Breaking the Limit

The Enclave.

Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall.

Hong Fang's temples had gone gray.

He had aged a great deal these past few days.

First Sun Sanpao, then Wu Youcai.

In just one year,

two disciples with a real chance of entering the Inner Heaven and Earth had died.

And he did not even know who had killed them.

All he could do was assume Heaven's Will was responsible.

He had swallowed his pride and begged Tiger Granny to investigate.

Tiger Granny had merely gone through the motions.

"I've trained so many talents for the Learning Society..."

Hong Fang sighed.

He looked toward the courtyard.

Footsteps approached.

Wang Wu came in and bowed. "Master..."

Hong Fang sighed. "I heard A Rong lost."

Wang Wu nodded.

"Yes. But if Li Xiuwen hadn't had his Sea Sand Style foundation, he never could've beaten A Rong. Without Spirit-Summoning, he's nothing."

Even so,

Wang Wu knew

Spirit-Summoning was part of the Martial Way.

It was not some external power.

He just wanted to comfort his master.

His master had been miserable lately.

Wang Wu had never seen him like this for as long as he could remember.

His disciples had died one after another, and his sons had been crippled in turn.

Hong Fang asked, "What did you come to see me about?"

Wang Wu said, "Master, I want to visit my family in the Prosperous State."

Hong Fang fell silent, then said, "Didn't your family back home starve to death during the famine? Who's left for you to visit?"

He knew Wang Wu was not going home to visit family.

He knew the boy.

Wang Wu grinned. "There's still someone."

Hong Fang asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow," Wang Wu said.

Hong Fang thought for a moment.

He took off his outer shirt, revealing