Discussion at the Government Office

Inside the government office of the small town, several Imperial Court officials sat around a table. They had just received a secret report that Lin Fan had entered the Bright Force Realm, and their expressions varied.

A Late Bone Tempering Realm expert stroked his beard and slowly spoke. "This Lin Fan of the Su Family has risen to prominence with startling speed lately. He reached the Bright Force Realm in such a short time. What do you all think?"

This Late Bone Tempering Realm expert was the official dispatched by the Imperial Court to guard the town. Otherwise, if only ordinary officials had been sent, the martial forces within the city would have paid even less heed to the Imperial Court's words.

Hearing the question, the other officials nearby voiced their opinions as well.

"For someone so young to enter the Bright Force Realm, there are only a few like him in the entire Zhao Kingdom. I believe there are only two possibilities. First, his martial bone exceeds the first grade—he possesses a Saint-Grade Martial Bone, or perhaps even a Divine-Grade Martial Bone. His talent was already astonishing beyond measure. Second, there is a peerless hidden expert secretly empowering him and transmitting cultivation to raise his strength."

Although martial bones were generally ranked from the first grade to the ninth, there were also Saint-Grade Martial Bones, seen perhaps once in a century, and the legendary Divine-Grade Martial Bones beyond them. It was said that such martial bones were simply born for martial arts; cultivation with them advanced a thousand miles in a single day.

Upon hearing this, a middle-aged scholar wearing a blue cap echoed, "Indeed. Or perhaps he encountered some heaven-reaching opportunity. But if it were merely an opportunity and his martial bone talent was lacking, I fear he