Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 514 Du Xiaofeng, you're just being a petty person who's gotten your way.
Some people take on apprentices and devote themselves to training them, but the apprentices fail to become successful.

Some people take on disciples and let them grow freely, resulting in their disciples' abilities skyrocketing.

When the martial arts seal announced that Lin Chen had broken through the Tower of Heaven with the third level of the Innate Realm, the entire Canglan Sect was thrilled.

Even a super sect will inevitably have its own factions; this is unavoidable.

Wherever there are people, there are conflicts of interest and entanglements, unless everyone is a saint.

However, the Canglan Sect and the Canglan Domain are now incredibly united because they share a common external enemy: the warriors of the Eight Desolations Sect and the Eight Desolations Domain.

Under normal circumstances, a martial artist at the third level of the Innate Realm would not be anything special in the Canglan Sect. However, now that the two sects are at war, and Lin Chen is the sect's super genius who has defeated Sima Kong of the Eight Desolations Sect twice, he has now broken through to the third level of the Innate Realm in such a short time.

This news was a huge boost to the morale of all martial artists in the Canglan Domain.

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The main hall of the Canglan Sect.

All the elders still in the sect were present, with Ji Cangtian sitting at the head of the table.

"Sect Master, it is indeed cause for celebration that Lin Chen has broken through to the third level of the Innate Realm, but he is too eager to challenge the Tower of Heaven. I'm afraid many people will take the opportunity to challenge him."

Du Xiaofeng voiced his concerns, and although the other elders present could also hear the pride in Du Xiaofeng's words, their faces also showed worry.

Du Xiaofeng's words are not without reason.

The fear is that Lin Chen thinks that as a proud disciple of the Canglan Sect, no one will challenge him. If Lin Chen chooses to challenge the Tower of Heaven because he is arrogant about his status, then there will really be danger.

"Send all the disciples of our sect who are at the third level of the Innate Realm to the Tower of Babel to protect Lin Chen."

"It's no use. Once you want to challenge the Tower of Babel, no one can stop you."

"Then let the disciples convey the message to others that anyone who dares to challenge Lin Chen will be an enemy of my Canglan Sect."

An elder spoke up sternly, but as soon as he said that, the scene fell silent. Even Du Xiaofeng's lips twitched. He had originally thought about whether he could use such a deterrent, but in the end he felt that it was not feasible and gave up.

Most of those who are able to enter the Tower of Babel and dare to challenge Lin Chen are disciples of major super sects.

The royal family launched the Tower of Babel and allowed others to challenge it, which is to open up fair competition among all sects, just like the Martial Arts Mountain, where there is no background to speak of, and whoever is stronger will rank higher.

If the Canglan Sect makes such threats today, then other sects can do the same tomorrow. In that case, the challenge would be meaningless. Most importantly, the Canglan Sect is not in the right, and other sects may not give them face.

With the Canglan Sect, the Eight Desolations Sect, and the Yama Palace currently at war, it is not advisable to provoke any more powerful enemies.

"Never mind, let the disciples check the situation at the Tower of Babel first."

The elder who made the suggestion also realized that his suggestion was impossible to implement, and in the end he had to back down.

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Tower of Babel.

When Lin Chen appeared on the circular platform, gasps of surprise rose and fell across the square.

Those who entered this time were all martial artists at the third level of the Innate Realm, the main force moving around in the Yan Dynasty. These people had been paying attention to the battle to reach the top of Martial Dao Mountain, including the battle between Lin Chen and Sima Kong not long ago. Now, seeing this figure who had appeared several times before standing in front of them again, even though they knew in advance, they were still shocked and incredulous.

"Junior Brother Lin!"

"It really is Junior Brother Lin!"

Soon, many people in the square started shouting, which also attracted the attention of other martial artists present.

Lin Chen smiled as he looked at the martial artists who were calling out to him. These were his senior brothers from the sect. Although he wasn't familiar with them, he had met them before in the sect.

"Junior brother greets all senior brothers."

The senior disciples of the Canglan Sect stood at the bottom of the circular altar with perfect understanding, their eyes scanning the other martial artists in the square. This was a way of telling all the martial artists present that challenging Lin Chen was tantamount to making an enemy of the Canglan Sect, and at least this enmity had been formed.

Many martial artists who originally had their own agendas were indeed somewhat wary when they saw the Canglan Sect disciples standing below the circular altar.

Their main concern was that even if they defeated Lin Chen, they would still have to face challenges from others. If they were to lose, they would offend Lin Chen and the Canglan Sect, and they would also fail to obtain a spot to challenge the Tower of Babel. This would be a double loss.

Seeing his fellow disciples from the sect protecting him, Lin Chen was deeply moved.

Unfortunately, not everyone is so wary.

"I want to challenge Lin Chen!"

On the plaza, a middle-aged man shouted, completely disregarding the sharp gazes of the Canglan Sect warriors.

"Hmph, this Tower of Babel is just like Martial Arts Mountain, relying on strength rather than background. Besides, in terms of background, who here is worse than your Canglan Sect? If you don't have the strength, then obediently hand over your qualifications."

The middle-aged man spoke in a sarcastic tone, and a senior brother from the Canglan Sect below the round altar transmitted his voice to Lin Chen: "Junior Brother Lin, this person is Xia Anbo from the Eight Desolations Sect."

It's no surprise that he's a martial artist from the Eight Desolations Sect.

Lin Chen sneered. The biggest obstacle to his attempt to conquer the Tower of Babel was the Eight Desolations Sect, something he had been mentally prepared for before even starting his journey.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, the round altar suddenly lit up with a pillar of light, and Xia Anbo's figure leaped to the top of the altar, his aura of the peak of the third realm of innate cultivation directly approaching Lin Chen.

Without any formalities, Xia Anbo struck out with his palm, the wind of which rumbled with thunder.

"Junior Brother Lin, this is the Thunder Prison Demon Suppression Technique of the Eight Desolations Sect. It is extremely fierce. Junior Brother, please do not take it head-on."

With the reminder from his senior brother Canglan, Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. The circular platform was not large, which was disadvantageous for some martial artists who were good at movement techniques. Xia Anbo had seen this point when he used this technique, not giving him a chance to dodge.

However, Lin Chen had no intention of dodging. With a flick of his sleeve, he pointed out with his right hand.

Canglan Finger!
The enormous Azure Wave Finger descended from the sky, shrouding the entire circular altar in shadow. As for the roaring thunder, it vanished the moment the giant finger appeared.

The Azure Wave Finger doesn't only cause damage the moment it lands; the instant it's formed, it exudes a terrifying pressure. Those with slightly weaker strength will feel terrified and lose all will to fight even before the giant finger lands.

"Break it for me!"

Xia Anbo felt the giant finger above him and roared angrily. Lightning flashed between his palms, and as he waved his palms, lightning surrounded him, as if a thunder prison had been born. Several bolts of lightning roared towards the giant finger above.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, it's futile and overestimating one's own strength."

Lin Chen's right hand, which had just landed, suddenly pressed down, and his giant finger slammed down, unleashing boundless surging energy, like a waterfall cascading down from the sky. The lightning bolts were instantly annihilated and dissipated.

boom!
As the giant finger descended, the entire circular altar was enveloped in the energy of the Azure Waves.

On the scene, all the martial artists were focused on the circular altar, and they soon learned the result.

As the energy of the Azure Wave dissipated, Xia Anbo was sent flying backward from the circular platform, crashing into a stone pillar in the square. His body scorched and convulsed amidst the smoke and dust, until finally his figure vanished completely from the square.

hiss!
Many martial artists at the Innate Realm 3 were staring at Lin Chen, who stood on the circular platform with his clothes spotless, their eyes filled with deep shock.

Xia Anbo wasn't a newcomer to the third realm of the Innate Realm; the strength he just unleashed was at least at the late stage of the third realm of the Innate Realm, yet he couldn't even withstand a single move from Lin Chen.

Lin Chen's strength has actually reached the peak of the third realm of the Innate Realm!

Since the royal family introduced the Tower of Babel, everyone knows that those who dare to challenge the tower are at the peak of their own cultivation level. Only those at the peak of their own cultivation level can retain their spot in the tower challenge.

It's just that everyone knew Lin Chen's cultivation level before this; he had only just entered the second stage of the Innate Realm, and less than a year had passed. If they were to say that Lin Chen had already reached the peak of the third stage of the Innate Realm, they would find it hard to accept.

Their pride prevented them from thinking in that direction, so many people preferred to believe that Lin Chen dared to challenge the tower because he wanted to use the prestige of the Canglan Sect and his own martial arts potential to make others wary and not challenge him.

But Xia Anbo's crushing defeat has confirmed the suspicions they least wanted to believe.

Below the circular altar, the warriors of the Canglan Sect were equally stunned. One of them, after realizing what was happening, vanished from the plaza in a flash, wanting to inform the rest of the sect.

"Junior Brother Lin has won!"

Xu Xia, having retreated from Martial Dao Mountain, looked at his fellow disciples standing before him awaiting news. Without hesitation, he roared out.

These fellow disciples, because they were not at the third level of the Innate Realm and had not won first place in Martial Arts Mountain, were not allowed to enter the Tower of Babel Square to observe.

"You won? What did you win?"

"Is someone challenging Junior Brother Lin? Junior Brother Xu, explain yourself clearly."

"Who challenged Junior Brother Lin?" "Senior Brother Xu, what exactly is going on?"

In an instant, several fellow disciples spoke up. Xu Xia knew he hadn't explained himself clearly, so he suppressed his excitement and replied, "Xia Anbo of the Eight Desolations Sect overestimated himself and challenged Junior Brother Lin. As a result, he was defeated by Junior Brother Lin in one move. And Xia Anbo is already at the late stage of the third realm of the Innate Realm!"

hiss!
There was a moment of silence at the scene.

The next moment, excited cheers resounded, and even though everyone present was a Xiantian expert, they couldn't help but cheer.

"Senior Brother Lin is too strong!"

"At the peak of the third realm of the Innate Realm, who in the entire Yan Dynasty can cultivate at the same speed as Junior Brother Lin?"

Although they were not the main characters, as fellow disciples of the Canglan Sect, everyone felt a sense of pride at this moment.

"Fellow disciples, I need to share this good news with the other disciples. I'll leave that to you. I'll continue keeping watch at the Tower of Babel Plaza."

After saying this, Xu Xia vanished into the Martial Dao Seal in a flash.

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The main hall of the Canglan Sect.

At this moment, the worry on the faces of all the elders disappeared, especially Du Xiaofeng, who had an undisguised smile.

"Haha, I knew it. My disciple is definitely not the arrogant kind of person. He must be just like me, fully prepared for everything he does."

Hearing Du Xiaofeng's shameless words, Zhao Yulin curled his lip and mouthed out a sentence: "A petty person who has gained power."

Just a moment ago, everyone was so worried they couldn't stand still, pacing back and forth in the hall. Now, it seems like everyone is fully prepared.

At the head of the table, Ji Cangtian's lips twitched slightly. Elder Du was truly... truly a man of strong emotions.

No wonder he was able to snatch Lin Chen from the other elders; his shamelessness is unmatched in the entire hall.

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Residence of direct disciples.

"Senior Brother Qiao, Senior Brother Lin has actually reached the peak of the third realm of the Innate Realm. This is simply unimaginable."

Beside Qiao Yuan, a woman's beautiful eyes held an expression of disbelief, but then she secretly glanced at Qiao Yuan, trying to discern his true feelings.

After all, when Senior Brother Lin first entered the sect, he and Senior Brother Qiao had some competition, and the gap between them was not large. Now, Senior Brother Qiao is still in the first stage of the Innate Realm, but Senior Brother Lin has already reached the peak of the third stage of the Innate Realm.

With such a large gap, she was afraid that Senior Brother Qiao would feel frustrated.

"Junior Sister Su, there's no need to spy on me. The stronger Lin Chen is, the happier I will be. I will not feel frustrated or jealous because of it."

Qiao Yuan sensed that Junior Sister Su was secretly observing him, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He was speaking from the heart.

Since Lin Chen defeated Sima Kong twice, he has had a clear understanding of his own position and even had an in-depth conversation with his master about it.

Lin Chen joined the sect midway through his career, while he grew up in the Canglan Sect.

The stronger Lin Chen is, the better it will be for the Canglan Sect, as it will greatly boost both its reputation and morale.

His master had also told him that with Lin Chen's martial arts talent, he wouldn't stay in the sect for long. Any genius who wanted to break through to the Myriad Manifestations Realm would be venturing into various regions of the Yan Dynasty and even some mysterious places.

Lin Chen focused on martial arts, while I focused on the Canglan Sect.

Lin Chen will certainly not have time to attend to the many affairs of the Canglan Sect, and these management matters will fall on his shoulders in the future.

In his master's words, the sect leader and the grand elder were the sect's two unparalleled talents back then. The grand elder was single-mindedly seeking breakthroughs in martial arts, so in the end, sect affairs could only fall on the sect leader's shoulders, for which the sect leader sacrificed his own cultivation time.

It's a pity that the Grand Elder later encountered an accident, otherwise the sect would have had another expert at the Myriad Manifestations Realm long ago.

The path that Lin Chen and I will take in the future is just like that of the sect leader and the grand elder.

What I need to do is to allow Lin Chen to cultivate without distraction, without having to worry about sect affairs.

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on the square.

At that moment, two young men were also transmitting their voices.

"I originally thought that Lin Chen had just entered the third stage of the Innate Realm, and I was thinking of waiting for Xia Anbo to defeat Lin Chen to avoid making enemies with this junior. It seems that it is unavoidable."

"Is Brother Qi about to make a move?"

"Brother He, are you not going to make a move?"

“I came down from Wudao Mountain ten years earlier than Lin Chen. If I were to attack Lin Chen now, I’m afraid my reputation would be ruined.”

He Yang shook his head slightly. Compared to conquering the tower, he cared more about his reputation.

"Since Brother He doesn't want to, then I'll have to take this opportunity."

Qi Tingnan's eyes gleamed. He and He Yang were from the same class who came down from Wudao Mountain. He Yang ranked third in Wudao Mountain, while he ranked second.

Qi Tingnan also knew He Yang well. He Yang was very concerned about his reputation. If he attacked Lin Chen, he would be ridiculed for winning unfairly. But he didn't care about that. If he got a spot in the Tower of Trials and achieved a ranking in the Tower of Trials, he would have the opportunity to break through to the fourth level of the Innate Realm.

His relationship with Lü Zejia was fairly good. After Lü Zejia left the Tower of Babel, he specifically told him about the rewards for clearing the Tower of Babel.

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"Lin Chen, I didn't mean to bully the weak, but this spot in the tower challenge is very important to me. I would have challenged anyone else too."

Qi Tingnan slowly walked out of the crowd, his gaze fixed on Lin Chen above the round altar.

The meaning behind his words was very clear: I didn't challenge you because you, Lin Chen, wanted to take advantage of you. If it were any other person at the third level of the Innate Realm who wanted to challenge the tower, I would challenge them as well.

"Who is this guy? He's got quite the big mouth."

"Don't you know Qi Tingnan from Burning Star Valley?"

When Qi Tingnan walked out of the crowd, many martial artists recognized him.

Those who were able to enter the plaza were all martial artists at the third level of the Innate Realm. Many of them belonged to the same generation of Martial Arts Mountain as Qi Tingnan, and naturally they had paid attention to Qi Tingnan, who was ranked second.

On the other side of the square, in the area where the men in black robes were, one of them asked another, "Brother Zhao, do you think Qi Tingnan can win?"

"can."

Zhao Wuji answered with certainty, and their conversation attracted the attention of the other men in black robes.

Those who can wear black robes to conceal their identities are all the number one martial arts masters of Wudao Mountain, surnamed Zhao... And with Qi Tingnan mentioned again, many people in black robes have already guessed his identity.

Zhao Wuji!
Ten years ago, the number one martial arts master of Wudao Mountain suppressed Qi Tingnan for a whole year.

Only this person truly understands Qi Tingnan and is qualified to judge him.

"Back in Martial Arts Mountain, I was only slightly better than Qi Tingnan. With Qi Tingnan's strength, he would have been the number one in Martial Arts Mountain in the previous and subsequent years."

Zhao Wuji spoke calmly, showing no concern for the black-robed figures around him, including whether they were the champions of Martial Arts Mountain from previous years.

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“Junior Brother Lin, Qi Tingnan is the personal disciple of the Valley Master of Burning Star Valley. Although he has never reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain, his strength is no less than those who have. It’s just that he was born at the wrong time and happened to meet the even stronger Zhao Wuji back then.”

Lin Chen nodded after hearing the reminder from one of his senior brothers.

The pressure that Qi Tingnan put on him was much greater than that that of Xia Anbo.

Qi Tingnan appeared on the round platform, looked at Lin Chen, and said calmly, "It is unfair to you to bully the weak, so you should make the first move."

Upon hearing the other party's words, Lin Chen's expression remained unchanged; he simply nodded and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)