Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 373 Everyone’s thoughts

It's easy to get started with innate talent, but difficult to upgrade one's martial arts will.

Lin Chen made a judgment in his mind.

Those who are family know their own affairs; they have the blessing of their destiny and are not afraid of failing to break through their innate limitations.

As for his master, he must have been confident that he could help him advance to the Innate Realm, which is why he asked him to choose the Canglan Secret Realm.

"Alright, now let's get back to the two things you need to do most right now: one is to advance to the Innate Realm, and the other is to continue to improve your ranking on Martial Dao Mountain."

"With your current strength, you should be able to enter the top 100 of Martial Dao Mountain. Once you reach the top 100, that's when you'll stop. The top 100 of Martial Dao Mountain are all super geniuses from various sects, and the top 30 have already stepped into the Innate Realm."

Are all the top thirty experts at the Innate Realm?
Lin Chen's pupils contracted. As expected of the Yan Dynasty, there were actually thirty innate experts under the age of twenty.

"Master, does our sect have any innate experts on Martial Dao Mountain?"

"Have."

Du Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Qiao Yuan, one of this year's inner disciples, has already entered the Innate Realm and is ranked fourth among this year's inner disciples. If it weren't for you, Qiao Yuan would be the object of many elders' scramble after the inner sect competition ends."

"Senior Brother Qiao has already entered the Innate Realm, yet he's only ranked fourth among the inner disciples?"

Lin Chen was somewhat surprised. Shouldn't the person who ranked first be ranked higher at Martial Arts Mountain?
"Don't fall into the misconception that Martial Dao Mountain only allows martial artists under the age of twenty to enter. Some inner disciples are over twenty and can no longer enter Martial Dao Mountain, but that doesn't mean they are weak."

"It is because I have misunderstood."

Lin Chen laughed. He realized that he had been mistaken. Martial Dao Mountain only allowed those under the age of twenty to enter, while the inner disciples of Canglan Sect had no age limit.

According to what he learned from Deacon Gao, the inner disciples of the Canglan Sect serve for ten years. From the moment they become inner disciples, they remain inner disciples for ten years, unless their strength reaches the second level of the Innate Realm, in which case they will be promoted to deacon.

However, becoming an inner disciple does not mean that one can rest easy. Every three years, outer disciples compete in a grand competition, and the top ten will become inner disciples. If these ten outer disciples are included, the number of inner disciples exceeds three thousand. Then, the bottom ten inner disciples will have to compete with these ten who were promoted from the outer disciples. The loser will have their inner disciple status revoked.

Losing their inner disciple status means they can no longer stay in the sect and will be sent out. Once sent out, they are basically abandoned by the sect, and they will have to fight for martial arts resources on their own. The sect will not provide them for free, and their treatment will be worse than that of outer disciples.

"I'll have Gao Zemin take you to choose a place to stay later. Although you are my disciple, Canglan Sect disciples have their own living areas, and even direct disciples cannot be treated specially."

"If you have any questions about the sect, just ask Gao Zemin. During this time, continue to challenge on Martial Dao Mountain. I will prepare water attribute energy and the items needed to break through to the Innate Realm for you, so that you can break through to the Innate Realm without any failure."

Upon hearing his master's words, Lin Chen initially wanted to say that as long as he was given water-attribute energy, he would be able to break through to the Innate Realm. However, considering that this was his master's way of protecting him, he did not refuse.

"Then this disciple will take his leave."

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Not far from his master's courtyard, Lin Chen saw Gao Zeming waiting for him and quickly went over to him.

"Deacon Gao."

"Have you finished talking with Elder Du?"

"Yes, Master told me to go to my lodgings with Gao Zhi first."

"Come with me. The residences of the Canglan Sect disciples are some distance from here."

Gao Zeming wasn't surprised. As an elder, Elder Du naturally wouldn't personally take Lin Chen to the disciples' living area. Generally, after entering the sect, disciples would be led to their residences by a steward or senior brother.

Lin Chen was brought here by him, and he had already heard that Lin Chen had caused a sensation, so he naturally wanted to continue this favor and waited here in advance.

"Junior Brother Lin, you've caused quite a stir in the sect today. All the inner disciples are talking about you, wondering who you really are."

"Sir..."

"Don't call me 'sir'. I'm only a few decades older than you. Just call me 'senior brother'."

Lin Chen: ...

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Following Gao Zeming to his residence, Lin Chen realized that Gao Zeming wasn't flattering him; his name was genuinely starting to spread like wildfire among the inner disciples.

Although the elders wouldn't tell anyone that I was participating in the personal disciple assessment, there were several other disciples present at the time, and these disciples later informed the other disciples of the news.

The disciple scored over 200 points in the assessment, demonstrating maximum potential...

These two pieces of news shocked all the inner disciples. The reason they didn't shock the outer disciples was because there was a strict hierarchy between the inner and outer disciples, and the inner disciples naturally wouldn't discuss this matter with the outer disciples.

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"We've arrived. This is where you inner disciples live. This area is where you direct disciples live, and the area to the right rear is where the inner disciples live."

Gao Zeming took out a map and opened it; it showed the living area of ​​his personal disciples.

“Junior Brother Lin, the areas circled are where people already live, while the areas without circles are where no disciples live yet.”

After taking the blueprints, Lin Chen glanced at them. The entire area for direct disciples had more than a hundred courtyards, and most of the ones in the front row had already been circled. After scanning the courtyards that were not circled, Lin Chen finally chose the first room on the left in the second row from the back.

To the left of the courtyard was a lake, which was relatively quiet. "Senior Brother Gao, let's take this room."

Gao Zeming was somewhat surprised to see Lin Chen choose a courtyard in the back row, but he quickly realized that this junior brother Lin wanted to keep a low profile. However, after today's personal disciple assessment, how could he possibly keep a low profile in the sect?

"Alright, then I'll take my junior brother there."

The two arrived at the courtyard. Although no one lived there, the gate was dust-free. After pushing the gate open, the inside was extremely clean, suggesting that someone had come to clean it every now and then.

Just as Gao Zemin led Lin Chen into the courtyard, not far away, three young men were sitting in another courtyard.

"I just saw Deacon Gao bring someone in; that should be Lin Chen."

The three young men in the courtyard were all direct disciples, and they were aware of the strange phenomenon in the sky above the sect today. They had also sent inner disciples to inform them of the details immediately.

"How is this person?"

"It doesn't look special."

"Nothing special?" The young man sitting in the middle shook his head: "If there's nothing special, how could he have gotten 203 points?"

“Senior Brother Zhu, even if Lin Chen scores high in the assessment, it has nothing to do with us. He’s not even a Xiantian martial artist.”

The three people present had all entered the Innate Realm several years ago.

"Nothing will happen on ordinary days, but don't forget that the Canglan Secret Realm will open in six months."

"The Canglan Secret Realm will open in six months. Lin Chen will only have broken through to the Innate Realm at most. He probably won't get a spot in the Canglan Secret Realm."

"If you miss this opportunity, you'll have to wait another five years. If you were Elder Du, would you try to persuade the sect to give Lin Chen a spot?"

Upon hearing Zhu Tao's words, the other two also became serious. If they were Elder Du, they would definitely try to secure a spot for Lin Chen from the sect.

"But will the sect leader agree?"

"With a total score exceeding two hundred and a perfect score in the potential assessment, if I were the sect leader, I would definitely agree."

Zhu Tao's eyes gleamed. Even among his personal disciples, there were differences in strength, but for the sect leader, what he valued most was probably not their current strength, but their potential.

Most direct disciples spend their entire lives at the third or fourth level of the Innate Realm, with only a few reaching the fifth level.

The sect leader wouldn't care too much about the temporary difference in strength.

On the contrary, disciples like Lin Chen, whose potential is at its peak, will definitely be treated differently by the sect leader, who will provide them with preferential treatment within the sect.

"Then what should we do?"

"Wait."

"wait?"

"Someone else was even more anxious and relayed the news that Lin Chen had already checked in to Junior Brother Fang."

Upon hearing Zhu Tao's words, the other two young men also smiled, understanding the meaning behind Zhu's words.

The one who should be most anxious right now is Junior Brother Fang.

Junior Brother Fang became a personal disciple a year earlier than Lin Chen, so he probably already had his eye on the Canglan Secret Realm's spots. However, the number of spots available for entry into the Canglan Secret Realm is always a fixed ten each time it opens.

If the sect gives Lin Chen a spot, it will inevitably take away one spot, and Junior Brother Fang is the most likely to be taken away.

It's because Junior Brother Fang became a personal disciple late, and he still hasn't broken through to the Innate Realm.

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"Lin Chen has already checked in?"

Fang Ming listened to the report from an inner disciple with a glint in his eyes. He didn't know that the sect leader had already given Lin Chen a spot in the Canglan Secret Realm, but like Zhu Tao, he could imagine how much the sect valued Lin Chen.

"As the senior brother, it's only natural to pay a visit when a new junior brother arrives."

Fang Ming smiled and said to the inner disciple who had reported the news, "Lead the way to Junior Brother Lin."

Just as the inner disciple turned to walk out of the courtyard gate, Fang Ming suddenly stopped, frowned, and said, "You may leave now, I will call you later."

"Yes."

Although the inner disciple who had informed the others did not know why Senior Brother Fang had suddenly stopped, he had no choice but to leave the courtyard upon hearing this. However, he did not leave the living area of ​​the direct disciples, but instead headed towards another separate courtyard.

"Someone from Wudao Mountain is actually challenging me at this time. I'd like to see which unlucky guy it is."

Fang Ming's ranking on Martial Dao Mountain is not high, not because his strength only allows him to rank so high, but because he has been busy breaking through to the Innate Realm and has not focused his mind on the challenges on Martial Dao Mountain.

Otherwise, with his ability, his ranking could have improved by at least several thousand places.

(End of this chapter)