Inferior Aptitude, a Life Doomed to Waste, Accomplishing Nothing

Inferior roots doomed one to waste a lifetime, achieving nothing. After that woman's voice rang out, The disciples off to the side, who had originally still been watching the show, immediately revealed a strange shock on their faces.

Their master had actually taken him in?

And when Lin Tian heard that voice, he immediately drew back his boxing stance.

Then he quickly walked over.

Watching Lin Tian's departing back, everyone behind him had all sorts of looks in their eyes.

Lin Tian arrived before that female disciple.

She was the one who had called out to him.

"You are Lin Tian, yes? Not bad. My name is Zhou Ya. From now on, you may call me Senior Sister Zhou."

As Lin Tian drew near, the woman immediately took the lead in introducing herself.

Yet there were even traces of warmth and appreciation in her tone?

Lin Tian looked at her with a strange gaze.

But then he still said, "Senior Sister Zhou, may I ask why Master has called me?"

"Hehe, come on. Once we arrive, you'll know."

Zhou Ya did not answer his question, instead directly leading him slowly into the inner courtyard.

Lin Tian was somewhat at a loss.

He could only quicken his steps and follow.

The inner courtyard and outer courtyard were only five or six zhang apart.

The two of them very quickly entered the inner courtyard.

Once inside, Lin Tian immediately sensed the difference between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard.

The complete, level bluestone ground, the wooden stakes, the equipment—whether in materials or in style, all bore obvious differences.

There was a table in the courtyard.

In front of the table, besides Zhao Cang, five inner-courtyard disciples sat gathered around.

What was laid out on that table was, unexpectedly, all meat dishes without exception.

And at this moment, steaming white vapor was still rising from them.

Clearly, they had only just been cooked and brought over.

And as Lin Tian's Lin Tian's arrival, the people at the table immediately turned their gazes toward him.

"Master, I've brought him."

Zhou Ya was the first to cup her hands and speak.

Zhao Cang nodded, indicating for her to sit.

Afterward, he stared at Lin Tian.

The several inner-courtyard disciples off to the side also all had appreciation and curiosity in their eyes.

Faced with these gazes that seemed strange to him, Lin Tian felt somewhat unnatural.

"I heard you have already fully grasped all the moves of the Mountain-Shaking Fist?"

Zhao Cang said directly at this moment.

And after hearing Zhao Cang's words, the other five inner-courtyard disciples sitting off to the side, as well as Zhou Ya beside them, all watched him with a kind of anticipation.

And after Lin Tian heard these words, only then did he understand why these people had revealed such strange expressions earlier.

Lin Tian had no intention of making any excuses either, and said, "This disciple is dull-witted. I only know that I can practice according to what Master pointed out before."

"As for whether I have truly grasped it, this disciple would not dare boast."

"Perform the fist technique once in front of me. Let me see."

After Zhao Cang heard Lin Tian's words, he immediately replied.

"Yes."

Lin Tian answered, then immediately began to set his boxing frame.

As he continuously practiced the Mountain-Shaking Fist, a strange gleam appeared on the faces of Zhao Cang and the six inner-courtyard disciples around him!

Especially Zhao Cang.

The joy on his face was almost written there for all to see!

Only after Lin Tian had completed the entire routine of the Mountain-Shaking Fist

did Zhao Cang immediately stand and say, "Good! You truly have mastered it completely! To be able to display such comprehension the moment you enter the sect is truly extraordinary!"

The six inner-courtyard disciples beside him all wore similarly delighted expressions.

Then the way they looked at Lin Tian changed at once.

Their gazes were full of closeness and admiration.

After all, barring any accidents, they were likely about to gain a junior brother of exceptional talent.

"Come forward. I'll test your root bone!"

Zhao Cang spoke again.

After hearing his words, Lin Tian's heart stirred slightly.

It was said that martial cultivation placed great importance on root bone.

That thing would also determine the very foundation of how far a person could walk on the martial path in the future.

And the quality of one's root bone basically directly determined the height a person could reach in martial arts.

Of course, ordinary disciples generally had to cultivate to visible force

before Zhao Cang would help them measure their root bone.

After all, if you could not even break through to visible force, then there was no need to test this so-called root bone of yours at all.

So the fact that Zhao Cang would test his root bone at this moment

was enough to show how highly he valued him.

Lin Tian quickly walked up in front of Zhao Cang.

Then Zhao Cang's iron-pincer-like hand once again gripped the bones of Lin Tian's body.

Only, this time was slightly different from before he had entered the sect.

Lin Tian only felt that as Zhao Cang's hand moved continuously, a stream of force seemed to shuttle through his flesh, skin, and bones along with the other man's hand.

It was incomparably profound.

But as Zhao Cang's hand kept moving, the smile on his face gradually lessened.

In the end, it vanished completely.

"Inferior root bone."

Zhao Cang spoke those words in a voice filled with disappointment.

And when the other six inner-courtyard disciples around them heard this, the joy and anticipation on their faces also scattered like smoke and vanished like clouds.

Zhou Ya, in particular, immediately left Lin Tian's side, as if there were some filthy thing in the courtyard.

She was no longer as eager as she had been before leading him into the sect.

Looking at these changes in the people before him, Lin Tian's heart did not ripple at all.

After all, inferior root bone was known as the lowest grade of root bone.

For someone like that, wanting to achieve visible force in this life was probably harder than climbing to the heavens.

Their change in attitude was also within reason.

The next moment, after Zhao Cang finished speaking, He immediately turned his head and no longer looked at Lin Tian.

Instead, he simply waved a hand at him and said, "The path of martial arts does not value innate foundation alone. Comprehension and diligence are just as important."

"Do not slack off in your training. Go on."

His words sounded beautiful.

Of course, they would have sounded even more beautiful if he had said them while looking at Lin Tian.

Lin Tian soon returned to the outer courtyard.

This time, he was not escorted out like the others.

Of course, those inner-courtyard disciples probably had no desire to bother with someone of inferior innate foundation like him.

Inside the inner courtyard.

Zhao Cang watched Lin Tian's departing back.

He shook his head once more.

An inferior innate foundation meant he was destined to waste his whole life away, accomplishing nothing. Sure enough, he had expected something for nothing.

Perhaps it was because of the gap in his heart.

At this moment, Lin Tian's image and value in his eyes kept falling.

This was not only disappointment in Lin Tian's innate foundation.

It was even more disappointment in the other party's mind.

After all, if Lin Tian had truly been clever just now.

The moment he learned he had an inferior innate foundation.

He should have found a time to come and take back his tuition money.

But the other party had not.

Therefore, in his heart, this Lin Tian.

Not only lacked aptitude for martial arts, his head was not bright enough either.

It seemed his achievements in this life would certainly be extremely limited.

After returning to the outer courtyard.

Lin Tian looked at his hands, which were covered in dirt.

Innate foundation was not the only thing that mattered; comprehension and diligence were just as important?

Heh, although that sentence was only Zhao Cang's words of encouragement to him.

Meant merely to avoid crushing his heart for martial arts.

He knew that perhaps to others, those words were encouragement.

But for him, who possessed a fate, they were an ironclad truth!

He looked at his fate again.

Fate: Learning Leads to Success

Mountain-Shaking Fist (Minor Accomplishment) 63/100

In a single morning.

Lin Tian had already been able to raise his proficiency in Mountain-Shaking Fist to over halfway.

He believed that today, or tomorrow at the latest, he could reach Minor Accomplishment in Mountain-Shaking Fist.

And gain the qualifications to charge into Clear Force.

Without any hesitation.

Lin Tian once more set his stance and began practicing his fist technique.

And from all around him, voices of discussion sounded out again.

"Hey, hey! Look at him, he's still practicing over there. Heh, I really don't know what the point is in working so hard like that."

"He clearly already knows he has an inferior innate foundation, yet he's still wasting effort like that over there?"

For some reason.

The matter of Lin Tian having his innate foundation tested just now, and having it tested as inferior.

Had somehow been overheard and spread by someone.

So at this moment.

Lin Tian once again became a topic of conversation among everyone.

And between those words, there was nothing but veiled mockery and belittlement.

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