Why Do You... Seem a Little Different?

Why do you look... somehow different? He looked at the experience with the Mountain-Shaking Fist in his mind.

Lin Tian's heart stirred slightly.

The experience he gained every day was now rising steadily without pause.

But after the martial art reached mastery, Lin Tian had a feeling.

The more his experience increased, the heavier the fist technique he threw became.

Even the speed and number of times he practiced his punches were slowing and decreasing.

This was not because he was not working hard.

Rather, as the martial art was cultivated to deeper levels, it was no longer only a matter of comprehension.

There were also demands on the strength of his own fleshly body.

After all, the very function of a martial art was to temper oneself.

Feeling the weakness coming from his body, Lin Tian knew clearly that there were only two paths to resolve his current situation.

Assistance from medicinal pills, and nourishment through food.

He had to make his body keep pace with his martial art as well.

But these things, in truth, required large amounts of silver.

For now, it was still all right.

After all, back then he had obtained thirty taels from Zhuang Qiang.

But that money would be used up sooner or later.

It seemed that finding some sort of position to attach himself to had already become his most important task for the time being.

As time continued to pass, more than ten days quickly went by.

Recently, after Lin Tian obtained those thirty taels from Zhuang Qiang, the food at home had also improved greatly.

His body was also gradually becoming a little sturdier at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But even so, his body was already unable to keep up with the pace of his martial art.

So recently, the time Lin Tian left the Martial Academy naturally became a little earlier.

After all, his body had already reached its limit.

Training martial arts at his limit would not increase his experience by even the slightest bit.

Instead, it would make his body overdraw itself in advance, affecting the next day's training.

Of course, this "earlier" was only in comparison to himself.

In the eyes of others, Lin Tian was still the last one to leave the Martial Academy.

He was merely leaving a little earlier than before.

But in the eyes of everyone in the Martial Academy, these actions were another scene entirely.

In an instant, this action of his once again stirred up waves of discussion.

Today, Lin Tian even left earlier.

He was practically leaving together with the group of Martial Academy disciples.

After all, today he had received an invitation from a childhood friend of his from Jinghe Bend.

They said someone had organized a gathering.

Those people had all grown up together with Lin Tian from a young age.

It was just that as everyone grew older, their families had arranged for them to go work in different places.

After all, in times like these, for children like them who had grown up in the outer city, they always needed a mouthful of rice to eat.

Originally, Lin Tian had also been meant to go out and work.

If Zhuang Qiang had not come to his house to propose marriage, or if he himself had not awakened his Fate Grid, perhaps he should be carrying cargo at some dock right now?

Lin Tian shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He passed straight through the crowd and headed directly toward Jinghe Bend.

When the Outer Academy disciples behind him saw this, almost by instinct, they all began pointing at Lin Tian in front of them and commenting.

"I told you, didn't I? How long could he hold out? In the end, he still has Inferior Bone Quality. No matter how much perseverance he has..."

"But reality is reality. Once he saw how slow his progress was, look, hasn't he given up?"

"Heh, I'd say Lin Tian must have been shaken by Senior Brother Xiao Tian's breakthrough a few days ago, and finally accepted reality."

"After all, back when the two of them entered the Martial Academy, they were only one day apart. Yet now, in just one month, such a huge gap has opened between them."

"That enormous difference in such a short time directly made him recognize reality."

"Heh, well, just look. This is what comes of thinking too highly of yourself."

"He actually compared himself to a heaven-sent genius like Senior Brother Xiao Tian? How lacking in self-awareness! Now he's finally tasted the bitterness."

In the distance.

Inside a carriage.

Zhou Ya had originally been quietly taking in the scenery outside the window.

But Lin Tian's suddenly accelerating figure instantly drew her attention.

This place was not too far from that group of Outer Academy disciples.

So she could also clearly see the people behind Lin Tian pointing at him.

From time to time, one or two cold sneers of disdain appeared as well.

With just one look, she knew what the situation was.

To be honest, she had no favorable impression of people with inferior aptitude like Lin Tian.

After all, in her eyes, trash should obediently stay where it originally belonged.

They should not make those meaningless struggles.

Being different would only add to others' annoyance!

And Lin Tian bitterly practicing his punches in the courtyard every day—

in her eyes, that was exactly this sort of useless struggle.

Immediately, a faint, cold sneer appeared on her face, and she said, "Heh, Junior Brother Xiao Tian, look outside the window. Who is that?"

As Zhou Ya said this, the young man in the carriage also opened his eyes.

That was right. This person was none other than Xiao Tian.

On this trip, Zhou Ya had invited him to the Lin Family to receive the Lin Family's sponsorship.

After all, a genius like him naturally would not lack people trying to rope him in.

Xiao Tian also looked in the direction Zhou Ya indicated.

Immediately, he discovered Lin Tian's figure.

But a moment later, he closed his eyes again.

He looked entirely uninterested.

He had heard about Lin Tian as well.

Not only had the man entered the sect to become a disciple only one day apart from him, he had also shared the experience of being called into the Inner Academy early by their master for an examination, just like Xiao Tian.

However, after the other party was ultimately tested and found to have Inferior Bone Quality, he was directly driven out of the Inner Academy.

So in Xiao Tian's view, this person was nothing more than a piece of trash.

He had even heard

that Lin Tian seemed to be comparing himself with him?

Heh, he truly had not the slightest bit of self-awareness!

A piece of trash dared to compare himself with him?

Was he worthy?

Could he possibly have thought that just because he had entered the Martial Academy at almost the same time as him, he could stand shoulder to shoulder with me?

Of course, at first, there had also been a streak of anger in his heart.

He had wanted to go out and use absolute strength to make that piece of trash Lin Tian thoroughly recognize reality!

But later, when he thought about it, that would inevitably lower his own standing too much.

Why would he need to personally deal with a piece of trash like him?

With his own talent, all he needed was the passage of time.

The other party would naturally be able to see the difference between me and him, a gap like a heavenly chasm!

That would be the most direct and effective blow against this kind of trash!!

Heh heh.

Now, looking at his own previous breakthrough, it seemed to have already achieved such an effect.

After Zhou Ya saw that Xiao Tian did not pay too much attention to Lin Tian, she roughly understood the thoughts in his heart.

Thus, after only giving two cold laughs, she did not bring it up again.

Lin Tian soon returned to Jinghe Bend.

As he came back, he saw a broad-built young man standing by the head of the bed in his home.

Wang Qi.

He was one of his childhood friends.

It was said that he had previously gone to the Carpenter Shop in the Inner City to learn a craft.

Lin Tian immediately went up and recognized him.

The two had only gone half a year without seeing each other.

Thus, they quickly recovered the warmth they had shared in childhood.

Soon, the two began to chat.

"Little Tian, what have you been doing recently? Why do you look... a little different?"