After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 26 Stop pretending, I know you're not doing well.
She then took out a large wooden basin, a table, plates, and brand-new storage bottles from the storage bag.

Immediately afterward, she cast a spell, and the basin instantly filled with water. Lin Yan placed a piece of pork, which she was preparing to cook, into the basin to wash it before placing it on a plate. With another gentle wave, her spiritual energy transformed into a blade of energy, slicing the pork into paper-thin slices, which were then neatly arranged on the plate.

After cutting it, she used magic to become spotless and clean. She picked up a bottle and put the remaining pork inside.

The bottle has a preservation function, so if you want to grill or stir-fry meat in the future, you can take the pork directly out of the bottle without having to hunt for it again.

She put the bottle into her storage bag and carried a large plate of meat into the cave. The spirit sword had already returned to the cave before her, standing motionless on the stone platform.

After finishing the Xuancao, the Crimson Demon was full. It yawned and continued to sleep soundly.

She used her magic to manipulate the spatula to stir the already clumped hot pot broth. Because it was made with pork, the color of the broth was slightly unappealing after clumping.

That's alright, the hot pot broth is so flavorful, it can't possibly taste bad.

Lin Yan used a small spell, her fingers like a faucet, to pour water into the pot. Then, with a snap of her fingers, the water stopped, and a fire started burning under the pot. The spirit stones that hadn't used up their spiritual energy continued to supply the fire with spiritual power.

She pulled up a chair and sat down. The water in the pot quickly came to a boil. Lin Yan methodically placed the prepared ingredients into the pot one by one, swallowing hard at the aroma.

Food is paramount to her; no matter how much she cultivates immortality, she still has a appetite. She's not afraid of food leaving impurities in her body; she'll just endure the pain and cleanse her meridians and marrow.

She prepared a sesame oil dipping sauce for herself, and once the meat was cooked, she picked out a large handful, dipped it in the sauce, and ate it in one bite. The satisfaction of eating the meat in large mouthfuls made her close her eyes.

Delicious! Absolutely divine!
She was enjoying her meal when she felt a vibration in her storage bag. With a thought, she took out the vibrating item and placed it on the table. It turned out someone had sent a message to her communication jade disc.

Seeing that the spiritual energy stored in the communication jade disc was almost depleted, she immediately took out three low-grade spirit stones and injected them into the disc, restoring it to full energy.

She deleted the jade disc numbers of all the people in her sect and blocked them from sending her messages. She also rarely gave her jade disc number to others. So who would send her messages?
With questions in mind, she instructed Yu Die to directly display the chat page.

"Stop pretending. I know you're not doing well. Instead of putting on a brave face outside, you should beg me."

It was sent from an unfamiliar account, but it wasn't hard to tell who sent it.

Eating hot pot can improve one's mood, and since she was in a good mood, she didn't mind teasing the other person as a joke. After a moment's thought, she replied directly that she was indeed not doing very well.

She wanted to see what else the other party would say.

Upon seeing the reply, Gu Zhu, who was on the other end, finally felt a release of his pent-up emotions. He maliciously wanted to see Lin Yan beg him for forgiveness.

Gu Zhu couldn't wait to send another message to Lin Yan: "If you're willing to beg me, I can consider helping you."

He was smug and really wanted to see the other party struggling to survive. He said that Lin Yan had only been in the Qi Refining stage when she left the sect, and her sword was broken. How could she possibly be doing well outside? She was probably hiding in some small town right now, making a living like any other ordinary person.

Lin Yan almost sneered when she saw the message. She replied, "How can you help me?" Gu Zhu thought the other party had given in and looked smug, showing his petty nature: "As long as you go back to your sect, obediently apologize to me and Junior Sister, and kowtow to me a few times, I will naturally speak well of you in front of Master."

She laughed and lost interest in watching the clown, replying directly, "Shake your head more often, shake the water out of your brain, so you don't keep making a fool of yourself. Don't think too highly of yourself."

After sending the message, Lin Yan immediately added the unfamiliar account to her blacklist and continued eating hot pot.

This kind of clown is only fit to be a source of amusement.

Gu Zhu, on the other side, was furious and embarrassed: "Lin Yan, only I can plead for you now, so don't be ungrateful!"

However, he discovered that the message could no longer be sent. He was so furious that he nearly smashed the communication disc.

"You ungrateful wretch!" Gu Zhu cursed through gritted teeth, his face contorted with rage. But no matter how furious he was, he couldn't send Lin Yan any more messages unless he bought a new communication jade disc and bound it to a new number, or spent spirit stones to buy a new jade disc number.

Gu Zhu was seething with hatred for that easy-to-bully person who had humiliated him several times. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, until his junior sister brought him some pastries, at which point his expression softened a little.

Tao Zhizhi, carrying a basket, walked innocently to her third senior brother's side. She would never have taken the initiative to find her third senior brother before, but unfortunately, her eldest senior brother was in seclusion cultivating and her second senior brother was in seclusion refining pills. Both of them had been in seclusion for a year and had not yet come out.

A few days ago, my fifth senior brother had a family member getting married, so he temporarily left the sect to return to his clan. That's why only my senior brother could come.

"Third Senior Brother~" Tao Zhizhi called out sweetly. Her voice was sweet and soft, with a slight hint of coquetry, making it hard to speak harshly to her.

"Is there something you need from my junior sister?" Gu Zhu asked gently, as if the person who had just been distorted in expression was not him.

Tao Zhizhi put down the bamboo basket and replied sweetly, "Can't I come to see my senior brother if there's nothing wrong? This is a new spirit fruit cake that I made. I brought it here especially for my third senior brother to try."

He was delighted to hear this, picked up a piece and ate it, praising the pastry without reservation.

Tao Zhizhi was very happy to receive the praise. She smiled sweetly, then lowered her head slightly as if she had thought of something.

Seeing his junior sister's expression, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, junior sister? Is something bothering you?"

"No, it's just that I'm a little sad that my fourth senior sister can't eat the pastries I made. If I hadn't asked her to help me water the immortal herbs for our master, none of this would have happened." Tao Zhizhi's slightly sad expression was so perfectly timed that everyone who saw her would say she was pitiful.

Gu Zhu couldn't bear to see his junior sister like this, it broke his heart, so he quickly comforted her: "Don't call that useless senior sister anymore! She doesn't deserve to be in the same sect as us, she doesn't deserve to be a disciple of Wenxin Peak. Junior sister, it's not your fault, it's not your fault. You're just too kind, you always want to take the responsibility on yourself."

"Senior brother, you can't say that. We're fellow disciples after all..."

Tao Zhizhi remained faintly sad, but in reality, she felt immensely satisfied upon hearing Gu Zhu's words and couldn't wait for others to belittle Lin Yan.

(End of this chapter)