Scheming and Flattering People, I, Chen Chunfeng, Despise Them the Most!

Clearwind Martial Arts Hall!

After leaving the Martial Garden, Lin Chen didn't return directly to the Still Water Martial Arts Academy. Instead, he decided to come to the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall to select a martial arts technique.

His main technique was Clear Wind Palm, and the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall would definitely have other techniques that complemented Clear Wind Palm the best.

Upon entering the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall, Lin Chen headed straight for the Martial Arts Pavilion.

The Martial Arts Pavilion at the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall still had the same Senior Brother there as last time.

"Junior Brother Lin?"

Even after a month, Ma Hao still remembered Lin Chen.

He remembered clearly when this Junior Brother Lin came to the Martial Arts Pavilion to return the Clear Wind Palm manual but didn't claim an Identity Token from the hall.

"Senior Brother Ma, I'd like to find a martial arts technique manual."

"Martial arts technique?" Ma Hao was a little confused. "Didn't Junior Brother already cultivate the Clear Wind Palm?"

"I'd like to find another leg technique to cultivate," Lin Chen replied honestly, not hiding anything.

"Ah, I see..."

Ma Hao was puzzled. Usually, students at the martial arts hall wouldn't touch other martial arts techniques until after six months or even a year. It was quite rare for this Junior Brother Lin to want to cultivate another technique so early.

"On the bookshelf in the first row to the right on the second floor, there are quite a few ordinary techniques. However, these techniques cannot be taken out. Junior Brother can only memorize them."

"Thank you for informing me, Senior Brother."

Lin Chen nodded and thanked him before heading upstairs. The second floor of the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall was the library, just like the Still Water Martial Arts Academy. He guessed the layout of the Martial Arts Pavilion in other martial arts halls was probably similar.

On the bookshelf in the first row on the right, just as Senior Brother Ma said, there were over a dozen technique manuals. Lin Chen casually picked one up to browse. After flipping through it, he understood why the martial arts hall made disciples memorize these technique manuals.

Compared to techniques like Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm, which were Ranked Martial Arts Techniques and were over a dozen pages thick, these ordinary techniques were only three or four pages long.

Two pages of illustrations, one page of incantations, and one page introducing the technique.

He spent fifteen minutes reading through the introduction pages of the twenty-odd manuals on the bookshelf. In the end, Lin Chen selected two martial arts techniques.

Swift Wind Steps and Flying Swallow Art.

Swift Wind Steps cultivated speed and was a technique of stepping and changing positions. It complemented the ethereal nature of Clear Wind Palm well.

Flying Swallow Art was more like a movement technique, cultivating the ability to stay airborne. A light leap was like a flying swallow.

Compared to Swift Wind Steps, the advantage of Flying Swallow Art was the ability to leap up and quickly close the distance, and it could even catch an opponent off guard at a crucial moment.

The disadvantage was also obvious. If one couldn't defeat the opponent, it was easy to put oneself in a dangerous situation. After all, being in the air was equivalent to exposing one's entire lower body to the opponent.

"Movement technique, ah, that was a childhood dream."

Walking on snow without leaving a trace, flying over grass, scaling walls and rooftops...

In his previous life, when Lin Chen watched Wuxia TV shows, he often fantasized about being able to use movement techniques. And now, there was an opportunity to learn one right in front of him.

One side was fulfilling a dream, the other was reality...

After two breaths, Lin Chen still picked up Flying Swallow Art. It wasn't just about fulfilling a dream, but because Flying Swallow Art had a description: Flying Swallow Art had a total of six moves. If one could master the fifth move, "Swallow Dance in Spring Wind," their body could change and turn in the air like a swallow. This way, even if they couldn't defeat the enemy in one strike, they would still have a way to retreat.

Flying Swallow Art had six moves, each with an incantation and three illustrations. Lin Chen began to concentrate and memorize them.

An hour later, he made sure he had memorized all the moves and incantations by heart.

He put the manual back and went downstairs.

"Excuse me, Senior Brother Ma, who is the Instructor responsible for teaching this batch of new students?"

Returning to the first floor, Lin Chen asked Ma Hao. He thought about it and decided there was no need to hide the fact that he had cultivated Clear Wind Palm to the proficient level from the Clearwind Martial Arts Hall.

Perhaps seeing his talent in martial arts, the hall might even give him some rewards.

"Junior Brother doesn't know?"

Ma Hao was truly shocked this time. It had been over a month since the martial arts hall enrollment, and this Junior Brother still didn't even know who the Instructor was?

Unbelievable!

"My situation is a bit special. I haven't been staying at the martial arts hall recently," Lin Chen explained.

"Ah, I see. The Instructors at our martial arts hall all live in the south part of the hall. The Instructor responsible for teaching your batch of students is Instructor Chen Chunfeng. There's a nameplate hanging in front of the Instructor's courtyard, you'll know it when you see it."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Lin Chen thanked him and left the Martial Arts Pavilion, walking towards the south side of the martial arts hall. Soon, he found the courtyard where Instructor Chen lived.

The courtyards of the martial arts hall Instructors were in rows, somewhat similar to townhouses in later generations. A wooden plaque hung on the left side of the gate of each courtyard.

"Chen Chunfeng, this is it."

Confirming that he had found Instructor Chen's courtyard, although the gate was ajar, Lin Chen still politely knocked on the door and didn't peek through the crack in the door.

"Disciple Lin Chen requests an audience with Instructor Chen."

"Lin Chen?"

Soon, a deep voice came from the courtyard, but the tone carried surprise and dissatisfaction. "Come in."

Pushing open the door and entering the courtyard, Lin Chen saw a man with a goatee standing in the courtyard. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be a few years older than Instructor Yu.

As Lin Chen looked at Instructor Chen, Chen Chunfeng was also sizing up Lin Chen. With just one glance, his face turned cold.

As an instructor for this year's new students, he naturally knew that their martial arts hall had another student who, for special reasons, had been placed at Still Water Martial Arts Academy.

He had no objections to Hall Master Qi's arrangement. After all, it didn't take up one of the hall's Aperture Opening Pill slots. It was obvious that Hall Master Qi had accepted Lin Chen out of consideration for Inspector Shu.

But something happened that made him feel dissatisfied with Lin Chen.

Still Water Martial Arts Academy had actually sent an official letter demanding the Silver Coins for Lin Chen's Grade A Student treatment.

The Grade A treatment was a reward given by the Martial Arts Administration to various martial arts halls for promising students, and each hall only had five slots.

He had already decided which five students would get these slots long ago. There were no extra slots.

When he got the news, he was practically fuming. Still Water Martial Arts Academy was using Clearwind Martial Arts Hall's Grade A slot to curry favor with Inspector Shu.

If Lin Chen were given a slot, one of the five students in the hall would lose theirs.

In his opinion, this was unfair to those five students!

The preferential treatment the hall gave to its disciples had always been based on assessment results. When did it become a means to flatter the powerful?

He had even argued with Hall Master Qi about this, but he was just a small instructor, his words carried little weight, and he couldn't change the outcome.

Until five days ago, Senior Brother Zhao informed him that Inspector Shu had resigned from his official post and left Poyang County. He then went to find Hall Master Qi again, and after a lengthy argument, Hall Master Qi finally agreed to revoke Lin Chen's Grade A treatment and return the slot to the disciple he valued.

Now that Lin Chen had come knocking, he likely had gotten wind of the situation and wanted to keep the slot.

Heh!

Someone who relied on power to oppress others and schemed for personal gain was useless to him, Chen Chunfeng!