Qingzhou.
The Han Family of Jinxiu City was one of Qingzhou's Eight Great Merchant Houses and one of Qingyuan Sect's subordinate powers. The clan had many descendants, and most of its more outstanding youths joined Qingyuan Sect as its disciples.
In the beginning, the Han Family had been unremarkable within Jinxiu City. Only after becoming a subordinate power of Qingyuan Sect had it slowly grown stronger under the sect's protection.
Sending the clan's outstanding descendants into Qingyuan Sect had always been what the Han Family did. It was also the Han Family's stance.
The current family head, Han Taihua, naturally did the same, sending the Han Family's outstanding descendants into Qingyuan Sect.
Han Bingyu was one of them. She was fairly outstanding, but not among the most exceptional younger members of the clan, and thus the Han Family did not value her as highly.
Only after Han Bingyu successfully joined Qingyuan Sect did she discover that the talent considered outstanding within the Han Family amounted to nothing in Qingyuan Sect.
Qingyuan Sect gathered everyone in Qingzhou with decent Martial Talent. Those who could become Formal Disciples had all risen above countless others, and none of them lacked Martial Talent.
Moreover, once one comprehended Jing Power, the path of martial cultivation was no longer so simple. It required even greater Martial Talent, as well as abundant cultivation resources.
As Han Bingyu cultivated, she felt how slowly her cultivation progressed. To break through External Refinement: Bronze Skin and advance into an Elite Disciple, she would need an immense amount of time and cultivation resources.
Within Qingyuan Sect, the cultivation resources the Han Family could provide her were limited, and the sect did not give her much either. Thus, she needed to think of other methods.
After careful consideration, Han Bingyu decided to