Chapter 257: Returning home in glory (Third update)

The Lin family.

What surprised Lin Chen was that the third generation of the Lin family had appeared.

His sister-in-law was already pregnant.

"Younger brother Chen, these are some congratulatory gifts sent by people."

His elder brother, Lin Liang, brought over a gift list. Seeing Lin Chen's puzzled look, he explained: "When your sister-in-law and I held our wedding, we only invited our two families' relatives and the people in the village. Besides that, there were Uncle Zhao's four families. But later, I don't know how the news spread, and many wealthy families in the city sent congratulatory gifts."

These dignitaries in the city didn't come themselves, but they all sent servants to deliver congratulatory gifts.

"I've kept this gift list. You take a look and see how to handle it."

Lin Chen took the gift list, glanced at the congratulatory gifts on it, and then put it down.

"It's fine, elder brother, you just keep them. None of these are anything valuable."

His sister-in-law, Chen Ting, who was on the side, didn't know what to say when she heard her younger brother-in-law's words.

This is called not valuable?

She had also shown this gift list to her relatives at home at the time, and it had shocked her relatives for a long time.

Her family also had relatives in the city who had studied martial arts. He had looked at this gift list and said one thing: these gifts added up to a value of several thousand taels.

Gifts worth several thousand taels, in the mouth of her own younger brother-in-law, had become not valuable.

She now understood the sentence her distant relative had said.

"People sent gifts, so you just accept them. With how capable your younger brother-in-law is now, these gifts don't count for much."

In Chen Ting's heart, she didn't understand martial arts or anything; she only knew that her younger brother-in-law was very capable, and even the Magistrate had come to their house several times, but she still didn't have a concrete understanding.

Now, the value of this gift list and her younger brother-in-law's words made her realize for the first time what kind of family she had married into.

"Younger brother, your brother and I haven't read many books. You give the child a name."

Chen Ting said with a smile. Lin Chen froze. Let him take a name?

That's not appropriate.

The right to name should belong to his father. If he were to overstep his authority, his father would probably be angry.

"It's appropriate, what's not appropriate? Your father hasn't read many books either. You just take a name for your unborn nephew or niece."

Mother Lin also walked out of the courtyard, carrying freshly washed fruits and placing them on the table. Hearing this, Lin Chen smiled. Since his mother had said so, he could only take it.

Regarding his sister-in-law's little thought in asking him to take the name, Lin Chen knew it very clearly in his heart; this didn't count for much.

It was just that she wanted him to take the name, thinking that in the future, he would be closer to his nephew or niece.

"If it's a boy, call him Lin Xiao; if it's a girl, call her Lin Zhao."

Xiao, the ambition of the nine heavens.

Zhao, as bright as the sun and moon.

"Lin Xiao... Lin Zhao."

Chen Ting read it a few times and was very satisfied.

Although she didn't understand much, it sounded different from the names of other children in the village.

"Mother, where is Father?"

"Your father has fallen in love with fishing now. I don't know when he learned this bad habit. Now he goes fishing with Master Zhao's family every day. He fished for half his life, yet he's not tired of it."

Hearing his mother's complaint, Lin Chen laughed.

Those who are dressed in silk are not the ones who raise silkworms.

Fishing and catching fish are different.

The former is a hobby, the latter is a livelihood.

When a hobby becomes a livelihood, it is naturally boring. Now that the family is not short of silver, it's quite good for his father to have such a hobby.

As for when his father fell in love with fishing, a figure popped up in Lin Chen's mind; it must have been during the time Lin Lin Shixiong Qu Feng stayed in Linhu Village.

Lin Lin Shixiong Qu loved fishing. At that time, he was busy cultivating, and others in the village were in awe of Lin Lin Shixiong Qu's status and didn't dare to get too close, so it was his elder brother and father who dealt with Lin Lin Shixiong Qu the most during that time.

After staying at home for half a day, Lin Chen chatted with the village head for a while, mainly about the village head's plan to make money, and Lin Chen occasionally gave some suggestions.

His elder brother, Lin Liang, was kept by Zhao Zhao Canghu to listen on the side.

In Zhao Zhao Canghu's words, he didn't have many years left to live, and the future Linhu Village would still have to be handed over to Lin Liang.

As for Gu Fei...

He was selectively ignored by Zhao Zhao Canghu.

Staying in the village until the afternoon, Lin Chen got up and entered the city, going to the Jing Shui Wuguan at the first opportunity.

At this time, it was just after the new batch of freshmen had entered the martial hall. When Lin Chen passed by the martial arts field, he didn't expect that Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu would be at the martial arts field.

Between Kong Kong Guanzhu Zeng of the Jing Shui Wuguan and Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu, if he had to say who he was most grateful to, it was actually Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu.

He was able to get the treatment of a Grade A student, although Kong Kong Guanzhu Zeng had nodded, it was also because Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu had given him this opportunity.

"You group of freshmen, you are too poor. To tell the truth, this hall master has never led students as poor as you!"

Kong Kong Yinglei's voice resounded in the martial arts field. Lin Chen's mouth twitched as he listened. Such familiar words; Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu had said the same thing last year.

In Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu's mouth, every batch of freshmen was the worst they had ever led.

One batch worse than the next!

"Not convinced?"

Kong Kong Yinglei looked at the few female disciples who were not convinced and shouted: "I tell you, the disciples of the batch before you had already mastered their cultivation techniques by this time!" The previous batch, mastered cultivation techniques?

Lin Chen recalled for a moment. At this time node, it seemed that except for himself, the other few junior sisters hadn't cultivated their techniques to mastery.

Just as Kong Kong Yinglei was about to continue scolding these new disciples, her peripheral vision noticed Lin Chen appearing in the martial arts field. First, there was a look of disbelief on her face, and the next moment, her gaze suddenly looked over, staring tightly at Lin Chen.

"Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu!"

Lin Chen greeted with a smile, and his voice, plus Kong Kong Yinglei's gaze looking this way, also made the girls in the martial arts field look over.

"Who is this person?"

"There are no male disciples in the martial hall?"

Curiosity surged in the hearts of these girls, but the next moment they discovered a scene that shocked them even more.

From the time they entered the martial hall, Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu, who had always been serious and poker-faced, actually revealed a smile.

Could it be, this person and Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu...

That's not right, the age doesn't match either.

It couldn't be that Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu was an old cow eating tender grass.

The girls' gossip hearts were burning fiercely at this moment.

Kong Kong Yinglei ignored the girls' curiosity and walked straight toward Lin Chen: "The announcement about you was only posted in the martial hall today. I thought you were in Lord Lingxiao City; how come you're back?"

"I haven't heard Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu's teachings for a long time, so I specially came back to listen."

Lin Chen made a joke. Kong Kong Yinglei was somewhat speechless: "Back for something?"

"Back for a while. There's a banquet arranged by Lord Su tonight, and I specially came to invite Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu and Kong Kong Guanzhu Zeng."

"A welcome banquet, right? Fine, I will attend the banquet on time tonight."

Kong Kong Yinglei nodded. With Lin Chen's current status and position, being able to personally come to the martial hall to invite her already made her very satisfied.

"There are a few good seedlings in this batch of disciples. Do you want to encourage them a few words?" Kong Kong Yinglei swept a glance at the curious girls behind her and asked Lin Chen.

"You just polished their arrogance, and I encourage them now; wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? Your name is the greatest encouragement to them."

Kong Kong Yinglei didn't say this to flatter Lin Chen. The number of disciples who signed up for the Jing Shui Wuguan this year exceeded any previous batch; it could be said to be the time with the most sign-ups since the martial hall was founded, and the quality of the students was also far beyond the past.

It wasn't just martial artists from Poyang County; all the girls who met the conditions in the entire Raozhou Prefecture had signed up for the Jing Shui Wuguan.

For this reason, she and the hall master specially found Lord Su and asked for twenty more spots for Opening Acupuncture Pills for the martial hall. The martial hall recruited a total of one hundred female disciples this batch, among whom thirty were qualified for Opening Acupuncture Pills.

"That's fine."

Lin Chen nodded, and hearing Lin Chen agree, Kong Kong Yinglei revealed a smile, turned to look at the girls behind her, and said with a smile: "Why, are you very curious about the identity of this person in front of you?"

The girls at the scene nodded subconsciously, but Kong Kong Yinglei suddenly straightened her face: "Saying that this batch of yours is the worst I've ever led, and you're still not convinced? As long as you're not an idiot, you should have thought about how many male disciples there are in the Jing Shui Wuguan, and you still can't guess the identity?"

Lin Chen's mouth twitched. Even at this time, Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu didn't forget to rub the arrogance of these junior sisters.

But the girls at the scene didn't care about the belittling in Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu's words at all, but looked at Lin Chen with excitement.

They didn't know if there were male disciples in the Jing Shui Wuguan before, and it didn't matter.

There was only one person who could make Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu say this.

A name that had been memorized by heart before they entered the hall.

"Lin Lin Shixiong!"

A girl shouted out.

The next moment, cheers erupted throughout the martial arts field.

Lin Chen looked at these junior sisters of his and couldn't help but think of the two words "fangirls!"

Especially since these junior sisters actually rushed over directly and surrounded him.

"Lin Lin Shixiong, I only found out today that you defeated the South Sand Three Islands in Lord Lingxiao City. Too amazing."

"Lin Lin Shixiong, are the martial artists on the Hidden Dragon List amazing?"

Looking at the excited junior sisters, Lin Chen was somewhat helpless. Asking questions is fine, but what does this touching mean?

Touching is fine, but what does that look of wanting more mean?

……

……

Half an hour later, Lin Chen left the Jing Shui Wuguan under the reluctant gazes of the girls.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Chen appeared at the Zhenyue Martial Hall.

The plot was very similar, the difference was that the newcomers of the Zhenyue Martial Hall wanted to touch him, but were shaken away by Lin Chen.

It's fine for junior sisters to touch; he can understand their excitement.

But he couldn't understand the junior brothers.

This is the Jiangnan Circuit, not the Chuan-Shu Circuit.

Zhenyue Martial Hall, Kuangfeng Martial Hall...

That night, under Su Su Lingchuan's arrangement, Lin Chen hosted a banquet for the hall masters of the major martial halls, as well as some junior brothers and sisters, Fu Fu Jingya and the others from the Jing Shui Wuguan, and Gu Shan, Fu Ang... including Junior Brothers Zhao Zhao Jingchuan and Lu Yongfeng.

In this way, the news of Lin Chen's return to Poyang County naturally couldn't be hidden.

Early the next morning, Lin Chen headed to Raozhou Prefecture.

He was going to visit Instructor Yu, and then go to the Jiang Mansion.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====