen, he can't be poached.

The three elders of the Canglan Sect personally sent a telepathic message, stating that if the East Sea Divine Palace continued to poach people, it would mean a complete break with the Canglan Sect.

He can't afford to take that responsibility.

However, Pei Qingming was no less impressive. His flawless sword intent, in the absence of sword cultivators on this island, was enough to prove just how high Pei Qingming's talent in swordsmanship was.

"This is up to Pei Qingming to decide."

Gao Zemin chuckled. With a genius disciple like Lin Chen, he was interested in Pei Qingming, but not so much that he absolutely had to have him.

Most importantly, he sees things more clearly than Hu Yunhua. Someone like Pei Qingming, who can comprehend the flawless sword will without any guidance, has an extremely pure heart for practicing swordsmanship. It is likely that apart from the Guixu Sword Tomb, other sects would find it difficult to attract him.

Almost all of the top sword cultivators in the Yan Dynasty were like this. "Lin Chen, come here quickly."

Hou Zhantian waved to Lin Chen and immediately introduced, "Lord Gao from the Canglan Sect has arrived. He came specifically for you."

Lin Chen looked at Gao Zeming. In fact, even without Hou Zhantian's introduction, he had already guessed that Gao Zeming was a person from Canglan Sect, because he had seen Qin Yan and Gu Kong standing behind Gao Zeming at Martial Dao Mountain.

"This junior greets Lord Gao."

"Haha, Lin Chen, you've got it wrong. You're a disciple of my Canglan Sect, so you should address me as Steward."

Gao Zeming stroked his beard and smiled, then introduced Hu Yunhua beside him: "This is Steward Hu of the East Sea Divine Palace. As for the two people behind me, you should be familiar with them."

"Ah."

Lin Chen first greeted Hu Yunhua, then looked at Qin Yan and Gu Kong, cupped his fists and said, "Junior brother thanks Senior Brother Qin and Senior Brother Gu for their help. I will remember your kindness."

Lin Chen bowed very solemnly to the two of them. Qin Yan smiled and thought, "This junior brother Lin is really polite."

As an inner disciple, he had seen the top geniuses of the inner sect, all of whom were arrogant and haughty. If these people were Junior Brother Lin, they would not have shown him such courtesy at all, and would have thought that he was just acting on the orders of the sect elders.

If Qin Yan was filled with emotion, then Gu Kong was somewhat at a loss. He hadn't expected Lin Chen to bow to him. He hadn't been of any help to Lin Chen at all; the only role he played was providing clues when the sect elders were searching for Lin Chen's identity.

"Brother Lin... you're too kind. I couldn't have done anything."

Gu Kong explained somewhat embarrassedly that as an outer disciple, he was naturally inferior to inner disciples, let alone Senior Brother Lin, who had already been appointed as a personal disciple by the elders.

"Senior Brother Gu helped me a lot back then."

Lin Chen smiled slightly. He had learned the second level of the Canglan Finger from Gu Kong. Because he was unaware that the disciples were privately passing on the Canglan Finger incantation, especially since he was not yet a disciple of the Canglan Sect at the time, he did not know if it violated the sect's rules. With Elder Gao present, he was afraid that Gu Kong would be punished, so he did not speak openly.

Gao Zeming didn't think that much about it. Even if he knew that Gu Kong had secretly taught Lin Chen the second level of the Canglan Finger, he would just pretend not to know.

He was quite satisfied with Lin Chen's attitude.

However, it is also possible that Lin Chen's personality might change after he enters the Canglan Sect and becomes a personal disciple, as he was born on an island.

Many disciples in the sect, due to their less-than-ideal backgrounds, were humble when they first entered the sect, but gradually became arrogant as their strength and status increased.

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Hu Yunhua was not at the courtyard where Gao Zeming of Lingxiao Martial Academy was temporarily residing this time.

After Lin Chen finished recounting how he contacted the sect and its reaction, the courtyard fell silent.

Qin Yan and Gu Kong were shocked, shocked that in just a few months since they left Canglan Sect and arrived here, Lin Chen's ranking on Martial Dao Mountain had risen so many places.

Within the top 10,000, and still on a winning streak.

Such a record is something they wouldn't even dare to dream about in their sleep.

Gao Zemin's lips twitched non-stop as he listened. He finally understood why Elder Qu and the other two used telepathy, and why Elder Du did not use the Canglan Token.

After leaving with Qin Yan and Gu Kong, Elder Du must have stopped paying attention to Martial Dao Mountain.

The Xing Youning that Lin Chen later encountered should have gone directly to the Elder Hall, and the three Elders on duty in this session were Elder Zhou, Elder Mei, and Elder Qu.

The Elders' Hall of the sect operates on a rotating system, with a rotation every three years. Each term, three elders are appointed to handle the sect's specific affairs.

Now the three elders all know Lin Chen, and what outsiders see as a display of the Canglan Sect's domineering power and strength, they hear as the elders deliberately trying to gain favor with Lin Chen.

Otherwise, why would I need to reveal my name?

The title of an elder of the Canglan Sect is enough to intimidate these sects.

Is it really necessary for the three elders to each transmit their voices separately?

He even suspected that the three elders were using this as a way to warn him, implying that they already knew about Lin Chen's matter, and that if he continued to side with Elder Du, he would have to face suppression from these three elders when he returned to the sect.

Elder Du, it's not that I'm not on your side right now, it's just that Lin Chen's performance was too outstanding.

He had already made a decision regarding Lin Chen's matter: he would take responsibility for bringing Lin Chen back to the sect and say nothing else. Once Lin Chen arrived at the sect, the elders would handle the dueling.

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An hour later, Lin Chen left the courtyard and, led by Meng Xing, headed to the courtyard where Pei Qingming lived.

Is Brother Pei there?

P.S.: It's almost the end of the month, so don't save your monthly passes if you still have them!

(End of this chapter)