When I woke up, the entire cultivation world was talking about my master.

The bamboo grove rustled and rustled in the wind.

Standing outside the courtyard of the medicine hut, Chu Xianlan stared blankly for a while.

So...why?

Why was Master refused my offer to help twice?

Chu Xianlan couldn't understand the reasoning behind it. Clearly, in the illusion, his master wanted it. He... could sense it. As for just now... going with the flow, acting naturally and opportunistically, well, he should do something for his master, right?

After he made the bold statement, "I, your disciple, can also relieve your suffering,"

Yi Chen remained silent for a moment.

The brief silence lasted only a few seconds, and Chu Xianlan had almost exhausted all the methods she had used to stabilize her emotions in her entire life.

As a result, Yi Chen simply ruffled his hair, said "no need," and told him not to touch it, and then told him to go out first.

This shows that although this move is risky, the chances of success are not high.

Could it be...?

Master still adheres to the self-discipline principle of a cultivator to be pure and free from desires. He does not want to become addicted to this path and admires the kind of friendship between gentlemen that is as light as water.

Am I the only one who is shameless, extremely lustful, and easily seduced into lust?

The more I speculated, the more unbearable it became; the more I thought about it, the more ashamed I felt, as if struck by lightning.

Chu Xianlan was extremely embarrassed. She ran her hands through her hair and scratched at it. She belatedly realized that her master had subtly rejected her. The words she had mustered up the courage to say probably seemed like immature nonsense in her master's eyes.

I regret it so much. He probably overthought things and did a lot of unnecessary things.

What Master wants... is probably not what he imagines...

Before I could figure it out, Wei Jin rushed over like a ball of fire.

Wei Jin's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He landed gracefully in front of Chu Xianlan in a red dress, his eyes sweeping over the boy like knives!

Chu Xianlan was startled!

Wei Jin's expression softened slightly when he didn't see the person.

"Where is your master?"

Although Chu Xianlan didn't know what his junior uncle was angry about, he didn't want to offend Wei Jin, so he shrugged and cautiously pointed to the courtyard gate of the medicine hut.

Wei Jin's eyebrows twitched. "You're the one who needs a medicinal bath. What's Yi Chen doing hiding in there?"

"Master may have other matters to attend to..." Chu Xianlan murmured softly, "He should discuss it with the senior witch doctor."

A gust of wind swept by.

Wei Jin suddenly blurted out a surprising statement: "Oh, so you two just took a medicinal bath together? You're in a relationship where you can be completely open with each other?"

Chu Xianlan remained silent.

Chu Xianlan's ears turned red, and she slowly covered her neck.

Wei Jin: "..."

Chu Xianlan's emotions were always written on her face, and Wei Jin could tell at a glance whether she had something to hide or not. As he watched, Wei Jin's expression gradually darkened.

At least give a rebuttal, okay?

If Pei Fang'an knew about this, he would probably be on the verge of tears right now. "What kind of behavior is this!" "How can this be!" He shouted angrily, wishing he could wave his fan to create a tornado and stand between the master and disciple, forcibly creating a safe distance of eight thousand feet.

Wei Jin himself wasn't exactly a serious person either. If this had happened to someone else, he would have just laughed it off and treated it as a joke.

However, the person in charge of this matter is not someone else.

Wei Jin knew how popular Chu Xianlan was in the Taiyi Sect. He also knew how feared Yi Chen was in the Taiyi Sect.

These two people are born at opposite ends of the spectrum.

You're saying they want to get together...?

Wei Jin stared intently at his junior disciple in front of him, and the more he looked, the more he felt that Chu Xianlan was like a crisp and juicy cabbage, clean and fresh, looking very easy to eat.

Then this big cabbage was casually gnawed on by the cold, large snake, without even putting up a fight.

Why are you gnawing on it like that? Snakes don't eat vegetables!

Wei Jin: "Did Yi Chen force you?"

Chu Baicai: "...Huh?"

Just then, the culprit appeared.

Wei Jin glared coldly at his senior brother, as if he were not the Immortal Lord Jixue, but a beast in human skin.

"Heh!" Wei Jin sneered.

He claimed to be ruthless and without desire, yet he dared to covet his disciple!

Yi Chen's expression was calm and composed, his entire being so perfect that even his hair was neatly arranged. He didn't even glance at Wei Jin, and in front of the third person present, he touched Chu Xianlan's face.

It's still so cold.

Yi Chen's eyes darkened slightly, as if once Chu Xianlan left the steaming pool of spiritual herbs, her hard-won recovery would gradually fade away.

"Hmph!" Wei Jin coughed up blood and turned to leave.

"Wei Jin," Yi Chen called out to him.

Wei Jin glanced at him sideways and said lazily, "What?"

"I have something to say."

-

Back in the courtyard, Yan Ling flew over first.

He put his arm behind his head and said, "That guy's awake."

"That guy" refers to the earth spirit that is in a deep sleep and has been being cared for by several other spirits of heaven and earth in turn these past few days.

"Really?" Chu Xianlan's eyes lit up.

Chu Xianlan was eager to learn about what happened a thousand years ago, and upon hearing this, she quickly walked into the courtyard. Yan Ling scratched her chin and said, "...That's true, but I advise you not to get your hopes up too high."

Chu Xianlan asked, "Why do you say that?"

Yan Ling sighed, "Sigh...look."

The scene inside the house was astonishing; the earth spirit had awakened, but in the form of a "monster."

A clump of sticky, mushy mud crawled around, its facial features flying everywhere, which was quite frightening.

"Hey, what's wrong with your eyes and nose? Let me help you fix them up, okay?" Xiao Shengsheng was quite bold. She squatted down next to Di Ling, looking him over from left to right, and rolled up her sleeves to try and fix up his facial features.

The spirit was terrified and jumped into Chu Xianlan's arms, trembling.

Judging from its chaotic and unclear appearance, it's impossible for it to be in a state where communication is possible.

Xue Ling asked with concern, "Xian Lan, are you feeling better?"

Chu Xianlan smiled at her and hummed in agreement. "What's wrong with the Earth Spirit like this?"

Hua Ling nestled against Chu Xianlan's head, rubbing against him, then rolled over, exhausted. "This is all we can do for him right now, but you should be able to use earth-based spiritual power by now, right?"

Chu Xianlan concentrated and tested it. A gentle and profound yellow light gathered in her palm. At this point, the spiritual power of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—had all been gathered.

Xiao Huandu patted him on the shoulder and clicked his tongue in amazement: "You transformed a single spiritual root into a five-spiritual root. I really don't know if you made a profit or a loss."

Xiao Shengsheng's eyes lit up: "Brother Chu is so amazing!"

Chu Xianlan looked down and realized that she was bleeding from her nose again.

Everyone in the room was terrified.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Chu Xianlan pinched his nose and quickly wiped away the blood. Perhaps the medicinal bath was working, because his nosebleed had stopped and he no longer felt pain in his lower abdomen.

After that, based on what the witch doctor Linlang said, Yi Chen calmly explained to everyone the speculations about the Heavenly Spiritual Root and the reshaping of the Spiritual Root.

After hearing this, the previously noisy room quieted down.

All eyes were involuntarily drawn to Chu Xianlan.