Chapter 222

One thousand taels!

What is the purchasing power of one thousand taels in Daliang?

Lin Chen didn't know anything else, but in Jiangnan Dao, one thousand taels was enough to buy a mansion with three courtyards in a good section of Poyang County.

Measuring prices with houses is a way of calculating prices that Lin Chen was influenced by in his previous life.

It's just a book!

Until now, Lin Chen hadn't figured out what secret this book had. He just felt inexplicably comfortable looking at this handwriting.

"Too expensive."

Lin Chen put the book down. It wasn't that he couldn't take out one thousand taels. Relying on the rewards from the Martial Way Office, the Martial Way Force, and the Martial Way Force, including what his own teacher gave him, he also had five thousand taels of silver notes on him.

But having money didn't mean he should be so wasteful.

"Buying and selling, there are those who offer prices, and naturally there are those who bargain. If you are sincere, make an offer." The stall owner spoke with a smile.

"I haven't seen the back of this book, so it's hard for me to give a price."

Lin Chen spread his hands and looked at the stall owner: "Why don't you tell me, why is this book worth one thousand taels?"

The stall owner fell silent.

If he knew why this book was worth one thousand taels, he wouldn't put it here for sale.

"I can only tell you that the material of this book is unusual, impervious to water and fire, and cannot be torn. If you don't believe it, you can try."

Hearing the stall owner's words, Lin Chen didn't touch it: "In case it's torn, you won't ask me to compensate, right."

No merchant is not treacherous. Lin Chen had to guard against it. In case he really tore the book, the other party would rely on him.

Although Lin Lin Shixiong Qu was there, he wasn't afraid of the other party blackmailing him, but Lin Chen still had to ask clearly.

"If you can tear it, all other goods on this stall will be given to you."

Seeing the stall owner's disdainful look, Lin Chen was sure that this stall owner was really confident in the material of the book. He picked up the book again, rubbed it with his hand, and found that the material of the book's paper was about the same as the feel of his Thousand Hammer Map.

How high is the value of the Thousand Hammer Map.

Worth a thousand gold!

Especially for those who practice hard training.

If it's calculated this way, this book is indeed worth one thousand taels.

He also had a count in his heart. This stall owner also saw that the material of this book was unusual, so he offered a high price of one thousand taels.

"Minimum nine hundred taels, won't sell below this price."

The stall owner spoke again: "Although I don't know what the use of this book is, the material that is impervious to water and fire and cannot be torn is worth a lot. Little brother should have a count in his heart where this kind of material is generally used. If it weren't for the lack of silver taels for the breakthrough, I would absolutely not take it out for sale."

Lin Chen understood the stall owner's meaning. Although the stall owner didn't know what the content of this book was for, he understood one point: anything that could use this kind of material that is impervious to water and fire as book pages is definitely unusual.

Picture scrolls carrying martial way will are this kind of material.

A picture scroll of martial way will, even if it's from a Low-Rank martial artist, is worth several thousand taels of silver.

Putting himself in the other's shoes, Lin Chen knew the stall owner didn't lie. If he were this stall owner, if he wasn't in urgent need of silver taels, he wouldn't sell this book for less than three thousand taels.

"Okay."

Lin Chen took out a silver note with a face value of one thousand from his arms and gave it to the stall owner. The stall owner returned a one hundred tael silver note to Lin Chen: "This junior brother, do you know the background of this book? Now the book is yours, why don't you tell me what the use of this book is."

"I don't know." Lin Chen shook his head.

"Junior brother, if you don't know, would you spend nine hundred taels to buy it?"

The stall owner curled his lips. Lin Chen asked back with a smile: "This book shouldn't be an heirloom from your family, senior brother, so how did it fall into your hands?"

If it were an heirloom, it would be impossible not to know the use of this book.

The stall owner's eyes shrank, and he understood what Lin Chen meant. He smiled bitterly: "It seems junior brother is the same as me, wanting to go back and explore slowly. Even if you can't explore it, you can sell it on in the end. It's just that I spent one thousand five hundred taels to buy it at that time, but I lost six hundred taels in two years."

This book is not worried about not being sold. After all, the material is there, and there will always be people who are curious. If you meet a rich master, you can even sell it at a high price.

If he wasn't in need of silver taels, he wouldn't sell it for nine hundred taels.

"Does junior brother want to see other things?"

Being able to take out nine hundred taels to buy a strange object of unknown use, the stall owner also saw that Lin Chen had some financial resources, but Lin Chen refused.

The other few goods on the stall owner's stall were medicinal materials, and he was not short of medicinal materials.

Once he enters the academy, the academy will cover all his cultivation expenses in the Organ Cultivation Stage. With the scale of the academy, the medicinal materials he can use are also available outside, and they will only be better than those outside.

Next, Lin Chen shopped at the stalls for a while, but didn't buy anymore.

Half an hour later, everyone had finished shopping. Except for Qu Feng who didn't see any goods he liked, the others had each bought one.

"This pot contains red gold sand. Although there isn't much, I only spent one hundred taels on this pot. At least I earned two hundred taels."

Ye Feng held a copper pot in his hand, and the inside of the pot felt sandy to the touch.

"That stall owner thought this was copper sand, really doesn't know the goods."

For Ye Feng, two hundred taels didn't count for anything. He enjoyed the pleasure of picking up leaks.

The other few were also like this. Lin Chen also learned from the few that the things they bought were all earning some money.

However, most of them were weapon-refining materials, and only this kind of material was sold slightly cheaper on the stall because ordinary Organ Cultivation martial artists had not been in contact with them.

"It's getting late, let's go back to the inn."

Qu Feng spoke with a smile and took everyone away from the Martial Way Palace.

Inn.

Lin Chen lived in a small courtyard with a yard. He cultivated in the yard as usual, but this time he stopped after only cultivating for one hour.

"Thank you, little brother."

Taking the four treasures of the study—brush, ink, paper, and inkstone—from the waiter, Lin Chen walked into his room, spread out the paper, and while grinding the ink, observed this "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie".

【Watching flowers breaks anger, listening to rain can forget worries.】

【Drink the dew of the three mountains, drunk on the boat of the five lakes.】

【Intent rises to the cloud-parting hand, heart clear and free.】

This was the fifteen words of the first "Enjoyment Chapter", and the second page hadn't been opened yet since he bought the book until now, two hours ago.

No matter what secret this "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie" hides, Lin Chen's principle is that he cannot delay his cultivation.

Keep your heart calm when encountering things.

Now after finishing cultivation, he can study it well.

"Happy Chapter"

【Enjoying the moon brings freedom, facing the wind solves a thousand worries.】

【Singing loudly outside the nine heavens, spirit wandering in the four seas.】

【Laughing and talking about the affairs of the universe, happy and free to roam.】

Third Chapter: "Ascension Chapter"

【Riding the wind to travel the eight extremes, stepping on the waves to play in the nine netherworlds.】

【One thought leads to the profound, all laws are empty and floating.】

【Transcendent and detached from the dust net, ascending to bliss and rest.】

Fourth page, Lin Chen originally thought there would be other chapters, but found that the fourth chapter was a commentary.

【The wonder of the three chapters of enjoyment, happiness, and ascension is rare. I alone love the happy chapter.】

Behind this commentary, there was also a seal, clearly a person's name. Lin Chen identified it carefully and recognized these four words: Chengfeng Hermit.

Fifth page, also a commentary.

【Watching the world and forgetting worries, riding things and wandering the heart to be free, the word happy is truly wonderful.】

Sixth page, seventh page...

Up to the fourteenth page, all were like this.

This made Lin Chen think of many famous paintings and calligraphy he saw in his previous life, which would have some famous people writing inscriptions on them. But this is Daliang, a martial way family. Is it too pretentious and out of tune with the Daliang martial way?

The most critical thing is that Lin Chen didn't think this poem was written very well, all of which were extremely shallow and popular words.

"There must be martial way powerhouses who are pretentious, but it shouldn't be enough to let so many people write inscriptions on it, or is it the same as the "Stone Soul Post" I saw at Old Lord Li's house?"

Lin Chen thought of the pleasure he got from copying that "Stone Soul Post" at that time, which was the same as martial way cultivation.

When the brush fell, the Qi and blood in his body moved with the brush, and every stroke was like breathing and exhaling for a cycle.

Because of this experience, he wanted to try to copy this "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie".

Remembering the content of the three chapters, the ink was also ground well. Lin Chen concentrated, picked up the brush, and began to copy according to the handwriting on the Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie. After the first pass, there was no change.

Lin Chen was not surprised. People in the world are not fools, and he is definitely not the only smart person. At that time, Old Lord Li could see his potential from copying the calligraphy, which was enough to show that copying calligraphy is helpful to martial way cultivation, and it is not a secret.

At least, noble disciples with family backgrounds like Ye Feng and the others should know.

This "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie" doesn't know how many times it has changed hands. The previous owners may have also copied it. If there was a harvest, it would be impossible to sell the book out.

And copying handwriting not only requires form, but also spirit.

And he hadn't even achieved the form yet!

Practicing calligraphy is something that cannot be rushed.

Once, twice...

Night fell, and the candlelight from the inn window lattice cast a swaying halo on the rice paper.

As the brush tip flowed, Lin Chen seemed tireless.

Enjoyment Chapter, one pass after another.

"Heart clear and free!"

When the last stroke of the word "free" finished, the sound of the night watchman came from outside.

"It's already the fifth watch?"

Lin Chen looked out the window, and the fish-belly white of the sky was already vaguely visible.

Staying up late is nothing to Lin Chen.

Relying on his physical fitness, even if he stayed up for one or two nights in a row, it wouldn't have much impact, but in the past, he would go to sleep at the latest at the fourth watch.

This time, he didn't realize he had copied until the fifth watch.

Although he wouldn't be tired from staying up late before, it felt different from this time.

If he had to describe it, he was refreshed at this moment and had no sleepiness at all.

"Forget it, since there is no sleepiness, let's continue cultivation."

Lin Chen put down the brush. He didn't know the background of this "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie", but at least he had discovered one benefit of this "Happy Kuaihuo Shengtian Tie" for now: it could prolong his cultivation time.

Fifth watch autumn!

Cold dew is thick!

Lin Chen's Wind and Cloud Palm palm sound whistled in the courtyard!

In the neighboring courtyards, Ye Feng and the others heard the sound of the palm wind and walked out of their respective courtyards, looking at the courtyard where Lin Chen was, with admiration in their eyes.

No wonder he could become the Daliang Martial Way Student Exemplar. Lin Lin Shixiong Lin's diligence was far greater than the rumors.

"I don't envy Lin Lin Shidi Lin for being able to achieve this."

In the neighboring courtyard, Qu Feng, who was still lying on the bed, turned over, muttered, and fell asleep again.

Next day, early morning.

Lin Chen said goodbye to Ye Feng and the others, agreeing to meet again at the Canglan Martial Way Academy.

Ye Feng and the others needed to participate in the academy entrance assessment in Bafang City. With their strength, the assessment was naturally no problem, but this process still had to be gone through, while Lin Chen followed Qu Feng directly to the Canglan Martial Way Academy.

And just on the way Qu Feng took Lin Chen to Canglan Prefecture, at this moment in the Canglan Martial Way Academy, many instructors were also having a verbal confrontation.

"Dean, I am over sixty years old, and my Qi and blood have begun to decline. I just want to contribute one last bit of strength to our academy in the last year. Can't this humble request be agreed to?"

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi Liu, you are over sixty. You should enjoy your old age and give us juniors a chance."

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi Liu, it's not impossible if you want to make a final contribution to the academy. This year our academy has one hundred new students. Except for Lin Chen, you can pick any of the others."

"Pick my ass. Do you kids understand what it means to respect the old and love the young?"

"Respecting the old and loving the young also requires the old to be worthy of respect. I'm afraid some people are not dignified in their old age and rely on their age to sell their age."

"Bastard, today I will let you know what it means not to bully the poor in old age!"

Seeing that the people in the courtyard were about to fight, an old man spoke: "Stop it all. You are all academy instructors. What kind of system is this? Yu Yu Jiaoxi Liu, you are also at an old age, and you are still arguing with these juniors."

The old man's words made the scene quiet: "You also know about Lin Chen's situation. His Qi and blood are extremely vigorous. It just so happens that I have some research on Qi and blood, so it is most appropriate for me to teach Lin Chen."

It was just that as soon as the old man's words came out, the originally quiet crowd started arguing again.

"Senior Zhang Lin Shidi, I don't agree with what you said. If I remember correctly, when the news of Liu Ru offering conditions to Lin Chen reached the academy, you still felt that Liu Ru was a bit reckless."

"That was then, this is now." The old man's expression remained unchanged.

"Zhang Lin Shidi does have deep research on Qi and blood, but the martial way is not just relying on Qi and blood. The Organ Cultivation Stage cultivates the refining of the five internal organs. My lungs are famously good. In the area of lung refining, who in the academy can compare with me!"

"In the area of lung refining, Lin Lin Shixiong Zhou is indeed the academy's number one, but refining the lungs without refining the kidneys, you will cry in old age. The most important thing for a martial artist is the kidneys. In the area of kidney refining, I claim to be second, and no one dares to claim to be first."

"Kidney refining is indeed important, but the liver is not bad either. Refining the internal organs without refining the liver, where does the courage come from? When you see demons and monsters, I'm afraid you will be timid before fighting."

"Fart, the spleen is important!"

"The heart is the most important!"

"I can take out my contribution points to exchange resources for Lin Chen!"

"Lin Chen needs you to exchange a fart. The academy has contracted all of Lin Chen's cultivation resources. Zhang Lin Shidi, you should keep your contribution points for old age."

"Yao Xuan, don't you think my saber is not sharp?"

"My mace has never been slow either!"

"Junior brothers, let's be quiet first."

The white-browed old man standing on the steps at the head of the courtyard was a bit helpless. He had expected this scene, but he didn't expect these junior brothers to be so shameless.

What is the difference between this and a village shrew scolding the street?

"Regarding who will teach Lin Chen, I have decided to let Lin Chen make the choice himself."

In the past, who taught the academy's disciples was chosen by the instructors, and there was no such thing as disciples choosing instructors.

However, Lin Chen's situation was special, and everyone could understand the Dean's arrangement. In this way, it was indeed the fairest.

"Dean, I have no opinion on letting Lin Chen choose his own instructor, but I'm afraid Lin Chen is not very familiar with us. In case he only relies on appearance or something, I'm afraid he may not necessarily choose the one most suitable for him."

An old man with a hook nose and triangular eyes spoke. He was at a great disadvantage in appearance. Some disciples in the academy often were scared into silence when they saw him.

"Junior brother's suggestion is good. I also considered this point. When Lin Chen arrives at the academy, send him the Master's Post directly. Junior brothers can write down their strengths, including the strength of the disciples they have taught in previous years, and finally Lin Chen will decide which instructor to choose after reading the Master's Post."

Hearing the Dean's words, the others pondered for a while and felt that the Dean's method was the most appropriate.

Only those middle-aged instructors had bitter expressions on their faces. If this was the case, they couldn't compete with these few Vice Deans at all.

These few Vice Deans all came out of instructor positions. Their current disciples were all Ranked martial artists, and there was no lack of Mid-Rank martial artists. And the strongest disciples they taught were only Low-Rank, so they couldn't compare at all.

It was just that these few Vice Deans had all agreed, so even if they wanted to object, it would be useless.

Among all the instructors, only Liu Ru's expression remained unchanged. He never thought about being able to take Lin Chen as a disciple. However, Qu Feng had already sent him a letter that there were a few good seedlings this year, especially one named Ye Feng, who actually fought with Lin Chen and only lost by one move.

He didn't dare to think about Lin Chen, but it would be enough if he could recruit Ye Feng by settling for the next best thing.

Soon, everyone wrote down their situation on paper, collected them uniformly, and sent them to the Dean's study.

The Dean of the academy looked at the content on the paper filled out by the junior brothers and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. These old things were really shameless, directly writing down their own realms and positions.

In this way, instructors like Liu Ru had no chance at all.

"A bunch of shameless old things!"

Hua Qianwu cursed. The middle-aged man responsible for collecting the paper on the side also had a look of approval on his face. He went to the residences of the Vice Deans to collect these papers, so he naturally saw the content on them.

It was indeed shameless!

"Dean, shall I organize these and give them to Lin Chen together?" The middle-aged man responsible for organizing asked.

"Hmm."

Hua Qianwu nodded. Just as the man was about to take the information, he watched his own Dean open the drawer, take out a piece of paper from it, and put it on top of these papers.

Middle-aged man:?

Hua Qianwu: "Take it."

Hua Qianwu had a look of pride in his old eyes. He had never said from beginning to end that he would not participate in this matter. Since the Vice Deans could accept it, he, the Dean, could naturally accept it too.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment before taking the paper and walking out the door.

The moment he walked out the door, the middle-aged man scanned the content on the paper for the first time. When he saw the content written by his own Dean, he couldn't help but gasp. Who could compare to the Dean in terms of shamelessness!

【Hua Qianwu: Martial Way Second Rank realm, Dean of Canglan Martial Way Academy, has served as Dean of the academy for ten years, has two disciples, both are already Fourth Rank realm...】

The place where the Dean was shameless was not just writing down the official position, but also using a writing method that was easy to cause ambiguity and misunderstanding.

The Dean was indeed serving as Dean for the tenth year, and he did only accept two disciples, and those two senior brothers were indeed Fourth Rank realm. But the key was that those two senior brothers were accepted when the Dean was serving as Vice Dean, and it had already been more than twenty years.

But according to the Dean's writing method, Lin Chen would only be afraid that he thought the Dean had accepted two disciples within these ten years, and these two disciples had stepped into the Fourth Rank within ten years.

At this moment, the middle-aged man really wanted to say to those junior uncles: You have fallen for the Dean's trick!

In terms of shamelessness, it still belongs to the Dean!

(End of chapter)