Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 428: Chapter 11: Has Lin Chen Become This Weak?

Early the next morning!

The bells of the Canglan Martial Arts Academy rang out.

The entrance of the academy was buzzing with activity.

After three days of assessments, eighty disciples passed the academy’s evaluation and became disciples of the academy.

Eighty, breaking the previous highest admission record of the academy.

The assessment requirements of the Four Great Martial Arts Academies are not only set by the academy itself. Due to the Nine Kingdoms, each academy’s assessment needs the approval of the United Elder Seat of the United Martial Arts Academy.

The United Elder Seat of the Nine Kingdoms is composed of one elder from each academy, and any decision requires more than half of the elders’ approval to pass.

Similarly, for each session’s disciple assessment, an elder from the United Elder Seat is assigned to supervise to prevent academies from cheating by enrolling disciples who do not meet the standards to scam resources from the academy.

This time, the supervising elder sent by the United Elder Seat to Canglan Martial Arts Academy came from the Royal Martial Academy of the Yan Kingdom.

Yesterday, these new disciples had already entered the academy, and today is the entry ceremony.

At the Martial Arts Arena.

The senior brothers and sisters from the previous and the session before last also came to join in the excitement, observing the new disciples from a not-so-distant place.

”Eh, there are quite a few junior sisters this session, eighteen in total.”

A senior brother counted them one by one, pointing out the number of junior sisters.

”Not only are there many in number, but their looks aren’t bad either. That junior sister in the white dress in the middle is quite likable.”

”Forget about the junior sister in the white dress, see the junior brother standing next to her? She’s already taken.”

”Already taken, could it be that guy you mentioned a few days ago who was one step ahead and got her before Junior Brother Lin?”

”What do you mean one step ahead, her surname is Jiang. Junior Sister Jiang may not have a chance anymore, but the other junior sisters still do, like that junior sister in the yellow dress, she’s pretty good too.”

”You’re right, the junior sister in the yellow dress is no less beautiful than Junior Sister Jiang.”

”Each has her own unique charm.”

At the very front of the Martial Arts Arena, all the new disciples of this session have gathered.

Xiao Yaojin glanced at Lin Chen, who stood relatively close to Jiang Qing on the left, his brows slightly furrowed.

Since the battle at Eight Directions City, he had admired Lin Chen and acknowledged him as a senior brother from the bottom of his heart.

With his sharp hearing, he caught the discussions of other senior brothers around him, and it was precisely because he overheard them that his brows furrowed.

Senior Brother Lin, who is only at the Refining Viscera Realm, is already thinking about matters of men and women? This is beneficial, not harmful, to martial arts cultivation.

Lust is like a bone-scraping knife!

As a martial artist, can he think about such matters before entering the grade?

In Xiao Yaojin’s view, with Senior Brother Lin’s talent in the martial path, if he focused wholeheartedly on martial arts cultivation, he could break through to the Upper Grade Realm like Senior Pei sooner.

Apart from Xiao Yaojin frowning at Lin Chen, there were also many other new disciples on site whose eyes were fixed on Lin Chen.

Some were curious, some were admiring, and some were filled with intense fighting spirit.

This time, the number of disciples Canglan Martial Arts Academy recruited far exceeded any previous sessions, and many came specifically for Lin Chen, but their motives varied.

Some wanted to make a name for themselves by defeating Lin Chen!

Lin Chen could feel the various gazes from behind, trying hard to keep himself upright, with no energy to analyze what those gazes meant.

Even though today was the entry ceremony for the academy’s disciples, his training had not stopped.

Early in the morning, after absorbing and refining a drop of Flood Dragon True Blood, he rushed up and down Canglan Mountain three times, hastily heading to the Martial Arts Arena to join the other new disciples.

Exhausted!

Among those present, only Jiang Qing could sense Lin Chen’s weakness, and her delicate face showed concern. She knew Lin Chen’s training plan.

”Junior Brother, are you still okay?” Jiang Qing couldn’t help but move a little closer so that Lin Chen could lean against her.

Feeling the fragrant shoulder close by, Lin Chen fell silent for a moment. The affection of a beauty is heavy indeed!

Even though he and Senior Sister had already expressed their feelings to each other and had walked hand-in-hand around the academy, at this moment, before so many people, Senior Sister leaning her shoulder to support him would surely lead to much gossip.

The deep affection of Senior Sister, Lin Chen certainly wouldn’t let it go to waste, and indeed, he needed to rest a bit.

Xiao Yaojin, who was next to them, seeing the intimate actions between Lin Chen and Jiang Qing, frowned even more deeply.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk, still, Senior Brother Lin is impressive, he doesn’t shy away at all.”

Standing a row behind, Ye Feng watched Lin Chen and Jiang Qing’s close backs with an intriguing expression.

”More than Ye Feng’s actions, I’m more curious about who that is?”

”That’s Jiang Qing, Senior Sister Jiang. She’s from Raozhou Prefecture, like Senior Brother Lin,” Peng Jingqi replied from the side.

Ye Feng looked at Peng Jingqi with curiosity: ”Junior Sister Peng, how do you know?”

Peng Jingqi cast a sidelong glance at Ye Feng, not answering directly. She had inquired about Senior Brother Lin’s whereabouts when she entered the academy yesterday. Although she didn’t find out where he was, she did learn from a senior brother of the previous session that Senior Brother Lin was very close with a certain senior sister in the academy.

Young girl admiring strength, she had witnessed Senior Brother Lin defeat Kameda Retsu with a single move outside Eight Directions City.

That night, in her dreams, Lin Chen’s figure appeared in the dreams of the young girl.

But what Peng Jingqi didn’t expect was that Senior Brother Lin already had someone he loved. Although she hadn’t met this Senior Sister Jiang, from what a senior brother had said, she knew Jiang Senior Sister’s appearance was exceedingly good.

A perfect match of talent and beauty, like heavenly pairs.

Peng Jingqi could only bury this budding affection deep within her heart.

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On the viewing platform, several figures departed silently the moment Lin Chen and Jiang Qing’s bodies touched.

Being among the top ten disciples of the same session, they came to see for themselves what was so special about this Junior Brother Lin, reputed to have potential comparable to that of Senior Pei, the greatest talent in Liang in three hundred years.

Unexpectedly, I saw someone who was indulging in women.

This Lin Chen, having been overwhelmed by his achievement in the Opening Acupoints Realm, dares to behave so recklessly during the academy’s induction ceremony. It’s certain that his future in the Martial Path won’t hold many achievements.

Lin Chen is no longer worth their attention.

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After a hundred breaths, Hua Qianwu and several vice deans of the academy, including instructors, walked towards the Martial Arts Arena. The previously noisy arena suddenly quieted down, and Lin Chen also left his senior sister’s shoulder to return to his place.

”On behalf of Canglan Martial Arts Academy, I congratulate you for officially becoming disciples of Canglan Martial Arts Academy from today onward.”

Hua Qianwu’s gaze swept across the entire venue, without the slightest imposing aura of a dean, and there was an encouraging look in his eyes as he looked at each disciple.

As refreshing as a spring breeze!

”According to the rules of our Canglan Martial Arts Academy, today, as new disciples enter the academy, an induction ceremony will be held as a welcome from the academy.”

After Hua Qianwu said these words, the senior brothers and sisters from the previous two years showed interest on their faces. They were here not just to see the junior brothers and sisters, or rather only a few were here for their looks. The main reason was this induction ceremony.

The induction ceremony of Canglan Martial Arts Academy is particularly excellent, and they want to see what kind of performance this batch of new disciples will have.

The surrounding disciples from the previous two years were watching intently, and the new disciples present were also full of anticipation, wanting to know what the academy’s induction ceremony would be like.

They are not foolish; naturally, they wouldn’t think that the academy is here to give them any benefits.

Having come step by step from the Martial Arts Hall and Martial Arts School, both places have similar ceremonies.

Although it is called a ceremony, it is actually a test of their strength or a way to warn these newcomers.

But those who can stand here are geniuses from various prefectures; how could they fear the test?

As for being warned, they must first be convincingly overwhelmed.

”Open the gate of the academy!”

Hua Qianwu lightly shouted; it seemed calm but resounded like thunder.

All new disciples instinctively turned their heads to look behind them, where the academy gates were already open, weren’t they?

Before they could resolve their confusion, they felt the ground shaking. Looking back the next moment, they discovered that a blue mist was rising from the depths of the Canglan Mountains, surging like horses galloping wildly.

A few breaths later, all the new disciples gasped in disbelief, as if they had seen an incredible scene.

When the blue mist reached the foot of the mountain, they realized it was not mist at all, but seawater!

The magnificent blue seawater roared through the mountain peaks like torrents, riding with the terrifying sound of tsunamis, finally converging into a giant wave dozens of yards high as it rushed from afar.

Those senior brothers and sisters who were watching had already retreated from the Martial Arts Arena, while Hua Qianwu and others remained standing still.

”Withstand a wave from the Canglan Sea, and you will earn ten points... Those who are swept away by the waves will be eliminated, each disciple.”

Hua Qianwu’s voice landed at the moment the first giant wave crashed down.

Bang!

Just as Lin Chen was regaining a bit of strength, the moment he came into contact with the giant wave, his expression changed.

He couldn’t hold it off!

If he mobilized his Qi Blood, he might be able to withstand it, but the dean had told him beforehand that unless he was about to be eliminated, he should not utilize his Qi Blood, using only his physical body to endure the wave.

He didn’t know why the dean advised this, but since the dean did, he followed the advice.

The giant wave crashed upon the ground within just two breaths.

As the wave surged forward, the originally neat formation of a hundred new disciples in the Martial Arts Arena was completely disrupted.

Xiao Yaojin, stepped back two steps.

The others in the first row did the same.

But the new disciples standing in the back row were in trouble, with several being pushed to the edge of the Martial Arts Arena by the giant waves.

As the wave receded, Xiao Yaojin’s first reaction was to look toward where Lin Chen was, and not seeing Lin Chen’s figure, he was stunned, then looked back and saw Lin Chen had retreated a yard back, showing disbelief in his eyes.

Even he had only stepped back two steps; there was no reason for Senior Brother Lin to retreat that much?

Unless...

Desire is like a bone-scraping knife!

Xiao Yaojin made up his mind: after the induction ceremony, he would have a good talk with Senior Brother Lin.

Not only Xiao Yaojin paid attention to Lin Chen, whether the senior brothers and sisters from the previous two years watching the scene or the new disciples of this year, they instinctively looked for Lin Chen’s figure as the wave receded.

Seeing only Lin Chen out of the ten people in the first row retreating a yard, now standing in the same area as those originally in the third row, there was a look of incomprehension in their eyes.

However, the waves left them no time to be shocked, as the second wave came crashing down.

The second wave, third wave, fourth wave...

As four consecutive waves crashed in, Lin Chen had already retreated thirty yards, while the entire Martial Arts Arena was only about a hundred yards long.

After four waves, half of the new disciples were pushed out of the Martial Arts Arena.

”Didn’t expect that nearly half of the disciples remained in the arena this time; during our year, there were less than ten left after four waves.”

”Indeed, this year’s junior brothers and sisters are much stronger than we were back then.”

”I expected this year’s junior brothers and sisters to be stronger than us, but I didn’t expect Junior Brother Lin to retreat so far?”

Of the nine people with Xiao Yaojin in the front row, they had retreated less than a yard.

”Seven times leaving a name on Martial Arts Mountain, so what?”

Someone turned to glance at Lin Chen, with disdain in their eyes.

”Being invincible in the Opening Acupoints Realm doesn’t mean the same in the Refining Viscera Realm,” another young man added, ”If I had known Junior Brother Lin would perform like this, I wouldn’t have come to Canglan Martial Arts Academy, what a disappointment!”

The young girl in a yellow dress standing beside Jiang Qing had a puzzled look in her eyes. How could Lin Chen possibly be this weak?