Gained at Any Moment, Lost at Any Moment

It could be gained at any time, and it could be lost at any time. After taking the two Blood-Qi Pills from Zhao Cang's hand, Lin Tian and Zhao Cang left the Side Courtyard.

Xiao Tian, meanwhile, was left behind alone.

At that moment, after they walked out of the Side Courtyard, Zhang Ming looked at Lin Tian before him, and there were a few words on the tip of his tongue that he did not know whether he should say.

Although he did not know how many Blood-Qi Pills the others could receive at this point, as a disciple of the Inner Academy who had already broken through to Dark Force, he could receive five Blood-Qi Pills from his master, Zhao Cang, every month.

That was right—even someone like him, whose hopes of breaking through to Transformation Force were slim, could have five.

Yet Lin Tian had only two.

Though he also knew the reason behind it.

Earlier, when his master Zhao Cang had explained "Heavenly Perception," there had actually been one final sentence he had not spoken aloud.

After all, he had once learned information about Heavenly Perception in his master's study.

The book said that so-called Heavenly Perception was when, at a certain moment, a martial artist's body, all their essence, qi, and spirit, and even their physical condition, all reached their most perfect state.

In this way, when cultivating the martial path, one could advance a thousand li in a single day.

And one could also do things that broke past one's limits.

It was the state that a martial artist longed for most in their entire life.

But the reason this thing was called Heavenly Perception

was that whether one could awaken this state depended entirely on Heaven's will!

It was not something human strength could interfere with!

So when this thing awakened, it depended on Heaven's will; naturally, when it was lost, it was the same.

In other words, Lin Tian could withdraw from the state of Heavenly Perception at any time.

Then, in the next moment, he would once again become that mediocre person with Inferior Bone Quality!

And the next sentence that his master had not spoken at the time was—

"It could be gained at any time, and it could be lost at any time."

It was far too unstable.

So in his master's eyes, although Lin Tian was dazzling at this moment, his future would definitely not be as stable as Xiao Tian's.

That was why he had reduced the number of Blood-Qi Pills given to Lin Tian.

If not for this, the number of Blood-Qi Pills in Lin Tian's hands now naturally could not possibly be so few.

In fact, at this moment, Zhang Ming was even certain

that if Lin Tian had not broken through to Dark Force and been valued by their master, and instead one of the previous two, Lin Qian or Qian Wang, had received their master's focused nurturing, then the other party would have received at least three Blood-Qi Pills.

So in their master's eyes, the talent Lin Tian displayed at this moment was not even greater than Lin Qian's or Qian Wang's...

That was why Lin Tian could only receive two.

After struggling with himself for a while, Zhang Ming ultimately still did not tell Lin Tian what he was thinking.

After all, he was very clear that if he brought this matter up, not only would it not be a good thing, it might instead become a bad thing.

When the time came, perhaps a rift would form between Lin Tian and their master.

After all, when Lin Tian had first acknowledged him as master, their master had directly let him skip the tea-offering ceremony.

Now, if Lin Tian learned again that he had been looked down on by their master, then no matter how good Lin Tian's temperament was, resentment would surely arise in his heart.

In that case... perhaps with some things, not knowing might actually be better...

Lin Tian was walking ahead at this moment.

In his hand, he was still holding the two Blood-Qi Pills.

As for Zhang Ming's strange behavior behind him, he naturally could sense it as well.

He guessed the other party had something he wanted to say to him.

But there should have been some misgivings involved.

That was why he had been hesitating over whether to speak.

As for that, Lin Tian could naturally think of a few things as well.

It was probably related to the Blood-Qi Pills in his hands.

After thinking it over, there was only one reason, more or less. The Blood-Qi Pills had probably been too few, right?

After all, they were both Dark Force disciples.

Xiao Tian could get Blood-Qi Pills from their master, Zhao Cang, every month.

There was no reason he could not.

So, thinking about it, it had to be a matter of the number of Blood-Qi Pills.

However, Lin Tian also knew there was nothing he could do about it.

After all, these pills belonged to his esteemed master.

If the other party did not give them, could he possibly snatch them by force?

Two it was, then.

In any case, they were free.

Having some was better than having none.

He returned to the Inner Academy.

The moment Lin Tian entered, the few Inner Academy disciples inside immediately changed their previous coldness.

They promptly took the initiative to come forward.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lin Tian."

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Lin Tian, on your outstanding talent and your success in achieving Dark Force."

One congratulatory voice after another came from the mouths of these Inner Academy disciples who, on ordinary days, had all been cold toward Lin Tian.

Seeing this scene, Lin Tian, just as he had in the Outer Academy, nodded in response.

As for these Inner Academy disciples before him, Lin Tian did not have any bad impression of them.

After all, they had merely ignored him.

Could it be that just because they had ignored him, he would feel hatred toward them in his heart?

Of course, Lin Tian did not have any good impression of them either.

So in Lin Tian's eyes, these people were more or less no different from the wooden training posts in the Inner Academy.

However, when Lin Tian saw Bao Tianhua, he cupped his hands and responded politely.

After all, he had not forgotten that for his sake, the other party had taken out ten Blood-Qi Pills from his own family every month to give to him.

This sort of kindness, he, Lin Tian, would not forget.

But just as Lin Tian wanted to step forward and exchange a few words with Bao Tianhua, in the next moment, all of a sudden, Lin Qian held a bottle of Blood-Qi Pills in both hands and immediately brought it before Lin Tian.

"This is?"

Lin Tian looked at the pills before him and at Lin Qian, who had taken them out, his eyes full of confusion.

"Senior Brother Lin Tian, please accept them. Junior Sister offended Senior Brother many times before, so I ask Senior Brother to please..."

"All right!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Tian took that bottle of Blood-Qi Pills into his hand.

This was a good thing delivered right to his doorstep. What reason did he have to refuse?

As for the offense the other party had mentioned before?

Heh, had it not merely been a few unfriendly looks?

He had grown up in a place like Jinghe Bend.

He had seen looks even more unfriendly than hers.

It could now be said that as long as the other party was not holding a knife and stabbing it toward him, or causing him any actual harm, Lin Tian generally treated it as if he had not seen it.

After taking that bottle of pills, Lin Tian paid Lin Qian no further attention and immediately continued heading in Bao Tianhua's direction.

Seeing that Lin Tian had accepted her pills, Lin Qian felt as if a great stone had fallen from her heart.

And at this moment, within the Side Courtyard, as Lin Tian and Zhang Ming left, Zhao Cang once again looked toward Xiao Tian at his side.

Although at this moment, after learning that Lin Tian was still of Inferior Bone Quality, Xiao Tian's expression had already turned solemn.

After all, that so-called Heavenly Perception of the other party's seemed to be an existence not the slightest bit weaker than his Superior Bone Quality?

Zhao Cang naturally saw through what Xiao Tian was thinking at a glance.

Or rather, back when Lin Tian had revealed his Dark Force cultivation, he had already known what this final disciple of his was thinking.

But clearly, Xiao Tian still did not understand the meaning of this so-called final disciple.

Nor did he understand

what the meaning was behind why he had only given Lin Tian two Blood-Qi Pills just now.