Senior Sister Qi Xue knew better than anyone that the root cause of her failure to establish her foundation lay in the fact that she had killed someone in the past two days.
Although bandits are unforgivable and deserve to be killed by everyone, it does take time to heal the taste of blood and human lives on one's hands for the first time.
Her second and youngest junior sisters are also facing the same problem.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have both been unable to sleep soundly last night, needing to share a bed and keep each other company in order to get a good night's rest.
The three of them faced the same problem.
The only difference was the timing and the degree of the problem. Neither of them was at a critical juncture in their advancement, so the problem wasn't particularly serious.
However, she was at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Qi Refining realm, and then she advanced to the Foundation Building realm, a realm vastly different from the Qi Refining realm. Therefore, the timing of this problem was extremely unfortunate for her.
It was only because of this that the foundation-building process, which should have been successful on the first try, encountered setbacks.
However, the misfortune of her senior sister Qi Xue was also her good fortune.
She was fortunate to have a magical junior brother who always prepared Foundation Establishment Pills for her. Whether she succeeded in establishing her foundation or not, he was always there to help her rebuild it at any time.
How could one not be lucky to have such a junior brother?
Without such a junior brother, the Bixian Sect would have been destroyed long ago when bandits attacked the mountain.
To avoid being captured alive by bandits and becoming victims of humiliation, the three female disciples would likely either commit suicide by sword or jump off a cliff to end their lives.
They were lucky to have met Ye Liang, and lucky to have taken him in as their junior brother. The Bixian Sect gained such a junior brother, and all this tragic and foreseeable future was prevented from happening.
In a sense, the lives of the three of them were clearly saved by Ye Liang.
And this mountain gate too.
This made the eldest sister willing to listen to Ye Liang's advice. She should take a good rest these few days and not have too much burden on her mind.
Conserve your energy and build up your foundation for the next phase.
"Then let Junior Sister take Junior Brother down the mountain to the market. Second Junior Sister, you can go too. I'll take care of the sect."
Senior Sister Qi Xue actually wanted to accompany Ye Liang to stroll through the market at the foot of the mountain.
However, it would be best if the sect left someone to guard the gate. Otherwise, if a thief broke into such a large mountain gate and stole the sect's martial arts techniques, she would not feel at ease.
The recent disturbances caused by bandits have been quite significant, and my senior sister is genuinely feeling uneasy about the living environment near the sect.
In the past, the Bixian Sect had declined and remained silent for quite some time. So silent that, apart from the Xiaoxianzhuang at the foot of the mountain, everyone had forgotten that there was still a sect on the mountain.
Because there are only four of them left in the sect, and their numbers have dwindled to this point, and they don't often go down the mountain, their presence is so low that they are almost forgotten.
That is, since everyone has forgotten that there is a sect here, the possibility of someone coming to steal is greatly reduced.
However, the commotion caused by fighting the bandits is quite significant.
A band of bandits who dominated the area and caused havoc, whose leader was a Foundation Establishment Realm expert, was wiped out by a sect of only four people. This must have caused some shock, if not the entire martial arts world, but at least the surrounding villages and towns.
If one's reputation rises, one must be wary, for one's sect may be targeted by others.
Therefore, the senior sister was a little worried and felt that the sect should be guarded in the future.
We can't do it like before, where we just lock one gate, and everyone can just go down the mountain and come back quickly without feeling there's a big problem.
That won't work now.
Nowadays, if a sect has no members, people feel uneasy.
I can't help but worry that the wisdom and hard work passed down by our ancestors will be stolen and destroyed by bandits.
Therefore, the eldest sister wanted to go down the mountain with Ye Liang to the market, but she could only think about it. She volunteered to stay behind and guard the mountain gate.
However, she was willing to let others, her second and junior sisters, not be as cautious as she was. She could take care of these things. She was so kind that she was willing to let her second and junior sisters go down the mountain with Ye Liang to stroll around, look at things, and relax.
"Then I'll stay and guard the mountain gate with Senior Sister. Junior Sister can accompany Junior Brother down the mountain. Anyway, we still have plenty of wild boar meat in the mountain gate, and there are plenty of vegetables in the sect. We have plenty of food, so I don't need to go down the mountain to buy vegetables." In fact, Second Senior Sister was also willing to go down the mountain with Junior Brother and Junior Sister to the market.
However, she was also worried about leaving her senior sister alone in the sect, which was so deserted, after she had just suffered a setback in the Foundation Establishment stage. So, she specifically suggested that she would not go either and would stay to guard the mountain gate.
The junior sister was still young and didn't think too much. She was only overjoyed at being able to go down the mountain, swaying her body happily and saying, "Then, next time we go down the mountain, we'll change people. The senior sisters will accompany Ye Liang down the mountain, and I'll stay behind to guard the mountain gate. This time, I'll take Ye Liang down the mountain first. Ye Liang, wait for me a moment. I'm going back to my room to change my clothes. I'll change into the new clothes you gave me first. Of course, I have to wear new clothes right away. You guys wait for me, it won't be long. Bao'er, come on, let's go change clothes!"
The junior sister hurriedly called out to Little Deer, who skipped and hopped happily behind her, finally catching up. The junior sister was in a rush to change her clothes, not wanting to delay Ye Liang's descent from the mountain, so she ran incredibly fast. One could easily understand how happy the junior sister was at that moment.
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