As expected, I really need to improve my strength faster.

Sure enough, he still had to raise his own strength as quickly as possible. By the time Lin Tian returned home, the sky had gone completely dark.

But at that moment, the two black-awning boats at his home still had not set off.

Father Lin and Mother Lin were both standing anxiously at the bow.

After all, it had already been a long time since the hour they had originally agreed on...

Both of them were frantic with worry!

And as Lin Tian appeared, the two of them hurriedly called Lin Tian onto the boat.

His mother, of the Zhao Clan, already had tears surging constantly in her eyes.

The instant she saw Lin Tian, she immediately began looking him over from head to toe, terrified that even the slightest injury might have appeared on him.

But Father Lin's expression was different at this moment.

Because he had seen the look in Lin Tian's eyes.

As someone who had once gone out with the army, he knew very well what that look represented.

Killing!

That was a look only someone stained with human blood would have.

His own son... had killed someone?

However, Father Lin did not have much time to think at the moment.

He immediately untied the black-awning boat beneath his feet and quietly rowed away from the shore.

When they had merely reached a place relatively far from the riverbank, they stopped.

No one knew a son better than his father.

Father Lin thought of the changes in Lin Tian during this period, and of the look he had just seen in his son's eyes.

A ridiculous thought immediately rose in his heart.

So after they entered a deserted place, Father Lin immediately called Lin Tian out.

Father and son stood outside the black-awning boat.

Father Lin looked at Lin Tian before him.

Lin Tian also looked at the father before him.

Neither of them spoke.

But Lin Tian knew very well why his father had called him out.

After all, as a soldier, after seeing that hint in his eyes, the other party should have been able to guess something.

"Little Tian, you... they..."

"Dad, recently, the Shark Gang and another gang have been fighting each other."

"Do you still remember what I told you before, about how when I came back at night, I saw members of the Shark Gang being hunted down?"

"Right now, the people of the Shark Gang are being hunted down everywhere."

"If that Zhuang Qiang still dared to come out at a time like this, then if some accident happened, that would be normal too."

After hearing Lin Tian's words, Father Lin fell silent for a moment.

Then he immediately understood what Lin Tian meant.

But how had his son done it?

Could it be that he had asked certain senior brothers in the Martial Academy for help?

But while the other party was still dazed, Lin Tian once again took out the thirty silver taels he had obtained earlier.

"Dad, we don't need to leave. And take this money to improve our meals a bit. After all, I'm someone who has to practice martial arts."

"As for Mom, I'll leave it to you to explain."

After saying that, Lin Tian immediately put on an attitude of

not caring about anything at all, directly turning around and leaving.

Looking at the silver in his hands and Lin Tian's departing figure, Father Lin still had not come back to himself.

But afterward, he still forced himself to accept it somewhat.

At the very least, he knew at this moment

that Zhuang Qiang would never come knocking again.

Their family soon returned to the original riverbank.

As for Father Lin's explanation, it was roughly that he had used connections from his former days in the army.

Of course, the process was described with extreme vagueness.

After all, Father Lin was an honest man who was not good at lying.

But precisely because of that, his mother, of the Zhao Clan, and his elder sister, Lin Wan, also believed the words Father Lin said:

"Zhuang Qiang won't come again."

Night fell.

Lin Tian and Lin Wan went to sleep once more.

Just as Lin Tian was about to fall asleep, Lin Wan's voice came over. "Little Brother, was... was this your doing?"

At this moment, on the other side of the grass curtain, Lin Wan was waiting for Lin Tian's answer.

Unfortunately, Lin Tian's voice never came.

Lin Wan clenched her two hands together.

Lin Tian did not answer.

But in Lin Wan's heart, she had long since gotten her answer.

After all, the way her father had lied earlier could be seen through at a single glance.

Yet the part about Zhuang Qiang never coming again was definitely true.

Ever since she was young, Lin Wan had possessed a rather special ability.

That was, she could clearly remember the scents of all kinds of things.

This ability was of no use, so she had never told anyone about it.

And at this moment, there was one scent to which she was the most sensitive.

It was from when she had passed by the vegetable market as a child

and had happened to encounter officials carrying out a public beheading.

Although she had been very far from that place at the time, she had engraved that smell into her memory to this day.

It was blood, and human blood at that!!

This meant that even if someone had only a very small wound on their body, as long as they stood before her, she could detect it, and even know which part it came from.

But at this moment, on her little brother's feet, hands, and many other places, that scent was present.

And now, the smell of human blood had appeared on her little brother again.

If that was added to what her father had said about Zhuang Qiang's matter being resolved, Lin Wan guessed a certain possibility almost instantly.

But in the next moment, the sound of Lin Tian's even breathing came from the other side.

The next day, Lin Tian rose once more and headed to the Martial Academy.

He had already found a corner and immediately spread out his boxing frame.

And as the crowd of disciples entered behind him, for some reason, it seemed that after Lin Tian, this newcomer whom everyone saw as destined to come in dead last, arrived, After everyone arrived at the Martial Academy.

If they arrived early, no one practiced martial arts.

They simply started chatting about the latest rumors and gossip.

"Hey, have you heard? They say Zhuang Qiang from the Shark Gang was beaten to death! Even the guards at his side got dragged into disaster with him."

"They say his chest was smashed in!! The Shark Gang is searching everywhere for the killer!"

"I heard Zhuang Qiang was the Shark Gang leader's brother-in-law. Even the Shark Gang leader personally stepped in and swore he'd hack the killer into a thousand pieces!"

"Heh, still looking for the killer? The Shark Gang's been fighting the Black Axe Gang over territory lately."

"They say they've fought until real fire broke out, and even one of the deputy gang leaders was beaten to death."

"Anyone with eyes can see it. This was the Black Axe Gang's doing."

"The gang leader showing up is just for the people under him to see."

Hearing what those people said.

Lin Tian nodded in satisfaction inwardly.

This was almost exactly what he had thought.

Right now, the Shark Gang was fighting other gangs.

A matter like this would only be deemed a revenge killing.

But even so.

A trace of worry still flashed through Lin Tian's eyes.

After all, there was still a risk he might be discovered.

It seemed the Shark Gang was still a hidden danger in the end...

However, the Shark Gang leader was said to be an expert who had broken through to Bright Force many years ago.

Right now, he was probably not that man's opponent yet.

As Lin Tian thought this, the speed of the fist technique in his hands grew even faster.

But just then, some words that interested him came again from the side.

"Hey, hey, do you know who the person who suddenly barged into Senior Brother Xiao Tian's banquet yesterday was?"

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