A young woman who had returned to her hometown from another continent left the ferry station at Ox Horn Mountain and walked into the mountains, making her way to the small town where the county office of the Locust Yellow County was located. She took a few extra glances when she walked past the hill-like True Jewel Mountain, and after entering the small town, she visited her old family home which was located not far from the mountain.1

The old beast from Sun Scorch Mountain had jumped on their roof ridge and damaged it before, forcing her family of four to temporarily move in with their relatives. Afterward, her mother had grumbled for a long time about using some of their savings to repair the roof. The young woman retrieved a key and opened the door. She then went to a nearby well and drew two buckets of water, carefully cleaning both the inside and outside of the house. Only then did she lock the door and walk to the extremely quiet Yang Family's medicine shop. Business was difficult, and only two attendants remained in the medicine shop. The young boy was Shi Lingshan, and his senior sister was Su Dian.4

Shi Lingshan was resting on the counter and dozing off, while Su Dian was sitting on a long bench and silently cultivating. After breaking through to the third tier, she had received the comment of "Barrier broken, lightning essence bursting forth, the heavy cavalry slices through the formation" from her senior brother, Zheng Dafeng. He had said that this was quite outstanding and that this would help raise the quality of her Hero's Gall in the future. 0

Zheng Dafeng also encouraged Su Dian to venture through an ancient battlefield ruin in the future, tempering her soul such that she could achieve double the results with half the effort. This would be especially beneficial to her cultivation when she reached the sixth tier.0

However, Su Dian hadn't felt very happy, and she had instead...1