Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Canglan Martial Arts Academy.

Lin Chen and Jiang Qing strolled through the Martial Arts Garden.

”It seems like there are fewer senior and junior brothers around the academy.”

”With the Northern Border Demon Race invading, the academy has also issued a notice, so many disciples have started to train diligently.”

Hearing Lin Chen’s words, Jiang Qing explained.

”No wonder, I was wondering why I didn’t see many people.”

Lin Chen suddenly understood, this was the cohesion of Liang martial artists.

”I heard from the teacher that many of the senior brothers and sisters volunteered to go to the Northern Border, but the dean denied them.”

Jiang Qing spoke crisply; there were quite a few Grade-Entering Disciples in the academy, and after learning the news, they all wanted to go to the Northern Border.

”Liang doesn’t need us disciples to go to the battlefield just yet.”

Lin Chen smiled wryly; he could understand how those senior brothers felt. Liang had a deeply ingrained hatred towards the Demon Race, embedded in their bones.

The relationship between the Zheng Kingdom and Liang was strained because the Zheng Kingdom harbored many demons, and quite a few of these demons had caused much slaughter in Liang in the past.

Even the Five Clans of Guan dared not send their children to train in foreign lands, let alone go to the Zheng Kingdom.

”Yes, that’s also what my father said.”

Jiang Qing nodded slightly. Her father had told her that if the Imperial Court allowed them to go to the battlefield, it meant that Liang was at a life-and-death crisis.

Because of the Northern Border Demon Race issue, Lin Chen and Jiang Qing didn’t feel like continuing their walk.

While Liang might not need them now, they still had to be prepared and, like those senior and junior brothers, strive to improve their strength.

”Senior Sister, I will head to the Canglan Mountains tomorrow, and I might have to retreat for a while.”

”The Canglan Mountains?”

Jiang Qing’s beautiful eyes showed confusion: ”The dean allowed you to absorb Canglan energy so soon?”

”Does Senior Sister know what’s in the Canglan Mountains?”

”My father also came from the Canglan Martial Arts Academy. Do you think I know a lot about the Canglan Martial Arts Academy, Junior Brother?”

Jiang Qing responded with a gentle smile, making Lin Chen speechless; he almost forgot about that.

”The dean only instructed me to enter the Canglan Mountains but didn’t tell me what’s inside.”

”There’s Canglan Lake inside the Canglan Mountains. Canglan Martial Arts Academy was established here because of the presence of Canglan Lake.”

Jiang Qing, naturally, wouldn’t hide anything from the one she cared about, telling everything she knew from her father.

This didn’t violate academy rules, even if she didn’t say it, Junior Brother Lin would find out once he entered the Canglan Mountains.

”Do you still remember Three Ponds Mountain?”

”Yes.”

Lin Chen nodded; his memories of Three Ponds Mountain were vivid. It was there that his Water Cloud Palm reached Perfection and even Limit Breaking.

”The pond water in Three Ponds Mountain is actually Canglan energy, but in an extremely diluted form. According to my father, compared to Canglan Lake, the Canglan energy contained in Three Ponds Mountain’s pond water is just a drop in the ocean.”

When speaking of a drop in the ocean, a playful smile appeared on Jiang Qing’s pretty face. Her father’s original words were cruder than this.

”But to enter Canglan Lake, you can’t take pills anymore. Its coldness is even more severe than the pond water of Three Ponds Mountain, so you should be mentally prepared. Even those senior brothers and sisters don’t dare stay in Canglan Lake for too long.”

”Another tough battle.”

Lin Chen nodded and whispered softly.

Fortunately, he had fought many such tough battles and was already used to it.

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Next day!

Early at dawn, Hua Qianwu led Lin Chen into the Canglan Mountains.

After venturing ten miles deep into the mountains, Lin Chen felt a chill. Given his current Qi Blood level, even the freezing depths of winter wouldn’t affect him, so it was imaginable how cold it was up here.

However, what surprised Lin Chen was that despite the cold, the vegetation in the mountains was extremely lush and wasn’t affected at all.

After two hours, nearing noon.

Lin Chen finally reached his destination.

At the convergence of several mountain peaks, a stretch of azure blue lake water mirrored the sky and clouds like a mirror.

At the same time, Lin Chen also saw many senior brothers standing by the lakeside.

”Damn, it’s freezing me to death!”

The next moment, there was a ripple on the lake’s surface near the shore, and a figure leaped from the water like a fish, cursing as he dashed ashore.

Lin Chen watched the senior brother who came ashore looking pale, his skin flushed red. This was a characteristic of skin exposed to extreme cold temperatures suddenly warming up.

”Senior Brother Zhang, you did boast about staying underwater for a quarter of an hour during tomorrow’s tide, can’t do it now?”

”I was just talking out of my ass!”

”Haha.”

Many youths by the lake laughed upon hearing this, and even Lin Chen couldn’t help but laugh.

Hua Qianwu’s expression turned dark immediately: ”Zhang Gao, if you can’t stay in the lake for half an hour tomorrow, I’ll throw you into the back mountains of Canglan until graduation.”

The youths who had been fooling around at the lakeside quietened down upon hearing this, and when they saw Hua Qianwu, they all stood silently, their expressions turning serious.

”Dean, half an hour... I’ll die in the lake.”

Zhang Gao was the only one with a bitter face, staying at the bottom of the Canglan Lake for half an hour during the tide; the dean was asking for his life.

”If you die in the lake, I will personally conduct your memorial service.”

Hua Qianwu, with a lopsided smile, coldly glanced at Zhang Gao, then turned to Lin Chen and said, ”For the time being, stay here. Leave when you’ve achieved the breakthrough.”

”Yes.”

Lin Chen nodded in agreement. The breakthrough mentioned by the dean meant the Seventh Transformation.

”Qu Feng, since you’re familiar with Lin Chen, you can explain the situation of Canglan Lake to him.”