“Is this your home?” Jiang Yuan felt somewhat surprised at the sight of the mansion in front of him.
Shen Hanbing had always been independent, and he had never seen any of her relatives. He had initially thought she was an orphan, but it turned out she had a family.
Shen Hanbing nodded and then sighed sadly, “Since my parents passed away, I rarely come back here.”
With that, Shen Hanbing pushed open the large gate and entered the ancient mansion.
Inside the mansion, there were many servants. When they saw Shen Hanbing, they approached to greet her.
After responding indifferently, Shen Hanbing led Jiang Yuan straight to the training room.
After passing through several corridors, they quickly arrived at the training room.
Outside the training room, several guards stood guard. When they saw Shen Hanbing approaching, they immediately stepped forward to intercept.
“What do you mean by this?” Shen Hanbing looked at the guards, questioning with a cold tone.
One guard apologized, “I’m sorry, Miss. This is the master’s decision. We’re just following orders. Please don’t make it difficult for us.”
“At least I am also a member of the Shen family. Now he won’t even let me into the training room. Does he even hesitate to provide me with a bit of Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid?” Shen Hanbing found it difficult to understand why her once kind and amiable grandfather would turn into this.
“Your elder brother is currently breaking through to the Seventh Layer of Condensation. It’s the time when he needs resources,” an old voice suddenly came from behind.
Jiang Yuan and Shen Hanbing both turned to see an elderly man with white hair walking towards them.
The old man was about seventy or eighty years old, didn’t have the vigor of a cultivator but rather showed signs of age and fatigue.
“Grandpa…”
Looking at the old man in front of her, Shen Hanbing’s emotions were complicated.
Because the old man in front of her was her grandfather, Shen Aogu, once ranked tenth on the Earth Ranking.
“Why? He is your descendant, and I am also your descendant. Why do you favor him like this?” Shen Hanbing weakly asked Shen Aogu.
Shen Aogu coughed twice and said expressionlessly, “Because he is the eldest son who can carry on the family line, while you are just a girl who will eventually be married off.”
“Even if your cultivation is high, what does it matter? After getting married, you are still just a member of your husband’s family. Only he will forever belong to our Shen family!”
“Grandpa, you weren’t like this before! Why did you become like this?” Shen Hanbing felt a chill in her heart and shook her head with deep disappointment.
She couldn’t imagine that such patriarchal words would come from her grandfather’s mouth.
In her childhood memories, her grandfather had always been affectionate towards her; going all out to support her cultivation, and prioritizing any cultivation resources for her.
However, after she broke through to the Condensation Realm, her grandfather seemed to have completely changed. He staunchly opposed her continuing cultivation, giving her meager resources, and eventually, he even stopped providing any.
To continue practicing, she tearfully left the family, entered the martial arts alliance, earned points by completing missions, and exchanged them for training resources. In countless life-and-death battles, she continuously unlocked her potential and grew stronger.
Today, she had already broken through to the True Martial Realm, entering the top ten of the Zhongzhou Earth Ranking— enough to bring honor to her ancestors!
She thought that with these achievements, her grandfather would value her again.
But she never expected her grandfather to become even more unyielding. Now, he wouldn’t even provide her with Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid, the most basic cultivation material.
She couldn’t understand why her grandfather had become like this.
“I have always been like this.”
Shen Aogu snorted coldly, turned around, and walked away.
“From now on, you can eat and live casually in the family, but you can’t use the family’s cultivation resources.”
“I don’t use them if you don’t want to! I will prove to you that even without the family’s resources, I will surpass my elder brother! I will, with my own efforts, personally kill that woman!” Shen Hanbing said angrily.
Shen Aogu paused for a moment, seemingly recalling something, and stiffly stopped in his tracks.
He didn’t turn around but after a brief pause, continued walking forward and soon disappeared from Jiang Yuan’s sight.
Throughout the entire scene, Jiang Yuan didn’t express any opinions. After all, this was Shen Hanbing’s family matter, and Jiang Yuan naturally wouldn’t interfere.
“Master, let’s go,” Shen Hanbing also didn’t linger. She pulled Jiang Yuan and left.
The two arrived at a chamber that had a dressing table with various accessories, revealing the delicate and gentle atmosphere of a girl’s room.
“This is the chamber I used to stay in. Usually, no one comes in, so I’ll cultivate here,” Shen Hanbing said while tidying up the chamber.
“Without Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid, can you endure it?” Jiang Yuan asked with concern.
Shen Hanbing narrowed her eyes and said with determination, “If I can’t endure even this bit of pain, how can I kill that woman!”
After saying that, Shen Hanbing sat cross-legged on the bed, “Please watch over me, Master.”
“Alright.” Jiang Yuan didn’t say much.
Whether she could withstand the medicinal effects depended not only on her body but also on her willpower.
Shen Hanbing’s strong will for revenge should allow her to safely get through it.
She quickly took the Essence Cleansing Marrow Pill, then began to cultivate.
The purpose of it was to clean the acquired impurities, expel the impurities from the body, and improve physique.
After taking the pill, Shen Hanbing’s entire body began to expel impurities. Her body trembled continuously which indicated the pain brought by the pill.
Although her face had turned pale, she gritted her teeth and persisted until the entire process was over.
After taking the Essence Cleansing Marrow pill, her clothes were covered with impurities expelled from her body.
“How do you feel?” Jiang Yuan approached and asked.
“Feels great, never felt this good before,” Shen Hanbing stood up and moved. She clearly felt much lighter as if releasing the shackles that had bound her for many years.
“Your weight has decreased by 20%, reaction speed increased by 40%, daily consumption reduced by 50%, and endurance increased by 50%,” Jiang Yuan analyzed.
“Just with one pill, can it bring about such a big change?” Shen Hanbing was pleasantly surprised.
“The surprise is still to come. First, clean the impurities from your body then eat something to replenish because the next step is the Bone Forging Essence, it is more painful than the Essence Cleansing Marrow.” Jiang Yuan suggested.
Shen Hanbing nodded and went to take a bath.
After a stick of incense, she changed into clean clothes and returned to the room.
“Then let’s start the Bone Forging Essence!”
Shen Hanbing didn’t hesitate and immediately took the Bone Forging Essence Pill.
The function of the Bone Forging Essence Pill was to forge the bones, refine the body, and increase physical strength.
A five-grade Bone Forging Essence Pill could increase a cultivator’s combat power by fifty percent.
As for a ten-grade Bone Forging Essence Pill, the effects were even more remarkable.
After taking the Bone Forging Essence Pill, it turned into a violent medicinal power in Shen Hanbing’s body, uncontrollably surging, and impacting her limbs and bones.
She instantly had blood at the corners of her mouth, and her bones emitted crackling sounds.
Under this raging energy refinement, she felt the excruciating pain tearing through her body.
The pain was indescribable, something a normal person couldn’t bear.
Nevertheless, Shen Hanbing remained silent, persevering with firm will and the determination for revenge.
She wanted to become stronger!
She wanted to kill that woman and avenge her deceased parents!
So, she absolutely couldn’t fall here!
