Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Night fell!

Lin Chen returned to the villa of the Military Affairs Department.

Once the Qi Blood circulated for one cycle, the intoxication dissipated.

An hour ago, Kong Qing arranged a welcoming banquet for him. Besides Zhang Ming, who brought two junior brothers from the Capital Martial Arts Academy, others were sons of various noble families in the Capital City.

Facing these scions, Lin Chen maintained a very calm demeanor. On the contrary, these noble scions, initially, were somewhat reserved and awkward in front of Lin Chen.

Ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List Celestial List.

Just this title alone surpassed the family backgrounds of these noble scions.

Facing Lin Chen, it was these scions who felt the pressure.

Only after realizing that Lin Chen did not have the arrogance typical of super geniuses did these junior brothers gradually open up, and in the end, they all took the initiative to toast, which Lin Chen did not refuse, drinking with whoever toasted him.

However, in the end, Lin Chen declined the accommodation arranged by Kong Qing and returned to the Military Affairs Department under the escort of Kong Qing and others.

The night was deep, and after dispelling the intoxication, Lin Chen took out the Martial Arts Seal.

With a thought, he appeared on Martial Arts Mountain.

[Name: Lin Chen]

[Sect: Canglan Sect]

[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: 84500]

[Points: 5500]

Glancing at his ranking on Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen chose to start the challenge.

Having broken through from the Ninth Grade to the Seventh Grade, perhaps tonight he could attempt to break into the top eighty thousand.

”Challenge!”

With a soft whisper, Lin Chen appeared on the Battle Plain. The moment his opponent appeared, he decisively struck with a palm technique.

Boom!

The violent wind roared, and his opponent’s silhouette dissipated in the storm with an expression of astonishment.

”Continue the challenge!”

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In the first thousand matches, almost no opponent could withstand even one move from him.

After two thousand matches, within ten moves, the opponent was sure to lose.

After three thousand matches, within a hundred breaths, the opponent was sure to lose.

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Flame Dynasty, Mountain Opening Sect.

Zhao Chuan, a genius disciple of the Mountain Opening Sect, had a ranking of 80012 on Martial Arts Mountain, and his fellow disciples were also ranked within the top hundred.

At this moment, Zhao Chuan and a few junior brothers gathered in the courtyard, their expressions somewhat bewildered.

Today was supposed to be a gathering for martial discussion, but the Martial Arts Seal reacted. Initially, only one junior brother was challenged into Martial Arts Mountain, but soon it was the turn of the second junior brother...

After all five junior brothers present entered Martial Arts Mountain and were defeated, Zhao Chuan realized the gravity of the situation.

”Did your opponents have a faint golden glow around them?”

”Yes, my opponent used palm techniques.”

”So did mine.”

”When this person struck, there was a faint golden glow around them, and their Qi Blood was incredibly strong.”

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Listening to the junior brothers, Zhao Chuan gave a wry smile: ”It seems we’ve encountered a genius disciple from a great sect making a rush through Martial Arts Mountain. The opponents we’ve faced are all the same person.”

Zhao Chuan had fought against the opponent, felt their strength, and had not been defeated with their full effort. This meant the person absolutely had the ability to break into the top eighty thousand and aim much higher.

This kind of suddenly emerging genius can only be those genius disciples of the great sects.

Those great sects’ genius disciples aren’t allowed to challenge the rankings on Martial Arts Mountain at the start, even if they have the strength to enter the top hundred thousand.

Only when the disciple is close to a top seventy thousand ranking do they allow them to challenge Martial Arts Mountain.

For great sects, nurturing a genius disciple who can’t make it in the top seventy thousand would be a disgrace.

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Stayed up all night.

It wasn’t until dawn that Lin Chen withdrew from the battlefield on Martial Arts Mountain and returned to the steps.

[Name: Lin Chen]

[Sect: Canglan Sect]

[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: ]

[Martial Arts Mountain Ranking: 79500]

[Points: 10500]

”Did I really fight five thousand battles?”

Lin Chen was somewhat shocked to see his ranking rise by five thousand. Although he became immersed in the battle later, he definitely didn’t challenge five thousand matches.

”I must have skipped some rankings in between.”

After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen understood the reason. These genius disciples ranked on Martial Arts Mountain cannot take challenges at all times, so if a genius does not accept the challenge, Martial Arts Mountain will automatically assign the next. By defeating that opponent, one’s ranking would leap over the refusing one, moving up while the defeated one moved down.

Like when I was at rank 80,001, challenged the one ranked 80,000, who didn’t respond, and Martial Arts Mountain matched me with rank 79,999. By defeating the opponent, my ranking became 79,990, and the one I defeated moved to 80,000, while the original 80,000 dropped to 80,001.

The system is set to prevent some martial artists from holding onto their ranking by intentionally not accepting challenges.

Not long after withdrawing from Martial Arts Mountain, a servant brought breakfast. After breakfast, the figure of Chu Zining appeared again at the courtyard gate.

”Junior Brother Lin, the lord requests your presence.”

Following Chu Zining out of the villa, after walking for a while and realizing it wasn’t in the direction of Lord Kong’s courtyard from yesterday, Lin Chen curiously asked, ”Senior Brother Chu, isn’t the lord in yesterday’s courtyard?”

”Lord Kong is taking you to the Imperial Palace today and is currently at the Military Affairs Department gate.”

”I see.”

Upon arrival at the gate of the Military Affairs Department, Lin Chen saw a carriage stopped at the plaza before the gate, and the voice of Kong Qifeng emerged from the carriage compartment.

”Get in the carriage.”

Lin Chen lifted the carriage curtain and saw Lord Kong sitting on the cushioned seat, reading a document, with a stack of documents beside him.

As the Minister of Martial Affairs, the workload was apparent.

On the way, as the carriage slowly moved, Lin Chen didn’t disturb Lord Kong, who was reading the documents, quietly sitting beside him. Half an hour later, the carriage stopped, and Kong Qifeng placed the document aside, smiling, ”I have good news for you, the Northern Border Demon Race’s royal court has been destroyed as of yesterday.”

Lin Chen shuddered, his eyes bursting with brilliance.

This happened in just two days? The Northern Border Demon Race was annihilated?

”Racing Against Time, to act before the Han Kingdom could make a decision, the Northern Garrison Marquis sent back a secret note indicating more than five thousand martial artists were lost forever in the Northern Border. Had it not been a rush against time, it wouldn’t have required so many sacrifices.”

Lin Chen was silent for a while, finally murmuring, ”I think these sacrificed forebears did it for the eternal peace in the Northern Border of our Liang.”

Kong Qifeng sighed deeply, without waiting for Lin Chen’s response, opened the carriage curtain.

”We have arrived at the Imperial Palace.”

Lin Chen followed after getting off the carriage, realizing that the carriage drove straight into the Imperial Palace.

”Follow me into the hall. The Liang Dynasty’s three First-Grade Ministers are all waiting for you; in the three hundred years of Liang, you are the first.”

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