The Female Lead Was Already Lying in Wait Outside the Courtyard

Seeing that he 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 coldly at him. He uttered only those two words, yet his terrifying sword intent sliced into flesh with biting sharpness.

The Hehuan Sect Master dared not say anything more. After setting the things down, he hurried away with his people.

Before leaving, he said quietly, "Thank you for protecting me, senior brother."

The Spirit Sword Sect Master forced the words out of his chest, one at a time. "I wish I had never protected you."

After everyone from the Hehuan Sect left, the sect master drove everyone else out as well and went into the small study behind the Main Hall.

On their way out, the elders discussed the events of years past, sighing with sorrow and regret.

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

"Many powerful cultivators fell in that great battle. Our master was already at the very pinnacle of strength. He should never have died, but before Chen Cangheng defected from the sect, he drugged our master. That was why... ah..."

The First Elder snorted coldly. "That bastard. Once I break through the Void Refining Stage, the first thing I'll do is kill him!"

Though their hearts were filled with hatred, there was little they could do.

The Hehuan Sect's elders were powerful too.

Even Chen Cangheng himself possessed extraordinary talent. His cultivation was at least as strong as theirs, if not stronger.

Killing him would be no easy feat.

Li Zi listened happily from the sidelines.

From the elders' conversation, she also gained a rough understanding of what had happened back then.

None of this would have been written in the book.

After all, the entire story revolved around the female lead and her dozens of men. The love, hatred, and grudges between the Spirit Sword Sect and the Hehuan Sect were unimportant.

[System, check whether the Hehuan Sect is among the sects that will attack the Spirit Sword Sect in the future.]

At those words, the elders who had just been brimming with righteous indignation fell silent and focused their attention on Li Zi.

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

The sect's destruction would erase every stain in his past.

[No.]

The elders' hearts sank.

Could that bastard Chen Cangheng be pulling the strings behind the scenes?

He was treacherous and cunning by nature, so he probably would not act in person.

They even suspected that Chen Cangheng might be behind the Nine Great Sects' attack on their sect.

After all, their sect was not particularly powerful, and they were usually modest and friendly in their dealings with others. They almost never offended anyone.

[Host, the sect was attacked mainly because Ran Zirou's boyfriends all fell out and vented their anger 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 its second half was actually fake. Anyone who cultivated it to a certain level would inevitably suffer qi deviation, and that was also the main reason all the sect's ancestors died. When the sect was attacked, the Hehuan Sect Master actually died on his way there. One of Ran Zirou's men killed him.]

The Female Lead Was Already Lying in Wait Outside the Courtyard

This time, there was simply too much information to take in.

The elders could barely handle it.

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

All four elders abruptly stopped in their tracks, then each found an excuse to turn around and leave.

No, they had to have a proper talk with the sect master about this.

And there was also that Ran Zirou.

That girl could not be allowed to remain in the sect!

Li Zi sighed inwardly. [People really are complicated. You can't judge everything by appearances. Looking at it this way, the Hehuan Sect Master still has quite an attachment to the sect.]

The system agreed: [Yes. Despite the Hehuan Sect Master's eccentric temper and sour face, he's a man who follows his heart.]

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

Suddenly, he heard the system shout.

[Host, Ran Zirou can't wait to get between the sheets with Ji Zheng. She bought a whole pile of pretty dudou in the Mortal World, and she's going to sneak into Ji Zheng's room tonight.]

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

With an expressionless face, he said to Fu Chaoqing, "Junior brother, shall we go to your courtyard and discuss our junior sister's physical condition?"

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

He knew about Ji Zheng's physical condition too.

He had the rare extreme yang physique.

Until he reached a certain cultivation level, he absolutely could not lose his virginity.

There was a strange magic about Ran Zirou that left people unable to walk away the moment they saw her.

Both of them had better steer clear of her.

Hearing this, Li Zi could not help grumbling inwardly.

[What's with these two? They stay in the same courtyard every day. Is this a normal relationship between senior and junior brothers?]

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

In a low voice, Ji Zheng said, "Junior sister, you're coming too. To test the medicine."

Thinking of those bowls upon bowls of pitch-black medicine, Li Zi's little face fell.

"Oh."

Still, that was good. Since her senior brother was not returning to his courtyard, Ran Zirou probably would not be able to latch onto him.

It also saved her the trouble of warning him.

That evening, Li Zi went with Ji Zheng and Fu Chaoqing to drink medicine in the Small Courtyard as usual.

Ji Zheng taught her some simple sword techniques.

Li Zi had yet to achieve qi attraction into the body, so her execution of those sword techniques was limp and weak, utterly unfit to watch.

Life on her end was peaceful and serene.

Over at the Main Hall, however, the elders actually came to blows. The four elders fought the sect master, sheared off another two mountaintops, and finally parted on bad terms.

Li Zi listened to the system's report with a puzzled expression.

[Everyone in the sect seems pretty hot-tempered. The moment they disagree, they shear off mountaintops.]

[By the way, how are things going with Ran Zirou?]