Subsequently Participating in the Martial Examination, Striving for Fame and Fortune.

Chapter 23: Afterward, Taking Part in the Martial Examination to Fight for Fame and Rank. After Lin Tian told them the news that he had broken through to Bright Force...

Inside the neither-large-nor-small black-awning boat.

The originally heavy silence was instantly broken.

Because at this moment...

This news was not merely that Lin Tian had broken through to Bright Force.

It was also a hope for their family!

After a long while.

His mother, of the Zhao Clan, immediately asked Lin Tian again, "Little Tian, then can you take part in the Martial Examination now?"

Mother Zhao Clan spoke these words with some excitement.

After all, when Lin Tian had first practiced martial arts, aside from helping the family solve their difficulties...

The other reason had been precisely for this Martial Examination.

And for poor commoners like them, this was the greatest matter of all!

After hearing the Zhao Clan's words.

Without waiting for Lin Tian to answer, Father Lin at the side immediately replied, "What's the hurry? Bright Force is only the threshold of cultivation. As difficult as the Martial Examination is, even if someone at Bright Force goes, they'd only be there to broaden their horizons."

"It's still early."

Hearing this, the Zhao Clan seemed to understand and nodded.

As time passed, everyone gradually calmed down.

While clearing away the bowls and chopsticks, his mother, the Zhao Clan, seemed to think of something.

She then said to Lin Tian, "Right, Little Tian, today your Second Aunt seemed to have someone come looking for you. She said for you to go to your grandfather's house."

"It seems there's something she wants to say to you?"

Hearing this, a hint of strangeness appeared in Lin Tian's eyes.

Zhang Cui? Looking for him?

At this moment, strange thoughts kept flashing through Lin Tian's heart.

After all, back when the family had split up...

Perhaps Zhang Cui had been afraid that his father would want to go back and seize the family property or the like.

So that family had directly cut off contact with them.

Now, with the matter of forcibly taking away his martial arts training quota having happened as well...

It was even more impossible for them to contact his family.

But now she wanted to look for him?

And she wanted him to go to the Lin Family Old Residence?

Moreover, from the meaning in his mother's words...

She wanted him to go alone?

"Second Aunt? I saw her that day too, but when I saw the look rising on her face, I didn't avoid her."

His elder sister, Lin Wan, who had been silent at the side all this time, suddenly spoke at this moment.

But listening to those words...

A strange premonition instantly flashed through Lin Tian's heart.

For some reason.

He was now somewhat resistant to going to that place.

After all, according to Zhang Cui's temperament...

If he went, there definitely wouldn't be anything good waiting for him.

But at this moment, he thought of his Younger Aunt, Lin Ci.

If not for the other party lending him money to practice martial arts...

Perhaps his family's situation would be a completely different scene right now.

He should still go take a look.

Along the way, he could also see his Younger Aunt.

The next day.

Lin Tian had already agreed last night to return to the Old Master's home.

Of course.

In the morning, he would still first go to the Martial Academy to practice martial arts.

It would not be too late to deal with that matter later.

He pushed open the courtyard gate.

Lin Tian stared in disbelief at the Outer Academy disciples practicing martial arts before him.

In the past, the Outer Academy would have been completely empty at this hour.

He had not expected there to already be people practicing their fists at this time today.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lin Tian!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lin Tian!"

As Lin Tian entered, those disciples practicing their punches saw him and immediately bowed in greeting.

Lin Tian merely gave a slight nod in response, then entered the Inner Academy to cultivate.

After Lin Tian performed Mountain-Shaking Fist for the final time, the Fate Grid in his mind once again flashed with golden light.

Seeing this, Lin Tian knew he was about to break through to the perfected realm of Mountain-Shaking Fist.

And this also meant his cultivation was about to enter the Dark Force level.

That would give him a thread of a chance to obtain scholarly honor in the Martial Examination.

But at that moment, something seemed to occur to him.

He thought, because of the limitations of his innate aptitude, every time he broke through, he needed to cultivate a technique to a realm one level higher than others.

After all, for ordinary people to break through to Dark Force, they only needed to cultivate Mountain-Shaking Fist to major accomplishment.

This perfected level of Mountain-Shaking Fist corresponded to the even higher level of Transformation Force.

But if he used perfected Mountain-Shaking Fist to break through to Dark Force, then how was he supposed to break through to Transformation Force?

After all, the highest known level of a technique was perfection.

Could it be... that Mountain-Shaking Fist was unable to let him break through to Transformation Force?

As the doubts surfaced in his mind, the golden light in his mind also stopped flashing at that moment.

This time, the golden light seemed to have appeared for a little too long?

Fate Grid · Learning Leads to Success

Mountain-Shaking Fist (Limit-Breaking) 0/5000

Looking at this newest Mountain-Shaking Fist level that had appeared on his Fate Grid, Lin Tian was instantly a little dumbfounded.

Limit-Breaking?

Could this be an even higher realm of Mountain-Shaking Fist?

There was actually another realm above perfection?

Limit-Breaking? The name did sound rather intimidating.

Could it be that this Limit-Breaking level of Mountain-Shaking Fist could bring about some kind of qualitative change in him?

Lin Tian thought this at that moment.

However, Lin Tian was only somewhat shocked.

He had not yet developed any fear toward this progress bar.

After all, this progress bar looked like a lot, but it was not as if he had no way to speed it up.

That was right. Although the experience he gained each time he practiced martial arts was a fixed amount, that speed only applied when there was nothing assisting him.

If he had external aid, such as Blood-Qi Pills or Blood-Qi Powder, then the progress he accumulated would also change.

Previously, he had bought a packet of Blood-Qi Powder to try using as assistance.

Immediately after, he could clearly feel that the amount of experience he gained after each martial training session had changed noticeably.

It was just that the effect did not last long.

And the price, for Lin Tian at the time, had been far too expensive.

Thus, he had only used it once, and afterward had never used it again.

But things were different now.

He had already broken through to Bright Force.

He figured he should be able to take a nominal post in some faction and receive a monthly stipend.

And it was said that he could also receive cultivation support from certain clans.

They could provide him with a fixed amount of Blood-Qi Pills each month.

Calculating it that way...

The progress needed for Limit-Breaking probably would not take him that long after all.

Of course, all of this depended on the results Lin Tian had envisioned actually coming to pass.

After all, he also knew that his Inferior Bone Quality was indeed an absolute shortcoming.

If no one took a liking to him and sponsored him when the time came...

Then he might have to go through some trouble after all.

So in Lin Tian's view, if he failed to obtain sponsorship...

Then perhaps he would have no choice but to reveal his Dark Force cultivation...

Of course, he naturally had to grasp the proper measure in all of this.

Evening.

Lin Tian once again told Zhao Cang in advance that he was leaving early.

Zhao Cang naturally had no objection and directly agreed.

He did not even spare Lin Tian a single glance.

Instead, all of his attention was fixed on Xiao Tian, who was practicing martial arts.

Lin Tian understood clearly that Zhao Cang wanted, before the Martial Examination began...

To let this genius disciple of his reach Dark Force strength.

If Xiao Tian could gain official honors in the Martial Examination...

Then the Martial Academy, and even Zhao Cang himself, would receive enormous benefits.

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