Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 388 Rational Giving Up or Taking a Gamble?
Wudao Mountain achieved a winning streak of 100,000 matches.

This is a record that Wudao Mountain has never set before.

There are several people on the Wudao Mountain with consecutive wins, but none of them have ever reached 100,000 matches.

Most would choose to challenge those who are ranked higher.

That is why, when Martial Arts Mountain announced that Lin Chen, a disciple of the Canglan Sect, had started a winning streak of 100,000 matches, all the disciples under the age of 20 from all the super sects in the Yan Dynasty were in an uproar.

Star Luo Sect.

"A winning streak of 100,000 matches is something that Wudao Mountain has never been able to achieve. If Lin Chen were to achieve it, I'm afraid we would all be overwhelmed by his brilliance."

“From now on, when others mention Lin Chen, those of us from the same year will become the object of their ridicule.”

Both being under twenty years old, they will inevitably be compared when traveling in the Yan Dynasty. As geniuses, none of them want to become someone else's background.

"In three days, the 100,000-game winning streak will begin, and we must take down Lin Chen."

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Tianyang Palace.

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Hidden Knife Peak.

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Such dialogues take place within many super sects.

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Guixu Sword Tomb.

A young man sits atop a domed mountain peak, with a solitary peak beside him that resembles a sword drawn from its sheath, its sharpness fully revealed.

"Junior Brother Pei, I've heard that Lin Chen is from the same place as you?"

A figure landed on the dome peak. Pei Qingming looked at the young man in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly, but he still nodded and said, "That's right."

five days ago.

Pei Qingming finally arrived at the Guixu Sword Tomb, but became a disciple of the Sword Tomb because of his swordsmanship.

However, due to his age, even with his flawless swordsmanship, he was only an ordinary inner disciple of the Sword Tomb, while the person in front of him was a personal disciple of an elder of the sect.

At the Guixu Sword Tomb, fellow disciples are not divided by age or by the time they joined the sect; they are divided solely by strength.

After entering the Guixu Sword Tomb, Pei Qingming revealed his origins. Because of his flawless sword will, the sect elders also inquired whether there were other people with sword will on his island, including other geniuses.

When asked by the sect elders, Pei Qingming didn't know if there were any other geniuses in the Nine Kingdoms who had comprehended the sword dao will, but when it came to genius disciples, he naturally mentioned his junior brother Lin Chen.

But what does this senior brother mean by mentioning Junior Brother Lin?
Along the way to the Guixu Sword Tomb, Pei Qingming also gained an understanding of the territory of the Yan Dynasty. There are three domains between the Guixu Sword Domain and the Canglan Domain. Why would this senior brother suddenly ask about Junior Brother Lin?
"Lin Chen has achieved a winning streak of over 99,900 matches at Martial Dao Mountain and is currently embarking on a challenge to achieve a winning streak of 100,000 matches. All the super sects in the entire Yan Dynasty and all innate martial artists under the age of 20 will try to stop Lin Chen."

Upon hearing this, Pei Qingming suddenly realized what was going on, but a smile immediately appeared on his face.

As expected of Junior Brother Lin, even after arriving in the Yan Dynasty, he can still stir up trouble.

Pei Qingming knew that the Yan Dynasty also had a Martial Dao Mountain, but due to his age, he was no longer able to enter it. However, this did not prevent him from learning that the top 100 in the Martial Dao Mountain were all geniuses from various sects. The difficulty of Junior Brother Lin maintaining such a winning streak was unimaginable.

Even if he didn't know about Martial Arts Mountain, the fact that this senior brother came to find him in person speaks volumes.

"If someone were to achieve a 100,000-win streak, it would be a disgrace to the geniuses of the same generation at Martial Arts Mountain. However, we at Guixu Sword Tomb do not care about such empty titles. In fact, there are very few disciples of Guixu Sword Tomb on Martial Arts Mountain."

The young man spoke calmly, but Pei Qingming didn't quite understand what he meant.

“But no one wants to be someone else’s background. If you, Junior Brother Pei, have a good relationship with Lin Chen, I can skip this ambush to give you face.”

Pei Qingming looked at Senior Brother Zhao in front of him. He was only nineteen and a half years old and had already entered the Innate Realm two years ago.

He understood what Senior Brother Zhao meant.

But after only a moment's hesitation, Pei Qingming shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Zhao, there's no need to give me face."

"What, you think Lin Chen is stronger than me?"

Upon hearing Pei Qingming's reply, Zhao Feng frowned and his expression turned cold.

The reason he was willing to give Pei Qingming this face was that although Pei Qingming was older, he had comprehended the flawless sword will and was also under the same master as him. In addition, the disciples of Guixu Sword Tomb did not care about the ranking on Martial Dao Mountain, otherwise he would not still be ranked on Martial Dao Mountain.

Out of consideration for their shared school, he could give Pei Qingming face and not target his fellow villager.

"Senior Brother Zhao has misunderstood."

Pei Qingming shook his head and explained, "I know Lin Chen. Since he wants to win consecutive victories at Martial Dao Mountain and start a challenge, he wants to fight against all the geniuses under the age of twenty in the entire Yan Dynasty."

"Alright, then I'll go see just how capable your fellow villager really is."

Zhao Feng left with a cold face, but Pei Qingming smiled and had confidence in his junior brother Lin.

Since the beginning of the Southern Circuit of Daliang, Junior Brother Lin has been creating miracles, and this time is no exception.

Perhaps I should speed up my cultivation so that when we meet again, I won't fall too far behind Junior Brother Lin.

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At this moment, Lin Chen, who was being thought of by Pei Qingming, also showed surprise on his face when he heard his master's words.

The challenge of achieving a 100,000-win streak was so successful that Martial Arts Mountain notified all sects.

However, this only leaves him with no way out. If he hadn't been notified, the major sects would still have known about his successful challenge. But now, with everyone watching, if he failed, he would be ridiculed by many.

It's nothing more than saying he overestimated himself, and he can handle these taunts.

"It's not just about a 100,000-win streak. In the past, if someone was ten wins away from reaching the top of the winning streak, Martial Dao Mountain would also notify all sects. But now that there are only ten wins left, even if other sects are dissatisfied, there's nothing they can do."

Seeing that his junior brother didn't seem to care much, Chai Daoqi explained the difference: "You need to know that a Xiantian Realm martial artist has one chance to directly challenge the nearest Xiantian martial artist in Martial Dao Mountain. You haven't entered the top thirty yet, which means that many Xiantian martial artists can directly challenge you as soon as they enter Martial Dao Mountain."

"Third Senior Brother, aren't all the Innate Martial Artists in the top thirty?"

"not like this."

Liang Hanyang shook his head: "Junior brother, there are quite a few innate martial artists under the age of twenty who did not appear on Martial Dao Mountain for their own reasons. For example, the innate martial artists of Guixu Sword Tomb are not interested in the ranking of Martial Dao Mountain."

"These geniuses who don't enter the Martial Arts Mountain are not necessarily weaker than the top thirty; in fact, many of them are even stronger."

"The reason why Wudao Mountain sealed you for three days is to give these people an opportunity. As long as they are willing, they can enter Wudao Mountain and challenge you."

In three days, those who need to know the news and those who have ideas will make preparations.

"Second Senior Brother, since these people don't care about the rankings of Martial Arts Mountain..." Lin Chen stopped abruptly halfway through his question. He understood what his second senior brother meant. Not caring about the rankings of Martial Arts Mountain was one thing, but if someone could achieve a 100,000-win streak in Martial Arts Mountain, some martial artists who didn't know the inside story would think that they were the number one martial artist under the age of twenty in this year.

How could these geniuses possibly tolerate it?
"I understand."

Lin Chen's expression also turned serious. This time, he would face the obstruction of all innate martial artists under the age of twenty in the entire Yan Dynasty.

There were top thirty innate martial artists guarding the front, and other innate martial artists eyeing the rear.

To achieve a 100,000-win streak, his opponents are not just thirty innate martial artists.

"Afraid?"

Du Xiaofeng's voice came out, and Lin Chen shook his head after hearing his master's words. Then a smile appeared on his face: "It's not that I'm afraid, but I think it's more exciting this way."

Du Xiaofeng looked at his disciple intently for a long while and then said, "You only have three days. Although the sect has pills to help you improve your strength, these kinds of pills that only improve strength in a short time will affect your future path in martial arts."

"Oh no, really? The sect isn't offering any help at all?"

Upon hearing his master's words, Chai Daoqi couldn't help but speak first. He said that Junior Brother Lin was in this situation all for the sake of bringing glory to the sect, and the sect should at least provide assistance.

"You can't borrow external objects on Martial Mountain. Even if you give Lin Chen some spiritual weapons, he can't bring them in. There are pills to improve strength, but they are long-term. If you want to improve your strength in just three days, they are all forbidden drugs."

Du Xiaofeng was also somewhat helpless. Wudaoshan's announcement caught the sect leader and him off guard.

The original plan arranged by the sect leader was for Lin Chen to break into the top thirty, then wait for the Canglan Secret Realm to open, and then complete the final winning streak to reach the top after coming out of the Canglan Secret Realm.

But now, three days from now, I'm afraid many innate martial artists under the age of twenty will emerge and start challenging Lin Chen.

"The only way is to wait until three days later, and then Lin Chen will challenge the 30th ranked opponent. After defeating the opponent, they will swap rankings. In this way, those innate martial artists who have never entered the Martial Dao Mountain will not be able to challenge Lin Chen. However, this means that they will have to fight with different rankings, and they will not be able to achieve a 100,000-game winning streak."

"I think this is acceptable. Although it's not a 100,000-game winning streak, a 99,900-game winning streak to reach the top is still a record."

In Chai Daoqi's view, losing a few more winning streaks is nothing.

“Third Junior Brother is right. Losing a few more wins won’t have much of an impact on Junior Brother Lin.” Liang Hanyang rarely agreed with his third junior brother.

The Yan Dynasty is vast and teems with geniuses. Among those geniuses who haven't entered the Martial Dao Mountain, there are bound to be some who are extremely terrifying.

Entering the top 30 eliminates the opportunity for these people to challenge you, and the best way is to wait for the Canglan Secret Realm to open to steadily improve your strength.

"Lin Chen, whatever you choose, don't worry about the sect, just follow your own heart."

Du Xiaofeng looked at Lin Chen, not putting pressure on his disciple, but letting him make the decision himself.

Lin Chen pondered for a full dozen breaths this time. Reason told him that giving up the 100,000-win streak was the safest option. His initial challenge at Martial Arts Mountain was not for the final 100,000-win streak, but for the reward of the "Martial Arts Everlasting Victory" title.

give up?

Let's take a gamble.

After a long pause, Lin Chen made a decision: "Master, I would like to ask if the sect can provide me with a kind of innate fire?"

Du Xiaofeng's old eyes gleamed, and he immediately understood Lin Chen's meaning: "You want the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique to break through again?"

The extent to which one can cultivate the Boundless Divine Appearance Technique depends on the number of innate fires one can absorb.

"Well, if the sect can provide the innate fire, I would like to give it a try. If I fail, I will give up the challenge of a 100,000-win streak."

"The sect can provide it for you."

Before Du Xiaofeng could answer, Sect Master Ji Cangtian's voice rang out in the courtyard.

The next moment, Ji Cangtian appeared in the courtyard.

"I've met the sect leader."

"Furthermore, I have another piece of news to tell you: Qiao Yuan has become Elder Zhao's disciple, and Elder Zhao has exchanged a Primordial Pill for him."

"Qiao Yuan is exchanging for Innate Pills?"

Lin Chen didn't quite understand the meaning behind the sect leader's words.

He knew the effects of the Innate Pill; it allowed martial artists who had already absorbed enough of the five elements' energy to step into the Innate Realm.

With Qiao Yuan's strength, he shouldn't need a Primordial Pill to break through to the Innate Realm.

The Innate Pill is primarily intended for disciples who have failed to break through to the Innate Realm and are now burdened by negative experiences or even inner demons.

"After taking the Innate Pill, Qiao Yuan can enter the Innate Realm within two days, and Qiao Yuan's ranking on Martial Dao Mountain is below yours."

Ji Cangtian provided the answer.

Lin Chen was taken aback. Qiao Yuan was ranked thirty-ninth, and he had just defeated him not long ago.

After Qiao Yuan took the Innate Pill and entered the Innate Realm...

He wanted to stop the challenges from those innate martial artists who had never entered the Martial Dao Mountain.

The rule of Wudao Mountain is that innate martial artists can only challenge the innate martial artist who is closest to them in ranking.

Qiao Yuan was ranked thirty-ninth when he entered the Innate Realm, while I was ranked thirty-sixth. Those Innate Realm martial artists who had never entered the Martial Dao Mountain would have to challenge Qiao Yuan first if they wanted to challenge me.

"Sect Master, Senior Brother Qiao..."

"It wasn't the sect that found Qiao Yuan, but Qiao Yuan himself who went to Elder Zhao and made this request to Elder Zhao."

Ji Cangtian also had a look of emotion on his face. When Qiao Yuan approached Elder Zhao and Elder Zhao told him about Qiao Yuan's decision, he was somewhat moved.

In the courtyard, Du Xiaofeng, Liang Hanyang, and Chai Daoqi, the three masters and disciples, all had expressions of emotion on their faces.

Qiao Yuan chose to break through to the Innate Realm entirely for Lin Chen's sake.

"If I remember correctly, Qiao Yuan is the last descendant of a sect, right?"

Du Xiaofeng had also been interested in Qiao Yuan, so he naturally looked into Qiao Yuan's background.

Qiao Yuan was born in the Canglan Domain. His father was just an inner disciple of the Canglan Domain and had not yet stepped into the Xiantian realm. He died while carrying out a sect mission. According to the sect rules, if a disciple dies while carrying out a sect mission, his direct descendants will receive the sect's protection.

When Qiao Yuan was six years old, he was already living in the Canglan Sect.

"Can I see Senior Brother Qiao?"

"can."

Ji Cangtian nodded in agreement: "Go to the Canglan Main Hall. Qiao Yuan is waiting for you there. The innate fire you want is also in the main hall."

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(End of this chapter)