69novels Chapter 552 - 80: Panel Update and Frenzied Speculation
Chapter 552 - 80: Panel Update and Frenzied Speculation
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
[Martial Arts Mountain Rank: 87308]
[Points: 2700]
Climbing the steps of Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen immediately checked his ranking situation on Martial Arts Mountain.
Rank eight thousand seven hundred and three hundred and eight, this was his final rank before breaking through to entering the grade.
[Start cross-ranking challenge?]
[Yes!]
Just as Lin Chen chose to confirm the cross-ranking challenge, the sect leader of the Ten Thousand Waters Sect also received the news from his disciples.
"The Three Springs Sect is too much of a bully!"
The sect leader of the Ten Thousand Waters Sect had an angry expression on his face. Originally, he wanted his own disciple to communicate with this suddenly emerging genius and invite him to the Ten Thousand Waters Sect. However, he hadn’t expected several other sects to have the same idea.
During the time the genius stopped challenging, several of his disciples had faced multiple challenges and ultimately lost to a disciple from the Three Springs Sect.
Challenges on Martial Arts Mountain are a daily occurrence, which is very normal, but within the top hundred thousand, challenges are usually only once every three to five days. Which genius among those who enter the top hundred thousand doesn’t have improved strength?
A ranked genius who hasn’t improved wouldn’t challenge on Martial Arts Mountain.
His disciples had experienced ten challenges in just a few days, which was clearly abnormal.
"Sect leader, what should we do now?"
"Report to the Flame Dynasty. Since the Three Springs Sect was unjust first, they can’t blame us for being unrighteous."
The sect leader of the Ten Thousand Waters Sect showed a reckless expression on his face. If they don’t want our Ten Thousand Waters Sect to get this genius, then the Three Springs Sect shouldn’t have it easy either.
Martial Arts Mountain was established by the Flame Dynasty, and it’s mainly maintained by arrays. Communication beyond ten thousand ranks is prohibited according to the Flame Dynasty’s rule, although this rule is rather lenient.
Usually, if no one brings it up, the officials won’t pursue it, and the imperial court would turn a blind eye. But as long as we report it, the imperial court will surely investigate and punish.
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The vast plains of Martial Arts Mountain.
Lin Chen looked at the young man who appeared opposite him without any hesitation, and his figure flashed straight towards the opponent.
Boom!
The fierce palm wind roared as the young man’s pupils shrank. Before he could finish what the sect leader had instructed him to do, he felt a sharp pain in his body and was knocked flying.
Looking at the opponent vanishing into thin air, Lin Chen had a satisfied expression on his face.
After entering the grade, the Martial Path Will had retrained his body. The palm wind was fused with the Martial Path Will, and his strength far exceeded the stage of great success in refining the viscera.
Lin Chen took an internal view of himself, and the Spirit Platform that was originally suspended above had now fallen into the Dantian. The golden figure had disappeared, and the door of the Spirit Platform was half-open, continuously pouring Martial Path Will energy, washing through all the acupoints.
After entering the grade, the Martial Path Will would continually wash the body, and when exerting external force, the Martial Path Will would accompany it.
The Martial Path Will is several times, if not dozens of times, stronger than simply exerting Qi blood externally, which is why many martial artists do not follow the path of body tempering.
Unless one achieves great success in body tempering, even if the body is stronger than other martial artists, once entering the grade, the protective Martial Path Will is far superior to protective Qi blood by several times.
As the saying goes, the effort and the reward are disproportionate.
But for Lin Chen, the path he chose, body tempering, was inherently a part of the Martial Path Will. At this moment, after entering the grade, the Martial Path Will continuously cleansed his body, elevating the body’s strength to a terrifying degree.
Returning to the steps, Lin Chen chose to continue challenging.
And at this moment, in another part of the Flame Dynasty, the pale-faced young man who fought with Lin Chen exited Martial Arts Mountain, looking at the sect leader in front of him, feeling at a loss.
"How was it?"
Facing the expectant gaze of the sect leader, the young man spoke truthfully, "Sect leader, the opponent didn’t even give me a chance to speak and directly defeated me."
"Didn’t give you a chance to speak?"
The elder frowned, "You can’t speak anyway; you could have indicated in the midst of your moves."
In the elder’s original plan, when his disciple saw this genius, he should use sword techniques to write in mid-air, and even if the opponent attacked right away, he could retreat a bit and use mouth movements and gestures to indicate he had something to say.
How could there have been no opportunity?
"I was defeated by one palm strike; I didn’t have any time."
Elder: ...
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On Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen continued his cross-ranking challenges.
One match, two matches, three matches...
After ten matches, his rank increased by a thousand, and Lin Chen then chose to stop.
Ten battles gave him a sense of his own strength, and in the final match, his opponent was already an eighth-grade martial artist. The opponent’s strength was formidable, and he took thirty moves to defeat his foe.
"So this is the Flame Dynasty. It’s this difficult even at eighty thousand, let alone the top fifty thousand or even the top ten thousand... They must have reached the middle-grade realm."
Martial artists under the age of twenty are the only ones who can enter Martial Arts Mountain, which gave Lin Chen a clear understanding of the Flame Dynasty’s formidable strength.
His own strength is within the top twenty among the younger generation of the Nine Kingdoms, yet in the Flame Dynasty, he’s merely ranked over eighty thousand, even after entering the grade.
"However, engaging with these genius martial artists from the Flame Dynasty allowed me to witness various unique cultivation techniques on the Martial Path."
The battle that just ended was deeply memorable to Lin Chen; the opponent was a bladesman.
When the opponent swung his blade, it directly ignored his physical defense, causing his Spirit Platform to waver. If not for his powerful Divine Soul, he would have suffered a defeat from that one move.
In the Flame Dynasty, there are many powerful martial arts techniques that directly attack the Divine Soul.
"Compared to the geniuses of the Flame Dynasty, I can’t match them in cultivation techniques. If I want to rank higher on the Martial Arts Mountain, I must cultivate the Thousand Mechanism Refining God Technique and the Canglan Finger."
Lin Chen chose to withdraw from the Martial Arts Mountain, took out the Canglan Order, and began to cultivate the Canglan Finger this time.
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Early the next morning.
Jiang Qing arrived and said directly, "Junior Brother, I need to return to Raozhou Prefecture for a trip."
"Return to Raozhou Prefecture?"
"Yes, my mother asked me to return once. This trip back is also to prepare for entering the grade."
Jiang Qing did not hide anything from Lin Chen. Before she came to the Martial Arts Academy, her mother had instructed her to return home when she was about to break through and enter the grade, as the family had prepared a Spirit Soldier for her entry.
Now her realm has already reached Great Success in Viscera Cultivation, just one step away from entering the grade.
"Junior Brother Lin, do you need me to take a message home for you?"
"Yes."
Lin Chen nodded, now that he had entered the grade, he should inform Instructor Yu and his own teacher.
"Senior Sister, please wait a moment."
Returning to his study, Lin Chen wrote three letters, one for his family, one for Instructor Yu, and one for his teacher.
"Junior Brother, during this ranking competition at the Martial Arts Academy, if things become unmanageable, don’t force it."
Jiang Qing knew that Lin Chen was going to participate in the Martial Arts Academy ranking competition, and because she was going home to enter the grade, she couldn’t make it to the competition.
"Senior Sister, don’t you know me by now? I never do anything I’m not confident in."
Lin Chen responded with a smile. Jiang Qing blinked her beautiful eyes slightly. She knew her junior brother well, but the current situation was different. Liang was facing a blockade from multiple countries, and this time the ranking competition was a contest with the Han Kingdom.
This competition would inevitably be more brutal and frenzied than in previous years.
"Alright."
Jiang Qing didn’t give too many instructions either. Junior Brother Lin knew what he was doing, and a single reminder was enough.
"Senior Sister, when are you leaving?"
"I’ll leave after saying goodbye to you."
"Then I’ll see you off, Senior Sister."
Lin Chen and Jiang Qing leaned on each other for a while, then he personally escorted Senior Sister out of the Martial Arts Academy gate.
"Senior Sister has left, Junior Brother Fang is in closed-door training. It seems I’ll have to return to living alone again."
Cultivating at the Martial Arts Academy, Lin Chen hadn’t had much interaction with other disciples. Previously, Senior Brother Qu would occasionally visit him, but with the upcoming ranking competition, Senior Brother Qu was also seized by Instructor Liu for closed-door training, leaving Lin Chen’s courtyard rather quiet.
Fortunately, he had grown accustomed to this solitude.
After returning to the courtyard, Lin Chen was about to continue cultivating the Canglan Finger, but the next moment his eyes lit up, as he sensed a change in the panel.
Immediately, Lin Chen summoned the panel.
[Host: Lin Chen]
[Realm: Ninth Grade]
[Spirit Tier: Third Tier]
[Wind and Cloud Palm: Perfect]
[Gale Leg: Perfect]
[Mountain Suppressing Chart: Body Tempering: 4.3]
[Title: Martial Arts Longevity (Martial Arts Mountain’s fame, for every thousand consecutive victories, martial comprehension permanently doubles, Divine Soul improves by ten percent)]
Seeing the change in the title column, Lin Chen’s eyes brightened.
The title [Martial Arts Longevity] came at a very timely moment, based on his performance on the Martial Arts Mountain.
A thousand consecutive victories could double comprehension, which may not seem like much, but if he can enter the top fifty thousand, his comprehension will reach a terrifying level.
Moreover, this comprehension is permanent, which means he will truly become a martial arts genius.
Just this one title was worth the disappearance of the titles [Medicine Jar Ill Body], [Perfect to the Extreme], and [Senior Brother].
Continuing down, Lin Chen’s gaze was drawn to the next line, and his gaze paused.
[Achievement: Light of Liang]
[Effect: The more admirers of Liang’s martial artists, the faster the progress in martial arts cultivation.]
[Life Chart: [Natural Progress]: Ninth Grade Martial Path, perseverance, gradual progress, unstoppable, no bottleneck problem.]
"The Life Chart has actually changed too."
Lin Chen pondered for a moment. The effect of [Light of Liang] was easy to understand, but how fast the progress in martial arts cultivation would be was not yet determined.
In the Life Chart column, the words following [Natural Progress] changed from "Extreme Martial Arts Path" to "Ninth Grade Martial Path."
"Opening the Acupoints and Refining the Viscera Realm each consists of one phase, and after entering the grade, it directly leads to the Ninth Grade Martial Path. If the effect of Natural Progress hasn’t changed..."
Lin Chen’s breathing suddenly became rapid, and a conjecture popped up in his mind.
This conjecture was almost unbelievable to him.
"Perhaps this effect only appears after I choose to condense my grade with my martial path will. If that’s the case, then the cultivation technique I chose for Refining the Viscera is the most correct choice. This is the greatest benefit of choosing the Nine Revolutions of the Refining of the Viscera."