Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist-Chapter 182 - 48: Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves

Chapter 182: Chapter 48: Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves

The lakeshore!

Smack smack smack!

The snake’s head was smashed, and Lin Chen didn’t stop his assault. He only paused after breaking the snake monster’s body into several pieces with a cobblestone.

After all, it’s a demon; it can’t be regarded as an ordinary snake.

Looking at the small snake corpse on the ground, Lin Chen found it hard to imagine that it could transform into a human-like form.

In his imagination, a demon beast capable of transforming into a human form must be enormous, at least ten or more zhang in length.

The length of this snake monster’s corpse before him wouldn’t even be accepted by the villagers to soak in medicinal wine.

The villagers’ beliefs are quite simple and sincere.

Whether something is old or not is judged by its size, especially snakes.

"Is it the Lian family’s revenge?"

After killing the snake monster, Lin Chen began to think.

Among those who have grievances with him and could collude with the Demon Race, based on the information revealed by Senior Yan from the Martial Arts Garden, it could only be the Lian Family.

However, from his earlier perception, the snake monster seemed to care more about the Snake Shadow Bow than it did about him.

So, perhaps the Lian Family sent this snake monster to assassinate him, but the snake monster was attracted by the Snake Shadow Bow when it discovered it.

"This matter must be reported to Lord Su."

Lin Chen didn’t plan to hide the matter of slaying the snake monster; with his current strength, he couldn’t find out the mastermind behind it on his own. He had to rely on the Military Affairs Department.

Just as Lin Chen prepared to take off his coat to wrap the snake monster’s corpse, he suddenly spoke in a deep voice, "Who is it!"

Lin Chen looked towards the left lakeshore, fully vigilant.

A figure stepped out from the darkness.

"Young man, you killed this snake monster?"

The newcomer was wearing armor. Lin Chen nodded and asked, "May I know your name, sir?" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The armor on the person was somewhat similar to the armor Lin Chen saw on Standard Bearer Fang, but the texture was inferior to that of Standard Bearer Fang.

Is this someone from the military?

"There have been snake monsters causing trouble around Poyang Lake. I was ordered to patrol this area and came over as soon as I heard the commotion."

Lv Tongzhi spoke with a smile, "Being able to slay a snake monster is a major accomplishment!"

As he finished speaking, Lin Chen sensed several footsteps. Behind Lv Tongzhi, a few more figures appeared, also clad in armor.

Their auras were stable; each was a Viscera-Refining Martial Artist.

Upon seeing the snake monster’s corpse at Lin Chen’s feet, they all showed a look of astonishment and disbelief at Lin Chen’s ability to slay the snake monster.

"Young fellow, even though you killed the snake monster, you still have to come with us. There are some matters we need to understand in detail from you."

"Alright."

Lin Chen didn’t doubt their identities, reasoning that if these individuals were from the Lian family, there would be no need for pretense; they would have just attacked him directly.

Facing several Viscera-Refining Martial Artists, and this enigmatic person whose depth he couldn’t gauge, he stood no chance.

"Young fellow, we’ll handle this snake monster."

Seeing Lin Chen about to pick up the snake monster’s corpse, Lv Tongzhi promptly spoke, "The snake monster race carries poison; with your lack of experience, you might fall into a trap."

"Thank you for the reminder, sir, but I’ll handle it myself."

Tearing a piece of cloth from his cuff, Lin Chen wrapped up the snake monster, tied a knot, and held it in his hand.

He wasn’t going to hand over the snake monster’s corpse.

Senior Yan had told him that consuming demon beast flesh significantly enhances a martial artist’s Qi Blood. Though this snake monster was small, it was still valuable.

His past life experiences taught him that valuable items are typically sold by the gram.

Besides, he had just noticed that the other four, upon seeing the snake monster’s corpse, had flashes of eagerness in their eyes.

With the boost in comprehension from his "All the Way Black" trait, he saw it clearly.

Lv Tongzhi’s mouth twitched at Lin Chen’s actions; did this young man somehow know about the Demon Race before?

But according to Liang’s laws, martial arts clans below the Seventh Grade are not allowed to disclose matters about the Demon Race to their younger generation, so logically, this young man shouldn’t know about it.

An ordinary martial arts youth, unaware of the Demon Race’s existence, upon first encountering a snake monster, even if managing to defeat it, should be terrified, and even the brave should feel a lingering fear.

This is a shock that comes from breaking past understandings!

Yet this young man, after slaying a snake monster, showed little fear in his eyes.

There’s only one possibility: he knows about the snake monster?

But how could a village youth, whose breathing and energy circulated and hadn’t even reached Refining the Viscera, know about the Demon Race?

"What’s your name, young fellow?"

"Sir, my name is Lin Chen."

Lin Chen?

Lv Tongzhi found the name somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"Boss, last time Standard Bearer Fang mentioned meeting a promising talent in Poyang County, and the name was something like that."

A subordinate whispered a reminder, and Lv Tongzhi suddenly understood why the name sounded so familiar; Standard Bearer Fang had mentioned it.

This put Lv Tongzhi in a difficult position.

Initially, he intended to take the snake monster’s corpse, and as for the young man, Raozhou Prefecture would just reward him for slaying the demon. If the snake monster’s corpse was taken, any complaints from Raozhou Prefecture wouldn’t matter.

Once it reached the military camp, the snake monster’s corpse wouldn’t be returned.

But Standard Bearer Fang had also expressed admiration for this Lin Chen, clearly stating he wanted to lure Lin Chen to the military camp eventually.

If he forcibly took the snake monster’s corpse now, causing Lin Chen to lose favor with the military camp, it would ruin Standard Bearer Fang’s plans.