Chapter 76: Martial Dao Will Appears, Comprehending the True Meaning of Breeze Palm

Martial Hall, dormitory.

Lin Chen counted the silver notes and silver again, with an unstoppable smile on his face.

Two hundred and seventy-two taels!

From entering the Martial Hall until now, his expenses on martial arts hadn't exceeded this number.

"Logically speaking, after Third Master Zhou lost hope in his own martial arts, he shouldn't continue to spend money on martial arts, so he shouldn't have just this much money."

Martial artists are poor if they are poor, and rich if they are rich.

Rich because martial artists spend money like flowing water on martial arts, and poor precisely because they spend money like flowing water.

The higher the pursuit in martial arts, the poorer one is, because silver is never enough.

Putting away the silver notes and silver, Lin Chen looked at the cloth bag and untied the rope.

The cloth bag opened, and inside was a picture scroll, rolled up and tied with a red rope. Lin Chen gently took it out, and it had a peculiar texture to the touch—not like the softness of ordinary paper, but rather revealing a trace of coolness, tough and elastic.

Slowly unfolding the picture scroll, the ink on it was ancient, recording a passage:

【Great Liang Calendar Year 275, on my fiftieth birthday, the elders of my hometown came with gifts. Thinking back to the past, I specially leave a piece of Martial Dao Will. May the elders of my hometown bring it back to their homeland and give it to the latecomers. After this scroll is opened, you must press your palm on this scroll within ten breaths, and the Martial Dao Will will appear by itself. Do not miss it... Dai Dai Jingfeng leaves!】

After reading the text, Lin Chen's brain flew fast like lightning.

This year is Great Liang Calendar Year 299, 24 years have passed since then.

The content of the text is not hard to understand.

A martial artist named Dai Dai Jingfeng, on his fiftieth birthday, elders from his hometown came to congratulate him. Seeing the elders from his hometown, Dai Dai Jingfeng recalled his days in his hometown when he was young and left a Martial Dao Will, letting the elders from his hometown bring it back to their homeland for the latecomers who practiced martial arts.

Who is Dai Dai Jingfeng?

Why did this picture scroll fall into the hands of Third Master Zhou?

What is Martial Dao Will?

Lin Chen had many doubts in his heart, but he didn't have time to think. The scroll said that after the scroll was opened, he had to press his palm on the scroll within ten breaths, otherwise, the Martial Dao Will left on the scroll would be void.

After five breaths, Lin Chen had a decision.

This Martial Dao Will should be a good thing.

Lin Chen began to operate the Breeze Palm cultivation technique, letting his breath match the rhythm of the Breeze Palm, then stretched out his palm, with a trace of tension and anticipation, and pressed a palm on the scroll.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

After three breaths, the text on the scroll began to jump, continuously rearranging and combining, turning into strange humanoid strokes, and mysterious power seemed to be flowing between the strokes.

Boom!

The next moment, a majestic and terrifying energy came rushing through the scroll, and the entire scroll shattered into powder because it couldn't withstand this terrifying energy.

This terrifying energy was like a beast that had slept for a thousand years being suddenly awakened, continuously erupting with the momentum of overturning rivers and seas. Lin Chen bore the brunt of it, and his body had a sharp pain of being torn apart for a moment.

But this pain passed in a flash, and Lin Chen quickly recovered his clarity, only feeling the light and shadow changing before his eyes, as if stepping into a strange space.

In front of him appeared a martial artist with a strong body like a goshawk, as if descending from the sky, executing palm techniques with a transcendent, natural artistic conception.

Breeze Palm!

Lin Chen recognized at a glance that what the other party was executing was the Breeze Palm.

But unlike the Breeze Palm he executed, the Breeze Palm in the other party's hands was like heaven-made in every move and style.

By the end of the palm technique, it even evolved into drizzle, drawing out a storm.

A trace of realization flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

Spring breeze turns into rain, this is vitality!

Extremely soft, and vitality emerges.

Gale explodes, like thunder.

Extremely hard, and power emerges.

Ethereal and formless, that is the conversion of hardness and softness!

Extremely soft, can also be extremely hard.

This is the true meaning of the Breeze Palm.

Lin Chen slowly closed his eyes, recalling every move and style he had executed in the past, the training in private, the fighting on the ring, and the rawness when he first came into contact with the Breeze Palm.

After a long time, Lin Chen slowly struck out a palm.

Extremely soft, extremely slow.

However, strangely, this palm had a whistling sound of breaking through the air, and the sound of air tearing where the palm passed was sharp and ear-piercing.

Although it was an extremely soft palm, it had an extremely hard effect.

"Wrong, just the conversion of hardness and softness is still stuck in form. The so-called Perfection is returning to simplicity."

Lin Chen frowned and didn't open his eyes, his brain recalling the scene when the figure he saw executed the Breeze Palm again.

This feeling was wonderful. He was clearly a bystander, but this scene seemed to be something he had experienced personally.

Combining hardness and softness is just the power of the Breeze Palm.

The true meaning of the Breeze Palm lies in the two words "Breeze"—like that breeze, free and easy, unrestrained, doing whatever one wants, yet being able to instantly condense powerful strength.

Wind and clouds rise again... wind rolls up residual clouds...

The killing moves of the Breeze Palm appeared between Lin Chen's palms, but the moves Lin Chen executed at this moment were different from those recorded in the Breeze Palm manual.

Not being stuck in moves is the sign of the perfection of the cultivation technique.

Slap!

In an instant, Lin Chen struck a palm toward the camphor tree in front of him, with astonishing momentum.

However, the camphor tree didn't move at all, and not even a leaf fell.

A smile appeared on Lin Chen's face. Instant release in the palm, instant collection in the heart, breeze is ethereal, I am formless.

False and true, no trace to be found.

Tonight, he would comprehend the true meaning of the Breeze Palm!

【Panel: Breeze Palm (Perfection)】

The next morning, the first ray of morning sun fell into the courtyard.

Lin Chen had already woken up and appeared in the backyard.

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Cultivation Realm: Acupuncture Stage (6/24): (76/100)】

【Breeze Palm: Perfection】

【Water Cloud Palm: Small Success (8/10)】

Looking at his panel data, Lin Chen had a smile on his lips.

One night of Breeze Palm Perfection, his martial arts progress increased by 30 points, doubling from the Small Success stage.

Breeze Palm Perfection is far more than just the improvement of cultivation technique proficiency. At this moment, even if he didn't practice, the essence and energy in his body autonomously circulated freely throughout his body according to the Breeze Palm's Qi operation method.

That Martial Dao Will in the scroll was truly magical. Perhaps the reason why Third Master Zhou's family property was only two hundred and seventy taels was that he spent the money on this picture scroll carrying the Martial Dao Will.

It's a pity that Third Master Zhou and his family were all dead, so he could only guess.

Changing into clean martial hall clothes, Lin Chen went to the cafeteria to solve breakfast and then went straight to the martial arts arena.

By the time he stepped onto the martial arts arena, quite a few students had already gathered here.

Senior sisters like Fu Fu Jingya and Gu Gu Qingqing were all there, and those Qi-refining students who hadn't opened acupuncture points when they first entered the school were also there.

As the only male disciple in the martial hall, Lin Chen's appearance attracted the attention of many students.

"Is this Senior Lin Lin Shidi? He feels so handsome." 【76-

"Senior Lin Lin Shidi's temperament... he's a dashing young master."

"You little minx, I think your heart is fluttering. Senior Lin Lin Shidi's family background is ordinary; how can he be considered a young master? But he really is good-looking."

Fu Fu Jingya and the others looked at Lin Chen as he walked over, their eyes filled with surprise. Senior Lin Lin Shidi's temperament seemed to have changed somewhat.

How it had changed, they couldn't describe; in short, it was just one word: he had become better looking.

The female students of the martial hall mainly focused on martial arts; asking them to use literary terms to describe him was truly difficult for them.

Xiao Ting, standing near the back of the first row, saw Lin Chen walking over, her beautiful eyes brightening. But immediately after, she thought of something, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face.

There was a rumor in the martial hall that during this time, Lin Lin Shidi and Jiang Jiang Shijie had been getting closer.

Don't ask who spread it.

The most unique thing about Jingshui Martial Hall was that gossip spread the fastest.

If it were Jiang Jiang Shijie Li, she could still compete a little, but if it were Jiang Jiang Shijie, she could only give up; she couldn't compete at all.

After greeting several senior sisters, Lin Chen scanned the area and was surprised to find that neither Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu nor Jiang Jiang Shijie were there; only Yu Yu Jiaoxi Shen was present on the scene.

"Tomorrow is the three-month grand competition. The Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo has issued a document; today, all martial hall students must head to the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo. You nine, come with me."

Today, the team was being led by Yu Yu Jiaoxi Shen.

Yu Yu Jiaoxi Shen did not explain too much, leading the way in front, while those students who were not qualified to go to the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo cheered and encouraged the senior sisters they knew well.

"Where is Jiang Jiang Shijie?"

As the team set off, Lin Chen couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. Xiao Ting, walking behind Lin Chen, felt her heart ache even more upon hearing this question.

Fu Fu Jingya and the others shook their heads; they didn't know where Jiang Jiang Shijie had gone either.

"Jiang Qing went to the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo early this morning with Jiang Jiang Shijie Kong."

Shen Lin heard Lin Chen's words and turned back to explain.

Upon learning that Jiang Jiang Shijie and Hall Kong Kong Guanzhu had gone to the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo a step ahead, Lin Chen didn't ask any further.

"Yu Yu Jiaoxi Shen, what is the format for this martial hall competition?" Gu Gu Qingqing asked curiously.

Up until now, they didn't know the rules for the competition between the students of the eight major martial halls.

"This competition is different from previous years. Once you arrive at the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo, you will know. This competition is of vital importance to you; you must give it your all."

Shen Lin wasn't deliberately being mysterious; it was just that even now, she didn't know how Lord Su would arrange this competition. She only knew from Jiang Jiang Shijie Kong that Lord Su seemed to attach great importance to this competition.

A three-month competition for new students, by common sense, didn't count for much. After all, the strongest among this batch of students hadn't even broken through ten acupoints. To the Poyang Poyang Wuzhengsuo and the martial hall leadership, it was just a small affair.

But Lord Su attached such importance to it, not even announcing the competition rules until now, which was enough to show that Lord Su was likely not just planning for Poyang County to no longer be at the bottom in next year's prefectural examination.

The greater Lord Su's plans, the more benefits the students who could catch Lord Su's eye and enter the top ten would receive. It might not just be the surface-level Acupoint-Opening Pills and silver taels.

Shen Lin understood Jiang Jiang Shijie Kong; Jiang Jiang Shijie Kong couldn't make such an analysis. These words must have come from the Eldest Jiang Jiang Shijie, and Jiang Jiang Shijie Kong was just repeating them.

(End of chapter)