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[No, System, what does this Bone-Cleansing Pill have to do with our Spirit Sword Sect? Why is the Medicine King Sect giving our Sect half the credit?]

The System did not quite understand either, but it ventured a guess: [Could it be because you warned the Medicine King Sect, Host?]

Li Zi thought back over what she had done.

She had said just one thing to Fu Chaoqing. She truly had not said another word.

And for that one sentence, the Medicine King Sect had given them half the credit?

The disciple heard Li Zi's conversation with the System and cleared her throat with deliberate timing. "Um... the Medicine King Sect said that without our Sect, this formula would never have seen the light of day."

Thank goodness...

Her warning had worked. Otherwise, Ran Zirou would already have taken the glory.

Quite a few disciples had come down the mountain to see what was happening. It was their first time being adored by thousands, and they found the feeling wonderfully strange.

Mortals could not climb the mountain, so the villagers could only leave their gifts for the Immortals at the foot of the Sect's mountain.

There were bouquets of flowers, too. Gathered together, they formed a boundless sea of blooms.

Several female disciples gazed at the flowers in wonder. One picked up a bouquet and breathed in deeply.

"We have to cultivate hard and protect this corner of the world. Look at this little bouquet. It holds all the faith and hopes these mortals place in us."

Many more mortals came in groups to bring gifts.

Women, children, and the elderly supported one another as they walked, bowing reverently to the disciples.

"Thank you. Thank you so much."

This was Li Zi's first time feeling the force of such fervent