On the way back from the Weapon Sect, Zhu Yi overheard some junior disciples whispering among themselves.
"Master Yujing took on disciples last year, and Sweet Peach Peak was assigned to Zhu Yi. That's why the disciples were given sour peaches to eat during this year's summer sect assessment. They were so sour they made their teeth ache, and they couldn't eat them..."
"Sigh. I thought I'd be in for a treat this summer! And this is it?" The young disciple in the woods took out a green, sour peach, the kind that would make your teeth ache just by looking at it. It was completely different from the peach that Zhu Yi had given to Lin Hengjin.
"Everyone thinks it must be that Zhu Yi is unwilling to share the peaches from her Sweet Peach Peak with us! This Zhu Yi is really too domineering! No wonder she could do something like assassinating her elder sister!" Another person said indignantly, as if Zhu Yi was her family's mortal enemy.
Zhu Yi: ...Isn't it Zhao Cai who's in charge of distributing the peaches? Those little squirrels are exhausted! They all glared at each other, not daring to say a word. Zhao Cai just squatted domineeringly on the peach tree branch, continuing to be a ruthless supervisor.
What was Zhu Yi doing at that time? Oh, she was preparing to make some canned peaches and thought the Lucky Little Tyrant looked kind of cute.
Waaah, Zhu Yi was a little touched. Could it be that Zhao Cai kept all the good peaches for herself because she was making peach preserves? That girl, really! Tears welled up involuntarily. Zhu Yi missed Zhao Cai so much, and wondered where she was now.
For some reason, she felt uneasy because Zhao Cai hadn't returned for a long time.
Actually, Zhu Yi was overthinking it. Zhao Cai was simply annoyed that it couldn't get a good night's sleep and had to supervise the disciples' exams and distribute peaches. It was tired and unhappy, so it instructed the little squirrels to pick the small, sour, and unripe peaches when they picked them...
The conversation continued.
Have you heard?
"What?"
"It's the Zhu family that's saying Zhu Yi has to go home and apologize to her elder sister, otherwise they'll send their steward to forcibly take Zhu Yi back!"
"We just can't get the peaches, but her elder sister's face is ruined! And that Shen Hanfang from the Fu Sect, her face is covered in ugly scars, she went back to her hometown to recover. This Zhu Yi is just too much of a bully!"
"She somehow became Master Yujing's personal disciple as soon as she arrived; she's definitely not a good person!"
"She must be a very scheming person, otherwise why would she not even spare her own sister and our fellow disciples?"
The voice was filled with hatred, icy coldness, like a frozen pool falling into an abyss.
"Who knows? Those female cultivators from the Joyful Union Sect are so annoying, they're always so scheming." Perhaps thinking no one was around, one of the female cultivators leaned over and said to another, "I heard her sister has already gone out to travel and find medicine to treat her facial injury, how pitiful!"
"There's nothing to pity about her. Isn't she the eldest daughter of the Zhu family? The entire Zhu family is busy with her affairs! I also heard that her older sister turned misfortune into good fortune and unexpectedly broke through to the Golden Core stage. A female cultivator who has formed a Golden Core before the age of twenty is rumored to be a genius girl!"
Zhu Yi touched her nose. She didn't seem so bad, did she?
Now that she's certain this is the territory of the Weapon Sect, she shouldn't have offended anyone, right?
However, people's enthusiasm for gossip should not be underestimated; public opinion can be devastating, and accumulated slander can destroy even the most reputable people.
This isn't a society governed by the rule of law. If someone slanders or insults another person, they can go to the police station or the court to have a heart-to-heart talk.
There are two ways to resolve these rumors: one is to confirm them, and the other is to accelerate one's cultivation. When one's cultivation level is high enough to leave them far behind, all rumors will naturally fall apart.
In the grove, Zhu Yi took a detour; the winding path mirrored her conflicted and conflicted feelings.
Zhu Yi didn't regret ruining Zhu Qianying and Shen Hanfang's faces, since the two of them had attacked Zhu Yi and her two sisters first, relying on their higher cultivation levels.
Zhu Yi will never reflect on her mistakes. If she does reflect, it's that she was too weak back then and couldn't have been more thorough, so that Zhu Qianying would never recover!
A genius girl? So that's how Zhu Qianying got her title of genius girl. Now that she, Xue Shan, and Weiwei have all broken through to the Golden Core stage, how do we calculate that?
A trio of genius girls?
"Ha, no wonder Zhu Qianying is so hypocritical and pretentious. It turns out the entire Zhu family is cut from the same cloth, daring to shamelessly embellish their own reputations with any title!"
Zhu Yi grew angrier and angrier, and without noticing, she bumped into Shu Chen.
"Junior Sister Zhu Yi?" Shu Chen asked softly after recognizing the person as Zhu Yi. "Did you hurt yourself anywhere? Why do you look so troubled?"
"Ah, Senior Brother Shuchen." Zhu Yi was still a little confused, and performed the usual greeting between fellow disciples. "I was thinking about some things and got a little lost in thought, so I didn't watch where I was going."
"Did you come from the Weapon Sect?" Shu Chen glanced at the route Zhu Yi had taken. The Talisman Sect and the Weapon Sect were not far apart, so it was normal for Zhu Yi to have taken a roundabout route to the Talisman Sect if she had come from a side path.
Shu Chen hesitated for a moment. He wanted to ask Zhu Yi and the others what had happened during the sect trial. What exactly had happened? The three of them had all broken through to the Golden Core stage at such a fast pace. If they really obtained the True Beauty Unique Method and advanced at such a rapid speed in the future, it wouldn't be long before he was surpassed by Weiwei. This thought made him feel uneasy.
"Well..." Cultivation advancement among cultivators is usually kept secret, unless they encounter a hurdle and need to talk to their master to clear up their doubts. How could he possibly ask such a question?
"What's troubling you so much, Senior Brother Shuchen?" This senior brother is really a bit indecisive. These past few times, they've all been having a good meal together. It's impossible to hide the fact that a handsome young man with a vibrant personality like a beautiful young girl who's just blossoming into womanhood. Shuchen's gaze towards Weiwei is very different; she can tell!
Shu Chenqing's handsome face showed a bitter smile, but he couldn't say the words that were on the tip of his tongue. His eyebrows were furrowed, making him look rather unsightly.
"If you really have something you're embarrassed to ask me, then go ask someone else. Everyone has a different perspective, and if you feel you can't bring yourself to ask me, maybe you can easily ask someone else!"
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