Chapter 183: Wu Yuan People (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The sky was slightly bright, and a figure emerged from the water on the surface of Poyanghu.

Lin Chen, soaked through, returned to the shore. As his internal Qi and blood circulated, the temperature on his skin surface rose, and the water stains on his body quickly evaporated.

After putting on clean clothes, Lin Chen began to study the Thousand Hammer Diagram in the iron house he had temporarily built in the back mountain of his home.

An hour later, looking exhausted, he walked out of the iron house. Jia Nanzhu had already boiled the medicinal liquid, and after bathing, Lin Chen began to practice the Wild Wind Leg...

By the afternoon, Lin Chen would sit on the back mountain peak, flipping through the many martial arts techniques Jia Nanzhu had brought from the Wuzheng Office, occasionally reaching out to practice a few moves.

When evening came, he would begin practicing the Greedy for Life, Afraid of Death Arrow.

This cycle repeated until five days had passed.

Early this morning, Lin Chen, as usual, had just finished soaking in the medicinal liquid when he heard his teacher's voice.

"Lin Chen, I'm giving you a day off today. Someone from your home has come."

Seeing Lin Chen about to take his technique manuals to the back mountain, Jia Nanzhu spoke up to stop him.

"Someone came?"

He had been back in Linhu Village for many days, and during the welcome banquet, he had already seen everyone he needed to see. People like Lin Lin Shidi Lu and the others had also come to Linhu Village on the second day. Why was someone still coming after several days?

"Go on. The person who came is someone you've been longing for."

Jia Nanzhu saw Lin Chen's confusion and added with a smile.

Someone I've been longing for?

Lin Chen's mind raced. The next moment, seemingly thinking of something, his eyes lit up: "Yu Yu Jiaoxi, then this disciple will go."

He could already guess who had come to his home.

Watching Lin Chen's somewhat hurried pace, Jia Nanzhu's old eyes narrowed. The only person who could make Lin Chen this excited was that one.

His own weight as a teacher in Lin Chen's heart was still a bit less than that person's.

It couldn't be compared, and shouldn't be compared.

The Lin family mansion.

Lin Fu and Lin Mu were both there, and his older brother Lin Liang was also busy running back and forth, bringing out all the melons and fruits in the house.

Regarding the guest before them, the three members of the Lin family knew very well what he meant to Lin Chen.

It could even be said that this person was the great benefactor of their Lin family.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, please sit for a while. Chen'er has been practicing in the back mountain, and we've already sent someone to notify him. He will be back soon."

Lin Fu poured tea, and Yu Yongnian looked at the table full of melons and fruits, smiling: "No need for such trouble."

Looking at the fruits brought out by the Lin family, Yu Yongnian felt moved. A year ago, the Lin family could only offer the dried pumpkin most common in the village for guests; they wouldn't even buy other fruits.

All pursuits are lowly; only martial arts are high.

This was the rich reward for success in martial arts.

The expansion of the courtyard, the increase in fruits on the table, and the changes in Lin Chen's family were the best proof of this statement.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, you are our family's great benefactor. Without your guidance for our Chen'er back then, and without your financial support, Chen'er wouldn't be where he is today."

Lin Mu was also very excited. She had read the article her son wrote, and her son mentioned this Yu Yu Jiaoxi several times in the article.

"Lin Chen's achievements today rely more on himself. I just gave him a push. Even without me, Yu Yongnian, there would be a Chen Yongnian or Zhang Yongnian who would discover Lin Chen's talent."

"If not for the Yu Yu Jiaoxi, even if this disciple could continue on the Martial Way, I would not have such achievements."

Lin Chen's voice came from outside the courtyard. Yu Yongnian turned his head, looked at the young man standing in front of the door with an excited expression, and smiled.

Linhu Village lake embankment.

Lin Chen accompanied Yu Yongnian for a stroll by the lake. Lin Chen told Yu Yongnian about his experiences in the martial hall over the past nine months. Except for the special training ground, which he couldn't detail due to the Wuzheng Office's rules, Lin Chen told him everything else.

In that article "To the Junior Brothers of Jiangnan Dao," Lin Chen mentioned Yu Yu Jiaoxi several times, not to build an image of being grateful, but out of heartfelt gratitude for the Yu Yu Jiaoxi.

His destiny 【Water Flows, Channel Forms】 could only exert its effect in the later stages. Without the Yu Yu Jiaoxi, he might not even have been able to get a spot for the Acupuncture-Opening Pill. Without the Acupuncture-Opening Pill, it would have been hard for him to catch the Yu Yu Jiaoxi's eye in the martial hall. By the time he revealed his talent in the Martial Way, the county competition would likely have already ended.

Yu Yu Jiaoxi fought for the Acupuncture-Opening Pill for him, and the gift money before he entered the martial hall allowed him to keep up in the early stages.

One step behind, every step behind.

Without Yu Yu Jiaoxi, he might only be an average student in the martial hall now, similar to Lin Lin Shidi Lu and the others, still worrying about the silver needed for the next acupuncture opening.

Yu Yongnian listened quietly. At this moment, Lin Chen appeared to him like a junior telling an elder about his achievements, which also made him feel for the first time the immaturity belonging to a boy of this age in Lin Chen.

The Lin Chen of the past was too mature.

Perhaps it was related to his family background. Coming from an ordinary background, to compare with those children of the powerful, Lin Chen had to be mature.

When Lin Chen finished speaking, Yu Yongnian looked at the sparkling lake surface and said with a smile: "Lin Chen, have you heard of the carp leaping over the dragon gate?"

"I have." Lin Chen nodded.

"You are now like a carp that has already leaped over the dragon gate." Yu Yongnian turned to look at Lin Chen: "To be honest, I cannot provide you with any help on how to walk your future Martial Way, nor can I even offer suggestions."

On the Martial Way, after the Acupuncture-Opening Stage comes Organ Cultivation, and after Organ Cultivation comes the Ranked Tier.

As a martial artist at the perfection of Organ Cultivation, Yu Yongnian knew that he could no longer provide any guidance to Lin Chen on his martial arts cultivation.

Even though Lin Chen had not yet reached Organ Cultivation, with such talent, his subsequent path of martial arts cultivation would inevitably be different from what he knew. What he understood was only how ordinary martial artists should cultivate. Before coming, he had asked his Jiang Jiang Shijie how the children of the powerful in Raozhou Prefecture planned their martial arts.

His Jiang Jiang Shijie's answer shocked him!

Children of the powerful could take three bottles of Acupuncture-Nourishing Pills every month, and later they would even take Red Blood Pills and even monster meat. The names of these Red Blood Pills and other elixirs, spoken by his Jiang Jiang Shijie and falling into his ears, were so unfamiliar.

He hadn't even heard of the names of some elixirs.

Lin Chen's talent was even above those children of the powerful in the prefecture, so his cultivation path was even more different.

"You now need to find a teacher who can guide your subsequent martial arts cultivation."

Yu Yongnian's expression was serious: "Actually, you shouldn't have mentioned me too much in that article. Doing so will affect your apprenticeship."

Which powerhouse would want the disciple they took in to be immensely grateful to another instructor in their heart?

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, this disciple recently took on a teacher."

Lin Chen smiled slightly, but his heart felt warm. Only Yu Yu Jiaoxi could consider things so meticulously for him.

"You've already taken a teacher? What is his status?" Yu Yongnian asked.

"My teacher previously served as the Deputy Director of the Wuzheng Office, but he has already resigned and returned to Linhu Village with me."

Yu Yongnian's pupils shrank. The former Deputy Director of the Wuzheng Office—that must be a Fifth-Rank or even Fourth-Rank powerhouse...

Hiss!

Lin Chen was hugging a very thick thigh.

And since this person even followed Lin Chen back to Linhu Village, he must be very attentive to Lin Chen, definitely not the kind who just took Lin Chen under his wing because of his recent fame to add luster to himself.

"Since that is the case, then I can rest easy."

Yu Yongnian patted Lin Chen on the shoulder: "Take me to pay respects to your teacher."

"Yes."

An hour later.

Lin Chen saw Yu Yongnian off to the village entrance.

"Alright, you can stop here. Being able to take Lord Jia as a teacher is your good fortune; you must cherish it well."

Yu Yongnian raised his hand to stop Lin Chen from seeing him off further. Since he had come to Linhu Village, he planned to go back to the Wu Tang to see Yu Yu Jiaoxi Liu and Yu Yu Jiaoxi Chen. The three of them had worked together in the Wu Tang for several years, and their relationship was quite good.

After accompanying Lin Chen to see that Lord Jia and chatting over tea for a while, Yu Yongnian knew that Lord Jia had only taken Lin Chen as his disciple, and he completely set his mind at ease.

He could no longer guide Lin Chen's growth, but Lord Jia was just right.

"Whether it's leaving your name on Mount Wudao or becoming a model student of the Jiangnan Dao, these are your honors. Don't let them become your burden. Just remember your original intention for learning martial arts."

Patting Lin Chen on the shoulder, Yu Yongnian gave a final piece of advice. He was afraid that Lin Chen, having such a halo now, would feel pressure in his martial arts cultivation and that this glory would become his burden.

"This disciple understands."

Lin Chen nodded heavily. Yu Yu Jiaoxi was just afraid that because he held the title of a genius, he would strive to be number one in his future cultivation path, putting too much pressure on himself.

"I am still at ease with you. Go back."

Yu Yongnian mounted his horse and waved, but Lin Chen suddenly chuckled: "Yu Yu Jiaoxi, when are you going to the teacher's wife's home to propose marriage?" Uh...

Yu Yongnian stumbled and almost fell off the horse's back. Fortunately, as an Organ Cultivation martial artist, his reaction was fast. After stabilizing his figure, he glared at Lin Chen unhappily: "This is not something you should be concerned with."

Crack!

With a flick of the reins, Yu Yongnian rode away, but just as he galloped out about ten yards, a voice came.

"At the end of the year, I will go to your teacher's wife's home to propose."

Hearing the voice coming from the Yu Yu Jiaoxi, Lin Chen also smiled. The Yu Yu Jiaoxi was shy and embarrassed.

At the end of the year, he should still be in Poyang County then, and perhaps he could catch the wedding banquet of the Yu Yu Jiaoxi and the teacher's wife.

Daliang Capital.

Shen Prefecture!

"Shen Ze, for the sake of our two families' good relationship, I'll give you a piece of advice: if you want to leave your name on Mount Wudao, you'd better hurry up."

"Ye Feng, what do you mean by that?"

"If you're late, I'm afraid you won't have a chance."

Ye Feng lowered his voice: "I'll reveal a piece of news to you: there's a fierce person who might refresh the record of Mount Wudao. Take advantage of the fact that this fierce person's stage hasn't reached it yet, and hurry to leave your name on Mount Wudao. That way, even if you are challenged and replaced by this fierce person later, you will at least have left your name on Mount Wudao."

"A fierce person? Where did this fierce person come from?"

Shen Ze frowned, then thought of something: "Are you talking about Lin Chen from Jiangnan Dao?"

"Yes, that's the guy. He's simply fierce beyond belief."

Being swatted away by Lin Chen with one palm—Ye Feng was still too embarrassed to speak of such a shameful thing.

"Have you fought him?"

Shen Ze chuckled. For a martial artist to leave their name on Mount Wudao once was already quite good.

"I not only fought him on Mount Wudao, but I also went to Jiangnan Dao to fight him. In short, this guy definitely has the strength to refresh the record of leaving names on Mount Wudao."

Hearing Ye Feng's words, Shen Ze's expression became serious: "You're preparing to challenge the nineteenth acupuncture point on Mount Wudao, right? So Lin Chen didn't just leave his name at the eighteenth acupuncture point on Mount Wudao, but also at the nineteenth? So those two times leaving names in Jiangnan Dao were the same person?"

"Yes."

Ye Feng nodded. Not many people knew about this; at least in the capital, not many people knew yet.

"Leaving his name on Mount Wudao twice in a row—his strength is indeed not to be underestimated."

"Stop bragging, damn it. What do you mean 'not to be underestimated'? It sounds like you could do it yourself."

Ye Feng rolled his eyes at Shen Ze. When Lin Chen reached the twenty-first acupuncture point, Shen Ze wouldn't be able to escape the same fate as him—being brutally abused by Lin Chen.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you. Take advantage of the fact that Lin Chen is still at the nineteenth acupuncture point, and hurry to Mount Wudao to challenge. Otherwise, you won't have a chance later."

"What's the rush? Lin Chen is at the nineteenth acupuncture point now. It will take at least a month to reach the twenty-first. Even if Lin Chen reaches the twenty-first, he can't immediately go to Mount Wudao to challenge. At the very least, he has to cultivate until he's close to the twenty-second acupuncture point before going to Mount Wudao. There are still two months."

Shen Ze was not in a hurry. He still had to wait for his own strength to improve a bit more, so that when he left his name on Mount Wudao, he wouldn't be defeated by Yue Lingxu.

Yue Lingxu was just waiting for him to leave his name on Mount Wudao first, and then defeat him.

A good plan, but unfortunately, he had the same idea. In the end, it would depend on who was stronger.

"Anyway, I've reminded you of what I should remind you. Don't regret it when the time comes."

Seeing that Shen Ze didn't take his words seriously, Ye Feng stopped trying to persuade him.

Linhu Village. Every day, a cruise ship docked at the shore of Linhu Village, and then someone carried boxes of things toward the back mountain.

At first, the villagers of Linhu Village were a bit curious, but those moving the boxes were all martial artists, so the villagers of Linhu Village only watched from afar and didn't dare to come close.

Initially, the villagers stopped out of curiosity, but as ships stopped every day, the villagers' curiosity gradually faded. At most, when they went out to fish in the lake, they would take a curious look.

Back mountain!

Jia Nanzhu had a booklet in his hand, recording the resources sent by the Wuzheng Office.

Elixirs, monster meat...

Looking at the rows of numbers above, Jia Nanzhu was also somewhat shocked.

In less than ten days, the cultivation resources consumed by Lin Chen had reached a staggering number.

As the Deputy Director of the Wuzheng Office, Jia Nanzhu was very clear about the resource consumption of various martial halls. The cultivation resources Lin Chen had used these days were almost enough to catch up with the annual consumption of all Acupuncture-Opening Stage students in a martial hall.

In martial arts cultivation, piling up resources can improve strength, but there is an upper limit.

But Lin Chen was like a bottomless pit, or rather, this upper limit had reached a staggering degree.

Fortunately, the resources Lin Chen needed for cultivation were directly allocated by the Wuzheng Office. If Poyang County had to pay for it, it really might not be enough.

Lin Chen was only at the nineteenth acupuncture point, five acupuncture points away from Organ Cultivation.

The fourteenth day!

The fourteenth day since Lin Chen returned to Linhu Village.

"Panel!"

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Realm: Perfect Acupuncture-Opening Stage (19/24)】

【Qi and Blood: 2,800,000/4,900,000】

【True Blood: 2,216,666】

【Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Zhen Yue Score: Second Layer】

【Wild Wind Leg: Mastery (0/1)】

【Title: Perfect to the Extreme (Only after breaking the limit is it perfect. Wearing this title allows the fusion of similar limit-breaking realm techniques into the perfect level)】

【Title: Black to the End (The situation is not yet settled; you and I are both dark horses. Wearing this title improves martial arts comprehension and perception in the dark)】

【Destiny: 【Water Flows, Channel Forms】: Extreme Martial Way First Stage. Perseverance, gradual progress, unstoppable, no bottleneck trouble.】

"Give me one more day, and I should be able to break through to the twentieth acupuncture point."

There was a sharp light in Lin Chen's eyes. He could feel the surging Qi and blood in his body, which had already begun to constantly impact the twentieth acupuncture point. This was a sign of a breakthrough.

"From the nineteenth to the twentieth acupuncture point, twenty days is enough. As long as the resources keep up, the speed later will only get faster and faster..."

Or, he could manage to break through to the Organ Cultivation Stage within two months.

Thinking that he had the 【Water Flows, Channel Forms】 destiny bonus and that subsequent cultivation would get faster and faster, Lin Chen felt it necessary to greet his teacher in advance. According to the current speed of the Wuzheng Office transporting resources, he shouldn't let it fall behind later.

Just as Lin Chen went to find his teacher, on the surface of Poyanghu, three cruise ships were heading toward Linhu Village almost at the same time.

The three cruise ships arrived at the pier at the same time.

Linhu Village originally didn't have a pier; there was only a small cove that the villagers had dug with hoes to dock cruise ships. But as Lin Chen received the commendation from the Wuzheng Office, the town near the river allocated funds and brought people to build a pier for Linhu Village.

The current Linhu Village pier was large enough to accommodate more than twenty cruise ships.

From the three cruise ships, a middle-aged man stepped down from each. The eyes of two of the men met, and there were sparks of conflict in their eyes.

"Isn't your Capital Wu Yuan known for never taking the initiative to recruit students outside the capital region? Why did you come here this time?" The middle-aged man wearing cloud-patterned sleeves with a sword at his waist spoke lightly.

"Where I recruit students is my Capital Wu Yuan's own business. What does it have to do with your Qingyun Wu Yuan? If I remember correctly, your Qingyun Wu Yuan values the family background of students the most. This Lin Chen doesn't seem to meet the conditions of your Qingyun Wu Yuan." The man with a thick, curly beard retorted.

Song Zhixue watched these two about to fight as soon as they got off the ship, and he was secretly happy. As long as Qingyun Wu Yuan and Capital Wu Yuan met, there would inevitably be confrontation. It would be best if they just fought directly.

What made Song Zhixue regretful was that these two poked at each other a few times but had no intention of making a move.

And at this moment, in Raozhou Prefecture, two other people appeared in front of the Jiang Prefecture gate.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi, shouldn't we go to Linhu Village? Why did we come here?"

"What's the rush? See your future Junior Sister first, and by the way, inquire about Lin Chen's situation. The information provided by the Jiangnan Dao Wuzheng Office about Lin Chen is too little. Our Canglan Wu Yuan can't compare to those three, so we have to start from other aspects." The middle-aged man wearing a green shirt, with wide sleeves embroidered with silver thread wave patterns, and a clean-shaven face, spoke with a smile.

PS: It's the last day. If you don't cast your monthly tickets, they will be void!

(End of chapter)