Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 128: First Battle with the Snake Demon
into the night!

The noise faded away and Linhu Village returned to its tranquility.

Lin family courtyard.

"Lin Chen, I have already cultivated my energy."

Gu Fei's cheeks were flushed. He had drunk a lot today, but after training his energy, his alcohol tolerance had increased a lot, and his mind was still clear.

"I heard from Uncle Hai."

Today at the banquet, when he was toasting to the villagers, Gu Fei's father mentioned this.

"Have you thought about going to any martial arts gym?"

"Praying Mantis Martial Arts School, last time you analyzed the characteristics of the eight major martial arts schools with me, and it seems that only the Praying Mantis Martial Arts School is more suitable for me."

Gu Fei scratched his head. At the moment when he developed his energy, he also imagined that he could be like Chen Zi and soar to the sky after entering the martial arts gym.

But under the double blow from his father and the village chief, he also faced the reality.

Mantis Martial Arts School is the most suitable for a family like his. In the words of the village chief, Lin Chen has a bright future. You should practice hard to break through the realm, and then you can find a job in the government.

For ordinary officials in the yamen, what matters is not their strength but their realm.

Opening the three orifices is the lowest bottom line. As long as you reach the three orifices, even if your proficiency in the exercises is extremely poor, you will have a bottom line that can be operated.

"Well, going to the Mantis Martial Arts School would be a good choice for you."

Lin Chen also arranged for Gu Fei to go to the Mantis Martial Arts School. Although he was not familiar with the owner and instructor of the Mantis Martial Arts School, he was quite familiar with Zhao Kang of the Mantis Martial Arts School. He would let Zhao Kang take care of and guide Gu Fei next year.

"The village chief and my father said the same thing. The village chief also said that if I don't want to work in the government, I can return to the village and become the village chief and take over his position."

Gu Fei chuckled. Lin Chen's expression was a little strange. These words sounded very familiar.

It seems that the village chief also said the same thing to his eldest brother, letting his eldest brother take over as village chief in the future.

Is the old village chief making empty promises everywhere?

Do you always tell everyone you meet that you have the potential to be village chief?

"Forget it, village chief. This is for Brother Liang. I will go to the government office and become an official. Then I can be considered a city dweller. When the time comes, I can marry a city girl and buy a house. I will be satisfied with my life."

Lin Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with Gu Fei's life plan. Not everyone wanted to experience the pinnacle of martial arts like him.

Walk out of Linhu Village and into the city!

For many young people in the village, this is the biggest goal in their life.

Gu Fei stayed for a while and then left. As for the village chief, he would not come today. He drank a lot at the buffet tonight and was finally helped home by several villagers.

"Father and mother, when will my eldest brother's wedding be arranged?"

Without outsiders around, Lin Chen glanced at his eldest brother and asked with a smile, "I saw that my eldest brother and Erya were sticking together today."

The eldest brother Lin Liang blushed, and Lin's mother smiled and replied: "I have asked someone to come to the house to propose marriage, and the wedding will be held at the end of the year."

"At the end of the year..."

Lin Chen estimated that he would have to go for special training for three months, so he would still have enough time to come back.

"Brother Chen, if you are busy practicing martial arts, don't worry about it."

"Brother, if you get married, I, as your younger brother, will definitely get married. Don't worry, I have plenty of time."

"Xiaoliang, your brother will definitely come when you get married. Your father-in-law didn't ask for anything else, but he hopes that your brother will be present when you and Erya get married. He wants to save face in front of the relatives."

When the matchmaker arrived, the Chen family immediately agreed to the marriage.

There are so many girls in Linhu Village who want to marry into the Lin family. Not to mention marrying their own eldest son, even to their nephew Xiaohui, there are many matchmakers rushing to act as matchmakers.

"Your second mother told you which girl Xiaohui will marry in the end. She wants you to take a look and only marry her if you agree."

Hearing what his mother said, Lin Chen was speechless and frowned, "Second Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? Brother Hui is getting married, not me. Why do you need my consent? Brother Hui has to like her. Our Lin family is not a wealthy family. As long as the girl is virtuous, that's enough."

"Although our family is not a wealthy one, we can't marry anyone into our family. Just hearing your words will suffice."

Virtuous!

Mother Lin remembered her son's request. It was not that she insisted on her son giving advice, but her second sister-in-law insisted that she ask her son for his opinion.

The family chatted for a while, and then Lin Chen left home and prepared to go to the back mountain to practice martial arts.

In the yard at the back mountain, Lin Chen first practiced Water Cloud Palm and Clear Wind Palm for a while, wanting to continue his last adventure on Santan Mountain and merge the two techniques together.

Unfortunately, it still failed.

As for the Iron Bone Skill, if one wants to continue to improve at this stage, he can only receive the beatings of the Thousand Hammers Diagram in the Wu Garden, or go to Huangshan in Huizhou Prefecture to find the second volume of "Zhenyue Pu".

Half an hour later, Lin Chen took out the Snake Shadow Bow again. Under the night sky, the bow of the Snake Shadow Bow exuded a deep luster.

Practicing archery was Lin Chen’s dream in his previous life.

Unlike many kids of his age in his previous life who watched martial arts movies and fantasized about swordplay, he preferred the bow.

Later, when I played some shooting games, I didn’t like to team up with others, let alone fight with guns. I preferred the excitement of being alone with a sniper and getting to the finals with zero kills.

If you miss the first strike, retreat thousands of miles away!
He felt inexplicably happy thinking that his opponent couldn't catch him.

This is also one of the reasons why he chose this Snake Shadow Bow from the treasure house.

However, he did not expect that the difficulty of using the Snake Shadow Bow was beyond his imagination. So far, he had not been able to shoot an arrow three feet away with the Snake Shadow Bow.

"Forget it, I'll study it later, I'd better practice Qinggong first."

After playing with the Snake Shadow Bow for a while, Lin Chen placed the Snake Shadow Bow directly on a bluestone in the mountain. He tapped his right foot lightly and leaped onto the treetops like a light swallow. Within a few breaths, his figure disappeared from the spot.

After Lin Chen's figure disappeared, a black shadow walked out of the darkness and looked at the snake shadow bow on the bluestone with greed in his eyes.

He finally found the Jiaoying Bow. For the Jiaoying Bow, he took a great risk to sneak into Daliang, and his strength dropped by 90%.

But compared to the gains from obtaining the Jiaoying Bow, these sacrifices are worth it.

Those foolish warriors in Raozhou Prefecture thought that the bowstring of the bow was made of snake tendons, but they didn't know that the bowstring was made of the tendons of a thousand-year-old dragon.

This bow was made by a martial arts expert five hundred years ago. He killed a dragon, drew out the dragon's meridians, and used a secret method to refine it into a bowstring, which he passed on to future generations.

It's just that the descendants of this martial arts master are not strong enough and their family is in decline. They are afraid that the treasure will arouse envy and bring disaster to the family, so they advertise to the outside world that the bowstring is made from the main tendon of a hundred-year-old viper.

The reason why Teng Shu knew about this was because the family had colluded with the demon clan and was not tolerated by the Daliang court, so they fled to Zheng State, but the Jiaoying Bow remained in Daliang.

After the family fled to Zheng State, they fell into decline. In the end, they worshipped him as the protector of the family, and he was able to learn about the Jiaoying Bow.

When he learned about the Jiaoying Bow, he became interested.

Teng Shu is from the snake clan. To him, the bowstring of the Jiaoying Bow is a treasure. If he swallows and refines it, it will be enough to increase his strength several times.

To this end, he first sent the family members to infiltrate Daliang. It took him several years to find out that the Jiaoying Bow was in the treasury of the Wuzhengsi.

The Wuzhengsi treasury was heavily guarded, but the Wuzhengsi did not require the guards not to reveal what treasures were inside.

Many warriors who have entered the Wu Zhengsi often use this as a topic of conversation to reveal to other warriors around them what treasures are in the Wu Zhengsi treasury.

For the Military Affairs Department, the purpose of not requiring those who enter to keep it secret is very simple. It is to let everyone know what good things are in the treasure house so that they will have the motivation to complete the assessment.

After confirming that the Jiaoying Bow was in the Class C treasure house of the Wuzheng Division, and that it was mistaken for the Snakeying Bow, Teng Shu began to have ideas.

For this reason, he chose to cooperate with the Lian family, but he didn't expect that Lian Cheng, the idiot, would let others get there first, and he didn't expect that he would be discovered by Raozhou Prefecture. In order to prevent Lian Cheng from losing the county fight and being disqualified to enter the treasure house, he gave Lian Cheng thirty drops of blood, which was enough to increase Lian Cheng's strength by 50%. However, according to his estimation, Lian Cheng could win the county fight without using all his strength. As long as he didn't reveal his powerful strength far beyond his realm, Raozhou Prefecture would never be able to discover it.

"You are a fool who is always causing trouble but can't do anything good. You deserve to be exterminated."

Teng Shu did not feel any emotion at all about the extermination of the Lian family. What made him angry was that he had to sacrifice many years of cultivation in order to escape.

He learned from Lian Cheng that the Snake Shadow Bow was most likely to have fallen on Lin Chen in Poyang County, so he followed the river to Poyang Lake. What he didn't expect was that after getting ashore, he just grabbed an ordinary citizen and asked about Lin Chen's whereabouts.

Now he saw the Snake Shadow Bow he had been dreaming of, and even God was helping him!
"After I refine the dragon's tendons, I will come back to take revenge and massacre all the people in Raozhou."

Teng Shu did not touch the bow on the bluestone. He suppressed his inner urgency. He not only wanted to take the bow, but also wanted to kill Lin Chen.

Otherwise, when Lin Chen comes back and finds that the Snake Shadow Bow is missing, he will definitely search for it. However, the warriors of Raozhou Prefecture are looking for his whereabouts everywhere. If he does not give himself enough time, he will probably be caught up by the warriors of Raozhou Prefecture.

Only by killing Lin Chen could he buy himself several hours to escape. By then, even if the warriors from Raozhou Prefecture discovered him, they would not be able to catch up with him.

The bluestone was more than ten feet high. Teng Shu planned to go behind the bluestone and hide there, waiting for Lin Chen to come back and then kill him with one strike.

Although his strength has declined a lot now, he is still able to deal with an enlightened warrior, especially by sneak attack.

As soon as his figure circled behind Qingshi, the few remaining scales on Tengshu's body immediately stood up.

boom!
A terrifying palm wind came towards him. Teng Shu never expected that there was someone ambushing under this blue stone.

He was already injured, and his perception was even worse than his strength. He would never have thought that there was someone hiding behind the bluestone, so he was caught in the trap due to his carelessness.

Could it be that the several qualified warriors in Raozhou Prefecture already knew his intentions, and conspired with Lin Chen in advance, waiting for him to take the bait?

This thought flashed through his mind in a flash, and Teng Shu felt terrified!

At the same time, this palm also fell on his body, causing some of the few remaining scales on his body to fall off.

After being hit by the palm, the chill in Teng Shu's heart was actually reduced a little. The palm did make him uncomfortable, but he saw the face of the ambushing person clearly.

Lin Chen!

After confirming that the person in ambush was Lin Chen, Teng Shu actually breathed a sigh of relief.

This was not a trap set by the entry-level warriors in Raozhou Prefecture, but Lin Chen had discovered him and deliberately left his sight under the pretext of practicing light Kung Fu, and then sneaked back and hid behind a huge rock.

What a keen insight!
While being shocked, Teng Shu was also happy. As there was only Lin Chen, there was nothing to be afraid of.

With the help of the faint moonlight, Lin Chen could see the opponent clearly. He had used all his strength in the sneak attack just now, which landed on the opponent's chest. The opponent was caught off guard. Even a warrior with twenty orifices opened would not be able to withstand it.

But this person just took a few steps back. Could it be that he was a powerful person who practiced internal organs?
Lin Chen felt a little regretful. He was still careless and was affected by the first place he won in recent competitions.

As early as when he realized that someone was secretly observing him and had no idea of the other party's strength, the best way to deal with it was to just leave and go to the town to ask Instructors Liu and Chen for help.

It turned out that after performing a set of Water Cloud Palm, Lin Chen felt something was wrong and vaguely felt that he was being stared at by someone.

[Black to the End] not only provides a bonus to comprehension, but also enhances perception ability.

Lin Chen absolutely did not believe that his feeling was wrong, so there really was someone spying on him in secret. When he took out the Snake Shadow Bow, the feeling of being spied on became even stronger, and he could even sense the approximate location of the other party.

The opponent is coming for the Snake Shadow Bow!
After understanding the other party's intention, he deliberately placed the Snake Shadow Bow on the bluestone, and then left under the pretext of practicing light skills, and then lurked back from the back side of the bluestone.

He was very familiar with this area of the mountain behind, and with the added insight of [Darkness to the End], there was not much difference between walking in the dark and in the daytime.

The sneak attack was successful, but the opponent was stronger than he expected.

However, at this point, even if regret is useless, Lin Chen has never been a person who likes to regret.

You can only take advantage of the fact that your opponent has been attacked by you and his energy and blood are not stable yet and not give him a chance to recover.

With a leap, Lin Chen clapped his hands again.

The palm wind whistled, making the leaves in the entire forest rustle.

Lin Chen's palms came down like a violent gust of wind, and the Qingfeng Palm's killing move "Wind Sweeps the Remaining Clouds" came whistling with a terrifying gust of wind.

Seeing Lin Chen attack again, Teng Shu showed a grim smile on his face. What a little bastard who doesn't know how to live or die.

However, Teng Shu twisted his waist as if he had no bones, and his whole body was twisted into a strange state, and he directly avoided Lin Chen's palm.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen's pupils shrank. The other party's body was so flexible. Could it be that he practiced some kind of body skills?

With a chill in his heart, Lin Chen's attack became more fierce, and his palm technique turned into Water Cloud Palm.

The Qingfeng Palm emphasizes being ethereal and has few changes in moves, but the Shuiyun Palm is like waves in the water, with hidden power piling up. He doesn't believe that the opponent can dodge it.

However, just as his palm was about to land on the other party, Lin Chen suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. When he saw the smile in the other party's eyes in the dark night, Lin Chen instantly retreated backwards.

puff!
A black mist gushed out of Teng Shu's mouth, condensed into an arrow and shot towards Lin Chen.

The speed was so fast that even though Lin Chen was prepared, he still couldn't dodge it.

糠！
The sound of metal colliding with stone came from Lin Chen's chest. He looked down at his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. There was no breakage on his chest.

The perfect level of Iron Bone Skill has strengthened his body's defense.

When Teng Shu saw that Lin Chen was still standing there unharmed, there was shock in his eyes. If a warrior with internal organs was hit by this arrow, his body would definitely be pierced.

Unless... unless this person is a horizontal training martial artist, and his horizontal training technique has reached perfection.

Damn it, why didn’t Lian Cheng tell me this news?

Thinking that Lin Chen's horizontal training kung fu has been perfected, Teng Shu's face turned ugly. His clan is not good at frontal combat, but relies more on sneak attacks and poisonous fog to win.

But in order to escape yesterday, after shedding his skin several times, the poisonous mist in the poison pill in his body was completely consumed, and the poisonous mist could only be used for sneak attacks.

Lin Chen saw the ugly expression on Teng Shu's face. Although he was surprised by the other party's method of spewing black mist from his mouth, since the other party could not break his defense, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Alternate between Qingfeng Palm and Shuiyun Palm!
Teng Shu felt very uncomfortable. It was the first time he found that he was helpless against a martial artist who had awakened his mind. The opponent's palm techniques seemed elegant, but the power was extremely terrifying. Even if he was hit by a few palms, his whole body would be in pain.

The most crucial thing is that his remaining strength is not enough to break the opponent's defense. Relying on this, Lin Chen pursued him relentlessly and completely gave up on defense.

Teng Shu had the idea of retreating, but the next moment his spine suddenly made a crisp sound like firecrackers. The noise made Lin Chen's eyes narrow, and he became alert, and his attack slowed down for a moment.

It was during this moment that Teng Shu's entire body shrank and moved like a giant python shedding its skin. Lin Chen saw a piece of human skin sliding off and a ray of black light escaping into the distance.

Looking down at the ground, Lin Chen realized that what was on the ground was not human skin, but a milky white snake skin.

"Snake demon?"

Lin Chen suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the other party's body was weak and boneless. Isn't this the characteristic of the snake clan?

After confirming the other party's identity, Lin Chen didn't hesitate at all and immediately chased after him using his lightness skills.

Under the cover of night, the black light escaped a hundred feet away, and a black snake the size of a palm appeared on the shore of Poyang Lake, crawling quickly towards the lake.

Three feet, two feet, one foot...

Just as the black snake was about to crawl into the lake, a whistling wind blew. Lin Chen appeared above the black snake and slapped it directly with his palm.

As the palm wind struck, the scales on the black snake's chest peeled off, revealing the pale old wounds of the snake underneath.

Snapped!
As his palm landed on the ground, Lin Chen's right hand, along with the black snake's head, smashed into the cracks between the gravel on the stone beach, and did not even reach his elbow. One can imagine how powerful this palm was.

After a breath, Lin Chen closed his palm, looked at the black snake corpse that was only an inch long, and the smashed snake head, and began to adjust his somewhat disordered breathing.

In order to catch up with the snake demon, he chased it with almost all his strength, just because he didn't want to leave any trouble for himself.

He still understands that if you hit a snake, you have to kill it.

(End of this chapter)