Chapter 1 Rebirth

  Time flies like a white horse crossing a gap, and another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

  "Ling, I want to go out for a walk."

  Chen Xuan said to Ling'er who was blocking the door.

  "Young master, the old master said you shouldn't go out recently, it's still dangerous outside for now. The old master ordered that if you don't want to stay at home, then go to the martial arts training ground and take a walk around with the other young masters of the family to practice your martial skills." Ling'er said firmly.

  "I know, I'm going to the front yard to practice martial arts."

  Through the long corridor, came to the martial arts arena, far away can hear the sound of shouting inside, mixed with some metal sounds produced by the collision of weapons.

  As he walked in, "Huo" was shocked to find that the entire martial arts arena was roughly the same size as a football field from his past life. Although Chen Xuan had memories of this arena, experiencing it firsthand still gave him a kind of spiritual shock.

  Chen Xuan saw a group of young men, about his age, practicing martial arts in the training field. Some were wielding fists, others were flying with weapons, displaying various martial skills, and some were lifting stone locks. They were all sweating profusely, each one vigorous and powerful.

  At this time a young man raised his head and saw Chen Xuan, hastily shouting, "Xuan brother, you're here." This shout, everyone put away their gestures, surrounded him.

  At this time, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy walked out and patted Chen Xuan's shoulder.

  "Is your brother all right?"

  The young man who spoke was Chen Xuan's second uncle's eldest son, "Chen Lihao", three years older than Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan's father was obsessed with martial arts and got married relatively late, resulting in Chen Xuan being younger than his peers.

  "It's okay, Hao Ge, my body has basically fully recovered."

  "Well, in that case, it's best if you don't go out for a while. Come and cultivate with us instead." Chen Li said with a hearty tone.

  At this time, one by one, the young men came over to greet Chen Xuan. In his previous life, Chen Xuan was alone and only had some friends who drank and ate with him. Seeing that the younger generation of the family were all very concerned about him, Chen Xuan's eyes became a little moist.

  "Is this the bond of family? This is kinship, this is brotherhood. In this life and the next, I will protect this relationship." Chen Xuan's heart was secretly swearing an oath.

  "Are you practicing with us today?"

  At this time, a young man about Chen Xuan's age walked out and patted Chen Xuan on the shoulder, saying.

  "Brother Liang, I won't practice today, I'll come over in a few days and cultivate with everyone together."

  Liang Ge, full name "Chen Liang Yu" is Chen Xuan's sworn brother, the kind of sworn brother who has been playing together since childhood.

  "You practice, I'll just take a look." Chen Xuan said, and then walked over to the weapon rack.

  Looking at the rows of weapons, Chen Xuan's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. In his previous life in the high-tech era, cold weapons had been eliminated, but Chen Xuan always had a martial arts dream in his heart. When he saw those great heroes saving the world and rescuing the people, Chen Xuan's heart would surge with emotion every time.

  He picked up a steel knife and swung it in his hand, feeling the sharpness of the blade. Chen Xuan had also come into contact with some weapons in his previous life, but they were all synthetic and didn't have the weight or quality of the ones here. The weapons here were all forged through thousands of hammerings and hundredfold refinement, their quality far surpassing that of the weapons from his past life.

  Put the steel knife back on the weapon rack, Chen Xuan came to Chen Liangyu's side and smiled.

  "Little Liang, your Big Dipper Palm has improved a lot."

  "After your accident, the clan leader ordered that no one can slack off for even a single moment every day. Can't you see any improvement?" Chen Liangyu said with a tone of distress as he sat on the ground, looking at Chen Xuan.

  "What is your current cultivation level?" Chen Xuan asked again.

  "Five Treasures."

  "Not bad, in just a couple of months you've improved by another level, and become a little genius too."

  Chen Xuan didn't leave the training grounds until a whole day had passed.

  It was already dusk when Chen Xuan returned home from the martial arts arena. He knew that this was a world where might made right, and the law of the jungle prevailed - only the fittest survived, and without strong martial power to protect oneself, one could only be at the mercy of others.

  So the family's younger generation all practiced martial arts, but without strong martial power, they could only be ordinary people, living an ordinary life. And being attacked by another two families must have some connection.

  "Master has eaten!"

  Back in the courtyard, Ling'er saw Chen Xuan return and hurriedly called out.

  "Got it, I'll be right there."

  After a simple wash, I came to the dining room, and at this time, both father and mother were waiting for me.

  "Dad"

  Daughter

  Chen Xuan shouted.

  "Come on, let's eat quickly." His mother said, and hurriedly served Chen Xuan a bowl of rice.

  "Listen to Ling'er say, you went to the martial arts training ground today." Chen Xuan's father asked after sitting down.

  "En, went, and also knew that the family was all disciples who added practice for an hour because of me." Chen Xuan did not hide today's events and said it all.

  "This matter doesn't have much to do with you either. It's just a lead, it brought the issue to the surface. Don't think too much about it, hurry up and eat your meal."

  "What's going on?" Chen Xuan asked.

  "Then let me tell you, be prepared for the crisis that our family is temporarily facing. I heard that Wu and Li families have been together recently, and the master suspects they are going to deal with us Chen family. The master requires all disciples to intensify their practice, also as a precaution, so as not to be caught off guard."

  "Hasn't the three big families in town been living in peace for all these years? Why would they suddenly want to deal with our Chen family?" Chen Xuan put down his chopsticks and asked suspiciously.

  "This thing started from last year, since last year, the mining output of the three families in Hongling Town has decreased significantly. In another two years, it may become a abandoned mine. Our Chen family discovered a new mine on Xishan Mountain as a precaution, but who knew this matter would spread out? The Wu and Li families are now also planning to develop this mine. If the mine is really depleted, the entire family's income will be reduced by half. With such a large family, just the existing martial artists, maids, and servants are already a huge expense. Without these incomes, it will be difficult for the family to continue developing, and eventually, they will be swallowed up by other forces one by one." Chen Xuan's father said slowly.

  "Father, are the masters of the Wu and Li families also in the Spiritual Martial Realm?"

  "The heads of the Wu and Li families, Wu Huan and Li Yuan, are both in the early stages of Spiritual Martial Realm, while your grandfather is in the middle stage. For now, they still have some reservations about us, but if one of them breaks through to the middle stage as well, they will definitely make a move against our Chen family."

  "If Father also breaks through to the Spiritual Martial Realm, can't he contend with the two families?"

  "It's not easy to talk about, the Chen, Wu, Li families and the nine grades of the Imperial Examination, when added together there are seven or eight, but how many can break through? As a father, I was stuck in the nine grades for ten whole years." Chen Xuan's father sighed.

  From post-heaven to Lingwu realm is a heavenly barrier, spanning the fish transforming into a hidden dragon, one step to ascend to heaven.

  "Father, what is the difference between Lingwu Realm and Houtian?"

  "Let me put it this way, in the later stages, it's about comparing techniques, whoever has stronger true strength and higher martial skills will have a greater chance of winning. But once you reach the Spiritual Martial Realm, you can release your spiritual energy externally, using a weapon to unleash it and injure people from over 100 paces away, piercing through everything with ease. With just one punch, everything within 100 paces will be killed!"

  "The martial artists of tomorrow can't even get close to the Spiritual Martial Realm, how are they supposed to fight?"