Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Li Family Guest House.

Lin Chen looked at the Martial Arts Seal in his hand, his gaze shifting unpredictably.

Tomorrow is the day the finals of the Alchemy Competition begin, and with his current alchemical proficiency, he cannot secure first place confidently.

Jiang Yaoyan, Jiang Chen, and Wei Yang all have significant alchemical skills and likely keep some reserves, and he fears these three are doing the same.

The prompt of ”Racing Against Time” presents a rare opportunity for him; missing this chance would make it difficult to comprehend the Nine Revolutions Cyan Spirit Record.

Now, the only thing that might help him advance in alchemy is the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda.

According to Yin Yue, the rewards of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda are awarded by the Divine Seal, providing encounters based on the challenge situation, encompassing not just the challenger’s Martial Path status but even the issues faced in the Flame Dynasty.

But Lin Chen knows that if he challenges the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda now, it will cause an uproar in the Flame Dynasty.

The realm within Martial Arts Mountain cannot be concealed; his entry into the Innate Third Realm will be broadcasted by the Martial Arts Seal to everyone.

Such a rapid progress from the Innate Second Realm to the Innate Third Realm would naturally cause a stir.

And in the hour he awaits the appearance of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, there will undoubtedly be many martial artists challenging him, as many may believe he just entered the Innate Third Realm, and at that moment, his strength at the Peak of Innate Third Realm cannot be hidden either.

Entering the Innate Third Realm and achieving Peak of Innate Third Realm are two completely different concepts.

The former would astonish and cause jealousy among martial artists of the same age and surprise more powerful individuals.

But the latter would lead people to suspect whether he possesses some secret, enabling him to cultivate so swiftly.

Even his status as a Direct Disciple of Canglan Sect wouldn’t stop those powerhouses from probing and coveting him.

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”This opportunity absolutely cannot be missed!”

Determination shone in Lin Chen’s eyes as he made his decision.

Just like in his youth in Poyang County, he faced every evaluation including subsequent county battles and exemplary contests without giving up, instead, he expressed his strength prior to each duel.

If he had been complacent anytime then, thinking he could wait for the next turn, one missed opportunity would lead to missing step by step, and he wouldn’t be standing here today as an Innate Powerhouse, possibly not even able to step out of Canglan Island.

”I want to challenge the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda!”

Three breaths later, Lin Chen held the Martial Arts Seal, murmuring softly.

Boom!

The Martial Arts Seal shot forth a beam of light, falling upon Lin Chen, his disguised appearance quickly reverted to his true form, and in the next moment, his figure vanished within the light, leaving only the Martial Arts Seal suspended in the air.

”Definitely a young man.”

As Lin Chen’s figure vanished, a young man appeared in the courtyard, and the array of the guest house showed no fluctuation.

”Challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, seems like once he held the first rank on Martial Arts Mountain.”

The youth wore a smile on his face; the first rank on Martial Arts Mountain meant little to him, as he had once achieved the same rank.

For Myriad Phenomena Realm powerhouses of the Flame Dynasty, aside from the occasional exception, they are powerful accumulators, overshadowing their age peers; dominance on Martial Arts Mountain is least worth noticing.

”Challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, this seat would like to see how many levels you can pass?”

The youth sat comfortably at the table, his right hand raised, a pot of wine appearing upon the table.

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Thousand Mechanism Sect.

Zeng Xi walked into the sect’s resource hall, intending to claim the cultivation resources available to Direct Disciples, but as soon as he stepped into the hall, an uproar of exclamations echoed from various senior brothers.

”How is this possible?”

”It can’t be the same person, that doesn’t add up, calculate the realm and it should be similar to mine, I would have known if it’s first on Martial Arts Mountain.”

Zeng Xi watched the peculiar expressions of many senior brothers in the hall, disregarding their identities as they loudly clamored, his face also showing confusion.

”Junior Brother Li, what has stunned several of you so?”

The middle-aged man responsible for maintaining order in the hall spoke up, and hearing this, one of the previously shocked men quickly explained: ”Senior Brother Wang, it’s not us deliberately causing a commotion, but news just arrived from Martial Arts Mountain, someone has attempted the pagoda.”

”Challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda?”

Zeng Xi heard the news but remained composed; recently, he had put the Martial Arts Seal aside for unimpeded cultivation of the Divine Control Record and hadn’t carried it with him, planning to start seclusion after collecting resources once the Alchemy Competition concluded.

”Even if someone challenges the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, fellow disciples shouldn’t react so excessively, is the one’s identity attempting the pagoda particularly exceptional?”

Recognizing the key point, the middle-aged man known as Senior Brother Wang remarked, and Junior Brother Li nodded: ”Indeed surprising, for this time the one challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda is Lin Chen.”

Lin Chen?

Upon hearing Lin Chen’s name, Zeng Xi’s pupils instantly contracted; Lin Chen’s earlier fight with Sima Kong was at the point of breakthrough to Innate Second Realm, not yet a year has passed, unlikely to be at Peak of Second Realm, challenging the pagoda now isn’t it giving others the opportunity to snatch the pagoda qualification?

Even though he and Lin Chen became friends amidst competition, he still felt it improbable for Lin Chen to reach Peak of Innate Second Realm in such a brief span; this is Innate Realm, not Entering the Grade level, even for genius disciples of sects like theirs, several years are required to break through a single realm, more so before Innate Third Realm, prolonged further as one progresses.

”From Canglan Sect, that Lin Chen?” Senior Brother Wang pursued.