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[Oh, in her previous life, she had received cultivation power directly from experts at least four times. Three of those experts were men who insisted on giving her their cultivation before they died.]

Li Zi clicked her tongue. [I'm honestly jealous, but I don't get it. Ran Zirou has had countless men and treasures her life. Why was she willing to die defending her chastity last night?]

The system's voice grew louder. [Because she wants Ji Zheng's body!]

Ji Zheng's hand froze halfway through reaching out.

[Ji Zheng has an extremely rare Pure Yang Physique. By this point, Ran Zirou had learned a Secret Art. She wants to give Ji Zheng her first time so she can use it to steal his physique. And Ji Zheng was the first person she drained after entering the Cultivation World.]

Li Zi was puzzled. [Ji Zheng knows he can't lose his virginity with that physique. How could he fail to control himself?]

[Men are all like that,] the system said. [Look at him. His eyes are practically glued to Ran Zirou.]

Li Zi nodded in agreement. [Sigh. I was just wondering whether I should warn Senior Brother. He protected me and even gave me a Spatial Artifact, after all. But now... forget it. Outsiders can't interfere in matters of the heart. I'll respect his fate.]

Ji Zheng's suspended hand changed course and landed on top of Li Zi's head.

His face cold, he told the others, "Li Zi is my junior sister and your martial aunt. Show her some respect from now on, or don't blame me for what happens!"

Caught off guard by the pat on her head, Li Zi stared blankly, looking sweet and adorably dazed.

"Come on, we should go in. Master must be getting impatient waiting for us."

Li Zi marveled inwardly. [Maybe Senior Brother isn't completely blinded by love. Keep it up, Senior Brother. You must guard your chastity like precious jade.]

Guard my chastity like precious jade.

That left Ji Zheng breaking out in a cold sweat.

Ji Zheng glanced at Ran Zirou, and her delicate appearance momentarily stole his senses again.

He coughed to clear his throat, but when he spoke, his voice was much gentler.

"She's my junior sister. Of course I have to stand up for her."

Ran Zirou let out a sob and threw herself straight into Ji Zheng's arms, clutching his robes tightly.

"Senior Brother, people will bully me in the Sect. Could you ask Master to take me as a disciple? I'm so scared. Every day, there's more work than I can finish."

With her soft, fragrant body in his arms, Ji Zheng's heart stirred.

Li Zi's inner voice came from behind him.

[Oh, look at that. They're hugging already. I shouldn't be standing here like a third wheel. Senior Brother's about to lose his virginity. Congratulations—one useless physique coming right up!]

Her voice was like a basin of cold water dumped over his head, chilling Ji Zheng to the bone.

Just then, the Fifth Elder's icy voice rang in everyone's ears.

"Ji Zheng, Li Zi, come in!"

His voice carried the pressure of a Spirit Transformation expert.

The other disciples scurried away. Ji Zheng hurriedly pushed Ran Zirou off him as though he had been shocked.

He turned, grabbed Li Zi, and strode into the hall without daring to look back.

Li Zi's inner voice drifted over. [Good thing Master called when he did. Otherwise, those two would've been all over each other for ages.]

Ji Zheng stumbled and nearly fell flat on his face.

The Fifth Elder had heard Li Zi's incessant inner voice from far away.

He was still struggling to digest the notion of rebirth when he saw his eldest disciple embracing Ran Zirou.

It gave him quite a fright.

Ji Zheng's Pure Yang Physique appeared only once in ten thousand years. It would be a terrible shame if Ran Zirou took it from him like that.

So he had quickly called the two of them inside.

Stroking his beard, the Fifth Elder wondered whether he should send Ji Zheng into seclusion first, if it came to that.

Outside, everyone scattered like startled birds and beasts, not daring to linger at the hall entrance.

Ran Zirou watched Ji Zheng recede into the distance. The tears at the corners of her eyes dried, replaced by a chilling coldness.

She had never imagined that, while using the Three Realms as a sacrifice at the Formation Eye to forcibly Transcend the Mortal and Become a Saint, the people she had killed would turn on her.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time when she had just entered the Sect. None of it had happened yet.

Good. With the experience of her previous life, she would grow even faster.

Everything had always gone her way. Whatever she wanted, others rushed to deliver it to her. That so-called Heavenly Dao, that World Will, was nothing but a tool, yet it had dared to stand between her and the Great Dao! In this life, she would kick the Heavenly Dao down too!

But how strange. How had Li Zi, that little hanger-on of hers, seemingly stolen the life that should have belonged to her?

Could it be a change caused by her rebirth?

No matter. Now that she had been reborn, she needed to do two things as soon as possible: practice Dual Cultivation with Ji Zheng and obtain Li Zi's Myriad Flower Divine Bone.

With those two things, her cultivation speed would increase dozens of times. They would be the beginning of her rise to power.

In her previous life, Ji Zheng's whole heart had belonged to her. She only had to crook a finger, and he would come running with his tail wagging.

Things had changed somewhat in this life, but from the way Ji Zheng had looked at her just now, she knew she still had a chance.

There was no rush. She could wait...

Having steadied herself, Ran Zirou was already plotting how to get Ji Zheng into bed.

A disciple approached and asked with concern whether she was all right.

Ran Zirou could not be bothered to keep up the act. "Mind your own business," she said coldly, then hurried away.

She had never cared to spare so much as a glance for people who were of no use to her.

The disciple stood rooted to the spot, stunned by her coldness.

Meanwhile...

Li Zi stood straight and still, watching as the Fifth Elder placed one item after another before her.

"There's still poison in your body, concealing your Divine Bone. You'll need Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing before you can cultivate, but our Sect has no Marrow-Washing Pills at present. These are basic pills to strengthen your body, along with the Sect's cultivation manual and some Martial Arts Techniques for Body Tempering. Take them and practice for now."

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