Chapter 11

Back courtyard, Yu Yu Jiaoxi's residence.

After Lin Chen entered, he saw Yu Yu Jiaoxi staring at him, which made him feel a bit creepy.

Are there flowers on his face?

After a long while, Yu Yongnian finally spoke: "Have you privately taken any drugs to nourish Qi and Blood?"

"This disciple has never taken any." Lin Chen answered immediately.

Before going up to lift the four-hundred-pound stone block, he had thought about whether showing four hundred pounds of strength would cause suspicion.

After all, increasing strength to four hundred pounds in such a short time, even Lu Yongfeng and the others couldn't do it.

The best explanation is to say that he swallowed some precious medicine.

But this idea only existed in his mind for a breath before being denied by him.

Increasing strength to four hundred pounds quickly, although it would cause shock, the strength is only four hundred pounds after all; in the Wu Tang, it is only tenth, not to mention that Lu Yongfeng and the others have long broken through five hundred pounds and are launching a charge toward six hundred pounds to practice Essence and Qi.

He can't even compare to Lu Yongfeng and the others, let alone those noble children in the county.

This is like a child who hasn't been to kindergarten suddenly ranking high in the first-grade exam; it will certainly be surprising, but those high-grade students won't take it seriously at all.

Small cheat doesn't count as cheating; the cheat he opened is not even a fart!

Compared to hiding his clumsiness, he should show his talent.

From the official document issued by the Wuzheng Office, it can be seen that the government attaches great importance to the cultivation of young martial practitioners; the higher the talent, the more resources can be obtained.

If he wants to go further on the path of martial arts, it is not enough to have the help of the 【Everything Falls into Place】 fate; he must also have martial arts resources.

It is impossible to make rapid progress by eating a few pounds of beef every day later on.

This is not realistic!

Yu Yongnian stared at Lin Chen for a while and withdrew his gaze; he believed Lin Chen wasn't lying, and those drugs that could quickly nourish Qi and Blood weren't so easy to obtain.

Lin Chen's family background didn't have this channel, let alone this silver.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, is it possible that this disciple is a martial arts genius?"

Seeing the instructor silent, Lin Chen boasted somewhat embarrassedly.

"Martial arts genius?" Yu Yongnian said with displeasure: "You really dare to think; where do so many martial arts geniuses come from? The so-called martial arts geniuses are all cultivated at a great cost."

Those martial arts geniuses bathe their whole bodies in medicine from a young age and eat poultry meat that is extremely nourishing for Qi and Blood; among them, the expenses are such that even those nobles in Poyang County cannot afford them.

"But isn't that Provincial Graduate Jiang in our village a martial arts genius?"

Lin Chen thought of the deeds of that Provincial Graduate Jiang in the original body's memory; he felt that this person might also be a transmigrator, holding the protagonist template of a genius cheat.

Practicing Essence and Qi in three months after entering the Wu Tang, later entering the Wu Tang, the villagers didn't know much about the situation in the Wu Tang, but he took first place in the county competition a year later, and also first place in the prefecture exam, and finally fourth in the Jiangnan Road martial arts exam, ranking as a Ju Ren.

"Before learning martial arts, Master Jiang had a great opportunity, which cannot be discussed by common sense."

Regarding Master Jiang, the whole Poyang County only heard about Master Jiang's legendary deeds in martial arts, and because of his wife, he knew some inside stories.

"Even if there are a few students whose Qi and Blood absorption ability is slightly stronger than other students, this gap is limited, and it can be caught up by spending more silver; there won't be a cliff-like gap. In this case, financial resources are naturally more important."

Lin Chen's face dimmed: "Yu Yu Jiaoxi, in that case, wouldn't it be difficult for people with ordinary family backgrounds to stand out in learning martial arts?"

"Yeah."

This "yeah" from Yu Yongnian made Lin Chen's face look extremely ugly.

Seeing Lin Chen's ugly face, Yu Yongnian said seriously: "For students with ordinary family backgrounds, if you want to go far on the path of martial arts, you must seize every opportunity, and the announcement issued by the Wuzheng Office is an opportunity for you."

"Taizu Emperor attached great importance to martial arts and established the policy of strengthening the country through martial arts at the beginning of the founding of the country. He specially created the Martial Arts Platform and set up the Qingfeng Qingfeng Wuguan, Martial Arts Office, and Martial Arts Institute to specialize in the cultivation of martial arts students in various places."

"The nourishing Qi soup in the Wu Tang is one hundred wen per dose, which seems very expensive, but the same effect of soup medicine, if placed outside, requires two hundred wen. The grain you bring is unhusked rice; after removing the shell and skin, the loss reaches thirty percent, but the Wu Tang converts it into rice weight according to the weight of the rice."

"These are the treatments that only students in the Wu Tang have. Once you leave the Wu Tang, you will never enjoy them again."

Hearing this, Lin Chen's pupils contracted; he knew the weight of rice converted from grain, but he didn't expect that the soup medicine sold outside was more expensive.

"Many students didn't practice Essence and Qi in the Wu Tang, and it is difficult to practice Essence and Qi thereafter; even if they practice Essence and Qi, it is difficult to cross into the next realm, the reason is because after leaving the Wu Tang, the expenses of practicing martial arts are even more difficult to bear."

Lin Chen understood what the instructor meant.

The expenses of practicing martial arts in the Wu Tang are considered the least; in this case, the family's money cannot be sustained, so it is even more difficult after leaving the Wu Tang.

"Do you know why Lu Yongfeng and the others are trying their best to strive to practice Essence and Qi within a year?"

Yu Yongnian changed the subject, and Lin Chen asked curiously: "Yu Yu Jiaoxi, is there any other inside story, not just as simple as exempting tuition?"

"It's very good that you can guess this." Yu Yongnian nodded: "Those who practice Essence and Qi within a year have the opportunity to obtain Open-Acupuncture Pills when joining the Wu Tang."

Seeing Lin Chen's confused expression, Yu Yongnian knew that his student knew very little about martial arts information.

"The early stage of martial arts, the body forging stage, is divided into two and a half realms, namely Qi Refining, Open-Acupuncture, and Organ Cultivation. Qi Refining counts as half a realm; the reason for this distinction is because after practicing Essence and Qi, you can take Open-Acupuncture Pills to directly open acupoints and step into the Open-Acupuncture Stage."

"Open-Acupuncture Pills are unique pills of the Wuzheng Office and are extremely precious. Normally, after you practice Essence and Qi, if you want to open acupoints, it will take at least half a year. Not to mention the saved silver, just the half-year time is extremely precious."

The last sentence, Yu Yongnian was meaningful; in the decades of martial arts career, half a year is nothing, but in the Wu Tang, an extra half year often determines how far one can go in martial arts!

Lin Chen's eyes were shining; he just felt that it was unreasonable for Lu Yongfeng and the others to spend so much silver just to exempt tuition and have the vanity of practicing Essence and Qi one step faster.

Now listening to the instructor's words, it explains it; these people are all aiming for the Open-Acupuncture Pills.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, you said there is an opportunity to obtain Open-Acupuncture Pills; is this opportunity big?"

"The Wuzheng Office gives each of the eight major Martial Halls ten quotas for students with Open-Acupuncture Pills every year to reward students who practice Essence and Qi within a year. In previous years, the number of students who practiced Essence and Qi within a year in the entire Poyang County was about seventy; as long as they don't insist on joining a Wu Tang whose quota is full, they can obtain Open-Acupuncture Pills."

"But there are also accidents, which is when the number of students exceeds eighty; this situation only appears once every seven or eight years."

Lin Chen knew in his heart that under normal circumstances, as long as you practice Essence and Qi within a year, you can get Open-Acupuncture Pills; in small probability cases, when the number exceeds eighty, there will be a few unlucky ones who don't have the opportunity to get Open-Acupuncture Pills.

"For you, you don't need to consider the Open-Acupuncture Pills for now, but to seize this opportunity, use the reward given by the Wuzheng Office to speed up your strength growth. Even if you can't practice Essence and Qi within a year, you can seek other rewards when you go to the Wu Tang in the future; the Wu Tang has many more rewards for students than the Wu Tang."

Seeing Lin Chen pondering, Yu Yongnian was afraid that Lin Chen would be ambitious; the Open-Acupuncture Pills were not something Lin Chen should think about.

"This disciple understands that the top priority is to win the reward."

Lin Chen nodded heavily; he understood what the instructor meant, which was to let him be down-to-earth and aim at the reward given by the Wuzheng Office first.

He had confidence in winning the reward of three taels of silver for increasing strength by fifty pounds in a month.

Originally, he hesitated whether to charge toward one hundred pounds.

After all, he could save some money and make it last; now that he knew the benefits of practicing Essence and Qi within a year, he had already made a decision in his heart; the reward for increasing strength by one hundred pounds must be obtained.

With the 【Everything Falls into Place】 fate, it is not impossible to strive for practicing Essence and Qi within a year.

"To charge toward the reward issued by the Wuzheng Office, you should resign from the job in the canteen in a while." Yu Yongnian suddenly spoke.

Lin Chen was silent for a breath before nodding slightly: "This disciple will go to Manager Zhang to resign from the job in a while."

"Do you understand why I asked you to resign from the job in the canteen?"

"This disciple understands; this disciple is going to take nourishing Qi soup next; if I still work in the canteen and enjoy the free food in the canteen, I'm afraid other students will have gossip."

He also understood immediately after the instructor asked him to resign from the job.

He was buying nourishing Qi soup while staying in the canteen to work; this was no different from driving a luxury car and receiving a subsistence allowance, which was easy to hate.

Lin Chen thought about buying nourishing Qi soup to charge toward the one-hundred-pound strength increase, while Yu Yongnian thought that Lin Chen wanted to charge toward the fifty-pound strength increase and definitely needed to take nourishing Qi soup, so it wasn't suitable to continue staying in the canteen to work.

"Go."

"This disciple takes his leave."

Watching Lin Chen turn and leave with confidence, Yu Yongnian remembered the cautious look of the youth saying "request a work-study opportunity" in front of him three months ago.

Martial strength makes people powerful!

"The roc rises with the wind in one day, soaring ninety thousand miles; let me see how far you can go with this east wind."

(End of chapter)