He Had Raised His Enemy's Son

The Medicine King Sect Master threw another punch. "Investigate what? Think back to when you barged into the First Elder's Residence. What were they doing? Use that pig brain of yours! One word from your adopted daughter was enough to make you doubt your wife's virtue, but now you want to investigate? Is every word your adopted daughter says an imperial decree while everyone else is just farting?"

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master stared fixedly at the ground.

He recalled what he had seen that day.

The First Elder had been refining pills, while his wife had been standing nearby...

The two of them had seemed quite far apart. They had not done anything improper.

But he had believed his adopted daughter and jumped to conclusions. The moment he saw them in the same room, blood had rushed to his head and he had lost control.

Thinking back on it now, it seemed he really had misunderstood.

Li Zi stood on tiptoe to look over.

[The Medicine King Sect Master really knows how to lay into someone. Keep going! People really do need to communicate more. Especially married couples—it's better to talk things through. The Thunder God Hall Sect Master had better not let his lovely wife down. She wanted to prepare a surprise for her husband, only to be misunderstood like this. That must have hurt so much.]

Hearing himself praised, the Medicine King Sect Master straightened his back a little more.

The others nodded, wholeheartedly agreeing.

They really did need to communicate more, lest misunderstandings arise.

Thunder Sect Master was already growing anxious. He wanted to hurry home, hold his beloved wife, and apologize.

"I was wrong. I apologize to the Medicine King Sect. How about this? Another day, I'll come in person and bring you two Heaven Tier spirit medicines."

Only then did the Medicine King Sect Master nod in satisfaction. "And medicine for the First Elder's injuries."

"Done. I'll bring all of it. I misunderstood my dear wife, so I must be going."

Li Zi thought, [Hey, don't just focus on apologizing. Make sure you remember the one who caused all this!]

Thunder Sect Master's steps faltered. Then he quickened his pace.

Lei Niao Niao!

Were you really the one who drove us apart?

Only after Thunder Sect Master vanished from sight did Li Zi reluctantly look away.

By then, the time had nearly come. A rumble rose from the ground within the valley.

Surging spiritual energy spilled from a crack.

The force pushed Li Zi back a few steps.

The rift widened. The dense spiritual energy turned into sharp currents that scraped across her skin like cold blades.

The sect masters roared, "Go in!"

The sects' Foundation Establishment Realm disciples flashed forward and swiftly entered the Secret Realm.

Li Zi, however, noticed that her sect master uncle had already struck up a conversation with the Medicine King Sect. Her eyes sparkled with anticipation.

Her uncle had said he would ask the Medicine King Sect Master for a Marrow-Washing Pill.

Only a top-grade Marrow-Washing Pill could awaken her Divine Bone.

[Host, I just looked into it. The Medicine King Sect Master really is a legendary figure. His son, though? Not so great. And his son isn't even related to him by blood.]

He Had Raised His Enemy's Son

The sect master approached the Medicine King Sect Master to ask for a pill.

"My sect took in a new disciple this year who needs Marrow Cleansing. I heard you can refine a Seventh-Grade Marrow-Washing Pill now, Medicine Sect Master. Could I trouble you to make one for me? Name any price."

Medicine Sect Master frowned slightly. "I can indeed refine a Seventh-Grade Marrow-Washing Pill, but one of the ingredients is extremely hard to find: twenty-thousand-year-old Void Cicada Gu Bamboo. That makes things difficult."

The sect master was about to speak when he suddenly heard Li Zi's thoughts.

Medicine Sect Master's son was no good?

And he wasn't even his biological son?

Now that was explosive!

A cryptic smile suddenly curved Medicine Sect Master's lips.

"Sect Master Jiang, that voice came from your sect's direction, didn't it? That little girl even knows about Old Lei's family affairs. She's full of surprises."

The sect master denied it at once. "What are you talking about? What voice? I don't know anything."

Li Zi and that system knew a great deal.

For now, they were only gossiping about private family matters.

But what if they gossiped about something more dangerous later and someone killed her to silence her?

He would grit his teeth and deny everything, muddying the waters first.

Medicine Sect Master said, "Oh, stop pretending. That's the voice of a little girl. Open your eyes and look around. How many little girls are here? You think you can hide her?"

The sect master glanced around.

There were indeed some female cultivators present.

But the young female disciples in the Foundation Establishment Realm had already entered the Secret Realm. The women who remained had all reached Golden Core and cultivated for decades, even centuries.

Li Zi was the only eight-year-old girl there.

And she was adorable, especially those bright eyes darting about as she curiously sized up the powerful figures around her, hungry for gossip.

Anyone present with half a brain could guess whose voice they had heard.

Medicine Sect Master had also keenly noticed that Li Zi had never opened her mouth.

In other words, she had not spoken those words aloud.

The sect master rolled his eyes at him and gave up pretending. "At a time like this, shouldn't you be more concerned about that son who isn't related to you by blood?"

Those words seemed to strike a sore spot.

Medicine Sect Master's face flushed crimson. It took him a long while to force a reply through his clenched throat.

"Bullshit! He's my flesh and blood!"

[The Medicine King Sect Master has a son, right? Instead of focusing on cultivation, he spends every day flirting with the pretty girls in the sect.]

Medicine Sect Master's face turned livid. He shot the Spirit Sword Sect Master a vicious glare.

After that, Jiang still wanted a Marrow-Washing Pill from him? In his dreams!

His son was such a good boy. That little brat was clearly slandering him!

The Medicine King Sect disciples present exchanged looks.

As one, they turned toward the two female disciples who had come with them.

The two female disciples turned their heads away in disgust.

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