Su Mo Was a Martial Artist? The Villagers Were Stunned! An Yanbing: Your Martial Arts Potential Is Too Low!

Time flew by.

That day, An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai prepared to take the martial arts hopefuls back to the Black Eagle Sect. The villagers gathered at the country road by the entrance to Shuanglin Village to see them off. It was thanks to An Yanbing and the others that Black Wind Stockade had backed off and stopped making trouble for them.

They had even recruited children from this remote area, giving them a chance to become Martial Artists and make something of themselves.

So the villagers were deeply grateful to An Yanbing and the others.

"Where's Junior Brother Li Xian? How did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"

An Yanbing and Xiao Yingkai were just about to leave Shuanglin Village with the martial arts hopefuls when they turned around and realized that Junior Brother Li Xian had suddenly vanished.

Just as they were wondering what had happened,

Li Xian came walking from the village with someone beside him. The villagers recognized him: Su Mo.

They couldn't understand why Li Xian had gone to fetch Su Mo at a time like this.

Could Su Mo still have a chance to become a disciple of the Black Eagle Sect?

Among the martial arts hopefuls stood Zhang Qian. She saw Su Mo, and her feelings toward him were too complicated to put into words. But now that she was about to become a Martial Artist, perhaps it was time to let go.

Su Mo was just a hunter, a hunter from Qingliang Mountain, while Zhang Qian would become a Martial Artist.

If she couldn't be a Martial Artist's wife, then Zhang Qian would become a powerful Martial Artist herself.

When Zhang Hai saw Su Mo coming, he couldn't help calling out, "Brother Su Mo." He'd called him that once, and he'd call him that for the rest of his life.

If Su Mo hadn't brought them Green Wolf Meat in the heavy snow back then, his family wouldn't have made it through the winter. So Zhang Hai always treated Su Mo with respect. Su Mo had saved their lives!

Su Mo smiled and nodded in reply, then let out a rueful sigh.

Li Xian had suddenly shown up at his home and insisted on bringing Su Mo to meet his senior brother and senior sister. Li Xian thought that maybe Su Mo still had a chance. Although Su Mo was over eighteen, he was already a Martial Artist.

Becoming a Martial Artist without a Body Tempering Cultivation Technique was exceedingly rare. Li Xian wanted Senior Sister An Yanbing to examine Su Mo's natural aptitude and see if he still had a chance.

"Junior Brother Li Xian, what's this about?"

Xiao Yingkai spoke and glanced at Su Mo. At that single look, his eyes narrowed slightly. Could this be the friend Junior Brother Li Xian had mentioned before?

There was something unusual about him!

Just one glance was enough for Xiao Yingkai to see that Su Mo was no ordinary man.

But then he gave a slight shake of his head. No matter how extraordinary Su Mo was, beginning cultivation after the age of eighteen would make his martial path difficult. The problem of his meridians becoming rigid and blocked was enough to stop countless people in their tracks.

"I'd like Senior Sister An Yanbing to examine my friend's natural aptitude and see if he still has a chance."

Li Xian spoke up, hoping Senior Sister An Yanbing would assess Su Mo's natural aptitude and determine whether he had a chance to join the Black Eagle Sect.

"Then let me take a look."

Seeing how earnest Junior Brother Li Xian was, An Yanbing didn't say much. She simply asked Su Mo to step forward so she could examine his natural aptitude.

Su Mo hadn't said anything about Li Xian helping him time and again, but he had kept it in his heart.

Su Mo stepped forward. An Yanbing extended her slender fingers and sent a wisp of martial inner energy through several key acupoints. After just a moment, she looked at Su Mo with surprise.

Though the man before her wasn't highly cultivated, his physique was astonishingly robust. Even the usually cool and aloof An Yanbing was taken aback.

But the surprise soon faded. She gave a slight shake of her head, disappointment surfacing in her eyes.

"Junior Brother Li Xian, your friend is indeed a Martial Artist at the peak of the early Body Tempering Realm. But he began cultivating far too late. His meridians are blocked, and he's destined to achieve little. He isn't qualified to join the Black Eagle Sect."

An Yanbing spoke softly. The disciples recruited by the Black Eagle Sect didn't need peerless martial aptitude, but at the very least they had to possess outstanding talent and natural aptitude if they were to have a smooth path ahead. They needed to have at least a chance of reaching the Meridian Opening Realm, and perhaps even the Tendon Changing Realm.

Su Mo's talent and natural aptitude were actually quite good. But his meridians had become rigid and blocked. Though he could cultivate, his martial arts potential was extremely low. Even breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm in his lifetime was uncertain.

So even with his remarkably robust physique, the Black Eagle Sect wouldn't accept him when his potential was so limited.

Hearing An Yanbing's words, Li Xian felt deeply disappointed. He couldn't help feeling sorry for Su Mo.

Su Mo just smiled, indicating that it was nothing. He'd already expected this outcome.

"What? Su Mo's already a Martial Artist?"

"I can't believe it. No wonder Su Mo never came back empty-handed from a hunt. He was already a Martial Artist!"

"If Su Mo weren't over eighteen, wouldn't he have the best talent of all?"

Everyone around them was stunned. What had they just heard? An Yanbing, an important figure who'd come from Anyuan County Town, had said that Su Mo had become a Martial Artist long ago. He might not be a particularly powerful one, but a Martial Artist was still a Martial Artist.

Su Mo was a Martial Artist!

If not for his age, Su Mo could have joined the Black Eagle Sect.

The villagers were shaken.

"Su Mo, you're a Martial Artist? You kept that well hidden!"

In the crowd, Zhang Qian stood frozen. Su Mo was a Martial Artist? Her expression was complicated. She'd thought that after becoming a disciple of the Black Eagle Sect, she'd be able to face Su Mo without any misgivings. But she hadn't expected that he'd been a Martial Artist all along. Zhang Qian found it hard to accept.

She'd once said she'd only marry a Martial Artist!

But now, that seemed more like an obsession—an obsession with feeling safe. And she no longer needed that, because Zhang Qian could become a powerful Martial Artist herself.

Though Su Mo had become a Martial Artist, Senior Sister An Yanbing had also said his potential was limited. He probably wouldn't achieve much.

At the same time, a thought suddenly flashed through Zhang Qian's mind. She finally understood why, after the Black Wind Stockade bandits had stolen the Plum Deer meat that day, they'd threatened to send their Major Leader down to abduct her and take her up the mountain.

But afterward, the Black Wind Stockade bandits had never come back down. The villagers had all thought they'd forgotten about her, and even Zhang Qian's family had believed the same.

But looking at it now, perhaps that wasn't what had happened...

"Brother Su Mo's a Martial Artist! No wonder he's so good at hunting."

When Zhang Hai learned the truth, he was even more astonished. He could only admire Brother Su Mo. Becoming a Martial Artist without joining the Black Eagle Sect was incredible.

Li Goudan and Chen Mazi, the two martial arts hopefuls, also looked at Su Mo with complicated expressions. Clearly, they'd underestimated him.

If the Black Eagle Sect hadn't come to recruit disciples in the Qingliang Mountain area, they might never have even been qualified to compare themselves with Su Mo.

It wasn't just the younger generation who were stunned. Even Zhang Tieshan, one of the older generation, hadn't expected Su Mo to be so capable. He'd become a Martial Artist without ever going out into the wider world. If Zhang Tieshan had known sooner, he would've insisted that Qian'er marry Su Mo.

But then he remembered that Qian'er had now become a disciple of the Black Eagle Sect and was going to Anyuan County Town to cultivate. He fell silent.

Liu Guihua stared blankly. Su Mo really had made something of himself. Even someone as snobbish as her had to admit it now.

But her own son and daughter weren't bad either. They'd become Martial Artists too, and powerful ones at that.

Uncle Chen Shan was stunned. Su Mo had given him a huge surprise. Many people had said Su Mo wasn't qualified to take part in the Black Eagle Sect's disciple recruitment and could only spend his whole life as a hunter.

But what was wrong with being a hunter? Even as a hunter, he was a hunter with the strength of a Martial Artist. What, was there a hunter in Shuanglin Village stronger than Su Mo?

Village Chief Yang Baishu rubbed his eyes. Was Su Mo really that impressive? He'd become a Martial Artist!

The villagers were deeply shaken by the news that Su Mo was already a Martial Artist. They looked at him with awe.

Zhang Hai, Zhang Qian, Li Goudan, and Chen Mazi were all going to become Martial Artists someday. But right now, the man standing before them, Su Mo, was a genuine Martial Artist.

"Your name is Su Mo, right? Your martial path won't take you very far in this life, but as long as you stay in this mountain village, you won't face too much danger. You should know that the world of Martial Artists has always been dangerous."

An Yanbing spoke to Su Mo, who had remained calm from beginning to end, and offered him a warning.

With Su Mo's rigid meridians, even reaching the peak of the Body Tempering Realm would be an extraordinary achievement. The Meridian Opening Realm was far too difficult. He'd be better off spending his life hunting in Qingliang Mountain.

Su Mo looked at the cool, fairy-like An Yanbing and smiled faintly, saying nothing. Then he bid Li Xian farewell, wished him a safe journey, and turned to leave.

Zhang Qian stood in the crowd, watching Su Mo's back. Her lips parted as if she wanted to say something, but after glancing at Senior Sister An Yanbing ahead of her, she said nothing.

Perhaps Senior Sister An Yanbing was right. Even if Su Mo was a Martial Artist, his martial path was blocked. There was nothing wrong with living as a hunter in a mountain village in Qingliang Mountain.

And so An Yanbing and the others left Shuanglin Village for Anyuan County Town, a place teeming with Martial Artists, crowded with sects and powerful local families.

There were vast resources for martial cultivation there, powerful cultivation techniques and martial arts, and a rising generation of prodigies and dazzling geniuses...

By comparison, Shuanglin Village in Qingliang Mountain was very, very far from Anyuan County Town.

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