Chapter 100

In the bathtub, Lin Chen bathed his whole body. The Purple Crystal Marrow Liquid was diluted and kept pouring in through the pores of his skin, and the pain in his body gradually decreased.

At the same time, Lin Chen waited expectantly, looking forward to the update of the panel.

One breath, two breaths...

When the medicinal liquid in the bathtub gradually turned from deep blue to clear water, and Lin Chen felt that his state had recovered to an excellent level again, the panel update was also completed.

Lin Chen checked it immediately.

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Stage: Extreme Open-Acupuncture Stage (8/24): (100/200)】

The stage name had changed?

The original Open-Acupuncture Stage had become the Extreme Open-Acupuncture Stage?

Lin Chen understood why the panel would update when his Iron Bone Art entered the introductory stage. It should be that at this time, he was just about to break through to the ninth acupoint.

But because he was walking the path of extreme martial arts cultivation, the acupoint opening was different from before, which was why the panel updated.

If that was the case, wouldn't the difficulty of breaking through each acupoint increase again?

Frowning, Lin Chen looked at the next line.

【Qi and Blood: 45000】 (Expand to view past Qi and Blood growth)

Seeing the Qi and Blood that had disappeared for a long time appear again, Lin Chen's eyes lit up. With a thought, a second panel appeared before his eyes.

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (1/24): 10000】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (2/24): 12500】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (3/24): 15000】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (4/24): 17500】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (5/24): 22500】

Lin Chen's gaze stopped on the fifth acupoint. The Qi and Blood for the first three acupoints each increased by 2500 points, but the fifth acupoint suddenly doubled, increasing by 5000 points.

The twenty-four acupoints of the Open-Acupuncture Stage were divided into six small stages. The gap between the fourth and fifth acupoints was far greater than the gap between the third and fourth acupoints.

Lin Chen had heard this sentence from the instructor. When he broke through from the fourth to the fifth acupoint, he also felt that the increase in his strength seemed to be more than that of the previous acupoints.

But he didn't have an accurate number for how much more. Now seeing the Qi and Blood growth on the panel, he understood that it had doubled.

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (6/24): 27500】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (7/24): 32500】

【Open-Acupuncture Stage: (8/24): 37500】

And from the eighth to the ninth acupoint, it should be an increase of 7500 Qi and Blood, because his current Qi and Blood was 45000. If he hadn't suddenly switched to the Extreme Open-Acupuncture Stage, he should have already broken through to the ninth acupoint. Subtracting the Qi and Blood value at the eighth acupoint, it was exactly an increase of 7500 points of Qi and Blood.

The historical panel ended here. Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. If calculated according to the value he calculated when he was at the Martial Hall, which was 5 points of Qi and Blood increasing 1 jin of strength, then his strength at this moment was 9000 jin.

This data was a bit too terrifying.

"It shouldn't be calculated this way. Qi and Blood was purely increased strength before I came into contact with martial arts, but after practicing a ranked technique like the Qingfeng Palm, I'm afraid the calculation formula has changed."

"But regardless, the higher the Qi and Blood, the stronger the strength must be."

If viewed from this angle, walking the path of extreme martial arts, at the same acupoint stage, if the technique proficiency stage was also the same, he would definitely be able to crush his opponent.

The path of invincibility at the same stage.

With the data analysis of the panel, Lin Chen could confirm that Lord Su was indeed not exaggerating.

Continue looking down!

【Qingfeng Palm: Perfected】

【Water Cloud Palm: Small Success (0/1)】

【Iron Bone Art: Introductory (1/200)】

【Title: Black Horse to the End (The situation is not yet determined, you and I are both black horses. Wearing this title, in the dark night, martial arts comprehension and perception are improved)】

【Destiny: 【Water to Channel Success】: Extreme First Stage of the Martial Way, perseverance, step-by-step, unstoppable, no bottleneck trouble.】

Until he saw the final destiny, Lin Chen's gaze lingered again. The techniques had not changed, but two characters were added to the final destiny.

【First Stage of the Martial Way】 became 【Extreme First Stage of the Martial Way】.

What was the significance of the change of these two characters?

It couldn't be just because he was now walking the path of extreme martial arts that these two characters were added.

The word "extreme" was just a modifier; there was no need to add it.

After pondering for a long time, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Chen's mind, and he had a guess.

Lin Chen's heartbeat accelerated by half a beat. If his guess was correct, it meant that his destiny had played a huge role this time.

Even if he walked the path of extreme martial arts, his progress would not be slow. But to verify whether this guess was correct, he would have to wait until tomorrow.

Continue practicing!

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……

Wu Yuan.

In the courtyard, a light breeze blew, and the flowers and plants swayed.

Zhao Qianqiu was in a moon-white robe, her posture graceful, her face beautiful but unable to hide her fatigue.

Yan He'an looked at the demeanor of his own elder, and there were many doubts in his heart. The elder had only left the Wu Yuan for a month, so why was she so exhausted?

Could it be that something had happened?

Yan He'an felt a chill in his heart. Zhao Qianqiu's eyes, like autumn water, swept over, as if they could pierce through Yan He'an's heart, and she said lightly: "Nothing can happen in Poyang County."

Her voice was flat, but carried an unquestionable dominance.

Hearing the elder's words, Yan He'an felt relieved. He had already settled in Poyang County, and his family was all in Poyang County. Deep in his heart, he really did not want anything to happen in Poyang County.

"Are there any interesting things in Poyang County recently?" She moved her lotus steps, lazily lay back on the rattan chair, raised her hand to gently rub her temples, and asked leisurely.

"Elder, the most lively thing in Poyang County is the third-month sparring match of the martial halls not long ago. Lin Chen took first place in one fell swoop."

"Oh?"

Hearing that Lin Chen took first place, Zhao Qianqiu's slightly narrowed eyes opened instantly, and a flash of imperceptible strange color flashed in her eyes: "Based on stage alone, he shouldn't be a match for that girl from the Jiang family, right?"

"Elder is wise. Lin Chen was able to win because his Qingfeng Palm is already perfected."

Yan He'an's tone was also full of wonder. When Lin Chen was at the Wu Yuan, his Qingfeng Palm had just reached Small Success. He had also arranged for many martial artists who practiced the Qingfeng Palm to spar with him. He did not expect that he would perfect it in a short time later.

Although more than twenty days had passed, thinking back to it now, it was still a bit unbelievable.

"Qingfeng Palm perfected, comprehension is acceptable."

Zhao Qianqiu nodded. Yan He'an thought of the rumors he had heard these days and continued: "Elder, after Lin Chen took first place, he did not stay at the Jing Shui Wuguan, but went to the Zhenyue Martial Hall."

"Zhenyue Martial Hall?" Zhao Qianqiu's willow eyebrows frowned slightly. After pondering for a moment, there was a look of sudden realization in her eyes: "He wants to walk the path of extreme martial arts!"

"It should be so."

The fatigue in Zhao Qianqiu's eyes dissipated, and there was a strong interest in her eyes: "He is quite confident, but the Iron Bone Art is not as easy to practice as the Qingfeng Palm."

Hard-body techniques had no shortcuts.

Whether it was the Qingfeng Palm or the Water Cloud Palm, or the techniques of other martial halls, the better the comprehension, the faster the cultivation, but the Iron Bone Art was an exception.

When the Iron Bone Art was practiced to the later stages, besides needing comprehension, it required sufficient resources to polish one's body.

"When he breaks through to the ninth acupoint, take him to the No. 2 courtyard and let him observe the Thousand Hammer Diagram."

Hearing this, Yan He'an's old eyes shrank, and his tone was a bit excited: "Elder, are you going to officially accept Lin Chen into the Wu Yuan?"

"This elder is going to leave Poyang County for a few months. Whether to accept him into the garden, we will talk about it after this elder returns."

"Elder, are you going out again?"

Yan He'an asked subconsciously, but seeing Zhao Qianqiu's cold eyes, he knew he had overstepped, and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Some things, don't be curious about what you shouldn't be curious about. During the time I am away, pay close attention to the situation inside Poyanghu. There will be many corpses in Poyanghu in the next few days. You go and handle the government office side."

"Yes!"

Zhao Qianqiu closed her eyes again. The Great Liang had been prosperous for more than two hundred years, and it had already transcended the laws of past dynastic changes. Some people couldn't wait anymore.

A dynasty, a hundred years of rise and fall, two hundred years of corruption, and then a hundred years of decline...

But the Great Liang had walked a different path. It was about to be three hundred years, and martial arts were still prosperous, which disappointed some people and made them start to stir.

……

……

Eight days later, the end of the month!

The first bottle of Purple Crystal Marrow Liquid hit the bottom.

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Stage: Extreme Open-Acupuncture Stage (8/24): (180/200)】

【Qi and Blood: 51000】 (Expand to view past Qi and Blood growth)

【Qingfeng Palm: Perfected】

【Water Cloud Palm: Small Success (0/1)】

【Iron Bone Art: Introductory (190/200)】

Looking at his panel, Lin Chen was also a bit helpless. Practicing the Iron Bone Art was not only slow but also extremely expensive.

From the time he started practicing the Iron Bone Art until now, he had already spent a hundred taels of silver.

This did not count the value of the Purple Crystal Marrow Liquid. If this Purple Crystal Marrow Liquid was added, Lin Chen conservatively estimated it would have to double.

It was worthy of being called the most expensive ranked technique in Poyang County.

The only thing that made Lin Chen happy was that the change in destiny was the same as he guessed. The addition of the two characters "extreme" meant that his cultivation progress had not slowed down.

Originally, without the word "extreme," the stage increase tomorrow would be 5 points, and it would normally take twenty days to break through an acupoint. Now, although the upper limit had doubled, changing from the original one hundred to two hundred, the growth speed had also doubled.

This meant that even if he walked the path of extreme martial arts, his speed would not be slower than before.

The only problem was that he had put most of his energy into the Iron Bone Art. If he continued to break through with the Qingfeng Palm, even if the bonus advantage of the perfected stage had dropped a lot, it should have been faster than now.

Each had its pros and cons!

But having chosen to walk the path of extreme martial arts, Lin Chen was already mentally prepared. Being able to have such progress now, he was already very satisfied.

Just as Lin Chen was about to continue practicing, the shout of a handyman from the Zhenyue Martial Hall came from outside the dormitory door.

Someone was looking for him.

Lin Chen followed the handyman to the entrance of the martial hall and saw that it was Gu Fei, with a look of surprise on his face.

"A-Fei, why are you here?"

"Chen, the village chief asked me to come find you. Something happened to your family."

"What happened?"

Hearing that something had happened to his family, Lin Chen asked in a deep voice, but he was not overly anxious.

After the sparring match a month ago, his name should have been known by half of Poyang County. Under such circumstances, there should be no one without eyes who would look for trouble with his family.

"Brother Liang was taken away by the government office."

"Taken away by the government office? What's going on? Don't be anxious, tell me slowly."

Seeing that Lin Chen could still keep his cool, Gu Fei also sighed. Chen was really different from before. If such a thing happened to any family in the village, they would be as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

No wonder when the village chief asked him to come find Chen, he instructed him not to be too anxious and just explain the matter clearly to Chen.

Lin Chen could keep his cool because he understood his eldest brother; he was definitely not the type to commit crimes.

Ordinary people entering the government office would have to mutter even if they hadn't committed a crime, but with his current strength, as long as his brother hadn't committed a crime, the government office really wouldn't dare to do anything to his brother.

"This morning, Brother Liang went out to fish in the lake, but I don't know how, some villagers saw the government office's patrol boat appear on the lake, and then Brother Liang was taken away."

Listening to Gu Fei's words, Lin Chen knew that Gu Fei didn't know the inside story either. To know why his brother was taken away by the government office, he had to go to the government office.

"Let's go, to the government office."

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……

A quarter of an hour later, when Lin Chen arrived at the government office, he found that the village chief was already there. Besides the village chief, there was also a young man from the village.

"Village Chief, why are you here?"

"Xiao Liang is your brother and also a person from our village. As the village chief, of course, I have to come."

Zhao Canghu smiled and said: "Your brother was taken onto the patrol boat by the government officials, and it was seen by a villager. I have already instructed him not to spread it in the village yet. Your parents don't know about this yet."

Lin Chen very much agreed with the village chief's arrangement. If his parents knew that his brother had been taken away by government officials, it would only make his parents anxious and would not help matters.

Ginger is still old and spicy; the village chief was extremely thoughtful in considering things.

"I didn't mean that. It's just that you are at such an old age and still have to come to the city. I'm afraid your legs and feet will be tired."

"Tired? Let me tell you, don't look at me as old. When I was young, I could carry two baskets of fish and go back and forth to the county town twice." Zhao Canghu blew his beard and stared, very dissatisfied with Lin Chen's words.

"You are not old; I said the wrong thing."

Lin Chen hurriedly apologized and looked at the gate of the government office. There were soldiers guarding the gate of the government office, and he couldn't enter without reporting.

"Trouble the two brothers to report. Lin Chen of the Jing Shui Wuguan requests to see Constable You."

While Lin Chen and the village chief were greeting each other, the two soldiers at the gate had already recognized him. During that grand competition, all the manpower of the entire government office had been arranged to maintain order.

"Young Master Lin is too polite. Constable You happens to be in the government office. I will take Young Master Lin in."

The soldier on the left spoke with a smile. He didn't dare to put on airs in front of Lin Chen. His goal in this life was to be able to get a formal constable position, and the person in front of him, as long as he wanted to enter the government office, his starting point would have to be a head constable.

If it were another Open-Acupuncture martial artist, the two of them might have to let the other party wait a while because they weren't sure if Constable You would see the other party, but for Young Master Lin, Constable You would definitely see him.

"Thank you for your trouble."

The soldier looked at Zhao Canghu and the others behind Lin Chen, and there was a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

"Lin Chen, you go in. We will wait outside."

Zhao Canghu was old and shrewd, knowing what the other party was hesitating about, so he spoke directly to avoid making the other party feel embarrassed.

"Village Chief, you go to the tea shop across the street to rest."

"Don't worry about us. It's important to go see your eldest brother first."

Zhao Canghu waved his hand. Lin Chen nodded and followed the soldier into the government office, passed through a corridor, and arrived at the constable room area.

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