Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 445 A Favor Must Be Repaid
The bedroom in the backyard of the restaurant.

After closing the door, Lin Chen took out the dark red Dragon Blood Bodhi.

Ordinary Bodhi trees produce only a little bit of red in their fruit, like the tip of a peach. But Dragon Blood Bodhi fruits are an alluring red, making one's mouth water just by looking at them.

The fruit was warm to the touch, and its interior seemed to be flowing with the vitality of magma. After sitting cross-legged, Lin Chen swallowed the fruit without hesitation.

The moment the skin of the Bodhi fruit broke open upon entering the mouth, a torrent of scorching heat flowed into the throat, surging wildly along the meridians, causing the muscles and bones to emit subtle popping sounds.

Lin Chen groaned, feeling a sense of fullness from overeating. He immediately activated the "Canglan Technique," transforming the innate power within his dantian into a vortex, forcibly guiding this violent energy into his blood vessels.

Soon, his skin developed reddish lines, and streams of blood and energy rose from his pores, filling the entire room with this rich aura of blood and energy.

The entire absorption process lasted for more than an hour. When it was completely dark and everything was quiet, the energy of the Dragon Blood Bodhi was completely absorbed, transforming into pure blood and qi to nourish the internal organs and continuously cleanse and expand the meridians.

As the last wisp of energy completely merged into his bloodline, Lin Chen opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air. His eyes shone brightly like lightning, and his blood and qi surged like a mighty river with every move he made.

As expected of a divine object that is said to increase qi and blood, the effects of this Bodhi fruit are truly amazing.

Lin Chen's face showed joy. Without even looking at the panel, he could feel that his blood and qi had improved significantly. What pleased Lin Chen the most was that the slight, negligible discomfort in the three acupoints in his body that stored the innate fire had disappeared.

The Inexhaustible Divine Appearance Technique refines innate fire, and this innate fire energy is hidden in the acupoints. Although he has refined and tamed this innate fire, it will not harm his body.

However, the inherent characteristics of innate fire can affect the bones and blood in the acupoints. The reason why most people need to reach the innate realm to refine innate fire is that they can use innate power to envelop the innate fire and prevent it from harming their bodies.

This will not cause harm, but only relatively speaking, not to the point of being harmless. Lin Chen had a clear record in the jade slip given to him by Elder Zhuang that the innate fire stored in the body will consume the body's qi and blood, but only a very small amount.

For martial artists under the age of fifty, once they reach the Innate Realm, their Qi and blood will continue to increase, which can offset the loss. Only after the age of seventy, if they fail to break through to the third Innate Realm, will their Qi and blood be lost more rapidly.

However, the jade slip Elder Zhuang gave him said that one can absorb one innate fire at the first level of the Innate Realm and two innate fires at the second level of the Innate Realm. But he already had three, and his blood and qi level was still at the first level of the Innate Realm. He had to catch up as soon as possible.

"From this perspective, it seems that the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree is worth the risk. The fact that it gave me a hint even when it was just a matter of seconds also indicates that my body is now lagging behind my soul and cultivation level."

The Yanhuang Dynasty has many experts at the Innate Realm, but why are experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm so rare? Besides the fact that, as the Supreme Elder said, every expert at the Myriad Manifestations Realm has no future to follow and is unique, Lin Chen believes there is another reason.

Many innate martial artists fail to achieve balance in various aspects during their cultivation process. A slight weakness in one aspect can very likely affect their ability to take the final step out of the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

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Early next morning.

When Lin Chen walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw Qiao Shishuang.

“I can cooperate with you, but if there are fewer than two Dragon Blood Bodhi fruits on that Dragon Blood Bodhi tree, I will take them all. If there are more than two, we will split them equally.”

Reaching level four in Qi and Blood is the most important thing to do right now.

Qiao Shishuang's beautiful eyes narrowed, and after a long while she nodded and said, "That's fine. A Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree can't just have two Bodhi fruits. There will be at least ten."

"Now, show me the map."

“Young Master Gu, I was afraid that the Seven Star Sect would find the map on the way, so I burned it. However, I have memorized the entire map, so there won’t be any mistakes.”

Qiao Shishuang smiled slightly, and Lin Chen gave her a deep look, but didn't say anything.

Whether it was a real fire or a precaution, with his own abilities, as long as he was careful and vigilant, Qiao Shishuang wouldn't have a chance to cause trouble under his nose.

"This matter should be addressed sooner rather than later. If Young Master Gu has nothing else to attend to, let's set off now."

"can."

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Xuanlong Mountain Range.

The massive mountain range spanning the Fulong Domain and the Xuanhuang Domain contains many precious medicinal herbs, making it a popular destination for martial artists from both domains to explore.

However, ordinary martial artists only dare to venture into the outer perimeter of the Xuanlong Mountain Range. If they go deeper inside, they are likely to encounter innate-level demonic beasts.

Even innate experts dare not roam freely in the mountains, as there are rumors that demon king-level monsters have been seen in the mountains.

In the Yan Dynasty, a demon king-level demon beast was already equivalent to a human at the sixth level of the Innate Realm.

On the outskirts of the mountain range, two figures swept across the sky, drawing envious glances from many martial artists below. "Which sect does this Xuanlong Mountain Range belong to?"

Lin Chen swept past the outer perimeter and asked Qiao Shishuang with some curiosity.

"Young Master Gu comes from the Canglan Sect, so he probably doesn't know much about the situation of the lower-level martial artists in the Yan Dynasty. Some medicinal herbs that Young Master Gu doesn't like would be enough to cause a frenzy among the lower-level martial artists."

Qiao Shishuang was already certain that this Gu Fei must have always stayed in the Canglan Sect and rarely went out. In the past, he had only been in contact with martial artists of the same high status and was unaware of the hardships of martial artists at the bottom.

The medicinal herbs on the outskirts of the Xuanlong Mountains can be sold for a lot of Yan coins, so many martial artists come to explore and try their luck. Some sects and families around the Xuanlong Mountains have joined forces to block the outer perimeter. However, these sects and families are not very strong and cannot forcibly prevent other martial artists from entering. Once they provoke public anger, they are likely to be attacked by the masses.

Finally, these sects and families began charging a toll to martial artists who wanted to enter the mountain range. In order to make these martial artists who wanted to come in to explore willingly pay this money, or more accurately, to avoid losing face, they used the sale of Xuanlong Mountain Range maps as a pretext to charge the toll.

Lin Chen understood. The so-called map must be extremely rough, and most of the martial artists who came to take the adventure came from ordinary families. The only way for them to enter the mountain was to pay this fee.

As for innate martial artists, these families and sects dare not stop them.

“Miss Qiao seems to know a lot about the Xuanlong Mountain Range.”

Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, Qiao Shishuang paused, then explained, "Young Master Gu, please don't misunderstand. I'm not familiar with the Xuanlong Mountain Range, but this is the case throughout the entire Yan Dynasty. Super sects control a region, and they wouldn't do such a thing."

"Take the Fulong Sect of the Fulong Domain as an example. Half of those who enter the Xuanlong Mountain Range are martial artists from the Fulong Domain. If these martial artists are lucky enough to find precious medicinal herbs in the Xuanlong Mountain Range, they will mostly sell them to the Fulong Sect. Even if they use them for their own cultivation, improving their martial arts realm will also enhance the martial arts strength of the Fulong Domain, which is something the Fulong Sect is willing to see."

"I imagine your sect is the same, treating all martial artists within the domain equally."

Lin Chen smiled. Qiao Shishuang was right. The Canglan Sect treated all martial artists in the Canglan Domain equally and would not interfere in the change of dynasties within the domain unless it would have a negative impact on the Canglan Domain.

The two continued on their way. Along the way, Lin Chen expanded his spiritual senses and sensed many martial artists in the dense forest below. Some were traveling alone, some were in groups, and some were fighting. Martial artists were fighting each other, and martial artists were fighting against demonic beasts.

During this time, Lin Chen did intervene twice, killing the monsters in his place when he sensed that the other party was about to die at the hands of the monsters.

"Thank you for your help, sir."

"I will never forget your life-saving grace, sir. I hope you will tell me your name so that I may know the name of my savior."

"It was nothing more than a favor from Gu Fei of the Canglan Sect; there's no need to take it to heart."

After saving the person, Lin Chen made his appearance, left a message, and then departed.

"Young Master Gu is truly kind-hearted."

When Lin Chen returned to Qiao Shishuang's side, a thoughtful look appeared in Qiao Shishuang's eyes. She found that she could no longer understand Gu Fei.

As an inner disciple of a super sect, he was completely unpretentious. In such a situation, disciples of other super sects might not necessarily come to his rescue, because countless martial artists lose their lives to monsters in the mountains every day.

If you die, you can only blame your own lack of strength.

"As fellow martial artists, I should help if I can, and it's just a small favor."

Lin Chen gave a brief explanation. He didn't tell Qiao Shishuang that he had also come from the bottom of the martial arts world and knew how difficult it was for those at the bottom. Although he wouldn't deliberately expand his spiritual perception range to save martial artists in danger, he would still try to help them if he could since he had encountered them.

As for showing himself in front of the other party instead of destroying the monster and leaving, that was his own principle of conduct.

He believed that giving without expecting anything in return was a noble act, but he did not approve of it.

If you do someone a favor, you should expect something in return.

Most of the martial artists he saved were unlikely to repay his kindness, since there was a gap in strength between them and him, and the rewards they could offer were simply not worth their time.

But what if one of them actually becomes very successful later on?
Even if this generation doesn't produce one, perhaps the next generation or the generation after that will raise a genius.

If the other party is grateful, they will remember the name and tell their descendants to repay the favor. Although my name is fake, if the other party goes to the Canglan Sect to inquire, I will know the answer.

As the old saying goes, never underestimate a young person's potential.

This is a case of not looking down on the second or third generation for being poor.

The two continued their journey, and five hours later, they had already passed the outer area of ​​the Xuanlong Mountain Range. Lin Chen was on high alert because his soul sensed several powerful auras of demonic beasts.

Here, the number of innate-level demonic beasts has increased significantly.

(End of this chapter)