Chapter 5: The Four Gods Sect Also Has a Junior Sister

Looking at the blood that had yet to dry on the ground, everyone turned their gaze toward Feng Zeyan, whose face was ashen.

They all wanted to know what exactly Feng Zeyan had done to a twelve-year-old child to drive her to such a desperate act.

However, Feng Zeyan was currently furious, so they didn't dare to ask anything and could only disperse.

Su Heng and Shen Jingyuan watched the retreating figure of Li Tianhen carrying Si Nansheng away, their expressions extremely unsightly. Shen Jingyuan, in particular, wore a look of hatred so thick it could not be dissolved.

"Master, Si Nansheng has destroyed her spiritual roots. What about Junior Sister?" Su Heng looked worriedly at Liu Xuewei, who had yet to wake up.

"The spiritual roots are already destroyed; what other way is there? We can only go find other spiritual roots."

Feng Zeyan clenched his fists viciously. He had never expected that Si Nansheng, who was usually so obedient to them, would pull such a stunt on him.

He had intended to beat her into a critical state, then extract her spiritual roots to give to Liu Xuewei, fusing Liu Xuewei’s top-tier Ice Spiritual Root with this wicked disciple’s top-tier Heaven Spiritual Root to turn her into a Heaven-grade spiritual root possessor.

That way, the Shengtian Sect would have gained another peerless genius. He never imagined that this wretch would dare to self-destruct her own spiritual roots!

Feng Zeyan sucked the divine bone, which was still covered in cracks, into his hand and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Liu Xuewei, still feigning unconsciousness, felt a sudden void in her heart after Si Nansheng left, as if she had lost something very important to her.

At the same time, she felt resentment toward Si Nansheng. She could have just let her spiritual roots be extracted, yet she had destroyed them so easily.

Master had said that Si Nansheng’s spiritual roots were prepared for her, and now, everything was gone!

***

Four Gods Sect

"Master, didn't you go to the Shengtian Sect? Why have you returned so suddenly? Eh... whose child is this? Why did you bring her back?"

Li Tianhen’s eldest disciple, Ye Yanqing, followed behind him. Seeing Si Nansheng in his arms, his eyes widened in shock.

"From today on, she is your Junior Sister, and also my closing disciple." Li Tianhen’s words filled Ye Yanqing with pleasant surprise.

Usually, when they saw disciples from other sects having a junior sister, he and his fellow brothers would be incredibly envious. He never expected that they would have a junior sister of their own!

Watching Li Tianhen first feed Si Nansheng a high-grade blood-replenishing pill, then a high-grade healing pill, Ye Yanqing finally noticed that Si Nansheng was covered in wounds from head to toe. He asked hurriedly

"Master, h-how did she get so severely injured? Are her meridians completely severed and her cultivation entirely gone?"

Li Tianhen waited until Si Nansheng’s breathing stabilized before recounting the events at the Shengtian Sect to Ye Yanqing.

"What? They actually dared to bully Junior Sister like that? I’m going right now to seek justice for her."

After hearing Li Tianhen’s words, Ye Yanqing was furious. How could their Four Gods Sect’s junior sister be bullied by others?

Especially by a few shameless grown men!

"Enough, don't be impulsive. Although your junior sister is young, she has more of a mind of her own than you do. She must have had her reasons for doing this. Let’s wait until she wakes up to hear her plans."

Li Tianhen stopped Ye Yanqing. Thinking back to how Si Nansheng first feigned weakness and then so resolutely self-destructed her spiritual roots and severed her own meridians, he felt that with his new disciple’s temperament, she would certainly want to take revenge herself.

Ye Yanqing obediently refrained from acting rashly, though he looked at the small, unconscious Si Nansheng with concern.

"Master, how old is Junior Sister? Can she really handle this on her own?"

"Twelve," Li Tianhen answered calmly.

"Twelve? How can that be? A twelve-year-old child... is she not too small?"

Ye Yanqing stared blankly at the pale-faced Si Nansheng. She was already twelve, so why did she look like she was only seven or eight?

She was too small!

Could it be that she had been abused all this time?

"She was already at the Foundation Establishment stage at eight years old." Once one enters the Foundation Establishment stage, the body’s growth slows down significantly.

Coupled with the fact that Si Nansheng had to use her spiritual power and spiritual roots to nourish her divine bone, her body naturally grew even more slowly.

Ye Yanqing stared at his junior sister with wide eyes. What kind of monster was this?

To be at the Foundation Establishment stage at eight—her future growth would surely be extraordinary.

What a pity that she had self-destructed her spiritual roots.

How foolish!

"Master, since Junior Sister is such a genius, can she really never cultivate again?"

Ye Yanqing looked at the child on the bed, feeling a deep ache in his heart.

This was their junior sister; if she truly could never cultivate again, wouldn't she be heartbroken?

No, he had to find a way to prepare some defensive magical treasures for her.

"I will find a way to repair her spiritual roots and meridians. Until then, you must protect her well."

"Yes, Master."

"By the way, Yanqing, she left all her belongings at the Shengtian Sect. Go down the mountain and buy her some clothes, and while you're at it, prepare some food for her.

Now that she has no cultivation, she will surely get hungry. Prepare some spirit beasts and spirit poultry as well; I don't know what she likes to eat."

Li Tianhen looked at the blood-stained clothes on Si Nansheng and turned to instruct Ye Yanqing.

"I'll go right away." Ye Yanqing hurried down the mountain to buy things for Si Nansheng.

Li Tianhen cast a cleansing spell, and the bloodstains on Si Nansheng vanished completely.

The healing pill Li Tianhen had fed her earlier also took effect; the wounds on Si Nansheng’s body had mostly recovered, leaving only faint red marks.

Si Nansheng, who had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time, opened her eyes and saw Li Tianhen sitting by the bedside.

"Senior Li," Si Nansheng called out softly.

"Finally awake?" Li Tianhen looked at her.

"Have I been asleep for a long time?" Si Nansheng tried to sit up, but the stinging pain in her body forced her to lie back down.

*Oh my god, it hurts so much!*

*Acting cool for a moment is satisfying, but it left me with a body full of injuries!*

"It wasn't sleep; you were unconscious. It has already been three days and three nights. The injuries inside your body haven't fully recovered yet, so it's best not to move around."

Li Tianhen looked at Si Nansheng, who looked up at the ceiling, momentarily at a loss for words.

She was out!

She didn't have to be enslaved and exploited anymore.

"All the sects already know you are my disciple. Now, can you tell me why you did that?"

Li Tianhen looked at Si Nansheng, who bit her lower lip in hesitation.

"Will you really take me as your disciple, Senior?" Si Nansheng looked at Li Tianhen.

"If I didn't acknowledge you as my disciple, I wouldn't have taken you away in front of everyone," Li Tianhen looked at her helplessly.

"But I don't want to call you 'Master' (Shifu). In my heart, 'Master' isn't a good title."

Just like Feng Zeyan—he was a master, yet he never fulfilled his responsibilities.

He only ever took from her.

In her previous life, she had no memories and was too foolish. No matter how Feng Zeyan and those so-called senior brothers gaslit her, she never resisted.

She thought that would make them care about her more, not knowing they were merely enslaving her.

"Then you may call me 'Master' (Shizun). Your senior brothers all address me that way." Li Tianhen smiled helplessly.

"Si Nansheng pays respects to Shizun... ah, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Si Nansheng struggled to sit up and kneel on the bed, but the movement pulled at her wounds, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Alright, you’d better just lie down obediently." Li Tianhen helped Si Nansheng lie back down.