Chapter 890 - 780: Shen Ye: You Said He’s Reached Grade One?

Her pair of legs had completely lost all feeling.

Fortunately, she felt that her hands could already move, and she propped herself up a little.

She lifted her eyes to look at Shen Han, originally intending to regard him with a hostile gaze.

But once her eyes ran into Shen Han’s, Madam He lost her nerve as well.

If she dared to utter a few harsh words, Shen Han would probably end her life without the slightest hesitation.

The words that had reached her lips were all swallowed back down.

Even though Shen Han had erased Shen Ao, she could only endure the anger in her heart.

"These days, the two Madams have still been burning incense and praying for blessings; truly devout.

I wonder, have all those blessings you prayed for actually come?"

With a single mocking line from Yun Shuang, the two didn’t respond; instead, Cailing’Er at the side picked up the thread.

"What the two Madams were praying for was probably that we live badly, that all misfortune fall on our heads.

Looking at how we are now, it seems you didn’t get what you asked for."

Hearing this, Yun Shuang immediately spoke to Cailing in the tone of an elder.

"To ask an Immortal for those kinds of methods that harm others will of course never be granted; Immortals are not that vicious.

Immortals send blessings; they don’t help certain people harm others."

These words were naturally all mockery aimed at Madam He and Madam Xie.

If it were in the past, Madam He and Madam Xie would probably already have snapped back.

But this time, even though the two of them still had that gift of the gab, neither dared open her mouth.

For quite a while, both remained silent, saying nothing.

"Back then, the two Madams had so many tricks for cursing people; when dealing with Shen Han, all sorts of filthy methods were endlessly brought out.

How is it that you have nothing to say today?"

Yun Shuang asked another rhetorical question.

In their hearts they were likely cursing him in all sorts of ways, but they probably had no courage to speak any of it aloud.

After a moment, Madam Xie seemed to think of something and took a few steps forward.

"Shen Han, look at how formidable you are now; it must also be those experiences that brought you growth.

It’s true we didn’t really help you back then, and even brought you some trouble.

But without going through those troubles, it would’ve been hard for you to be as outstanding as you are today..."

With one light and airy speech, Madam Xie reduced what they had done back then to just the word "trouble."

And in this speech, the meaning was as if Shen Han being able to reach where he was today, they actually had a share of the credit.

Hearing this, Shen Han couldn’t help but laugh.

"Madam Xie hasn’t been seen for so many years, and yet you’ve become more eloquent than before.

The suffering I went through did indeed make me grow a great deal, taught me many things.

But the ones Shen Han should feel grateful toward are those who helped me get through that suffering.

Not those who brought that suffering upon me.

The sages said, ’Repay virtue with virtue, and resentment with uprightness.’

Whatever kind of person Shen Han may be today, between us there is only resentment."

As he spoke, Shen Han also waved his hand.

Madam He and Madam Xie didn’t feel anything, but their constitutions had already been knocked down a great step.

In the days to come, they would most likely be plagued by illness, looking sickly every day.

Not taking their lives was already his greatest mercy.

He could not possibly let people like them still live well, as if nothing had ever happened.

Paying them no further heed, Shen Han and the other three went to take a look at the little hut from those years.

Shen Han’s small hut was now so rotten it was no longer a proper house.

After years of wind and rain, even the beams of the house had rotted and grown mold.

The path leading over there, judging from the look of it, must become a sea of mud whenever it rained.

The four of them glanced around the area, then lingered no more and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Shen Han abolished the cultivation of all the Shen Family members.

He also informed Prefect Xu of this matter.

Prefect Xu had traversed the officialdom for many years; he knew what to do.

From now on, these Shen Family people would just quietly live some impoverished days.

After leaving Shen Mansion, Shen Han and the other three headed all the way south.

In the Land of the Far South, poisonous mists billowed.

But now, Shen Han could very easily dispel these mists.

From this day forward, the poisonous forest of the Land of the Far South vanished.

Bringing the three along, Shen Han continued south.

The poisonous mists over the sea were also all wiped clean by Shen Han.

On this side of Great Wei, the heavens and earth were already connected to those of the Southern Heaven Continent; the two sides being joined would not cause any problems.

The four of them sat on the boat.

Shen Han told Madam Yun and little Cailing of how he had been forced to go there in those years.

Shi Yuezhu had already heard of it; when she went to the Celestial Sword Sect with him back then, Shen Han had told her.

But Madam Yun and little Cailing were only now truly seeing it with their own eyes.

And hearing Shen Han’s account, even now they still felt some lingering fear.

...

Within the borders of Yan Country.

After leaving the Shen Family, Shen Ye had been wandering everywhere to temper himself.

The one thing he regretted most in this life was probably abolishing his own cultivation.

And forcibly going to cultivate the new Cultivation System.

Yet Shen Ye happened to have no talent for the new Cultivation System; even getting started felt weak and feeble.

The former prodigy of Great Wei had, from that moment, completely fallen.

After leaving the Shen Family, Shen Ye set his resolve to cultivate anew and climb back to that mountaintop.

Perhaps out of lingering scruples, not wanting to lose face.

The place Shen Ye finally chose to settle in was Yan Country.

There were many who knew the prodigy Shen Ye.

But this was Yan, after all; he was not as famous here as he had been in Great Wei.

In such a small city of Yan, indeed no one knew him.

Cultivating anew did indeed yield much more than the new system, and his growth was faster.

However, Shen Ye no longer had as many resources as before.

Without the title of prodigy, without that much importance attached to him, who would help him, who would lend him strength?

A slightly better point was that he had cultivation experience and knew how to take each step.

Thus, he did not take detours; though his resources were few, his pace of improvement could still be considered fast.

Last month, Shen Ye had just stepped into the Sixth Grade First Snow Realm.

With such strength, it was enough for him to get by in this small city.

Only now that the borders adjoined the Southern Heaven Continent, many from Yan were also going there to cultivate.

With such strength, he truly did not amount to much.

In the new Cultivation System, the tenth level of the Binding Realm could already be comparable to Fifth Grade strength.

This Sixth Grade First Snow Realm of Shen Ye could only muddle along in a small city.

Settling here, Shen Ye did not go to be anyone’s Guard.

He simply caught some game from the surrounding mountains and forests while cultivating.

Then sold it in the city in exchange for some money.

Today, Shen Ye had hunted three roe deer and brought them to the city to sell.

With the money in hand, he bought a few bowls of wine at a restaurant in the city.

In the past, Shen Ye did not like to drink; even if he did, he wouldn’t look twice at such ordinary wine.

But now, he seemed to have taken a liking to it.

In the restaurant, he listened to the storyteller beside him spinning tales.

From time to time, the storyteller would also mention major events that had taken place in the world.

And today, the storyteller had set up a painting beside him.

The person in the painting, Shen Ye could see clearly.

It was Shen Han.

"Today, in our world, a First-Grade Immortal has once again descended.

Those from the Southern Heaven Continent no longer dare to act presumptuously here.

...

And I have also heard that our original Cultivation System is far superior to the Cultivation Methods of the Southern Heaven Continent.

The expert who previously went to Great Wei to run wild has already been defeated by this First-Grade Immortal.

Now, he is still kneeling somewhere, unable even to die if he wants to..."

The storyteller spoke word by word.

News reaching such a small city always had a strong lag.

Events that had long since spread everywhere else had only just become known in this little city.

Holding a bowl of wine, Shen Ye stepped forward one step at a time.

"You say he has already stepped into First Grade?"

Seeing someone cut in, the storyteller merely pursed his lips and did not want to answer.

Two pieces of Silver were quickly tossed onto the table in front of him.

The storyteller’s expression instantly changed.

"Rest assured, young friend, the news I bring is absolutely genuine.

It all came from the Capital City and has long since been verified.

I even know that man’s name.

He is the prodigy of the Shen Family of Great Wei, named Shen Han.

From childhood, his talent was peerless, his strength outstanding; the title of prodigy always rested upon him..."

Listening to these words, Shen Ye stared blankly at the portrait.

It was obvious this storyteller’s understanding was mistaken.

He had somewhat conflated Shen Han and Shen Ye.