What?! He's Already Bright Force?

What?! He was already Bright Force? The sky gradually darkened.

In the end, this gathering of theirs still came to a close, and everyone left in turn.

In the carriage, Lin Ya looked out the window.

She was still thinking back to the words Lin Niu had said earlier, following what Lin Tian had said.

At this moment, having lived in the Inner City for over a decade, she understood very clearly.

Barring any accidents, what Lin Niu had described was likely the second half of Lin Tian's life from here on.

For the sake of making a living, he would have no choice but to lower his head and beg...

"My Lady, you seem to be in a poor mood?"

The voice of the old man driving up front suddenly drifted over.

Hearing the old man's words, Lin Ya paused slightly.

Then she said, "I... am I in a poor mood?"

Those words seemed to be spoken to the old man, yet also seemed to be a question she was asking herself.

At this moment, Lin Ya truly did not know what her mood was like.

It was a kind of... chaotic state...

Perhaps from the moment she had first met Zhao Cui, and inexplicably

agreed to come with him to this gathering, even now, she did not know why she had come here.

"My Lady, are you troubled right now because of that young man from earlier?"

For some reason, perhaps because of fate, when her carriage had just driven out of Jinghe Bend, she had actually run into Lin Tian again.

It was just that the two of them had been some distance apart, so Lin Tian had not noticed her.

But she had once again looked toward Lin Tian a few times.

"Old Su, if that young man from earlier were to practice martial arts, what chance do you think he would have of achieving Bright Force?"

Lin Ya did not know why she asked those words.

But she very much wanted to know the answer to that question.

When Old Su, who was driving up front, heard those words, he was stunned at once. Then, somewhat strangely, he said, "My Lady, why do you say that? That young man is clearly already Bright Force. Why would you ask such a thing?"

"What?! He's already Bright Force??"

In the carriage, Lin Ya immediately cried out in shock.

"Seeing your reaction, My Lady, could it be that I saw wrong?"

Old Su up front immediately said, somewhat puzzled.

Although in this life, he had only cultivated to the level of Dark Force, his pair of eyes was terribly sharp.

Especially when it came to the difference between Bright Force and those who were not Bright Force.

With just a single movement, he could tell the general idea.

That young man's steps earlier had been heavy, his aura fierce and forceful. One look was enough to tell that he possessed Bright Force strength.

"Old Su, could you have seen wrong?"

Amid Lin Ya's shock, there was also, inexplicably, a trace of joy in her tone.

"Heh heh, the distance was too far just now, and this old man is getting on in years, so I can't say I saw it accurately. I can only say it's about sixty percent true."

Hearing Lin Ya's voice, the old man changed his wording again.

After all, having spent many years being knocked about in the jianghu, he had long since cultivated an art for speaking.

For a matter like this, he only needed to prove that he had the ability.

But he also had to grasp the proper measure, so that he would not need to take responsibility for his words. That was enough.

After all, it had nothing to do with him, did it?

"Oh... so that's how it is..."

Lin Ya's emotions also gradually steadied at this moment.

Soon after, she also quickly accepted what Old Su had said just now.

That was true. Lin Tian's family circumstances were so poor.

Where was there any hope of that breakthrough?

Old Su must have seen wrong just now...

Jinghe Bend.

Following the sneaky-looking man in the distance ahead of him, Lin Tian arrived at a shabby, dilapidated house.

He watched as the man carefully slipped into the front room.

A strange emotion flickered through Lin Tian's eyes.

He had seen that man before.

It was back when Zhuang Qiang had delivered the Dragon King Meat to his house.

There had been four other people following beside him, and this man was one of them.

So he was one of the Shark Gang's men?

Why would this man come into a place like this?

Lin Tian was somewhat puzzled.

But under circumstances where he had no grasp of the situation, there was absolutely no way he would go down and risk danger.

After silently memorizing this hidden address, Lin Tian immediately turned and left.

The next day.

Lin Tian returned once more to the Martial Academy.

Lin Tian once again began practicing the Mountain-Shaking Fist.

Before long, the other disciples also followed and entered the Martial Academy.

Soon, that familiar discussion sounded again.

"Hey, did you hear? Senior Brother Zhang tried to break through to Bright Force yesterday and failed. Last night, he bid farewell to Master overnight and left."

"Hm? Senior Brother Zhang? Which Senior Brother Zhang? Senior Brother Zhang Zhiyuan, the one from the same village as Senior Brother Xiao Tian?"

"I remember when Senior Brother Xiao Tian first entered the Martial Academy, he often looked after him."

"More than that. Back then, the reason Master noticed Senior Brother Xiao Tian so quickly was because Senior Brother Zhang went and reminded Master about him."

"But last night, I saw Senior Brother Zhang run into Senior Brother Xiao Tian at the gate when he was leaving. The two of them greeted each other, but Senior Brother Xiao Tian seemed to ignore him and walked straight past..."

"I heard Senior Brother Xiao Tian also struck a senior brother from the Inner Academy yesterday with one palm and badly injured him..."

As the discussion continued, everyone suddenly fell silent.

Lin Tian listened to these words from the side, and there was not the slightest change in his heart.

Perhaps because Zhang Mingyuan had failed to break through to Bright Force, everyone seemed to wake up with a start that day.

It was because they seemed to have discovered a problem.

That was, even if they knew Lin Tian was destined to become the very bottom among them, what did that have to do with them?

Could they really rely on Lin Tian being at the bottom

to make themselves break through to Bright Force?

This realization seemed like a clap of thunder, exploding in everyone's minds.

In the few days that followed, the people around him actually began to train hard in martial arts.

The discussions about Lin Tian also kept dwindling.

Of course, among them, there were naturally some people who could not persist for long and soon returned to their original state.

For example, Cao Wei and the small group beside him.

Lin Tian did not pay much attention to Cao Wei as a person.

As for the people in those small groups, he did notice one.

That boy was probably like him, from a poor family background.

His personality could be considered honest and hardworking too. Lin Tian could often see him when he was practicing his boxing.

He could be said to be diligent and assiduous.

But for some reason, starting only this month, the other boy had begun to join Cao Wei's little group.

He often mixed around with Cao Wei and the others.

His practice in boxing was also decreasing?

Lin Tian had met the boy's family as well.

It seemed there were only his grandfather and grandmother left at home.

The two old people were both rather advanced in years, their hair grizzled, around sixty or so.

The money for this boy to practice martial arts was probably the last of the two elders' savings.

Lin Tian knew very clearly what these two old people were doing.

It was nothing more than wanting, before they returned to heaven, to use all their strength to help their grandson one more time.

But looking at it now, they were probably going to be disappointed.

However, none of this had anything to do with him anymore.

The boxing practice continued, and time flowed on.

Very soon, another dozen or so days flashed by.

At this moment, inside the Martial Academy.

"Hey, hey! Come quick, I heard that stubborn bastard is trying to break through to Bright Force!"

"Quick, quick, let's go take a look!!"

As a voice rang out inside the Martial Academy, all the disciples of the Outer Academy looked toward one direction in the Outer Academy.