The bandit had just finished killing off the disciples when Shen Yuan came out of the bushes.
The bandit sharply turned towards Shen Yuan, looking at him warily, but he relaxed when he saw that Shen Yuan was only a brat as well, who came here for the experience.
“Hey, you bra-” Before he could finish his sentence, Shen Yuan slashed his head off with a single sword strike.
“Even Foundation Establishment trash dare to speak in front of me?” Shen Yuan didn’t spare him a glance as he looked at the lifeless bodies of the sect disciples.
He ignored them and continued walking forward. “The main mission of this training event is already done, I don’t know what I am supposed to do now.” He spoke to himself slowly, trying to sort out his thoughts.
“Should I call off the training and leave? Or find something else to do? I can also look for Han Ming’s sect to see if he has any relatives. But I can also directly go to his sect later.” He was confused as to what to do next. Meanwhile, he continued walking forward aimlessly.
He fought with a few monsters and bandits but he finished them off cleanly, as they were at most at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm or Early Inner Sea Realm.
He collected a lot of storage rings as well as herbs and natural treasures from the training ground.
“Did my mom arrange all these for me?” A slight smile finally returned to his face when he thought about his mother.
His eyes had gained a bit more red than before from all the killing, and it was increasing his urge for slaughter as well. He was able to control himself with his strong willpower so there was no major issue in the short term.
“I need to find a solution for this, or else this might become problematic later on.” He made a decision to seek out his mother after he left the training ground.
“Is it even worth it to fight in this playground anymore? I think Mom might have underestimated my strength a bit too much. Even she wouldn’t expect me to be able to fight against Peak Inner Sea Realm Cultivators as a Qi Refining Realm cultivator after all.” He spoke with a hint of pride in his voice.
He decided to end his training early and began walking towards the exit of the forest. He met up with a lot of sect disciples, whom he decided to ignore as he wasn’t in the mood to make friends.
Soon, after running through the forest for a long time, he reached the end of the forest. There were a lot of people gathered outside, looking a bit anxious or smug.
“Looks like these are the guys from the Sects, Clans, Academies, or other Alliances. They should be waiting for their juniors inside.” Shen Yuan looked at all the different ships gathered outside with lots and lots of different Sect symbols on them.
He tried to look for Han Ming’s sect but since he didn’t know what his symbol looked like he couldn’t find it.
Shen Yuan shook his head slightly and headed toward his Mother’s ship, which was parked on one side.
There was no other ship parked even remotely close to Shen Yuxin’s ship, everyone was staying at a respectful distance.
Shen Yuan got near the ship unobstructed. Shen Yuxin, Huo Rong, and Bing Rong flew down from the ship, they already knew he was coming out and the reason why.
Shen Yuxin walked forward and hugged Shen Yuan, patting his back as she spoke, “You did do a good job, Shen Yuan. You did even better than I expected. And your battle powers are off the charts.” Her voice became a little excited at the end.
Shen Yuan already put away his swords inside his storage ring. He raised his hands and hugged her tightly, “I’m back, Mom.”
He only spoke a short sentence and continued hugging her tightly, Shen Yuxin smiled softly looking at him, and patted his back.
“Welcome back.” She spoke softly to him.
Huo Rong and Bing Rong were standing behind Shen Yuxin, smiling gently while looking at their small moment.
After a while Shen Yuan left Shen Yuxin’s embrace, looking a lot better than before as he went towards Huo Rong and Bing Rong and hugged them both tightly.
“I missed you both a lot these past few days.” He didn’t speak anything more and enjoyed their gentle embrace.
Huo Rong and Bing Rong smiled slightly as they patted his back. They hadn’t expected Shen Yuan to be so affectionate after being gone for such a short time.
‘Looks like the death of Han Ming had more of an effect on him than we thought, even though it has been a short while, he is clearly more open with his feelings towards us than before.’ Shen Yuxin spoke to Huo Rong and Bing Rong through her Divine Sense. Transmitting her voice to both of their minds.
Huo Rong and Bing Rong slightly opened their eyes from the enjoyment, ‘I think not being able to protect someone close to him is the major reason for his change rather than just Han Ming. He might be thinking (Could I have protected my family if they were in place of Han Ming?) or something along those lines.’ Huo Rong replied to Shen Yuxin.
‘I think what Huo Rong said is correct, Master. Shen Yuan wouldn’t have been so affected if it was only the death of a friend who he made only a few days ago, the major reason should be his inability to protect a person close to him’ Bing Rong spoke up in agreement.
They all got silent for a while as Shen Yuan finally left together with his family towards the ship.
None of the cultivators around dared to approach her ship. Because they felt a chill on their backs when they saw it, as if it were a beast lying in wait to devour them whole.
