Chapter 391 - 127: Horizontal Training Above, Body Tempering Below
Get straight to the point!
Huang Yuanliang didn’t beat around the bush, he didn’t even test Lin Chen’s attitude towards the Huang family. Beside him, Huang Kun’s expression remained unchanged; he already knew his father’s arrangements.
"Master..."
Lin Chen was about to speak, but Huang Yuanliang waved his hand, indicating that Lin Chen should listen to him finish.
"I ask you, which layer of the Mountain Suppressing Chart have you cultivated to now?"
"The Second Layer."
"When did you break through to the Second Layer?"
"The first time I left my name on Martial Arts Mountain."
Upon hearing Lin Chen’s answer, Huang Kun’s pupils contracted slightly. He finally understood how vast the difference in vision was between him and his father.
Lin Chen left his name on Martial Arts Mountain for the first time, but only a few days had passed since he borrowed the Mountain Suppressing Chart Cultivation Technique from the Military Affairs Hall. This meant that Lin Chen had cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer in a very short time.
He was very aware of how difficult it was to cultivate the Mountain Suppressing Chart. Even with family resources assisting him, he spent three years reaching Perfection in the Iron Bone Skill, just the First Layer, and then another four years to cultivate the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer.
He spent a total of seven years to cultivate the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer, while Lin Chen, in less than a year, had done the same, proving how terrifying and astounding Lin Chen’s talent in the Mountain Suppressing Chart was.
Even though Lin Chen left his name on Martial Arts Mountain seven times, he never imagined Lin Chen had already cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer.
"Just as I expected."
Huang Yuanliang’s eyes also gleamed with a sharp light. He predicted that Lin Chen had already cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer, which was why Yong Nian brought Lin Chen to the Huang family in the first place. However, he did not expect that Lin Chen would reach the Second Layer so early.
The Refining Viscera Realm is not a requirement to enter the Ancestral Land, but rather the Second Layer of the Mountain Suppressing Chart is.
He estimated that with Lin Chen’s talent in the Martial Path, he might have cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer by the time he reached the Refining Viscera Realm.
"Haha, you’ve given the Master a surprise, and the Master now has even more confidence in your chances of gaining fortune this time."
Huang Yuanliang laughed heartily, glancing at the others present: "You are not outsiders, so I won’t hide it from you. Our Huang family’s ancestor comprehended the Mountain Suppressing Chart here, and the Huang family settled here not just because of the ancestor’s fondness for Huang Mountain, but also because there is a place within it that holds a certain fortune."
After carefully thinking it over, Huang Yuanliang revealed the Huang family’s secrets. Lin Chen was about to enter the Ancestral Land, and given his relationship with Yong Nian as a student and teacher, Yong Nian would know sooner or later. As for Feng Hua, he was not really an outsider, being a member of the Huang family.
Upon hearing this, all three listened intently except for Huang Kun.
"But obtaining this fortune is not easy. It can only be entered once every twenty years, regardless of whether the fortune is acquired. To enter again next time, another twenty years must pass." Huang Yuanliang glanced at everyone, finally fixing his gaze on Lin Chen: "Since the ancestor, three of our Huang family have entered, but none succeeded."
Lin Chen’s eyes narrowed. He originally thought coming to the Huang family meant his Master would teach him certain secrets of cultivating the Mountain Suppressing Chart, or the Huang family had some special methods to speed up its cultivation. But it was not as he had thought.
"To enter the Ancestral Land, one must have cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart to the Second Layer before the Refining Viscera Realm, and this alone rules out many people."
Huang Fenghua and Yu Yongnian came to a realization. No wonder they had never heard their teacher talk about it. It was not because the teacher was secretive, only leaving it to the Huang family members; just this requirement alone excluded the two of them. Huang Fenghua had cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart, but he was only at the First Layer. Knowing how difficult it was, he focused more on other cultivation techniques, while Yu Yongnian had never cultivated the Mountain Suppressing Chart, and by his age, it was too late to start with Horizontal Training techniques.
"Lin Chen, you will be the fourth person after our ancestor to enter the Ancestral Land from the Huang family. Have a good rest today. Tomorrow, I will personally take you there."
"Thank you, Master."
Lin Chen hadn’t expected his Master to be so decisive and swift. He had just arrived at the Huang family today, and tomorrow he would be going to the Ancestral Land.
If he were his Master, wouldn’t he let himself have more contact with the Huang family, stay with them for a month, thus deepening the bond with the Huang family?
What Lin Chen didn’t know was that this was precisely Huang Yuanliang’s astuteness.
When giving a favor, give it thoroughly and directly, making Lin Chen have a better impression of the Huang family.
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One good night’s sleep.
The next morning, Lin Chen got up and had breakfast with the Instructor, and Huang Kun appeared at the other courtyard.
"Junior Brother Yu, Nephew Lin, follow me."
Huang Kun led the way, leaving through the back gate of the Huang family’s mansion, and eventually arrived at the foot of Huang Mountain.
Huang Yuanliang was already waiting at the foot of the mountain.
"Yong Nian, you and Kun’er wait here at the foot of the mountain. Lin Chen, follow the Master up."
"Okay."
Lin Chen nodded and followed Huang Yuanliang to ascend Huang Mountain.
In the early morning of late autumn, the mountain was shrouded in cloud and mist, carrying a cold dampness. However, neither Lin Chen nor Huang Yuanliang was affected, they wound their way around a few peaks on the mountain, when Huang Yuanliang suddenly changed direction, veering from the upward path to a downward staircase.
The further they went downhill, the thicker the fog became, until visibility was reduced to a mere radius of about a yard.
"Many people only know about the thousand-year-old welcoming pine at the summit of Huang Mountain, and the three main peaks known as ’Lotus’, ’Bright Peak’, and ’Heavenly Capital’. Yet few know that beneath the sea of clouds of Huang Mountain, lies another special place."