[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback":3,"chapter-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rising from Obscurity: My Martial Path Comeback",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2265850,4424,"Chapter 15: Please Give Me Just a Little More Time, Just a Little More","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>The next day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen woke up, stared at the increase in his blood qi on the panel, and froze for several breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Lin Chen】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Profession: Martial Artist】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Blood Qi: 2545\u002F3000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Destiny: [Water Flows Naturally]: In the First Stage of Martial Path, perseverance, gradual progress, unstoppable momentum, no bottleneck to hinder you.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood qi increased by another 2 points, reaching 32 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meals hadn’t changed, yet blood qi had risen—there was only one explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The [Water Flows Naturally] effect has kicked in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen rejoiced—if this continued, he could reach 3000 blood qi this month and cultivate essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Blood Qi: 2579\u002F3000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood qi increased by 34 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lin Chen could confirm his destiny had entered the [Water Flows Naturally] phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catching up to Lu Yongfeng, Cheng Ying, and the others was just around the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yongnian suddenly spoke: “Lin Chen, lift a stone Dun .”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen blinked—he hadn’t planned to lift a stone Dun  every time his strength increased by ten jin; he intended to wait and make one big push.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since the instructor had spoken, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard, there were many more stone Dun s than the past two days—all over five hundred jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen glanced at his blood qi: 【Blood Qi: 2615\u002F3000】—then, without hesitation, skipped the five-hundred-ten-jin stone Dun  and walked to the five-hundred-twenty-jin one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His action made Lu Yongfeng and the other four stop again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Liu and Instructor Chen exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Yu Yongnian had ordered Lin Chen to lift a stone Dun , the two had been closely observing him—and quickly understood why Yu had made the request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by Lin Chen’s blood qi appearance, his strength might truly have reached five hundred ten jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Chen had walked toward the five-hundred-twenty-jin stone Dun —had they misjudged?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He won’t actually lift it, will he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing’s voice dripped with bitterness, but before anyone else could reply, Lin Chen had already lifted the stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng, who had just opened his mouth to speak, clamped it shut, then silently swept his right leg out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already broken through the blood qi points in his right arm; now he was pushing at the joints of his right leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Acceptable. Keep training.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yongnian’s “acceptable” made Instructor Liu and Instructor Chen roll their eyes inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that just “acceptable”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eight years at the Martial Hall, they’d never seen a student as prodigious as Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did you suffer through the early stage and now get nothing but sweets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the mess hall delivered meals, the three instructors left as usual, leaving only Lin Chen and the other five still training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen minutes, half an hour, one hour…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Lu Yongfeng and the others refuse to stop, Lin Chen was puzzled—so you’re not sleeping at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it over, Lin Chen decided to speak up—these guys might overtrain and injure themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior brothers, I think martial training shouldn’t be excessive—you need rest, or it’ll affect your state tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one answered him. Even Zhao Jingchuan, who had always been kindest to him, now trained in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embarrassed, Lin Chen sighed and finally returned to his dormitory alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he turned and walked out of the courtyard, Lu Yongfeng and the other four stopped instantly, exchanged glances, and Yan Dexing spoke: “He’s only at five hundred twenty jin—we’re still ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right. The later you go, the harder it gets. We’re already at five hundred nine—he can’t catch up,” Xu Botao added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng gazed up at the bright moon above: “Soon. I can already feel it—I’m about to cultivate essence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood qi increased by 38 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood qi increased by 40 points; Lin Chen lifted a five-hundred-thirty-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Lu Yongfeng and the others trained an extra fifteen minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing continued: “He’s still behind us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth day: blood qi increased by 42 points; Lin Chen lifted a five-hundred-forty-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing: “He… still… still has some distance from us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen didn’t know the psychological shifts in Yan Dexing and the others—he’d been immersed in the rapid growth of his blood qi and the physical changes it brought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every punch he threw was stronger than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling was exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventh day: Lin Chen lifted a five-hundred-fifty-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighth day: blood qi reached 【2822\u002F3000】; he lifted a five-hundred-sixty-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ninth day: five-hundred-seventy-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tenth day: five-hundred-eighty-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen left; Yan Dexing: “He… and us…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng: Shut up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing stammered: “What I mean is—he’s no longer behind us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since every time he spoke, he got contradicted, he’d flip it this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, as clever as he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eleventh day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen lifted a five-hundred-ninety-jin stone Dun .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng and the other four were utterly numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began to doubt whether Lin Chen was training the same martial art as them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For them, it got harder the further they went—how was it getting easier for Lin Chen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are these stone Dun s made of tofu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing couldn’t resist walking up to a stone Dun  and kicking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt—real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yongnian and the two instructors had also been emotionally conflicted these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructor Liu and Instructor Chen, every time they left the courtyard, kept pestering Yu Yongnian: had he given Lin Chen some kind of martial elixir?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asked so often, Yu Yongnian himself began to wonder—had he given Lin Chen an elixir?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he given Lin Chen one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he grown so old he forgot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just give me three more days… three days and I’ll cultivate essence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng repeated this like a machine; Zhao Jingchuan watched him with pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by this pace, Lin Chen would cultivate essence in one more day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The back courtyard howled with wind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t cold wind—it was punch wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng and the others’ fists and kicks had become a blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could any cold wind be colder than their hearts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lu brother, not sleeping tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not sleeping,” Lu Yongfeng gritted his teeth—he wouldn’t let Lin Chen surpass him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Zhao Jingchuan and the others left too, leaving only Lu Yongfeng still sweating as he swung his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the crow of the rooster, they rose to practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant Lin Chen opened his eyes, he saw the changes on his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Lin Chen】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Occupation: Martial Artist】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Blood Qi: 3000\u002F3000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Destiny: [Water Finds Its Channel]: In the First Stage of Martial Path, perseverance, gradual progress, and unstoppable momentum eliminate all bottlenecks.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ten months of grueling training, his blood qi had finally reached the threshold today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng, Cheng Ying…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally turned the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dormitory, Gu Fei was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he was pulled away by the instructor for special training, Gu Fei had returned to the village. In his own words: “Brother Chen, if you’re not going to the training ground anymore, it’s pointless for me to stay there alone. I might as well practice my fists at home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen washed up and headed to the back courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the courtyard, he found all five of Lu Yongfeng’s group already there—but to his surprise, Lu Yongfeng was not training. He sat at a stone table, eyes half-lidded and drowsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though puzzled, Lin Chen carried on as usual, beginning his fist drills alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood qi had already met the standard; today, he might finally cultivate essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun rose, a faint glow of dawn surrounded Lin Chen. He drew a deep breath, slowly raised his fists to shoulder height, then punched forward—his entire blood qi surged like a river raging within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each punch unleashed a low, powerful wind, as if tearing the air apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion drew the attention of Zhao Jingchuan and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they too could generate wind with their punches, Lin Chen’s current fist wind startled them. Lu Yongfeng’s drowsy gaze sharpened instantly, fixed unblinkingly on Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen was unaware of the reactions from Lu Yongfeng and the others. This round of training had plunged him into deep absorption—his blood qi circulated faster within him, a sensation of exhilarating ease he had never known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing grew deeper and more rhythmic; each inhale and exhale resonated through his entire body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s broken through to Essence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three instructors, Yu Yongnian, had appeared at the courtyard gate without entering. They knew better than to disturb him at this critical moment of blood qi breakthrough and essence condensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, twice, three times…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen had lost count of how many times he had punched. A bodily instinct drove him to accelerate, his fists forming a dense storm of shadows like a sudden downpour. Within him, his blood qi burned like ignited fire, relentlessly striking every limit of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one final, full-force punch, Lin Chen felt an unprecedented power erupt within him—as if something inside him had shattered with a thunderous crash—the Essence Barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Essence Barrier broke, Lin Chen’s eyes suddenly flared bright, clear and profound. He felt a warm current flow through his limbs and organs, finally gathering in his dantian, then circulating endlessly, without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen slowly withdrew his fists, standing like a pine, a faint yet undeniable aura surrounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigorous and full of essence, his body radiated the might of blood qi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the hallmark of cultivating essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yongnian burst into loud laughter, his voice brimming with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Lin Chen, he could not have been more pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From four hundred jin to cultivating essence in just one month—even the noble youths of the county town can’t match this!” Liu Instructor remarked in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen bowed, sincerely speaking: “Disciple thanks the three instructors for their cultivation. Taking even one small step on the Martial Path is due entirely to your grace—I shall forever remember this debt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He owed his smooth breakthrough most to Instructor Yu; this debt he kept privately in his heart, unnecessary to display at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Lu Yongfeng and the other five remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Zhao Jingchuan spoke first: “Brother Lin… I should call you Brother Lin now. Congratulations, Brother Lin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Martial Hall students, all were the same age; seniority was determined by cultivation strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen was now unquestionably the senior brother!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: In response to the chapter title, please, just a little more time… brothers, this novel now has two possible versions ahead. If you think the pacing is slow, cast one monthly vote; if you think it’s fine, cast two. Whichever version follows, Jiudeng has thirty chapters pre-written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1835,"2026-06-19T20:25:56.550Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e0c31ded82ea4af797896c4bca4776d2d9358ac172fd76972a4cb5e5838c9544","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-16","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-14",591,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-cover.jpg"]