He Was Raising 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? Your adopted daughter's word is an imperial decree, and everyone else's is a fart?"

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

He thought back to what he had seen.

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

They had seemed quite far apart, and neither had done anything improper.

But he had believed his adopted daughter. Already convinced, he had seen them in the same room, felt his blood surge, and flown into a rage.

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

Li Zi stood on tiptoe to look over.

[The Medicine King Sect Master really knows how to scold someone. Keep going! People really do need to communicate more. And between husband and wife, it's better to talk things through. The Thunder God Hall Sect Master had better not let his loving wife down. She wanted to prepare a surprise for him, only to be misunderstood like that. How awful she must feel.]

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

The others nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly.

They really did need to communicate more, lest misunderstandings take root.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master was growing anxious. He wanted to hurry home, embrace his beloved wife, and apologize.

"I was wrong about this. I apologize to the Medicine King Sect. How about this? Another day, I'll come to your door myself 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."

"Of course. I'll bring it all. I misunderstood my beloved wife, so I need to leave now."

Li Zi thought, Hey, don't get so caught up in apologizing that you forget the real culprit.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master faltered, then quickened his pace.

Lei Niao Niao!

Was it really you who drove a wedge between us?

Once the Thunder God Hall Sect Master had vanished from sight, Li Zi finally looked away, still wanting more.

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

A torrent of spiritual energy poured out through a crack.

The force pushed Li Zi back a few steps.

The crack widened, and the dense spiritual energy turned into razor-sharp currents. Cold blades scraped against her skin again and again.

The sect masters shouted, "Get 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 Master. 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 checked. The Medicine King Sect Master really is an incredible, legendary figure. His son, though? Not so much. And his son isn't even related to him by blood.]

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

"Our Sect took in a new disciple this year who needs Marrow Cleansing. I heard you can now refine a Seventh-Grade Marrow-Washing Pill, Sect Master Yao. Would you be willing to part with one? Name any price."

Sect Master Yao frowned slightly. "I can indeed refine a Seventh-Grade Marrow-Washing Pill, but one of its ingredients is exceedingly 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 inner voice.

Sect Master Yao's son is no good?

And he isn't his biological son?

What a scandal!

A smile of uncertain meaning suddenly curved Sect Master Yao'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. She's full of surprises."

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

Li Zi and that system knew a great many things.

For now, they were only gossiping about family matters.

But what if, later, they gossiped about something more explosive and someone killed them to keep them quiet?

He would grit his teeth and deny everything to muddy the waters.

Sect Master Yao 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 looked around.

There were indeed some female cultivators present.

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

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

And she was especially pretty and adorable. Her lively eyes darted about as she surveyed the surrounding experts with open curiosity, eager for gossip.

Anyone present with half a brain could guess whose voice they were hearing.

What was more, Sect Master Yao had 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 of yours who shares none of your blood?"

The words seemed to strike a sore spot.

Sect Master Yao's face flushed crimson. It took him a long moment to force a sentence out.

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

[The Medicine King Sect Master has a son, right? Instead of focusing on cultivation, all he does every day is harass the pretty girls in the Sect.]

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

After saying all that, this Jiang still wanted a Marrow-Washing Pill from him? Dream on!

His son was so well-behaved. That little brat was clearly slandering him on purpose!

Meanwhile, the Medicine King Sect disciples exchanged looks.

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

The two female disciples turned away, their faces full of disgust.