Chapter 54

"Master Elder said you can freely enter and leave our Sect's Treasure Vault and Alchemy Tower, but you'd better not look at the Cultivation Method and secret manuals inside. Our Flame Hall disciples all have Fire Element Spirit Root, but you're different. Looking at the Cultivation Method could easily injure you."

Li Zi smiled sweetly at her, "Thank you, sister."

Eight-year-old Li Zi exudes a lively Spiritual Qi, especially her dark eyes, which are so clear and untouched by worldly dust.

Looking at her innocent smile, Huo Rui sighed inwardly, finding it impossible to dislike her.

She knew a little about the relationship between Gong Lin and her Master.

But what she knew more about was her Master's love for Gong Lin.

Over the years, his Master has made many mistakes because of him.

But this man, I wonder where he is, living a life of pleasure.

Now, Gong Lin is back, and she's brought an eight-year-old girl with her.

Well, you even have a child now!

Master's unrequited love over the years has been utterly worthless!

Li Zi looked around, his mind already wandering elsewhere.

[System, is Huo Fei- senpai easy to get along with? Miya-senpai wants me to help explain what happened back then, what am I supposed to say? Will she listen to me? Why do they want me to do this kind of thing? It's really stressful.]

Suddenly, she heard the little girl's frustrated voice, Huo Rui's spirits lifted instantly.

She looked at Li Zi beside her in shock.

Li Zi all!

Also, how do you explain what happened back then?

What happened back then?

Li Zi was currently preoccupied and waiting for an answer from the system, completely unaware of Huo Rui's strange reaction.

[Host, don't worry, Huo Fei won't be out of seclusion for a while. Let's linger here for a bit, then go to that Gravity Body Tempering Pavilion to cultivate and take advantage of the situation first.]

Li Zi breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on her face.

Gong Lin and Huo Fei's relationship was passionate and tumultuous, filled with many misunderstandings, but she was just an observer. These things needed to be resolved through their own communication; what could she say?

Li Zi's heart was heavy with dejection. [That Senior Gong Lin said he wanted me to stay here for a few days, but he himself wasn't even sure when Senior Huo Fei. Where did he get his confidence?]

[Um, this is because...]

Just as the system was about to provide an answer, a bolt of Thunder and Lightning suddenly struck the mountain peak.

As the lightning and fire dissipated, the Flame Hall Second Elder stood steadily in mid-air, waving to Li Zi and Huo Rui.

"Xiao Rui, your Master is about to emerge from seclusion. Could you bring the little girl with you?"

Huo Rui pouted and said "Oh".

The Master finally emerged from seclusion, only to have to bring along her lover's child with another man.

I really don't know what they were thinking.

But...

Huo Rui frowned.

Hearing Li Zi refer to Gong Lin as "senior" in her heart, it seems they are not father and daughter?

But there was no time to think about that now. Huo Rui reached out her hand to Li Zi, "Come on, I'll take you to the back mountain."

Huo Fei is in seclusion in the center of the disciple training Secret Realm behind the Flame Hall.

Gong Lin, along with several elders from the Flame Hall, stood at the highest point of the mountain.

They waited expectantly for Huo Fei from seclusion.

Li Zi also craned his neck to look.

Huo Fei is in seclusion beside a lake in the middle of a dense forest. The area is protected by a barrier, so Huo Fei cannot be seen, but her aura can be sensed and is gradually growing stronger.

Li Zi nervously swallowed, mentally calculating how to explain things to Gong Lin.

The system said, "[Stop looking, she won't be able to get out of this place. It won't be for several hundred years.]"

In an instant, dozens of sharp gazes fell upon Li Zi.

But worried that their gazes would disturb Li Zi's conversation with the system, they quickly looked away.

Impossible!

Five years ago, they pooled the resources of their Sect, found over a thousand kinds of spirit medicine, and sent them to the Medicine King Sect to refine a Seventh-Rank Jade Glow Pill.

The Azure Elixir can clear away distracting thoughts, helping Cultivator overcome Heart Demon and offset Karmic Obstruction.

Once Huo Fei past this hurdle, her subsequent cultivation will be much smoother.

[That's right. Huo Fei's problem isn't just with her cultivation; it's mainly a mental one. She's gotten stuck in a rut. A few years ago, the Sect found her a Jade Essence Pill, but it had the opposite effect. She has too many psychological obstacles, even developing suicidal thoughts. The more she secludes herself, the worse she gets. At the current rate, she'll soon be completely isolating herself.]

The Flame Hall Elder thought she would wake up in the next couple of days because, given Huo Fei's cultivation speed, she would be able to absorb all the Medicinal Pill just in time. Unfortunately, the Azure Essence Pill was practically useless.

Huo Rui looked at the elders with some panic.

"What to do?"

The Master's condition is so serious!

The First Elder made a shushing gesture to Huo Rui, then pointed at Li Zi.

Huo Rui was stunned for a moment, then looked at the little girl beside her.

Li Zi was standing on tiptoe, peering towards the direction where Huo Fei was in seclusion, her eyes darting around, clearly focused entirely on her conversation with the system.

So, the senior disciples placed all their hopes on this little girl?

Li Zi a pang of sympathy. "[Senior Huo Fei is truly pitiful. She was harmed so badly by Wen Yun. What would happen if we continued to let her go into seclusion?]"

The system's electronic voice trembled slightly, [She will eventually die of old age. She can't break through like this; she can only slowly die of old age alone in seclusion.]

The hearts of the Flame Hall experts clenched in anxiety.

Some people had already turned their faces away to wipe away tears.

Gong Lin seemed to have made a solemn decision, gripping the Longsword in his hand tightly.

Since that's the case, he forced his way in and woke her from her seclusion.

"Isn't there any other way?" Li Zi asked.