Chapter 242: Since there is Pei, why is there Lin?

Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan Main Hall.

When Lin Chen entered the main hall with Hao Jifeng, there were already several figures in the hall.

At the very top was an old man wearing a gold robe, and on both sides stood four old men each.

Seeing the old man at the very top, Lin Chen knew that this should be the Dean of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, Hou Zhan Tian.

Before leaving Canglan Wu Yuan, the Dean revealed to him that the Dean of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan liked to wear gold robes. In the Dean's words, there was no one among the four major martial academies who paid more attention to image than this old guy Hou Zhan Tian.

And it was precisely because Hou Zhan Tian paid attention to image that those who paid attention to image also cared a lot about face.

This was also the reason why Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan invited Lin Chen to Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan to serve as an exchange student, to save Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan's face.

"Lin Chen, this seat now regrets one thing very much."

Lin Chen was stunned, with a look of confusion on his face.

Hou Zhan Tian saw Lin Chen and sighed, "This seat now regrets why I didn't compete with Canglan Wu Yuan to the end back then. Even if Canglan Wu Yuan offered thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood, my Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan could have offered better."

Once these words were spoken, the few Vice Deans on the side also had looks of agreement. Although they didn't go to the martial practice field, they knew everything that happened on the martial practice field clearly.

With the strength and talent Lin Chen displayed on the martial practice field this time, Canglan Wu Yuan could be said to have made a profit.

Back then, they were shocked by the conditions offered by Canglan Wu Yuan and finally chose to give up on Lin Chen, feeling that Organ Cultivation and Opening Acupoints were different after all. Being invincible in Opening Acupoints didn't mean being invincible in Organ Cultivation.

Hou Zhan Tian now recalled and found that he had been fooled.

Not just them Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, including Qingyun Wu Yuan and Kyoto Wu Yuan should also have reacted.

Just now, he was still discussing with a few Junior Brothers that Hua Qianwu, this old guy, was truly smart.

Were thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood a lot?

A lot!

But it depended on when it was.

If in Linhu Village, Canglan Wu Yuan didn't directly shout thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood, but ten drops, twenty drops, and then a few families competed to raise the treatment bit by bit, their three martial academies might not necessarily have given up.

The smart thing about Canglan Wu Yuan was that it raised the conditions beyond their expectations from the beginning, which made them retreat.

Noticing the expressions of this Dean Hou and the few Vice Deans, Lin Chen just smiled awkwardly and didn't take the words.

"Forget it, whether it is Canglan Wu Yuan or Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, they are all Great Liang martial academies. Today you fought for the prestige of our Great Liang martial artists. According to the agreement between this seat and your Dean Hua, you are allowed to enter the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall."

"Originally, the agreement was for you to stay in the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall for three days, but this seat gives you an opportunity. You can stay in the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall indefinitely. You can absorb as much Lord Lingxiao Stone energy as you can."

Hou Zhan Tian was very generous, because Lin Chen won very beautifully this time. After this battle ended, the martial artists in Lord Lingxiao City would only discuss Lin Chen's strength and the wonderfulness of these two battles, and would ignore that Lin Chen was not a disciple of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan.

This was an extra reward for Lin Chen.

Of course, Hou Zhan Tian would be so generous for another reason: the energy contained in the Lord Lingxiao Stone was extremely rich. Even if an Organ Cultivation martial artist absorbed it openly, they couldn't absorb much.

With Lin Chen's current stage, at most he could stay in the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall for five days. Staying one or two days more and absorbing the energy of one or two more Lord Lingxiao Stones was acceptable to the martial academy, and at the same time, it could sell Lin Chen a favor.

"Thank you, Dean, for the promotion, disciple."

Lin Chen was grateful. Being able to stay in the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall for a few more days was naturally a good thing.

This kind of free advantage, not taking it would be a waste.

"Hmm, rest well today, you can go to the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall tomorrow."

Lin Chen nodded and left. Hou Zhan Tian looked at Lin Chen's departing figure and sighed again, with regret overflowing in his words.

The more he thought, the more he regretted!

Hua Qianwu, this old guy, truly made a big profit this time.

Coming out of the Lord Lingxiao Hall, Meng Xing was already waiting here. Besides Meng Xing, there were also Fu Ze and others, all of whom were outstanding among the disciples of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan this year. Lin Chen followed Meng Xing and others to the separate courtyard arranged by the martial academy. Today was his first time coming to Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, so Meng Xing naturally wanted to entertain Lin Chen, not to mention that Lin Chen's three battles on the martial practice field earlier had saved face for Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan and also for these new disciples.

In the martial academy disciple separate courtyard.

"Yu Lin Shidi, you said you know Senior Lin Lin Shidi, it wouldn't be fake, would it?"

"How could it be fake? I participated in the Jiangnan Dao special training with Senior Lin Lin Shidi back then."

"Since that's the case, why didn't you go to greet Senior Lin Lin Shidi earlier?"

Hearing this, Yu Fei shook his head, "Senior Lin Lin Shidi just arrived at Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, I think he has many things to be busy with, it would probably be bad for me to disturb Senior Lin Lin Shidi."

"I see, don't look at Yu Lin Shidi shouting the loudest on the martial practice field earlier, maybe Senior Lin Lin Shidi doesn't know Yu Lin Shidi at all."

Another youth on the side had a playful expression, "Senior Lin Lin Shidi walked out of Jiangnan Dao, but that doesn't mean Senior Lin Lin Shidi would know the martial artists of Jiangnan Dao."

Yu Fei looked at the youth who spoke, his expression turned cold, "Fang Nan, what do you mean?"

"What else could I mean? Some people clearly aren't familiar with Senior Lin Lin Shidi, yet they insist on licking their faces to lean on him."

Fang Nan laughed lightly. He and Yu Fei had similar strength, and in the martial academy, they belonged to competitors.

The resource allocation for Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan disciples was arranged according to ranking. Last month, he was surpassed by Yu Fei, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"Fang Lin Shidi, these words are a bit too much!" A disciple on the side frowned.

"I'm telling the truth. If you really know Senior Lin Lin Shidi, you couldn't even find time to say hello."

Yu Fei glared at Fang Nan, just about to explain, but footsteps came from the courtyard gate. The few people looked toward the sound, and when they saw the figure standing at the gate, their expressions all became respectful.

"Lin Lin Shixiong Fu!"

The person who came was Lin Lin Shixiong Fu Ze, who was the third-ranked existence among the freshmen this year.

The few people were all a bit puzzled. They, the disciples at the bottom of the ranking, didn't have much intersection with top Senior Brothers like Lin Lin Shixiong Fu, especially this Lin Lin Shixiong Fu who was very arrogant. It could be said that in the nearly three months of entering the martial academy, except for occasionally nodding and greeting on the road, there was no intersection at all.

Fu Ze looked at Yu Fei and the four in the courtyard with a smile, asking with a smile, "Are these Junior Brothers exchanging cultivation matters? Did I disturb you?"

Hearing Fu Ze's words, Yu Fei and the four were even more puzzled. When did Lin Lin Shixiong Fu become so kind?

"No... no."

"Is Lin Lin Shixiong Fu here for something?"

Fu Ze nodded, "May I ask which one is Yu Lin Shidi Fei?"

Yu Fei was startled. He didn't expect Lin Lin Shixiong Fu to be looking for him. Before he could react, another youth on the side immediately said, "Lin Lin Shixiong Fu, this is Yu Lin Shidi Fei."

"Yu Lin Shidi!"

Confirming Yu Fei's identity, the smile on Fu Ze's face became even more enthusiastic, "Just now we were talking with Senior Lin Lin Shidi, and Senior Lin Lin Shidi mentioned you, Yu Lin Shidi. Senior Lin Lin Shidi said he misses you very much, so he asked me to call you over."

Once Fu Ze said this, there was a silence of a few breaths in the courtyard.

Yu Fei's face flushed red. He did know Senior Lin Lin Shidi, but to be honest, the relationship between him and Senior Lin Lin Shidi wasn't particularly deep. He didn't expect Senior Lin Lin Shidi to really ask Lin Lin Shixiong Fu to call him specifically. Besides Yu Fei's flushed face, Fang Nan's face also suddenly turned into a pig's liver color, only feeling his face was a bit hot.

"Why, Yu Lin Shidi, do you have something to do here?"

Seeing Yu Fei didn't give a response, Fu Ze asked again with confusion.

"I have... I am free."

Yu Fei also reacted immediately. Fu Ze smiled, "In that case, Yu Lin Shidi, come with me, don't keep Senior Lin Lin Shidi waiting too long."

"Good."

Yu Fei followed Fu Ze and left the courtyard. Two people remained in the courtyard, looking at Fang Nan with strange expressions.

"Even if Yu Fei knows Senior Lin Lin Shidi, so what? Martial arts ultimately have to rely on one's own strength."

After a long while, Fang Nan squeezed out a sentence.

Hearing Fang Nan's words, the other two shook their heads silently. What Fang Lin Shidi said was clearly angry words. Martial artists rely on their own strength to speak, which is correct, but circles and connections are equally important.

Especially here in the martial academy, Yu Fei had Lin Lin Shixiong Fu and Lin Lin Shixiong Meng and others taking care of him. Being able to integrate into the circle of Lin Lin Shixiong Meng and others, the gains in the martial academy would definitely be greater than now.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Lin Chen got up and left the courtyard, and there were servants leading him to the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall.

Lord Lingxiao City was very large, and Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan was located in the east of Lord Lingxiao City, and further out was the endless sea area.

And the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall was at the easternmost end of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan. Along the way, Lin Chen met many Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan disciples, both freshmen and old students. When meeting those who greeted him, Lin Chen also nodded with a smile.

Walking like this for almost half an hour, at this moment, the sky in the distance had already turned white, and red light was flickering in the clouds.

"Young Lin Shi, next you can only go in by yourself. This is a forbidden area of the martial academy, no entry without invitation."

The person leading Lin Chen was a servant of the martial academy. Looking at the outline of the main hall on the thousand steps ahead, Lin Chen nodded and didn't hesitate, stepping onto the steps.

Yesterday, when he was talking with Meng Xing and others, he already knew that even Meng Xing and others couldn't enter the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall often. The first place in the monthly battle could enter the main hall for one day, while the second and third places only had half a day.

As for after the third place, they didn't even have the qualification to enter the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall.

It wasn't that Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan was too realistic, only valuing the top three freshmen, but there was another reason: other freshmen coming to the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall couldn't even step up these thousand steps.

Lord Lingxiao Main Hall was only open when the sun rose every day, and the disciples who wanted to enter the main hall had to step onto the steps the moment the sun rose.

When the sun rose, falling on the steps, there would be a terrifying pressure.

According to Meng Xing, even he needed half an hour to finish these thousand steps.

"He's here!"

"Lin Lin Shidi Chen appeared, just don't know how long it will take Lin Lin Shidi to step onto these thousand steps."

At the top of the steps, there were more than ten young figures standing. These were all outstanding among the old students of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan. For them, climbing these thousand steps was not a difficult task.

They also went to the martial practice field to watch the battle yesterday. Upon learning that Lin Chen was going to climb the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall today, they came here in advance, wanting to see if Lin Chen could break the record that had been sealed in the martial academy for more than ten years.

Just because this record was created by Lin Lin Shixiong Pei Qingming back then.

Lin Chen broke the record left by Senior Pei on Mount Wudao, now he could break the record created by Senior Pei in the martial academy.

Back then, when Senior Pei climbed the steps for the first time, it took two thousand breaths.

Lin Chen also saw the figures on the thousand steps, but he didn't know there was such a thing as breaking a record.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't deliberately speed up the climbing of the steps. The purpose of coming to Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan was the Lord Lingxiao Stone, not to break any record.

With Lin Chen's personality, he still liked to leave a line when doing things, especially when there was no conflict.

He, a disciple of Canglan Wu Yuan, breaking the record created by a disciple of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan in Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, was a bit of a guest usurping the host's role.

Stepping onto the first step, Lin Chen felt his body sink slightly, as if something was pressing on his shoulders, but this pressure was not great for him.

One step, two steps...

The first three hundred steps, Lin Chen's expression didn't change at all.

Three hundred breaths, three hundred steps.

"Three hundred steps already, how long did Senior Pei take back then?"

"It was three hundred breaths, one hundred breaths slower than Senior Pei."

"Looking at it this way, Lin Lin Shidi is afraid he won't be able to break Senior Pei's record."

The old students of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan sighed with relief in their hearts while feeling emotional. Senior Pei could be said to be the symbol of their Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan for the past ten years.

The Mount Wudao record was broken, now if even this record was broken, Senior Pei would be too miserable.

At this moment, the sun rose from the horizon in the distance, and golden light sprinkled on the steps.

The sun rose!

Lin Chen looked at the rising sun in the east, and heroic feelings inexplicably surged in his heart, and even the blood in his body began to boil.

These steps seemed to have some kind of magic, making him want to sprint with all his strength.

Since he couldn't help it, Lin Chen didn't suppress himself.

The next moment, his footsteps stepped out, one step stepping over two steps.

The speed suddenly accelerated!

*Damn! *

Above the steps, the old Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan disciples who had just breathed a sigh of relief saw this scene, their pupils contracted, and their mouths opened slightly with disbelief.

These thousand steps of the Lord Lingxiao Main Hall had always been walked slower and slower. This was the first time someone walked faster and faster!

Could it be that Lin Chen heard their words, found he was slower than Senior Pei, and deliberately accelerated his speed?

*Slap! *

The man who previously said Lin Chen was one hundred breaths slower than Pei Qingming couldn't help but slap himself.

Blame himself!

If Lin Chen broke Senior Pei's record, then he would be a sinner.

Slower, slower!

In the expectation of these dozens of old Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan disciples, in their despair and disbelief, Lin Chen's figure became clearer and clearer, getting closer and closer to them.

Finally, in their complex gaze, Lin Chen climbed to the top of the steps and stood in front of them.

"Seven hundred twenty-one breaths, Senior Pei... I'm sorry."

"Since there is Senior Pei, why is there Lin Lin Shidi?"

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