Leaving Xu Lin’s residence, Xi Ranchen went straight to Yang Yao’s place.
Once inside, she saw demonic aura swirling as Yang Yao was diligently cultivating.
“Master.”
Sensing Xi Ranchen’s arrival, Yang Yao stood up.
Xi Ranchen waved her hand, signaling Yang Yao not to bother with useless formalities.
She sat down unceremoniously on a chair nearby.
“Did you notice the commotion just now?”
Yang Yao glanced outside and shook her head in confusion.
“I’ve been cultivating the whole time and didn’t notice. Did something happen?”
Xi Ranchen sighed.
“Yao’er, you are the future successor of our Sunset Sect. Cultivation is important, but you must also pay more attention to what’s happening outside. Lately, you seem to have become even more diligent, yet I always feel there’s a knot in your heart.”
“…”
Yang Yao’s heart trembled, vaguely hit by Xi Ranchen’s words.
Indeed, since her rebirth, she had been cultivating even harder than in her previous life, even taking risks to try to snatch opportunities ahead of time, but she hadn’t succeeded as she wished.
Seeing Yang Yao unwilling to say more, Xi Ranchen didn’t press further and began talking about what had just happened.
“That brat went to the Elixir Workshop today and took a lot of spirit plants and pills. Just now, he was making a big show of alchemy.”
Xi Ranchen played with her fingertips, her tone light.
As for the matter at the Elixir Workshop, she had known about it the moment Xu Lin left.
“That brat is indeed skilled,” Xi Ranchen continued. “But the more I investigate lately, the stranger it gets.”
“Master, how so?”
“The Vast Dao Sect only gave a few words about his departure from the sect. Besides, if he truly was hiding his abilities, I don’t believe that old fogey Wang Lingcang wouldn’t have noticed.”
Although she had successfully set this brat up in the Sunset Sect, he didn’t act like a prisoner at all; instead, he lived quite comfortably.
Xi Ranchen even wondered if she had given him too much freedom.
Xi Ranchen grinned coldly.
“Just now, he actually dared to release his divine sense to confront me. You know, no junior has ever been so bold with me.”
There had been one before, but that person’s divine sense was instantly suppressed, and their soul shattered.
Xu Lin acted as if he was certain that she wouldn’t dare do anything to him while he was refining pills, and even that she wouldn’t dare do anything during this period, and was hinting for her to drive people away.
Even Xi Ranchen was amazed at Xu Lin’s audacity.
“This is also what I find strange,” Yang Yao said.
Xu Lin’s current appearance was so different from her impression of him in her previous life that she even had the illusion of having misremembered.
“So, I’m here to remind you: even if that brat is genuinely removing your poison, you must not develop any unnecessary feelings for him. He is, after all, just a pawn.”
“Master, rest assured. I can’t wait for him to die!”
Yang Yao said resolutely, her fist half-clenched.
“Good.”
That was the resolve Xi Ranchen wanted from Yang Yao. She was truly afraid that Yang Yao might be led astray by Xu Lin.
“Soon, there will be the Advancement Tournament for inner sect disciples. The old fogies from other Demon Sects will also come. Those guys have their own schemes. If you get a chance, perform well—it concerns the prestige of the Sunset Sect.”
Those old fogies choose this time to come, just to see the state of the Sunset Sect’s disciples, especially focusing on Yang Yao.
“Maybe we can learn something about your root bone poison.”
As she said this, Xi Ranchen’s eyes turned cold and gloomy.
Since the likelihood of righteous-path sects was very small, it was highly probable to be other Demon Sects.
She would see which old fogey’s plot it was.
Xi Ranchen stood up, ready to leave, but added, “And by then, it’s time for that brat to show his skills in front of the other sects.”
Thinking of this, Xi Ranchen couldn’t help but sneer.
She had set Xu Lin up in the Sunset Sect not really to treat him as a Saint.
Before showing him to those righteous-path people, she should first let the other Demon Sects outside the Sunset Sect see him.
On the other side, because of the commotion Xu Lin had caused, Jiang Luo, who had already finished preparing things, dared not approach.
Carrying a food box, she found a patch of grass at some distance from Xu Lin’s residence and sat down.
It wasn’t that she was afraid of disturbing Xu Lin, but the scene just now was too astonishing, attracting many people from the Sunset Sect to watch; she even saw the Sect Master.
Even with the Sect Master’s words, no one went to check, but there were still many people like her watching from a distance.
Following Xu Lin’s instructions, she had prepared the chicken and fish, and her hair and face were smudged with traces of oil smoke and fire.
Jiang Luo sat there, resting her chin on her hands, staring at the flowing light phenomenon above Xu Lin’s house, unable to snap out of it for a long time.
“Could he really be the Saint?”
Jiang Luo murmured to herself.
What happened at the Elixir Workshop today, and everything unfolding before her eyes, all indicated that Xu Lin’s identity was definitely not simple.
The words he had said as if joking might actually be true.
Xu Lin was the Saint that other disciples were talking about, only no one had seen him before.
“But that face… I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before.”
Jiang Luo squinted, thinking hard.
When she first saw Xu Lin, she felt she had seen him somewhere, but she just couldn’t recall.
By late night, Xu Lin had finished his alchemy long ago, and all the commotion had subsided. The surroundings gradually became quiet.
As before, Jiang Luo cautiously came to the courtyard, looked around, and only when she confirmed no one was there did she step forward to push open the door.
As soon as the door opened, a wave of medicinal fragrance rushed toward her.
The residual potency of the medicine made Jiang Luo’s mind jolt. This scent even surpassed some of the pills she had used before.
Xu Lin, standing there, glanced back. Recognizing Jiang Luo, he said plainly, “You took way too long, didn’t you?”
She had been at it from dusk until now.
Jiang Luo pouted, feeling dissatisfied but not daring to show it too clearly.
“You made such a big commotion that even the Sect Master was alerted. How could I dare come over at that time?”
“It was pretty big,” Xu Lin said with a faint smile.
Even that old monster Xi Ranchen came over.
“I’ll leave the stuff here then.”
Jiang Luo placed the food box on the table.
Thinking that this guy might be the Saint, she cautiously stepped back, intending to leave.
Thinking about it this way, cooking for the Saint didn’t seem like being mocked; if it were any other disciple, it might be considered an honor.
Like Xu Xing—getting involved with a powerful senior brother wasn’t a bad thing.
“By the way, lend me your storage pouch for a while. I have some things I have no place to put.”
The pills were done, but his own share needed to be stored properly. He couldn’t just work for nothing.
“Oh, okay.”
Jiang Luo paused, but still agreed.
Before, she would never have agreed so easily. Like the Cold Jade, this kind of thing wasn’t easy for her to get.
But if he was asking as the Saint, it seemed she had no right to refuse.