Ye Lingchen frowned as he watched the mustached man fall slowly to the ground.

'Projection of inner force? What did his last words mean?'

The huge commotion caused Lin Ruoyu to scream as she raised her head out of fright. Only when she saw that Ye Lingchen was fine did she let out a sigh of relief and ran towards him.

"This… you did this?"

Lin Ruoyu stared at the fist-sized hole in the rock with her eyes wide-open, at a loss for words.

At first, she thought that martial arts were already rare enough. However, after this incident, she realized that she still had much to learn.

This was beyond the limits of a human, something inhuman!

Ye Lingchen nodded without denying.

"This… is Kungfu too?" Lin Ruoyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked.

"I guess so," Ye Lingchen answered, "Do you know what's the inner force?"

"Inner force? I've only heard about inner strength in wuxia novels." Lin Ruoyu shook her head, then continued, "If it's something related to Kungfu, my grandfather should know."

Honk honk honk—

Finally, another group of martial artists arrived, a total of 15 men. After assessing the scene, they were all taken aback and immediately treated it with all seriousness.

The four from Earth's Gate were escorted back to the Warrior's Department headquarters under heavy guard. Meanwhile, Ye Lingchen and Lin Ruoyu gave some simple statements and headed towards the Lin family.

Along the way, Lin Ruoyu's face was growing redder by the moment. She took occasional peeks at Ye Lingchen, with hints of embarrassment showing on her face.

"Erm… please don't misunderstand. It was too dangerous earlier. That kiss was only a form of blessing." After some hesitation, she added, "The pure type between friends."

Ye Lingchen, although skeptical, could only nod along and decided to keep quiet.

That fist technique from earlier carried enormous strength and could be considered his killing move.

At the same time, the energy it sapped from him was also terrifying. It almost drained him of all the Arhat Fist Force that he had been storing all these while.

The after-effects were slowly showing itself. His arms were overexerted, feeling as though they were filled with lead, having almost no strength left in them.

He needed some time to recover.

Seeing Ye Lingchen's lack of reaction, Lin Ruoyu pouted and stewed in a corner.

'Tch, daft guy!'

The Porsche sped on along the way. To avoid running into more trouble, Lin Ruoyu had driven faster than usual.

At the Lin family, everyone was standing in the living room. Looks of worry creased their faces as they anxiously waited.

"They're back!" shouted Lin Ao. His eyes grew bright, finally feeling relieved.

"Hahaha, Brother Ye, I knew it'll be fine with you around!" Lin Ao smiled as he stepped forward to greet Ye Lingchen and hugged him.

"Lin Ao, watch your manners and respect Grandmaster Ye!" Lin Shanhe immediately berated him, then smiled at Ye Lingchen. "Grandmaster Ye, thank you so much. Our Lin family is once again indebted to you."

"Uncle, you're being too reserved," Ye Lingchen replied with a smile.

Everyone from the Lin family was standing at the door to welcome Ye Lingchen. Lin Tianhua too was waiting in the living room hall.

This incident stirred up quite the storm. The appearance of Earth's Gate had everyone on alert. Lin Tianhua's expression was dark with a heavy look in his eyes.

"Grandfather Lin, I'm here again. After this treatment, the poison will be all gone. You'll only need to recuperate properly after that."

"Thank you little friend Ye."

During the treatment, Ye Lingchen could not help but ask, "Grandfather Lin, what exactly is the Earth's Gate?"

Lin Tianhua sighed, "The Earth's Gate is not a faction within our country. It's from the Sun Nation across the seas. Our country has martial artists, and so do other countries. The Earth's Gate is made up of martial artists!"

"Sun Nation!"

Ye Lingchen's interest was piqued, his expression turning dark.

He had heard of the Sun Nation. A nation located on a small island. Their people were proud but violent, filled with ambition.

"Martial artists are highly competitive people, especially those from the Earth's Gate. Their pursuit of Kungfu has reached the level of insanity. They think that their Kungfu is the best in the world, and they will do anything to be the best in the world!" Lin Tianhua explained.

The rankings in Kungfu is not based on words. As a martial artist, one has to fight to determine the winner!

Without waiting for Ye Lingchen's questions, Lin Tianhua had started recollecting.

"10 years ago, Earth's Gate challenged our Warrior's Department in the name of exchanging Kungfu knowledge. They defeated several powerful martial artists using vicious methods! I was forced to face them and fought with the Earth's Gate's leader. After a long battle that lasted three days and three nights, time passed without our notice. Finally, I was lucky to come out on top. In exchange for that, the Earth's Gate had vowed not to step foot into China for 10 years. My current condition is another token from that battle."

"However, in the past 10 years, the Earth's Gate's ambitions had grown. To think they would make such a big move right off the bat!"

A look of savagery crept into Lin Tianhua's expression. If Ye Lingchen was not there, Lin Ruoyu would have fallen into unimaginable trouble.

"Ugh… Grandfather Lin, are you narrating some wuxia novel?" Ye Lingchen stared at Lin Tianhua with an innocent look on his face.

'Such exaggerations, like h*ll I'll believe you!'

Who would have thought Grandfather Lin was also a fan of boasting…

"Cough cough, although there were some bits with embellishments, don't sweat the details," Lin Tianhua blushed and coughed.

Throughout his conversation with Lin Tianhua, Ye Lingchen finally had a rough understanding of Earth's Gate.

The founding of Earth's Gate and the Warrior's Department were similar. Both were factions to train martial artists. The only difference was Earth's Gate's methods were much more strict and ruthless.

They only had one cardinal rule: The strongest rules, the fittest survive!

To raise their skills, they would perform all sorts of inhumane acts.

The ranks were separated into mundane, silver, gold, platinum, and diamond!

From both the planning and the scale of that day's operation, it clearly showed the extent of the Earth's Gate's ambitions.

"Back in that fight, I was seriously injured. If not for little friend Ye's treatment, I would be either dead or barely living. Instead, the Earth's Gate's leader has risen to new heights." Lin Tianhua continued in resignation.

If Earth's Gate continued to challenge the Warrior's Department, they had few candidates left to face them. The future seemed bleak.

"Don't worry grandfather. No matter how many they send, I'll kill them all!" Lin Ao's eyes brightened with enthusiasm, rubbing his hands expectantly.

Lin Tianhua glanced at Lin Ao without any comments, but instead let out a long heavy sigh.

"Grandfather, what do you mean by that!?" Lin Ao looked disappointed.

"You're too weak. We'll leave aside fighting four silver-ranked members and a sniper. Even in a one on one duel, you're no match for a single silver-ranked member." Lin Tianhua shook his head, "If you have half my achievements back in my youth, you wouldn't be in such a sorry state."

Lin Ao was speechless, replying indignantly, "Grandfather, you're being too condescending."

"Grandfather Lin, Brother Lin is training very hard in the Warrior's Department," Ye Lingchen said. Seeing that Grandfather Lin was ready to be derailed from the topic, he quickly asked, "Grandfather, do you know what is inner force?"

"Inner force?" Lin Tianhua's gaze towards Ye Lingchen started to change. "Yeah. For you to turn around and eliminate the sniper, that's not something an ordinary martial artist could achieve."

After a moment's pause, he added, "Inner force is actually another level for martial artists to achieve. Kungfu is just to train the body. However, as your body grows stronger, your circulation will grow stronger as well. Once your circulation has reached a certain level, it will generate qi in your body. That's inner force!"

"You can think of it this way. Inner force can be treated as a storage of your excess energy within your body. You can let it out in one go during battles to achieve an explosive boost…"