Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 92: Although I have a lot of money, it is not what I want

Early next morning.

Lin Chen said goodbye to his parents, and he and his eldest brother quietly left by boat.

Yesterday’s excitement and joy have passed. From today on, he will move towards a new goal on the road of martial arts.

After going ashore and saying goodbye to his elder brother, Lin Chen went straight to Jingshui Martial Arts School.

However, at the corner of the street where Jingshui Martial Arts School was located, Lin Chen stopped, looked at the figure in front of him, and saluted lightly: "Instructor Chen."

The person standing in front of him was none other than Chen Chunfeng from Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

But he didn't understand why Instructor Chen appeared here at this time?

"Lin Chen, with your talent in Qingfeng Palm, it would be better for you to return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School. Yesterday, the headmaster removed Zhao Ce's teaching position, and Deputy Headmaster Qi also resigned from the position of deputy headmaster."

Chen Chunfeng spoke up and said that the Qingfeng Martial Arts School was very depressing yesterday.

Unlike other martial arts schools, more people were shocked by the strength of Jiang Qing and Lin Chen from Jingshui Martial Arts School, and by Lin Chen's terrifying talent in Qingfeng Palm.

All the instructors from Qingfeng Martial Arts School came last night, even some senior teachers who had left the school.

Lin Chen, who has mastered the Qingfeng Palm, is not a student of the Qingfeng Palm, which makes these old seniors angry!
If Lin Chen was only practicing the Qingfeng Palm and was not a student of the Qingfeng Martial Arts School from the beginning, although this situation is extremely rare, it has happened in the history of Poyang County, so it would still be better.

But Lin Chen was originally a student of Qingfeng Martial Arts School, but was voluntarily abandoned by Qingfeng Martial Arts School and given to Jingshui Martial Arts School.

This is a shame for Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

This shame cannot be appeased by simply throwing out Zhao Ce. Everyone can imagine that the further Lin Chen goes in martial arts, the longer this shame will remain in the martial arts school.

"What Instructor Chen said has nothing to do with me, my disciple. I am not a student of Qingfeng Martial Arts School." Lin Chen said calmly: "As for Instructor Chen, you said that Qingfeng Martial Arts School is more suitable for you. May I ask Instructor Chen, what else can Qingfeng Martial Arts School give to its disciples?"

This rhetorical question made Chen Chunfeng speechless.

Chen Chunfeng smiled bitterly. He forgot that Lin Chen's Qingfeng Palm had already been perfected and the martial arts school could no longer give Lin Chen any guidance on the technique.

The only thing that could be pointed out was the practical experience of Qingfeng Palm, but judging from Lin Chen's performance in the ring, his practical experience was not bad either.

"Lin Chen, come back to Qingfeng Martial Arts School. The seniors of Qingfeng Martial Arts School made a decision yesterday and will jointly provide you with a sum of silver, nearly a thousand taels."

A thousand taels of silver!

Lin Chen's pupils shrank. This was an extremely exaggerated number. As long as the student was not a big spender like Senior Sister Jiang, this amount of money was enough to support a martial artist's total expenses in the martial arts school for three years.

"Come back, Junior Brother Yu also came from Qingfeng Martial Arts School. If he were here, I think he would also like to see you become a disciple of Qingfeng Martial Arts School."

When Lin Chen heard Chen Chunfeng mention Instructor Yu, his face turned cold. If Instructor Yu was there, he would have taken him to the gate of Qingfeng Martial Arts School and cursed at him on the day when he was deprived of his treatment as a first-class student.

No, Instructor Yu’s personality wouldn’t allow him to swear, but he would never let me return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

Lin Chen stared at Chen Chunfeng with a sharp gaze: "Master Chen, I have only one question to ask. Without the first-class treatment of Jingshui Martial Arts School, can I open the Seven Apertures? If I cannot open the Seven Apertures and do not perform like this in the competition at this moment, will the seniors of Qingfeng Martial Arts School still give me money to support me?"

Without waiting for Chen Chunfeng to answer, Lin Chen smiled sarcastically:
"Qingfeng Martial Arts School wants the disciple to go back. Is it because the disciple is more suitable for Qingfeng Martial Arts School, or does Qingfeng Martial Arts School need the disciple to go back to quell the criticism?"

These two rhetorical questions expressed Lin Chen's attitude.

Without Jingshui Martial Arts School's appreciation of him, he wouldn't be where he is today. Now that he is abandoning Jingshui Martial Arts School, wouldn't he, Lin Chen, be a treacherous villain?

"Master Chen, I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

Lin Chen passed by Chen Chunfeng, and Chen Chunfeng did not call out to him until Lin Chen was far away. He already understood Lin Chen's attitude, and it was useless to say anything.

Indeed, Jingshui Martial Arts School was a timely help to Lin Chen.

Even if Qingfeng Martial Arts School gave a thousand taels of silver in funding, it would only be icing on the cake.

He had already anticipated this result. If his senior brother had not insisted that he come to find Lin Chen, he would not have planned to come to find Lin Chen.

It’s not that they are afraid of being rejected by Lin Chen, but the fact that the eldest senior brother came to Lin Chen in person can reflect the sincerity of Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

But the eldest senior brother chose to send himself. Just as Lin Chen said, he wanted Lin Chen to return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School to quell the criticism.

Seeing Lin Chen's departing back, Chen Chunfeng knew in his heart that after today, Lin Chen would never be able to return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

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Jingshui Martial Arts School.

As usual, Lin Chen nodded and greeted the doorman when entering the martial arts hall.

"Mr. Lin, you have brought honor to our martial arts school." The doorman gave Lin Chen a thumbs up.

Lin Chen smiled and didn't respond. When he entered the martial arts hall, he met many senior and junior sisters. But what surprised him was that both the senior and junior sisters just looked at him with a smile, and no one spoke a word.

It’s not that there weren’t some who greeted him, but they just said “Senior Brother Lin” and left in a hurry after that.

What's the situation?
Based on his understanding of his senior and junior sisters in the martial arts gym, normally when he returned to the gym today, they would praise him a few words when they met him. Why is it that none of them said anything today?
Seeing Lin Chen's departing figure, a female student stopped and said, "I almost made a mistake. The rules set by the owner are really too difficult."

"That's right. Senior Brother Lin won first place, which is something to be happy about. But the owner of the museum ordered us not to praise him in front of Senior Brother Lin."

"The owner of the museum must have his reasons for giving such an order, so we will just do as he says."

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Lin Chen did not return to his dormitory. Halfway there, he was taken to the Martial Arts Pavilion by a servant.

In the Martial Arts Pavilion, Lin Chen was taken to the small courtyard at the back.

The yard was not big. It was here that he got the enlightenment elixir. At this moment, the door of the main house in front of the yard was open. Lin Chen thought for a moment and walked into the main house.

As soon as he entered the main house, Lin Chen was shocked by the plaques hanging on the four walls of the house. [Daliang 294, County Examination Champion Zhang Fang]

[In the 292nd year of Daliang, Qi Chudie ranked fourth in the second grade of the provincial examination]

[Daliang 287, Zheng Qin, the top scorer in the county examination]

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Each plaque records the brilliant achievements made by the students of Jingshui Martial Arts School.

This is the student honor exhibition room of Jingshui Martial Arts School.

"Since the establishment of Jingshui Martial Arts School, the worst candidates who have been able to hang a plaque here are the top scorers in the county exams. As for the newcomers in the year-end competition, even if they get first place, they are not eligible to hang a plaque."

Kong Yinglei's voice came from behind. Lin Chen turned around and saw Deputy Director Kong and Director Zeng coming together, and he saluted quickly.

"Disciple greets Master Kong."

Zeng Qingyao looked at Lin Chen with satisfaction in her eyes.

It was she who gave the order that the students of the martial arts school should not praise Lin Chen anymore.

The reason is simple, just that he is afraid that Lin Chen will lose himself because of the praise.

It would be fine if Lin Chen was also a girl, but Lin Chen is a man, a teenager, and it is easy for him to become complacent when faced with the flattery and praise of young girls.

The praise from one person of the opposite sex is worth the flattery from ten people of the same sex.

Not allowing the female students to praise him is the first step, and letting Lin Chen see the achievements of previous students in the martial arts school is to make Lin Chen understand that the road of martial arts is very long, and his current achievements are nothing.

For Lin Chen to be able to appear in the martial arts gym at this time, he must have set out from the village before dawn. This behavior alone shows that Lin Chen did not relax and become complacent just because he got first place.

"What do you think when you see these plaques?" Kong Yinglei asked.

"The senior sisters in the martial arts school are so amazing. Compared with them, I still have a long way to go." Lin Chen said with emotion.

"You don't need to underestimate yourself. With your talent, you have perfected the Qingfeng Palm. The martial arts hall will give you a reward. In addition to the reward from the Wuzheng Institute, as long as you continue to maintain this heart of martial arts practice, there will be a chance to hang your name on the wall in the future."

Lin Chen was delighted by Kong Yinglei's words. There are rewards in the martial arts school?

He originally thought that this competition would only give him rewards from the Wuzheng Institute, but he didn't expect that the martial arts school had a surprise waiting for him.

"Did you meet anyone from Qingfeng Martial Arts School on the way here?"

Hearing the question from the master, Lin Chen narrowed his eyes, and without hesitation, he answered: "Teacher Chen from Qingfeng Martial Arts School once met the disciple at the street entrance of the martial arts school."

"Chen Chunfeng?"

Zeng Qingyao raised a disdainful arc on her lips. Qingfeng Martial Arts School was really arrogant. If Li Tianqi came to find Lin Chen in person, she would have looked up to Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

So, Li Tianqi is close to breaking through to the next level?
He didn't care about these things and let Lin Chen return to the martial arts school just to quell other martial artists' criticisms of Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

"What did Chen Chunfeng say to you?" Kong Yinglei didn't think too much about it. She was just curious about how Chen Chunfeng wanted to persuade Lin Chen to go back.

"Teacher Chen said that if I return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School, the seniors there will give me a sum of money, close to a thousand taels, but I rejected it outright. Without Jingshui Martial Arts School, I wouldn't be where I am now. Let alone a thousand taels, I wouldn't be tempted even if it was ten thousand taels."

When saying this, Lin Chen still had some thoughts in his mind. Didn't the martial arts school want to give him a reward? He could take it as a reference.

Of course, he did not expect the martial arts school to give him so many rewards, but maybe if he told the two masters about the benefits given by Qingfeng Martial Arts School, they would increase the amount after discussion.

This is a legitimate pursuit of one's own interests and cannot be considered a plot against the martial arts school.

"Don't even think about it. Our martial arts school can't afford to give you that much money. But when we go to the Military Affairs Office later, we can talk to Lord Su about it."

Zeng Qingyao saw through Lin Chen's thoughts and said quietly, "The martial arts hall may be poor, but the martial arts office is not. Remember one thing, no matter what Lord Su says, don't agree to it easily."

Lin Chen was stunned. The owner's words had deep meaning.

"Senior Sister, please don't keep us in suspense. Is there any news about Lord Su?" Kong Yinglei asked impatiently.

Zeng Qingyao ignored her junior sister, but just looked at Lin Chen and said meaningfully: "Our Lord Su needs political achievements the most now."

Lin Chen seemed to be thinking, isn't the achievement of the Military Affairs Institute to train students?
The more talented the students are, the higher their ranking in the provincial examination, which means the better the performance of the Military Administration Office.

He vaguely guessed what Master Zeng was hinting at.

Isn't the perfection of my Qingfeng Palm an achievement of the Wuzheng Office?

"Since you have already perfected the Qingfeng Palm, your subsequent training path will definitely be different from other students. When you arrive at the Wuzheng Institute, you can ask Lord Su for advice."

Zeng Qingyao did not hide anything. The martial arts school trained students according to a set process, which is the so-called step-by-step process.

But Lin Chen's Qingfeng Palm was perfected so quickly, which was something the martial arts hall had never encountered before. And the fact that Lin Chen was able to go from opening three acupoints at that time to opening seven acupoints now in such a short period of time must be related to the perfection of the Qingfeng Palm.

But she couldn't tell how big the relationship was.

She was not sure whether Lin Chen should open the acupoints step by step like Fu Jingya and other students, or increase the investment of money.

Lin Chen was born the son of a fisherman. It was extremely difficult for him to get to where he is today. He must be careful with every step he takes. She cannot gamble with Lin Chen's future just for the sake of Jingshui Martial Arts School's reputation.

There was something she didn't tell Junior Sister Kong. She had thought about it last night. If Qingfeng Martial Arts School was really sincere and willing to give Lin Chen a lot of martial arts resources, she would persuade Lin Chen to return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

But it is obvious that Li Tianqi is not sincere!

Li Tianqi, at this moment, is more concerned about whether he can break through to the next level.

As a warrior, Li Tianqi is qualified, but as a gym owner, Li Tianqi is extremely irresponsible.

In this case, Lin Chen can no longer return to Qingfeng Martial Arts School.

(End of this chapter)