Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 446 The Truth
boom!
Large tracts of trees collapsed and turned into sawdust.

Lin Chen landed on the ground and collected the demon core of the monster.

"Young Master Gu is indeed worthy of being a disciple of the Canglan Sect. His strength is truly impressive. Even a demonic beast at the Innate Realm cannot withstand more than three moves from Young Master Gu."

Qiao Shishuang, standing behind, looked on with an expression of admiration, her beautiful eyes blinking: "My choice to cooperate with Young Master Gu is the most correct one."

"Miss Qiao, you should think about which way to go. We've been walking in these mountains for three days already."

Lin Chen glanced back at Qiao Shishuang and entered the depths of the Xuanlong Mountain Range. This was already the seventh innate demonic beast he had killed.

To avoid alerting more demonic beasts, he would quickly kill them with the Azure Wave Finger and then immediately move to another location to prevent the commotion from attracting the attention of other demonic beasts.

The two darted through the forest. Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, Qiao Shishuang's pretty face showed a hint of helplessness: "Young Master Gu, I only have a section of the map inside the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree. We should be close to where we are now. All we need to do now is find a place that matches the route marked on the map."

What are the characteristics of that map?

There are two valleys, and there is a pool in the right valley.

When Qiao Shishuang first told Lin Chen about the information on the map, she realized that the Xuanlong Mountain Range was more dangerous than she had imagined once she entered its depths. The main problem was that there was miasma in the mountain range. Although innate martial artists have protective qi, which prevents the miasma from invading their bodies, this miasma reduced the range of her spiritual perception.

Upon arriving here, none of them dared to fly, as flying would expose them to the sight of other demonic beasts. They could only traverse the mountains and forests, which limited their visibility.

To avoid missing out, she had no choice but to tell Gu Fei the markings on the map.

Lin Chen nodded and said nothing more, continuing to lead the way. He fully opened his soul, and his soul was not affected by the miasma.

Half an hour later, Lin Chen suddenly stopped and moved to the left, changing direction.

A quarter of an hour later, when she saw the pool in front of her, Qiao Shishuang's eyes were filled with excitement: "That's right, this is the pool. There is a valley on the right, and the waterway of this pool is exactly the same as the one marked on the map."

Hearing Qiao Shishuang's words, Lin Chen also breathed a sigh of relief. Searching aimlessly in the Xuanlong Mountains was too dangerous. Just now, he had sensed two innate second-level demonic beasts with his divine soul. The moment he sensed the two demonic beasts, he immediately withdrew his divine soul to avoid alarming them.

This is still the second level of the Innate Realm. If there is no safe path, who can guarantee that we won't encounter the third or even fourth level of the Innate Realm if we go further in?

If he were to encounter such a situation and be discovered, he would have no choice but to turn around and run away.

Now that we've found the place marked on the map, the road ahead will be much safer. This is a safe path that the Chu family has explored and developed over the decades.

The Chu family members perished while entering the mountains because their cultivation level was too low; they didn't even reach the Innate Realm. If they were careless and encountered an Innate-level demon beast, they would be wiped out.

"Miss Qiao, please lead the way now."

"it is good."

Qiao Shishuang did not refuse. The map was memorized, so she naturally needed to lead the way.

Led by Qiao Shishuang, the journey was smooth and uneventful. They did not encounter any innate-level demonic beasts. The few demonic beasts that were not yet innate-level could not detect Lin Chen and Qiao Shishuang. Even if they did detect them and sensed the powerful aura emanating from the two, they did not dare to approach.

An hour later, Lin Chen and Qiao Shishuang arrived at the source of the pool. Looking at the mountains and forests ahead, Qiao Shishuang couldn't help but quicken her pace and rush towards the mountains and forests.

"Young Master Gu, after passing this forest ahead, and then through seven more..."

"stop!"

Lin Chen interrupted Qiao Shishuang and looked into the depths of the dense forest. Qiao Shishuang's pretty face showed a look of doubt, but when she turned around and saw Lin Chen's serious face, she immediately realized what was going on.

"Young Master Gu, are there terrifying monsters in these mountains and forests?"

"There are no demonic beasts, but there are a few humans."

Lin Chen shook his head, and before he could continue speaking, two auras flowed out from the dense forest. This time, even Qiao Shishuang sensed them.

"After waiting for several days, I'm so glad to finally see you all."

At the entrance to the dense forest, two men emerged. When Qiao Shishuang saw them, her eyes flashed with endless hatred.

"I knew there were still remnants of the Chu family alive. Sure enough, I waited for this moment."

Fan Ping spoke with a smile, but Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This person's phrase "remnants of the Chu family" must refer to Qiao Shishuang.

Lin Chen wasn't too surprised; he had long harbored suspicions about Qiao Shishuang's true identity.

The story told by Qiao Shishuang had few flaws, with only two points arousing his suspicion. One was when Qiao Shishuang mentioned the massacre of the entire Chu family, she gave a very detailed account of the number of people killed in the Chu family.

If Qiao Shishuang had no connection with the Chu family and had only traveled to Sanlian City with Zhuo Huai, it would have been enough to simply say that the entire Chu family was wiped out. However, Qiao Shishuang said at the time that "all 374 members of the Chu family were killed."

Unless it's something deeply etched in your memory, you won't remember this number, and even if you do, you won't bring it up intentionally.

The second flaw is the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit. Qiao Shishuang said that Zhuo Huai found the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit in the Chu family, so there are only two possible origins for this Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit.

One theory is that the head of the Chu family picked two Dragon Blood Bodhi fruits back then, auctioned off one, and hid the other for his promising descendants.

Apart from the head of the Chu family, probably no one could have imagined that the Chu family would have kept a Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit hidden for so many years. The head of the Chu family could have just handed over the map and not the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit as well.

Another possibility is that the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit had already ripened and the Chu family had harvested it again. But if that were the case, there wouldn't have been just one, but many.

It was precisely because of these two points that Lin Chen had some doubts about Qiao Shishuang's identity. Even if he was really afraid that Zhuo Huai's grandfather would kill her to silence her, how could Zhuo Huai's grandfather not have investigated the fact that she had traveled with Zhuo Huai in the Fulong Domain for several months?

Before his grandson died, he was with a woman. If he were Zhuo Huai's grandfather, he would definitely investigate the woman's background and arrange for the disciples of the Seven Star Sect to pay special attention to the female martial artists in the Innate Realm. However, the martial artist from the Seven Star Sect that they encountered did not linger his gaze on Qiao Shishuang and the other two women for long.

He didn't expose Qiao Shishuang because he was interested in the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit, and he already had some guesses about her identity. It was understandable that she concealed it. If he were Qiao Shishuang, he wouldn't reveal his true identity either.

Chu Shishuang looked at Fan Ping with endless hatred in her eyes. It was this man and Zhuo Huai who killed 374 members of her Chu family. When she returned to the Chu family, she found the charred corpses of her clansmen and her younger brother hidden in a secret room by her mother.

She learned from her younger brother that two men had asked their grandfather for a map of the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, threatening the lives of the entire clan. For the sake of his clan, her grandfather handed over the map. However, unexpectedly, after obtaining the map, the two men went so far as to kill her entire Chu family to silence them.

She was able to escape this calamity because, from the time she was old enough to understand things, her grandfather arranged for her to live in a neighboring city.

She had the highest martial arts talent in the entire Chu family. Her grandfather arranged for her to live in a neighboring city, claiming to the outside world that she had died young, and arranged for a clan uncle to take care of her.

When she reached the first-grade cultivation level, her grandfather gave her two Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruits and told her the family's biggest secret. Only then did she understand why her grandfather didn't let her live in the Chu family.

My grandfather was afraid that if he consumed the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit and stayed at the Chu family's residence, it would arouse suspicion from other forces.

With the help of a Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit given to her by her grandfather, she broke through to the Innate Realm. Just as she was about to tell her grandfather and her parents the good news, she was met with the news that her entire clan had been wiped out.

From her younger brother, she learned that one of the murderers who wiped out her entire clan came from the Seven Star Sect, because when this person came to her door, he had told the gatekeeper who his background was.

Chu Shishuang knew in her heart that the person who dared to reveal his family name was already prepared to wipe out her entire Chu family and was not afraid of the news leaking out.

She had originally planned to go to the Seven Stars Sect to see if she could find out who had killed her whole family, but before she could even get there, she heard martial artists discussing that the grandson of one of the Seven Stars Sect's elders had died.

The Seven Stars Sect doesn't have many innate disciples, and the other party just happened to die not far outside the Three Linked Cities. What a coincidence! Chu Shishuang was certain that the grandson of the Seven Stars Sect elder was one of the murderers who killed her entire family.

It is highly likely that Zhuo Huai's companions, wanting to monopolize the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, ambushed and killed Zhuo Huai.

After making this analysis, Chu Shishuang knew that the person would definitely go to the Xuanlong Mountain Range according to the map given by her grandfather. She had heard that the Seven Star Sect had sealed off several cities near Sanlian City, so she brought her younger brother to Longyuan City. After settling her brother in, she chose to go to the Xuanlong Mountain Range from Longyuan City.

Chu Shishuang originally thought that the person who killed Zhuo Huai must be alone since he wanted to monopolize the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree. She could set up an ambush in the Xuanlong Mountains. If he was no match for her, she could lure the nearby demonic beasts and perish together with him.

The map my grandfather gave us showed that we were still some distance from the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree. This was because my grandfather was afraid that his people would encounter monsters and die in the Xuanlong Mountains. In the end, the map on his body was discovered, so it was not complete. The last part of the road was dictated to them by my grandfather before they entered the mountains and they memorized it.

She wasn't afraid to sacrifice herself to avenge her family, but after several days on the airship, thinking about how hard her younger brother and grandfather had gone to work so that the Chu family could gain a foothold in the Fulong Domain, she gradually calmed down. Her original method of revenge was too impulsive, and Gu Fei's appearance gave her other ideas.

Wouldn't it be better if we could both take revenge and survive?

As for revealing the location of the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, Chu Shishuang didn't care. Her family was wiped out because of this Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, and after this maturation period, it would take another hundred years.

With only Chu himself and his younger brother remaining in the family, if he died, even if his brother knew the location of the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, he wouldn't be able to get there on his own.

A century has passed; whether the Chu family still exists is another matter entirely.

……

"Miss Chu, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Although he could guess Chu Shishuang's identity, Lin Chen still spoke with slight dissatisfaction.

“Young Master Gu, no matter what my identity is, it will not affect my transaction with you.”

Chu Shishuang looked at Lin Chen, but upon hearing Chu Shishuang's reply, Fan Ping across from her laughed first: "It seems this brother was tricked into coming here, what a pity."

"Fan Ping, stop talking nonsense." The young man in the middle glanced at Lin Chen and Chu Shishuang: "You two, lead the way obediently. If I'm in a good mood, I might spare your lives once we find the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree. Otherwise, you're doomed."

A shadow of gloom crossed Fan Ping's eyes. He killed Zhuo Huai not because he wanted to possess it all, but because Zhuo Huai intended to kill him to silence him, so he struck first.

He originally thought that since he had killed Zhuo Huai, he would keep the Dragon Blood Bodhi Fruit of the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree for himself. However, he later learned that one of the bodies of the Chu family members who were burned to death that day was missing, and another member of the third generation of the Chu family was missing.

This instantly instilled a sense of crisis in him. If the remnants of the Chu family were to publicize the matter of the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree, or even sell it directly to those sects, then he would have no chance.

He needed to find the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree as soon as possible, but it was not safe for him to travel deep into the Xuanlong Mountains on his own. That's why he called on Ye Yuan, who was from the same hometown but was an inner disciple of the Fulong Sect.

To his dismay, he and Ye Yuan followed the map to this place but found no Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree. He then realized that the Chu family patriarch had a trick up his sleeve, and the destination on the map was not the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree.

He and Ye Yuan searched everywhere and encountered several powerful demonic beasts, almost losing their lives at their hands. They originally planned to leave if they still couldn't find the Dragon Blood Bodhi Tree after a few more days of searching, but unexpectedly someone came at this time.

Fan Ping didn't believe there could be such a coincidence. The Xuanlong Mountain Range was so vast, yet someone just happened to be walking this way. He had deliberately tested the waters with the phrase "remnants of the Chu family," but he hadn't expected that his test would be so accurate.

"It seems you're still not giving up. Fine, since you're not a remnant of the Chu family, then we'll make an example of you."

Ye Yuan looked impatient. He had been attacked by demonic beasts several times in the past few days and lost a lot of treasures. He was already full of anger. Now that he had confirmed that the woman was a remnant of the Chu family, he would use another person to make an example of her.

Ye Yuan drew his spear from his back, pointing the tip at Lin Chen: "Die!"

boom!
The spear roared like a dragon, its tip flashing with a blinding light, and with a piercing shriek that tore through the air, it aimed straight for Lin Chen's throat. This strike was unrestrained, clearly intended to kill instantly!

"Is this person a disciple of the Fulong Sect?"

Chu Shishuang, who was standing to the side, was shocked when she saw Ye Yuan make a move. She did not expect that the person Ye Yuan invited would be a disciple of the Fulong Sect.

Both being disciples of super sects, would Gu Fei be a match for Ye Yuan?

Fan Ping looked at the panic on Chu Shishuang's face with a mocking expression. He hadn't expected that the Chu family would actually have a Xiantian martial artist hidden away. Fortunately, he had found Ye Yuan; otherwise, if he had come alone, the Chu family would have had a real chance to take revenge.

But the next moment, Fan Ping's playful expression froze, as if he had witnessed an unbelievable scene.

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