Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 264: Chapter 77: Jiang Qing: I Heard You’re Going to Be the Li Family’s Favored Son-in-Law_3

For over three hundred years, uncountable martial artists in Liang have yearned to leave their names on Martial Arts Mountain, as the reward for such an achievement is exceedingly generous. Lin Chen doesn’t wish to settle for just one of these rewards.

”If I can cultivate the second half of the Iron Bone Skill, maybe I’ll have a chance at defeating this senior.”

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Min Huanbo listened to Lin Chen’s request, a look of puzzlement on his face.

So many techniques have already been cultivated, plus archery, and now there’s a request to cultivate another technique?

In the Opening Acupoints Realm, cultivating too many techniques is not advantageous.

Biting off more than one can chew.

No matter how good his martial comprehension, it wouldn’t stand this sort of extravagance. Still, he asked:

”What technique do you want?”

”Mountain Suppressing Chart.”

Min Huanbo pondered briefly: ”Mountain Suppressing Chart? Is it the one from the Huang Family in Huizhou Prefecture?”

”So the instructor knows the Mountain Suppressing Chart?”

”The Mountain Shaking Chart is quite renowned, of course, I know of it. I understand now.”

Min Huanbo suddenly understood why Lin Chen wanted this technique.

”Rumor has it that most of the horizontal training techniques throughout the Jiangnan Dao derive from the Huang Family’s Mountain Suppressing Chart. You want to further enhance the Iron Bone Skill?”

”Yes.”

”If it were any other technique, the special training ground could obtain it for you. Even if the special training ground doesn’t have it, it could be gathered from the Library Pavilion of the Military Affairs Hall, but for the Mountain Suppressing Chart, the special training ground really finds it hard to get it for you, no matter how hard the Military Affairs Hall tries.”

”Why?” Lin Chen was a bit curious.

”The Mountain Suppressing Chart was created by the ancestor of the Huang Family in Huizhou Prefecture, it is not an Official Family technique.”

Seeing Lin Chen still puzzled, Min Huanbo explained in detail: ”The martial arts techniques of Liang, especially Grade-Entering techniques, are actually divided into two types. One type belongs to the Imperial Court; these techniques can be learned at the Imperial Court or the Military Affairs Department, and they are redeemable with enough contribution points. However, the other type is those created by individual martial arts powerhouses; these belong to that powerhouse and are usually only passed down to family descendants.”

”If a martial arts powerhouse chooses to submit their self-created technique to the Imperial Court, the court will evaluate it and provide equivalent resources or contribution points in return. But if they choose not to submit it, and if someone uses it for evil deeds, the court will hold that family accountable; hence these families rarely spread their techniques outside.”

Lin Chen suddenly realized why Elder Lord Li mentioned that to acquire the second half of the Iron Bone Skill, he would need to visit Huizhou Prefecture.

”Or, perhaps I could inquire with Elder Lord Li directly and express my gratitude while I’m at it.”

To Lin Chen now, the special training ground holds interest purely for the Martial Arts Mountain and resources. He doesn’t plan to challenge the Martial Arts Mountain in the near term and as for resources...

”Instructor Min, if a disciple wants to leave the special training ground for a trip to Huang Mountain, is it permissible?”

”In principle, students cannot leave the special training ground within three months. You were allowed to leave last time due to special circumstances.”

Min Huanbo stroked his beard while Lin Chen’s eyes brightened, for as long as it’s ”in principle” not allowed, it still leaves a possibility open.

”Instructor Min, the disciple has already challenged the senior at Opening Acupoints of sixteen places on Martial Arts Mountain.”

Lin Chen revealed something, and it took a moment for Min Huanbo to react: ”That is commendable, keep up the effort... Could you repeat that?”

”A few days ago, I defeated the senior at Opening Acupoints of sixteen places and am currently battling the senior at seventeen places, though each time I just fall short. If I can cultivate the second half of the Iron Bone Skill, I might have a chance to defeat that senior.”

”How many acupoints have you opened now?”

Min Huanbo’s voice trembled slightly, although he had known that Lin Chen had seventeen places of acupoints open, he still wished to confirm once more.

”The disciple has seventeen places of acupoints open!”

”Wait here!”

Leaving this sentence, Min Huanbo swept away like the wind, his silhouette quickly vanishing in front of Lin Chen.

Within the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, all six instructors, including Chen Ping, gathered, each looking at Lin Chen as if he were a monster.

”Lin Chen, Junior Brother Min reported that you’ve already defeated the senior at sixteen places of acupoints on Martial Arts Mountain, is this true?”

”Yes.” Lin Chen nodded heavily.

”This is significant, be sure not to lie!”

Chen Ping had to confirm once more, not out of doubt for Lin Chen, but because no trainee in the special training ground had reached this step in ten years.

”Instructor Chen, can’t you check the trainees’ progress on Martial Arts Mountain?”

”We can’t. On Martial Arts Mountain, unless a name is left there, no one can know the achievements of a martial artist who climbs it, and Martial Arts Mountain itself is not part of the special training ground’s assessment targets.”

Martial Arts Mountain at the special training ground is a welfare for potentially talented trainees rather than an assessment target.

The trainees’ assessments are the checkpoints set up for them, which Lin Chen had already cleared early, achieving perfect scores.

”Then I cannot prove it, but I can make an oath.”

”No need for an oath, I only asked for confirmation.”

Chen Ping exchanged glances with Min Huanbo and the others, remembering the amount of training resources Lin Chen had consumed recently. With so many training resources, any other trainee might head straight to Refining the Viscera, but Lin Chen merely opened three acupoints.

After reasoning through it, the fact that Lin Chen could stand before a senior in the same realm wasn’t unacceptable.

”Lin Chen, so you want the Mountain Suppressing Chart, right? We will report this to the Academic Platform Lord; just rest easy and wait in the special training ground for a day.”

”Thank you, Instructor Chen.”

Lin Chen nodded in agreement. If the Academic Platform Lord intervenes, the probability of obtaining the manual from the Huang Family in Huizhou Prefecture would be much higher than if he were to go himself.

This is why he did not hide his achievements on Martial Arts Mountain.

His unlimited enjoyment of the training resources at the special training ground was precisely because of his demonstrated martial talent.

Hiding his achievements on Martial Arts Mountain and going to Huizhou to seek the Holy Manual on his own would not be cautious; it would be foolish!

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On the same day.

Min Huanbo’s silhouette left the special training ground. Since this matter was significant, he and the six instructors decided not to transmit it to the Academic Platform Lord in Raozhou Prefecture via flying message, but to personally go to Raozhou to inform him.

That night!

At the Raozhou Prefecture Military Affairs Department, the sound of a shattered teacup was heard.

An hour later, led by Deputy Director Xu Luncai of the Military Affairs Department, six light riders embarked overnight, heading towards the central hub of the Jiangnan Xingdao.