Chapter 133: Lin Chen: I Can Slap the Self of a Few Days Ago to Death

Model Student of Jiangnan Dao!

The reason why it can be called a model is that besides strength, there must be something that makes people admire and move.

Unless, the strength is so strong that it is unparalleled, so strong that all students of the same session in Jiangnan Dao look up to it.

Obviously, Lin Chen has not reached this level. Looking at the entire Jiangnan Dao, so far among the students of the same session, there are those who have opened twenty acupuncture points.

The foundation of those martial arts families is far from what Lin Chen can catch up with now.

Since the strength is not unparalleled, it can only rely on deeds.

Qiu Rufeng knew very well why the Martial Administration Hall suppressed it. Evaluating a model student, even in this prefecture, there are people who oppose it. Then what kind of model is it?

If it is really the Huo family, then the Huo family must have given the Martial Administration Hall a reasonable excuse for opposition.

"Teacher, what should we do next?"

"The old man plans to banquet the Huo family clan leader to test the other party's intentions. Do not inform Lin Chen about this matter for now, so as not to distract him. Wait until he returns after three months of special training."

Qiu Rufeng hadn't thought of how to solve this matter for the time being. The most important thing was what attitude the Martial Administration Hall Director had?

"As for the Snake Shadow Bow you mentioned, the old man also went to inquire about it. This bow comes from a family in Raozhou Prefecture in the previous dynasty. The ancestors of this family once produced a third-rank martial artist, but the people of this family fled to Zheng Guo as a whole family not long after our dynasty was established."

"Lin Chen walks the extreme martial way. The path to entering the Ranked tier does not need weapons. His focus now should be on martial arts techniques. Cultivate another leg technique, and cultivate three techniques to the Perfected stage. By then, entering the Ranked tier will be within reach."

"This disciple understands, and has also prepared a leg technique for Lin Chen, the Gale Leg Technique of our county's Gale Martial Hall."

"Hmm, no matter what purpose the Huo family has, as long as the old man is the Martial Administration Office Director for one day, Lin Chen doesn't need to worry about anything."

"This disciple thanks the teacher for his care on behalf of Lin Chen."

Qiu Rufeng waved his hand, indicating that Su Lingchuan didn't need to say these words of gratitude. As the Martial Administration Office Director, he had his own ambitions.

It's just that Daliang has been prosperous for more than two hundred years, and some people have started to calculate some of their own petty profits.

But they forgot that the northern demon race is eyeing covetously, and the East Sea sea demons still cause harm from time to time.

In those years, the sea demons diverted the East Sea water to flood nine cities, the northern demon beasts slaughtered a million people, and those few countries took advantage of the chaos to rob, forcing Great Chu to cede more than half of its territory, which has not been fully recovered to this day.

Demon hatred, national hatred...

Too long a peace has made many people forget their original intentions.

Huo family.

"Father, I'm afraid the Martial Administration Office can find out that it was you who wrote to the Martial Administration Hall to oppose it."

"So what if that Qiu Rufeng guesses it? The Martial Administration Office Director changes every ten years. Qiu Rufeng won't stay in Raozhou Prefecture for many years. Don't think that this Qiu Rufeng has no selfishness. Being so anxious to push Lin Chen as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao is also to add luster to his own political achievements, wanting to go further up."

In the Huo family's main hall, the white-haired Huo family clan leader had a look of complacency: "The excuse the old man used to oppose is able to withstand investigation. That Lin Chen does not respect his elders, which was spoken by his own cousin."

"Father, how did you think of investigating Lin Chen's family affairs?" Huo Kang really didn't expect his father to pay attention to Lin Chen so early. He only knew about a genius martial artist named Lin Chen in Poyang County after this county battle.

But he only remembered a name. However, the competition in the Open-Acupuncture realm was not taken seriously by him.

With such a family background, the subsequent martial arts resources cannot keep up, and the possibility of eventually becoming an ordinary martial artist is not low.

In the eyes of the Huo family, if you cannot enter the eighth rank, you are considered an ordinary martial artist.

"Three years ago, after the old man and the Li family head privately set a marriage contract for Shu'er and Li Zhe, I paid attention to whether there were any powerful latecomers in Raozhou Prefecture, because the path the Li family arranged for Li Zhe included becoming the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao."

"Father, you set a marriage contract for Shu'er?"

Huo Kang was shocked. He, the father, didn't know about this.

"This matter was not publicized; it was discussed by the old man and the Li family head together, so I didn't inform you, but the marriage contract document has already been written."

Huo Zhong saw his son's dissatisfaction and scolded: "Li Zhe's father, not yet fifty, is already a sixth-rank martial artist. As a father, what are you dissatisfied with Shu'er being able to marry Li Zhe?"

"This child is not dissatisfied, just that you should have informed this child in advance." Huo Kang smiled bitterly. His father was used to being strong at home. He had thought his father would arrange a marriage for Shu'er, just didn't expect he would hide it from him, the father.

"The fewer people who know about this matter, the better. Wait until Li Zhe is established as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, and he will marry Shu'er the following year."

Huo Zhong didn't tell his son that one of the requirements for the Li family to agree to the marriage was that when Hongdu Prefecture recommended Li Zhe as the Jiangnan Dao model, the Huo family would ensure the Raozhou Martial Administration Office would not oppose it.

But when Qiu Rufeng issued the document, publicizing Lin Chen's deeds, Huo Zhong knew he couldn't persuade Qiu Rufeng.

At that time, he sent people to investigate Lin Chen's family situation, and found that Lin Chen's family background was really as stated in the document, and there was no fraud.

Just as he was thinking about how to trip up that Lin Chen, the people below investigated that Lin Chen was actually at odds with his grandfather.

Although the villagers of Linhu Village rarely talked about Lin Chen's family affairs to the outside world, they were ordinary villagers after all. How could they really keep their mouths shut? The people below used some means, and they found out clearly.

The reason for the discord between grandfather and grandson was because the grandfather was biased and favored the eldest grandson, Lin Ming.

After knowing these things, he sent people to search for Lin Ming's whereabouts. With the Huo family's connections in Raozhou, finding one person was not difficult.

Without alarming the Poyang County Martial Administration Office and the County Government, they directly took Lin Ming away from Poyang County.

"Although the old man wrote to the Martial Administration Hall to oppose it, and the Martial Administration Hall temporarily suppressed the matter, but when Hongdu Prefecture recommends Li Zhe, Qiu Rufeng will definitely oppose it. The Martial Administration Hall will send someone down to investigate Lin Chen by then, and this chess piece, Lin Ming, will have wonderful uses."

Quzhou, Li Fu.

"Hongdu Prefecture recommends Li Zhe as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao?"

Li Yueshan frowned, listening to the news reported by his son: "The Director of Hongdu Prefecture is really bold. What qualifications does that Li Zhe have to be evaluated as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao?"

"Father, it is said that Li Zhe is close to the Organ Cultivation realm."

"Don't say that Li Zhe is only close to the Organ Cultivation realm; even if Li Zhe enters Organ Cultivation, he is not qualified to become the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao."

Li Yueshan had a look of disdain in his eyes. What is a model? It must be able to make many students in Jiangnan Dao convinced and be able to inspire Jiangnan Dao students to forge ahead on the martial arts path.

Martial arts model, if evaluated according to strength, what kind of model is that? Just call him the first genius of Jiangnan Dao.

"Father, Li Zhe's father, Li Yuan, is already sixth-rank."

Li An reminded him. He didn't oppose his father wanting to have a relationship with Lin Chen, but there was no reason to offend the Li family of Hongdu.

Lin Chen has the possibility of reaching the sixth rank or even the fifth rank, but Li Zhe's father is already sixth-rank now.

"The old man knows what you want to say."

Li Yueshan glared at his son: "The old man says Li Zhe is not suitable, not because of Lin Chen, but because of the matter itself. Li Zhe being evaluated as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao has no incentive for Jiangnan Dao students."

The son of a sixth-rank expert being evaluated as a model will even have a counterproductive effect, making many students lose heart, and even think that to go far on the martial way, one must have a good family background and a good father.

Standing from the perspective of Jiangnan Dao martial arts, this model can only inspire students if it is given to Lin Chen.

Those martial arts family power descendants will definitely be unconvinced, and if they are unconvinced, they will improve themselves. And those students with ordinary family backgrounds will also have a heart of martial arts competition.

Who says only those power descendants can lead? Lin Chen can achieve this step, and they have better family backgrounds than Lin Chen, so they can also achieve it.

And those students who are as humble as Lin Chen go without saying; Lin Chen's deeds will inspire them.

Li Yueshan looked at his son, his old eyes sharp: "An'er, as the head of a clan, it is not wrong to consider the family, but you cannot do things against your conscience for this. You must still have a bottom line that needs to be followed."

This bottom line is also what most families in Daliang follow.

Otherwise, these power families in Daliang will only repeat the mistakes of the martial arts families of the previous Great Chu dynasty.

"Keep this bottom line, the family may not necessarily be prosperous, but at least there will be no disaster of extermination. If you lose the bottom line, maybe there will be temporary gains, but this gain may become the fuse for extermination one day in the future."

Li An was startled, carefully understanding his father's words.

Eight hundred miles of Poyang Lake.

The smoke is vast. Near the inner lake, in the place shrouded in water mist, there is a green mountain by the lake. "The Martial Administration Hall suppressed the request of the Raozhou Martial Administration Office to recommend Lin Chen as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao?"

Fang Ze heard the news reported by his subordinates, and there was a light in his eyes: The Martial Administration Hall doesn't want this genius Lin Chen, but their military department wants him.

Almost without any hesitation, Fang Ze headed to the main camp in the mountain.

"Commander, this subordinate has urgent matters to report."

"What is it?"

Hearing the thick voice coming, Fang Ze entered the camp tent, looked at his teacher, and smiled: "Teacher, this disciple just got the news that the Jiangnan Dao Martial Administration Hall suppressed the Raozhou side..."

Fang Ze carefully explained the situation about Lin Chen to his teacher.

"You are very optimistic about Lin Chen?"

"Teacher, this disciple has carefully studied it. There are indeed examples of humble martial artists rising in Daliang, but the reason for these experts is more because they obtained great fortuitous encounters. But Lin Chen's situation is different; he walked out of the martial hall step by step."

Humble martial artists rising, most of them obtained great fortuitous encounters. If this fortuitous encounter is converted into cultivation resources, it is even more abundant than the martial arts resources of many power descendants.

"Teacher, Lin Chen himself has not obtained any great fortuitous encounters. Being able to reach today, he relies on his own terrifying martial arts comprehension and diligence on the martial way. This disciple has a hunch that even if Lin Chen didn't have such martial arts comprehension, relying on his tenacious heart on the martial way, there would be no problem reaching Organ Cultivation before the age of thirty."

Martial arts cultivation needs resources, which is correct, but the reason why more martial artists couldn't persist is not that they really didn't have any martial arts cultivation resources, but that they gave up later.

Seeing no hope, they just muddled along.

Fang Ze carefully studied Lin Chen's path of learning martial arts, and even sent people to investigate. Everyone who came into contact with Lin Chen had the deepest impression of Lin Chen, not that he won first place in the three-month competition, suppressing other power descendants in Poyang County with a humble background, but that he practiced diligently.

A young man who will not give up and practices so diligently, as long as his talent is not extremely poor, he will definitely be able to reach Organ Cultivation, not to mention that Lin Chen's martial arts comprehension talent is so outstanding.

"I'm afraid this is your wishful thinking."

The Commander looked at his disciple. Not all martial artists like to join the military department.

Joining the Martial Administration Office and finally walking the path of the Martial Examination is the choice of many martial artists, especially humble martial artists, who are more willing to walk this path. Martial Administration Office fame and Martial Examination success mean bringing honor to their ancestors and glory to their family.

"Teacher, if there were no such thing, this disciple would indeed not be sure, but now the Martial Administration Hall suppressed this matter, Lin Chen will inevitably be dissatisfied with the Martial Administration Hall, and as long as our military department can provide Lin Chen with the same resources as the Martial Administration Hall, I believe Lin Chen will choose to come to the military department."

"As for the Martial Examination... as long as Lin Chen does not hold a Ranked official position in the military department, he can still participate in the Martial Examination."

The Commander pondered for a moment, and there was a glimmer of light in his old eyes: "This matter, let's talk about it in three months."

"Teacher, I'm afraid there will be changes in three months..."

"The three-month genius special training of the Martial Administration Hall is huge for the help of Open-Acupuncture realm young martial artists. In this point, our military department is not as good as the Martial Administration Hall."

Fang Ze was stunned, and then smiled bitterly. He understood his teacher's meaning. This problem was indeed what he ignored.

The Martial Administration Hall is specialized in cultivating young martial artists, and has its own unique features, especially the three-month special training for genius martial artists. Although he hasn't participated in it, he has heard a piece of news: the reason why those martial arts families let their clan descendants enter the martial hall is for this three-month special training.

Entering the imperial court to be an official, for some successors carefully cultivated by martial arts families, the attraction is not very big. Several generations of family accumulation have enough cultivation resources for them to enter the Ranked tier, and this type of family will generally arrange for other clan members to enter the imperial court to be officials, and can exchange for unique resources of the imperial court through these clan members.

What attracts these family descendants is the Martial Administration Hall's genius special training.

Even if the military department wants to recruit Lin Chen, it has to wait until the special training ends.

Martial Garden.

Lin Chen spent five consecutive days enjoying the pain of hammering his body in the Martial Garden's small dark room.

The sixth day.

The purple crystal marrow liquid bottomed out, with only a few drops left.

"Can only practice up to here."

Lin Chen didn't plan to use up the last few drops of purple crystal marrow liquid. Purple crystal marrow liquid is a divine medicine for body recovery, so he kept a few drops for backup.

"Panel!"

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Realm: Extreme Open-Acupuncture Realm (14/24): (160/300)】

【Qi and Blood: 345000】 (Expand to check past Qi and blood growth)

【Clear Wind Palm: Broken Limit】

【Iron Bone Art: Perfected】

【Water Cloud Palm: Broken Limit】

【Title: All Black (The universe is not yet set, you and I are both dark horses. Wearing this title, in the dark night, martial arts comprehension and perception are improved)】

【Life Pattern: 【Water to Channel Success】: Extreme Martial Way First Realm, persevere, proceed step by step, like a broken bamboo, no bottleneck trouble.】

Seeing the values on the panel, Lin Chen also grinned, smiling extremely brightly.

After consuming the snake meat, his Qi and blood increased by more than 30,000 the next day, approaching the 350,000 mark.

Plus the self-harming Iron Bone Art cultivation method he created in these five days, although it didn't make the Iron Bone Art progress, Lin Chen could feel that the meridians in his body were broader than before.

He tried to perform Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm after suffering heavy hammer strikes in the small dark room.

The first day was completely impossible, the second day the Qi was extremely unstable, and the power was less than one-tenth of the usual.

The third day reached four-tenths.

The fourth day reached six-tenths.

The fifth day, which was today, under the condition of Qi and blood surging and unstable, he finally managed to achieve no decrease in power.

But he could only persist for three palms. After three palms, the Qi and blood in his body would be completely chaotic and out of control.

Desperate three palms!

The progress of these few days, Lin Chen had the confidence to face the self of six days ago, and could slap him to death with one palm.

The reason why he compared with his past self was because the people he knew had all been left far behind by him, and there was no way to compare if he wanted to compare.

"Cannot be proud and complacent. Being able to have such growth is because of the snake demon's flesh and blood. Those martial arts family descendants also have the opportunity to come into contact with demon beast flesh and blood, and may even consume higher-level demon beast flesh and blood."

Secretly warned himself two sentences, just when Lin Chen was ready to study the Snake Shadow Bow again, a voice came.

"Young Master Lin, there is a guest who wants to see you."

The Martial Garden maid reported. Lin Chen looked at the man following the maid and hurriedly stood up: "Hall Zhao Kong Guanzhu, why are you here?"

"Lin Chen, don't worry, no matter which villain is making trouble, I have already written to an old lord who walked out of the martial hall. The Martial Administration Hall suppressed your approval as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, and that old lord will go to the Martial Administration Hall to fight for you."

Zhao Qifeng opened his mouth, full of righteous indignation.

There are no walls without cracks in the world. Even if it is something that happened in the Martial Administration Hall, after a few days of fermentation, it has spread secretly.

Zhao Qifeng didn't know more inside information; he only thought it was other prefectures opposing Lin Chen being evaluated as the Model Student of Jiangnan Dao, feeling that this was a good opportunity to get closer to Lin Chen.

Although the Gale Martial Hall hasn't been very promising these years, it was once glorious. Decades ago, it produced a seventh-rank martial artist and could still speak a few words in the Martial Administration Hall.

Lin Chen frowned, Model Student of Jiangnan Dao?

The Martial Administration Office Director had mentioned this to him. Was there something wrong with this matter?

Seeing Lin Chen's look of doubt, Zhao Qifeng's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Lord Su didn't tell Lin Chen about this?

If Lord Su didn't say it, and Xiao Xiao Shimei Zeng and Tai Rubai didn't say it either, then he... he might have made a mistake.

"Haha... Lin Chen, you just pretend that this Kong Kong Guanzhu didn't come today, and didn't hear anything, okay?"

Lin Chen's mouth twitched: "Hall Zhao Kong Guanzhu, this junior can pretend you didn't come, but do you think this makes sense?"

Zhao Qifeng was silent. He was really stupid. He shouldn't have rushed to find Lin Chen. Even if he didn't find that guy Tai Rubai, he should have gone to ask Xiao Xiao Shimei Zeng.

ps: Five thousand words delivered, there is another chapter tonight!

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