Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 441 Everyone has their own plans
Eight Desolate City.

As soon as Ye Feiran spoke, the martial artists in the city below erupted in uproar.

Many people knew that the assassins from the Yama Palace had attempted to kill Lin Chen, a disciple of the Canglan Sect, because the Canglan Sect had issued a bounty throughout the Yan Dynasty.

Because of the rivalry between the Eight Desolations Sect and the Canglan Sect, the bounty offered by the Canglan Sect was not widely publicized in the Eight Desolations Domain. However, many martial artists from other domains in the Eight Desolations City were aware of the matter.

They just didn't expect that the mastermind behind the Yama Palace was actually the Eight Desolations Sect.

However, upon further reflection, it is indeed true that only the Eight Desolations Sect would have the motive to hire the Yama Palace to assassinate Lin Chen, and only if the Eight Desolations Sect was the mastermind would the Yama Palace dare to accept this job.

But what about the Blood Moon Sect?
Did the Eight Desolations Sect and the Blood Moon Sect jointly assassinate Lin Chen?

"Ye Feiran, do you have any evidence to support your claim?"

Song Jin's old eyes flashed coldly; he didn't believe Ye Feiran could find evidence.

The Eight Desolations Sect and the Canglan Sect are enemies, so killing the other's disciple is nothing, but involving the Yama Palace and the Blood Moon Sect, and only targeting a junior from the Canglan Sect, will damage the reputation of the Eight Desolations Sect if this matter gets out.

To outsiders, it seemed that the Eight Desolations Sect felt their young disciple was no match for Lin Chen and believed that once Lin Chen grew up, he would become a major threat to the sect, hence their ruthless efforts to eliminate him.

This is indeed the case, but there is no evidence. Even if there are people discussing it, it will only be in private. But now that Ye Feiran has brought it out into the open, it will be discussed openly by martial artists from all regions.

"I don't need evidence."

Ye Feiran's expression remained unchanged as he looked at Song Jin: "I came here only to tell you, Eight Desolate Sect, that if Lin Chen is assassinated, I will return to the Eight Desolate Domain and slaughter every single one of your young disciples."

"you dare!"

Song Jin's expression changed drastically, and he released his aura. The two myriad auras collided in the void, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be torn apart, creating a chasm.

Do you think I dare?

Standing behind his own Supreme Elder, Lin Chen finally understood why the Supreme Elder had brought him to the Eight Desolations Sect!

Establish authority and draw the line!
The Supreme Elder personally came to tell the Eight Desolate Sect that if they dared to assassinate him again, the younger generation of disciples of the Eight Desolate Sect would cease to exist.

He didn't fully understand just how strong the Myriad Manifestations Realm was, but he believed that the Supreme Elder dared to say such things in front of so many martial artists from the Eight Desolate Cities below because he had the confidence to do so.

Song Jin narrowed his old eyes slightly. There was another reason why the martial artists of the Myriad Manifestations Realm in the two sects did not easily take action: it was too difficult to kill a Myriad Manifestations Realm expert.

Unless one side fights to the death and refuses to retreat, it is impossible to stop a Myriad Manifestations Realm expert from leaving unless a trap has been set up in advance.

If Ye Feiran really disregards everything and goes to the Eight Desolate Domain to kill the younger generation of disciples of the Eight Desolate Sect, unless these disciples stay in the sect and do not go out, it will not be enough. Many disciples in the Eight Desolate Domain were geniuses in the major dynasties of the Eight Desolate Domain before they joined the sect. If Ye Feiran takes action against these geniuses, it will be equivalent to causing the Eight Desolate Sect to suffer from a lack of successors and a break in the generational gap.

The result would be that several powerful experts from the Eight Desolations Sect at the Myriad Manifestations Realm would also invade the Canglan Domain to kill the disciples of the Canglan Sect, a result that neither side could accept.

Although the two sects are still at war, their foundations have not been shaken. The warriors sent are mostly from the affiliated dynasties and subordinate sects of the domain. The sect itself has sent some stewards and outer disciples. The disciples with real potential have not gone to the battlefield.

"Lin Chen, let's go."

Without waiting for Song Jin's reply, Ye Feiran turned around and left with Lin Chen.

The blue clouds drifted into the distance, but Song Jin did not stop them. She simply glanced down at the Eight Desolations City below before disappearing from everyone's sight.

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“Senior brother, if the two of us had joined forces just now, we might have been able to stop Ye Feiran. The junior accompanying Ye Feiran should be Lin Chen. With Lin Chen there, Ye Feiran would have been seriously injured even if he wanted to leave.”

Deep within the mountains outside the Eight Desolations City, another aged voice echoed.

"Ye Feiran was known for his cunning back then. How could he have come here unprepared if he dared to bring Lin Chen with him?"

Song Jin shook his head, then continued, "Even if Ye Feiran is just playing tricks to make us wary, now is not the time for a battle at the Myriad Manifestations Realm. Our plan cannot be disrupted. Isn't Ye Feiran's arrival a result of our plan's success?"

“Junior brother, I understand. Ye Feiran probably never imagined that the reason he went to such lengths to assassinate Lin Chen was to make them make the wrong judgment.”

A hint of disdain flashed in Song Jin's old eyes: "He's just a little guy at the second level of the Innate Realm. Even if he's given another ten or twenty years, how far can he grow?" As a powerful expert at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, how could Song Jin care about a little guy who had only recently entered the Innate Realm?

But the real reason for assassinating Lin Chen was to make Ye Feiran and his fellow disciples make the wrong judgment.

Lin Chen's threat was to assassinate Lin Chen fifty years later, which would make Ye Feiran believe that their Eight Desolations Sect did not want to fight the Canglan Sect to the end, but just like in the past, every few hundred years, the two sects would fight a battle, which would last for a few years, and the battle would end when the two sides reached a stalemate.

Otherwise, if it were a battle to the death, until one side was wiped out, why would we care about a young disciple? No matter how talented Lin Chen is, could he really reach the Myriad Manifestations Realm in just ten years?

"Let Ye Feiran be arrogant for a while longer. After this battle, the name of Canglan Sect will no longer exist in the Yanhuang Dynasty."

"As for Lin Chen, tell Ling Xuan that there's no need to target him anymore."

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"What a powerful sect the Eight Desolations Sect is! It seems my previous judgment may have been wrong."

On the blue clouds, Ye Feiran's expression was very solemn. He had come to Bahuang City alone with Lin Chen, risking his life and even making a move in Bahuang City. Given Song Jin's personality, even if he didn't want to confront him directly, he wouldn't let him leave so easily.

His easy departure, without any action from the Eight Desolations Sect, would be a blow to the sect's reputation and the morale of the warriors on the front lines.

In a battle between two sides, morale is very important.

Unless Song Jin harbors a greater ambition, the benefits of which far outweigh morale and reputation.

Could it be that the Eight Desolate Sect, as he and his junior brother had previously discussed, intended to apply for the Battle Sect Token by sacrificing a million martial artists, while simultaneously waiting to see how their senior brother fared before deciding whether to use the Battle Sect Token?

But now it seems things aren't that simple.

Yama's Palace, Blood Moon Sect, Eight Desolations Sect...

Ye Feiran had a thoughtful look on his face. Lin Chen, who was standing to the side, could tell from his elder’s expression that the elder was thinking about something, so he stood quietly to the side without disturbing him.

After a long time, the blue clouds left the territory of the Eight Desolate Regions.

"Lin Chen, you will be leaving on your own to go to the East China Sea. I have other matters to attend to."

Ye Feiran suddenly spoke, and Lin Chen was taken aback. The Supreme Elder was not going to send him to the East Sea Region?

This means that the Supreme Elder has discovered some kind of conspiracy within the Eight Desolations Sect.

"I believe the Eight Desolations Sect will not target you again. Furthermore, I will teach you a technique to change your appearance."

Ye Feiran tossed over a jade slip, which Lin Chen caught and channeled his divine sense into it.

"Thank you, elder."

The jade slip contains a technique called "Canglan Illusionary Form Technique," which can alter one's physical appearance, making it extremely difficult for anyone other than a close friend to recognize them.

"You should try practicing it first."

"Yes."

In front of the Supreme Elder, Lin Chen began to circulate the "Azure Illusion Technique". The next moment, his bones cracked and popped. The first thing that changed was his height. He was half a head shorter than before. In addition, his body became much fatter. Moreover, his skin color also turned noticeably darker.

But that wasn't the biggest change. The biggest change was that his facial features began to change slowly, and in the end, he became a young man in his thirties.

Seeing Lin Chen's transformation, Ye Feiran was also satisfied. The Canglan Illusion Technique was not a particularly profound technique, nor was it difficult to cultivate. However, to be able to fully master it on the first try, even though Lin Chen had cultivated the Canglan Heart and thus received a boost to all Canglan Sect techniques, still demonstrated his high level of comprehension.

One day later.

Lin Chen bid farewell to Ye Feiran and embarked on his journey back to the East China Sea alone.

(End of this chapter)