Chapter 170: Since Lin exists, why must Ye exist?

Mount Wudao!

Nineteen-Acupoint Step!

Ye Feng was prepared for battle. He had already figured out Senior Liang's moves; as long as he attacked strongly first and didn't let Senior Liang's ghostly movement technique unfold, he would definitely win.

【Nineteen Acupoints: Great Liang Calendar Year 299, Jiangnan Circuit, Raozhou Prefecture, Lin Chen.】

The moment the sound came to his ears, Ye Feng moved, his figure turning into a stream of light. He couldn't be bothered to listen to Mount Wudao's voice; he only knew that when the sound appeared, it was also the moment Senior Liang appeared.

In front of him, a figure appeared.

Just looking at this figure, Ye Feng was stunned for a moment. Not Senior Liang?

But at this moment, his fist had already been thrown out. Even if this suddenly changed figure made him suspicious, it still couldn't make him stop.

No matter why the opponent changed, his purpose for coming to Mount Wudao remained unchanged: defeat the opponent and leave his name on Mount Wudao.

But what surprised him was that after the figure in front appeared, it just glanced at him, actually standing still in place, not even raising a hand.

"Mount Wudao has a problem?"

But he couldn't care about so much. There was a fierce look in his eyes, and his fist fell with a boom.

*Bang! *

The fist fell on the other's shoulder. Ye Feng's pupils constricted sharply. At this moment, he only felt a terrifying force rebounding from his fist, actually causing his Qi and blood to surge back from his arm, and the breath in his dantian instantly dissipated and became chaotic.

And what made Ye Feng even more desperate was that he watched the expressionless person in front raise a hand and slap. Then, a sharp pain came from his chest. For a moment, Ye Feng felt that he had died.

"Disciple, open your mouth!"

Just as his consciousness was about to faint, Ye Feng seemed to hear his teacher's voice and used his last bit of will to open his mouth.

"How could it be like this?"

The old man looked at his disciple who had fainted in his arms, his old face holding a look of disbelief.

A month ago, his disciple could fight Senior Liang for over a thousand breaths, and in the end, he only lost by a narrow margin; he had never suffered such a heavy injury.

And the figures left behind by these seniors on Mount Wudao, although they only retained their fighting will and no self-thinking instinct, the founding emperor had considered that those who would challenge Mount Wudao would all be Great Liang's young geniuses. If they suffered irreversible heavy injuries during the battle, it would be Great Liang's loss.

Therefore, Mount Wudao would weaken the power of these seniors' martial fighting will by thirty percent the moment one side was determined to win, so that the challenging youth would not suffer heavy injuries.

It couldn't be that Senior Liang's strength suddenly skyrocketed, right?

Wait!

A flash of inspiration appeared in the old man's mind. After leaving a name on Mount Wudao, Mount Wudao intercepts the strength of the person who left the name at that time. Whatever level the strength was at when the name was left, that's what it would be; it would not increase or decrease.

Senior Liang's strength wouldn't skyrocket, but what if the person changed?

So the second person in Jiangnan Circuit to leave a name on Mount Wudao was the one who left the name at nineteen acupoints?

Apart from this, there was no other possibility to explain why his disciple suffered such heavy injuries.

Looking at his disciple's fainted figure, the old man couldn't help but look up at the sky. If he had known this, he would have let his disciple challenge an hour earlier.

In that case, even if he were surpassed later, at least he would have left his name.

As long as he left his name, even if it was only for one breath, it was still leaving a name, and the rewards from the Martial Administration Department and the Martial Administration Hall would still not be less.

"Have you heard? Another person from Jiangnan Circuit left their name on Mount Wudao?"

"Really or fake? Jiangnan Circuit's geniuses are exploding?"

"Can't be fake. It has already appeared on the Martial Administration Hall's name-inscribing stone wall, but it only shows the three characters 'Jiangnan Circuit'. I don't know which acupoint they left their name at, and I don't know who it is."

"Could it be the same person? After all, they both come from Jiangnan Circuit."

"I asked my grandfather. According to what my grandfather said, the possibility of it being the same person is extremely small. That Lin Chen from Jiangnan Circuit left his name at eighteen acupoints. In such a short time, even if he broke through to the next stage, it's impossible to go to Mount Wudao to continue the challenge, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless the one who left the name this time is at nineteen acupoints. If that's the case, it might be that Lin Chen."

"Nineteen acupoints. If I remember correctly, Ye Feng from Guixi Circuit has been suppressing his stage just to leave his name at nineteen acupoints."

"Ye Feng has racked his brains to leave his name at nineteen acupoints on Mount Wudao. He should be able to leave his name successfully. By then, when this Lin Chen breaks through to nineteen acupoints, these two will have another fight."

In every circuit, there were many discussions about Mount Wudao at this moment, and the degree of heated discussion far exceeded the first time Lin Chen left his name on Mount Wudao a few days ago.

The reason was that the time difference between the two was too short, and secondly, both times it showed Jiangnan Circuit.

Great Liang Capital.

At this moment, in a manor, several youths gathered together.

Six men and two women, all wearing fine clothes.

"Jiangnan Circuit is not bad this time, actually having two people leave their names on Mount Wudao in a row. It's just that I don't know which acupoint this second person left their name at."

"I just went to Mount Wudao to see. That senior at twenty-one acupoints hasn't changed."

"Twenty-two acupoints are the same."

"Twenty-three acupoints are also unchanged."

"You all haven't changed, so twenty-four acupoints are even more impossible to change."

Several people spoke one after another, with smiles on their faces. The six of them were all aspiring to leave their names on Mount Wudao, but their goals were all after twenty acupoints.

Before twenty acupoints, suppressing strength was too cost-ineffective and would affect their own cultivation progress.

Those who would think of seeking to leave their names before twenty acupoints were only martial arts geniuses from various provinces who knew they couldn't compete with them, so they would choose to leave their names at ten-plus acupoints.

"Looking at it this way, this second person from Jiangnan Circuit who left their name should be at ten-plus acupoints. That Lin Chen left his name at eighteen acupoints. I estimate the second one should be before eighteen."

Yue Lingxu looked at the other five: "Everyone, Jiangnan Circuit already has two people who have left their names. We must also speed up our progress. We can't let the dignified capital be inferior to a Jiangnan Circuit."

"Rest assured, I will definitely leave my name earlier than you."

The hawk-eyed youth on the side had confidence in his eyes. Give him another month, and he would have the confidence to defeat the senior at twenty-one acupoints. Like Yue Lingxu, he was currently at twenty-one acupoints.

It wasn't that they couldn't open more acupoints, but because the competition for the later acupoints was more intense, especially twenty-four acupoints, where there were countless people watching in the dark.

Leaving a name at twenty-four acupoints meant suppressing all the acupuncture geniuses of the same era.

This was recognized by the entire Great Liang martial arts circle. Mount Wudao's challenge rules allowed those who left their names earlier to continue challenging after breaking through their stage, which meant that geniuses who opened twenty-three acupoints all had the opportunity to challenge twenty-four acupoints, and the gold content of being able to leave a name at twenty-four acupoints could be imagined.

"What's the use of leaving a name earlier than me? You have to be able to keep your name on it forever. Otherwise, even if you leave your name today, I can brush you down tomorrow."

Yue Lingxu said faintly. He and Shen Ze had always been at odds because of their family backgrounds. This time, leaving a name on Mount Wudao was also specifically targeted; he just wanted to suppress the other party.

"Then let's see if you have the ability."

Shen Ze had a mocking expression, but there was a look of vigilance in his heart. He actually already had the confidence to challenge the senior at twenty-one acupoints, but he hadn't gone up yet. He just wanted to wait for Yue Lingxu to go up first, preferably Yue Lingxu could leave his name successfully, and then he would quickly defeat Yue Lingxu, not only proving himself but also humiliating Yue Lingxu.

If he had to blame someone, blame Yue Lingxu for snatching his beloved woman. He and Yue Lingxu both had their eyes on the same person.

The other four present also knew about the grievances between Yue Lingxu and Shen Ze. Family background plus a woman—the fact that these two hadn't fought when they met was already giving the four of them a lot of face.

"Lin Lin Shidi Yue is right about one thing. We should also speed up. Otherwise, the outside world will fear that the capital's martial arts youths are inferior to Jiangnan Circuit's youths."

Wang Zhong said slowly. Once he said this, the others nodded in agreement.

The naming of the two youths from Jiangnan Circuit brought them pressure, but also brought them motivation.

Jiangnan Circuit Martial Administration Hall!

Shao Jingshan, who heard the bell ringing, was still taking a nap on the bed. Hearing this bell, his brows lifted slightly, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

Another youth left their name on Mount Wudao so quickly?

In this way, I fear Jiangnan Circuit's limelight will be snatched away by half. Originally, he had thought about finding an opportunity to show off in front of a few old friends, but now I fear it won't work.

It's just that he didn't know which circuit this was, or if someone in the capital didn't want to see Jiangnan Circuit in the limelight and couldn't help but make a move?

"My lord,"

At this moment, he couldn't even care about putting on his shoes. He appeared at the door of the room in one step, looking at the stone wall in the courtyard.

"Zhang Lin Shidi has something urgent?"

Hearing Zhang Dingfeng's voice, Shao Jingshan frowned. Even if Zhang Lin Shidi heard the bell, there was no need to disturb him at this moment. There was only one circuit name on the name-inscribing stone wall; looking at it was no different from not looking at it. It was better to wait until tomorrow when the Martial Administration Department issued a document, and then he would know which circuit and which young genius left their name.

"Lin Lin Shixiong, the Mount Wudao bell rang again."

"Hmm."

"It's our Jiangnan Circuit's. Our Jiangnan Circuit has produced a second one."

Zhang Dingfeng's excited voice came. The next moment, he felt a gust of wind whistling past. When Zhang Dingfeng reacted, he realized that Shao Lin Shixiong's courtyard door had already been opened.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Dingfeng also turned and rushed toward another courtyard. When he walked into the courtyard, as he expected, Shao Lin Shixiong was already standing in the courtyard.

"Good... Could it be that our Jiangnan Circuit is about to welcome a day of flourishing martial fortune!"

Shao Jingshan looked at the three characters "Jiangnan Circuit" on the stone wall, his old face also hanging with excitement, but then he turned back and asked: "Do you know who it is?"

"Shao Lin Shixiong, I also heard the bell and checked the information on the stone wall before notifying you immediately. As for who exactly left their name on Mount Wudao, I have no idea. Could it be Li Zhe?"

Zhang Dingfeng thought of Li Zhe. Li Zhe and Lin Chen were competing for the model student of Jiangnan Circuit, and with Lin Chen leaving his name on Mount Wudao, this competition for the model student could be said to have come to an end. Perhaps Li Zhe was unconvinced, also went to Mount Wudao to challenge, and really succeeded.

"Li Zhe?"

Shao Jingshan pondered for a long while and shook his head: "He can't!"

Although Li Zhe was a young genius of Jiangnan Circuit, before Lin Chen left his name on Mount Wudao, in his heart, Li Zhe and Lin Chen were of the same status, and in terms of subsequent martial arts cultivation, Li Zhe's score in his heart was higher than Lin Chen's.

But even so, Shao Jingshan knew very well in his heart that Li Zhe was still a distance away from leaving his name on Mount Wudao, not to mention it was the twenty-fourth acupoint of Mount Wudao. This level, which represented invincibility in the Open-Acupuncture Stage of the same era, was even less something Li Zhe could touch.

"Then who could it be?"

Zhang Dingfeng thought for a moment and guessed: "Could it be the first fifteen acupoints?"

Martial artists who could attract the attention of the Martial Administration Hall were at least those who had emerged in a prefecture. Like Lin Chen, if he hadn't encountered the competition for the model student, he wouldn't have reached his and his Lin Lin Shixiong's ears at all. Only after entering the special training ground and the special training ground reporting that Lin Chen might leave his name on Mount Wudao would they attract their attention.

And those who could go to the special training ground were at least at the fourteenth or fifteenth acupoint.

"No!"

Shao Jingshan denied Zhang Dingfeng's guess. Among the martial arts families in Jiangnan Circuit, there were only a few that could come into contact with Mount Wudao. These families didn't have descendants at the ten-plus acupoint stage. Perhaps there would be collateral branches in the clan, but this type of clansman absolutely didn't have the strength to leave their name on Mount Wudao.

"Immediately send a letter to the special training ground and ask them to inquire about Lin Chen's situation." Shao Jingshan's eyes were bright, and there was a guess in his mind.

"Shao Lin Shixiong, are you saying that this naming on Mount Wudao is also Lin Chen? But is it impossible in terms of time?"

Zhang Dingfeng was a bit skeptical. When guessing which youth in Jiangnan Circuit could leave their name on Mount Wudao, Lin Chen's name also appeared in his mind, and it was even the first one to appear. But thinking that Lin Chen had just left his name on Mount Wudao a few days ago, even if he broke through to nineteen acupoints at this time, it would be very difficult to win the challenge.

"Send the letter first. It's better than you and me guessing blindly here."

"Yes!"

On Mount Wudao, Lin Chen felt the colorful light curtain around him, his expression indifferent.

This battle, he fought very easily, even more easily than the Senior Feng who challenged the eighteen acupoints a few days ago.

The further back, the more watery the strength?

After this thought popped into Lin Chen's mind, he quickly denied it.

"Senior Liang, please forgive me. The kid was guessing randomly without intention."

Although he knew that this Senior Liang was just some kind of projection and had now completely disappeared after being replaced by himself, he still bowed to the opposite side and apologized.

It wasn't that the seniors behind were getting more and more watery, but that his own strength had improved too much.

Perfected Open-Acupuncture allowed him to have a higher ratio of Qi and blood transforming into True Blood the further he went, and the improvement in strength had already far exceeded the increase from opening a normal acupoint.

"If this is the case, wouldn't I have the opportunity to continue refreshing the later twenty acupoints, twenty-one acupoints... and even twenty-four acupoints?"

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Chen couldn't help but have his heartbeat speed up by half a beat. He didn't know what rewards the Martial Administration Department and the Martial Administration Hall would give him if he created such a record, but at least the rewards of Mount Wudao would be brushed by him.

【Nineteen Acupoints: Great Liang Calendar Year 299, Jiangnan Circuit, Raozhou Prefecture, Lin Chen】

On Mount Wudao, the majestic voice came again. Lin Chen had a look of anticipation in his eyes.

This time, what reward would Mount Wudao give him?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 171 =====