Chapter 128 - 121: Bank Robbery! Mom is Inside!
"Jiang Shu, why are you back?"
After finishing her ice cream, Jiang Yanyue finally turned to ask Jiang Shu.
It was well known that after Jiang Shu began practicing martial arts, he was so dedicated that he didn’t even check his phone messages. When he trained at home, there were times he would be gone for a day or two before returning. After going to the Jiangnan Academy, he would only video call home every two or three weeks, or even just once every month or two.
Is the sun rising from the west today? she wondered. Actually coming back before the summer vacation?
"I might be busy for a while later on, so I came back to see you all first." Jiang Shu smiled, his lips pursed, and placed his luggage in the living room.
Before reaching the Refining Internal Realm, he had slaved away night and day to increase his proficiency. Even after reaching that stage, he couldn’t afford to rest. According to the information he had gathered, the Danxia chamber of commerce had a method to test one’s bone age. The threshold for a genius to step into the Refining Internal Realm by the age of eighteen was very rigid. The time left for him was running short.
In the next month or two, he planned to head to the newly discovered Class-C Secret Realm in Heining Province. One reason was to improve his combat abilities through life-and-death struggles. The other was to consume the flesh and blood of third-tier Mutant Beasts to enhance his strength.
Up to now, he had only consumed the flesh of two kinds of third-tier Mutant Beasts. The flesh and blood of the Fog Python had enhanced his vital organs. The other, an unknown leopard-shaped Mutant Beast, had provided him with considerable strength during his Bone Forging Realm stage, allowing him to consistently lead in strength among those at the same level.
「Yongning County City.」
Compared to Pingling County, it was indeed much larger, but it had the same problems. The internal hierarchy was rigid, and there was no external danger. The mountains to the east were too small to harbor many third-tier Mutant Beasts; even if any appeared, they would be eradicated by the expert retainers of the Ten Great Clans. The rivers to the south were wide but very calm, with no reports of Mutant Beasts in recent years. To the west and north lay flat plains, all peaceful counties, with no Mutant Beasts whatsoever!