Chapter 132: The Dispute Over the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao

In the Iron House.

The light flickered on and off.

Lin Chen stood in place, calm and composed. Every time a heavy hammer fell, his Iron Bone Art circulated around his body.

The first hundred hammers could no longer cause him any harm now.

Originally, after the Iron Bone Art was Perfected, Lin Chen didn't plan to continue coming to the small iron house to suffer the hammering of the iron hammers in the short term; he wasn't a masochist.

But as the Water Cloud Palm and Clear Wind Palm both broke their limits, a thought suddenly popped into his mind: could the Iron Bone Art also break its limit?

This time, Qi and blood broke through the 300,000 mark, and Lin Chen could perceive that his body had significant changes compared to before.

Since the Iron Bone Art was Perfected, Lin Chen's mastery of his own body had reached an astonishing degree.

This was something that the Perfected Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm could not achieve.

Only hard-training kung fu could achieve this, and Lin Chen guessed that only hard-training kung fu of the Iron Bone Art's level could achieve this.

According to Lord Li, the Iron Bone Art was not an ordinary Ranked technique, but a middle-grade technique, and its second volume was for Ranked martial artists to cultivate.

He hadn't entered the Ranked tier yet. To cultivate the second volume, the Zhen Yue Score, his current body strength was not enough.

The one hundred and fiftieth hammer!

A hammer fell, Lin Chen's whole body trembled, but an excited look appeared on his face. Although he wasn't a masochist, this kind of heavy hammer falling, causing Qi and blood to surge throughout his body, with pain mixed with a sense of satisfaction, still fascinated him.

Especially when his Qi and blood value broke through the 300,000 mark, at the moment when Qi and blood surged in his body, the speed of Qi and blood circulation was actually faster than when he operated the Iron Bone Art with full strength.

It was just that this circulation had no direction.

If his Qi and blood were a flame imprisoned, in the past when he operated the Iron Bone Art, it was equivalent to unlocking this shackle, letting the flame spray in the direction he needed.

And after suffering the hammer strike, the shackle was also unlocked, but the flame splashed uncontrollably in all directions.

The speed of the former was far inferior to the latter.

"Or maybe I can try not to control it, letting the Qi and blood collide throughout my body. If the body is hammered for a long time, will it develop resistance?"

Lin Chen had a bold thought in his mind. Half a bottle of purple crystal marrow liquid remained, which could recover even if the body was injured.

The only thing to endure was the pain of Qi and blood colliding throughout the body.

And the so-called resistance refers to being able to have enough combat power even in an injured state.

To put it plainly, it means that after being injured many times, the body has become accustomed to it.

It must be said that this was a very crazy idea.

But this was an idea that popped up after Lin Chen fought with that snake demon.

If he could maintain his combat power in an injured state, or maintain his strength for a short time, he would have one more chance of winning when facing a strong enemy.

Iron Bone Art, this kind of hard-training kung fu, trains the outside of the body, so can the inside of the body also be trained?

Boom!

The next heavy hammer fell, Lin Chen no longer operated the Iron Bone Art to resist, his whole body felt like a stormy sea, and his face instantly turned pale.

300,000 Qi and blood collided randomly in his body, like a stormy sea. Lin Chen's body trembled uncontrollably, biting his teeth tightly, not letting the blood that overflowed to his throat spray out.

One hammer, two hammers, three hammers...

Persisting for three hammers, Lin Chen couldn't hold it anymore, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

"Cough cough."

Lin Chen staggered out of the iron house and returned to his courtyard. The maid in the Martial Garden seemed to have anticipated it and had already prepared hot water for him in advance.

Pouring a drop of purple crystal marrow liquid into the bathtub, Lin Chen stepped directly into the tub and began to absorb the medicinal effect of the purple crystal marrow liquid.

Half an hour later, stepping out of the bathtub, Lin Chen first checked his panel and found that the Qi and blood value on the panel had not changed, with a look of thought in his eyes.

Whether doing this would leave hidden dangers for his body, he would know tomorrow if the Qi and blood value changed.

Raozhou Martial Administration Office.

Su Lingchuan was waiting in the backyard. He didn't know why his teacher suddenly summoned him to the Martial Administration Office?

Could it be that the Snake Shadow Bow had a great origin, and the teacher had already discovered the true origin of the Snake Shadow Bow?

It seemed that was the only possibility.

A cup of tea later, the courtyard gate was pushed open. Seeing his teacher come in, Su Lingchuan hurriedly saluted, and at the same time, his heart skipped a beat. His teacher's expression seemed to be encountering some dissatisfaction.

"The old man reported Lin Chen's deeds to the Jiangnan Dao Martial Administration Hall, and it was suppressed by the Martial Administration Hall." "Suppressed?"

Knowing why his teacher was dissatisfied, Su Lingchuan first breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn't that he had done something wrong to make his teacher angry.

But immediately, Su Lingchuan became angry: "Why did the Martial Administration Hall suppress it? With Lin Chen's background and the achievements he has made so far, even if he cannot be directly selected as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, they should send someone down to investigate."

Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, this is not only an honor but also related to the resource tilt of the Martial Administration Hall. Su Lingchuan naturally knew that the Martial Administration Hall would not agree just because of his teacher's document.

The normal process is for the Martial Administration Hall to send someone down to investigate, confirm Lin Chen's deeds, then report it up, and finally discuss whether Lin Chen is qualified to be established as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao.

Not even investigating, directly giving a result, this move by the Martial Administration Hall obviously did not conform to the rules.

"That old thing in Hongdu Prefecture bluntly said that Lin Chen's strength is not enough. Model student is not a competition of poverty; it's not that whoever is poor can become a model. If it were like that, just go to the roadside and pull a beggar."

Su Lingchuan's mouth twitched. That Director of Hongdu Prefecture was really good at shifting blame. Can a beggar on the roadside cultivate to fourteen Open-Acupuncture points and walk the extreme path?

Qiu Rufeng didn't hide his temper in front of his disciple, cursing directly: "And that old fellow in Wenzhou Prefecture, even more yin and yang, saying that Lin Chen walked the extreme path, and then evaluating the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, was calculated by the old man. It was almost explicitly saying that the old man deliberately arranged for Lin Chen to walk the extreme martial way, so as to add points to Lin Chen's model student evaluation."

"And that old fellow in Huizhou Prefecture, saying that Lin Chen walked the extreme martial way, if this family background cannot enter the Ranked tier within three years, Jiangnan Dao will become a laughingstock of other paths by then."

After cursing, Qiu Rufeng calmed down: "What the old man didn't expect was that Quzhou Prefecture actually supported Lin Chen."

"Teacher, Quzhou Prefecture supporting Lin Chen should be because of the old Lord Li in Quzhou."

Su Lingchuan knew how Lin Chen's Iron Bone Art was Perfected, and with the energy of the old Lord Li in Quzhou, persuading the Director of the Quzhou Prefecture Martial Administration Office not to oppose it was not a difficult thing.

"The old man also knows this point. The old Lord Li is very optimistic about Lin Chen's future."

Su Lingchuan pondered for a while: "Teacher, it is normal for other prefectures to oppose. If Lin Chen is established as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, then the Martial Administration Hall's cultivation resources will definitely tilt toward Raozhou. Our Raozhou Prefecture's resources will increase, and other prefectures will decrease. But why would the Martial Administration Hall suppress it?"

Controversy and opposition will definitely exist.

What Su Lingchuan couldn't understand was why the Martial Administration Hall suppressed it.

"Someone in Raozhou Prefecture also disagrees." Qiu Rufeng said faintly.

"Someone in Raozhou Prefecture also opposes?"

This time Su Lingchuan was truly shocked. Lin Chen being selected as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao benefits the martial hall students of the entire Raozhou Prefecture, and from his understanding of Lin Chen, Lin Chen had not offended any martial arts families.

Besides the Shao family that had already moved the whole family, other families in Poyang County had no malice toward Lin Chen, but the Shao family shouldn't have such great energy.

"The old man doesn't know who opposes, but being able to influence the Martial Administration Hall, it's nothing more than those few families."

Qiu Rufeng hummed lightly. The only ones in the entire Raozhou Prefecture who could influence the Martial Administration Hall were four families.

"Jiang, Huo, Shu, Lu."

"Jiang family?" Su Lingchuan didn't hide his speculation in front of his teacher. After proposing the Jiang family, he denied it before his teacher could answer.

"The Jiang scholar came out of Linhu Village. Although there is some wonder between the Jiang scholar and Linhu Village, having such a late-coming junior in his hometown, he wouldn't block his future, and the Jiang scholar's daughter and Lin Chen's relationship is also good, so it's even more impossible."

"Excluding the Jiang family, the Lu family's Lord Lu has focused on the capital in recent years. The Lu family is very likely to move the whole family to the capital, and doesn't care much about Raozhou Prefecture's affairs."

"Huo family and Shu family..."

Su Lingchuan frowned. These two families were old-fashioned families that had existed in Raozhou Prefecture for hundreds of years. Unlike the Jiang family, which was a rising family and still in a continuous climbing period, these two families had already started to go downhill.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The two deceased old clan leaders of the Shu family and the Huo family were fifth-rank experts during their lifetime and had accumulated quite a bit of connections.

"Shu family... Inspector Shu!"

Su Lingchuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to his teacher: "Teacher, this disciple told you that Lin Chen was able to get the Open-Acupuncture Pill because of Shu Suwan of the Shu family, and according to this disciple's later investigation, Shu Suwan and Yu Yongnian seem to have some relationship. Could it be related to this?"

Qiu Rufeng's old eyes narrowed slightly. He knew what his disciple meant.

The Shu family looked down on Yu Yongnian, so they also hated Lin Chen. After thinking for a long time, he said: "The current clan leader of the Shu family is an extremely smart person. Even if he was originally dissatisfied with his daughter's affection for that Yu Yongnian, after knowing Lin Chen's potential, he wouldn't take action. He can completely wait and see."

"With the master-disciple relationship between Yu Yongnian and Lin Chen, even if Yu Yongnian cannot achieve anything great on the martial way, as long as Lin Chen can go far on the martial way, it is equivalent to Yu Yongnian going far on the martial way. The clan leader of the Shu family can understand this point."

Su Lingchuan's mouth opened slightly, starting to feel that his teacher's analysis was a bit too exaggerated, but thinking about it, it seemed to be exactly the case.

The stronger Lin Chen's martial arts realm, the higher Yu Yongnian's status will rise.

There have been such deeds of master relying on disciple's nobility in Daliang.

"Then it can only be the Huo family. But what grudge can the Huo family have with Lin Chen?"

ps: This chapter is only three thousand words. I won't play games with everyone. Bonus chapters only count after ten thousand words a day, so today either there are two more chapters, or a big chapter of over seven thousand words. I sincerely ask for subscriptions and monthly tickets. The first three months of being on the shelf are very important.

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