Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 78: Fighting on stage, talking off stage

Students completed the task in groups.

There are nine groups in total, with eight members in each group.

The martial arts training ground of the Wuzheng Institute was large enough, and students from the eight martial arts schools occupied the surrounding area, leaving the fighting venue in the middle empty.

now.

There is a tall building only ten feet away from the martial arts arena, the tallest building in the Wuzheng Office: Wuchang Pavilion.

It is also the tallest building in the entire Poyang County.

On the sixth floor of Wuchang Pavilion, Jiang Qing and eight other martial arts students were on this floor at the moment. However, they were not talking to each other as their eyes were on the martial arts arena.

These eight people are the strongest students of this session of each martial arts school. Each of them has his own pride, so naturally they will not take the initiative to communicate and strike up a conversation with others.

Two floors above, there were two men sitting, wearing light blue official uniforms embroidered with nine auspicious cloud patterns.

Ninth-rank official uniform.

In the whole Poyang County, only two people are qualified to wear it: the director of Wuzheng Office and the county lord of Poyang County.

"Junior Brother Su, you really put a lot of thought into this competition." He Ruyun said after taking a sip of tea.

Su Lingchuan smiled slightly: "Poyang County's martial arts have been declining in recent years. As the director of the Martial Arts Institute, I can only do everything I can to improve the fighting spirit of the students in the martial arts school."

"Only Junior Brother Su can do this. If it were someone else, they wouldn't be able to do it even if they wanted to."

Poyang County Magistrate He Ruyun said this out of inspiration. If Su Lingchuan was not a direct disciple of the director of the Military Administration Department, the Military Administration Department of Rao Mansion might not give him the reward of more than a dozen Tongqiao Pills.

It’s not that the Military Affairs Department cannot produce these Tongqiao Pills, but the Tongqiao Pills are just the beginning. The three-month competition will be about Tongqiao Pills, and there will be the year-end competition in June and September, and the rewards can only be higher.

Taking all of this into consideration, the reward is very generous. If it were the previous two directors of the Military Administration Institute, the Military Administration Department would definitely not have such strong support.

"Brother He, it's not just Poyang County, the other counties are the same. The Military Administration Department doesn't favor one over the other."

Su Lingchuan knew what Senior Brother He was thinking and explained.

“Is it the same in other counties?”

He Ruyun seemed to be thinking about something. As a county magistrate, he knew the situation in other counties, but he was more aware of the government offices and people's livelihood. He didn't care much about the affairs of the martial arts school. He would only pay a little attention to the county and prefectural examinations.

"What's the reason?"

Su Lingchuan shook his head and said nothing.

He Ruyun saw Su Lingchuan shaking his head and saying nothing, and rubbed his teacup with his fingers. He had a guess in his mind, and after a while he said, "Junior Brother Su, after this fight, would it be appropriate for my county government to give us another reward?"

"Brother He supports Poyang Martial Arts, how can I refuse? It is appropriate. I would like to thank you on behalf of the students of the martial arts school." Su Lingchuan agreed.
"You are too polite, Junior Brother. As the magistrate of Poyang County, the students of the martial arts school are also the people of Poyang."

He Ruyun laughed. Some things didn't need to be said explicitly. Junior Brother He had already given the answer to his test, and that was enough.

After thinking about it carefully, it is indeed time for that person to take this step.

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A martial arts arena.

The battle of Group A is going on at this moment.

Students in the group come forward to draw lots, and then fight in pairs. The loser is eliminated and the winner continues.

Lin Chen showed regret when he saw Junior Sister Li lose in the second round to a fellow Liuqiao student from the Seven Stars Martial Arts School.

Junior Sister Li is still a little lacking in actual combat.

In this group, the final winner should be Zhang Qing from Tiexue Martial Arts School. Although he has only opened six acupoints, he is proficient in Iron Collapse Fist, comparable to a student with seven acupoints, which allowed him to defeat his opponents within a few moves in two consecutive matches.

The power of the Iron Collapse Fist can be seen from this.

"Junior Brother Lin, if you were asked to face Zhang Qing, would you have a chance of winning?" Fu Jingya asked curiously.

"Hard to say."

Lin Chen shook his head: "This person's realm is not lower than mine. I have never fought with the disciples of the Iron Blood Martial Arts School."

"The Iron Collapse Fist is extremely powerful, but its weakness is that it has not yet reached the level of minor perfection, and is prone to weakness. If you encounter a disciple from the Iron Blood Martial Arts School, avoid their attack and wait until their momentum fades before counterattacking."

Kong Yinglei, who was standing by, heard the conversation between Lin Chen and Fu Jingya and whispered a suggestion.

There was no suspense in this fight between Group A, and there was not much discussion at the scene. After the list of Group A students was released, the victory of Zhang Qing from Tiexue Martial Arts School was already expected by everyone.

"Zhang Qingsheng, the A-level competition is over, and the B-level contestants will come on stage to draw lots."

As the referee from Wuzheng Institute finished speaking, the atmosphere became heated. Group B will definitely be the most exciting group.

There are only twelve people in the eight major martial arts schools who have opened seven orifices. Among them, the two students with seven orifices from Zhenyue Martial Arts School and Tiexue Martial Arts School were selected as seeds and did not have to participate in the first round of competition.

There are no eight-aperture students in the Mantis Martial Arts School, only two seven-aperture students, one of whom has also obtained the status of a seed student, which means that there are only nine seven-aperture students left on the scene.

There are three Seven Aperture students in Group B at once, so it is bound to be a fierce battle.

"Senior Sister Gu, come on!"

Lin Chen encouraged Gu Qingqing, but when he saw Gu Qingqing's puzzled look, he realized that there is no word "come on" in this world.

"Junior brother wishes senior sister a successful start."

"I would like to borrow your good words, Junior Brother."

Gu Qingqing smiled slightly. She did feel some pressure when she saw the list of opponents in the group, but she has adjusted herself now.

The draw for Group B came out soon. Seeing the draw results, Lin Chen and others from Jingshui Martial Arts School all had smiles on their faces. Senior Sister Gu was very lucky. The first opponent she drew was a student from Qixing Martial Arts School who was in the fifth level of enlightenment. But this was not the reason why Lin Chen and others were happy for Senior Sister Gu.

The reason why Lin Chen and others were happy was that the Seven Aperture student from Qingfeng Martial Arts School and the Seven Aperture student from Mantis Martial Arts School were drawn in the first round.

Even Kong Yinglei had a smile on her face. On the other hand, over at Qingfeng Martial Arts School, Qi He's face darkened. However, Lin Chen noticed that over at Mantis Martial Arts School, the deputy head's expression didn't change much.

"Is there something special about the student at Mantis Martial Arts School?"

In this kind of intra-group competition, the loser will be eliminated. No student will let up and it will be a battle with all their strength. One is well prepared while the other has experienced a big battle. As a result, the gap between the two is quite large.

In the first match of Group B, Gu Qingqing defeated her opponent easily without any change in expression. It was not worth being happy about her defeating an opponent with only five orifices at the level of Seven orifices.

In the second match of Class B, the five-orifice student of the Iron Blood Martial Arts School will fight against the six-orifice student of the Wild Wind Martial Arts School.

The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the students from the Iron Blood Martial Arts School who were watching started to yell.

"If you are a coward, don't come up to fight."

"So the Kuangfeng Kick of Kuangfeng Martial Arts School is used for escaping. I've really seen it today!"

The students of the Iron Blood Martial Arts School started to scold, and the students of the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School naturally would not tolerate it and fought back one by one.

"The Iron Collapse Fist is so powerful, but it can't even hit a person. It's useless!"

"What a joke! Who said that you have to stand still in a fight? If that's the case, then don't fight. Let's just punch each other. Whoever falls down first loses."

"Junior brother, you are right. Maybe they really think so. But if you put it this way, I think Zhenyue Martial Arts School will win in the end. After all, it is the most vulnerable among the eight martial arts schools."

The reason why the students from the two martial arts schools started quarreling was that the students from the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School chose to hide in the martial arts arena, taking advantage of their legs, and did not confront the students from the Tiexue Martial Arts School head-on.

The students of the Iron Blood Martial Arts School cursed the students of the Kuang Feng Martial Arts School as cowards, and the students of the Kuang Feng Martial Arts School responded by saying that this was called having brains!

On Wuchang Pavilion.

Fei Hong from the Iron Blood Martial Arts School snorted and looked at Zhang Qing who was not far away from him: "Is this all the ability of the disciples of the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School?"

"We'll know whether he's really capable or not when the results come out."

Zhang Qing responded without any hesitation. The student from the Tiexue Martial Arts School had not even mastered the Iron Collapse Fist. He had thrown several punches with all his strength but failed to hit Junior Brother Chen. He was already beginning to lose strength.

"I hope your legs can run that fast by then."

Fei Hong naturally saw that his junior fellow apprentice was running out of energy and was doomed to lose if he continued like this, so he expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Don't worry about whether I can run that fast."

Just as Fei Hong and Zhang Qing were arguing, the battle in the martial arts arena finally came to an end.

The students of the Tiexue Martial Arts School looked pale and their punches were weak. Seeing this, the disciples of the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School's eyes lit up, and they stopped dodging and leaped up. Their Kuangfeng kicks made a sound of breaking wind in the air and swept across with incredible speed.

"be cheated!"

Lin Chen, who was watching the game from the audience, whispered.

His words made Kong Yinglei look over, and Fu Jingya beside him asked curiously, "What do you mean by that, Junior Brother?"

But there was no need for Lin Chen to answer, because the answer had already been given on the field.

Just as the leg of the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School disciple was about to sweep over the Iron Blood Martial Arts School student, the Iron Blood Martial Arts School student changed his previous downward trend, his momentum surged, and he punched at the opponent's leg with the same sound of breaking through the air.

Click!

Everyone heard the sound of the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School student's leg being broken. The Iron Blood Martial Arts School student was now attacking with all his might, showing no mercy.

"Junior Brother Lin, how did you figure that out?"

Seeing the student from the Kuangfeng Martial Arts School falling to the ground in pain, Fu Jingya's eyes were filled with surprise. Just now, even she thought that the student from the Tiexue Martial Arts School had run out of energy.

"If the man from the Iron Blood Martial Arts School was really weak, his steps would have been frivolous, but when he moved, his steps were steady, so I concluded that he was pretending, deliberately showing weakness to the enemy and luring them to attack."

"Yes, Lin Chen observed very carefully. A martial artist's fight cannot tolerate any carelessness. The more careful you are, the better."

Kong Yinglei was very satisfied with Lin Chen's answer, and gave some advice to the other students.

After the battle, the students from the Iron Blood School started another round of taunting, while the students from the Kuangfeng School were filled with anger. Unfortunately, they had lost and they had no excuse to argue.

The third match of Class B was quite dull, with the disciples of Zhenyue Martial Arts School winning easily.

The fourth match of Class B is the highlight, with Chi Hanfei from Qingfeng Martial Arts School, who has opened up seven acupoints, fighting against Meng Yuan from Mantis Martial Arts School.

Although both of them have opened seven acupoints, in the eyes of everyone present, Chi Hanfei has undoubtedly a higher chance of winning. After all, Mantis Fist is known to be the weakest, and Mantis Martial Arts School is also the weakest among the eight martial arts schools.

Among the new batch of students this time, there are only three martial arts schools that have not opened the eight acupoints, namely Tiexue Martial Arts School, Zhenyue Martial Arts School, and Mantis Martial Arts School.

However, Tiexue Martial Arts School and Zhenyue Martial Arts School do not have eight-acupoint students. As expected, the realm improvement of these two martial arts schools is slower than that of other martial arts schools.

"Junior Brother Lin, who do you think will win this game?"

Fu Jingya asked again, and Lin Chen's mouth twitched. Senior Sister Fu really likes to ask questions.

"Meng Yuan."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen gave the answer.

"Junior Brother Lin, do you think Meng Yuan will win? Shouldn't Chi Hanfei have a better chance of winning?"

Fu Jingya was puzzled, but she remembered that Junior Brother Lin transferred from Qingfeng Martial Arts School to their Jingshui Martial Arts School.

She instantly realized that Junior Brother Lin probably had no good feelings towards Qingfeng Martial Arts School, which was why he hoped that Meng Yuan would win.

Seeing Senior Sister Fu’s expression of “I understand”, Lin Chen felt helpless. What was Senior Sister Fu imagining?

(End of this chapter)