Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 270 Ruins and Tombs
call out!
The moment his body landed, a black light shot out, and Lin Chen swiftly struck out with his right palm.

Snapped!
Ten feet away, a black snake, three feet long, lay stiffly on the ground, its head already split open.

Lin Chen focused intently on his surroundings, and after a few breaths, confirming that there was no further danger, he walked towards the black snake.

A few breaths later, Lin Chen's face showed regret; the black snake had not produced a demon core.

"Where am I?"

Looking around, Lin Chen confirmed that he was in the mountains and forests, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He hadn't expected that he would be transported into the mountains as soon as he entered.

According to Dan Muqing, those who are teleported into the ruins appear in a vast plain. They can then choose to search for teammates in the plain or venture into the deep mountains on their own.

However, most people who come in previous years choose to find one or two companions on the plains before entering the mountains.

The reason they didn't choose to gather all ten people before setting off wasn't because they didn't want to, but because they didn't have enough time.

The seal on the ruins was broken for only three days, and the disciples of the four major families had tried to walk from one end of the plain to the other, but none of them had been able to reach the end after three days.

Since he wasn't on the plains, Lin Chen decided not to meet up with the Dan family. He looked ahead into the depths of the mountains and decided to travel alone.

One hundred breaths later.

Lin Chen looked ahead, his eyes shining.

He looked at a silver plant about ten feet away, which had five leaves.

It's actually Five-Finger Silver Grass!
In Linhu Village, the village's teacher sent many books, some of which contained information about exotic flowers and plants from nine different countries.

Five-Finger Silver Grass is a relatively precious medicinal material unique to the State of Zhao, and it is the main ingredient for refining the Divine Forging Pill.

The full name of this herb is Five-Finger Grass, named for its leaves that resemble five fingers, and silver refers to its color.

The seedlings of the five-finger grass are green, and after fifty years they will gradually turn silver, and after a hundred years they will turn gold.

The Forging God Pills refined by various countries are mainly made from ten-year-old Five-Finger Grass, and the price of one Forging God Pill is around ten gold. If the Forging God Pill is made from Five-Finger Silver Grass, the effect is twice that of the ordinary Forging God Pill, and the value reaches fifty gold.

The efficacy is only twice that of the pill, but the price has increased fivefold. This is not because the pill seller is setting prices arbitrarily, but because the Forging God Pill contains toxicity, and a martial artist who has reached the entry level can only take one pill every few months.

Although the price has increased fivefold, it's equivalent to taking one more pill. For many martial artists with decent backgrounds, what they lack is time, not tens of gold coins.

As Lin Chen stepped forward and squatted down to pick the Five-Finger Silver Grass, a splatter of soil suddenly erupted from the ground, and a beam of black light shot rapidly toward Lin Chen from beneath the soil.

Snapped!
Faced with the sudden attack, Lin Chen remained calm and unhurried. He struck out with his palm, and the whistling wind from his palm sent the black light flying backward, landing in the grass more than ten feet away.

It was a giant black python!

The giant python flicked its tongue, its sinister eyes coldly scrutinizing Lin Chen for a moment before turning and swimming towards the jungle ahead.

"Want to go?"

Although his palm strike only sent the giant python flying backward, without even managing to knock off a single scale, Lin Chen was not afraid at all. He gripped the Dragon Shadow Bow, drew the bow, and fired an arrow.

A burst of golden light shot out, and the python seemed to sense the danger, shifting its body. Unfortunately, the arrow was too fast; it was so fast that the python only realized it before the arrow had already pierced through its body seven inches away.

The python thrashed wildly in the grass, but after a dozen or so breaths, it became completely still.

If you strike a snake at its seven-inch mark, and the seven-inch mark breaks, it will lose its life.

Even a high-ranking snake demon is no exception; this is the snake race's weakness.

After searching the snake demon's body for a while, Lin Chen pulled out a demon core from its corpse.

At the same time, Lin Chen took out a jade token from his pocket. This token was given to him by Dan Muqing and was used to record the points earned from killing demonic beasts.

Press the demon core onto the jade tablet, and the tablet will record it. A ninth-grade demon core is worth 1 point, while an eighth-grade demon core is worth 10 points. As for a seventh-grade demon core...

Let alone demon cores, even seventh-grade demon beasts are rare in the entire ruins. And if you do encounter one, you'll turn around and run away. It's already quite good if you can escape.

The forty people who came in together probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the teeth of a seventh-grade demon beast.

Place the demon core on the jade tablet, and soon a tiny black dot will appear on the tablet, representing 1 point.

The fact that the four major families used this method to calculate points, instead of waiting until everyone left to calculate based on the number of demon cores they possessed, was a result of careful consideration.

As long as you kill the demon beast and take its demon core, register it immediately. This way, even if others want to snatch the demon core to increase their points, they can't. Secondly, each clan has invited geniuses from other clans. If the demon cores are counted in front of them, some people will inevitably be envious. So it's better to just not see them.

All the arrangements were made to reduce the killing of young people from various ethnic groups at the ruins.

Lin Chen put the demon core into his pocket and continued on his way.

An hour later, Lin Chen watched as the black dots on the jade tablet turned into green dots.

One green dot represents ten points.

In just one hour, Lin Chen had already encountered ten ninth-grade demonic beasts. He didn't need to actively search for them; these beasts would attack him as soon as he passed through their territory. Some, like the python, would hide in the shadows and ambush him.

Fortunately, these monsters were all alone, as Dan Muqing said, and did not form groups.

"It seems that those geniuses on the Earth Ranking came in just to obtain demon cores."

For Lin Chen, a lone demon beast is like a demon core delivered right to his door.

Lin Chen believed that if he was like this, then the others must be the same.

"What a pity, this is a lizard demon, its flesh and blood are poisonous and cannot be eaten."

Lin Chen looked down at the huge lizard corpse on the ground, feeling slightly regretful. He hadn't wasted any of the monsters he had killed along the way that he could eat.

Having reached a level 4.0 in body tempering, he can digest demon flesh and blood extremely quickly. He drinks the demon blood directly raw, and as for demon meat, he only selects the fattest and most succulent pieces from the demon beasts to roast and eat.

After swallowing the demon's flesh and blood, his body felt like a furnace!
This is a sign that his Qi and blood are starting to improve again. Although the improvement is not significant, given his current physical strength, every little bit of improvement requires a huge price.

The ruins of the four major families gave him this opportunity.

If he hadn't come here with a specific purpose, he would have spent the last three days slaying monsters in this mountain range until the time was up.

"After today, I'll go find the Zhuang family's whereabouts."

Lin Chen did not forget his purpose in coming here: to avenge Yu Shan and to clear his mind.

……

……

One day later.

Lin Chen did not continue forward; several hours ago, he had chosen to act recklessly.

Soon, his gaze was drawn to a patch of black scorched earth, upon which a tricolor flower bloomed.

Lin Chen strode towards the black scorched earth, but at that moment, a sound came from behind him, accompanied by the sound of something cutting through the air.

"The Three-Colored Pregnancy Flower?"

Three figures broke through the air and landed outside the black scorched earth. Lin Chen turned around and looked at the three of them.

"The Dan family's?" "This three-colored Divine Flower is ours now. If you know what's good for you, leave quickly."

The three who arrived did not know Lin Chen's name, but they had glanced at the other three families when they entered and remembered Lin Chen's face.

Similarly, Lin Chen also remembered these three people.

The dealer's people.

It's like searching high and low without finding it; I was looking for the second young master of the Zhuang family, but unexpectedly, the Zhuang family delivered themselves to my door.

"What if I don't leave?"

"Don't go?"

The man on the left sneered upon hearing this: "I'm only giving you a chance to get lost because of the Dan family. If you don't leave, then you'll have to leave your life behind."

“You are an outsider invited by the Dan family. Even if you die here, the Dan family will not stand up for you.”

"alright."

Lin Chen nodded. He originally thought that the grievances should be settled by the perpetrators, and he would only kill the second young master of the Zhuang family. But since these three people wanted to die, he couldn't be blamed.

call out!
Lin Chen shot out with explosive speed. The three men, seeing that Lin Chen dared to attack them first, looked at him with disdain. One of them shouted, "You're simply courting death!"

Without hesitation, he threw a punch at Lin Chen.

boom!
The power contained in Lin Chen's palm strike directly shattered the man's fist, and his body was struck by the palm wind, flying back more than ten feet away.

puff!
Blood spurted from the man's mouth and splattered all over the ground.

The other two people's disdainful expressions froze instantly upon seeing this.

How could his own companion not be able to withstand a single blow?
"run!"

Shocked, the two reacted quickly, choosing to flee instead of joining forces.

The person who could kill their companion with a single move was probably no match for the two of them working together. Their only chance of survival was to run away, and preferably separately.

Seeing the two fleeing in different directions, Lin Chen's lips curled into a cold smile, and the Dragon Shadow Bow reappeared in his hand.

Whoosh, whoosh!
Two arrows were fired in quick succession, and two figures who were desperately fleeing in the air fell from the sky and landed in the forest.

Lin Chen swiftly moved across the spot where the two had fallen, and a dozen breaths later, he returned to the scorched earth area with five demon beast inner cores and two corpses in his hands. He then sent the Zhuang family member whose meridians he had severed with a single palm strike to reunite with his family.

The three people had a total of six demon cores on them.

After putting away the demon core, Lin Chen threw the three corpses into the grass in the nearby mountain stream. In addition to demonic beasts, there were also many wild animals in the mountains, and the three corpses would be eaten clean by wild animals in less than a day.

After disposing of the three corpses, Lin Chen did not rush to pick the Three-Colored Pregnancy Herb, but instead looked at another place.

"After watching for so long, it's time to show yourself."

"Young master, you are quite capable. Everyone thinks that the four major families have the strongest external support that the Zhuang family has invited. But in my opinion, you are weaker than that Gao Yongsi."

As Lin Chen finished speaking, a graceful figure emerged from the forest.

"It's you!"

Lin Chen hadn't expected that Liu Yue was hiding in the shadows. He had just finished cleaning up the three corpses and was about to pick the Three-Colored Pregnancy Flower when he vaguely sensed a gaze watching him.

Someone is secretly spying on us.

Lin Chen hadn't expected it to be Liu Yue, and he had no idea how long Liu Yue had been watching from the shadows.

"Young master, please don't misunderstand. I just arrived and haven't seen much."

Liu Yue sensed the wariness in Lin Chen's eyes and smiled gently.

She was telling the truth. She had just heard the commotion, but when she arrived, she saw the man carrying three corpses away.

One person killed three ninth-rank experts from the Zhuang family.

Liu Yue wasn't surprised by this, as she was capable of doing it herself. What surprised her was that she had just sensed energy fluctuations and noticed a fight taking place, and had rushed over immediately, yet she hadn't been able to witness the battle.

The battle ended in less than ten breaths, which was what made her wary.

Could this person also be heading to that place?
"May I ask how you are addressed, young master?"

"Lin Fei".

Lin Chen believed that Liu Yue must have been there not long ago, otherwise she would have been able to guess his identity when she saw him take out the Dragon Shadow Bow and shoot an arrow.

He was the number one genius of the younger generation of martial arts in the Great Liang Dynasty, and also the number one on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Even if the younger generation in other countries has never met them, they should have heard their names and know something about them.

This is not arrogance, but rather stems from an understanding of competitors of the same age.

Just like himself, he learned about the top five on the Earth Ranking from his teachers and the dean, and knew the cultivation techniques and spiritual weapons they used.

"So it's Young Master Lin. I am Liu Yue."

Liu Yue bowed gracefully and said, "Is Lord Lin also here for the tomb?"

"grave?"

Lin Chen's pupils shrank suddenly. He didn't know anything about the tomb, but from Liu Yue's question, he learned that Liu Yue's purpose in coming here was not to help the Zhou family win first place, or rather, that was just a side effect of Liu Yue's arrival. Her real purpose was the tomb.

However, he hadn't heard Dan Muqing mention anything about tombs inside.
Could it be that the ancestors of the four great families were buried here, and Liu Yue is going to rob the tombs of the ancestors of the four great families?

Lin Chen's expression turned strange. If that were really the case, the Zhou family had paid a price to invite Liu Yue over, only to have her steal their own ancestor's tomb. If the Zhou family knew the inside story, he wondered what they would think.

"I let it slip!"

Liu Yue had been observing Lin Chen's expression. Although Lin Chen's expression was very calm, she still managed to deduce some clues.

Lin Fei wasn't after the tomb.

If Lin Fei knew about the existence of the tomb, he definitely wouldn't have this expression.

Therefore, this person was indeed invited by the Dan family to participate in the competition and gain points.

Although she didn't understand why a genius of this caliber would value the meager conditions offered by the Dan family, Liu Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

If they weren't after the ancient tomb, it meant they had one less strong competitor.

Alternatively, one could cooperate with the other party.

"Since Young Master Lin is not here for the tomb, I would like to make a deal with you."

"What deal?"

PS: The third update will be overtime; it is expected to be updated before 2 PM.

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