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A smile flickered in Ran Zirou's eyes. She wiped away 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, [Relax. Ran Zirou is only eleven, at most. She's been reborn, so she seems to have lost track of her own age. Senior Brother Bao is a grown man, not a beast. How could he do anything to her?]

Li Zi suddenly understood. [Oh, right. I forgot Ran Zirou is only eleven.]

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

Ran Zirou is that young?

I couldn't tell at all.

The truth was, during their time together, Ran Zirou had acted so mature and flirted with him so relentlessly that he had almost lost control.

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

Each time, Bao Yuanwu pushed her away without changing 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 finished, Fu Chaoqing could not help asking, "Junior Sister, I heard Second Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother visited your cave residence today?"

Then he added tentatively, "I sent them letters ages ago. They should have had a good impression of you."

Eating the cakes and candied fruit Fu Chaoqing had brought, Li Zi narrowed her eyes and briefly recounted everything that had happened when she met the two senior brothers.

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

"How outrageous! That Ran Zirou had them completely fooled! How could our two senior brothers be so dense?"

Li Zi waved a hand, unconcerned. "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 bring it up, they might think I'm an immature junior sister telling tales behind their backs."

Fu Chaoqing frowned. "Surely our two senior brothers aren't that blind."

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

"Junior Sister, I heard you reached the Sixth Level of Qi Refining in a short time. Your foundation may be unstable, so I went to the Medicine King Sect today to buy 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?

Weren't Medicinal Pills above the fifth grade extremely rare in the Cultivation World nowadays?

Even in the Spirit Sword Sect, the Medicinal Pills inner disciples encountered most often were second-grade. Rewards for special contributions were Third-Grade Medicinal Pills.

Ordinary inner disciples could not even get their hands on fourth-grade Medicinal Pills.

So why did Medicinal Pills and spirit herbs seem to be handed out for free around her?

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

Its quality had reached the seventh grade!

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

Incredible!

My senior brothers are so rich!

[Hehe, system, hehe, I've struck it rich! My senior brothers are so rich and so amazing.]

[Host, wipe your drool.]

Her wide-eyed, utterly unsophisticated expression pleased Yu Lin immensely.

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

Fu Chaoqing explained the matter with Ran Zirou in detail.

At the end, he added, "All of this is 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 chatter, and tapped her on the head with it.

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

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

[Senior Brother is handsome, rich, capable, and a cultivation genius. He's perfect! This junior sister's heart feels so warm.]

Yu Lin's smile deepened.

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

Ran Zirou's words had indeed made him see Li Zi differently before.

But after hearing his junior sister shower him with praise in her thoughts every day, he simply could not believe she was malicious or spoiled.

She looked sweet and adorable, but his junior sister had so much to say in her head.

"Junior Sister." Smiling, he said to Li Zi, "Our Sect has an agreement with the Medicine King Sect. If we want Medicinal Pills or Spirit Medicine, we have to gather the herbs ourselves. We can form teams and go out to gain experience, or head into the mountains alone. Spirit Medicine can be exchanged for Medicinal Pills at the Medicine King Sect. I traded the herbs I gathered for these three pills."

[Host, in her previous life, Ran Zirou drew all the men to her side and kept your senior brothers from focusing on cultivation or going down the mountain to gain experience. That's why she didn't get many cultivation resources from the Spirit Sword Sect.]

Li Zi understood.

No wonder Ran Zirou called them stingy.

Clutching the porcelain bottle, she said brightly, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I want to go down the mountain and gain experience too. I haven't tried out the sword techniques Eldest Senior Brother taught me yet."

Yu Lin pinched her cheek and smiled. "As it happens, I need to gather a particular Spirit Medicine this time. You can come with me."

[Host, there's gossip!]

The system suddenly cried out.

Yu Lin and Fu Chaoqing both 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. Aside from those in secluded cultivation, everyone who could come had come.

Ji Zheng had also hurried over from the Sect's Secret Realm. His clothes bore several slashes from a sword. He had clearly rushed here without even taking the time to change.

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