Chapter 180: Ye Feng: I Lost Narrowly to Lin Chen

Linhu Village.

After a day of noise and bustle, it returned to tranquility.

Early the next morning, Zhao Canghu arrived at the Lin family and knocked on the door of Lin Chen's courtyard.

"Village Chief, what is the matter?"

Seeing the Village Chief come to the door early in the morning, Lin Chen was a bit puzzled. After he returned to the village to pay respects to his ancestors yesterday, the old Village Chief had drunk quite a bit at the banquet. He estimated that at the old Village Chief's age, he would have to lie in bed for half a day to recover, but he didn't expect him to come early in the morning, his spirit vigorous, showing no signs of drunkenness.

"Little Chen, I came this time to discuss with you about rebuilding your family's house."

"Rebuilding my family's house? There's no need for that."

Lin Chen smiled and refused. His family's courtyard wasn't small, so there was no need to rebuild it.

"There is a need." Zhao Canghu had a serious expression: "Your status is different now, and you are in contact with big shots. If they come to our Linhu Village to visit you, your house is still too small."

"There won't be too many people coming to visit me; I'm still just a student..."

But before Lin Chen could finish, footsteps came from outside the courtyard. It was the voice of his cousin Lin Hui.

"Lin Chen, someone came to the village entrance, saying they are looking for you." Lin Hui rushed into the courtyard and shouted.

Lin Chen:...

"Little Chen, listen to me, this house will have to be rebuilt sooner or later. The village has money now, and the village will pay for it, so you don't have to worry about it. When the time comes, I will discuss the construction with your parents."

Zhao Canghu took the opportunity to persuade him again. Lin Chen was helpless; he also knew the Village Chief meant well.

"Don't be too luxurious; just make it livable."

"Rest assured, I have a plan in mind."

Zhao Canghu patted his chest. Having been the Village Chief for so many years, he knew how to handle this matter. Lin Chen was a student now, so it shouldn't be too flashy. The house should mainly be large, and as for the interior architecture, it could be simple for now and continued later.

"Hmm."

Lin Chen was very reassured about the old Village Chief. Having an old person in the village is like having a treasure.

With the old Village Chief in Linhu Village, it really saved him a lot of trouble, so he didn't have to worry about things at home.

Last night, he heard his parents say that recently, nobles from the city often came to the village, sending various gifts, and introducing some profitable businesses in the city to the family. His parents didn't know how to deal with these nobles from the city, so they always asked the old Village Chief to accompany them.

"Hui Ge, did they say who they were?"

"Well... they didn't say, but their accent doesn't sound like they are from Poyang County, and they are dressed very unusually, better than those nobles in the city."

For the villagers of Linhu Village, thanks to Lin Chen, they had seen many powerful merchants in Poyang County, and they could already analyze some information from the clothing of these powerful people.

Not from Poyang County? Could it be Raozhou Prefecture?

Lin Chen was a bit puzzled, but he followed Lin Hui out of the courtyard gate. He hadn't walked far before he saw two figures walking toward him.

A boy and a girl. The boy looked about the same age as him, while the girl was slightly older, her figure already showing signs of maturity.

"Are you Lin Chen?"

Before Lin Chen could speak, the boy opposite spoke first. But Lin Chen listened to the other party's tone; why was there such a gnashing of teeth and resentment?

He didn't seem to have met this person before.

"It is I. I don't know how to address you, Lin Lin Shixiong?"

"Ye Feng."

Ye Feng answered in a muffled voice. Lin Chen's appearance had already been deeply imprinted in his mind.

It was this guy who, at the nineteenth acupoint of Mount Wudao, had beaten him until he bled three times in a row.

Vomiting blood was one thing, but the key was that each time, he was slapped away with a single palm!

He couldn't even take one palm from this guy!

Ye Feng couldn't accept this reality. This time, before heading to the martial academy, he specifically chose to visit Jiangnan Circuit just to see Lin Chen in person.

He didn't believe anyone could have such a large gap in strength compared to him at the same realm. Perhaps... there was a problem with Mount Wudao.

Although this possibility was very small, Ye Feng still held a glimmer of fantasy in his heart!

"Lin Lin Shidi, this is my younger brother Ye Feng, and I am Ye Jie."

Ye Jie on the side smiled and spoke, her exquisite face looking at Lin Chen with great interest. She hadn't seen Lin Chen before, and in her younger brother's description, Lin Chen was short and ugly.

Now looking at him, it was completely not the case.

Thick eyebrows and starry eyes—he couldn't be called very handsome, but his eyes were extremely spirited, making people remember him at a glance.

It seemed it was her younger brother's deep resentment toward Lin Chen that made him deliberately smear Lin Chen's appearance.

"So it is Senior Sister Ye and Lin Lin Shidi Ye. I don't know what business the two of you have with me?"

"We two are from Guixi Circuit."

"Guixi Circuit?"

Lin Chen thought of the Great Liang map he had seen. Guixi was not close to Jiangnan Circuit. Did these two come all the way from Guixi Circuit to find him?

"Lin Lin Shidi should know about the martial academy matter, right?"

"Hmm."

Ye Jie saw Lin Chen nod and smiled: "I am from the Kyoto Wu Yuan. This time I am also taking my brother to the capital to prepare for the Kyoto Wu Yuan's admission assessment. We happened to be passing through Jiangnan Circuit, so we stopped by to see Lin Lin Shidi."

Hearing the reason for their visit, Lin Chen was still a bit puzzled. Just because he left his name on Mount Wudao, they wanted to come and see him?

Seeming to guess what Lin Chen was thinking, Ye Jie smiled slightly, her red lips parting: "Lin Lin Shidi, to tell you the truth, although the Martial Administration Department did not announce that you left your name on Mount Wudao twice, my brother and I know, because my brother was fighting at the nineteenth acupoint of Mount Wudao some time ago, wanting to leave his name there, but was beaten to it by Lin Lin Shidi."

"So that's how it is."

Lin Chen understood. This Ye Feng's goal was also the nineteenth acupoint of Mount Wudao, but he didn't expect him to leave his name a step earlier. And after he left his name, his identity and background would be revealed at the nineteenth acupoint of Mount Wudao. Ye Feng should have fought with him on Mount Wudao.

"In order to leave his name at the nineteenth acupoint, my brother spent a lot of effort. Lin Lin Shidi, you took this step first, and my brother fought with you several times on Mount Wudao, each time losing narrowly."

Lost narrowly!

These two words were heard by Ye Jie from her younger brother. According to her younger brother, he fought with Lin Chen on Mount Wudao three times, and each time he lost to Lin Chen after more than a hundred moves.

If his realm hadn't been impossible to suppress and he had broken through to twenty acupoints, if he had been given another month, he would definitely have been able to defeat Lin Chen.

Ye Feng listened to his older sister's words, feeling uncharacteristically guilty, yet he stood tall, even puffing out his chest to mask his inner unease.

"Visiting Lin Lin Shidi this time, besides wanting to see what kind of demeanor Lin Lin Shidi, who left his name on Mount Wudao, has, there is another purpose." Ye Jie's gaze shifted to her younger brother: "Little Feng, you say it."

"I want to have a sparring match with you!"

Ye Feng looked at Lin Chen. Lin Chen was a bit surprised. Was this an offline real-life PK?

"This... I'm afraid that wouldn't be good."

Lin Chen was also a bit tempted. Since this person had fought with him on Mount Wudao and lost narrowly, his strength was naturally not weak. Sparring with him could also improve his own combat skills.

Every circuit's martial arts had its own special features; this was what his teacher had told him. The other party was from Guixi Circuit, and sparring with them could also let him understand the characteristics of Guixi Circuit's martial arts.

"My brother and I requested this abruptly, which is indeed a bit rude. As an apology, here is a small token."

Ye Jie held a box in her hand: "There is a piece of Star Meteorite in this box, which is a unique item from our Guixi Circuit. If used to forge weapons, it has the effect of breaking through Qi."

Star Meteorite?

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. He was no longer a novice who knew nothing about martial arts.

His teacher had prepared many books for him, among which were books introducing many rare treasures within Great Liang.

Star Meteorite came from a celestial alien stone from several hundred years ago in Guixi Circuit. The alien stone possessed a special energy capable of breaking through a martial artist's Qi, making it an excellent material for forging weapons.

"Then this junior brother will not be polite." Lin Chen accepted the box. Although it was a wooden box, it felt heavy in his hand, and the Star Meteorite inside must not be light.

Forging weapons was still too early for Lin Chen. He thought of another wonderful use for Star Meteorite: using it to forge arrowheads. The arrowheads he used were forged from mysterious iron, but they were still much worse than Star Meteorite. If Star Meteorite powder was added to the mysterious iron, it would be enough to increase the lethality of the arrowheads by several points.

Having accepted the gift, and since Lin Chen himself was tempted, he didn't dawdle anymore and took the Ye Jie and Ye Feng brothers directly to the back mountain of Linhu Village.

On the flat ground at the foot of the back mountain, Ye Jie stood to the side, Lin Chen and Ye Feng looked at each other, and their momentum began to rise.

Facing Ye Feng, Lin Chen did not underestimate him. Since the other party could fight with him for over a hundred moves on Mount Wudao before losing, his strength was unquestionable. And traveling thousands of miles to Linhu Village to spar with him, Ye Feng's strength must have improved again. If he underestimated the other party, it was very likely he would capsize in the gutter.

Ye Feng clasped his fists, his fighting spirit burning in his eyes, his fists slowly raised, the Qingyu Strength unique to the Ye family circulating around his body.

"Please instruct me."

With a low shout, Ye Feng's figure shot out like an arrow from a bow. Before he arrived, the fist wind was already whistling toward him.

Lin Chen's pupils shrank. This Lin Lin Shidi Ye's speed and fist speed were quite fast, but they were only quite fast. When the other party arrived in front of him, he took a step with his right foot, and the Wind and Cloud Palm slapped out directly.

"It's this palm!"

Seeing Lin Chen clap his hands, Ye Feng suddenly conjured several fist shadows on his palms; on Mount Wudao, he had been swatted away by this very palm strike from Lin Chen every single time, so naturally, he would not take it lightly this time.

"His own Qingyu Strength can assist his younger brother's fist technique in changing between virtual and real quickly. Most opponents choose to dodge before they can figure out the virtual and real, but this Lin Chen doesn't dodge or evade. This is enough confidence in his own strength; he should have practiced some kind of hard training kung fu."

Ye Jie saw Lin Chen's figure not dodging or evading, and she also had a judgment in her heart. However, in her view, even if it was hard training kung fu, it would have to suffer in the face of their own Qingyu Strength.

Their own Qingyu Strength was slightly different from the Qi movement of ordinary martial arts techniques, capable of splitting into dozens of forces in an instant, which was precisely the nemesis of hard training kung fu.

Bang!

Ye Feng's fist surface landed on Lin Chen's shoulder first. Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, a look of surprise in his eyes. It wasn't surprise at the power of Ye Feng's punch; on the contrary, he felt Ye Feng's punch was a bit weak.

With this punch power, could he really fight with him for a hundred moves?

Although a doubtful thought popped into his mind, Lin Chen's hand movements were not slow at all. Just after Ye Feng's fist surface landed on his shoulder, his right hand's Wind and Cloud Palm slapped accurately on Ye Feng's arm at a tricky angle, like an antelope hanging its horns.

With this palm, Ye Feng only felt his entire arm was like being shattered, and the Qingyu Strength operating on his arm dissipated instantly.

With one palm, Ye Feng was staggered several steps to the side by the palm force, and his entire right arm hung down, but there was a look of excitement on Ye Feng's face.

He guessed right; Mount Wudao really had a problem.

This Lin Chen's strength was much weaker than the projection on Mount Wudao.

If it were on Mount Wudao, Lin Chen's palm would have been enough to slap him away.

"This gap... the narrow loss my brother spoke of..."

Ye Jie, who was watching the battle, as an Organ Cultivation martial artist, had a thoughtful look in her beautiful eyes at this moment. Her younger brother said he lost narrowly to Lin Chen on Mount Wudao, but now that they had just started sparring, he was crippled by Lin Chen with one arm. This wasn't a narrow loss; it was clearly a crushing defeat!

"Little Feng..."

Ye Jie shook her head speechlessly. She already understood that her younger brother had lied for the sake of face.

"This Ye Feng's fist technique power is weak, but the power he releases is somewhat exquisite, actually able to avoid the counter-injury of my Zhen Yue Spectrum."

Lin Chen could say without politeness that after practicing the Zhen Yue Spectrum to the second level, for a martial artist below the Organ Cultivation Stage, hitting him with a punch or palm was equivalent to hitting themselves with half a punch or half a palm.

The harder the strike, the harder they hurt themselves.

But when Ye Feng's fist force landed on him, it did not cause explosive damage instantly; instead, in a split second, the force split into over a dozen parts. If not for his robust Qi and blood, he might truly have been stirred into a state of turbulent Qi and blood by those dozen fist forces.

It seems that even if he practiced the Zhen Yue Spectrum to the second level, it didn't mean there were no martial artists of the same realm who could break his defense.

There are many martial artists in Great Liang, and there are countless techniques, so there will always be some special ones.

One cannot underestimate the heroes of the world!

Next, Lin Chen didn't wait for Ye Feng to recover, his person like a swift wind killed his way to Ye Feng, the Wind and Cloud Palm slapped out, the sound of thunder rumbling!

Bang!

After ten moves, Ye Feng's body hit the pine tree behind him, the leaves fell rustling, and he had no strength to fight anymore.

"I admit defeat!"

Ye Feng admitted defeat very decisively. If he didn't admit defeat, he would end up the same as on Mount Wudao, slapped away by Lin Chen until he fainted.

This guy, although not as fierce as on Mount Wudao, was indeed not someone he could deal with.

"Little Feng, you aren't honest. Is this what you call a narrow loss?"

Ye Jie took out a jade bottle from her bosom and threw it to her younger brother: "I fear that on Mount Wudao, you couldn't even take three moves from Lin Lin Shidi."

The genius figure on Mount Wudao never showed mercy when attacking, going all out from the first move. But in a real-life sparring match, the opponent wouldn't go all out from the start, especially when sparring with a stranger, they would first test and figure out the other party's strength.

Lin Chen didn't go all out from the start; otherwise, her younger brother could have persisted for at most three moves.

"Three moves? Sister, you think too highly of me. To tell you the truth, when I fought with Senior Lin Lin Shidi on Mount Wudao, every time Senior Lin Lin Shidi's figure appeared, he slapped me away with one palm."

Exposed by his elder sister, Ye Feng didn't hide it anymore and told the truth.

Ye Jie:...

Lin Chen:...

Slapped away in one move, where did he get the courage to challenge him?

Ye Feng took the elixir from the bottle, looked at the strange expressions of Lin Chen and his elder sister, and said embarrassedly: "I just felt it was a bit unacceptable. Senior Lin Lin Shidi couldn't be so strong as to defeat me in one move, so I suspected if there was something wrong with Mount Wudao, so I thought of challenging Senior Lin Lin Shidi in person. Now it seems there is nothing wrong with Mount Wudao."

Lin Chen's mouth twitched. He understood what Ye Feng meant.

The version of him on Mount Wudao was too strong, so strong that Ye Feng suspected there was a bug on Mount Wudao.

"Senior Lin Lin Shidi, I'll tell you the truth, you are indeed very strong, but I feel that compared to the version of you on Mount Wudao, it seems to be a bit worse."

Ye Feng scratched his head and looked at Lin Chen with some confusion.

"That's because Lin Lin Shidi didn't go all out against you."

Ye Jie glared at her younger brother angrily. Mount Wudao had existed for so many years, how could there be a problem? If she had known this, she would never have accompanied her younger brother to Jiangnan Circuit to lose face.

Lin Chen laughed: "It might be because Lin Lin Shidi Ye, your strength has improved."

It's not that I'm weak, it's that you've made progress.

Lin Chen's answer made Ye Feng laugh. Indeed, his strength had improved a bit, and he was about to break through to twenty acupoints.

"Still laughing like a fool. Lin Lin Shidi, you don't need to comfort this fool. If I'm not mistaken, is Lin Lin Shidi wearing the Reverse Scale Armor?"

Ye Jie's beautiful eyes stared at Lin Chen. Just now, her younger brother's fist wind blew Lin Chen's hem, allowing her to see a corner of the scale armor inside.

"Hmm."

Since it had been seen, Lin Chen didn't hide it and admitted it generously.

"What Reverse Scale Armor?" Ye Feng was confused, not understanding what his elder sister meant.

"The Reverse Scale Armor is the best protective armor for martial artists below the Ranked Tier, capable of unloading seventy percent of an opponent's force."

"Seventy percent?"

Ye Feng was shocked. There was such a good thing? Why hadn't he seen it?

"Don't be surprised. The Reverse Scale Armor weighs ten thousand pounds, mainly on the chest and back. If you wore it, you wouldn't even be able to breathe, let alone fight."

Ye Jie's beautiful eyes had a glint: "Lin Lin Shidi didn't even exert thirty percent of his strength when he struck you."

After saying this, Ye Jie herself felt it was somewhat incredible. With less than thirty percent of his strength, he could beat her younger brother until he had no power to fight back. If he took off the Reverse Scale Armor, how strong would he be?

Acupoint Opening Stage—could someone really cultivate to this extent?

"Less than thirty percent, what a monster!"

Ye Feng couldn't help but exclaim. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind: those who want to leave their names on Mount Wudao in the capital and other provinces will be bloodily abused by Lin Chen.

Lin Chen is likely to refresh the highest record of Mount Wudao!

Thinking of Lin Chen slaughtering those guys on Mount Wudao, Ye Feng couldn't help but laugh out loud. Those guys had written to him not long ago, ostensibly to comfort him, but actually to mock him...

Just wait, he would have a chance to mock them back!

These people, they all have to die!

PS: There is another chapter in the evening, paying off the monthly ticket debt!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 181 =====