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A smile flickered in Ran Zirou's eyes. She wiped her tears and nodded.

"Okay."

Li Zi stood on tiptoe, watching the two of them walk away, and told the system to keep an eye on them.

The system said, [Don't worry. Ran Zirou is only eleven at most right now. She's been reborn, but she seems to have forgotten how old she is. Senior Brother Bao is a grown man, not a beast. What could he possibly do to her?]

Li Zi realized, [Oh, right. I forgot Ran Zirou's only eleven now.]

Bao Yuanwu, who had not gone far, nearly tripped.

Ran Zirou was that young?

He had not been able to tell.

During their time together, she had acted so mature, teasing and tempting him at every turn. He had nearly lost control.

Several times along the road, whenever no one was around, Ran Zirou slipped into Bao Yuanwu's arms.

Bao Yuanwu pushed her away without a change in expression, every inch a gentleman.

That left Ran Zirou no chance to put her plans into action.

The system told Li Zi everything Ran Zirou had done on the road.

At that moment, Fu Chaoqing was taking Li Zi's pulse.

Both of them listened to the system's report with satisfaction.

When the system paused, Fu Chaoqing could not help asking, "Junior Sister, I heard Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother visited your Cave Abode today?"

Then he added tentatively, "I wrote to them ages ago. They should have a good impression of you."

Li Zi nibbled on the cakes and Candied Fruit Fu Chaoqing had brought. Her eyes narrowed as she gave him a brief account of everything that had happened with the two senior brothers.

Fu Chaoqing listened in stunned silence, then suddenly slapped the table.

"Outrageous! That Ran Zirou had them spinning in circles! How could our two senior brothers be so foolish?"

Li Zi waved it off. "Don't be too angry, Senior Brother. Second Senior Brother has already taken Ran Zirou down the mountain."

"Besides, they believe every word she says. If you confront them, they might think I'm an immature junior sister telling tales behind her back."

Fu Chaoqing frowned. "Surely they're not that incapable of telling right from wrong."

As they spoke, Yu Lin walked in, waving his folding fan.

"Junior Sister, I heard your Cultivation reached the Sixth Level of Qi Refining in a short time. Your foundation might be unstable, so I went to the Medicine King Sect today and bought you some Foundation Establishment Pills."

He tucked a porcelain bottle straight into Li Zi's arms.

Li Zi looked down. There seemed to be more than one Foundation Establishment Pill inside.

These were Sixth-Grade Medicinal Pills!

And he was just giving them to her?

Hadn't she heard that Medicinal Pills above the fifth grade were extremely rare in the Cultivation World these days?

Even in their Spirit Sword Sect, the Inner Sect disciples mostly used Second-Grade Medicinal Pills. Third-Grade Medicinal Pills were rewards for special contributions.

Ordinary Inner Sect disciples could not even get their hands on Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills.

So why did Medicinal Pills and spiritual herbs seem to cost nothing when it came to her?

The Marrow-Washing Pill her Sect Master martial uncle had given her alone had been made by the Medicine King Sect Master using an improved formula.

Its quality had reached the seventh grade!

She pulled out the stopper in amazement. There were three Foundation Establishment Pills inside.

Incredible!

Her senior brothers were so rich!

[Hehe, system, hehe, I've struck it rich! My senior brothers are so wealthy! They're amazing!]

[Host, wipe up your drool.]

Yu Lin found her wide-eyed, utterly unsophisticated shock deeply gratifying.

He smiled and flicked open his fan. "What were you going to say, Fourth Junior Brother? Let's hear it."

Fu Chaoqing told him everything about Ran Zirou in detail.

At the end, he added, "It's all true. Junior Sister absolutely wasn't telling tales."

Yu Lin's face darkened. He closed his fan, ignored Li Zi's dazed stream of inner muttering, and tapped her on the head with it.

"Ow!" Li Zi cried. Clutching her head, she looked up at him in confusion.

"I know the truth now. But Second Senior Brother has followed Ran Zirou down the mountain. That's the problem."

[Senior Brother is handsome and rich, and capable, too. He's even a cultivation genius. He's perfect! Being his junior sister makes my heart feel so warm.]

Yu Lin's smile deepened.

Besides, Master had already told him these were Li Zi's inner thoughts.

Ran Zirou's words had indeed given him a different impression of Li Zi before.

But now that he heard his junior sister showering him with praise in her thoughts every day, he could not see her as vicious or spoiled at all.

She looked soft and adorable, but his junior sister had an awful lot to say in her head.

"Junior Sister," he said with a smile, "our Sect has reached an agreement with the Medicine King Sect. If we want Medicinal Pills and Spirit Medicines, we have to gather the herbs ourselves. We can form teams and go down the mountain to gain experience, or head into the mountains alone. We can exchange the Spirit Medicines we gather for Medicinal Pills at the Medicine King Sect. I traded herbs I gathered for these three pills."

[Host, in her previous life, Ran Zirou drew all the men to her side. Your senior brothers lost interest in cultivating or going down the mountain to gain experience, so she didn't get many Cultivation Resources from the Spirit Sword Sect.]

Li Zi understood.

No wonder Ran Zirou had called them stingy.

She gripped the porcelain bottle and said brightly, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I want to go down the mountain to gain experience too. I haven't tried out the Sword Techniques Eldest Senior Brother taught me yet."

Yu Lin pinched her cheek and smiled. "I happen to be going to gather a particular Spirit Medicine. You can come with me."

[Host, there's gossip!]

The system suddenly cried out.

Yu Lin and Fu Chaoqing pricked up their ears and waited.

Just then, the Sect Master's voice rang out across the sky.

"All elders and their Direct Disciples, gather at the Main Peak."

By the time Li Zi and the other two arrived, several people had already gathered there.

They were disciples of the other elders. Everyone who could come had come, apart from those in Secluded Cultivation.

Ji Zheng had also rushed over from the Sect's Secret Realm. His clothes bore several cuts from sword strikes. He had clearly come in such a hurry that he had not even had time to change.