Chapter 93: The extreme cultivation path of the Open-Acupuncture Stage

Wuzheng Office.

Lin Chen came to the Wuzheng Office once again. This time, he didn't have to wait for notification like he did with Yu Yu Jiaoxi back then.

The gatekeeper obviously recognized him and enthusiastically led him into the Wuzheng Office, heading straight for the main hall.

In the main hall, Su Lingchuan stood with his hands behind his back, appreciating a high-mountain ink painting hanging in the main hall.

"Jing Shui Martial Hall student Lin Chen greets Lord Su."

Su Lingchuan turned his head and looked at Lin Chen with a smile: "A young genius, my Poyang County is indeed a place of outstanding people."

Lin Chen lowered his head shyly, not daring to take the bait.

Anyway, according to Kong Kong Guanzhu Ceng's hint, he only needed to do two things: listen to whatever Lord Su said, but never easily express his stance.

"This official has reviewed your information. Only then did I realize that you are the first beneficiary of the incentive and work-study regulations that I and Inspector Shu established back then."

Lin Chen said sincerely: "Without Lord Su's incentive back then, I'm afraid it would have been difficult for me to reach today."

Su Lingchuan waved his hand: "Don't say such things in front of this official. You have today more because you relied on yourself. If you relied on this official or the Martial Hall, you wouldn't be a student of the Jing Shui Martial Hall now."

Obviously, Su Lingchuan also understood the entanglement between Lin Chen and the Clear Wind Martial Hall very thoroughly.

One night was enough for him to understand everything.

"This official called you here this time for three things. The first is the reward for first place; when you leave the Wuzheng Office, someone will send it to you. The second thing relates to the genius regulations of the Wuzheng Department. Has Ceng Qingyao ever told you?"

So Kong Kong Guanzhu Ceng's full name was Ceng Qingyao. Lin Chen silently noted it down and hurriedly answered: "The Kong Kong Guanzhu mentioned it to me. If a technique reaches perfection within half a year, it satisfies the genius regulations of the Wuzheng Department."

Su Lingchuan nodded: "Ceng Qingyao knows the genius regulations but doesn't know the specific situation. The Wuzheng Department will have special training for genius students who satisfy the conditions. All resources required for cultivation will be provided by the Wuzheng Department, but it only lasts for three months, starting in July every year."

Short-term special training?

Lin Chen thought of a suitable term.

"For more detailed information, when someone from the Wuzheng Department comes to take you, they will inform you. This official won't say much more here."

When saying this, Su Lingchuan still felt a moment of guilt. He didn't know how the Wuzheng Department cultivated genius students either; this was a secret of the Wuzheng Department.

Being able to know these things was also because he was now the Director of the Wuzheng Office, and only because of his position could he obtain this vague information.

"The third thing, this official received a report from subordinates that your instructor back then wrote you two letters, and someone picked them up and handed them to the Wuzheng Office. These two letters are on the table; take them."

When Lin Chen entered the main hall, he had already noticed the two letters placed on the side table.

Picking up the letters on the table, Lin Chen scanned them and saw that the seals had already been broken. He believed that this Lord Su wouldn't go so far as to peek at the contents of the letters; the most likely scenario was that the thief had broken them open to look, otherwise they wouldn't have chosen to hand the letters to the government office.

"Your instructor is also interesting, actually writing you two letters. Can you guess the reason?"

"The instructor truly has painstaking efforts for me. He was afraid that I would become arrogant because my competition ranking was too good, so he wrote a letter to advise me, and he was afraid that I would lose my heart for practicing martial arts because my competition ranking was too poor, so he wrote a letter to encourage me. If it weren't for the accident, I would only have been able to see one of these two letters."

Lin Chen didn't hide it and explained Yu Yu Jiaoxi's painstaking efforts in writing these two letters.

"Hahaha!"

Su Lingchuan suddenly burst into loud laughter: "What a pair of instructor and student, worthy of being the model for instructors in my Poyang County."

Listening to this Lord Su's loud laughter, Lin Chen had a feeling that he was witnessing the acting skills of an actor, only this Lord Su's acting skills didn't seem very good, carrying a thick sense of exaggeration.

"Lin Chen!"

Su Lingchuan's smile vanished abruptly, his face became stern, his expression solemn and respectful, as if he were a majestic statue of a god, and he said in a deep voice: "I ask you, have you and Yu Yongnian ever made a master-disciple agreement in private?"

The pressure of a Ninth-Rank martial artist was released, and those eyes seemed to be able to pierce through Lin Chen's inner heart. Lin Chen's expression was calm, and he said: "Returning to Lord, no."

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Su Lingchuan's gaze was like a torch, continuing to press: "Do you and Yu Yongnian have any conflict of interest or family ties?"

"Returning to Lord, before the Martial Hall, the instructor and I didn't know each other. The instructor and my Lin family have no kinship. As for conflict of interest, my family background is poor. If it weren't for the instructor's pity, and it happened that Lord promulgated the work-study policy, I wouldn't even be able to afford beef."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Su Lingchuan also revealed a smile. He had seen Lin Chen's information in the Martial Hall. He promulgated the work-study policy later, and Yu Yongnian arranged for Lin Chen to work in the Martial Hall earlier, but who would care about these side details?

Not bad, he was satisfied with Lin Chen one more point.

"Yu Yongnian, as an instructor, cares for you meticulously, with painstaking efforts, without seeking return; you, toward the instructor, are also full of respect, treating him with sincerity."

"You two are truly the models of martial arts in my Poyang County, worthy of being respected and emulated by everyone. I must report this matter to the Wuzheng Department so that the entire Rao Prefecture knows that my Poyang County has such a virtuous teacher and good student."

After speaking, Su Lingchuan looked at Lin Chen: "This official has an uninvited request?"

"Lord, please speak."

Lin Chen felt vigilant, remembering Kong Kong Guanzhu Ceng's instructions, and didn't dare to easily agree.

"This official wants to select and excerpt the words your instructor said in the letter and put them on a public notice for instructors and students of major Martial Halls to read, and it is also possible that it will be promulgated by the Wuzheng Department."

Headline on the local official media?

After just a little thought, Lin Chen completely understood why this Lord Su wanted to perform such a show with him.

He and Yu Yu Jiaoxi were models of instructor and student, and Lord Su was in charge of martial arts affairs in Poyang County, which was also Lord Su's political achievement.

"The letter the instructor gave me—without the instructor's permission, I dare not make a decision, and I hope Lord understands."

Hearing Lin Chen's answer, Su Lingchuan had one more point of praise in his eyes. As long as Lin Chen wasn't a stupid person, he should know that this matter was absolutely a good thing for him. Since they were models, how could there be no rewards?

At that time, there would be rewards from the Wuzheng Department, and even Rao Prefecture, and Lin Chen being able to consider Yu Yongnian and hold onto his original heart in the face of this benefit was true respect for the instructor.

If he had previously existed with the intention of promoting Lin Chen and Yu Yongnian's matter to seek personal gain, then at this moment in his heart, Lin Chen and Yu Yongnian deserved this glory.

The friendship between the master and disciple was truly precious.

However, he believed that Yu Yongnian wouldn't refuse. Even if Yu Yongnian didn't care about fame and fortune himself, he would agree for the sake of his student, it would just be a matter of waiting for Lin Chen to write a letter to inform him of this matter, delaying it by a few days.

"Good, then this matter will be decided after you ask that instructor of yours."

Su Lingchuan's aura converged, and he smiled: "Official business is finished, now let's talk about private matters. Regarding the subsequent path of martial arts, do you have any plans?"

"Student is just about to ask Lord Su for guidance. In my situation, how should the subsequent path of martial arts be walked?"

Talking about his own affairs, Lin Chen thought of Kong Kong Guanzhu Ceng's instructions and didn't be polite, directly stating the problems he was currently facing.

In fact, with the panel, and with the 【Fate】 existing, he had a rough plan for the subsequent path of the Martial Way.

But if he had Lord Su's experience and guidance, he could also use this as a reference to change his subsequent martial arts practice plan.

Su Lingchuan was as clear as a mirror in his heart. Ceng Qingyao hadn't entered the Ranked Tier, and the Jing Shui Martial Hall hadn't produced anyone who had cultivated a technique to perfection in such a short time, so she wasn't sure about the progress of Lin Chen's subsequent martial arts path, which was why she specifically let Lin Chen come to ask him for guidance.

Not to mention that he admired Lin Chen very much now, even without this admiration, as the Director of the Martial Way Office, he had the duty to educate the students of the county in martial arts.

"The Clear Wind Palm is an upper-body martial art, opening twenty-four acupoints. The eight acupoints you are going to open next are located in the lower body. The Clear Wind Palm can no longer bring you much help, and the progress will slow down. You must be mentally prepared for this."

Lin Chen nodded. He had already learned about this from Kong Kong Guanzhu Kong.

"This official has seen the situation reported by the Jing Shui Martial Hall. Your Water Cloud Palm is also at small success, and the time spent cultivating the Water Cloud Palm is much shorter than the Clear Wind Palm. Is this true?"

"True."

Su Lingchuan had a bright light in his eyes: "If so, this official does have a way to speed up your next eight acupoints, it just depends on whether you dare to try."

"Please, Lord, give me guidance." Lin Chen bowed and saluted, without any hesitation.

"Go to the Zhen Yue Martial Hall and cultivate the Iron Bone Technique of the Zhen Yue Martial Hall. If your comprehension is not only high in the Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm, but also high in all techniques, cultivating the Iron Bone Technique can shorten your speed from seven acupoints to sixteen acupoints."

"Cultivate the Iron Bone Technique?"

Lin Chen truly hadn't expected that the path this Lord Su pointed out to him was such a path.

Would the Zhen Yue Martial Hall let...

This wasn't a problem. Lord Su was the Director of the Wuzheng Office. Since Lord Su said so, the Zhen Yue Martial Hall would definitely have no opinion.

"You should know the difficulty of cultivating the Iron Bone Technique. If your comprehension in the Iron Bone Technique is not enough, not only will you spend silver, but you will also waste time. It is better to steadily use the Clear Wind Palm to continue breaking through."

Su Lingchuan looked at Lin Chen in a deep voice: "Therefore, whether to walk this path is decided by yourself."

Lin Chen fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he raised his eyes and asked: "May I ask Lord, if I cultivate the Iron Bone Technique, if my comprehension is acceptable, is the benefit more than just speeding up the progress?"

Smart!

Su Lingchuan praised Lin Chen in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that Lin Chen's growth trajectory from birth to now had no problems and could withstand investigation, he would have doubted whether Lin Chen was truly the son of a fisherman.

"The Open-Acupuncture Stage has an extreme cultivation path. Precisely because it is extreme, very few people can cultivate it to success, so ordinary students don't know about it. You only need to know one thing: if you can do it, you have stepped into the Ranked Tier with one foot."

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