Liu Academy.
Liu Ze sat upright in a chair, a cup of clear tea between his fingers, wisps of steam curling through the air.
"Father!"
Liu Nianbo stopped practicing Mantis Fist and walked over while wiping away sweat. "I heard Gao Sheng failed to break through to Transformation Force? Is that barrier... truly so difficult?"
There was a trace of disbelief in his voice.
"Of course. Knocking at the gate is like climbing to heaven. Of the three great realms, each barrier is harder to cross than the last."
Liu Ze's gaze was calm. "I heard he did not damage his foundation. He should still have another chance to try."
Liu Nianbo fell silent for a moment, longing flashing through his eyes. "Father, then are my chances good?"
"You have a chance."
Liu Ze set down his teacup and spoke bluntly. "But it is not a great one."
Liu Nianbo's gaze dimmed.
He was Liu Ze's own son. Since childhood, he had soaked in medicinal baths and studied the principles of boxing. After taking up martial arts, he had never lacked meat or Blood Vitality Pills, and he had his father—a Transformation Force master—to point out the path through the fog.
Even so, he remained stuck at the bottleneck of Hidden Strength completion.
Without such favorable conditions, he would likely still be wandering at Bright Strength even now.
As he grew older, the difficulty of knocking at the gate would likely increase as well.
Liu Ze said slowly, "This year, you only placed on the B List in the Martial Arts Examination. If you can attain the strength to enter the A List, your hopes will be much greater."
He looked out into the courtyard, his tone grave. "Gaolin County is now undercurrents and hidden tides. Our Martial Master Academy