Chapter 386: Sect Battle Order (First Update)

Lin Chen's refusal made the many disciples in the plaza have different expressions.

Senior Lin Lin Shidi refused Lin Lin Shixiong Qiao's challenge. Does he feel he is not Lin Lin Shixiong Qiao's opponent?

"I think it's understandable that Senior Lin Lin Shidi didn't accept the challenge. Whether it's the personally transmitted disciple assessment or the change in the Canglan Canon a few days ago, it only shows that Senior Lin Lin Shidi's potential is high, but Senior Lin Lin Shidi hasn't been in the sect for long."

"I heard that Senior Lin Lin Shidi comes from a remote place in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao and hasn't learned powerful martial arts techniques before entering the sect. Fighting Lin Lin Shixiong Qiao at this time will inevitably be at a disadvantage."

"Really? Senior Lin Lin Shidi comes from a remote place?"

"Yes, I heard this from a personally transmitted senior brother. That senior brother also got the news from an elder, it can't be wrong."

Many inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples had no way of knowing Lin Chen's background, but many personally transmitted disciples inquired with their masters, and as sect elders, they knew Lin Chen's background.

But these elders, facing their own disciples' inquiries, did not say that Lin Chen came from the desolate martial arts islands in the East Sea Region, only saying that Lin Chen came from a remote place where martial arts were not very good.

But even so, it was enough to shock some personally transmitted disciples.

The levels of Canglan Sect disciples are very strict, but it doesn't mean there is no connection between disciples. On the contrary, many personally transmitted disciples have a small group under them, and there may be inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples below.

Many personally transmitted disciples of the Canglan Sect come from a certain dynasty or family in the Canglan Region, and these disciples from the same region will spontaneously gather around the disciple with the highest status.

Knowing Lin Chen's background, many disciples originally felt that Lin Chen's refusal of Qiao Yuan was because he was not confident in his own strength, but now they feel that Senior Lin Lin Shidi's refusal is normal.

Qiao Yuan entered the sect not long after stepping onto martial arts, and everyone knows that the reason Qiao Yuan is not a personally transmitted disciple until now is not because Qiao Yuan was not favored by elders, but because Qiao Yuan wanted to participate in the inner sect disciple grand competition.

In the eyes of many disciples, the status of a personally transmitted disciple is more noble than the first place in the inner sect grand competition. They cannot understand why Qiao Yuan must choose to worship an elder as his teacher only after the sect grand competition ends, and can only mutter in private: talented and willful.

Qiao Yuan, who invited Lin Chen to fight, naturally heard the disciples' discussions. He frowned. Although he paid attention to Lin Chen, he didn't go to inquire about Lin Chen's background.

Proud as he was, he wouldn't take the initiative to inquire about the situation of a disciple who was not as good as himself.

If Lin Chen could defeat him, he would go to inquire about Lin Chen's background, but if Lin Chen was defeated by him, it wouldn't be worth his time to spend too much time on Lin Chen.

"I can postpone this fight and fight you in three months."

Qiao Yuan spoke again. He wouldn't take advantage of Lin Chen. Since Lin Chen came from a remote place and hadn't come into contact with the sect's martial arts techniques, he would give Lin Chen three months.

Three months, for most inner sect disciples of the Canglan Sect, might be just getting started with a powerful martial arts technique, but for those at their level, three months is enough to master a martial arts technique proficiently.

"Good."

Lin Chen accepted it this time. The reason he refused Qiao Yuan before was not because he was afraid of fighting, but because it had no great significance.

Defeating Qiao Yuan had no benefit for him. As for the shock of the sect disciples and the false name, from the moment he comprehended the Heart of Canglan, he was already ahead of other disciples and stood at another starting point.

As for the postponement proposed by Qiao Yuan, Lin Chen would agree to fight in three months because his goal was to frantically impact the ranking of Mount Wudao within these three months.

Martial arts geniuses under twenty years old don't necessarily have to fight in reality to prove who is stronger. The ranking of Mount Wudao is enough to explain everything.

Whoever ranks higher represents whoever is stronger in strength.

Within the top one thousand of Mount Wudao, every improvement in ranking is a manifestation of solid strength.

As long as his ranking on Mount Wudao is higher than Qiao Yuan's, he thinks Qiao Yuan will retreat in the face of difficulties.

Hearing Lin Chen accept Qiao Yuan's three-month fight appointment, many disciples on the scene also showed anticipation. Although they couldn't witness the fight between the two now, postponing it for three months made them even more looking forward to it.

Since these two set the fight appointment, they will definitely frantically improve their strength in these three months, and the fight in three months will inevitably be even more exciting.

"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Lin Chen said this to Qiao Yuan, and also to the other disciples present.

Qiao Yuan pursed his lips and didn't speak again, and the other disciples were the same. Everyone watched Lin Chen's figure disappear in the plaza.

Once Lin Chen left, Qiao Yuan also left, but the other disciples began to discuss the scene just now, discussing the fight in three months, whose winning percentage would be higher.

"I didn't expect Lin Lin Shidi to accept Lin Lin Shidi Qiao's three-month fight appointment like this. It really exceeded my expectations."

Zhuang Zhong spoke, and Shen Ao on the side laughed: "Does Lin Lin Shixiong Zhuang feel there is something wrong?"

"It's different from Lin Lin Shidi's reputation."

As soon as Zhuang Zhong said this, Shen Ao on the side also laughed. He understood what Lin Lin Shixiong Zhuang meant.

Although Lin Chen hadn't been in the sect for long, a sentence had already spread among the sect disciples: "The Senior Lin Lin Shidi who doesn't know how to queue."

Everyone knew that Lin Chen liked to show off and manifest his presence before others. A person with such a temperament, even if he wanted to accept Qiao Yuan's three-month fight appointment, shouldn't be so simple and straightforward.

At the very least, there should be some brewing, or some harsh words left behind.

"Perhaps everyone misunderstood Lin Lin Shidi?"

Lin Chen didn't know how much influence his agreement to Qiao Yuan's three-month fight appointment had brought among the sect disciples. At this moment, he was already in his master's courtyard. "Back. The harvest this time should be good."

Du Xiaofeng looked at his disciple coming in with a smile in the courtyard. He didn't know that Lin Chen had agreed to fight Qiao Yuan. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. As a powerhouse of the fifth stage of the Innate Realm, this kind of fighting between sect disciples was just a small matter in the eyes of these elders.

"Yes, the disciple luckily comprehended the Heart of Canglan this time, and also comprehended the Canglan Strength..."

To his master, Lin Chen didn't hide his experience in the Scripture Hall, and this was also agreed upon by that Junior Uncle Grandmaster.

"Yes, it is your opportunity to be able to comprehend the Heart of Canglan. Did Junior Uncle Grandmaster tell you what the Heart of Canglan means?"

"No."

Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Du Xiaofeng knew that Junior Uncle Grandmaster should be waiting for him to tell Lin Chen about the Heart of Canglan, as well as some other things related to the sect.

"In the history of the Canglan Sect, a total of sixty-four predecessors condensed the Heart of Canglan, and among these sixty-four predecessors, twenty finally stepped into the Wanxiang Realm."

Lin Chen's pupils shrank. Sixty-four condensed the Heart of Canglan, and twenty finally stepped into the Wanxiang Realm. Doesn't this mean that the proportion of disciples who condensed the Heart of Canglan and stepped into the Wanxiang Realm reached three to one?

"Is it very exciting?"

Du Xiaofeng looked at Lin Chen with a smile. He could guess what his disciple was thinking in his heart.

"It is indeed a bit."

Lin Chen rubbed his nose. A martial artist who doesn't want to step into the Wanxiang Realm is not a good martial artist.

"Regarding the Heart of Canglan, don't reveal it to the outside world."

Du Xiaofeng waited for Lin Chen's excitement to subside before continuing. Seeing the doubt in Lin Chen's eyes, he explained: "Although the Canglan Sect is the hegemon of the Canglan Region, the entire Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao is not just the Canglan Region, and there is competition among the major super sects."

Competition among super sects, Lin Chen was not surprised. If there was no competition, the sects would not set up a strict disciple assessment system.

"The boundaries of the major regions have always been changing, and so is our Canglan Region. If the strength of a super sect in a certain region becomes weak, the super sects in other surrounding regions will immediately send troops to annex the region where the sect is located. When our Canglan Sect was at its most dangerous, we once lost half of the territory of the current Canglan Region."

"A version of the Nine Kingdoms?"

Lin Chen thought of the situation in Daliang and other countries, which was also the case. Whichever country is weak, the other countries will immediately swarm up and invade the country's territory.

"To some extent, a super sect is the ruler of a region. You can also treat it as an expanded version of a dynasty in your place. The dynasty map is always changing."

"Master, if this is the case, why haven't the super sects changed?"

According to what Lin Chen learned from Lin Lin Shixiong Gao, there are twenty-six regions in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao and twenty-four super sects. These super sects have never changed.

"Because there is the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao above."

Du Xiaofeng's old eyes narrowed slightly: "Above the twenty-four super sects is the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao. The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao will not interfere in the annexation of territory between super sects, but if you want to destroy a sect, you need to apply for a Sect Battle Order from the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao."

"Without a Sect Battle Order, even if your strength can crush other sects, you can at most annex half of the other party's territory, and the remaining half of the territory cannot be annexed."

"There is even this regulation."

Lin Chen was dumbfounded. This regulation of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao is simply a protective talisman for the major super sects. Even if the sect declines again, there is at least half of the territory left.

"Do you think the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao is protecting the major sects?"

Du Xiaofeng knew what Lin Chen was thinking, and there was coldness in his eyes: "Without a Sect War Order, one cannot destroy a sect. In this way, the sect whose territory is invaded and the sect that takes action to invade the territory become enemies of life and death. Every sect has its own foundation; giving them time to rise again will only make the grievances between the two sides grow deeper and deeper."

"In the entire Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, the major adjacent sects are all blood enemies."

As soon as his master said this, a ray of essence flashed in Lin Chen's eyes. He somewhat understood what his master meant.

The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao uses this means to check and balance the major sects.

If the sect wants to rise and grow, it must first take action against other adjacent sects, but without a Sect Battle Order, it cannot destroy the sect. Once given time for the other party to rise again, both sides will inevitably break out into fighting again.

One or two fights are fine, but over tens of thousands of years, I am afraid that the grievances between the sects have long been inseparable.

After all, both sides have countless sect predecessors who died in the struggle for territory, and this grievance will only get deeper and deeper. In this way, the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao can sit back and relax.

"Master, then the major sects agree to this arrangement of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao?"

"Although the major sects know the purpose of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, which sect dares to guarantee that their own sect can always be prosperous? No matter what, the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao also left a protective talisman for the major sects."

Lin Chen nodded. This regulation of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao is indeed a positive conspiracy.

"These grievances between sects are still too far away for you. What you need to do now is to step into the Innate Realm. Master asks you, are you ready?"

"Yes, the disciple is ready."

"Very good. Rest well today, and wait until tomorrow when Master gives you the Innate Five Elements energy to break through to the Innate Realm in one go."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 387 =====