Chapter 368: The Zhuang Laozhang

Linhu Village.

The news of Lin Chen's return to the village was not widely publicized.

The people in the village who saw Lin Chen during the day were only briefly surprised.

However, Lu Yongfeng, Zhao Jingchuan, and others who were familiar with Lin Chen still got the news, including Gu Shan and others from the original Martial Hall, who all came to Linhu Village.

Not seen for more than a year, the strongest among Fu Ang and others were already at the late stage of Organ Cultivation, and like Lu Yongfeng and them, they had also broken through to the Organ Cultivation Realm.

The speed of progress of the disciples of Lin Chen's session in the Poyang County Martial Hall had already exceeded previous sessions.

Lin Chen encouraged these Junior Brothers, but did not pass on any insights or experiences of his Martial Way cultivation.

His Martial Way path had no reference value at all.

More was to cheer everyone up. Now martial artists of the Nine Nations all knew about the existence of the Yan Imperial Dynasty, which was both an opportunity and a blow to young martial artists of various countries.

Originally thinking that they had competed with youths in the same county and were now gradually showing their heads, facts told them that the entire Nine Nations was just a small island, and there was a broader Martial Way world outside the Nine Nations.

And most of these people, it was feared, would not be able to walk out of the Nine Nations boundary in their lives.

After sending away these Junior Brothers like Lu Yongfeng, Lin Chen looked at his mother walking over with a big bundle, with a look of confusion on his face.

"Mother, what is in this bundle?"

"New clothes tailored for you by the tailor in town these past few days."

Lin Mu's words came out, and Lin Chen fell silent. Since returning home for three days, he hadn't mentioned to his parents that he was going to the Yan Imperial Dynasty.

"Mother knows that there is a Yan Imperial Dynasty outside our Daliang, and also knows that the martial artists of the Yan Imperial Dynasty are much stronger than ours. You must be going to the Yan Imperial Dynasty. Mother has no ability and can't help you with anything, so I just thought about sewing a few sets of clothes for you."

Lin Mu looked at her youngest son. The son had ability, so he couldn't be kept.

Although she was just a housewife, because her son was learning martial arts, she specifically learned about some common sense in the Martial Way.

Not long ago, several major events happened in Daliang. Although she didn't know much, later it was the Jiangnan Dao Dao Lord, and the Director of the Martial Way Office came to visit her home in person, so she understood that her son was now incredibly successful.

Especially this time, her son returned for three days, contrary to his usual practice of not cultivating, so she guessed some things in her heart.

It was feared that Chen'er was going to that Yan Imperial Dynasty.

A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles, not to mention that the Yan Imperial Dynasty was said to be ten thousand miles away, very, very far, far beyond her imagination.

But her son wanted to continue roaming in the Martial Way, so she, as a mother, couldn't stop him.

Her son was now not only her son, but also related to the entire Daliang. This was what the Village Chief had said to her and her husband privately.

"Mother, with so many clothes, how can I finish wearing them?"

Lin Chen opened the bundle, looked at the dozen or so sets of clothes, some thin and some thick, and said with a smile.

"Silly child, how can there be clothes that can't be finished wearing? You people who practice martial arts are all big and open. You can't wear a piece of clothing for long. Try one on to see if the size fits?"

"Good."

Lin Chen picked up a piece of clothing and put it on, spinning a circle in front of his mother.

"Mother, this clothing fits very well. Your craftsmanship is no worse than the old tailor in town."

"What craftsmanship does Mother have? You only know how to say nice things. Mother can't finish making so many clothes, they are all sewn by the tailor shop in town. Mother just sewed the cuffs and inner pockets."

Lin Mu shook her head. She didn't know when her son would leave, fearing that it would be too late, so she asked the tailor shop to help sew them.

"Alright, the clothing fits, take it off and Mother will wash it for you, so it will be comfortable to wear."

Lin Mu waited for Lin Chen to take off the new clothes, then asked again: "When are you going to the Jiang Mansion?"

"Tomorrow, I will go to Raozhou Prefecture tomorrow, and maybe I won't come back at night."

"Hmm, that little girl from the Jiang family is a good child, you must not let her down. Our Lin family was just fishermen before, but the family style has always been good, except... except for your uncle's family producing that unfilial son Lin Ming."

"Mother, don't worry, child is not that kind of person."

Lin Chen hugged his mother's shoulder. Lin Mu also knew that her youngest son had his own opinions, so she didn't need to say too much, and stopped at that.

In the past, when opera troupes came to sing, they sang many plays about heartless men.

They were all stories of poor children and rich young ladies falling in love. The rich young lady sold her family property and dowry to raise money for the man to learn martial arts, but the man learned martial arts and had success, then abandoned his wife of humble origin.

At that time, she was moved to tears listening to it, and scolded the man in the play with her second sister-in-law.

The next day.

Lin Chen set off for Raozhou Prefecture early in the morning. With his current speed, he arrived at Raozhou Prefecture in an hour.

After entering the city, this time he didn't see Instructor Yu first, but went directly to the Jiang Mansion.

"Master Lin."

The Jiang Mansion butler saw Lin Chen, and his old face bloomed with a smile: "The young lady just returned to the mansion yesterday, and you came, Master."

Lin Chen didn't know that Jiang Jiang Shijie had just returned to the mansion yesterday, but he received a letter from the Canglan Martial Way Academy. When Jiang Jiang Shijie left the Martial Way Academy and returned to Raozhou Prefecture, the Martial Way Academy sent him a letter to inform him of this.

Under the eager guidance of the butler, Lin Chen met his Jiang Jiang Shijie in the back garden.

Dressed in white, her demeanor was moving.

Seeing Lin Chen, Jiang Qing's beautiful eyes also lit up, and then she walked over quickly: "When did you return to Poyang County?"

There was no estrangement from not seeing each other for months.

"Returned three days ago."

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Chen and Jiang Qing sat in the pavilion in the back garden, Jiang Qing in white leaning in Lin Chen's arms.

"When are you preparing to go to the Yan Imperial Dynasty?"

"There are still ten days or so. Jiang Jiang Shijie, come with me."

Jiang Qing shook her head upon hearing Lin Chen's words. Lin Chen was startled: "Jiang Jiang Shijie isn't going to the Yan Imperial Dynasty?"

"The Yan Imperial Dynasty must be gone to, but not now. When I am like you, entering the First Rank, I will head to the Yan Imperial Dynasty." Hearing Jiang Qing's words, Lin Chen frowned: "Jiang Jiang Shijie, the Martial Way resources of the Yan Imperial Dynasty are more abundant than our Nine Nations. Breaking through in the Yan Imperial Dynasty is easier than in Daliang."

With the foundation of the Yan Imperial Dynasty, even pills were much more than in Daliang. And he was heading to the Canglan Sect, so he could ask the sect Zhuang Laozhang for some pills that Jiang Jiang Shijie could use, which should be able to make Jiang Jiang Shijie's breakthrough speed faster.

"You can't look down on me."

Jiang Qing's beautiful eyes blinked, moving away from Lin Chen, and her aura began to radiate.

"Third Rank?"

Lin Chen's eyes widened. With the help of various opportunities and the panel, he relied on cheating speed to cultivate to the First Rank now. Brother Pei was only at the Second Rank until now, and Jiang Jiang Shijie actually reached the Third Rank without a sound.

This feeling was like driving a fast car on a city road in a previous life, overtaking all the way, and finding that it was still that old man's car at the traffic light.

A lot of operations like a tiger, looking at the record, two hundred and fifty.

"Lin Chen, there are some things that even I am not very clear about now. I can't tell you now, but in terms of the Martial Way realm, I won't fall behind you for too long. Maybe when I go to the Yan Imperial Dynasty to find you, my strength will still be above yours."

A trace of complexity flowed in Jiang Qing's eyes. Lin Chen hugged his Jiang Jiang Shijie: "That's just right, so Jiang Jiang Shijie will always be my Jiang Jiang Shijie."

"Why, if my realm is not as good as yours, I won't be your Jiang Jiang Shijie anymore."

Jiang Qing raised her eyes, her long eyelashes blinking, her red lips pouting, with the unique coquettishness of a young daughter.

At such a close distance, looking at the delicate face in front of him and the pouting red lips, Lin Chen couldn't hold back and kissed her gently.

The young girl felt the man's change, her pretty face dyed with two blushes, but she didn't avoid it, just closed her eyes slightly.

This thing is the most lovesick, wishing the gentleman would pick more.

"Kissed, kissed."

In the courtyard next to the back garden, the old woman was full of excitement. Zhuang Min beside her was a bit helpless and said: "It's not the time yet, we can't let these two little guys make a mistake."

"Ah!"

Hearing her Princess's words, the excitement on the old woman's face dissipated.

"But Princess, when you were..."

"It is precisely because I didn't control it at the beginning that my Martial Way realm has stopped until now."

Zhuang Min waved her hand. Her husband's Martial Way realm would at most be an Innate Realm in the future, but Lin Chen was different. With the potential Lin Chen was showing now, his Martial Way path still had a vast world.

If Qing'er wants to keep up with Lin Chen's growth on the Martial Way, she can't take this step now.

"The old woman understands. Then the old woman will go be the villain who destroys the atmosphere now."

"Forget it, you don't have to go, the villain has already returned."

Zhuang Min smiled slightly. The old woman was stunned, and the next moment she laughed along: "The son-in-law is back."

Entrance to the back garden.

Jiang Duanchao's heart was complex. His own little cabbage that he had raised for more than ten years was now being arched by another man in front of him.

Although he had long accepted that Lin Chen was his son-in-law.

But as a daughter-doting maniac, this scene still made him a bit crazy.

Seeing that the kid's hand had already reached in, Jiang Duanchao was furious and couldn't help it anymore: "Ahem, the weather is good today."

After speaking, Jiang Duanchao turned and left.

In the garden, Jiang Qing was like a startled bird, her pretty face flushed as she got up from Lin Chen, tidying up her somewhat messy clothes and hair. Lin Chen's expression was also very awkward. He was too absorbed just now and didn't notice his father-in-law's arrival.

Otherwise, with his current realm, if there was someone at the entrance of the back garden, he would definitely be able to perceive it.

On this day, Lin Chen spent the night at the Jiang Mansion.

Of course, he stayed in the guest room.

Seemingly to guard against something, when the moon was on the willow tips, Jiang Duanchao appeared in Lin Chen's courtyard.

"Zhuang Laozhang hasn't slept yet?"

"I heard from Qing'er that you are about to go to the Yan Imperial Dynasty, so I give you some instructions as an elder."

Hearing his elder's words, Lin Chen curled his lips in his heart. Whether he was here to instruct himself or to guard against himself climbing the wall in the middle of the night, it was feared that only the father-in-law himself knew.

"Being able to get the teachings of the father-in-law, the nephew will listen carefully."

"Hmm."

Jiang Duanchao sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, and soon a servant brought a wine pot.

"Sit down, there are only two of us tonight, so I will tell you some intimate words."

Lin Chen hurried to pour wine for his father-in-law, then sat on the other side.

"The Yan Imperial Dynasty is very big, and the Canglan Sect is a super sect. There are only twenty-four such super sects in the entire Yan Imperial Dynasty. From the fact that the Deacon of the Canglan Sect came to pick you up in person this time, we can also see the Canglan Sect's importance to you, but this doesn't mean that you can sit back and relax after going to the Canglan Sect."

"Have you ever thought about what it means that the Canglan Sect cares so much about you?"

Lin Chen pondered for a long while and replied: "The Martial Way competition in the Yan Imperial Dynasty is also very fierce."

"That's right, top sects like the Canglan Sect are still like this, which just shows that the competition among major sects in the Yan Imperial Dynasty is also very fierce."

Jiang Duanchao gave Lin Chen a look of "a child can be taught": "The Martial Way path lies in fighting. Daliang is like this, the Nine Nations is like this, and the Yan Imperial Dynasty is also the same."

"If the competition wasn't fierce, no sect would care about genius disciples from the outside, but would only cultivate their own disciples. The 'own disciples' here refers to the descendants of the strong. People are not sages, how can they be selfless? Even if the descendants of their own family don't have enough Martial Way talent, for the same Innate Realm, they need to consume several times the Martial Way resources of others, they will only choose their own descendants."

"The fact that major sects care so much about genius disciples, including the style of the Innate martial artists of the Martial Way Alliance, is enough to explain one point: the pressure of cultivation in the Yan Imperial Dynasty is no less than that of the Nine Nations, and it may even be more cruel."

"You come from Daliang. For those in the Yan Imperial Dynasty who have a background, you can be considered a grassroots. When you arrive at the Canglan Sect, remember to be low-key in being a person, high-key in doing things, and don't fight for temporary gains or losses."

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