Chapter 52

Linhu Village!

Lin Chen's return to the village attracted the attention of the entire village.

Even the old village chief, upon hearing the news, hurried back to the Lin family to inquire about the situation.

Upon learning that Lin Chen had only come home to practice martial arts, he finally set his mind at ease.

Lin Chen saw the old village chief off. Thinking of the anxious expression the old village chief had when he arrived at the house, he could understand the old village chief's thoughts.

He could now be said to be the hope of the entire village; naturally, the village chief did not want anything to go wrong with him.

Lin Mu was extremely happy to see her son return. In the evening, she prepared a table full of dishes, with fish and meat, and even specifically had Lin Fu buy a few pounds of beef.

"Chen'er, tell Mom about things at the Martial Hall."

At the dinner table, Lin Mu had a look of anticipation.

"Tell what? Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand." Lin Fu sipped the cloudy wine in his cup: "Don't tell your mother too much. Your mother has nothing to talk about under the old camphor tree now. If you tell her about the Martial Hall, she'll have to talk to those women in the village for days."

"Lin Jiang, what do you mean? What's wrong with me chatting in the village for a while?" Lin Mu slapped the table: "Have I done less housework?"

"That's not what I meant, I..."

"What you, you? Do you think I go to the village to chat every day just to hear them say nice things about me? Liang'er is also at the age to get married; I have to inquire about which family has a good girl."

Lin Chen originally didn't intervene in his parents' bickering and was eating silently, but hearing this, he couldn't help but look up and ask: "Isn't it said that Big Brother has feelings for Sister Er Ya?"

"Your big brother doesn't say anything. When you ask him, he just says it's still early and he's not in a hurry."

Whenever this was mentioned, Lin Mu's voice would become somewhat mournful. The youngest was learning martial arts now, so he definitely wouldn't be getting married so soon, and the eldest was also tight-lipped, just smiling whenever asked anything.

"Big Brother, you can't wait any longer. If you have feelings for Sister Er Ya, you have to find a matchmaker to go to her house to propose, and then set a date for the betrothal; that will also take several months to half a year." Lin Chen looked at his big brother Lin Liang and said earnestly.

"I'm really not in a hurry." Big Brother Lin Liang shook his head.

Lin Chen frowned: "Big Brother, you don't think that getting married now will delay my martial arts training, do you?"

Aside from this possibility, Lin Chen couldn't think of any other reason.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's expression also became serious: "Big Brother, you really don't need to think that way. I'm practicing martial arts at the Martial Hall now, and the Martial Hall has given me the treatment of a Grade A student. Although it can't compare to those children of the powerful and wealthy, the money is still enough to spend. Qingfeng Wuguan instructors also value me highly, otherwise they wouldn't allow me to return home to practice martial arts. You must know that the Martial Hall's rules are very strict; new students are not allowed to live outside within half a year."

He still had two or three years of martial arts training left. If his big brother kept delaying his marriage because of this, Lin Chen would feel bad.

His big brother was eighteen this year; in his previous life, getting married would naturally be early, but in this world, he had already reached the age for marriage.

Most importantly, his big brother could wait, but Sister Er Ya of the Chen family might not be able to.

For young girls in the village, sixteen to eighteen is the suitable age for marriage. Sister Er Ya and his big brother were the same age, so the Chen family should also be anxious.

"Brother Chen, are you telling the truth?"

Lin Liang looked at his younger brother. The reason he hadn't admitted he liked Sister Er Ya of the Chen family was that he thought if he were to get married and betrothed, the family would have to spend a sum of money. Brother Chen was currently learning martial arts at the Martial Hall, which was exactly when money was needed, so he had to save the money for Brother Chen.

"Could I lie to you, Big Brother?" Lin Chen smiled and looked at his mother: "Mom, I think you can find a matchmaker to go to the Chen family to propose."

"Good, I'll go find a matchmaker tomorrow. After all, he's a martial artist now, so what he says is more effective than what I, as a mother, say. I ask your big brother, and your big brother doesn't say a word."

By the time Lin Mu finished speaking, there was a resentful expression on her face. Big Brother Lin Liang hurriedly explained: "Mom, I didn't not say anything, I just... sigh... I do like Er Ya."

The tongue-tied big brother finally said it out loud.

Lin Mu was secretly happy and gave Lin Chen a triumphant look. Lin Chen gave his mother a thumbs up.

Ginger is still spicier when it's old; Big Brother still couldn't escape Mom's palm.

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……

After the meal, the sky grew dim.

Lin Chen walked out of his house. He wasn't going for a walk like Lin Mu, but went to the fields in the village.

The first move of the Flying Swallow Art, "Swallow Returns to the Nest," requires a relatively wide and flat area, allowing the speed to be completely unleashed.

"Lightly touch with both feet, channel Qi to the abdomen, borrow the Qi to leap!"

Lin Chen's figure began to leap continuously in the fields, from leaping a zhang away at the beginning, like a frog jump, from one end of the field to the other.

Back and forth like this!

One trip, two trips, three trips...

Tireless in the dead of night!

……

……

Two hours later, it was already the second half of the night. Lin Chen finally stopped and looked at the surrounding paddy fields. By the moonlight, he could see many swamp eels emerging in the paddy fields.

Slap!

Lin Chen's strike was as fast as lightning. He began to shuttle through the paddy fields, catching several large swamp eels in a row. Finally, he took off his shirt to wrap them up before stepping home.

"My vision seems to have improved a lot at night. Is it brought by the title 【Black Horse to the End】?"

Lin Chen summoned the panel:

【Black Horse to the End: The situation is not yet settled, we are both black horses. Wearing this title, in the dark night, martial arts comprehension and perception are improved.】

This perception should refer to the five senses.

Lin Chen listened intently, closed his eyes, and focused his mind. A night breeze rose quietly, neither fast nor slow, carrying the unique freshness and coolness of the fields, shuttling between the fields.

This night breeze was completely different from the night breeze he felt in the Martial Hall courtyard.

The wind in the courtyard was constrained and had traces to follow.

The night breeze in the fields was more natural and unrestrained.

Like an elf, it spiraled up at times and swooped down at others, driving the surrounding grass, trees, and even the seedlings in the fields to dance along, showing an indescribable rhythm.

Lin Chen was shirtless, letting the night breeze brush over his skin. At this moment, his entire mind was devoted to feeling this night breeze.

Ethereal like the wind, formless and imageless!

This is the true meaning of the Clear Wind Palm!

Following nature and borrowing momentum is the essence of the Clear Wind Palm.

After a while!

Lin Chen put down the clothes he was carrying, not even caring about the swamp eels that had fallen to the ground and escaped, and began to perform the Clear Wind Palm.

One palm, then another!

The sound of the palms whistled, and the night breeze played along!

【Clear Wind Palm】 +1

【Clear Wind Palm】 +1

……

……

Whoosh!

In an instant!

The night breeze suddenly whistled, and the seedlings in the fields bent down one after another.

Slap!

Lin Chen struck out with a palm, carrying the sound of the wind, exploding like a firecracker.

The sound of insects instantly went silent.

Lin Chen opened his eyes and whispered: Panel.

【Name: Lin Chen】

【Profession: Martial Artist】

【Realm: Open-Acupuncture Stage (2/24)】

【Clear Wind Palm: Minor Success (0/10)】

【Water Cloud Palm: Not Yet Entered (90/100)】

【Fate: 【Water Flows and the Channel is Formed】: First Stage of the Martial Way, persevere, progress step by step, unstoppable, no bottleneck troubles.】

【Martial Way Title: Black Horse to the End】

【Black Horse to the End: The situation is not yet settled, we are both black horses. Wearing this title, in the dark night, martial arts comprehension and perception are improved.】

Clear Wind Palm, reached Minor Success in one night!

"Coming home this time was the right choice. If I had stayed in the Martial Hall courtyard, I'm afraid it would have taken ten days or half a month to cultivate the Clear Wind Palm to Minor Success."

Lin Chen grinned, smiling very happily.

Then he looked down, seeing that the swamp eels originally wrapped in his shirt had all run away, and a satisfied smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "Today, the Clear Wind Palm reached Minor Success. Consider yourselves lucky, you swamp eels, to witness my progress in the Martial Way, and you can rest in peace."

Letting these swamp eels go was impossible.

Although with his current blood Qi, eating swamp eels wouldn't have a particularly large effect on increasing his blood Qi, even a mosquito's leg is meat.

It took a cup of tea's time for Lin Chen to recapture these escaped swamp eels, wrap them in his clothes again, and hum a little tune on his way home.

PS: Sorry, the update is late!

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