Chapter 436: Chapter 9: The Final Step of the Plan—Mortals Can Also Challenge Immortals! (5k, Double-length)

In just over a year, tens of thousands of cultivators have learned the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.

From cultivators at the first and second layers of Qi Refining to Nascent Soul True Men on the island, all praised the Martial Arts Breathing Technique highly.

The speed of progress is undeniably fast.

As the Martial Arts Breathing Technique rapidly spread to various major cultivation marketplaces,

Lin Chen also remained cautiously alert in his heart.

"Although the breathing technique is being heavily promoted, caution is necessary ..."

Lin Chen shook his head.

In the short term, the Martial Arts Breathing Technique won’t significantly impact cultivators.

Even those lofty individuals in the sky wouldn’t care about it.

But as time progresses, the influence of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique will expand more and more.

Until one day, martial artists capable of rivaling cultivators appear...

Then, those great powers in the sky might take action to settle accounts.

Thus, Lin Chen must act with extreme caution.

If the development is too rapid, it’s easy for people to suspect someone’s hidden manipulation behind it.

"But thinking it over carefully, although I’m pushing things forward secretly, I’ve never personally appeared, it’s always been the martial arts puppets taking action..."

"Aside from that now-vanished Martial Arts Palace relic, I have no further connection."

Lin Chen murmured to himself.

But since it is of utmost importance, Lin Chen dares not be careless.

After confirming there were no omissions, Lin Chen recalled all the dispatched martial arts puppets and sent them back to the High Martial World.

In this way, even if something goes wrong in the future, it can’t be traced back to Lin Chen.

"The second phase of the plan is already completely finished, so the Martial Arts Breathing Technique should almost be promoted among mortals."

Lin Chen murmured to himself.

This final step of the plan requires no intervention from Lin Chen.

It is an inevitable outcome...

...

Thus, another six months later.

On Fufeng Island, in Dock City,

a martial arts hall named "Star Martial Arts Hall" officially opened its doors.

"Brothers and sisters, come take a look!"

At the entrance of the martial arts hall, someone was beating gongs and drums, quickly attracting a large crowd of mortals to watch.

"Star Martial Arts Hall, opening today!"

"We are recruiting 500 disciples. Anyone who joins the Star Martial Arts Hall will not only receive personal guidance from an Immortal Master but also get a copy of an Immortal Technique!"

"Today’s opening special, only one Spirit Stone per disciple!"

As more and more mortals gathered to watch, an old man in green robes with crane-like hair and a youthful face descended gracefully from the sky on a flying sword.

"An Immortal! There really is an Immortal! He can fly..."

"Why can Immortals also open martial arts halls, and how is it different from other halls in the city?"

"One Spirit Stone... Oh my, a single Spirit Stone is worth millions in gold and silver!"

The entrance of the martial arts hall was crowded with people of all ages and wealth.

Some showed expressions of amazement, while others hesitated to step forward.

A single Spirit Stone in the cultivation realm is nearly the least amount of money.

But in the mortal world, it’s equivalent to a thousand taels of silver.

Unless from a wealthy family, how could one produce such a large sum of money?

However, not everyone can’t afford it.

Many wealthy merchants or offspring of officials are willing to spend that money.

After all, the reputation of an Immortal Master is incredibly appealing!

Spending a thousand taels of silver to become an apprentice of an Immortal Master is a dream come true for mortals.

Moreover, the Star Martial Arts Hall is located in the most prosperous mortal city on Fufeng Island, so there’s no shortage of wealthy individuals.

On the opening day of the martial arts hall, over a hundred mortals enrolled and joined the Star Martial Arts Hall.

And each of these mortals received a copy of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.

Lin Chen stood amidst the crowd, withdrawing his aura, unable to suppress a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The Immortal Master praised by the crowd was merely an old man at the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

Judging by his lifespan, he was probably nearing eighty, and his aptitude was truly poor.

Even controlling a flying sword took considerable effort for the Qi Refining Immortal Master.

But how could mortals see through it...

Being able to fly was already a godly feat to them.

"Star Martial Arts Hall, recruiting a disciple for one Spirit Stone..."

Lin Chen shook his head and chuckled.

There’s no shortage of clever people in the cultivation realm.

Ten Spirit Stones for a copy of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique is indeed not expensive.

But throughout the Meteor Islands, tens of thousands of cultivators,

nearly everyone has a copy of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique...

In other words, the market is saturated, and the Martial Arts Breathing Technique can’t be sold anymore!

Therefore, some low-tier cultivators began opening martial arts halls.

Recruiting one disciple for just one Spirit Stone, a Qi Refining cultivator could enroll hundreds of disciples in a short time.

Thus, they could easily earn hundreds of Spirit Stones.

A copy of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique, originally ten Spirit Stones, suddenly rose in value dozens of times over.

Of course, these martial arts halls barely provided any teaching after recruiting disciples.

Everyone was simply given a copy of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique and left to practice it on their own.

The tenth generation of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique is indeed easy to learn.

Many mortals with decent aptitude saw results after practicing for just ten days to half a month.

It may not allow them to fight Qi Refining cultivators, but for fitness, one could easily take on ten robust young men.

Thus, not only in Dock City,

but also on Fufeng Island and the other hundreds of islands in the Meteor Islands,

within the span of a single year, over a thousand martial arts halls opened.

One Spirit Stone allowed anyone to join a martial arts hall, get a Martial Arts Breathing Technique, and even be accepted as a disciple by an Immortal Master.

But among mortals, there are only so many wealthy people.

A typical mortal city had several martial arts halls, each enrolling only dozens of disciples at most.

The wealthy mortals almost all signed up.

Therefore, the prices for enrolling in these martial arts halls once again decreased.

From one Spirit Stone to half a Spirit Stone, and then to just ten pieces of Spiritual Sand for enrollment...

One Spirit Stone is equivalent to a hundred pieces of Spiritual Sand.

Calculating it, ten pieces of Spiritual Sand amount to a hundred taels of silver.

As a result, those with somewhat solid financial backgrounds gritted their teeth and produced a hundred taels of Spiritual Sand to send their descendants to the martial arts halls to learn martial arts.