Immortal Ziyang Was a Pitiful Soul Too

The Fifth Elder's voice trembled. He clutched the woman in his arms like a treasure lost and found, murmuring, "Thank goodness. Thank goodness."

[Host, the Fifth Elder saved his wife. She was badly injured, though, so she found a place for Secluded Cultivation. In a few days, the Fifth Elder will return with a Little Fox.]

After Li Zi's repeated attempts at Qi Attraction into the Body failed, Ji Zheng took her to Fu Chaoqing's courtyard.

She was drinking medicine there now.

Beside her, Ji Zheng and Fu Chaoqing were discussing the Secret Realm they would enter next.

Her miserable expression had her whole face scrunched up.

The system eagerly recounted what had happened after the Fifth Elder left the Sect to save his wife.

Neither she nor the system knew why the Fifth Elder had rushed off so suddenly, or how he had found the fox without a wrong turn.

Still, hearing that the fox had been saved eased her mind a little.

[The way the Fifth Elder left was strange. It completely broke from the novel's plot. I'd barely finished thinking about it when he ran off. For a moment, I almost thought he could hear what I was thinking.]

As soon as Li Zi had that thought, Ji Zheng and Fu Chaoqing tacitly lowered their voices and pricked up their ears.

Both men jolted at what they heard.

The Sect Master had called a meeting specifically to discuss this: they could never let Li Zi know they could hear her thoughts.

What Li Zi thought about might change the Sect's fate.

The matter of the Fifth Elder's fox wife was proof enough.

Ji Zheng cleared his throat and pretended to chat casually with Fu Chaoqing.

"If Master hadn't received a talisman message and left yesterday," Ji Zheng said, "we could ask her about Junior Sister's condition now."

Fu Chaoqing nodded. "True. I've searched every ancient text and found no medicine that can treat the poison in Junior Sister's body. I suspect only a Marrow-Washing Pill will work."

Hearing them, Li Zi finally relaxed.

[So Master got a distress call. Looks like I was overthinking it.]

The two men exchanged a glance. Crisis averted.

When Li Zi finished her medicine, Fu Chaoqing stepped forward to take her pulse.

He found her Meridians blocked tight. She had no ability to cultivate at all, and every trace of the Spirit Medicine she had taken had drained away, vanishing without a sign of where it had gone.

If he could not hear Li Zi's thoughts, Fu Chaoqing would have seriously doubted she had a Spiritual Root at all, let alone a Myriad Flower Divine Bone.

He shook his head gravely. "I may not be able to cure Junior Sister. Should we speak with the senior elders?"

Ji Zheng sighed. "It seems that's our only choice."

So the two of them took Li Zi to Main Peak to see the Sect Master.

The Sect Master immediately summoned the First Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder for a meeting.

They gathered to discuss how to awaken Li Zi's Constitution.

They had yet to find any records concerning the Myriad Flower Divine Bone.

"The Medicine King Sect, Five Elements Sect, and Flying Immortal Sect should have more records on ancient divine physiques," the Third Elder said. "When the Secret Realm opens in a couple of days, we can discuss it while visiting them."

The First Elder's brows drew together. "I've heard there's a Marrow-Washing Spirit Pool in that Secret Realm. We should have the disciples bring some of its water back."

Listening from the side, Li Zi could only marvel.

It felt wonderful to have powerful people to lean on.

In the original story, the villainous female side character was bullied and beaten every day.

She wanted to cultivate, but she could not even achieve Qi Attraction into the Body. If she wanted Spirit Medicine for Body Tempering, she had to knock her forehead against the ground before a senior brother would deign to give her a single stalk.

Now she did not have to do a thing. The Sect's mighty Spirit Transformation experts would all find a way for her.

[Host, there's more gossip.]

Bored out of her mind, Li Zi found the system's voice a lifesaver.

The elders' discussion grew quiet again. They all pricked up their ears to listen.

[It's about the Second Elder.]

Everyone perked up.

What had the second elder done now?

[After the Sect Disciple Selection, the Second Elder slipped off to the Mortal World again. Maybe longing got the better of him, because he went to Immortal Ziyang's Cave Abode at the Hehuan Sect. He walked in while Immortal Ziyang and her Dao Companion were Dual Cultivating and caught them in the act.]

[The Second Elder charged straight in and gave Immortal Ziyang's Dao Companion a thorough beating. His Cultivation was so high that the two of them couldn't stop him. Her Dao Companion's face was beaten swollen as a pig's head. Then Immortal Ziyang called in the Hehuan Sect disciples to surround the Second Elder.]

The eyes of everyone in the Main Hall practically glowed green.

Though the system spoke in an electronic voice, its lively cadence made the whole affair vivid.

They could almost picture the Second Elder catching the pair in bed. What a spectacle that must have been.

[Host, five Hehuan Sect elders joined forces to defeat the Second Elder. He sliced the tops off two of their mountains, and they say they're bringing him to our Sect to demand compensation. They're already on their way.]

Li Zi snorted inwardly.

[It's the Hehuan Sect's fault for not keeping its disciples' love lives in check. Now they want to extort our Sect too? They've gone too far!]

The elders nodded in agreement.

Immortal Ziyang had wronged him first. The Second Elder had only sliced the tops off two mountains in their Sect; that was letting them off lightly.

And they dared demand compensation? They would have a thing or two to say about that.

Sure enough, a disciple at the foot of the mountain sent a Spirit-Pigeon Message.

It said a large group of Hehuan Sect disciples was approaching in a fury. They looked intent on causing trouble.

The Sect Master slammed his palm down, shattering the jade table beneath it.

"The Hehuan Sect dares come looking for trouble with us? Call everyone over and show them we mean business!"

Li Zi rejoiced inwardly. [Watching the drama unfold in person beats hearing about it later! Am I finally going to see them tear into that woman with a sea of lovers? I can't wait!]

The system said, [Host, tangled love lives are the norm in the Hehuan Sect. You have no idea how messy things get. Even the Hehuan Sect Master coming this time has a juicy secret. But we should wait until they arrive and enjoy it in person. Seeing the Hehuan Sect Master's face while we hear it will make it even better.]