Chapter 44: A Setback, A Growth (Extra Chapter)

Several times of leaves falling in the courtyard in one night!

For the camphor tree in the courtyard, although it was a warm spring, it was actually a cold winter.

Early the next morning, Lin Chen got up and came to the courtyard, looking at the fallen leaves on the ground, looking at the camphor tree that already had a small part of its branches bald, and his mouth twitched.

The camphor tree was originally lush and leafy, looking like a canopy from a distance.

However, this camphor tree in his own courtyard now looked like a person with a few bald spots on their head, which was indeed not so beautiful.

"Tree Brother, please forgive me. You are only slightly bald now, not completely bald."

Glancing at the panel 【Qingfeng Palm: Mastery (3/10)】, this Tree Brother had made an indelible contribution.

Comforting the camphor tree, Lin Chen continued to practice.

However, he wasn't practicing the "Qingfeng Palm" now, but chose to practice the "Water Cloud Palm".

The Qingfeng Palm has reached this stage, and diligent practice is useless. It requires deeper understanding every time he practices.

At night, with the bonus of 【Dark Horse】, it is more suitable to practice and understand the Qingfeng Palm.

The Qingfeng Palm from Mastery to Small Success, the progress bar is only 10 points, which explains everything.

Calm your heart and spirit, and start practicing.

【Water Cloud Palm: Not Yet Entered (1/100)】

【Water Cloud Palm: Not Yet Entered (2/100)】

【Water Cloud Palm: Not Yet Entered (3/100)】

After a morning passed, Lin Chen found that the proficiency of his Water Cloud Palm had actually soared by thirty.

That is to say, if he was willing, he only needed three days to get the Water Cloud Palm started.

"It should be because of the reason that one law leads to all laws. I have practiced the Qingfeng Palm to Mastery, and then practicing the Water Cloud Palm will not be as difficult as practicing the Qingfeng Palm."

Lin Chen pondered for a while, and had a judgment in his heart.

The Water Cloud Palm and the Qingfeng Palm are both palm techniques. Before Mastery, they are actually just differences in moves. Practicing them naturally gets twice the result with half the effort.

……

……

Afternoon.

Lin Chen changed out of his Martial Hall clothes, picked up the mask, and headed to the Wu Yuan.

The Wu Yuan was even livelier than yesterday!

The closer to the end of the month, the more martial artists come.

When Lin Chen walked onto the first arena again, the martial artists who were at the scene yesterday recognized him, and many people showed surprise on their faces.

"Why does this person want to get on the arena again? Yesterday he lost to Qiao Yi in two moves. There is no hope for this month's Arena Master."

"Perhaps this person wants to come up to spar with others on martial techniques and improve his real combat power."

"Impossible!"

A watching martial artist denied the speculation proposed by the person in front, and gave a cold hum: "Looking at this person's Qingfeng Palm practiced to Mastery, but the realm is still at the second acupoint, obviously another one who specializes in the proficiency of martial techniques and has given up on improving his martial realm. You tell me such a person wants to improve his real combat power?"

The man had a look of disdain on his face. There are many such martial artists in the Wu Yuan, especially between the first arena and the second arena. Those Arena Masters have long given up on the pursuit of the Martial Way and specialize in martial techniques, just for the Arena Master prize money every month.

"It makes sense. Then can the brother explain what the purpose of this person getting on the arena is?"

"I don't know about that. People have all kinds of hearts. Perhaps this person is just on a whim."

On the arena, Lin Chen also heard the discussion of the watching martial artists, and he also laughed secretly in his heart. He was indeed here to improve his real combat strength. The reason these people couldn't guess it was just because they didn't think of him as a new disciple of the Martial Hall.

Thinking about it, it is also true. New disciples of the Martial Hall who can practice techniques to Mastery must have practiced essence and Qi to open acupoints very early, and have been exposed to techniques several months in advance. It is impossible to still be at the second acupoint.

Soon, an opponent got on the arena.

A man with a huge physique and a full face of sideburns, his footsteps were extremely steady.

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This person not only practiced leg techniques but also carried some horizontal training external skills.

A disciple of the Zhenyue Martial Hall?

"Martial Hall disciple, what I hate most is you Martial Hall disciples, who only know some flowery moves and have no real combat power."

The man grinned. With the stretching of his body, the fat on his body couldn't be covered even by his clothes, and it was visibly fluctuating.

Fists fear fat!

Lin Chen heard this sentence from Lu Yongfeng's mouth. All those who practice horizontal training external skills, like those disciples of the Zhenyue Martial Hall, are all fat. At the beginning, Lin Chen found it difficult to understand. Logically speaking, shouldn't those who practice horizontal training external skills have muscles?

Later, he figured it out. Muscles are far less resistant to beating than fat.

Muscles cannot dissipate force and rely purely on the strength of the flesh, while if it is fat, suffering from external force attacks, borrowing the vibration of fat can dissipate a lot of force.

The disciples of the Zhenyue Martial Hall are all big and thick with fat. The more they practice to the back, the more so, known as walking meat mountains.

There is a saying in the martial arts circle of Poyang County: whether the disciples who come out of the Zhenyue Martial Hall are strong or not depends on whether their figure is sturdy and whether there is a lot of fat on their body.

But this person in front of him shouldn't be from the Zhenyue Martial Hall, otherwise he wouldn't say that he hates Martial Hall disciples the most.

"Please enlighten me." Lin Chen said faintly.

The fat man spat, and in the next moment, his entire huge body crashed directly. Although the body was fat, the speed was not slow, like a meat mountain rushing horizontally.

Lin Chen frowned, dodged to the side, and took the opportunity to strike with his right hand, precisely slapping on the other party's arm.

Slap!

The crisp sound resounded throughout the arena. Lin Chen could even feel the fat on the other party's arm jumping, like a spring suddenly sinking, but soon it bounced back.

The man took this palm, his expression became ferocious, his figure swung horizontally, and he crashed directly.

Bang!

Lin Chen was staggered by the collision, and his Qi and blood were surging.

"Get out of here!"

Before Lin Chen could stand firm, the man crashed straight again, and it was a frontal crash. Lin Chen took a deep breath, suppressed the surging Qi and blood, and didn't retreat, striking out with the Qingfeng Palm again.

He didn't believe it. Could this person also practice his head to the point of being able to withstand the power of his Qingfeng Palm?

However, just as Lin Chen's palm was about to fall, the man suddenly raised his head, a playful smile on his face. In the next moment, that huge head retracted like a turtle, his hands spread out, and the fat on his shoulders increased sharply, forming a concave area, just enough for the head to retract.

Tricked!

Lin Chen retreated for the first time, but it was too late. Before his palm fell on the other party's head, the other party's body crashed. The terrifying impact force directly knocked him from the center of the arena to the edge of the arena.

Before his feet could stand firm on the edge of the arena, seeing the man repeating the same trick, Lin Chen didn't hesitate at all and jumped off the arena directly.

He admits defeat!

He came to participate in the arena tournament to improve his real combat, not to fight to the death with the other party.

Before thinking of how to restrain the other party's horizontal training kung fu, admitting defeat is not embarrassing.

After getting off the arena, Lin Chen walked to one side. Wearing a mask, no one could see his expression, and no one knew that he was not annoyed because he lost this game.

At this moment, he felt lucky because of this battle just now.

Lucky that he discovered another combat technique of his own.

He was calculated by his opponent.

From the very beginning, he fell into the other party's calculation.

After this person got on the stage, the first sentence was to belittle Martial Hall disciples. He would subconsciously feel unconvinced, so when the other party crashed straight, he chose to clash head-on with him.

This sentence affected him!

In the battle between martial artists, emotional fluctuations will also affect performance. If you are hooked by the other party's words, especially the emotions that even you haven't discovered subconsciously, it is easy to fall into the trap designed by the other party.

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. He learned this move.

From yesterday to today, he lost two games in a row. Lin Chen didn't continue to get on the arena. The Wu Yuan has a rule: every martial artist who loses once is not allowed to get on the arena to challenge on the same day.

Cannot challenge, then watch the battle.

The challenges on the major arenas were in full swing. The spectators' enthusiasm for this battle of Lin Chen only lasted for ten breaths, and then they invested in another arena.

The world is like this. No one will pay special attention to the battle between two two-acupoint martial artists. Many young martial artists, especially Martial Hall students, feel embarrassed after losing a game and cannot stay at the scene. It is entirely because they take themselves too seriously.

On the second arena, the arena for martial artists with three and four acupoints, Lin Chen saw many martial artists wearing masks like himself. These people are likely the top students of the new batch of the Martial Hall.

Seeing these people leave the scene after losing, Lin Chen also sighed. Young people still have thin skin and take themselves too seriously.

Iron Collapse Fist, Seven Star Fist, Mantis Fist...

In an hour, Lin Chen saw the signature martial arts of the Eight Great Martial Halls. Originally, he didn't recognize them, but he couldn't stand the watching martial artists discussing them by the arena.

After more than twenty duels, the one that left the deepest impression on Lin Chen was a martial artist who came out of the Mantis Martial Hall. When fighting with his opponent, in addition to using the Mantis Fist, this person also had an extremely flexible footwork under his feet.

Listening to the discussion of the watching martial artists below, this footwork is not a ranked martial technique, but an ordinary martial arts technique.

"Martial Hall instructors ask students to focus on practicing one technique because for students, the realm is the most important, and ranked techniques are difficult to practice themselves. If you go to practice other techniques, it is easy to be distracted, which will eventually lead to low proficiency in ranked techniques, and other techniques will not be practiced."

"Rather than every technique being a half-bucket of water, it is better to practice one technique to Mastery. And the sparring and dueling of Martial Hall disciples are not as fierce as the arena. In the case where everyone only learns one technique, there is no difference."

"This year is different from the past. In the three-month major competition of the major Martial Halls, if my realm cannot catch up with those opponents, then I can only improve my real combat ability. The Qingfeng Palm and the Water Cloud Palm are just palm techniques. If I can improve my leg strength again, I can also catch the opponent off guard."

Thinking of this, Lin Chen didn't continue to watch the arena duel and turned to leave the Wu Yuan.

PS: Extra chapter delivered. Asking for a double monthly vote. The editor didn't reply. It is estimated that I can't get on it. I have to wait another week. Then the reading along is extremely important. Everyone, from now on, don't raise the book. Please!

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