Chapter 22 Rong Yan: Our base has been raided! Everyone: I need my junior sister…

The usually quiet practice room was now packed with people.

She never dared to enter crowded places like this, as the system could easily go crazy and force two storylines on her.

But my junior sister is inside.

Rong Yan listened to all the news as she walked, including things like "The sect's top disciple has a successor," "As expected of a hidden master, he's amazing," and "A meteoric rise of three ranks in a row..."

What big shot?

She's been in this sect for two hundred years, and there are still powerful figures she, Rong Yan, don't know about?

She approached the practice room with some skepticism.

Three Buddha statues stood guard in front of the door like door gods, especially the one in the middle, which was practically glued to the wall.

Upon seeing the first person, Rong Yan's expression turned solemn.

Chong Cang was actually here. Had he also noticed his junior sister's unusual behavior?

This man is incredibly cunning; his heart is full of hidden schemes. If he were to compete with her for the position of junior sister, she wouldn't be entirely confident of winning him over.

When Chong Cang saw Rong Yan looking travel-worn, he snorted coldly and let out a loud burp.

Ha, you can't even catch a hot meal before it's too late.

His expression was not good. Shi Liuying had been inside for three whole days.

Who knows what kind of miserable days he has endured in the past three days?

The quiet and normal female disciples in the training hall all mutated. They all noticed his handsome appearance and rushed to him, each with a pure and innocent face offering him different foods.

Each of them felt that they were unique and could definitely cure his stomach ailment and heal his heart.

Whether taking a walk around the training hall has actually imparted any knowledge to the disciples is unknown, but these sunflowers certainly put all the food into his esophagus all the way down to his throat.

Under the system's tyranny, Chong Cang felt like a emotionless duck that could only swallow.

Without Shi Liuying, he felt like every day was an eternity, and the world seemed shrouded in darkness once more.

He could only stick the stickers on the walls of the practice room again and again to gain some psychological comfort.

The disciples in the outer circle were still trying to squeeze in: "Elder Chongcang, this is the roasted duck I made myself!"

The greasy smell reached Chong Cang's nostrils.

"Hiccup... Ugh, um!"

Chong Cang struggled to suppress his nausea, his face growing even paler.

Rong Yan's face was the same as Chong Cang's, painted with the same brand of white paint.

Because she saw Junlintian.

As the top two disciples in the sect, the two did not interact much but were not enemies either. They would nod to each other when they occasionally met within the sect.

But things are different now. Jun Lintian is standing here, which means he's on the opposite side of her.

Jun Lintian looked travel-worn, with bloodstains still clinging to his clothes. He saw Rong Yan, nodded in greeting, and then turned his gaze back to the training room.

Shi Liuying went inside for three days, during which he was forced to accept three more secret realm challenge missions, one per day.

In the final secret realm, he paid the price of severe bleeding from his forearm in exchange for a short respite. Before the system could react, he quickly arrived at Shi Liuying's training room.

Although he was unwilling to use his junior sister, Jun Lintian, who hadn't slept for three days and whose spiritual energy was almost depleted, really wanted to get a good night's sleep.

Seeing Jun Lintian's usually indifferent and weary eyes looking towards the training room, with a hint of worry, Rong Yan's usually affectionate eyes were full of irritation.

Another person discovered something unique about their junior sister.

How bad!

She only briefly left the sect for a mission, how come her home was almost completely robbed when she returned?!

Fortunately, it seems that Junlintian has no intention of staying here to compete for a position.

He glanced at the communication jade slip, then frowned and prepared to leave.

Jun Lintian said to Rong Yan, "I'm entrusting my junior sister to your care for now. I'll be back within a quarter of an hour."

Rong Yan's inner Ruby was sarcastically waving her hand: "Ah, please look after her for now~"

It's as if your junior sister belongs to you alone.

"I am Liu Ying's most trusted senior sister. You don't need to say anything more; I will put her safety first."

Key takeaway: Most trusted!

Jun Lintian left without responding. Rong Yan felt bored and turned her gaze to another person.

With her exceptional strength, she immediately realized that this new disciple only had the cultivation level of Qi Refining.

It's tiny, I can easily knock it down with one hand, it's nothing to be afraid of.

Rong Yan's mood finally improved. She took a few steps forward to get closer to this pushover, and smiled warmly: "Are you also waiting for your junior sister?"

The soft persimmon turned around and glanced at her: "Is Liuying your junior sister?"

Rong Yan clenched her back teeth.

Hmph, fireflies, fireflies, how intimately close they are.

"Yes, I'm her senior, and I brought her a small gift when I came back this time."

Rong Yan subtly emphasized her close relationship with Shi Liuying, then asked him, "I wonder about you and my junior sister..."

Shen Hanzhou peered out the window trying to see what was inside the training room, but failed. He then gave a sliver of his gaze to the person who had spoken to him: "I am Liu Ying's best friend. My name is Shen Hanzhou."

Rong Yan grinds her teeth.

Oh, my friend, my best friend.

It's only natural for children to make friends when they first start school; it's human nature and shouldn't be prevented.

Rong Yan was about to say something, to assert some non-existent sovereignty, when she saw Shen Hanzhou's distressed expression: "Calling us friends isn't really appropriate."

Rong Yan stopped grinding her teeth, her mood instantly improving: "What do you mean?"

Shen Hanzhou was mysterious and hesitant in his speech.

Before he learned that Shi Liuying was a mysterious sect-protecting elder, they were good friends. After learning this, how could he dare to presume to associate with her?

An elder of such high seniority, yet he silently protected him as a fellow cultivator from the same generation...

Just thinking about this made Shen Hanzhou incredibly moved.

His eyes were brimming with tears, and he covered his mouth to prevent himself from sobbing aloud.

But recently the situation has changed, and without Shi Liuying, he can hardly move an inch in the sect.

He's like a lump of dough; anyone can knead him.

One arrogant protagonist was sent to the punishment hall and fell, but countless arrogant protagonists rose up again.

His ice spirit root was unpredictable, like a cell phone signal in an underground parking garage.

He was shrouded in darkness, unaware of when he would be met with a devastating blow from Long Aotian.

With teary eyes, Shen Hanzhou stared at the door of the training room, like a kitten anxiously waiting for its master to return from hunting: Boss, when will you finally emerge from seclusion...?

People's joys and sorrows are uncomprehending. Seeing Shen Hanzhou's tears, Rong Yan gloated: "Were Shi Liuying once the best of friends?"

She highlighted the past.

Shen Hanzhou nodded.

Rong Yan leaned closer to him like a brother: "Did you offend Shi Liuying? So you're no longer good friends?"

She became more and more excited as she spoke: "Disliked? Abandoned?"

Shen Hanzhou shook his head: "Don't curse me, I have a great relationship with the big boss."

Rong Yan: ?

Boss, who are you talking about, the junior sister who does radio calisthenics with her and treats it as a cultivation technique?

"You mean Shi Liuying is the big boss?"

Shen Hanzhou retorted, "You're her senior sister with whom she has such a good relationship, and you didn't even know?"

A speechless Rong Yan exclaimed: "I'm her senior sister, so I know how diligently she wants to cultivate!"

She's so small, yet climbing Tianji Peak left her red-faced and breathless, her neck bulging with sweat, before we finally found her. A single book, "Qi Refining from Beginner to Expert," was enough to make her overjoyed…

“How could she possibly be a big shot?!” Rong Yan retorted.

Then he was met with unanimous angry stares from the onlookers: "How dare you question a powerhouse in the Heavenly Decline stage!"

"Exactly, exactly. You'll be in for a world of hurt when she comes out of the training room."

"Don't think you can bully someone just because they failed their tribulation."

"You know how terrifying a second cultivation session during the Heavenly Decline stage is, right?"

The Decline of Heaven...?

Rong Yan stroked her chin. [Panda head deep in thought.jpg]

If a powerful cultivator fails to transcend the tribulation, they will indeed enter the Heavenly Decline stage and begin cultivating again.

If that's the case...

It still doesn't convince people.

My junior sister's eyes are pure and clear, not at all like those old things in the decline stage of life, whose eyes are turbid from the inside out.

She moved closer to Chong Cang: "Do you believe it?"

Chong Cang looked at Rong Yan with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, then twitched the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically, "You'd better believe it, and then worship her and keep your distance from the strong."

Rong Yan: Okay, don't believe it. You have to take Black Sesame Dumplings' words the opposite way.

Her attention returned to the practice room: "What is my junior sister doing? I even brought her a gift."

Shen Hanzhou keenly seized the opportunity for improvement: "She's absorbing beast cores inside and has already advanced two ranks. She's still breaking through, and everyone is protecting her."

"But that's not important. Tell me what gift you prepared for Liuying?"

Shen Hanzhou made the sound of copying homework.

Shen Hanzhou rubbed his hands together, looking as if he also wanted to personally prepare a gift for Shi Liuying.

Even if the big spenders don't care about the beast cores, there are always other things they want. As long as it can be bought with money, it's not a problem!

Rong Yan picked up the sparkling sword: "Here, this is the sword. This is what my junior sister and I agreed on."

A token of love, you know what I mean?

A sword that glows all over and has amazing special effects!

The design and the sheen hit the nail on the head regarding the aesthetics of Shen Hanzhou, the landlord's foolish son.

"How beautiful!" Shen Hanzhou exclaimed.

Rong Yan said casually, "Oh, it's nothing, it's just..."

A note from the author:

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