[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback":3,"chapter-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-9":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rising from Obscurity: My Martial Path Comeback",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2265844,4424,"Chapter 9: What Is a Bane to Others Is Medicine to Me","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>The ninth month of martial training at the Martial Hall ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, all three instructors appeared simultaneously on the training ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students practicing punches immediately stopped and turned their gazes toward the three instructors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for their first month in the Martial Hall, when all three instructors would appear together, their appearances in the following months had been irregular and staggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that all three appeared at once, was there some important announcement to make?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor in the center, Liu, scanned the entire crowd and announced loudly: “The Wuzhengsuo has issued a notice: to motivate your martial training, any student whose strength reaches four hundred jin who gains an additional fifty jin within the next month will receive three taels of silver; if you gain a hundred jin, the reward is ten taels.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu’s words instantly sparked murmurs among the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not excitement—complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What joke is this? Gaining a hundred jin in a month?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After I hit three hundred jin, I spent nearly two taels every month and barely gained thirty jin—how much silver would it take to maintain a fifty-jin increase past four hundred?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifty jin at least requires daily nourishing herbal broth plus beef—ten taels won’t cover it. A hundred jin? That’s unthinkable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nine months of martial training, these students had deeply internalized the truth: the faster you seek progress, the higher the cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before entering the Martial Hall, some had heard stories from village youths who had trained here, but hearing was not experiencing—they remained skeptical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or more accurately, they clung to luck, believing they were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Youth was confident, brimming with lofty ambition!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nine months in the Martial Hall had given them sober self-awareness—they had abandoned all thoughts of quick advancement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This reward is clearly meant for Senior Brother Lu and others like him—only they can earn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even Senior Brother Lu can’t get it—he’s already past five hundred jin. Maybe someone in the next cohort will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students’ lack of enthusiasm didn’t surprise the three instructors; they had already anticipated this reaction upon reading the notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t motivation—it was merely icing on the cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students of average means couldn’t afford it, while those like Lu Yongfeng, with wealthy backgrounds, didn’t care about such a small reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is this noble patron, so wise and brilliant? This reward was made for me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the crowd, Lin Chen’s eyes gleamed—a fifty-jin increase in a month meant three taels of silver. This was money handed to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strength had reached four hundred jin yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Panel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen whispered silently in his mind, and the panel appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name: Lin Chen】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Occupation: Martial Artist】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Blood Qi: 2003\u002F3000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Destiny: [Water Finds Its Channel]: In the First Stage of Martial Path, persistence, gradual progress, and steady momentum break through barriers without stagnation.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his current rate of ten points of blood qi per day, thirty days would yield three hundred points—sixty jin of strength. He would definitely claim the three-tael reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ten-tael reward wasn’t out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Students whose strength has reached four hundred jin, step forward for testing and registration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Chen pondered, Liu spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu didn’t care what the students thought—this was a Wuzhengsuo directive, and the Martial Hall must comply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They needed to first tally how many students had reached four hundred jin and report the list to the Wuzhengsuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, a student stepped from the ranks toward the four-hundred-forty-jin stone weight and lifted it with relative ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yang Lin, 440 jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen, the instructor beside him, recorded the number after glancing at Yang Lin’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, another student stepped forward and lifted a 420-jin stone weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Dong, 420 jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chu Dong, 410 jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zheng Kai, 440 jin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen watched the numbers Chen announced and observed how Yang Lin and the others lifted the weights—he realized the instructors were letting them slide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Yang Lin—he lifted 440 jin without much strain; his strength was clearly near 450 jin. The instructors had simply rounded down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructors were good people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they only rounded down—they didn’t falsify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, Zheng Kai had tried to hide his strength by lifting a 420-jin weight and pretending to struggle—he’d even fooled Lin Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liu ordered him to try another weight, and when Zheng Kai finally lifted the 440-jin stone, Lin Chen realized Zheng Kai had been hiding his true strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the three instructors would bend the rules—but not lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For them, rounding down had a plausible excuse: the Martial Hall’s stone weights were calibrated in tens, so registration naturally rounded to the nearest ten—the Wuzhengsuo wouldn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yan Dexing, why are you coming up? Your strength has already surpassed five hundred jin—go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu glared at the approaching boy with annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing sulked back—he hadn’t come for the reward, only to show off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lu Yongfeng, Cheng Ying, Zhao Jingchuan, Xu Botao—you don’t need to test either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Liu’s words, every student turned to look at the five—eyes filled with envy. All five had surpassed five hundred jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any other students?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu asked out of routine—he didn’t expect anyone else to step forward. Students reaching four hundred jin were rare, second only to Lu Yongfeng’s group; as instructors, they already knew exactly how many there were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen hesitated, then stepped out of the ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chenzi, what are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fei, seeing Lin Chen walk forward, froze—by the time he reacted and reached out to stop him, Lin Chen was already beyond the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Chen approached the stone weight, every student’s gaze fixed on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s he doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell me his strength reached four hundred jin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Lin Chen has four hundred jin, I’ve already cultivated essence by now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students expressed doubt, mockery—but none believed Lin Chen had reached four hundred jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yongfeng and the others, who had been stripped of testing eligibility, had been chatting among themselves, ignoring this side entirely—until the murmurs reached them, and they all turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s Lin Chen up to? Trying to claim he gained two hundred jin in three months?” Cheng Ying asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He can’t even afford beef—survives by working in the mess hall to waive his meals. If he gained two hundred jin, what are we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Dexing sneered. From two hundred to four hundred jin, they’d all taken over three months. Only Lu Yongfeng had achieved a two-hundred-jin increase in three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them had spent nearly twenty taels in those three months—Lu Yongfeng had spent more than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Chen could catch up, then their silver had been wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: New week—this chapter drops at midnight. Please vote for monthly tickets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1118,"2026-06-19T20:25:56.550Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2c6116a1f3f548a7337072e78ea82a0e648ed34449d0b28a7ef9250d3ec1da08","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-10","rising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-chapter-8",591,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frising-from-obscurity-my-martial-path-comeback-cover.jpg"]