Chapter 13: and

Ye Yanqing found the spirit bird very familiar, but couldn't recall what it was for a moment, so he continued eating.

It had to be said, the little junior sister’s culinary skills were truly excellent.

Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing watched Si Nansheng’s nimble movements and were both stunned for a moment; the way she handled things showed she did this often.

"Little Junior Sister, do you often cook for yourself?" Ye Yanqing asked softly, looking at Si Nansheng.

"In the past, I was often sent out for trials. My cultivation was low, and I was frequently hungry, so I just made my own food."

Si Nansheng smiled at them, her hands never stopping their work.

"How old are you? They let you go out for trials alone? Weren't they afraid something would happen to you? And even if they let you go out, surely they gave you Bigu pills, right?"

Ye Yanqing frowned in confusion. Si Nansheng’s movements paused.

"They did, but they were taken away by the other senior brothers at the Shengtian Sect."

Si Nansheng smiled as she explained this to Ye Yanqing and Li Tianhen.

Back at the Shengtian Sect, every time cultivation resources were distributed to the personal disciples, the portion belonging to Si Nansheng would be carved up by her senior brothers.

What was left for her was either useless or things they didn't want.

The former Si Nansheng wouldn't resist and could only let them take it, yet they never remembered any of her kindness.

"What? Aren't these people going too far? To actually snatch resources from a child! Master, they bullied our little junior sister like this; our Four Gods Sect cannot let this slide."

Ye Yanqing looked at Li Tianhen, his face full of indignation. Li Tianhen elegantly popped a piece of spirit chicken into his mouth before looking at Si Nansheng.

Although he also wanted to help his little disciple take revenge, he knew that his little disciple had her own plans.

"What do you intend to do?" Li Tianhen asked calmly.

"Master, Eldest Senior Brother, can you let me handle this myself? If I need help, I will come to you."

Si Nansheng looked at Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing with a smile. Li Tianhen glanced at Ye Yanqing and continued eating.

The meaning in his eyes was clear: Understand? Listen to your little junior sister.

"Alright, if you need Eldest Senior Brother's help, you must say so," Ye Yanqing said earnestly to Si Nansheng.

"Now that you are a disciple of the Four Gods Sect, do whatever you want. If you're worried you can't beat them, find your senior brother. If your senior brother can't beat them, there is still your master. Although we are few in number, the disciples of the Four Gods Sect are the most united."

Li Tianhen gently patted Si Nansheng’s head.

"Master, could you please wipe the grease off your hands first? You're getting it all over Little Junior Sister's hair."

Ye Yanqing pulled Li Tianhen’s hand away and cast a cleaning spell on Si Nansheng.

Li Tianhen looked at his hand, then at his eldest disciple. Had he grown some guts?

Now that he had a little junior sister, he completely disregarded his master?

"Master, is this whole mountain the territory of our Four Gods Sect?"

"It is, but everyone is usually busy, so no one really manages it."

"Then can I plant some things here in the future?" Si Nansheng’s eyes lit up.

"Naturally. Your Fifth Senior Brother has many spirit plant seeds. Whatever you want, just ask him for it when he returns."

"Okay, okay!"

She really had a lot of things she wanted to plant, especially the spirit sunflowers, which were essential for eating melon seeds and watching the drama—she definitely had to plant plenty of those!

Once the spirit bird was roasted, Si Nansheng offered it to her master and eldest senior brother first.

Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing looked at Si Nansheng, who was gazing at them with wide, watery eyes, and suddenly felt they couldn't bring themselves to eat the fragrant roasted spirit bird.

"We can't eat much; you eat it yourself," Li Tianhen said helplessly.

Si Nansheng didn't stand on ceremony, devouring the entire spirit bird in a whirlwind.

The speed and the appetite left both Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing stunned.

"Master! I think something is wrong."

"What is it?" Li Tianhen looked at the childish face, puzzled.

"I think I'm going to level up." Si Nansheng felt a sudden surge of warmth in her dantian.

"Hmm?"

Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing also sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy in the surroundings.

"Master, what did you feed Little Junior Sister?" Ye Yanqing looked at Li Tianhen in horror.

Li Tianhen blinked: "It seems to be a spirit sparrow I hunted earlier. It was just sitting in my storage ring doing nothing, so I took it out for her to eat."

"S-spirit sparrow!!"

No wonder it looked so familiar.

It was actually a spirit sparrow!

"Master, could you be any more unreliable? Little Junior Sister is only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, and you fed her a spirit beast with such strong spiritual energy? Are you afraid she won't die fast enough?"

Ye Yanqing looked at his unreliable master, his lungs aching with anger.

A spirit sparrow with such potent spiritual energy, and Si Nansheng had eaten it clean—could her body even handle that much energy?

A vortex of spiritual energy had already formed around Si Nansheng, and both Ye Yanqing and Li Tianhen wore expressions of astonishment.

This situation didn't look right!

"This doesn't look like a level-up; it looks like a breakthrough!" Li Tianhen stroked his chin.

"But Little Junior Sister is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, how can she have a breakthrough?"

"I don't know." Li Tianhen shrugged innocently at Si Nansheng.

Even Li Tianhen himself didn't know if this was due to Si Nansheng’s talent or his spirit sparrow.

"Master!" Ye Yanqing roared at Li Tianhen, who was putting on an innocent face.

What should they do now?

Could they just watch?

They had finally gotten a little junior sister in the Four Gods Sect; nothing could happen to her, right?

"Don't be nervous. Let's observe the situation first. With me here, what are you afraid of?" Li Tianhen patted Ye Yanqing’s shoulder and took out a recliner to lie down on.

Ye Yanqing looked down at Li Tianhen’s series of actions, the veins on his forehead throbbing.

Was this master truly beyond saving?

"Don't look at me like that. Your little junior sister’s aura is stable; there won't be any accidents." Li Tianhen swung his legs leisurely. Ye Yanqing sighed and turned his head away.

Out of sight, out of mind!

"Hurry, hurry, finally back. So tired." While Li Tianhen and the others were still in the back mountain, two youths with similar features arrived at the Four Gods Sect.

One was expressionless and dressed in green, while the other was full of excitement and dressed in red.

"The situation is a bit off," the youth in green frowned slightly.

"Whoa, what's going on? Is this a spiritual energy riot? It seems empty—did Master and Eldest Senior Brother go out?"

Feeling the commotion in the back mountain, the youth in red almost jumped in fright.

With such chaotic spiritual energy, why was there no one in the sect?

Could something have happened?

No way, right?

Even if Eldest Senior Brother’s cultivation wasn't great, wasn't Master still there?

"They should be in the back mountain." The youth in green scanned the surroundings, his gaze fixing on the center of the spiritual energy riot not far away.

The two looked at each other and headed toward the back mountain.

"Master, Eldest Senior Brother!" When they reached the back mountain, they saw Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing.

Li Tianhen lazily raised a hand to greet them.

"Mo Lie, Mo Yu, you're back? Just in time to witness Little Junior Sister’s breakthrough," Ye Yanqing said, looking at them gently.

"Little Junior Sister?" The two looked at the child in the center of the spiritual energy.

That little thing was their little junior sister?

They had rushed back specifically to see her.

Wait, something was wrong!