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[Oh, in her previous life, she received power from formidable cultivators at least four times. Three of those times, men 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 had countless men and valued her life. Why was she so determined to defend her virtue to the death last night?]

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

Ji Zheng's hand stopped abruptly in midair.

[Ji Zheng has the exceedingly rare Pure Yang Physique. By this point, Ran Zirou had learned a Secret Art. She wants to give him her first time so she can use it to absorb his Constitution. And Ji Zheng is the first person she'll drain after entering the Cultivation World.]

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

The system said, [Men are all like that. Look at how he's gazing at Ran Zirou. His eyes are practically trailing threads.]

Li Zi nodded in agreement. [Sigh. I was just wondering whether to warn him. He did protect me and give me a Spatial Artifact. But now I think I'd better leave it. Outsiders can't meddle in matters of the heart. I'll respect his fate.]

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

He said coldly to the crowd, "Li Zi is my junior sister and your Junior Master's Uncle. 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, it's time to go in. Master must be getting impatient."

Li Zi marveled inwardly. [Maybe he isn't quite so lovesick after all. Keep it up! You have to keep yourself pure.]

Keep himself pure.

That thought made Ji Zheng break out in a cold sweat.

Ji Zheng glanced at Ran Zirou, and her delicate appearance once again made his heart waver.

He coughed to clear his throat, but his tone had softened considerably.

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

With a sob, Ran Zirou threw herself into Ji Zheng's arms and clutched his robes tightly.

"I'll be bullied in the Sect. Could you speak to Master and ask him to take me as a disciple? I'm truly 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 thoughts drifted over from behind him.

[Ooh, they're hugging already. I shouldn't be here playing third wheel. He's about to lose his virginity! Congratulations—one useless Constitution coming right up.]

The 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 oppressive force of a Spirit Transformation expert.

The other disciples slunk away. Ji Zheng hastily pushed Ran Zirou aside as though he'd been shocked.

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

Li Zi's thoughts floated after him. [Good thing Master called us in when he did. Otherwise, those two would've been all over each other for ages.]

Ji Zheng stumbled and nearly fell headfirst.

The Fifth Elder had heard Li Zi's nonstop thoughts from far away.

He was still struggling to digest the whole matter 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 such a waste if Ran Zirou took his virginity.

So the elder had hurriedly called them both inside.

Stroking his beard, the Fifth Elder pondered whether he should simply send Ji Zheng into seclusion.

Outside, everyone scattered like startled birds and beasts, not daring to linger by the Main Hall entrance.

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

She had never expected that, while forcing her way through Transcending the Mortal and Becoming a Saint at the Formation Eye, with the Three Realms as her sacrifice, the people she had killed would strike back at her.

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

Good. With her experience from her previous life, she would certainly grow stronger even faster.

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

But how strange. Why did her lackey Li Zi seem to have snatched 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 over. They were the starting point for 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.

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

There was no rush. She could wait...

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

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

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

She had never wasted a second glance on anyone who was of no use to her.

Her cold attitude left the disciple rooted to the spot in shock.

Meanwhile...

Li Zi stood properly before the Fifth Elder, watching him set one thing after another in front of 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 doesn't have any Marrow-Washing Pills at present. These are basic Medicinal Pills to strengthen your Constitution, along with the Sect's cultivation method and some Body Tempering Martial Arts Techniques. Take them and practice for now."