As for asking Grace Carter to go back to her family for money, isn’t that just making Grace Carter go back and suffer more humiliation? Madam Smith was well aware of the true situation of Grace Carter’s family. This was just using the situation as an excuse to slap her in the face directly.

“Mother! We don’t need to beg anyone. Please believe me, your son will definitely stand up again. Believe that your son is not inferior to any of them.” Evan Bennett’s eyes were cold and sharp, and he resolutely pulled his mother up.

“Hmph, as long as you, the Eighth Prince, can stand out in the competition among the sons of the princes and ministers in a few months. For example, if you advance to the first level of Martial Embryo and break through to the second stage before reaching Martial Dao Innate. I will personally recommend to the King to promote Lady Carter to Noble Consort. Otherwise, don’t just talk big in front of me. I’ve heard enough of such words. As a royal descendant, being impetuous and boastful is unacceptable.” Madam Smith put on a stern face and began to lecture.

“That’s right, I also agree with Madam Smith’s suggestion.” Madam of the West Palace and Helen Parker echoed, joining in to put her down.

“Very well, we’ll do as the two consorts have said. Eighth son, you must work hard. Just as Madam Smith said, what I need is not just a brute with strength. I need you all to grow up quickly and become strong. Because you are members of the royal family. It is your duty to protect the royal house and the nation.” King Bennett slapped the dragon head on the armrest of his chair, setting the tone.

Evan Bennett hurried back to his residence. Although Grace Carter was a Noble Lady, because her family did not support her,

even among the many noble ladies in the palace, the courtyard assigned to her was the smallest. It was just a small courtyard of about a hundred square meters, with only five or six rooms.

As soon as he sat down, Evan Bennett began to circulate his true qi and cultivate the ‘Nine Azure Wood Flood Dragon Technique’, a main cultivation method that only direct descendants of the Yan royal family were qualified to practice.

It was said that this technique originated from the ‘Early Barbarian Era’, derived from a powerful earth flood dragon. It was created by the Yan ancestors thousands of years ago through great magical powers.

It was said that when mastered, one could transform into an earth flood dragon and fly freely in the sky, split mountains with a single palm, stir rivers, and make the sun and moon lose their brilliance, the blazing sun pale.

Of course, such magical powers only existed in the legends of the Yan ancestors.

In fact, Evan Bennett even suspected that this was just a way for the Yan ancestors to fool people and establish royal prestige.

Because, the strongest among the current Yan ancestors was the present King Bennett’s grandfather, Seal of Bennett Kingdom. It was said that his skills had reached the ‘Qi Sense Middle Realm’. Martial cultivation before Innate is divided into twelve stages, and after breaking through Innate, there are six more levels.

Innate experts can strike enemies two hundred meters away, with the strength of a dragon. They can control swords to injure enemies within a small range at a distance. However, they still haven’t transcended the mortal realm and cannot fly.

After reaching the sixth level of Innate, one can break through into the ‘Qi Sense Realm’. Such experts can control swords to injure enemies two li away. Their powerful spiritual force can even directly manifest as intent to harm enemies.

But as for flying on land, dimming the sun and moon, stirring rivers and lakes—that’s just a dream.

Let’s not worry about that for now. Even the Innate level is extremely far off for a martial arts novice like Evan Bennett.

True qi quickly circulated through his meridians, entered his dual dantians, then surged out for a second cycle, spinning faster and faster.

After nine cycles, he gathered the qi in his dantian. With each cycle of nine turns, Evan Bennett could feel the true qi in his dantian grow a little stronger. As the true qi kept pouring in, the dantian was also slowly expanding.

Of course, it was only a tiny bit.

If he relied solely on this natural circulation to increase his true qi, his progress would be slower than a snail.

So he had to take a shortcut. Shortcut number one—taking pills.

However, there are four key elements in martial cultivation, all indispensable.

Wealth, partner, method, and place!

For Evan Bennett, the ‘place’ was satisfied, since the spiritual energy in the Yan royal palace was definitely abundant.

In other aspects, Evan Bennett lacked everything. Especially in terms of ‘wealth’.

At this moment, Emily Carter came in. She handed a few jade bottles to Evan Bennett and said, “Miss asked me to bring you these first-grade pills: Gathering Spirit Pills, Bone Cleansing Pills, and Heart Clearing Pills, fifteen in total.”

“So many? Where did mother get the money?” Evan Bennett was stunned.

“Miss exchanged all the compensation from the King and the silver that was previously withheld and returned for pills,” Emily Carter said.

“Uh, I see.” Evan Bennett waved his hand, his heart surging with emotion. He gritted his teeth and thought: Mother, in this life your son will definitely let you live a good life.

Then he swallowed a Gathering Spirit Pill. Instantly, a surge of medicinal power swept through Evan Bennett’s whole body.

At this moment, a faint azure light flashed on Evan Bennett’s right arm, revealing an iron-blue object.

The front end of the object looked like a shovel. The body was not flat but semi-cylindrical, similar to a tile tube, very much like a kind of weapon commonly seen in the seventies and eighties—the pipe poker. The back end was a sectioned, emerald green bamboo inserted into the handle.

Damn! Isn’t this the main tool used by tomb robbers in his previous life in China, the so-called must-have of the legendary Mojin Xiaowei—the Luoyang shovel.