Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist-Chapter 147 - 32: Breaking Waves Like the Reef, Comprehending the True Meaning amid the Furious Tide

Chapter 147: Chapter 32: Breaking Waves Like the Reef, Comprehending the True Meaning amid the Furious Tide

With the speed at which Grandpa’s Qi Blood circulates, even with the same realm suppression as the opponent, it’s difficult for ordinary people to withstand Grandpa’s strike. Yet, this person not only blocked it but also forced Grandpa to increase his strength just to barely equalize.

Such a genius was actually driven away by my anger.

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In the courtyard, the duel continued.

Li Yueshan grew more appreciative as the fight went on. In these times, martial artists daring to tread the Extreme Martial Arts Path were few and far between, and those who could reach this step were even rarer.

Just now, Tai Rubai mentioned that this young man had also mastered a Palm Technique to perfection.

With this in mind, Li Yueshan suddenly shouted, "Not bad, you have some skill. Since that’s the case, this old man will get serious. Take this one finger from me."

Li Yueshan drew his fingers together like a sword, and in an instant, they reached Lin Chen’s glabella.

Lin Chen was fearless at heart, understanding that the old man knew brute force wasn’t his match, hence choosing to use other Martial Arts Techniques.

However, besides the Iron Bone Skill, he also knew other Martial Arts Techniques.

He executed a Clear Wind Palm, striking towards the incoming fingers with precision, like a hanging antelope’s horn.

Lin Chen had absolute confidence in his Clear Wind Palm.

The perfected Clear Wind Palm had more power than his Iron Bone Skill.

At the moment the fingertip touched the palm center, Lin Chen saw a flicker of cunning in the old man’s eyes, causing him to tense. The next moment, Lin Chen felt his Clear Wind Palm’s force dissipate like a mud ox entering the sea.

Not good!

Before Lin Chen could change moves, he felt the opponent’s fingertip suddenly unleash terrifying force, causing a roaring wind around them.

Clear Wind Palm’s power!

In disbelief, Lin Chen retreated swiftly, glancing at his palm during the retreat, discovering a bloodstain running through his entire palm.

This wasn’t the fingertip’s power; it’s the slashing power of the Clear Wind Palm, unique to its perfection.

In the past, relying on the perfected Clear Wind Palm, he let opponents feel the terrifying power of the wind blade multiple times. He never imagined that one day, this wind blade’s power would fall upon himself.

"Senior, do you also know the Clear Wind Palm?" Lin Chen couldn’t resist asking.

"This old man doesn’t know Clear Wind Palm; I still employ Iron Bone Skill."

Li Yueshan didn’t explain much further. Since he intended to guide Lin Chen through battle, Lin Chen had to comprehend it himself.

The strength of a perfected Iron Bone Skill isn’t in the body’s toughness. Iron bones and stone skin are the limits the body can reach before Entering the Grade.

Seeing Lin Chen’s thoughtful expression, Li Yueshan made another move.

Only through comprehension at the critical moment of danger can one truly understand the true meaning of Iron Bone Skill.

This time, Li Yueshan didn’t use his fingers but a Palm Technique!

Lin Chen had no time for deep thought and engaged again, this time striking out with the Water Cloud Palm.

Boom!

The sound of waves echoed, and Lin Chen felt his palm engulfed by surging waves, with the bloodstain on his palm splitting open, spraying blood.

This pain was nothing to Lin Chen who practiced Iron Bone Skill.

Now, he was more eager to know how this senior managed every time to reverse his attacks back onto himself.

The great success of Iron Bone Skill’s Returning Gang can only bounce back one-tenth of an opponent’s power, and it can’t completely absorb and instantly rebound all his power like this senior does.

Snap!

Thump!

Boom!

Subsequently, Lin Chen’s entire rhythm was thoroughly disrupted, rendering all his techniques ineffective against this senior.

The more effort he put in, the stronger the reflected force on himself became.

By the end, Lin Chen felt like a rock on the shore, enduring wave after wave of relentless tides, with no means of resistance and only capable of passive suffering.

What to do?

How to respond?

Lin Chen found himself in a unique perspective, seeing no opponent before him and becoming the rock on the shore, surrounded only by the incoming tides.

Standing by the courtyard’s side, Tai Rubai was moved, witnessing Lord Li’s aura ascend to a fearsome level.

Lord Li stood rooted, no longer making a move, yet guiding Lin Chen in some special way.

"Martial Path Will."

Tai Rubai murmured, understanding it wasn’t the Martial Path Will of scrolls, but one personally displayed by Lord Li.

Though Lord Li was a Sixth-Grade Powerhouse, that was two decades ago, and at his age, exerting such Martial Path Will drained him greatly.

Tai Rubai wished to speak up and dissuade him, but faced with Lord Li’s solemn expression, he merely opened his mouth without uttering a word.

To speak now would disrupt Lin Chen’s opportunity.

Up on the Signal Tower, Li An’s expression changed instantly, surprised that his father would present the boy with a direct Martial Path Will chance.

"Father..."

Li An bore a penitent look, understanding why his father acted so.

For one, it was an apology to the boy.

For another, his remarkable Martial Path talent spurred his father’s appreciation.

But at its core, it was because he, as the son, was inadequate. If his Martial Path talent was like his father’s, even slightly inferior, his father wouldn’t confer such an encounter upon first meeting regardless of talent.

He couldn’t uphold the Li family’s legacy. His father’s act also secured protection for the family’s future.

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Lin Chen himself was unaware of this situation.

He was in a wondrous state, feeling both as the rock and as an observer.

He could feel the pain of waves striking the rock, and clearly see how the rock resisted the waves.

As the waves surged, the rock’s angles deflected forces, turning back much of the first wave’s power against the tide.

"Break through without harm, transforming the tide for one’s gain." Lin Chen uttered, and the pale yellow halo that had disappeared from his body reappeared, flickering with his breaths.

His breathing had a faint resonance of waves.

"So that’s how it is."

At that moment, Lin Chen, like a rock amidst raging tides, moved his hands, channeling his Qi Blood like the rock’s angles ceaselessly deflecting forces.

Bone creaks, skin tremors, Qi Blood, and breath synchronize...

These three continued to integrate, and Lin Chen’s physique, originally strong due to Iron Bone Skill cultivation, began to slim visibly.

Tai Rubai, standing nearby, looked on with anticipation, waiting for the final step.

The perfection of Iron Bone Skill.

Even as the Hall Master of the Mountain Suppressing Martial Arts Hall and decades of practicing Iron Bone Skill, he couldn’t perfect it.

Perfecting the Iron Bone Skill was exceedingly challenging.

In the Eight Great Martial Arts Halls, achieving great success in Iron Bone Skill was enough to rival perfected techniques from other halls.

One breath, two breaths...

Li Yueshan’s breathing was now much heavier than before, and hopeful anticipation filled his old eyes.

Only those who have practiced Iron Bone Skill understand its true strength lies in perfection.

Before perfection, Iron Bone Skill was barely different from other Grade-Entering Horizontal Training, but once perfected, it could rank among Middle-grade Martial Arts Techniques, not just Grade-Entering Techniques.

"Break!"

A thunderous shout escaped Lin Chen’s lips, and with this sound, the entire courtyard instantly calmed down.

The next moment, Lin Chen’s whole body resonated with bones and muscles cracking like firecrackers.

After three breaths.

Everything returned to tranquility. Lin Chen opened his eyes, facing the elderly man smiling at him, and bowed with clasped hands, "Junior thanks Lord Li!"

By now, Lin Chen had guessed the old man’s identity.

Initially, he genuinely believed the other was a senior from the Mountain Suppressing Martial Arts Hall and dared not speculate that it was Lord Li himself.

After all, Lord Li’s status was incredibly prestigious; would such a grand figure pursue him over the departure of a mere Opening the Acupoints martial artist?

"A rock withstands waves not by force, discovering truth amidst the raging tide."

Li Yueshan chuckled, "No need to thank this old man. You could replicate the Stone Soul Sticker; even without my guidance today, the Iron Bone Skill would perfect within half a year."