Seeing Injustice on the Road, I'll Go Take a Look

"Crack crack!"

A gust of wind blew, and two sparks from the bonfire startled Liu Zijin, who had just lifted the curtain and walked out.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Jiang Beiran asked, putting down the straw hat in his hand and turning around.

Liu Zijin, who had already prepared her speech inside, replied, "I really can't sleep, so I thought I'd come out and keep watch with Senior Brother for a while, just as practice for the future."

As soon as Liu Zijin finished speaking, three options popped up before Jiang Beiran's eyes.

[Option 1: "Hmm, are you hungry? Would you like a snack?" Completion Reward: Yangming Divine Curse (Earth Grade Low Rank)]

[Option 2: Take out a low stool and let Liu Zijin sit beside you. Completion Reward: Five Spirits Ghost Technique (Mystic Middle Grade)]

[Option 3: "Since it's practice, let's start by getting used to loneliness. I happen to have some things to do, so I'll trouble you." Completion Reward: Random Basic Attribute Point +1]

He decisively chose three. Jiang Beiran put his straw hat into the Universe Ring, then stood up and said to Liu Zijin, "Since it's practice, let's start by getting used to loneliness. I happen to have some things to do, so I'll trouble you."

[Option mission completed, Reward: Constitution +1]

"Ah...?"

Before Liu Zijin could react, she found that Jiang Beiran had already disappeared into the night.

'It seems Senior Brother really dislikes me...'

Sighing, Liu Zijin sat on the small chair where Jiang Beiran had been sitting. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions, a little uncomfortable, but she also seemed to like Senior Brother's indifferent demeanor.

A moment later, the curtain of the tent was lifted again, and the Yu Family Three Sisters poked their heads out one after another and asked.

"Where's Senior Brother?"

"Did he go back to his own tent?"

"Sister Zi Jin, did you get scolded?"

Shaking her head, Liu Zijin turned back and said, "Senior Brother said he had something to do and asked me to keep watch alone."

"Is that so..." The three sisters sighed regretfully at the same time. "Senior Brother is really mysterious."

On the other side, Jiang Beiran had already arrived in a forest. He had noticed several good medicinal herbs when he passed by earlier and had intended to come back for them, but now he had the chance.

He carefully picked a "Pinellia" and put it away. As he stood up to look for the next herb, Jiang Beiran couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

In the past, when he took new junior disciples out for training, he usually had to find opportunities to leave the team to trigger options every day. But this time, with these five junior sisters, he didn't have that trouble at all. He could trigger an option with just a few words, and they were often Earth Grade or higher, which could be described as "perilous."

This further strengthened his resolve to stay away from beautiful junior sisters, because he believed that if there were a few male disciples in the group this time, he would have already accepted several Yellow Grade, or even Mystic Grade, missions.

An hour later, Liu Zijin, who had coaxed Fang Qiuyue and the others back into their tents, yawned while staring at the bonfire. She thought that guarding the night was really not an easy job; it was truly tiring and boring.

"If you're sleepy, go back and sleep. I'll keep watch for the rest of the time."

Seeing her Senior Brother suddenly appear before her, Liu Zijin blinked and stared for a while before saying, "Senior Brother, you're back? Is everything done?"

"Mm," Jiang Beiran nodded.

"Then I'll trouble Senior Brother," Liu Zijin said as she stood up and walked to the front of the tent, lifting the curtain. But just as she was about to go in, she couldn't help but turn back and call out, "Senior Brother."

"Speak," Jiang Beiran replied without turning his head.

"N-nothing, Senior Brother, goodnight."

"Mm, goodnight."

At three quarters past the Chen Hour, Jiang Beiran extinguished the bonfire and woke up the junior sisters. It had to be said that youth was full of vitality. Even though the Five Junior Sisters had slept very late yesterday, they got up as soon as they were called, and each of them was full of spirit.

After packing up the tents, the six of them set off on the road back to the sect.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

"Junior Sisters, you go first!"

"Hmph! None of you will escape today!"

Just as they entered a forest, Jiang Beiran suddenly heard the sound of fighting not far away.

Liu Zijin and the others naturally heard it too, but they didn't make any move. This was because they had encountered such situations when they went to Gather Wealth Village, but their Senior Brother had no intention of helping and had simply bypassed it.

So this time, they only glanced in the direction of the fighting.

"Let's go, let's go take a look."

"Ah!?" The Five Junior Sisters were stunned, looking at their Senior Brother with disbelief, only to find that he had already headed towards the source of the fighting.

The five of them exchanged glances and simultaneously thought that the sun had truly risen from the west before quickly following.

The reason Jiang Beiran suddenly decided to meddle in such a trivial matter was entirely because two options appeared before him when he heard the sound of fighting.

[Option 1: Leave directly. Completion Reward: Three Yuan Miasma (Profound Grade Low Rank)]

[Option 2: Follow the sound of fighting to help. Completion Reward: +1 Random Basic Attribute Point]

The sound of fighting was not far from Jiang Beiran and the others. In an instant, the group arrived at the location and saw two groups already fighting.

Using his spiritual power to scan the area, Jiang Beiran discovered that the strongest among the two groups was only at the Qi Refining Third Order. He then said to Liu Zijin and the others, "Go separate them. I'll cover you from the sidelines."

"Yes!"

After the five of them, including Liu Zijin, responded, they simultaneously drew their swords and charged into the crowd.

"Who are you!?" a brute, dressed in gray-white short clothes and a blue headscarf, asked loudly.

"Returning Heart Sect disciple Liu Zijin!"

While answering, Liu Zijin deflected a Gold Thread Great Ringed Saber and shielded a wounded girl.

"This has nothing to do with your Returning Heart Sect. Stop meddling!" the brute said, sweeping a staff towards Liu Zijin. However, Fang Qiuyue easily deflected it with a move called "Fleeting Shadows."

Seeing that the newcomers were not weak, the brute could only shout, "Returning Heart Sect's Liu Zijin, is it? Very well, we've made an enemy of you. Just you wait!" He then swept his long staff, took a step back, and said, "Brothers, retreat!"

"Yes." The others responded and also withdrew from the battle, following the brute deeper into the forest.

After the brute's group had completely disappeared, a man in a green shirt among those rescued bowed to Liu Zijin. "I am Gu Qingyue of the Azure Cloud Sect. Thank you, Miss Liu, for your assistance in our time of need. We are deeply grateful for this kindness."

Following him, the others also put away their weapons and cupped their hands in thanks to Liu Zijin.

Just as Liu Zijin was about to return the courtesy, she suddenly heard a "clang" sound behind her. Alarmed, she quickly turned to look.

"This is called a Backhand Dart. In the future, when you drive enemies back, be more vigilant. They might not have actually left," Jiang Beiran said. He then put down his sword, bent down, picked up a Four-Edged Dart with pointed ends and a bulging middle, and handed it to Liu Zijin. "It's a Nail Dart. Keep it as a souvenir."

PS: Stop scolding, stop scolding. If you keep scolding, I'll become stupid.

I've been working hard to update, but there are just too many things to consider... So it takes me all night to revise and produce one chapter. After all, the current chapter review system is very strict. (scared.jpg)