Perhaps I Can Appropriately Show Some Value

Perhaps he could show a little of his worth at the right time. In the end, Lin Tian still left the Martial Academy after Zhao Cang reminded him.

Watching Lin Tian's departing back, a hint of regret flashed through Zhao Cang's eyes.

It was not as if he had many complaints about Lin Tian.

After all, they were all his disciples.

It was just that the limits of one's innate foundation were ultimately a heavenly chasm.

With such diligence, if only his innate foundation had been a little better, he would not have been so utterly without hope.

After a sigh, Zhao Cang also shut the Martial Academy's main gate.

After leaving the Martial Academy, Lin Tian went straight home.

Only, as he returned to Jinghe Bend, in the next moment, he once again felt that something was strange.

Those boats had not gone out today either?

Before his eyes, Lin Tian once again saw a neat row of boats, just like that, lined up along the shore.

At the sight, gravity once more flashed through Lin Tian's eyes.

After all, whenever something like this happened, it never meant anything good.

The last time something like this had happened, it had been when the Black Axe Gang won their bloody clash, and his family had fallen into danger because of it.

Ever since what happened with the Black Axe Gang last time, Lin Tian's heart had developed an instinctive reaction toward such matters.

The next moment, Lin Tian no longer dared delay. He sped up directly toward his home.

Fortunately, after breaking through to Dark Force, Lin Tian's physical condition had already far surpassed what it had been before.

Almost very quickly, he saw his family's Black-Awning Boat.

Lin Tian soon returned home.

Only after seeing that his family was safe and well

did the great stone in his heart finally drop to the ground.

"Little Tian, you're... what's wrong? Why do you look so anxious? Did something happen outside?"

When his mother, Zhao Clan, saw the anxiety on Lin Tian's face, she immediately went up and asked him.

After all, she had heard some very bad rumors outside today.

They said that someone had seen the Water Bandits' boats drifting along the riverbank.

Once this news came out, whether it was true or not, no one in all of Jinghe Bend had dared take their boats out today.

After all, if it was false, then fine. But if it was true, people would die.

That was why, when she saw the anxiety on Lin Tian's face just now, her heart also gave a jump.

Hearing his mother's words, and already seeing the worried expressions on Father Lin's and his elder sister's faces, Lin Tian also knew that his behavior just now had been too agitated.

But he quickly told them about the worries he had had earlier.

After hearing this, his mother, Zhao Clan, immediately said again, "It's good that nothing happened, good that nothing happened. You don't need to worry about home. Today, after we heard the news about the Water Bandits, we never went out. We've all been staying at home."

Hearing his mother Zhao Clan's words, Lin Tian immediately caught the key phrase inside them.

Water Bandits?

Hearing Lin Tian's voice, Father Lin at the side immediately followed up, "We heard it today from someone who went out early. Supposedly, he saw the Water Bandits' boats drifting in the distance."

"Don't know whether it's true or not. In any case, once the news got out, no one went out on their boats to fish anymore."

"Looks like it should be fake. Of course, even if it's true, it doesn't matter."

"After all, Jinghe Bend is a fairly remote place."

"How could those Water Bandits possibly spend so much effort coming to a place like ours to plunder?"

Listening to his father's analysis, Lin Tian nodded as well.

What his father said was not without reason.

After all, not only was their place remote, there also was not much fat to skim.

Even if there were Water Bandits, they would not come here.

But the gravity in his eyes did not lessen at all.

After all, he did not want his family to suffer even the slightest hurt or illness.

Even if it was only a possible risk.

It seemed his plan to move his family somewhere else had to be brought forward.

The next day.

Lin Tian once again came to the Martial Academy.

As he passed by the Outer Academy disciples, the voices of gossip unique to the Outer Academy once again entered his ears.

"Hey, you might not believe me if I say this, but when I went back to the village last night, I heard from my family that someone saw Water Bandit boats drifting on the river yesterday."

"Hm? Your village had that too? I thought it was fake."

"What? Your village had it too?"

As this topic unfolded, the Outer Academy disciples from different places

immediately let out voices of shared surprise.

After hearing these voices, Lin Tian's heart sank again.

Clearly, if it had been one or two households, it might have been an accident.

But now, so many people were saying the same thing.

Then this matter could not be explained away as an accident.

Without a doubt, Water Bandits had really appeared on the river yesterday!

And there had even been quite a number of them!

Otherwise, it would have been absolutely impossible for them, within a single day, to affect so many villages at the same time.

With heaviness in his eyes, Lin Tian very quickly entered the Inner Academy.

As he entered, Bao Tianhua's kindly fat face immediately appeared before him.

"Good morning, Senior Brother Lin."

"Junior Brother Bao?"

Lin Tian returned the other party's greeting.

"Junior Brother Bao, did you come looking for me today because there's something you need?"

Although Lin Tian's private relationship with Bao Tianhua was fairly good, the two of them more or less only crossed paths during the midday meal.

At all other times, they both buried their heads in training.

Of course, it was not just him. This was practically the daily routine of all the disciples in the Inner Academy.

After all, while it was true that they were geniuses capable of breaking through to Bright Force, when it came to martial training, they would not show even the slightest laziness like the Outer Academy disciples did.

Recently, moreover, because the Martial Exam was soon to arrive, a wave of inward-rolling competition immediately surged through the Inner Academy.

So Bao Tianhua coming over to find him at this moment

must mean he wanted to say something to him.

"Heh, nothing gets past Senior Brother Lin. I do indeed have something to tell you. Otherwise, I'm afraid I might forget later, and that would be bad."

As he spoke, Bao Tianhua's expression immediately grew a little more serious.

Then he said directly, "Senior Brother Lin, I assume after you went home last night, you also heard about the Water Bandits?"

"No need to doubt it. It's true!"

"Right now, basically all the government offices in the Inner City have already dispatched their men!"

"It's said those Water Bandits came in to make a big move!"

"As for what that move is, I don't know. In any case, I came to remind you to be careful, Senior Brother Lin."

Hearing his words, Lin Tian once again confirmed the guess he had just made.

There really were Water Bandits running rampant?

And some big move?

This...

"Thank you for telling me, Junior Brother Bao. I'll be careful."

After the two of them talked for a short while, they each split up and went off to practice martial arts.

At that moment, for some reason, after hearing one piece of news after another, he actually had the feeling that wind and rain were about to descend.

No!

Sure enough, his strength still wasn't enough.

He still needed to become even stronger!

The next moment, Lin Tian once again swung the fists in his hands.

Resources.

At that moment, he needed resources.

Although he received ten Blood-Qi Pills from the Bao Family every month, those things, for Lin Tian... to be honest, were truly not enough for him...

So he needed more resources!