Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Quzhou Prefecture.

Among the towering mountains.

”Cough, cough!”

An elderly figure coughed a few times, took down the handkerchief, and looked at the streaks of blood on it, a hint of regret in his eyes.

”Time spares no one.”

Jia Nanzhu murmured softly. Before that battle, he was the Martial Artist that Jiangnan Dao had focused on cultivating, reaching the Sixth Grade by the age of thirty and becoming the Prefect of Quzhou.

In these very mountains, the remaining Demon Race emerged, and to protect the people of Quzhou, to prevent the Demon Race from escaping, he, as a Sixth Grade, fought against a Fifth Grade Demon Beast.

Although he successfully stalled until the officials arrived to slay the Fifth Grade Demon Beast, he himself was gravely injured.

Later, his body recovered, but it left unhealable injuries, and he could no longer advance in his Realm.

Once being one of the most promising Middle Grade Martial Artists in Jiangnan Dao, he was unwilling to accept his fate or rely on his merits to become the Deputy Hall Chief of the Military Affairs Hall. Over the years, he attempted to walk another path in the Martial Path.

By integrating the strengths of various Martial Paths, he allowed his Martial Path Will to breakthrough.

This path, he walked it through.

This is also the reason why he personally went to instruct Lin Chen upon learning of him.

To walk this path through, one needed an extremely high comprehension in the Martial Path, which Lin Chen happened to possess.

Even Senior Brother Shao and the others didn’t know that he had already entered the Upper Grade years ago.

But he had never displayed the prowess of an Upper-Grade Martial Artist, not because he was deliberately hiding his strengths, but because the injuries from those years had not healed. Whenever he exerted power exceeding the Sixth Grade, his Qi Blood would rapidly decline.

Just like now, in order to hasten to the battlefield, without reserving his strength, his body couldn’t bear it, causing him to cough up blood.

The days left to him were not many.

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Li Fire Path

Within the array.

Lin Chen, transformed into a giant ten zhang tall, looked at the fire dragon before him, a look of helplessness in his eyes.

This fire dragon was the Spirit of Li Fire incarnate. When he was absorbing the Li Fire energy within this sea of flames, it finally awakened the Li Fire. While he was caught unprepared, the fire transformed into a dragon and swallowed him in one gulp.

Fortunately, his practice of the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique had tempered his body with Li Fire energy, so the Li Fire could not harm him.

Were it any other person, even a First-Grade Martial Artist might suffer severe injury.

This is also the strength of the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, as each time a type of Innate Fire is absorbed for Body Tempering, it can no longer harm the body.

But likewise, he also couldn’t do anything about this Spirit of Li Fire.

No matter how he operated the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, he was unable to absorb the energy from the Spirit of Li Fire.

The two sides had been deadlocked in this sea of fire for ten days.

”I guess you must have intelligence, let’s make a deal.”

Lin Chen looked toward the fire dragon. The reason he engaged with the Spirit of Li Fire was not just to refine it, but more so to prevent it from escaping.

If it were to escape, the entire Li Fire Path, and even the southern part of Liang, would suffer disaster.

Upon hearing Lin Chen’s words, the fire dragon no longer coiled its body but instead quietly hovered in the sea of fire, its dragon eyes fixing on Lin Chen.

Evidently, the fire dragon possessed intelligence and could understand Lin Chen’s words.

”If you truly wish to escape, I will not stop you, but you must not enter Liang’s territory.”

Lin Chen’s eyes glowed as he stared at the fire dragon. The reason he placed himself in such peril was precisely due to the schemes of the Han Kingdom and Nansha Three Islands, and he held no goodwill towards the Nansha Three Islands.

Were it not for Martial Arts Mountain, and its connection with the Flame Dynasty, were it not for him waiting all those days in Martial Arts Mountain, finally awaiting the disciples of Canglan Sect, were it not for Canglan Sect teaching him the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, were it not for his own sufficient comprehension, realizing the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique, if anything had not been accomplished, he would have long turned to ashes.

Repaying good with evil is never Lin Chen’s way.

He couldn’t remain here indefinitely deadlocked with this Spirit of Li Fire, so he might as well make a deal.

The fire dragon swayed its body as though pondering something, and after a moment, the enormous dragon head nodded a few times, agreeing to Lin Chen’s deal.

In the next moment, the fire dragon swung its body, stirring the fiery sea into turbulence, turning its form and roaring toward another direction, vanishing into the depths of the fiery sea in an instant.

Watching the fire dragon leave, Lin Chen also let out a slight sigh. With the Spirit of Li Fire escaping, Nansha Three Islands would inevitably suffer.

But what does this have to do with him?

It was the Nansha Three Islands themselves who awakened the Spirit of Li Fire. Even if it harms those ordinary citizens, they can only blame their island’s Martial Artists.

A friend’s death, not mine.

He is a son of Liang, and he must protect the people of Liang.

As the fire dragon departed, the fiery sea began to surge towards the abyss on the other side, revealing rocks, and Lin Chen, seeing the underground space expand to double what it was when he first entered, directly felt the terror of the Li Fire.

”Panel.”

Lin Chen whispered softly, and the panel appeared before him.

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm: Fourth Grade]

[Spirit Tier: 7.5]

[Innate Technique: Celestial Derivation Myriad Phenomena Destruction Palm]

[Inextinguishable Divine Face Body: First Layer (Giant Aspect)]

[Title: Martial Arts Longevity (Martial Arts Mountain’s Fame, every thousand consecutive victories, Martial Path comprehension permanently doubles, Divine Soul increases by 10%)]

[Achievement: Light of Liang]

[Effect: The more worshippers among the Martial Artists of Liang, the faster the progress in Martial Arts Cultivation.]

[Life Chart: [Natural Progress]: Ninth Grade Martial Path road, perseverance, progress step by step, unstoppable, no bottleneck problem.]