My Good-for-Nothing Second and Third Senior Brothers

Because of Li Zi's unspoken thoughts, the two men spent days and nights talking. At last, they cleared up years of conflict, and their relationship eased considerably.

They were just getting into their drinking when they heard:

[I, Hu Hansan, am back!]

The two men exchanged a smile.

Well, the girl had come out of seclusion.

Li Zi's Cultivation had reached the Sixth Level of Qi Refining.

The Sect's Primordial Sage Secret Art connected the Acupoints within the body, opening them through a special pattern of circulating energy to absorb spiritual energy.

A Heaven Tier Cultivation Method really was different. Cultivating it yielded twice the results for half the effort. When pushed to its limit, it could even turn the Acupoints into tiny whirlpools with a fearsome devouring force.

As for the Myriad Flower Divine Bone, it was one of the divine-grade Immortal Bones of antiquity. Its cultivation speed went without saying, but more importantly, it could connect its bearer to the rhythms governing all things.

The sun rose and set.

The four seasons brought growth.

Li Zi was only at the Qi Refining Stage, yet simply standing there, she seemed able to feel the rhythm of all things breathing.

She lightly touched a plant with her finger and circulated her Spiritual Power.

The plant grew rapidly, until at last it formed a flower bud.

[Host, the Cultivation you got by taking pills isn't up to scratch. From now on, you'll have to cultivate on your own.]

Li Zi rolled her eyes. [Cut the nonsense and hurry up and exchange my points for the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart.]

The system's cheerful voice rang out. [Exchange successful! Host, try it out.]

Li Zi sat cross-legged in the courtyard of her Cave Abode and began to meditate.

The Cultivation Method circulated within her, and four Acupoints formed whirlpools, ravenously devouring the Spiritual Power around her.

Li Zi focused completely on keeping the spiritual energy circulating.

She fused all the spiritual energy she absorbed into her body with her own Spiritual Power.

[Host, can you feel it? The system didn't pick at random this time. The effect should be pretty good.]

Li Zi checked. [Where? Why can't I feel anything?]

The system changed the subject outright. [Host, you might not know this, but Ran Zirou has returned to the Sect. And this time, your Second and Third Senior Brothers brought her back.]

My Good-for-Nothing Second and Third Senior Brothers

At that, Li Zi forgot all about cultivating and anxiously asked the system, [What happened? How did those three end up together?]

How could she have forgotten? Ran Zirou had been reborn.

After her rebirth, she certainly wouldn't give up on Ji Zheng's Pure Yang Physique or Li Zi's Myriad Flower Divine Bone.

Worse, Li Zi's Myriad Flower Divine Bone had already been awakened through Marrow Cleansing. If she met a powerful enough expert, they could rip the bone straight out of her.

Right now, she was practically a walking container for a divine bone!

[Your Second and Third Senior Brothers spent some time training on Cragstone Mountain, honing their Martial Arts Techniques. They happened to rescue Ran Zirou while fighting a Spirit Beast. What a coincidence, right? Then the three of them grew close, and a few days ago, they brought her back.]

Li Zi's heart pounded with fear.

[No, wait... The three of you should be worrying about putting on a good performance of Burning Winter. Why did you have to bring her home?]

The system dropped an even bigger bombshell.

[Oh, Ran Zirou is already on her way to see you.]

Li Zi went rigid.

Why was that heroine always fixated on her?

Wouldn't she be better off spending that time cultivating?

And hadn't Ran Zirou's godmother taken her away? How had she managed to come back?

Meanwhile, the two Sect Masters who had been about to visit Li Zi stopped dead in their tracks.

The Hehuan Sect Master frowned. "Senior Brother, Ran Zirou has been with Ziyang all this time. But a few days ago, Ziyang and her Dao Companion went out to gather Spirit Medicine, and she took the chance to slip away."

The Spirit Sword Sect Master's gaze sharpened.

"I've long suspected we didn't completely seal the Demon Prince. A wisp of that fiend's soul escaped. And I suspect Ran Zirou has some connection to him. After all, that Dual Cultivation Method is something found only in the Demon Realm."

The Hehuan Sect Master nodded, worry flickering in his eyes.

"So we just let her jump around right under our noses? What if she hurts Xiao Zi?"

In just one month,

Li Zi's importance had become clear.

The Thunder God Hall Sect Master had made peace with his wife, and the two had gone back to their shamelessly affectionate ways.

The Medicine King Sect Master had saved his son and avenged his wife and Master. He had also cleared his name within the Sect; that fake son had nearly ruined his reputation in his later years.

After returning, the Five Elements Sect Master began training Meng Ning. To his surprise, she truly possessed the exceedingly rare Azure Lotus Yin Body. The Five Elements Sect was about to produce another peerless genius!

All the Sects that had entered the Secret Realm last time knew they could hear the unspoken thoughts of a female disciple from the Spirit Sword Sect.

They even went to the Spirit Sword Sect and held a group meeting with the Spirit Sword Sect Master.

At the meeting, the Medicine King Sect Master, the Thunder God Hall Sect Master, and the Five Elements Sect Master all declared that they would protect Li Zi unconditionally. Anyone who made a move against her would be making an enemy of them.

Unexpectedly, the Sect Master of the Hall of Samsara, whose whole body radiated a gloomy, sinister air, also said, "Me too."

If not for Li Zi, the Hall of Samsara's Sect Master would never have known he was being used as someone else's weapon.

Li Zi's existence might be dangerous, but he was stubborn to a fault. She had saved him, and that was that. Whoever killed Li Zi, he would kill in turn.

And that was without counting the Spirit Sword Sect and the Hehuan Sect.

At least five Sects had declared they would protect Li Zi, keeping those with guilty consciences from trying anything for now.

And so they came to an agreement.

From then on, they would secretly listen to Li Zi's unspoken thoughts without letting her catch the slightest hint of it.

Ever since making peace with the Spirit Sword Sect, the Hehuan Sect Master had treasured Li Zi dearly.

The man was a tight-lipped gourd, and no beauty either, with a face that looked sly and treacherous. No matter how many good deeds he did, no one ever knew. Li Zi could speak up for him.

The Spirit Sword Sect Master laughed and patted his shoulder.

"Junior Brother, how did I never notice you had such a kind heart? Don't worry. I'm keeping an eye on her."