Joining

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Great Chu Kingdom, in a village called Little Forest Village.

Outside the tightly shut gate of a silent farmhouse courtyard, several bearded, fierce-looking middle-aged farmers were talking.

"Er Gouzi, did you find out everything about that little orphan?"

The burliest man among them, clearly the leader at a glance, asked a sharp-faced man beside him.

"I found out, Big Brother."

The sharp-faced man immediately nodded. "That brat Wu Di was afraid of your reputation, Big Brother. He ran off long ago to hide in a martial arts hall in Copper Slope Town to practice martial arts. It's been nearly a year now."

"He went to a martial arts hall and trained for a year?"

The burly farmer called Big Brother immediately frowned upon hearing this.

"Did you find out how well he's trained?"

In this world, there were countless people who practiced martial arts, but few truly achieved anything. This was especially true for rural folk like them, who did not have much silver to spare. Still, if the orphan they spoke of truly had talent in martial arts and had made something of himself, none of them would dare continue plotting against him.

"I had someone look into it."

A mocking expression then appeared on the sharp-faced man's face.

"I heard that the kid has cultivated at the martial arts hall for nearly a year, yet he hasn't even gotten started with the technique. He doesn't have much silver left either. He'll probably be kicked out and sent back in a few days."

"Heh... I told you... Martial arts aren't that easy to learn!"

The burly farmer's frown immediately relaxed at the news. He then turned to the others and said,

"From now on, that brat's house and