Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 401 The Dilemma of Daliang

The transformation of his soul caused his innate power to surge, a pleasant surprise that Lin Chen had not expected.

However, that's not all the surprises.

The transformation of his soul not only made his perception of everything around him clearer, but also made his reactions faster.

The Heavenly Evolution Myriad Phenomena Annihilation Palm, which he had previously deduced in the Martial Evolution Mirror, gained even more insights at this moment.

This palm technique, which he created himself, is different from the Canglan Technique and Canglan Finger. As his spiritual power increases, it is also constantly being improved.

The spirit affects not only perception and martial will, but also reaction speed and deductive reasoning.

Lin Chen slowly raised his hands, concentrating all his attention on them.

With a gentle slap of his right palm, the trajectory of the Heavenly Evolution Myriad Phenomena Annihilation Palm slowly emerged, with a gray line appearing and disappearing in the center of his palm.

Snapped!
Clap it with one palm.

A small collapse and annihilation occurred in the space ahead.

What kind of energy is this?
The gray energy slowly dissipated the moment he struck out with his palm, and the few remaining wisps quickly disappeared into his palm.

Lin Chen's eyes gleamed. This was neither Canglan energy nor innate power, but an extremely strange and profound energy that could annihilate all things.

However, when Lin Chen tried again, no gray energy appeared.

"strangeness."

After staring at his palm for a long time and finding nothing, Lin Chen gave up for the time being.

At this moment, his points on Martial Arts Mountain were completely exhausted.

With a thought, Lin Chen withdrew from Martial Arts Mountain.

In the courtyard, Ji Cangtian and Du Xiaofeng were still there. When they saw Lin Chen appear, they immediately looked over.

"It seems like we've had quite a good harvest."

Ji Cangtian and Du Xiaofeng smiled after just glancing at Lin Chen's condition.

With their keen eyesight, even though Lin Chen didn't project his aura outwards, the increased power brought about by his growing strength still couldn't escape their perception.

"Sect Master, Master, the innate power within my body has increased threefold, and my soul has also undergone a transformation."

Facing the two of them, Lin Chen did not hide anything and recounted his experiences on Wudao Mountain.

What Lin Chen didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, his master's expression became very solemn.

"Elder Du, there's no need to worry. Lin Chen is taking a different path."

Ji Cangtian knew what Du Xiaofeng was worried about. No one's soul could be a star map, and Du Xiaofeng was worried that something had gone wrong with Lin Chen's soul.

In the martial arts world of the Yan Dynasty, there were some geniuses whose souls were different from ordinary martial artists. These geniuses had extremely strong souls, but they only realized later in their cultivation that they had gone down the wrong path and were ultimately stuck at the Innate Realm.

Some geniuses even went so far as to undergo uncontrollable spiritual mutations and become completely possessed by demons.

However, Ji Cangtian knew very well that Lin Chen's soul had undergone such a change because of the Canglan Technique.

He originally thought that Lin Chen's soul would only undergo such a change after he entered the second stage of the Innate Realm, but he did not expect that he could transform his soul into a star map at the first stage of the Innate Realm.

"I understand."

Upon hearing the sect leader's words, Du Xiaofeng realized that the changes in his disciple's soul must be related to the place the sect leader had taken him to.

"Do not speak of your soul transforming into a star map to others, lest it attract their attention."

Ji Cangtian reminded Lin Chen, and Lin Chen nodded in agreement.

"For the next few days, stay in the sect and cultivate diligently. As for sect missions, you can participate after the Martial Dao Mountain challenge."

"Sect mission?"

Lin Chen was somewhat puzzled. Weren't sect missions supposed to be chosen by the disciples themselves?

Those who need contribution points should perform sect missions; those who don't need contribution points don't need to.

"Every disciple must complete a sect mission after joining the sect, even the personal disciples are no exception. Normally, this begins three months after joining the sect..."

Seeing the puzzled look in his disciple's eyes, Du Xiaofeng smiled and explained.

"I see."

Lin Chen suddenly realized that there was nothing wrong with the arrangement.

"Elder Du, I will take my leave now."

Ji Cangtian did not stay in the courtyard any longer; he was very satisfied with Lin Chen's growth at Wudao Mountain this time.

Watching the sect leader leave, Lin Chen asked curiously, "Master, what kind of task did the sect assign us?"

“You are a direct disciple, and your mission is different from that of outer and inner disciples. Normally, the first mission of a direct disciple is to patrol the border of my Canglan Domain. However, your situation is special, and the sect leader will definitely not let you go to the border of Canglan Domain. You should be assigned a relatively easy mission.”

Du Xiaofeng stroked his beard and smiled. Even among his personally taught disciples, there are differences. His own disciple was one of the most promising among them.

"Either go to a dynasty under the Canglan Domain to be responsible for transporting martial arts resources to the sect, or go to a place rich in medicinal herbs or innate energy mines to be stationed for six months."

"If possible, this disciple would still prefer to go to a certain place to take charge."

After pondering for a while, Lin Chen made his choice. Canglan Domain was the stronghold of Canglan Sect. Those mines containing innate energy were guarded by powerful individuals, and no one dared to compete for these mines in Canglan Domain. His going there was more like changing his cultivation location.

Escorting martial arts resources back to the sect requires continuous travel without stopping, which would actually delay cultivation time.

"Yes, I will arrange it for you."

Du Xiaofeng nodded. Generally, there's no choice among personal disciples, but his own disciples are an exception.

…… ……

After bidding farewell to his master, Lin Chen returned to his residence.

Although he had gained sufficient understanding of his own cultivation technique with the help of Wu Yanjing, this did not mean there was no room for improvement.

Especially in the area of ​​soul manipulation, there is still room for exploration in the Thousand Machines Refining God Technique.

He decided to focus all his attention on his soul before entering the martial arts mountain for the challenge.

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Cultivation knows no time; a month passed peacefully.

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An island in the East China Sea.

beam.

Inside the imperial court, Kong Qifeng was discussing a list with the two prime ministers.

Since the establishment of the Martial Arts Alliance, the eight countries have also begun to make contact with other islands and have learned a lot about martial arts above the first rank.

Several countries have already begun sending warriors to other islands and the East Sea.

The same was true for Daliang, who began gathering information from outside the island.

"There are currently three options. One is the Green Mountain Sect in the East Sea Region. The Green Mountain Sect has two Innate Realm experts who occupy a city in the East Sea Region. Anyone under the age of thirty who has reached the middle rank can join."

The Left Prime Minister informed the two of the information he had gathered: "Besides the Green Mountain Sect, there are several other sects on Nine Mountain Island that are also recruiting disciples, but their requirements are even higher..."

Kong Qifeng looked at the records about the major sects in his hand, a thoughtful expression on his face. The Right Prime Minister next to him asked, "What about the East Sea Divine Palace in the East Sea Region?"

"Forget about it. The East Sea Divine Palace has extremely high requirements for recruiting disciples. They need to reach the middle-grade martial artist level before the age of twenty. No one in our entire Great Liang has reached that level yet."

"It's not impossible. If given enough martial arts resources, a few of these kids could achieve that. But if we force them to improve their cultivation level like this, even if they go to the East Sea Divine Palace, they'll only be outer disciples."

Kong Qifeng shook his head. The East Sea Divine Palace was the number one sect in the East Sea region, ruling over the entire East Sea region, including their islands. It was a true behemoth.

If possible, they would also like to have a genius from within the country join the East Sea Divine Palace.

However, the requirements for accepting disciples at the East Sea Divine Palace are too high. Very few people in the entire Liang Dynasty can meet the requirements, and even those few who do meet the requirements will not be valued when they go to the East Sea Divine Palace.

"It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Too much of a difference will also affect these little guys."

In the Great Liang, the only ones under the age of twenty who can reach the middle rank are Xiao Yaojin, Fang Zhan, and a few other youngsters. They still have a year before they turn twenty. If the Great Liang is willing to exchange some martial arts pills with the outside world, these people can enter the seventh rank.

However, these youngsters are top-notch in Daliang in terms of both background and martial arts cultivation progress. Sending them to the East Sea Divine Palace to become an unimportant outer disciple would likely be too much for them to handle, and would ultimately affect their cultivation state of mind.

"Not everyone is Lin Chen."

Kong Qifeng's exclamation resonated deeply with both the Left and Right Prime Ministers.

People like Lin Chen, who came from humble beginnings and were able to rise against all odds, are few and far between. He could even be considered the first person to achieve this since the beginning of martial arts cultivation in the Nine Kingdoms.

"Then should we agree to the Green Mountain Sect's conditions?"

The Left Prime Minister inquired, "It is true that the Green Mountain Sect recruits mid-level martial artists under the age of thirty, but it is not guaranteed that anyone under the age of thirty who reaches the mid-level will be able to join the Green Mountain Sect."

The condition offered by the Green Mountain Sect to Daliang was that each disciple must bring a strand of innate energy, which is the so-called entry fee.

This is the reason why Kong Qifeng and the other two have been hesitant.

Daliang has places containing innate energy, and because of the Canglan Sect, other forces dare not make a move.

These three places, containing innate energy, are the only capital that the Great Liang uses to exchange martial arts resources with the outside world. As for elixirs and medicinal herbs, they are not very attractive to martial artists outside the island.

On the contrary, the Great Liang needs better martial arts pills from the outside world, and these all require exchanging innate energy.

The outside world uses Flame Coins, and in the vast Daliang, only the Canglan Sect official who brought Lin Chen here gave him 1,000 Flame Coins.

A thousand Flame Coins would be a huge fortune for a martial artist, but for the entire Great Liang, it would be nothing more than a drop in the ocean. The Great Liang had far too many uses for Flame Coins.

“We can produce three streams of innate energy each year. We have already collected the three streams of innate energy for this year. We will send them to the Green Mountain Sect first.”

Kong Qifeng offered his suggestion, and a hint of hesitation appeared in the eyes of the two prime ministers. In their view, the best solution was to start training a new generation of martial artists again.

After communicating with the outside world, Da Liang also learned how martial artists were trained there. They were trained from a very young age. Da Liang could use his innate energy to buy these kinds of pills and start training four- or five-year-old children...

In a dozen years or so, these children will definitely be able to enter the middle level, so they won't need to rely on innate energy to exchange for a spot in the sect.

The two had also made this suggestion, but it was rejected by Kong Qifeng.

In Kong Qifeng's view, this would mean abandoning the current generation of martial artists and sacrificing their future.

As the Minister of Military Affairs, he couldn't bear to see these young fellows waste their lives in Daliang.

"Let's send them to three people first, and then decide next year based on the results."

Kong Qifeng's eyes held a hint of pleading, and the two prime ministers finally nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll contact the steward of the Green Mountain Sect."

A steward from the Green Mountain Sect resides in the capital of the Great Liang Kingdom, awaiting a response from Great Liang.

Just as the Left Chancellor got up to leave the hall, a voice suddenly came from above.

"Hahaha, congratulations, Daliang! Congratulations, Daliang!"

(End of this chapter)