Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 283: Chapter 85: Second Trial at Martial Arts Mountain—Jiangnan Dao Can’t Steal the Spotlight (Part 2)

He actually persisted for half a two-hour period!

Originally, in his estimation, if Lin Chen could last a quarter of an hour, it would have been very good; now it had been extended fourfold, far exceeding his expectations.

”Enough, get into the bathing barrel.”

Jia Nanzhu grabbed Lin Chen and threw him into the bathing barrel.

As his body entered the barrel, the blood scabs on Lin Chen’s skin instantly fell off, revealing the bloody and festering wounds beneath.

The medicinal liquid in the barrel began to soak into Lin Chen’s skin, the amber liquid continuously pouring into his whole body, as if repairing a broken pottery, the festering on Lin Chen’s skin was visibly mending.

This medicinal strength not only repaired Lin Chen’s skin but also continuously poured into his body, starting to repair his damaged meridians. Meanwhile, the droplet of Flood Dragon blood in Lin Chen’s dantian also stopped churning, and with each surge of blood, some of it was absorbed.

With the Flood Dragon blood no longer causing destruction, Lin Chen could no longer hold on; he had made it this far by sheer willpower.

Pa!

Lin Chen turned his head, his body leaning directly against the side of the barrel, while his Qi blood continued to operate autonomously, constantly absorbing the medicinal liquid in the barrel.

Jia Nanzhu looked at the unconscious Lin Chen and continued to add medicinal liquid to the barrel while adding firewood beneath it.

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The next day, at dawn!

Lin Chen opened his eyes and found himself lying on a bed in the bamboo house, covered with a thin blanket.

”Did I faint again?”

Recalling the process of refining the Flood Dragon blood yesterday, Lin Chen whispered to himself: ”Display the panel.”

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm: Perfect Opening Acupoints Realm (19/24)]

[Qi Blood: 2,400,000/4,700,000]

[True Blood: 1,900,000]

[Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect]

[Mountain Shaking Chart: Second Layer]

[Gale Leg: Mastery (80/100)]

[Title: Perfect to the Extreme (After Limit Breaking, only then it is perfect; with this title, similar Limit Breaking Realm cultivation techniques can be merged to the perfect level)]

[Title: All the Way Black (Unsettled Heaven and Earth, you and I are both dark horses; with this title, martial path comprehension and perception are enhanced during the night)]

[Life Chart: [Natural Progress]: Extreme Martial Arts First Realm, perseverance, gradual progress, unstoppable, no bottleneck problem.]

Seeing his Qi blood value, Lin Chen’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Almost five million in Qi blood limit, 2.4 million in Qi blood, 1.9 million in true blood.

Calling himself a blood sack seems not too far-fetched.

Getting out of bed, Lin Chen walked out of the bamboo house and began practicing the Wind and Cloud Palm directly in the bamboo forest.

With the roar of wind and thunder, the few bamboos left in the forest shattered when hit by the palm wind from a yard away.

After a quarter of an hour, Lin Chen stopped, standing outside the bamboo house with bright eyes.

The growth of Qi blood, especially true blood, not only made his body’s Qi blood circulate faster, but more importantly, he felt a special force within his Qi blood.

This force was extremely domineering, actually speeding up the circulation of his Qi blood slightly beyond its normal speed.

”Is it the energy of the Flood Dragon?”

Thus, it seems that absorbing Flood Dragon blood not only enhanced his Qi blood value but also brought about a certain mutation to his Qi blood.

Lin Chen didn’t know how much his strength had increased, but seeing that he had opened one more acupoint on the panel, stepping into the nineteen acupoints, he entered the bamboo house, put on his clothes, and walked out of the bamboo forest.

To know how much his strength had increased, nowhere would be more suitable than the Martial Arts Mountain.

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The Capital of Liang Kingdom, Military Affairs Department.

”The son of a fisherman actually has such talent, to reach this stage is indeed rare.”

Several elders sat cross-legged, listening to a report from their subordinates about Lin Chen, submitted by the Jiangnan Dao Martial Affairs Hall.

This information was extremely detailed, even recording the grudges between Lin Chen and his grandfather from long ago. If Lin Chen were here, he would surely suspect that someone from the Martial Affairs Hall had installed surveillance on him.

Everything from when he was three years old to the present was meticulously recorded on paper.

”Nothing out of the ordinary, this little fellow is interesting. Before entering the Martial Arts Hall, he was no different from any ordinary village child.”

”I have the same feeling; it seems this little guy changed after entering the Martial Arts Hall, becoming so devoted to the Martial Path. To learn martial arts, he even took odd jobs, yet his brain was still sharp enough to think of cleaning fish scales for money.”

The elders discussed Lin Chen’s experience, and the purple-robed elder sitting on the far right said indifferently, ”Have you noticed that considering Lin Chen’s family background, he would have had no chance of entering the Martial Arts Hall?”

The other elders turned their gazes to the purple-robed elder, who continued slowly, ”The rule of the Poyang County Martial Hall is to charge each student ten taels of silver, but because Linhu Village produced an Advanced Scholar, they secured a tuition-free opportunity to enter the Martial Arts Hall. Without this chance, Lin Chen would probably now be fishing with his father in the lake.”

”Poyang County produced a Lin Chen. Across the whole Raozhou Prefecture, the entire Jiangnan Dao, and the entirety of Liang, how many geniuses like Lin Chen are hidden because they can’t afford ten taels of silver?”

The purple-robed elder sighed, and the other elders also fell silent.

”Old Zhuang, I know your intention; you wish for the Martial Hall to recruit Liang Kingdom youths for free, but on the Martial Path, especially at the Body Refining Realm, it mostly relies on Qi blood, primarily supplemented by food and medicine. Even if they entered the Martial Arts Hall, these impoverished youths wouldn’t afford food and medicinal supplements. The money for this can’t be provided by the Imperial Court, even if the court has the will, it lacks the power.”