That... is Elder Sister's cry?

Was that... his elder sister crying? After walking out of the Martial Academy.

Lin Tian looked at the sky.

The day had indeed gradually darkened.

If this had been before today, then he should have hurried home as quickly as possible.

But at this moment, Lin Tian's steps showed not the slightest intention of quickening.

There were two reasons for this.

The first was that today's training had all but drained every last bit of his strength.

It might have looked as if he had only been practicing punches there, but he could sense that as his fate trait took effect, the toll martial training took on him was terrifying.

Especially at that final moment just now, when his Mountain-Shaking Fist reached minor mastery.

His body had seemed to turn into a bottomless pit, constantly absorbing the energy within him.

Now, Lin Tian's footsteps were somewhat unsteady as he walked.

The second reason was his current strength.

The minor mastery of Mountain-Shaking Fist had consumed a great deal of him, but the improvement it brought was just as great.

Feeling the power inside his body, Lin Tian knew very clearly what level his current strength had reached.

Although he had not yet begun knocking at the pass to break through to Bright Force, at this moment, whether it was his body's reaction speed, the intensity of his strength, or his use of techniques, without a doubt, all of them had reached the limit below Bright Force!

He was only one transformation away from Bright Force.

Only, at this moment, perhaps because he possessed a fate trait, Lin Tian could sense

that the accumulation of blood and qi within his body was still insufficient.

That was right. Even though his Mountain-Shaking Fist had already reached minor mastery, he could clearly feel

that his blood and qi were still not enough to support a breakthrough.

He still needed more accumulation.

And with a little thought, he knew the reason for this result.

Inferior Bone Quality...

That was right. It was most likely because of his so-called aptitude of Inferior Bone Quality.

That was why, when he broke through, he would need more blood and qi than others.

And this blood and qi was not merely a little more, either.

No wonder no one thought highly of Inferior Bone Quality.

So this was the reason.

At this moment, Lin Tian finally understood why so-called Inferior Bone Quality

could not even break through to Bright Force.

After all, if at this time someone with Inferior Bone Quality

painstakingly cultivated Mountain-Shaking Fist to minor mastery, but did not possess a fate trait like his, and could not detect that their blood and qi were insufficient to support a breakthrough, they would then rush excitedly to try knocking at the pass.

In the end, all that awaited them would be failure.

Most likely, this was where the limitation of Inferior Bone Quality lay.

However, at this moment, he did not need to worry about this problem.

If minor mastery could not break through, then he would simply take it all the way to major mastery!

If great accomplishment did not work, then he would train it to perfection!

With a Fate Standard in his possession, he had no need to worry about so-called innate aptitude at all!

He looked at the sky gradually darkening.

The resolve in Lin Tian's grave eyes did not waver in the slightest.

And in his heart, that string drawn taut all this time because of the upheaval at home...

Finally loosened a little.

After all, at this moment, it was no longer the same dead end as before, where he could not see even the slightest hope.

"Hurry up! Don't let that brat get away! Block every road for me!"

An angry shout rang out at that moment.

Immediately after, a figure on the road sprinted past like mad.

And close behind him were another five or six dark figures!

Moreover, every one of those people held things like clubs and cudgels in their hands.

From a distance, after Lin Tian saw this scene...

Without a word, almost by instinct, he leapt into the reed thicket to the side and hid his figure.

Although Lin Tian now possessed martial skill...

He still had to firmly remember his life motto.

Do not take the initiative to provoke trouble, even less make trouble; be cautious when encountering matters. Only so could he cling on to the very end.

And those people from before clearly had not discovered him either.

So after they passed by here, the sound gradually faded into the distance.

Lin Tian watched for quite a while from within the reed thicket before finally walking out.

After that, he delayed no further.

Even though his body was weak right now, he still had to quicken his pace and return home.

On the rest of the journey, Lin Tian encountered no more accidents.

He soon returned to his family's black-awning boat.

After seeing Lin Tian return...

Mother Lin, who had originally been inside the black-awning boat, immediately asked with some worry, "Little Tian, what happened to you? Did something happen outside?"

Hearing the worry in his mother's voice...

Lin Tian did not hide anything and told her what had happened earlier.

After all, there was no point in concealing it.

Hearing Lin Tian's explanation, Zhao Clan's heart tightened slightly as well.

After all, when she was outside today, she had heard that things might not be peaceful lately.

Now, this rumor had been further confirmed.

She inevitably felt somewhat worried in her heart.

"Mother, it's fine. Look, aren't I perfectly all right? If I encounter these things, I'll avoid them. You don't need to worry."

After listening to what Lin Tian said...

Only then did Zhao Clan's heart settle somewhat.

But then Zhao Clan thought of another matter again.

Zhao Clan spoke again, "Little Tian, then... then the tuition for martial training... is it enough?"

There was obvious nervousness and worry in the tone of this sentence.

"It's enough. That silver is enough for me to practice martial arts for three months."

"Good, good. As long as it's enough."

Hearing this, Zhao Clan's heart also relaxed as she said this.

Of course, after that she did not ask any more questions, such as how his martial training had gone today.

His father and elder sister were the same.

Clearly, they were afraid these questions would be too sensitive for Lin Tian.

After all, although poor families like theirs had never practiced martial arts...

They did know how difficult martial training was.

For example, in their village, there had once been a child older than him who had also gone out to practice martial arts.

Although every day when he returned home, he described martial training in vivid detail...

He looked every bit as if his martial training was about to bear fruit.

At first, the matter had spread through their tiny Jinghe Bend as well.

Everyone who saw him praised him as a talent for martial arts.

Only after he was expelled three months later did everyone learn the truth.

That person had been utterly unremarkable in the Martial Academy.

What he had said after returning home had merely been for the sake of face, and so his family would not be disappointed.

That was why he had chosen to blow his own horn.

So in the end, that person had not learned any real skill.

Instead, the family's silver had been spent clean ahead of time.

Because of that lesson, at this moment, not a single person inside this small black-awning boat mentioned the matter of martial training.

On one hand, they did not want to put pressure on Lin Tian.

On the other hand, they also knew full well how difficult it was for poor folk to practice martial arts; it could even be said there was no hope at all.

This was especially true for Father Lin, who had once been on the battlefield.

The things he had seen were naturally far more than what others had.

He knew clearly that if poor folk like them wanted to rely on martial arts to rise above the rest, it was in no way less difficult than a mortal ascending to the heavens!

And yet he still let Lin Tian practice martial arts.

It was only so that Lin Tian, in the future, would not come to feel regret over it.

Dinner soon ended.

Lin Tian's family had two black-awning boats.

So at night, Father Lin and Mother Lin would return to the other boat to sleep.

Lin Tian and Lin Wan, meanwhile, stayed on the same boat.

Of course, as the two of them grew older, when they slept, there was a curtain woven from grass separating them.

At night, the two fell asleep.

After Lin Tian's Arm-Through Fist reached minor success, his physical constitution had improved.

Today, he unexpectedly discovered some things he had previously been unable to notice.

At this moment, through the grass curtain before him, with his eyes, Lin Tian could see Lin Wan's shoulders trembling faintly.

Under Lin Wan's deliberate restraint, that movement had become extremely small.

It could be said that if Lin Tian's physical constitution had not improved at this moment, he would never have been able to notice it at all.

At this moment, Lin Tian's heart grew a few degrees heavier once more.

He naturally knew

that his elder sister had likely become like this because of the Shark Gang's marriage proposal.

In the past, he had only thought that his elder sister had become silent because of it.

But he had not expected that it was only because he had failed to notice...

Thinking about it, that was true as well. His elder sister was only sixteen now.

After learning that the Shark Gang had come to propose marriage, her heart had probably already fallen into despair.

After all, of the women taken away by the Shark Gang, which one had ever returned? And their ends were all miserable.

Especially since this had caused their family to suffer so many targeted attacks.

For her to still maintain her rational clarity at this moment was probably already his elder sister's limit...

In the dark night, Lin Tian clenched both fists tight.

The obsession in his eyes toward martial training grew ever deeper!

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