Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 420: Chapter 7: Apprenticing Under the Dean, Learning the Difficulties of Nine Revolutions

The dormitories for ordinary disciples at the Martial Arts Academy are uniformly arranged and allocated according to the courtyard where the instructors reside. However, a genius like Lin Chen is sure to have special advantages. Since Lin Chen has chosen the Dean as his instructor, Zhao Hai does not intervene.

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In the side courtyard of the main hall of the Martial Arts Academy, Lin Chen met Hua Qianwu.

”Dean, Lin Chen has been brought here, I will take my leave now.”

Zhao Hai was somewhat apprehensive of the Dean. After all, he had recently engaged in some minor maneuvering, having placed the Dean’s information last.

”Zhao Hai, you are quite commendable.”

Hua Qianwu spoke with a smile: ”Not fearing authority, I admire you greatly.”

With these words, Zhao Hai’s expression changed instantly. Admire him?

This meant that the Dean had detected his minor maneuver.

”Dean, I was also compelled, it was the teacher who forced me to do this.”

Zhao Hai couldn’t care less now, opting to shift blame to protect himself. Despite Hua Qianwu’s smiling demeanor, he feared the Dean was already contemplating how to penalize him.

”Is that so?”

”If you don’t believe me, you can ask the teacher. I had no option.”

Zhao Hai wore a miserable expression, while Hua Qianwu gave a cold snort: ”Get out!”

”Ah!”

Upon hearing ”Get out,” Zhao Hai felt as if he had heard celestial music. He wasn’t afraid of the Dean’s scolding but feared his praise.

This was a shared insight among everyone at the Martial Arts Academy.

Watching Instructor Zhao’s act of blaming his teacher to save himself, Lin Chen had a vague suspicion, with a pensive look on his face.

Is the atmosphere at Canglan Martial Arts Academy such that everyone likes to say ”Get out”?

”Lin Chen, do you know why the Martial Arts Academy offered you the condition of thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood?” Hua Qianwu directed his gaze at Lin Chen after Zhao Hai departed.

”Disciple does not know.”

Lin Chen shook his head. Judging from the expressions of the other vice directors of the Martial Arts Academy and his own teacher’s reaction at that time, thirty drops of Thousand-Year Flood Dragon True Blood definitely exceeded their expectations.

”Because Lord Kong informed me that you are cultivating the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Cultivation Method.”

Hua Qianwu’s old eyes squinted slightly: ”If you want to master the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Method, thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood are a necessity. Our Canglan Martial Arts Academy wants to recruit you as a disciple, and providing you with thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood is our responsibility. Thus, we simply made it the admission condition for you.”

”That... is something the disciple did not expect.”

Lin Chen was surprised. He indeed had not considered this aspect. It appears now that the Canglan Martial Arts Academy only presented the condition to him ten days after Lord Kong left, likely because they received Lord Kong’s notification and revised the originally prepared terms, hence the delay of a few days.

”Do you want to know the origin of the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Cultivation Method?”

”Could you tell me, Disciple?”

Lin Chen’s face showed a look of anticipation. It would be untrue to say he didn’t want to know. But back then, Lord Kong had kept it a secret, only instructing him not to reveal to others that he was cultivating the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Method.

”Lord Kong didn’t tell you because he feared burdening you with pressure. Now that you are refining the viscera, it’s good for you to be mentally prepared.”

”The Nine Revolutions True Blood Refining the Viscera... this method was cultivated by the Grand Ancestor Emperor back in the day.”

Lin Chen’s mouth opened in astonishment. This cultivation method was actually the one practiced by the Grand Ancestor Emperor of Liang.

Seeing Lin Chen’s shocked expression, Hua Qianwu dropped another bombshell: ”In our three hundred years of Liang’s history, only the Grand Ancestor Emperor has mastered it.”

”Only the Grand Ancestor Emperor has mastered it?”

Lin Chen’s pupils contracted sharply. He couldn’t believe that in the three hundred years of Liang’s history, no others attempted to cultivate this method. At the very least, the Grand Ancestor Emperor’s descendants, the Royal Family of Liang, would have practiced it.

”The Martial Path granting you this method signifies the Grand Ancestor Emperor’s favor towards you. It’s your honor, but it also presents you with a substantial challenge.”

Recalling the content of Lord Kong’s letter at that time, Hua Qianwu still remembers it vividly.

Upon learning that Lin Chen was cultivating the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Method, the first notion that came to Hua Qianwu’s mind wasn’t to offer Lin Chen thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood but whether to abandon or not extend overly high conditions to Lin Chen.

Since the Grand Ancestor Emperor, others have attempted this method, but none have succeeded.

Failure meant no chance of Entering the Grade.

Even if Lin Chen achieves invincibility in the Refining Viscera Realm, what then?

Lord Kong did not inform Lin Chen of the truth, fearing that if Lin Chen knew the truth, he might abandon this path.

From Lord Kong’s letter to the Martial Arts Academy, Hua Qianwu inferred Lord Kong’s intentions.

Let Lin Chen give it a try!

Exhaust the resources of the Martial Arts Academy, even the Military Affairs Department would secretly provide resources.

But there’s no need to disclose these inside details to Lin Chen just yet.

”Dean, why have other predecessors in our Liang not managed to succeed?”

Concerning his Martial Path future, Lin Chen’s demeanor became solemn, asking with seriousness.

”Firstly, the Nine Revolutions True Blood requires many precious resources, at the level of Flood Dragon True Blood.” Hua Qianwu anticipated Lin Chen’s inquiry and didn’t hide the truth as he replied directly.

”Is it just because the resources are precious?”

Lin Chen couldn’t believe that the vast Liang would be unable to gather the resources.

The Royal Family certainly has the capability to accumulate them.

When the Grand Ancestor Emperor practiced initially, he had to gather the resources by himself. With the Royal Family now possessing the Liang, there’s no reason they couldn’t gather them.

”The preciousness of resources is only one aspect. The true difficulty lies in the absorption and refinement, whose level of pain is beyond what ordinary people can endure. Nine revolutions... as the name implies, require undergoing nine times of True Blood Refinement, with the pain increasing each turn. Throughout history, those who tried this method mostly persisted to the Sixth Transformation at most.”

Pain?

Upon hearing this reason, Lin Chen let out a sigh of relief. The thing he fears the least is pain. It seems his ”Medicine Jar Ill Body” title came at just the right time, and is precisely what he needs for practicing the Nine Revolutions True Blood Viscera Method.

”I know you have already refined three drops of Flood Dragon True Blood and can endure suffering that ordinary people cannot, but I must inform you that the pain you endured previously is less than one percent of what lies ahead.”

Hua Qianwu noticed Lin Chen’s relaxed demeanor, assuming that Lin Chen thought he could withstand more pain since he had already refined three drops of Flood Dragon True Blood.

”No matter how bitter it is, Disciple will not give up.”

Lin Chen’s response was resounding and firm, his attitude exceedingly determined.

Give up? Wouldn’t that be unworthy of his title?

”Good!”

Hua Qianwu also slammed the table: ”Since you have this resolve, I, as your instructor, will prepare everything for you. We, as mentor and student, shall take this gamble together!”

Lord Kong dared to gamble.

Lin Chen himself dared to gamble!

What wouldn’t Hua Qianwu dare to gamble on!