The Bo Family Forbidden Ground.

Bo Shan arrived late; the family elders had already gathered but were no longer investigating the ancestral tablet.

"Father, do we know who has died?"

Mr. Bo, stroking his beard, exhibited a cold demeanor.

"We've found out."

"Who is it?" Bo Shan asked anxiously.

Mr. Bo did not respond; he simply shook his head and left, leaving Bo Shan baffled.

The other elders also appeared relieved.

"It was a false alarm after all."

"I knew it, with the power of our Bo Family in Thunder City, who would dare provoke us? How could it be possible for any important offspring to die?"

"Disperse, disperse, my dear, you should go too. There's no need for concern, it's your brother, Bo Fanfan, who's dead."

Bo Fanfan?

Bo Shan was stunned, looking up at the gigantic ancestral tablet, as imposing as a mountain.

Among the old cracks, a new fissure had been added.

And the name of Bo Fanfan was slowly blending into the ancestral tablet.

In a few days, this name would disappear from the tablet and become part of its power.

The name Bo Fanfan was one she hadn't heard in too long.

After briefly knowing each other in childhood, they had never lived together again.

She didn't understand at first, but later learned that Bo Fanfan was not her father's child, but rather the result of her mother's affair to secure her status in the family by bearing a male child.

It was only concealed for a few years before the scandal broke, and Bo Shan had not seen this nominal brother since.

Although his name was on the ancestral tablet, Bo Fanfan was long ago disavowed by the family. He was not recognized as one of the Bo Family.

"No wonder father and the others reacted so indifferently."

"Bo Fanfan, huh..."

Bo Shan sighed.

Although Bo Fanfan was no longer part of the Bo Family, in Thunder City, with that surname, one would expect he'd be treated with some basic respect.

To be killed, he must have encountered something serious.

Bo Shan shook her head slightly, choosing not to dwell on it any longer.

"Miss... should we inform Madam about this?"

The old servant asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Bo Shan closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Send a message... no, I'll go myself; it's been... a long time since I saw mother."

Whether it was because her marriage was approaching, Bo Shan had recently been feeling somewhat irritable.

She could not confide such a trifling womanly worry to her father, so talking to her mother seemed like a good choice.

"Then I'll arrange for the Miss to go."

After the incident, her mother had been confined in the Cold Condensing Palace.

Although well provided for, she no longer had any freedom.

The old servant left, and Bo Shan went back to the Martial Arts Training Ground to tend to her own affairs until the servant's return, and then she set off for the Cold Condensing Palace.

As ever so quiet, as ever so chilling.

Even the courtyard lacked trees and weeds, bald and desolate, a stark portrait of desolation.

In the Cold Condensing Palace, her mother was kneeling before a Buddha statue, hands clasped together, spinning the Buddha Beads in her palm, softly chanting scriptures.

Unfazed by the sound of footsteps, she asked.

"Is that you, Shan?"

In the entire Bo Family, knowing her scandalous history, aside from Bo Shan, few would come to the Cold Condensing Palace, so Bo Shan was not surprised by her mother's reaction.

Bo Shan was also straightforward.

"Mother, Bo Fanfan... is dead."

Clang.

The Buddha Beads scattered on the floor.

With her back to Bo Shan, her mother trembled and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Revenge your brother, and I can spare you from this marriage."

Bo Shan frowned, perplexed.

She actually didn't resist the arranged marriage that much; it was just uncertainty since she had never met him that unsettled her heart.

"The matter of my marriage, I shall handle it myself. As for revenge for my brother..."

Bo Shan intended to refuse, but seeing her mother's trembling and her lonely figure, she ultimately couldn't hold back.

"...I will try to have someone investigate the matter."

Her mother's trembling ceased.

"...Thank you, Shan."

Bo Shan sighed and withdrew.

With her mother in such a state, communication about the marriage arrangement was difficult.

After Bo Shan left, her mother slowly picked up the Buddha Beads from the ground, then inserted one into the Buddha statue in front of her.

Strangely, as the bead was pressed into the statue, it merged naturally, like clay into water.

Then, the Buddha statue slowly opened its eyes.

"The Bo Family? It is you. What do you seek?"

Bo Shan's mother, prostrating on the ground, replied.

"Revenge for my son."

"Where, who?"

"Follow my daughter Bo Shan; the person she sends out will find my enemy."

"You should know what you must give in return."

Bo Shan's mother remained kneeling, tears falling to the ground.

"My flesh and blood, at your disposal."

"Not enough."

"The Bo Family Forbidden Ground, I open it for you."

"...Good."

The Buddha statue closed its eyes, and all returned to tranquility.

In the following days, a group of riders left Thunder City.

...

Tianyuan Town, Foolish Underworld, Stormwind Tower.

"This mission is confidential; only the Reserve Deputy Captain participating in the assessment may know the specific details of the mission. The rest of you are to await further instructions."

"Our Hall Master has been injured by a demon, and Yangshen Hall's strength has significantly weakened. This is a time when we need people. You all must perform well and strive for a successful promotion."

Despite Wind Team Captain Zhang Zhenyi's loud rallying cry, Fang Yu found it uninteresting.

Because he didn't mention the core contents of the mission but was only boosting morale and explaining Yangshen Hall's current difficulty.

The five divisions of the Foolish Underworld, although part of the higher echelons of the organization, were in competition with each other.

With Yangshen Hall weakened, the resources they'd get to distribute next year would decrease.

Hence, the current situation of Yangshen Hall was actually not very favorable.

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