Arriving Home

Hao Shen had started his come back trip three days ago, he was currently standing in front of a small town, he seemed a little nostalgic.

'Sigh, last time I came here was more than a year ago, bah last time it took me a week to go from the entrance of the Magical Beast Mountain Range to Iron Bull Town but this time I only used three days to walk the same distance.' Hao Shen began to be more and more conscious of his progress while he was traveling, the last time he walked this road, was a year and four months ago, at that time he was a 6-star Dou Zhe, now he had already become a 4-star Dou Shi realm practitioner, which means that Tie Niu, the boss of the Iron Bull Mercenaries was no longer a match for him.

This time Hao Shen didn't stop by, he continued to walk toward the Hao Clan's City, it would take him six more days before he arrived there, Hao Shen was very confident about his current strength, this was because, in the Jia Ma Empire, most people at the Da Dou Shi realm choose to establish a clan, the people that one could meet on the road were either expert of the Dou Wang realm and higher or Dou Shi realm and under practitioner, his grandfather was such an example, while he was a Dou Wang he spent most of his time traveling around the Jia Ma Empire, and once he became a Dou Huang he started to visit place of the Jia Ma Empire.

Hao Shen's grandfather, father, and mother were all students of the Jia Nan Academy when they were younger, so none of them were in the Jia Ma Empire from the moment they entered in the late stages of the Dou Zhe realm to the moment they reached the late stages Dou Ling realm, most of the talented youth in the Hao Clan had a similar life.

It was said that Hao Shen's grandfather was ranked third in the whole inner court at his best while he was training there he made some friends who came from big clans and they still had friendly relationships, that's was why his grandfather often went out of the Jia Ma Empire since he became a Dou Zong.

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Six days later.

Hao Shen was standing before the enormous gate of the Hao Clan City, it was considered as the second biggest city in the whole Jia Ma Empire, however, that wasn't true when Hao Shen had just been born, at that time it was also a big city but a few were still bigger, the Hao Clan City began to expand after Hao Shen's grandfather Hao Lei became a Dou Zong realm practitioner.

In the Dou Qi Continent, people tended to go live in cities where strong expert resided, it was like that because people feared Magical Beast, in the Jia Ma Empire, the strongest Magical Beasts were Rank 6 Magical Beasts, it was the same as a Dou Huang realm practitioner, so since the Hao Clan City had a Dou Zong realm practitioner, people living there wouldn't have anything to fear.

Hao Shen looked at all the people queuing before him to enter the city and sighed, this place was still as populated as the last time he came.

Hao Shen began to go toward the VIP entrance, this place was for the expert of the Dou Wang realm and higher, but this was also the place for patriarch of all clans to enter, the Hao Clan didn't disdain the little clans, so all the clans' patriarch could enter by the VIP entrance no matter their strength.

Hao Shen quickly arrived at the entrance and saw the person in charge, it was still Gu Bo who was in charge of the VIP entrance, Hao Shen approached him to ask him to open the doors.

"Gu Bo, It's been a long time, can you open the doors?" Hao Shen directly asked.

"Yes, It's not a problem young master. Guys!! Open the doors, the young master is back;" Gu Bo respectfully replied and asked the other guards to open the doors.

"Thanks, I'm going now." Hao Shen started to walk inside of the Hao Clan City, it had been more than a year since he came here, some things had changed, new shop and restaurants had opened while some old one had closed.

Hao Shen quickly arrived at the Hao Clan's Estate and entered inside, there were only two persons who were waiting for him this time, they were Hao Shen's father and grandfather, Hao Tian and Hao Lei.

"Father, Grandfather, it's been a long time." Hao Shen saluted the two of them with a smile, he was very happy to see them.

"Indeed, but it's pretty normal since a certain boy decided to not come back to the clan for more than a year." Hao Tian laughed.

"Good to see you Shen'er." It was Hao Lei this time.

"I'm back father, grandfather." Hao Shen was smiling but felt a little ashamed hearing his father.

"Good!! your mother never stops asking me about when you will come back, we're going to see them since it's already time for lunch, come." Hao Shen's father said while leading the way, his grandfather also followed him so Hao Shen was walking behind.

On the way, they talked about what he had experienced during his trip, he told them about all the things he found and told them that he got some Dou Qi Skills for the clan, they were both shocked when he told them that he had fought against some Rank 3 Magical Beast.

Soon after they arrived at his father and mother residence. When they entered they could hear the sound of his big sister and his grandmother discussing, they soon arrived there and saw the two of them discussing in the main living room while they waited for Hao Shen's mother's maid to come to bring the meal.

At first, they were not surprised but then they saw Hao Shen enter the room behind the two other men.

"Shen'er you finally came back home, welcome back." It was Hao Shen's grandmother who spoke first, his grandmother was a very gentle person, Hao Shen had never seen her angry, the only time he saw her angry was when his grandfather left the clan for a long period of time.

"Yes Grandmother, I'm back." Hao Shen smiled back.

"Xiao Shen, welcome back, you didn't forget my gift right?" Hao JinJing asked immediately when she saw that her grandmother didn't speak anymore.

"Don't worry big sister, I've got you a Magical Beast, it doesn't have a name yet so you can name it as you want." Hao Shen took out the Fire Wolf from his back and showed it to his big sister.

The Fire Wolf was currently very cute, it was like a puppy so Hao JinJing was overjoyed when she saw it.

"It's a Peak Rank 2 Magical Beast, the Fire Wolf so it would be able to protect you if you encounter something dangerous." Hao Shen explained about the Fire Wolf to the people present in the room but he soon realized that he had made a mistake.

"Xiao Shen, how were you able to tame it if it's already a Rank 2 Magical Beast, it's equivalent to a Dou Shi realm practitioner." Hao JinJing looked suspiciously at Hao Shen

"Bi- big sister, it's because I'm already a Dou Shi realm practitioner." Hao Shen chooses to admit it since it was his fault if that he had been discovered.

The room became quiet, and Hao JinJing looked angrier at each moment.

"I'm going out to train too!!" Hao JinJing declared.

"You're not going anywhere little girl." this was Hao Shen's mother who just arrived in the room.

"But, Mother, Xiao Shen is already at the Dou Shi realm while I'm still a 6-star Dou Zhe realm practitioner." Hao JinJing started to get teary.

"Big sister, don't worry, I'll refine some pills for you, I'll try to make you cultivate faster." Hao Shen promised.

Hao JinJing nodded but she still looked quite sad while she sat on her seat and started to play with the Fire Wolf.

"Mother, I'm back." Hao Shen then nervousely gulped his saliva before talking to his mother.

"Hmph, you still know how to come back." Hao Shen's mother started to scold him, her lecture dured for some minutes before they started to eat.