After Lin Jinyu brushed past Su Zhan last time,
she later went back and pulled up Su Zhan's test data: 324 kilograms, a standard Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist.
But only five short days had passed.
And he had directly gained more than forty kilograms?!
Five days ago, he had only just broken through to Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist.
Had his cultivation method broken through?
But five days was far too fast.
Lin Jinyu was puzzled.
Ordinary Martial Artists who had just broken through needed ten days to half a month merely to stabilize their realm and consolidate their qi and blood. They had no mind to ponder cultivation methods in the meantime, much less break through one during that period.
That could only mean one thing... Su Zhan's talent might not be inferior to hers!
"Jin Yu, what's wrong?"
Seeing Lin Jinyu's astonished expression, Lin Baitian asked in confusion.
"Brother, five days ago, Su Zhan had just broken through to Intermediate Grade Quasi-Martial Artist. His test result was 324 kilograms."
"But now it's 370 kilograms."
Lin Jinyu said, "That rate of strength growth is faster than either of ours back then!"
"I thought it was something serious. Isn't it just an increase of more than forty kilograms of strength in five days?"
Lin Baitian was unconcerned. "I know what you mean. His cultivation method improved right after he broke through, so his talent must be outstanding for him to change so much in such a short time."
"But let me tell you, this is nothing at all. There are as many Martial Artists who can do this as fish in the sea. Even people with less talent than you and me can manage it!"
"So don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
"And those true geniuses—you have no idea how monstrous they are... I'm not even qualified to gaze upon their backs..."
Lin Baitian seemed to recall those ruthless genius students at Qingwu High School and could not help sighing with emotion.
"Alright."
Lin Jinyu said no more.
After all, Lin Baitian's horizons were far broader than those of a high school student like her.
A moment later,
Lin Jinyu left, leaving Lin Baitian alone.
Lin Baitian immediately sent a message on his phone: "Keep an eye on this guy. If any new test data comes out for him, send it to me immediately."
"Alright."
Clearly, Lin Baitian claimed not to care.
Yet he still could not help wanting to see what Su Zhan was truly made of.
If Su Zhan really had some potential and was worthy of Lin Jinyu, then he would have picked up a treasure for the Lin family... no matter how he looked at it, there was no loss!
Elsewhere,
Su Zhan happily headed home.
Before he even opened the door, he heard hearty laughter from inside. "Hahaha..."
"Dad, Mom, what has you two so happy?"
The moment Su Zhan entered, he asked with a smile.
"Look at that, speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives!"
His mother, Liu Huixian, smiled. "Zhan'er, look who's here!"
Su Zhan walked into the living room and took a look.
Whoa.
His eyes immediately lit up.
A particularly beautiful girl was standing in the living room.
Pure and lovely, she wore the uniform of Heaven City Experimental School and had her hair tied in a ponytail. She carried herself like the girl next door... if she were at Heaven City High School, she would absolutely be a campus belle.
The instant she saw Su Zhan, she seemed like a startled little rabbit. She shyly lowered her head, her cheeks flushed red, looking utterly at a loss.
Beside her stood a pair of honest-looking middle-aged husband and wife, equally somewhat reserved.
"You are... Fang Ling'er?"
Su Zhan suddenly remembered that he had a "fiancée."
Though they had never met,
his parents had mentioned her before—pure and lovely, pretty and endearing. He had bragged about her to Fatty more than once... and now it seemed his parents truly had not deceived him!
"That's right, it's Linger and her family!"
Su Jianguo said with a cheerful smile, "I've already told them about your talent. I thought the engagement would be called off, but Linger's parents are open-minded people. They don't mind at all and are still willing to fulfill the engagement."
"Brother Su, you're too kind."
Linger's father spoke with a smile. Wearing glasses, he looked like a man well-read in books. "My wife and I are both ordinary people, and Linger has no cultivation talent either. Being able to find such a good family is our blessing. How could we dare hope for anything more?"
"As long as Brother Su and your family don't look down on us!"
Only then did Su Zhan notice that neither Linger nor her parents had any fluctuations of qi and blood around them... they clearly possessed naturally mortal bodies and did not even qualify as having Lowest Grade talent.
By comparison,
Su Jianguo was an Advanced Martial Artist.
Liu Huixian was a Beginner Martial Artist.
Su Zhan was also a Quasi-Martial Artist.
With such a difference in family standing, they truly had no right to disdain Su Zhan for having Lowest Grade talent.
"Linger, you've seen him now. What do you think? Are you satisfied?"
Linger's mother said with a beaming smile, "Please don't laugh at us, Brother Su, but the reason we came today was that Linger strongly insisted on meeting Zhan'er."
"We understand, we all understand!" Su Jianguo laughed. "Linger, what do you think? Is this little brat of mine alright?"
"Mm... mm!"
Fang Ling'er nodded shyly, then lowered her head even further as her cheeks turned even redder.
"Hahahaha..."
Linger was satisfied, and everything had reached Perfection. Both sets of parents could not help bursting into laughter.
Only Su Zhan was helpless.
You were all busy asking her, but none of you had asked me yet!
Still, Su Zhan felt that he should keep quiet.
In front of his wife, he, the son, basically had no status at all.
Besides, this wife was indeed pretty and endearing. He was satisfied too.
And so,
amid the harmonious atmosphere between both families, the date was set—they would register their marriage and wed immediately after the college entrance examinations!
After all, this was a world where ferocious beasts ran rampant and the population had shrunk drastically. People could marry and have children at eighteen; there was no need to wait long.
Su Zhan did not object. He was even somewhat looking forward to it.
He had failed to marry in his previous life, so he had to make up for it in this one.
In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.
During those five days, Su Zhan could not even be bothered to attend class.
He simply sent Fang Ling'er a message, called her out from school, and took her all over the place.
They played when they should play.
They ate when they should eat.
They drank when they should drink.
Though the money in his hands was not enough to buy pills and the like, eating, drinking, and having fun in style for ten days to half a month was not a problem at all!
After going back and forth like that, the two became much more familiar.
"Will this really not delay your attempt to get into Martial Sciences?" Fang Ling'er asked cautiously as she ate a snack.
She was a top student in the liberal arts. Even if she played every day, as long as she set aside some time to study, she could still score very well.
But Su Zhan was aiming for Martial Sciences, aiming to become a Martial Artist. That required enormous amounts of time and energy for cultivation...
Yet from her interactions with him over the past few days, Fang Ling'er had discovered that Su Zhan played from morning until night and showed no sign of cultivating at all!
This made Fang Ling'er somewhat worried.
What she feared was not that Su Zhan would fail to get into Martial Sciences, but that she herself would affect Su Zhan's future.
"Don't worry, I..."
Su Zhan had just been about to answer.
When suddenly, a delightful system notification sounded in his mind:
"Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your cultivation method Basic Qi and Blood Method has successfully broken through and reached the Advanced realm!"
Immediately afterward, a surge of qi and blood burst forth from Su Zhan's body.
The invisible aura of an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist blew the surrounding dust away in a ring!
"Did you just... break through?!"
Fang Ling'er's fair face was filled with disbelief.
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