Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Linhu Village.

Lin Chen focused intently on sprinting up Martial Arts Mountain.

Forty thousandth place.

Thirty-five thousandth place.

Thirty thousandth place.

Twenty-five thousandth place.

Twenty thousandth place.

At the moment he reached the twenty thousandth place, Lin Chen clearly felt his Divine Soul as if it was leaving his body, his whole being felt light and ethereal.

”Panel!”

Lin Chen immediately called up his panel.

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm: Third Grade]

[Spirit Tier: 9.0]

With the support of Martial Arts Longevity, his Spirit Tier had already reached 9.0.

”If I were to convert Spirit Tier to Martial Path Will, I would now be considered to have reached First-Grade Martial Path Will. This growth speed is indeed terrifying.”

Lin Chen clicked his tongue; even he was startled by his own rapid progress in strength.

”Perhaps, besides the function of Martial Arts Longevity, my Life Chart should also be playing a role. As for the realm being Third Grade now, it’s because the growth speed of my Divine Soul far exceeds the growth of my strength. When I adapt to the power of the Divine Soul, the realm will follow and rise.”

Withdrawing from Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen started practicing the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique.

The Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique is a Cultivation Technique that manipulates the Divine Soul.

Whoosh!

This time, a total of thirty-six Flying Sabers appeared around him.

The Flying Sabers circled around him, and with a thought, these thirty-six Flying Sabers shot off in a single direction.

Their speeds varied, some fast, some slow.

Their directions varied too, some left, some right.

”The first layer of the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique divides into thirty-six strands of Divine Thought, which I’ve achieved, while the second layer, called Divine Micro, allows each Divine Thought to be manipulated to the Micro Level.”

Lin Chen observed the trajectories and speeds of the thirty-six Flying Sabers with a small look of dissatisfaction in his eyes; half of the Flying Sabers’ speeds and directions deviated from his control.

More precisely, they diverged somewhat from what he had set.

Simultaneously controlling thirty-six strands of Divine Thought with the Divine Soul demands not only strong Divine Soul intensity but also tests the perception and purity of the Divine Soul.

With a thought, Lin Chen found himself back on Martial Arts Mountain, but this time he wasn’t here to challenge it. He called out ”Exchange Panel,” glanced at his sixty thousand points, gritted his teeth, and exchanged for five Divine Tempering Fires.

The moment he chose to exchange, five flames appeared on the steps, one flame plunged into Lin Chen’s brow while the other four quietly hovered in mid-air.

Lin Chen was no stranger to the process of Divine Tempering Fire refining his Divine Soul. Inside his Dantian, a lotus of flames appeared, once again enveloping a small figure.

Just like the last time, tiny sparks turned into countless golden threads, weaving through every inch of the Divine Soul’s meridian channels, akin to a spring stream, sweeping away fine impurities deep within the Divine Soul.

The difference is that this time the Divine Tempering Fire circulated nine Cycles before slowly dissipating.

Second one!

Third one!

Fourth one!

Fifth one!

Each Divine Tempering Fire stayed longer than the previous one, and by the last one, it refined for a full day and night.

The flame lotus vanished.

With a thought, Lin Chen returned to reality.

The next moment, the thirty-six Flying Sabers swiftly flew towards a date tree on the left side of the courtyard.

Date tree leaves fell, with a gap created by the Flying Sabers in the middle of a leaf, yet the gap did not widen at all as the thirty-six Flying Sabers passed through one after another.

After inspecting the gap in the leaf, satisfaction appeared on Lin Chen’s face.

He found that controlling Divine Thought had a similar subtlety to when he initially practiced archery with the Fear of Death Arrow — he first practiced ”fast, accurate, and steady.”

Among them, the ”steady” technique entailed shooting through the hole of a copper coin a hundred times consecutively within a hundred breaths, without a single tremor in the copper coin for success.

Divine Thought at the Micro Level is similar.

The first step is to ensure that the Divine Thought becomes extremely steady, the second step is speed.

Whoosh!

In the instant Lin Chen moved his Divine Thought, thirty-two leaves in the courtyard fell at once.

”No wonder Divine Tempering Fire is worth fifty thousand points, my fine perception of the Divine Soul has increased fivefold, and the Divine Thought even has substantial lethality. The points were well spent.”

Divine Thought attacks the Divine Soul of others.

But these thirty-two Flying Sabers of his could make the leaves fall, indicating that the Divine Thought had initially become substantial.

Although it could not yet penetrate a Martial Artist’s body directly with Divine Thought, at least it was a good start.

Continue practicing!

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Meanwhile, as Lin Chen busied himself practicing the Thousand Mechanisms Divine Refining Technique, at this moment in Ice City of the Han Kingdom, all nations had sent their ambassadors here.

”Upper Official, aside from the Monarchs of the Zhao Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, Qi Kingdom, and Ze Kingdom coming in person, the Liang Kingdom, Xiang Kingdom, and Yan Kingdom only dispatched ambassadors.”

”Oh?”

Fei Jun’s face turned cold as he listened to the State Preceptor of Han: ”What do those three countries mean by this?”

”This old man doesn’t know.”

”Let them all in.”

”Yes.”

”Wait, remove three chairs.”

Fei Jun glanced at the seating below the hall, and upon hearing his words, the State Preceptor of Han had a glint in his eye,

promptly signaling to a palace maid nearby, who quickly came forward to remove three seats.

Moments later, eight figures appeared at the entrance of the main hall.

”Monarch of Qi Kingdom pays respects to the Upper Official.”

”Monarch of Wu Kingdom pays respects to the Upper Official.”

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”High Priest of Xiang Kingdom pays respects to the Upper Official.”

”Prince of Yan Kingdom pays respects to the Upper Official.”

”Left Prime Minister of Liang Kingdom pays respects to the Upper Official.”

The delegates from the Eight Kingdoms all entered the main hall.

”Please have a seat, Monarchs.”

Fei Jun raised his hand, giving a faint smile towards the four Monarchs, but when his eyes turned to the other three, his expression turned cold, a terrifying aura emanated from him, locking onto the three.

”Upper Official, allow me to report the situation.”

”Speak.”

As Fei Jun retracted his aura, the State Preceptor of Xiang showed cold sweat but dared not wipe it. Despite being a First-Grade Martial Artist and standing at the pinnacle of martial prowess in the Nine Kingdoms, it was only at this moment he truly understood the vast disparity between himself and these Martial Artists from the Flame Dynasty.

Their mere aura was unbearable for him, and if they were to make a move, he might not withstand even three strikes.

Thinking of this, Yu Sanghua lowered his posture more: ”Reporting to the Upper Official, the reason our Monarch did not come here is that we received news from the Galo Sect two days ago that their senior will arrive shortly.”

As Yu Sanghua spoke, everyone’s gaze in the hall shifted to him.

Galo Sect?

This Sect was unheard of in the Nine Kingdoms, but from Yu Sanghua’s words, it was apparent that the Galo Sect was also from the Flame Dynasty.

Xiang Kingdom has a way to contact a Sect from the Flame Dynasty?

A glint of sharpness flashed in Murong Song’s eyes. He initially thought only their Yan Kingdom had a method of contact with the Flame Dynasty, but unexpectedly, Xiang Kingdom did too. Then what about the Liang Kingdom, where the Monarch didn’t come either?

Compared to Murong Song’s thoughts, other countries were shocked more deeply.

One Nine Palaces Sect was enough to make them wary, and now another Sect, the Galo Sect, appeared. Unlike the Nine Palaces Sect, which showed no clear favoritism to the Nine Kingdoms, they could only say that the Han Kingdom acted swiftly to invite them to their capital first, whereas the Galo Sect is likely to favor the Xiang Kingdom.

Looked at this way, the dynamic among the Nine Kingdoms is surely set to change.

The most troubled were the Monarchs of the four countries, including Zhao Kingdom. With the Flame Dynasty’s forces coming in, can they still defend their lands and territories?

Yu Sanghua, sensing the change in the gaze of those around him, felt a sense of pride. Regardless of whom the Nine Palaces Sect favors, their Xiang Kingdom will remain unaffected.

Because a message from the Galo Sect had returned, stating that the Nine Palaces Sect was of little consequence, no need to worry, and just wait for their arrival.