Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 87: Chapter 2: Fu Ang: Who Can Understand My Frustration?

In the arena.

Lin Chen and Peng Bo stood facing each other.

Looking at Lin Chen, Peng Bo’s expression was solemn; despite having defeated Lv Shuyu, who also had six acupoints, he didn’t let his confidence swell.

He had watched Lin Chen’s battle with Tu Le from the Iron Blood Martial Arts Hall.

The Iron Collapse Fist is the most fierce among the Eight Great Martial Arts Halls, but it couldn’t match Lin Chen in direct confrontation, which was enough to demonstrate the formidable power of Lin Chen’s Water Cloud Palm.

Mountain Shaking Martial Arts Hall and Iron Blood Martial Arts Hall are opposites, one is a spear, the other is a shield.

If the sharpest spear was forcibly subdued by Lin Chen, could his hardest shield withstand Lin Chen’s onslaught?

”Please, Senior Brother Lin, give me your guidance.”

Peng Bo was very humble, and Lin Chen nodded slightly, just as he had before.

For Lin Chen, he originally didn’t plan to use Clear Wind Palm in the group battle; he could win with merely the small success Water Cloud Palm.

But since Lv Shuyu had repeatedly provoked him, he didn’t mind using him as a negative example.

Peng Bo resorted to the same trick, as he did against Lv Shuyu, his body skin brimming with a layer of bronze sheen, then he shouted loudly, his voice resonant as a bell, wielding his sturdy arms, charging towards Lin Chen with full force.

Seeing Lin Chen standing still, not avoiding, Lv Shuyu’s eyes flashed with delight; Lin Chen, like him, had made the mistake of underestimating the opponent, and he would soon pay for it.

It wasn’t until Peng Bo was at close quarters that Lin Chen’s eyes narrowed, raising his palm to strike. As soon as this palm was released, the pupils of vice hall masters and instructors from the major martial arts halls on the scene contracted slightly.

Clear Wind Palm?

With their keen eyesight, they instantly recognized that Lin Chen was using the Clear Wind Palm.

Alluding to Lin Chen’s former disciple status at Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall, these vice hall masters and instructors cast a playful glance towards the Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall.

Earlier, Lin Chen’s use of the Water Cloud Palm was evidently near small success, but he chose to use Clear Wind Palm against Peng Bo, especially given that a Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall disciple had recently been defeated by Peng Bo.

Considering all this, they were inclined to speculate more about Lin Chen’s choice to use the Clear Wind Palm in response.

Seeing Lin Chen’s palm technique, identical to Lv Shuyu’s earlier moves, Peng Bo didn’t know why Lin Chen was also capable of the Clear Wind Palm; he simply felt pleased. Having already withstood several of Lv Shuyu’s palms, he thought the same would happen now.

Smack!

Lin Chen’s palm landed on Peng Bo’s arm; Peng Bo’s eyes widened suddenly, the power of this palm unimaginable, as if a blade, a pain far exceeding that of Lv Shuyu’s prior strikes.

Is this still the Clear Wind Palm?

It felt utterly unlike Lv Shuyu’s.

Unbearable!

While he could grit his teeth against Lv Shuyu, Lin Chen’s palm directly left him pale, rendering his arm limp, unable to be raised again.

With one palm released, Lin Chen’s expression remained unchanged, facing Peng Bo, who had reached him propelled by inertia, and followed with a second palm strike.

The speed of the palm, carrying a gusting wind, aimed at Peng Bo’s front chest.

Boom!

A loud sound echoed as Peng Bo was struck by Lin Chen’s palm force, staggering backward, even as he activated the Iron Bone Skill to protect his chest at the last moment, unable to withstand the powerful force, his entire skeleton shaking from the impact.

The power of this palm left many students on site with their mouths slightly agape, capturing the attention of the vice hall masters and instructors, locking their eyes firmly on Lin Chen.

”Clear Wind Palm, small success!”

Chen Chunfeng uttered these words, his eyes gleaming.

Beside him, Lv Shuyu’s face turned ashen, having trained in the Clear Wind Palm to mastery, aware that even at mastery level, it lacked such power.

Why?

He couldn’t understand how Lin Chen, an ordinary fisherman’s offspring, not only matched his realm but wielded greater proficiency in the Clear Wind Palm.

Qi He wore a shocked expression; he hadn’t anticipated Lin Chen would achieve small success in the Clear Wind Palm.

In that moment, a sliver of regret slipped into his heart.

Three palms!

Just three palms, Peng Bo was defeated, as he had previously against Tu Le, voluntarily admitting defeat.

”Damn!”

Within the martial arts hall crowd, a rough voice suddenly erupted.

”Hell, I always thought the one who defeated me was a Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall student, didn’t expect it was a Jingshui Martial Arts Hall student. What’s Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall up to, giving a Clear Wind Palm small success student to Jingshui Martial Arts Hall!”

This outburst, beyond self-restraint, came from Fu Ang.

At this moment, Fu Ang felt like he had stepped in dogshit, his face filled with frustration.

Before the duel, he had deliberately investigated Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall’s students, even cautiously avoiding the three six-acupoint students from Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall in group allocation.

But then... it turned out this person belonged to Jingshui Martial Arts Hall.

He felt wronged!

But once he spoke, Qi He’s face turned darker, since all students on site perceived it, directing their gaze at him.

Though the students’ eyes lacked the overt ridicule from the vice hall masters and instructors, they were full of confusion and bewilderment.

Yet Qi He still felt his face burning, anticipating the turmoil and discussions this would stir up.

A student proficient in Clear Wind Palm having joined Jingshui Martial Arts Hall.

This matter would make them a laughingstock among the Eight Great Martial Arts Halls, especially him as a vice hall master, repeatedly mentioned by others.

”Junior Brother Zhao misled me!”

Qi He was quite furious; at that time, although Junior Brother Chen had not clearly stated, his demeanor obviously favored Lin Chen more. If not for Junior Brother Zhao’s analysis, how could he have agreed to give priority treatment to the wastrel Lv Shuyu?

At Wuchang Pavilion, the seed students of the Eight Great Martial Arts Halls promptly turned their gaze to Shao Hong.

”Junior Brother Shao, could you clarify our doubts on why your hall doesn’t want this Lin Chen?”

”Is achieving small success in Clear Wind Palm not enough to catch your hall’s eye?”

Their words carried curiosity and a touch of sarcasm, making Shao Hong’s face darken; he had heard of this due to the priority treatment slot, Lin Chen chose to leave Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall for Jingshui Martial Arts Hall.

Yet he hadn’t paid much attention, for neither Lin Chen nor Lv Shuyu held any weight in his eyes.

Standing from his internal perspective, he originally leaned towards Lv Shuyu, given that Lin Chen abandoned Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall due to not receiving priority treatment—deemed an act of betrayal in his view.

But now he could only remain silent, inwardly cursing Lv Shuyu’s stupidity.

In Wuchang Pavilion, on the highest tier.

Originally indifferent to the Martial Arts Arena’s duels, Su Lingchuan and He Ruyun were drawn by the clamor below, shifting their focus there.

”A Clear Wind Palm small success, yet they’re a Jingshui Martial Arts Hall student, interesting indeed.”

He Ruyun commented with a smile; for him, achieving small success in Clear Wind Palm in three months wasn’t extraordinary; any martial artist entering the grade by thirty could almost achieve it, or even faster.

What piqued his interest was why a student with apparent talent in Clear Wind Palm would end up a disciple of Jingshui Martial Arts Hall.

Su Lingchuan frowned slightly; he had completely forgotten Lin Chen’s name, but the situation below jogged his memory, linking Lin Chen’s joining of Jingshui Martial Arts Hall to Inspector Shu, who had already vacated.

An inspection hall slot, opened by Inspector Shu, couldn’t be denied, though he recalled Lin Chen belonged to Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall, only temporarily lent to Jingshui Martial Arts Hall, yet now represented Jingshui in combat?

Such proficiency achieved in three months, there was no reason Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall would have let him go.

However, the reason quickly surfaced as answers were provided from the lower layers by the students.

”Junior Brother Lin cultivated Clear Wind Palm to mastery and informed Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall of this; Instructor Chen of Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall was quite pleased with Junior Brother Lin, but Hall Master Qi turned around and revoked Junior Brother Lin’s priority treatment standing.”

Seeing Shao Hong silent, Jiang Qing first spoke up.

She’d heard about Lin Chen’s joining of Jingshui Martial Arts Hall from Hall Master Kong and was aware that although Junior Brother Lin seemed indifferent, the diligent effort exerted to elevate his realm and Martial Arts Technique proficiency was evident during this period.

This was all to prove to Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall they made the wrong choice.

”Senior Sister Jiang, are you saying Lin Chen couldn’t obtain a priority treatment slot at Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall? Are their current students that impressive?”

”Clear Wind Martial Arts Hall believed Lv Shuyu more suitable for the priority treatment slot than Junior Brother Lin.”

Jiang Qing replied softly, and as she did, the other six once again fixed their gaze on Shao Hong.

Shao Hong felt a tinge of shame and annoyance. Why look at me, I wasn’t the one who made that decision; who knew Lv Shuyu would be such an underperforming fool.