Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 588 Receiving a Cold Reception
“You are at the late stage of the fifth realm of the Innate Realm. If you don’t break through, that’s fine, but if you do, you will be crossing a whole major realm.”

Yaochi.

Mei Shen, who had come again, sensed the aura emanating from Lin Chen, and his old eyes showed amazement.

For a martial artist to break through from the fourth to the fifth level of the Innate Realm, the innate liquid within their body slowly brews into a giant wave to condense into a mountain shape. This process can take as long as half a month, and various elixirs must be taken during this time.

Such a feat as Lin Chen, who broke through continuously in just half an hour and directly skipped the early and middle stages to enter the late stage, is extremely rare in the entire martial arts world.

Accumulate and make progress!

Mei Shen thought of this word. No wonder Lin Chen was able to defeat so many experts at the fifth level of the Innate Realm on the Tower of Babel. His strength was already at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, but he was just suppressing it and had not broken through.

"If my judgment is correct, the potential within you has not yet been fully unleashed. You should be able to reach the peak of the fifth realm within this year."

Mei Shen offered his assessment, which is why he said that Lin Chen broke through a complete major realm in one go.

"Thank you for your kind words, senior."

Lin Chen smiled slightly. He had stopped not because his strength could not continue to improve, but because he deliberately left some room for improvement. The fifth realm of innate realm is different from the other four realms. If the other four realms can increase strength, then they can increase it wildly.

However, the mountains formed by the five innate realms will affect the six innate realms.

The fifth innate realm is called the Mountain-Covering Realm, where the innate power within the body condenses into a mountain, while the sixth innate realm is also known as the Heaven-Reaching Realm.

Using mountains to support the sky is what is meant by communicating with heaven and earth.

The quality of the fifth-realm mountain peak determines the upper limit of the sixth realm.

If one's goal is merely to reach the sixth level of the Innate Realm, then there is no need to suppress it; one can let the mountain grow as it grows and strive to break through to the sixth level of the Innate Realm as soon as possible.

But my goal is the Realm of Myriad Phenomena, so I need to take every step very steadily. The mountain peak cannot just be tall; it must be solid and truly as heavy as a mountain.

"Enough with the pleasantries. I've come to tell you some good news. Your sect has reached an agreement with the Starfall Palace. You can go to the Starfall Palace and use their Starfall Sacred Stones to temper your physical body."

Mei Shen smiled at Lin Chen, but he didn't tell Lin Chen that the Canglan Sect must have paid a huge price to secure this opportunity for him.

Yin Wushuang chose to announce that the Canglan Sect was giving up half of its territory after Lin Chen left, without letting Lin Chen know, because she didn't want Lin Chen to bear too much pressure.

If he were to tell Lin Chen how precious this spot was, it would only burden Lin Chen with a heavy responsibility.

While pressure can motivate a martial artist to progress in martial arts training, once Lin Chen reaches this level, he needs to focus his energy on his own martial arts and shouldn't take on too many other matters.

This is why many sect leaders of super sects in the Yan Dynasty are only at the sixth level of the Innate Realm, while those experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm don't really manage sect affairs.

Only by focusing wholeheartedly can one go further in the path of martial arts.

"It seems that your sect's Supreme Elder thinks the same way as I do. You cannot give up your Martial Soul and physical body. I can't give you much advice on improving your Martial Soul, but for tempering your physical body, the meteorite stone of the Starfall Heavenly Palace is indeed a good place."

Lin Chen nodded. He naturally knew about the meteorite of the Starfall Palace. It was the most treasured artifact of the Starfall Palace, and almost every innate martial artist had heard of it.

The origin of this stone is extremely mysterious. It is said to be an object from outer space, possessing a certain mysterious energy that can suppress the innate power and even the soul within a martial artist. To approach this stone, one can only rely on the strength of their physical body to withstand this energy.

"The Starfall Palace is not far from my Flower Clan, only a few days' journey away. Since the little princess has not yet emerged from seclusion, you should go to the Starfall Palace first. Just make sure to return before the Four Clans Clan War begins, and the little princess will definitely emerge from seclusion before the Clan War."

Mei Shen smiled slightly. The little princess's seclusion this time was to prepare for the struggle between the four clans.

"it is good."

Lin Chen nodded in agreement. Although he wanted to see Senior Sister Jiang, he had already made it this far, so he didn't mind waiting a month or two.

"Let's set off today. I will have Elder Teng escort you there."

"Thank you, Great Elder."

Lin Chen didn't stand on ceremony and said no. With his current strength, he could go anywhere in the entire Yan Dynasty under normal circumstances without needing anyone to protect him.

However, with the sect and the Eight Desolations Sect at war, and having offended the royal family and that young master Dongfang, he was not capable of dealing with any of these forces setting up an ambush.

Mei Shen arranged for Teng Wangshan to escort Lin Chen, also for this reason.

However, Mei Shen was not worried about the Eight Desolate Sect. With the Canglan Sect choosing to give up half of its territory, it meant that the battle had already been voluntarily surrendered. Under such circumstances, the Eight Desolate Sect could no longer target the Canglan Sect warriors.

This is an iron rule!

If the Eight Desolate Sect is unwilling to accept this, they can only apply for a sect war order, which, even if done quickly, will still take half a year.

An hour later, Lin Chen and Teng Wangshan left the Flower Clan, their two figures heading north towards the Heavenly Meteor Palace.

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Tianxing Domain, Tianxing City.

Lin Chen and Teng Wangshan arrived at Tianxing City, the largest city in the Tianxing Domain, in just one day.

The two did not stop anywhere along the way.

"Lin Chen, time is of the essence this time, so we won't enter the city and will go directly to the Heavenly Star Sect." "I will follow Elder Teng's advice."

Lin Chen nodded, but a strange thought welled up in his heart. Along the way, Elder Teng had led him on a route rarely visited by people. Although with their cultivation levels, crossing mountains was as easy as walking on flat ground, traveling through the mountains was to take a shortcut. However, Elder Teng gave him the feeling that he had deliberately chosen this route rarely visited by people, even at the cost of taking a detour.

Elder Teng intentionally avoided the crowd.

At first, Lin Chen thought that Elder Teng's actions were to conceal his whereabouts and prevent his whereabouts from being exposed and encountering accidents. But now that they had arrived at Tianxing City, the largest city in the entire Tianxing Domain, and a city personally controlled by Xingyun Tiangong, it seemed a bit unreasonable to go around it.

Although he had doubts in his heart, Lin Chen did not voice them, but kept them to himself. Elder Teng had his reasons for doing so.

……

When Lin Chen followed Elder Teng to the gate of the Heavenly Meteor Palace, an old man slowly appeared in just a few breaths.

"I never expected that Brother Teng would come in person. It has been twenty years since we last met."

The old man, dressed in a long robe, looked at Lin Chen and said, "This must be Lin Chen, the son-in-law of your Flower Clan, who has recently been stirring up trouble throughout the Yan Dynasty."

"Lin Chen, let me introduce you. This is Vice Palace Master Liang of the Starfall Palace."

Teng Wangshan introduced the old man's identity to Lin Chen, who was taken aback. He was actually the deputy palace master of the Starfall Heavenly Palace and a sixth-level innate expert.

"Junior Lin Chen greets Palace Master Liang." Lin Chen bowed respectfully.

"Ah."

Liang Fu responded briefly, his attitude not particularly enthusiastic, and said indifferently, "Your Canglan Sect and my sect have already reached an agreement. This time, we can give you a chance to go to the Sacred Stone. You only have one chance, so make the most of it and don't let your sect down."

Upon hearing Vice Palace Master Liang's words, Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a strange light. Vice Palace Master Liang seemed to be treating him rather coldly.

This feeling is like in his past life when he didn't do well in school, but his family used connections to get him into a top high school, and then he had to accept the cold attitude of his homeroom teacher.

I was somewhat unwilling, but I had no choice but to accept it.

Liang Fu only said one sentence before turning his gaze to Teng Wangshan: "Brother Teng, since you're here, why don't you come and sit at my place? I recently acquired a pot of fine wine."

When facing Teng Wangshan, Liang Fu's attitude became noticeably warmer.

"Once I take Lin Chen to see your palace master, I will definitely trouble Brother Liang then."

"There's no need to see the Palace Master."

Liang Fu shook his head, but what he said made Teng Wangshan frown: "What do you mean by that, Brother Liang?"

"The reason why our sect allowed Lin Chen to get close to the Sacred Stone this time is because the Canglan Sect offered a treasure that was enough to impress our sect. This is just a transaction. Our sect does not want to involve others or give others a wrong impression."

Teng Wangshan's expression was somewhat unpleasant. The Canglan Sect and the Tianyun Star Palace did not have much interaction. He and the Grand Elder understood that the Tianyun Star Palace's agreement to the Canglan Sect's request this time was probably because the Canglan Sect had offered a treasure that was enough to impress the Tianyun Star Palace. This was a transaction, not a matter of personal favor.

What he didn't expect was that Liang Fuhui would say it so openly and so directly.

Lin Chen's expression didn't change much, but there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Liang Fu turned his gaze to Lin Chen and snorted coldly: "I'm telling you this so that you know not to just care about your own pleasure, act recklessly and arrogantly, betray the great sacrifices that the Canglan Sect has made for you, and cause trouble to bring disaster to your Canglan Sect."

After saying this, Liang Fu, without waiting for Lin Chen's reply, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Teng Wangshan and said, "Brother Teng, if you have some free time, you are welcome to come to my palace to find me. I will prepare some wine to welcome you."

Liang Fu left without even leading the way for Lin Chen and Teng Wangshan. Teng Wangshan watched Liang Fu's departing figure, his eyes narrowing slightly: "Do you know why this person treated you this way?"

"Junior doesn't know."

Lin Chen shook his head, and Teng Wangshan sighed softly: "Liang Fu came from an ordinary background. He was only accepted as a disciple by an elder of the Tianyun Star Palace because he was ranked on the Martial Dao Mountain list when he was young."

Upon hearing Elder Teng's explanation, Lin Chen immediately understood the cold attitude that Vice Palace Master Liang had towards him.

It seems that Elder Liang still cherishes the kindness shown to him by the royal family.

Without Martial Arts Mountain, he wouldn't have been discovered so quickly by the elders of the Heavenly Meteor Star Palace. He might have joined a second-rate sect and wouldn't have achieved what he has today.

"Wudao Mountain was founded by the founding emperor of the royal family, and all martial artists in the world accept this favor. However, the founding emperor does not represent the current royal family."

Lin Chen spoke slowly. He too was grateful for the kindness of Martial Dao Mountain, but he was grateful for the kindness of the founding emperor of the royal family and the gift of the divine seal.

"It's quite impressive that you can distinguish between the founding emperor of the royal family and the current royal family."

Teng Wangshan nodded: "The founding emperor is the founding emperor, and the current royal family is the current royal family. They cannot be compared. The founding emperor is respected by the people of the world, but that does not mean that the current royal family can use this to coerce the people and command the world. How long the royal family can enjoy the favor that the founding emperor has bestowed upon the people depends on the actions of the current royal family."

"Although Vice Palace Master Liang's attitude towards you is cold, he has no ill intentions, so you don't need to take it to heart."

"I understand, but I'm the one who's dragging you down."

Lin Chen could indeed understand Senior Liang's attitude, but it was impossible for him not to feel dissatisfied. However, compared to the attitude of Palace Master Liang, he was more interested in what he meant by the "huge sacrifice" in the second half of the sentence.

"Elder Teng, could you tell me if something has happened in the sect that I am unaware of?"

(End of this chapter)