Leaving the lake, Lin Xue headed towards the forest to the east.

Chu Xuan knew Lin Xue's habits, so his senior brother would definitely choose to go east as well.

As long as they remain in this secret realm, they will eventually meet again.

To be honest, Lin Xue has Chu Xuan with her most of the time since she came into this world.

On very rare occasions, Yu Qing, his master, would also take care of him.

This was her first time truly leaving her master and senior brothers to act on her own.

To be honest, I was actually a little excited and thrilled.

There were many low-grade spiritual herbs along the way.

Anyway, Lin Xue will pick them all if she sees them.

They wouldn't let any ferocious beasts they could defeat go; they killed them all and threw them into their storage bags.

Lin Xue continued her journey, investigating as she went.

They discovered that they hadn't seen a single cultivator along the way.

They had no idea how big this secret realm was; it was just the area where they, at the Foundation Establishment stage, had been, and after walking for so long, they hadn't encountered a single person.

She could see clearly before entering the secret realm that the majority of the disciples in this operation were at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages.

But it's good that I don't run into anyone, at least all the good things I see belong to her.

She can pick the fruit at her own pace without worrying about anyone taking it from her.

This situation continued until the next day, when Lin Xue finally encountered the first group of people who had entered the secret realm.

"Senior Brother Chen, how could you give the spiritual herbs we found to people from other sects?"

"Have you fallen for this female cultivator?"

"Senior brother, didn't you say you only loved me?"

Faintly, Lin Xue heard the sounds of several people arguing coming from ahead.

The one shouting was a young girl. Judging from her words, it seemed that this Senior Brother Chen was her boyfriend, but he gave the spiritual herb he found to female cultivators from other sects.

"Junior sister, please stop making a scene!"

"It's just a Crimson Flame Grass. What's wrong with us giving it to Junior Sister Liu? If you want it, I'll take you to find another one!"

It was a man's impatient voice, which made Lin Xue frown slightly.

Why did she smell a scumbag about him?

Driven by curiosity, Lin Xue quickly walked to a spot not far from the group of people.

Wow, it's quite lively here!

She said she had walked for half a day and hadn't met a single person!

It seems that all of these people have gathered here.

However, the eldest disciple, Chu Xuan, was nowhere to be seen.

That makes sense. If the eldest brother encountered something like this, he would definitely turn around and leave, and would never get involved.

"Senior Brother Chen, if we had both seen this Crimson Flame Grass at the same time, I would have given it to them. But we clearly discovered it first, so why should we give it to them?"

The woman in red grew angrier as she spoke, pointing angrily at the man she called Senior Brother Chen, her face full of accusation.

"Junior Sister Liu has suffered internal injuries and desperately needs this Crimson Flame Grass to refine pills and save her life. Can't we be a little more considerate?"

Senior Brother Chen rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. How could his junior sister be so vicious? Didn't she see that Junior Sister Liu was about to cry from anger?

"Senior Brother Chen, don't forget that we're engaged. What's the meaning of you helping an outsider bully me?"

The woman in red was clearly not someone to be trifled with; her fiery temper was rather straightforward.

"Junior sister, how have you become so vicious? This has completely overturned my understanding of you!"

Even though she was the one who was wronged, Senior Brother Chen kept blaming her for other women, which made the red-clad female cultivator cry.

"Oh dear, whose senior brother is so vicious? For the sake of an unrelated woman, he actually conspired with outsiders to bully his own junior sister!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, the world is really going to the dogs!"

Lin Xue leaned against a tree trunk and, being rather cheeky, started to tease someone.

"Who do you think you are, telling us what to do?"

Upon hearing Lin Xue's mockery, the man immediately exploded and charged at her.

"Oh ho, you stole your own junior sister's spiritual herbs to please other women, and you still have the nerve to talk back?"

"In broad daylight, do you think everyone is as blind as your junior sister?"

"Look at that girl surnamed Liu, her eyes are practically drooling. If you like her, why don't you tell your junior sister clearly?"

"What, you're eating what's in your bowl while eyeing what's in the pot? You want both the flowers in your own garden and the flowers in the wild?"

Lin Xue spoke without any politeness, because she had already seen that the female cultivator surnamed Liu did not appear to have any internal injuries.

He had been flirting with that senior brother Chen who had a fiancée all along.

The subtle tension between the two was only imperceptible to the junior sister in the red dress.

Do you think this scumbag and bitch can fool her discerning eyes?

"Don't talk nonsense. My relationship with Senior Brother Chen is completely innocent. How can you slander me for no reason?"

The nun surnamed Liu couldn't take it anymore and jumped out to join Chen in criticizing Lin Xue.

"Oh, so innocent? Why would someone steal their fiancée's spiritual herb to cure your illness?"

"What illness do you have? Lovesickness?"

"That's understandable, she's a little lover! She's so obsessed with men that she's hurting herself, she needs to take more medicine to recover!"

Lin Xue became increasingly impolite as she spoke. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with her, but she felt sorry for the junior sister in the red dress.

Look at the clothes and accessories that Senior Brother Chen and Junior Sister Liu are wearing; anyone who didn't know better would think they were engaged.

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