Su Luo frowned, for he certainly couldn’t stay within Lin Mansion indefinitely.
Even if he could stay temporarily, could he really hide out in Lin Mansion for months, or even a year or two?
Leave Jiangbei?
If it weren’t absolutely necessary, Su Luo naturally wouldn’t want to be forced to leave Jiangbei.
Therefore, for Su Luo, the third option was obviously the most suitable.
"Old Lin, how can one join the Jiangbei Martial Association?" Su Luo inquired.
"Just in time, in another week, it’ll be the day Jiangbei Martial Association recruits new members. Each year, they only admit one person, and moreover, it’s a nationwide recruitment. The pressure is enormous. If it weren’t for the fact that you actually have the strength to kill Xiao Da, I wouldn’t even bring it up,"
Lin Songbai said.
Even as he mentioned it now, there was still a deep shock in his eyes. He had never expected Su Luo’s strength to improve so quickly.
You see, when he first met Su Luo, he only thought Su Luo was at about Third Stage Inner Strength in martial arts realm— at best Fourth Stage.
But unexpectedly, in just a few days, Su Luo had actually killed Xiao Da.
That was a master at the peak of Sixth Stage Inner Strength, ranked seventh among the top experts in Jiangbei.
Su Luo’s growth rate was simply astonishing.
Lin Songbai even suspected whether Su Luo used some method to hide his strength previously, causing him to misjudge.
Otherwise, it would be too unreasonable.
But Lin Songbai was tactful; he didn’t inquire into the reasons. After all, that was Su Luo’s privacy, and truly, who in this world didn’t have a few secrets they didn’t share with others?
"Nationwide recruitment? Does that mean it’s very likely martial artists from the entire country will come to register for the assessment?" Su Luo exclaimed, the number would certainly not be small.
"Not exactly. They limit the age to below thirty years old, and the strength requirement is at least Third Stage Inner Strength. Of course, not everyone meeting these conditions will pass the preliminary selection. At that time, based on systematic registration, they will only take the top twenty in the strength ranking to proceed with the assessment. At that time, the one who ranks first in a combination of strength, talent, and other factors will be able to join the Martial Association, and also receive a reward from the Martial Association,"
Lin Songbai explained some of the rules to Su Luo.
"Of course, you don’t have to worry about not passing the preliminary selection. Our Jiangbei is not a first-tier city like those along the coast. The competition isn’t that fierce, and the registrants will mainly consist of those from Jiangbei and a few surrounding provinces. There aren’t that many martial artists below thirty years of age with at least Third Stage Inner Strength. Moreover, since you were able to kill Xiao Da, it means you’re likely at least a Sixth Stage martial artist, so passing the preliminaries should be a breeze," Lin Songbai said with a smile.
After thinking for a moment, Su Luo said, "If we’re talking about martial arts realm, I might be... Fifth Stage Inner Strength?"
He was at the Fifth Level of Qi Refinement, still early in the Fifth Level of Qi Refinement stage. If corresponding to martial arts, Su Luo felt he should be considered at Fifth Stage Inner Strength.
"Fifth Stage Inner Strength?" Lin Songbai’s eyes suddenly bulged.
Then, he looked at Su Luo as if he were a freak: "You, with Fifth Stage Inner Strength, killed Xiao Da who was at the peak of Sixth Stage Inner Strength... and even managed to survive a move from Wan Chuanxiong..."
Lin Songbai himself started to feel uncertain as he said this.
Was Su Luo really only at the Fifth Stage of Inner Strength?
That was incredibly against the odds.
But he knew Su Luo had no need to lie.
"Fifth Stage Inner Strength, based on the situation in previous years, should just barely suffice," Lin Songbai could only say.
Then, Su Luo directly registered on the official website of the Jiangbei Martial Association while inside Lin Mansion.
The registration information also put down his cultivation as Fifth Stage Inner Strength.
After all, one can’t falsify this; if exposed, one would be permanently blacklisted by the Martial Association. After that, there would be hefty troubles in the martial arts world.