Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 630 Four Mysterious Powerful Individuals

More than a month.

Lin Chen stood on the deck of the ghost ship.

A month has passed since he boarded the ghost ship for the second time, and the ghost ship is now sailing into the annihilation storm.

Standing on the deck, Lin Chen could feel the howling wind all around him. The sound of it whistling through the air was enough to terrify any expert at the Innate Realm.

However, these annihilation storms could not get any closer to the ghost ship, which made it perfectly safe to stay on the ship.

"The ghost ship has accelerated."

The annihilation storm obscured Lin Chen's vision and his divine sense, but he could still tell that the ghost ship's speed increased significantly as it entered the annihilation storm's range.

This period of more than a month is enough to cover the distance that a ghost ship would normally travel over several years.

However, Lin Chen did not remain completely still on the ghost ship for the entire month. Occasionally, he would leave the ghost ship and enter the annihilation storm, allowing his body to be baptized by the annihilation storm.

He only stopped after confirming that the Annihilation Storm could not temper his body.

Another day has passed.

Lin Chen carved a mark on the hull with his hand, using this mark to remember the time he spent on the ghost ship.

If his soul had not been injured, he would not have needed to do this. With his powerful divine sense, he could have multitasked. But Lin Chen was afraid that his soul would fall and he would forget the time.

By using this physical method, one can clearly remember how long one has been on the ghost ship.

As for how to tell whether a day has passed, even if you are not a Xiantian realm expert, as long as you are willing, you can calculate it by your heartbeat.

……

Two months, three months!
When Lin Chen carved the ninety-third horizontal line on the ghost ship's mast, the previously rolled-up sails suddenly fell down with a whoosh.

This sudden turn of events caused Lin Chen's eyes to narrow, and the next moment his gaze fell on the cabin.

In the dark cabin, a faint light was lit at this moment.

At this moment, even Lin Chen got goosebumps.

He had thoroughly explored the entire ghost ship over the course of three months, and was certain that there were no other living beings on board besides himself.

However, right before their very eyes, the sails were first lowered, followed by the lighting of oil lamps in the cabin.

Thinking of the oil lamp, Lin Chen stared intently at the cabin, imagining a scene where someone would emerge from the cabin carrying an oil lamp at any moment.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Ten breaths passed, and there was still no movement inside the cabin, only the faint light.

Lin Chen didn't wait any longer and stepped into the cabin. The cabin was no different from before, except that the oil lamp that used to be on the table was now hanging by the window, and the fur raincoat that used to be on the wall was now on the table.

Looking at the fur raincoat on the table, Lin Chen's eyes subtly shifted under the oil lamp. He didn't know why the ghost ship had changed like this, but everything in front of him gave him the feeling that... it was as if a ship that had suddenly been abandoned had begun to have its own master.

More accurately, it's time to open for business.

Set sail, turn on the lights...

Now, we only need one more person.

Thirty breaths later, Lin Chen did not hesitate any longer and put on the raincoat.

The moment the raincoat was put on, the ghost ship, which had been sailing very smoothly, suddenly began to shake, and the oil lamps on the windows emitted an eerie orange light.

"Is the ship changing direction?"

The next moment, Lin Chen guessed the reason for the ghost ship's shaking.

The ghost ship was originally traveling in the direction of the annihilation storm, but it only started to sway like this when it changed direction and was impacted by the annihilation storm.

Lin Chen looked interested; he was curious about where the ghost ship was headed.

Ten days later.

The ghost ship stopped. Lin Chen, sitting in the cabin, squinted slightly. He had already sensed that there were people on the deck outside.

The man who boarded the ship did not conceal his presence, but he only glanced in the direction of the cabin with a look of apprehension in his eyes. In the end, he did not come over, but simply chose to stand quietly on the deck.

The other party did not speak, and Lin Chen did not leave the cabin either. After the man boarded the ship, the ghost ship rocked again, obviously changing direction once more.

A month later, the ghost ship stopped, and another person boarded.

Like the man who boarded the ship first, the other man also chose to stand on the deck. The two did not talk to each other, but each stood in a separate area.

Three months later! One year later!

Four people have gathered on the ghost ship: one woman and three men.

"Gentlemen, now that everyone is here, let's proceed according to the rules."

The four finally broke their silence, exchanged glances, and then looked toward the cabin.

"Boatman, we request to enter the cabin."

Boatman?

Lin Chen knew that the other party was calling him. Of all the people on the ship, the only one who could be called a boatman was himself, who was staying in the cabin.

Although curious about the identities of these four people, Lin Chen did not investigate. His intuition told him that these four were probably quite powerful.

"can."

After agreeing, Lin Chen was surprised to find that his voice was hoarse and completely different from his normal voice.

So, is it because of the fur raincoat he was wearing?

Deng Deng Deng!
With Lin Chen's permission, the sound of four people's footsteps came from the deck. Lin Chen glanced at the cabin and saw that there were just enough wooden tables and four stools for the four of them to sit down. As for himself... he could only sit on the edge of the bed.

Under the dim light of the oil lamp, the four of them entered the cabin one by one and sat down on the stools without any hesitation. Lin Chen was now even more certain of his judgment that these four people were probably not ordinary experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm.

Although these four people were concealing their auras, the imposing presence they exuded was stronger than any other Myriad Manifestations Realm expert he had ever seen, and even... a few points stronger than Elder Yin Taishang.

"Boatman, may I ask what price we must pay to reach the other side?"

The four sat down on the stools. The middle-aged man who entered first spoke slowly, but his gaze did not fall on Lin Chen by the bedside. Instead, he stared at the oil lamp.

the other side?

cost?

Lin Chen's mind raced. These four people were able to board the ship during the Annihilation Storm, which clearly meant that the Annihilation Storm had no effect on them. Logically speaking, they shouldn't need to go through the Ghost Ship to get to their destination.

Unless that so-called other shore can only be reached by ghost ships.

Lin Chen ultimately chose to remain silent because he didn't know what the other side meant, nor what the price would be.
At this moment, the four people in the cabin had a slight change in expression because of Lin Chen's silence. They had been planning for this ship for a long time. If they missed this opportunity to reach the other side, they would never have another chance to go there.

"Boatman, although the four of us have reached the god level, we also wish to take that final step. We hope you will grant our request."

The first man to approach the cabin was the same man who had previously requested to enter the cabin from the deck. Hearing the man's words, Lin Chen was shocked. Although he had some expectation that these four experts were far stronger than ordinary Myriad Manifestations Realm experts, he did not expect them to be God-level.

A god-level expert—what does that mean? It's the founding emperor of a dynasty.

Take the current Yan Dynasty as an example. The Dongfang family member, Dongfang Canglang, has not yet reached the God level, but he is already able to command some super sects. Not to mention commanding, many super sects will give him face, and there are even experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm who are willing to serve him.

But that's not all. More importantly, there is only one god-level expert in each era. Lin Chen learned a lot about god-level experts from the Flower Clan's Grand Elder.

A god-level expert needs to condense a divine seal, and to condense a divine seal, at the very least, one needs to absorb at least 50% of the luck, which means that only one person in a generation can do it.

The one from the Dongfang family also fought his way through the competition, crushing his peers and even two generations beyond them, which is why he was able to accumulate so much good fortune.

However, this is not the most difficult part of becoming a god-level expert. The most cruel thing is to have martial arts talent comparable to a god-level expert, but because the fortune of the previous dynasty has not yet run out, one cannot condense a divine seal and can only stop at the last step.

The ancestors of the Flower Clan and the other three clans were in this situation.

Although the ancestors of the four clans were hailed as god-level powerhouses, they could only be considered pseudo-gods because they had not condensed divine seals. It was not that these four people lacked the strength to condense divine seals, but rather that they were born at the wrong time. In the era in which they lived, the dynasty's fortune had not yet declined.

The dynasty's fortune has not yet declined. Unless the dynasty's divine seal is forcibly broken, it cannot be done without reaching the divine level. This is an unsolvable dead end. In the end, the ancestors of the four clans of the Flower Clan could only give up condensing the divine seal and instead condensed the blood seal, which is the so-called bloodline divine seal. This is also the reason why the descendants of the four clans were able to awaken bloodline supernatural powers.

To condense the divine seal and step into the True God level, both martial arts talent and timing are indispensable!

Since the founding of the Yan Dynasty, there have been people whose talents could be compared with those of the Dongfang family. Lin Chen came into contact with those top 100 experts of the same realm in the Tower of Babel, and several of them had invincible potential.

The founder of the Misty Immortal Palace and the founder of the Myriad Fire Sect, at least in Lin Chen's opinion, their martial arts talent was definitely no weaker than that of the one from the Dongfang family. The only regret was that they lived in different eras. At that time, the Yan Emperor Dynasty's fortune was not at its peak, but it was far from declining.

Knowing how difficult it is to reach the god level, Lin Chen was so shocked after hearing the man's words.

It's hard to imagine that four god-level powerhouses would appear in the same era and the same place.

and many more!

Lin Chen's eyes suddenly narrowed. It was the same location, but not necessarily the same era.

During his years in the Yan Dynasty, Lin Chen also witnessed many secret realms, where time could not be deduced by common sense.

The Annihilation Storm is so mysterious that even experts at the Myriad Manifestations Realm dare not enter casually. He cannot judge it by the normal passage of time.

(End of this chapter)