Chapter 293

Inside the bronze vat, the Cold Marrow was like a knife. The veins on Lin Chen's temples bulged, and his teeth chattered.

The bloody taste in his throat surged like a knife sawing at his bones, and his five internal organs and six viscera felt like they were being refined in a thunder-fire cauldron.

The experiences of the two and a half years of practicing martial arts surfaced in his mind one by one.

In two and a half years of practicing martial arts, although he had the benefit of the panel and the bonus of his fate in the early stages.

If he hadn't endured this suffering, even with the help of his fate, he would at most be considered a small genius in Poyang County now.

If he wanted to catch up to those children of the powerful and wealthy, relying on his fate alone was not enough; he had to pay with diligence several or even dozens of times greater than theirs, including suffering...

The tree in the Jing Shui Martial Hall that he had chopped bald, the foul-smelling cesspool at the special training ground, and the torture and pain he suffered after arriving at the Wu Yuan to improve his physical strength...

Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles!

Walking to this day, he had endured too much pain, and now that he had finally reached the final harvest stage, how could he give up?

"I am a child of a humble family, how could I fear the fire of Yama?"

Lin Chen curled his lips, a broken laugh squeezing out from his throat, and the next moment he put the Snow Lotus Pill into his mouth.

The Snow Lotus Pill turned into a clear spring in his throat and flowed down. Icy blue patterns spread along his charred esophagus. Wherever it passed, the Cold Marrow paused and the magma solidified, and finally, this energy flowed to his five internal organs, turning into five translucent lotus pedestals, protecting his five internal organs.

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The mist evaporated from the Cold Marrow Fluid was extremely thick, shrouding the entire bronze vat.

In the courtyard, there was silence.

Jiang Qing gripped the corners of her clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Liang Xun couldn't help but pace back and forth in the courtyard. Several times he wanted to speak; there was no sound of Lin Chen in the mist, and he wanted to ask if Lin Chen had fainted because he couldn't endure the pain.

But seeing Lord Kong's serious expression, he ultimately didn't speak.

He figured that with Lord Kong's strength, he should be able to perceive Lin Chen's current situation.

If Lin Chen had really fainted, Lord Kong definitely wouldn't remain indifferent.

Kong Zhao Qifeng's eyes did not look toward the direction covered by the mist, but were slightly narrowed. The mist evaporated from the Cold Marrow Fluid blocked his sight, but he could perceive Lin Chen's faint breathing.

Although the breathing was weak, it was steady, which proved that Lin Chen was still maintaining consciousness.

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After a long time.

The Cold Marrow Fluid had evaporated by more than half, and pale golden light burst from the pores all over Lin Chen's body.

The thunder fire within his body had lost its original violence and, under the surging of his Qi and blood, was washing over his five internal organs again and again.

Lin Chen opened his eyes. The pale golden light on his body gradually dissipated, and his entire body was as transparent as glass. The original injuries on his body had long since recovered, and fine thunder arcs jumped between every meridian.

The five internal organs resonated together, their sound vibrating like drums.

Feeling the changes in his body, Lin Chen whispered in his heart: "Panel!"

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Stage: Organ Cultivation Stage Perfection】

【Nine Turn Organ Cultivation: 9/9】

【Spirit Tier: Third Tier】

【Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Furious Wind Leg: Perfect】

【Zhen Yue Spectrum: Body Forging: 4.2】

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The nine turns were complete, and his body forging had also increased by 0.2, which could be considered an unexpected joy.

However, this was not enough.

He had stayed at the Organ Cultivation stage for long enough; it was time to take advantage of this opportunity to enter the Ranked Tier in one go.

"Condense!"

Lin Chen let out a long whistle. The golden figure in his dantian began to rotate at this moment. With the rotation of the figure, all the energy in his body surged toward his dantian. The Spirit Platform was also opened again, with the Golden Sun hanging above it, and golden radiance pouring down.

At the same time, the icy blue dragon shadow also roared down from the Spirit Platform, heading toward the figure in the dantian.

Green currents dripped down from the Spirit Platform, nourishing the figure in the dantian.

The thunder arcs contained in the thunder-fire energy also jumped onto the figure, carving fine patterns on its body.

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In the courtyard, the moment Lin Chen let out the long whistle, the mist instantly dissipated, revealing Lin Chen's true appearance.

In the bronze vat, Lin Chen's body was like glass, and the sound of wind and thunder accompanied his breathing.

"It's done!"

The teacup in the hand of Kong Zhao Qifeng, who was sitting on the chair, shattered silently, and there was a brilliant light in his old eyes.

"The nine turns are complete."

Hua Qianwu also stroked his beard with a smile. From the moment he learned about the Nine Turn Organ Cultivation technique Lin Chen was practicing, there had been worry in his heart; no one in Daliang had been able to successfully practice it in three hundred years.

Was choosing the Nine Turn Organ Cultivation being too arrogant and ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth?

And why did Lord Kong agree?

Carrying this question, Hua Qianwu waited for Lin Chen's arrival, and after he explained the difficulty of the Nine Turn Organ Cultivation to Lin Chen, he did not see any hesitation or regret on the teenager's face.

Facing the inhuman training plan he proposed, the teenager also had no complaints and executed it without any discount.

When the moon was dark, how could he not see the painful figure of Lin Chen curled up on the top of Canglan Peak?

It was precisely these actions of Lin Chen that suddenly made him understand why Lord Kong would agree to let Lin Chen practice the Nine Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation.

If even someone like Lin Chen couldn't successfully practice the Nine Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation, then who else could?

And it was from that moment on that he had anticipation in his heart; perhaps Lin Chen could create another miracle for Daliang and follow in the footsteps of the Great Ancestor.

And Lin Chen did not disappoint him, step by step, from the first turn to the sixth turn...

"The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold; the sharpness of a sword comes from the whetstone."

Hua Qianwu blurted out. These two sentences were what he had read in the information about Lin Chen collected by the Wu Yuan, and at that time, Lin Chen had just developed his Qi and essence, facing the contempt and rejection of the Qingfeng Martial Hall, and said those words to that Instructor Yu.

There was a strange brilliance in Jiang Qing's beautiful eyes. She only knew that the Organ Cultivation technique Lin Shidi practiced was different from theirs, but she didn't know how difficult it was, until later when she saw the pain Lin Chen endured while soaking in the medicinal liquid, she realized that Lin Shidi had chosen the most difficult path.

Lin Shidi was born in humble circumstances, the son of a fisherman in the village. Being able to take first place in the county competition was enough to bring honor to his ancestors; he didn't need to take such a difficult path of cultivation, walking the path of spirit weapons to enter the Ranked Tier... and who would dare to say that Lin Shidi was not a genius?

A Ranked martial artist was enough to bring earth-shaking changes to the Lin family.

Choosing such a path, was he asking for trouble?

When Lin Shidi chose the path of the Extreme Martial Way, there was a lot of criticism in Poyang County. Some said that Lin Shidi had taken first place and lost his mind.

Some said that Lin Shidi was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, and before long he would be beaten back to his original form and become an ordinary martial artist.

But she had always believed in Lin Shidi. A person who could work and study to learn martial arts, how could he be blinded by short-term achievements?

And the facts also gave a resounding slap in the face to everyone who looked down on Lin Shidi.

Leaving his name on Mount Wudao seven times, breaking the record in Daliang's history, a model for Martial Way students in Jiangnan Province, a model for Martial Way students in Daliang, fighting alone against the martial artists of the Elephant Kingdom and the Zheng Kingdom at the Lingxiao Wu Yuan, shooting three arrows in a row at the three brothers of Yu Beichen, first on the Human List of the Hidden Dragon List, eighth on the Earth List... This was just the beginning of the glory of Lin Shidi's Martial Way path. Jiang Qing believed that it wouldn't be long before Lin Shidi's name would resound through the Nine Kingdoms.

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"Did he really succeed in the nine turns?"

There was an look of disbelief in Liang Xun's eyes. He had also read about Lin Chen's experience in practicing martial arts, but as a member of the royal family, a scion of heaven, he found it difficult to empathize with many of Lin Chen's experiences.

But regarding the Nine Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique, he had personal experience.

In three hundred years of the royal family, there was no lack of resources, no lack of geniuses, but no one had succeeded.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, if anyone else had told him that someone had practiced the Nine Turn technique to the ninth turn, he would only chuckle and think, are you teasing me like a fool?

"The nine turns are complete. Lin Chen is now impacting the Ranked Tier, which will probably take a few days. Everyone doesn't need to keep guarding the courtyard."

Kong Zhao Qifeng said with a smile. In a pleasant mood, he looked at Hua Qianwu: "Instructor Hua, I will meet the Wu Yuan students today, and then I will return to the capital."

As the Minister of the Martial Administration Department, Kong Zhao Qifeng had many things to do, especially now that several countries had blockaded the borders of the Liang Kingdom, many Martial Way resources would be reduced, and regarding the resource allocation for students in various paths, many matters required his final decision.

"Good, I will go and arrange it now."

Hua Qianwu nodded. Lord Kong's visit this time would not be public; the students of the Canglan Wu Yuan didn't know that Lord Kong had already arrived. If Lord Kong met the students of the Canglan Wu Yuan, it would also be an encouragement for them.

As the Minister of the Martial Administration Department and a First-Rank martial artist himself, Lord Kong had very high prestige in the hearts of the students.

"Does the Third Imperial Prince want to follow Lord Kong to meet the students of our Wu Yuan?"

"I don't need to. The rules of the royal family are set here."

Liang Xun refused immediately. Their royal family rarely had contact with the genius martial artists of Daliang; the only contact they had was with those lords in the imperial court.

This was a rule set by the Great Ancestor.

As for why the Great Ancestor set such a rule, Liang Xun didn't know; many secrets were only known to the Emperor.

Hua Qianwu's gaze turned to Jiang Qing, but Jiang Qing shook her head: "I will stay here to accompany Lin Chen."

Regarding Jiang Qing's choice to stay here, Hua Qianwu didn't object. Although Lin Chen's nine turns were already successful and the subsequent entry into the Ranked Tier would be a matter of course, someone still needed to keep an eye on him, and Jiang Qing staying here was the most appropriate.

Hua Qianwu took Kong Zhao Qifeng and Liang Xun and left the back courtyard. Jiang Qing gazed at Lin Chen with her beautiful eyes; she wanted to witness the moment Lin Shidi entered the Ranked Tier with her own eyes.

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Lin Chen stood in the bronze vat, the acupoints all over his body bursting with brilliant light. The golden figure in his dantian rotated rapidly. The radiance shed by the Golden Sun of the Spirit Platform and the icy blue dragon shadow intertwined into a net, and the red gold patterns left by the Heavenly Gang Thunder Fire wandered between his meridians like swimming dragons.

Closing his eyes and concentrating, thousands of scenes of past cultivation surged in the depths of Lin Chen's mind.

The sharpness of arrows piercing the air, the explosiveness of palm winds, the thickness of Zhen Yue body forging—distinct Martial Way wills surged like a torrent, and a tearing pain came from the depths of his soul.

"The purer the Martial Way will, the better."

Brother Pei's warning echoed in his ears. Lin Chen knew clearly that if he chose one of them now, he could easily enter the Ranked Tier, which would also be convenient for subsequent rank improvement.

But whether it was the Wind and Cloud Palm, the Greedy for Life and Fear of Death Arrow, or the Zhen Yue Spectrum, they were all things he could not give up.

"From the moment I chose to walk the path of the Extreme Martial Way and chose the Nine Turn Organ Cultivation, when have I not chosen the difficult path? There's no reason to give up now that I've reached the Ranked Tier."

There was a look of determination in Lin Chen's eyes. At this moment, in his mind, he began to continuously evolve all the techniques he had learned over the past two years, and after each evolution, his five internal organs vibrated together, and waves of Qi and blood surged toward the figure in his dantian.

Driven by the Qi and blood, the golden figure in the dantian began to climb continuously toward the Spirit Platform above...

One day later.

The golden figure grasped the threshold of the Spirit Platform, and the next moment its figure leaped up and stepped into the Spirit Platform.

The Spirit Platform vibrated, and the Golden Sun erupted with the most brilliant light at this moment. Even the icy blue dragon shadow began to roar crazily, and wisps of icy blue energy gushed out.

Bang!

The gate of the Spirit Platform closed.

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Jiang Qing's beautiful eyes narrowed. In her line of sight, the light on Lin Chen's body dissipated, and his whole person seemed to return to simplicity, even the momentum of a martial artist was restrained and invisible; only the sound of long, steady breathing could be perceived.

"Lin Shidi's path to the Ranked Tier is different from other martial artists."

Regarding the situation of martial artists entering the Ranked Tier, Jiang Qing naturally understood it given her family background. Other martial artists entered the Ranked Tier at the moment their momentum reached its peak, condensing their entire body's Qi and blood and the spirit of their spirit weapon into one, leaping into the Ranked Tier.

She had never heard of a situation like Lin Shidi's, where his momentum was suddenly restrained.

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Five days later.

The morning light first appeared.

Lin Chen opened his eyes suddenly, golden light appearing in his pupils, and the Qi and blood all over his body were like a deep pool and a towering mountain.

With a wave of his hand, the seventh move of the Wind and Cloud Palm came naturally. This seemingly light palm caused an ancient tree ten zhang away that required two people to embrace to shatter instantly.

The sudden movement caused Jiang Qing, who had originally lowered her eyes, to open them. The next moment, she saw the bronze vat explode with a bang, and Lin Chen stood in the air, stepping on the remaining splashing Cold Marrow Fluid.

"Lin Shidi!"

Jiang Qing whispered, a look of excitement appearing on her pretty face.

Lin Chen looked at Senior Sister Jiang below. With a thought, his figure flashed across the air like lightning. The next moment, Jiang Qing felt her waist being held, and then she appeared in mid-air.

The teenager held the young girl's waist in mid-air, the two of them facing each other, close at hand.

The young girl closed her eyes, her breath like orchids. The teenager felt the softness of the young girl's body and looked at those pink, tender red lips. The next moment, he lowered his head and was about to...

"Oops, I came at a bad time."

A scene-spoiling voice sounded. Liang Xun appeared at the courtyard entrance. He had heard movement in the courtyard and rushed over immediately, only to encounter this scene.

A blush stained the young girl's pretty face, and her body was a bit stiff, but the next moment her red lips lightly touched Lin Chen's mouth. Lin Chen's pupils shrank. Looking at the young girl's shy appearance with her eyes closed, how could he not understand?

A beauty's deep affection, how could he let it down?

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A dozen breaths later, the two figures landed gracefully on the ground.

At the same time, Hua Qianwu and Liang Xun, as if they had calculated the time, stepped in only after the two figures had landed and separated.

After Hua Qianwu entered the courtyard, his gaze fell on Lin Chen. After a long while, he suddenly let out a hearty laugh: "Good, Lin Chen, you are very good!"

The biggest difference between a Ranked martial artist and a non-Ranked martial artist lies in the soul.

Ordinary people cannot discover this difference, but Hua Qianwu, as a Second-Rank martial artist, could perceive it.

At this moment, Lin Chen was like the rising sun.

"In three hundred years of Daliang, there is finally a second martial artist who has practiced the Nine Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation to perfection and entered the Ranked Tier in one go."

(End of chapter)