Chapter 188: The Martial Administration Department Is Also Waiting! (Seeking Subscriptions)

Hongdu Prefecture!

Li Residence.

In the backyard of the Li residence, Li Zhe was enjoying the flattery of three youths.

"Li Lin Shixiong, congratulations on obtaining the admission letter from the martial academy."

"It's just an admission assessment letter; it doesn't mean I can join the academy." Li Zhe waved his hand, looking humble: "The academy is open for assessment to all martial artists who meet the requirements. If you Junior Brothers want to go to the academy, you can also go to participate in the admission assessment after meeting the conditions."

"Li Lin Shixiong, that's how it's said, but everyone knows that those who go to the martial academy on their own basically cannot pass the assessment. Like Li Lin Shixiong, who received an assessment letter, you have almost stepped into the academy with one foot."

Several youths flattered Li Zhe. The families behind them had a good relationship with the Li family and could be said to be attached to the Li family. Naturally, they hoped Li Zhe could go further and further on the martial arts path.

The stronger Li Zhe was, the stronger the Li family represented, and their families could also benefit.

Thinking of those who flattered the high and trampled on the low, the three youths also secretly hated them in their hearts. In the past, when Li Lin Shixiong called out, at least a dozen people would come, but now only the three of them had come.

They knew very well why those people didn't come: it was because Li Lin Shixiong didn't get the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar title, and they knew Li Lin Shixiong had a grudge with that Lin Chen. These fence-sitters didn't want to offend Lin Chen, so they deliberately found excuses to decline.

"Li Lin Shixiong, which martial academy are you planning to go to? Qingyun, Capital, or Lingxiao?"

Among the Jiangnan Dao students, there were five martial academies in Great Liang, but generally, no one went to the Demon-Slaying Martial Academy, and Canglan Martial Academy was a backup. The first choices were the three mentioned above.

"Lingxiao, I suppose."

Li Zhe nodded. His father had also come out of Lingxiao Martial Academy. Going to Lingxiao Martial Academy would have his father's connections, which would be better than the other two academies.

"Lingxiao Martial Academy, huh? I've been to Lingxiao City once; it's truly majestic and spectacular. Once you go to Lingxiao Martial Academy, Li Lin Shixiong, you can properly host us when we go to Lingxiao City."

"You Junior Brothers don't need to be discouraged either. As long as you cultivate diligently, you also have a chance to enter Lingxiao Martial Academy."

Major martial academies recruited Organ Cultivation disciples, but they were much more relaxed about age; anyone under eighteen could participate in the academy's assessment.

Normal youths entered the Martial Hall at fifteen. Going from Qi Refining to Organ Cultivation within three years was not difficult for many children of the powerful and wealthy.

"Organ Cultivation is easy, but passing the assessment is hard."

The three youths shook their heads. They knew their own situation. Even if they reached Organ Cultivation, going to the martial academy to participate in the assessment wouldn't change the outcome of being eliminated.

Every year, thousands of martial artists participated in the assessment for any martial academy, but in the end, fewer than a hundred passed.

Li Zhe chatted for a few sentences, then used the excuse of needing to cultivate to dismiss the three youths.

"Lin Chen!"

After the three left, Li Zhe's face turned completely gloomy. This time he received three martial academy assessment invitation letters at once, and used this to invite many youths in Hongdu Prefecture. He had originally wanted to listen to their flattery, but he hadn't expected that in the end, only three people would come to the appointment.

Others either made excuses that they were cultivating and couldn't leave, or had their servants reply that they were not at the residence.

This group of fence-sitters, wasn't it just because they saw he didn't get the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar title and didn't want to get too close to him, so as not to offend Lin Chen?

Just a Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar title, it's nothing!

The martial arts path is still very long. He can now enter the martial academy, and with his father's connections, that Lin Chen will sooner or later be surpassed by him. By then, he will let these people in Jiangnan Dao know who is truly the number one person of the younger generation in Jiangnan Dao.

With a cold, sinister smile on his lips, Li Zhe's gaze caught a glimpse of a slender figure in the corner of the backyard wall, and a flash of lust crossed his eyes: "Get over here."

The slender figure in the corner of the backyard wall trembled, standing still.

"Do you want me to say it a second time?"

Hearing this, the woman recalled some terrifying scene, her pretty face pale as she walked over tremblingly.

"Wearing so much, it's really in the way!"

Li Zhe looked at the woman who had walked up to him and tore off her ru-skirt...

"Brother, the Li residence sent an invitation. Why aren't you going?"

At the Yu residence, a young girl looked at her brother who was cultivating in the backyard and asked curiously.

"Go for what? To listen to those people there flattering Li Zhe?"

Yu Fei gave a disdainful snort, but the girl was puzzled: "But you used to go."

"I used to go because I thought Li Zhe was not bad, but now your brother has discovered that Li Zhe cannot represent the younger generation of Jiangnan Dao, and compared to that person, he is nothing at all."

"Compared to whom?"

"Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar, Senior Lin Lin Shidi."

During the three months of special training, Yu Fei had seen Senior Lin Lin Shidi's terrifying strength, but what he admired even more was Senior Lin Lin Shidi's diligence in martial arts. And after leaving the special training ground and learning some inside information about the Jiangnan Dao Student Exemplar, he no longer had a good impression of Li Zhe.

"Just watch, it's not just your brother doing this; the others are the same."

Things that happened at the special training ground could not be spread, and Yu Fei couldn't reveal Senior Lin Lin Shidi's brilliant performance at the special training ground to his sister, but they, the students who had participated in the special training, could privately gather and talk about things from the special training ground.

The students of their cohort almost all had the same thoughts as him.

Li Zhe was certainly not bad, but that depends on who you compare him with. If you compare him with Senior Lin Lin Shidi, Li Zhe is nothing.

They, who came out of the special training ground, had already determined that Lin Chen was the Lin Lin Shixiong of their Jiangnan Dao cohort, and not just them; it was said that the other special training ground was the same.

This was Senior Lin Lin Shidi's charm, which Li Zhe could not compare to at all.

Jiangnan Dao Martial Administration Office.

Zhang Dingfeng was also hosting a banquet for Ye Yuan and the other three.

As the Deputy Director of the Martial Administration Office, recommending Jiangnan Dao students to the major martial academies was his responsibility. Ye Yuan and the other three were just recruitment instructors for the martial academies and naturally weren't worth Lin Lin Shixiong Shao hosting them personally, unless the Vice Dean or Dean of the academy came in person.

In fact, hosting the three personally as a Deputy Director could already be considered a high-standard reception.

There was no help for it; the Jiangnan Dao belonged to the bottom-tier existence among all Daos in Great Liang. Even though they knew that the martial academies had a set of standards for recruiting disciples, whether they could enter the academy ultimately depended on whether the students could pass the assessment. But as recruitment instructors for the martial academies, they still had a little bit of use.

Taking an invitation letter from the martial academy to the academy was different from going to the martial academy on one's own. The former only needed to participate in the final assessment, while the latter needed to go through several rounds of killing their way out among thousands of martial artists. And these three instructors were qualified to issue invitation letters.

"The three Junior Brothers have been in my Jiangnan Dao for two days; are you still accustomed to it?"

Zhang Dingfeng followed the convention of preparing to start with local customs, then lead to those talented students in Jiangnan Dao, and finally propose whether they could give a few more invitation letters to Jiangnan Dao students.

But what Zhang Dingfeng didn't expect was that these three didn't pick up his words at all.

"Lord Zhang, the scenery of Jiangnan Dao goes without saying, with many mountain ranges and converging lakes and rivers. However, the three of us came to Jiangnan Dao this time on official business and have no time to experience the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan."

Ye Yuan spoke first, indifferently: "Lin Lin Shidi will speak the truth. The potential of the students in this Jiangnan Dao cohort is still somewhat lacking. To date, the three of us have only issued three invitation letters."

"Only three?"

Zhang Dingfeng was shocked. In the past, no matter how few, the major martial academies would issue five invitation letters.

Although getting an invitation letter didn't mean one would steadily enter the academy, the number of invitation letters also represented whether the martial academy valued the students of Jiangnan Dao or not, and to some extent, it also represented the face of Jiangnan Dao.

"Could the few Junior Brothers observe a little more? Among the list I recommended to you few Junior Brothers, many students have quite good potential. Are three really too few?"

"Lord Zhang, it's not that the three of us are unwilling, but the potential of the students in this Jiangnan Dao cohort truly hasn't reached the requirements, and the three of us cannot violate the martial academy's rules."

Luo Wen spread his hands, and Song Zhixue on the side added: "The rules for martial academy recruitment were set many years ago. If every Dao didn't follow the rules, wouldn't it be a mess?"

To hell with the rules!

Zhang Dingfeng cursed in his heart. If these three were officials of the Martial Administration Office, he would have slapped them long ago.

Rules, this kind of thing, were never set in stone.

The imperial court didn't care about martial academy recruitment; how to recruit was entirely up to the martial academies themselves.

However, he also heard some clues. These three kept saying "rules," so someone had broken the rules?

"Have the three Junior Brothers encountered any dissatisfaction in Jiangnan Dao? Speak freely."

Zhang Dingfeng didn't want to waste time with these three anymore. Five invitation letters were a must; this related to the face of Jiangnan Dao and would also affect the morale of the students in Jiangnan Dao.

Ye Yuan and the other two looked at each other, and finally Song Zhixue spoke: "Lord Zhang, our major martial academies know the situation of Jiangnan Dao. In previous years, we have taken care of Jiangnan Dao, but Jiangnan Dao cannot turn its back on us just because a genius appeared, right?"

Turn its back on us?

Zhang Dingfeng's old eyes narrowed slightly. The only one who could be called a genius by these three was Lin Chen.

So these three had already gone to Poyang County to see Lin Chen, but there was a deviation in the matter of recruiting Lin Chen, resulting in unpleasantness?

Jia Lin Shidi was in Poyang County; was it Jia Lin Shidi who had a disagreement with these three?

Regarding Lin Chen, Zhang Dingfeng didn't rashly pick up the conversation, but asked curiously: "How so?"

"Lord Zhang, the three of us won't hide anything. Lin Chen was able to inscribe his name on the Martial Way Mountain twice, and his potential is indeed good, but Lord Zhang should also know the rules of martial academy recruitment. Recruiting disciples who haven't reached Organ Cultivation in advance means we think highly of them and have offered sufficient conditions. We will never treat the disciple unfairly; there is no need to continue to delay. This is a lack of trust in the martial academy." Listening to Song Zhixue's words, Zhang Dingfeng also understood in his heart.

To put it bluntly, Jia Lin Shidi and Lin Chen felt that the conditions offered by the martial academy were not high enough, while the martial academy didn't want to increase the conditions, and in the end, it ended unhappily?

No, it's normal for Lin Chen to be dissatisfied with his youthful temperament, but Jia Lin Shidi wouldn't act on impulse. No matter what, Lin Chen had to enter the martial academy; there was no need to make things stiff.

So, was there any hidden story in between?

Qingyun Martial Academy, Capital Martial Academy, Lingxiao Martial Academy... and there was another Canglan Martial Academy!

"The three Junior Brothers are right; the martial academy does have its rules. However, this old man is curious about one thing: didn't that Canglan Martial Academy go to find Lin Chen?"

Hearing Zhang Dingfeng mention Canglan Martial Academy, the expressions of Ye Yuan and the other two turned ugly. Zhang Dingfeng instantly understood that the problem lay with Canglan Martial Academy.

So these three martial academies wanted to join forces to force Lin Chen, but Canglan Martial Academy didn't do so.

"Canglan Martial Academy broke the rules. The three of us have already reported this to the academy, and we will definitely demand an explanation from Canglan Martial Academy. By then, Canglan Martial Academy will withdraw the promise made to Lin Chen. Out of kindness to Lin Chen, I suggest Lord Zhang still persuade Lin Chen not to be tempted by temporary benefits. The martial arts path is still very long."

Zhang Dingfeng smiled coldly. Let me persuade Lin Chen?

Dream on!

You three academies are reluctant to offer high treatment and want to recruit Lin Chen at the lowest cost. Canglan Martial Academy is willing to give it, that's Canglan Martial Academy having vision. And you still want me to persuade Lin Chen? I am the Deputy Director of the Jiangnan Dao Martial Administration Office, not the Vice Dean of your martial academy.

"The few Junior Brothers don't need to worry. This matter will wait for this old man to understand it in detail before speaking. Why don't the few Junior Brothers stay in Jiangnan Dao for a few more days."

On the surface, Zhang Dingfeng still didn't intend to tear his face off. He had to consider the students of Jiangnan Dao, not just the students of this cohort, but also the subsequent students.

As for persuading Lin Chen, that was impossible. Just dragging it out for a few days to save face was enough.

However, it was necessary to inquire about what kind of conditions Canglan Martial Academy had offered Lin Chen to make these three so angry, just to satisfy his own curiosity.

The next day, Zhang Dingfeng received a flying letter from Jia Nanzhu.

"This is looking down on my Jiangnan Dao. Back then, every martial academy was willing to wait for Pei Qingming, but now that it's Lin Chen's turn, they are unwilling!"

Seeing what Jia Lin Shidi said in the letter, Zhang Dingfeng's old face showed anger. This was naked discrimination against Jiangnan Dao!

However, after seeing the end, a smile appeared on Zhang Dingfeng's face again.

【Inscriber at the twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot on the Martial Way Mountain: Pei Qingming.】

East Sea Dao.

In a martial academy located on the edge of the vast sea area, several old men were also gathered in a courtyard.

"What do you all think about the letters from the three academies of Qingyun Martial Academy?"

"Liu Ru's action is somewhat rash." An old man spoke.

"This action broke the agreement of the major martial academies. I'm afraid our Canglan Martial Academy will be targeted by these three."

Among the four old men, two had opposing opinions, but the old man sitting on the left had a sharp light in his eyes, stroking his beard and saying: "This old man's opinion is exactly the opposite. Liu Ru did very well."

As soon as this was said, the other three all looked at the old man.

"Lin Chen has already inscribed his name on the Martial Way Mountain twice. This is news that we didn't know. Why did the Martial Administration Department hide this news? Have you all thought about it?"

The other three heard this, and there was a look of contemplation on their faces.

Indeed, why did the Martial Administration Department hide this matter?

If it was to protect Lin Chen, then Lin Chen shouldn't have been announced the first time he inscribed his name on the Martial Way Mountain.

"Lin Chen inscribed his name twice, and is currently at the nineteenth Open-Acupuncture spot. Who is the inscriber at the twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot on the Martial Way Mountain? I think you few Junior Brothers should have forgotten, right."

The old man knew why these three Junior Brothers were puzzled; that was because the Open-Acupuncture stage was too low for them.

The worst students in the academy were all at the Organ Cultivation stage, and those below Organ Cultivation were not within the focus of the three at all.

"Lin Lin Shixiong, who is at the twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot?"

"Pei Qingming."

The old man slowly spat out three words. If his guess was correct, the reason the Martial Administration Department didn't announce it to the world was that they were also waiting, waiting for Lin Chen to reach the twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot to see if he could defeat Pei Qingming.

The other three old men's pupils contracted sharply, and there was also a sharp light in their eyes.

"Back then, for Pei Qingming, our four martial academies waited at the Pei residence for several months. If Lin Chen can inscribe his name at the twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot, Liu Ru will be a hero of our Canglan Martial Academy!"

Poyang County, Linhu Village.

In the back mountain, the palm wind thundered, and the thin mist in the mountain was torn open by invisible energy.

Lin Chen's figure was hidden in the palm shadows, his movements changing so fast that they were hard to grasp.

On the outskirts of the mountain forest, Qu Feng listened to the movement in the forest, and there was also a look of emotion on his face. Reading Lin Lin Shidi's article could make one feel Lin Lin Shidi's diligence in martial arts, but it was still not as shocking as seeing it with one's own eyes.

For two days, before he woke up, Lin Lin Shidi had already cultivated for an hour. As for the night... anyway, before he went to sleep, he never saw Lin Lin Shidi stop.

Palm techniques, leg techniques...

Lin Lin Shidi seemed to be tireless...

Qu Feng admitted that he himself couldn't be this diligent.

It wasn't that he was lazy, but in his view, there was no need to cultivate like this.

The cultivation technique perfection had already reached the upper limit, and continuing to cultivate would just be like that. As for the growth of Qi and blood, having enough resources piled up was enough.

Lin Lin Shidi continuing to cultivate day and night like this, in his view, was unnecessary.

Although he admired it, he didn't intend to imitate it.

In the forest, the Qi and blood in Lin Chen's body surged like a bursting dragon, and the nineteen acupuncture points all over his body shone with fluorescence, like light spots, clearly visible.

Accompanied by the gradual reddening of his entire skin surface, Lin Chen gave a violent shout: "Open!"

Amidst the violent shout, a brilliant light spot lit up on the sole of Lin Chen's right foot, and the Qi and blood all over his body also surged crazily toward his right foot at this moment.

Pop!

With a loud explosion, Lin Chen's entire body crackled and popped. This sound lasted for several breaths before stopping.

At the same time, the light spots at Lin Chen's skin acupuncture points also slowly converged until they finally returned to normal.

Exhaling a breath, Lin Chen's eyes were bright. The further he went in realm breakthrough, the more he could feel the growth of his strength.

The current Qi and blood limit on the panel was 4.9 million, but once his Gale Leg also reached perfection, he would definitely be able to break through the 5 million limit.

"Panel!"

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Realm: Perfect Open-Acupuncture Stage (20/24)】

【Qi and Blood: 3,000,000/4,900,000】

【True Blood: 2,500,000】

【Wind-Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Zhen-Yue Score: Second Layer】

【Gale Leg: Mastery (0/1)】

【Title: Perfect to the Extreme (Only after breaking the limit is it perfect. Wearing this title, similar limit-breaking realm cultivation techniques can be fused into perfect level)】

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

【Fate: 【Water Flows and the Channel is Formed】: Limit Martial Way First Stage, persevere, progress step by step, unstoppable, no bottleneck trouble.】

Twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot, 2.5 million True Blood.

What a lucky number.

Lin Chen took out the Martial Way Seal from his bosom, his mind moved, and the next moment he only felt his mind sway, and the surroundings began to blur. After recovering clarity, he realized the scenery around him had changed, and he had appeared on the Martial Way Mountain again.

【Twentieth Open-Acupuncture spot: Zhixing Dao, Jinmen Prefecture, Pei Qingming!】

Beside his ear, the voice of the Martial Way Mountain sounded. Lin Chen was fully alert, waiting for this senior to appear.

After three breaths, a green-clothed figure appeared.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 189 =====