The Heroine Was Already Lying in Wait Outside the Courtyard

Seeing that Jiang was already furious, the Hehuan Sect Master hurriedly backed away.

"All right, all right. I'll leave the things here. Sect Master Jiang, there are some things I can explain..."

"Get out!"

The Spirit Sword Sect Master glared at him and spat out a single word. His terrifying sword intent sliced through flesh.

The Hehuan Sect Master dared say no more. He set the things down and hurried away with his people.

Before leaving, he said quietly, "Thank you for protecting me, Senior Brother."

The Spirit Sword Sect Master forced each word from his chest. "I wish I hadn't."

After the Hehuan Sect members left, the sect master drove everyone out and went into the small study behind the main hall.

On the way, several elders spoke of the past, sighing with regret.

The Third Elder hated the Hehuan Sect Master so much his teeth itched.

"So many powerful cultivators fell in that battle. Master had already reached the pinnacle of cultivation. He should never have died. But before Chen Cangheng betrayed the sect, he drugged Master, and that was why... Ah."

The First Elder snorted. "That bastard. The moment I break through to the Void Refining Stage, I'll kill him!"

They were full of hatred.

Unfortunately, the elders of the Hehuan Sect were powerful too.

Chen Cangheng himself was extraordinarily gifted. In cultivation, he was at least their equal, if not stronger.

Killing him would be no easy feat.

Li Zi listened happily from the sidelines.

The elders' conversation gave her a rough idea of what had happened back then.

The book certainly hadn't covered any of this.

After all, the entire story revolved around the heroine and her dozens of men. The tangled love and hatred between the Spirit Sword Sect and the Hehuan Sect didn't matter.

[System, check whether the Hehuan Sect is among the sects that besiege the Spirit Sword Sect later.]

At that, the elders, who had been speaking with righteous indignation, fell silent and turned their attention to Li Zi.

That bastard Chen Cangheng probably wanted nothing more than for the Spirit Sword Sect to disappear.

The sect's destruction would bury every stain on his past.

[No.]

The elders' hearts sank.

Could that bastard Chen Cangheng be pulling the strings from the shadows?

Cunning and treacherous by nature, he probably wouldn't act personally.

They even suspected that Chen Cangheng might be behind the nine great sects' siege of their sect.

After all, their sect wasn't particularly strong, and its members generally kept a low profile and treated others kindly. They rarely offended anyone.

[Host, the sect was besieged mainly because Ran Zirou's boyfriends all fell out with her and took their anger out on the entire sect. It had little to do with the Hehuan Sect Master.]

[Actually, the Hehuan Sect Master isn't as despicable as you think. He stole the Primordial Sage Secret Art back then because the second half was a forgery. Anyone who cultivated it beyond a certain point was bound to suffer qi deviation. That was the main reason all the sect's ancestors died. When the sect was besieged, the Hehuan Sect Master was actually killed on his way to help by one of Ran Zirou's men.]

This was far too much information to take in at once.

The elders could barely bear it.

Could the man they had hated for so many years actually have saved their lives?

The four elders stopped in their tracks. Each made an excuse and turned away.

No. They needed to have a serious talk with the sect master.

And then there was Ran Zirou.

She couldn't be allowed to remain in the sect!

Li Zi reflected, [People really are complicated. You can't judge everything by appearances. It seems the Hehuan Sect Master still cares a lot about the sect.]

The system agreed. [Yeah. He may have a strange temper and a sour face, but he's a man who feels things deeply.]

With the elders gone, Ji Zheng had planned to leave his junior sister with Fu Chaoqing and return to practice his swordsmanship.

Then he heard the system shout.

[Host, Ran Zirou can't wait to get Ji Zheng into bed. She bought a whole pile of pretty undergarments in the mortal realm and plans to sneak into his room tonight.]

Ji Zheng drew back the foot he had just stepped forward with.

Expressionless, he said to Fu Chaoqing, "Junior Brother, shall we go to your courtyard and discuss our junior sister's condition?"

Fu Chaoqing nodded, looking worried. "Senior Brother, why don't you stay in my courtyard for the next few days?"

He knew about Ji Zheng's condition too.

Ji Zheng possessed the rare Extreme Yang Physique.

He absolutely could not lose his virginity before reaching a certain level of cultivation.

Ran Zirou had a strange magnetism about her. The moment someone saw her, they could hardly tear themselves away.

It would be best if they both avoided her.

Hearing that, Li Zi couldn't help grumbling inwardly.

[What's going on with those two? They spend every day in the same courtyard. Is that a normal relationship between fellow disciples?]

Ji Zheng's and Fu Chaoqing's faces darkened.

Ji Zheng said in a low voice, "Junior Sister, come along. You need to try some medicine."

Remembering bowl after bowl of dark, murky medicine, Li Zi's little face fell.

"Oh."

Still, this was good. If her senior brother didn't return to his courtyard, Ran Zirou probably wouldn't get her hooks into him.

That saved Li Zi from having to warn him.

That evening, Li Zi drank her medicine as usual with Ji Zheng and Fu Chaoqing in the little courtyard.

Ji Zheng taught her a few simple sword techniques.

Li Zi had yet to achieve Qi Attraction into the Body, so her movements were limp and feeble, hardly worth watching.

Things were peaceful on her side.

Over at the main hall, however, the elders had actually come to blows. The four elders fought the sect master, sheared the tops off two more mountains, and finally parted on bad terms.

Li Zi listened to the system's news, baffled.

[Everyone in the sect seems pretty hot-tempered. One disagreement and they start chopping the tops off mountains.]

[Oh, right. What's happening with Ran Zirou?]