After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

Liu Ruoci strode forward, her eyes deep and ruthless.

He searched room by room for Liu Rumei's location.

Time is passing, 5984, 5985, 5986... Found it!

For cultivators, changing their voice to disguise themselves as other cultivators is the simplest skill.

Liu Ruoci would naturally do the same.

He smiled slightly, coughed softly, and pressed the stone switch.

"Hello, sir. The Spirit Inn delivers spirit fruits. Would you like some?"

The voice he was impersonating was that of the shopkeeper who had just spoken to him and told him Liu Rumei's name.

Inside the cave, Liu Rumei was answering Yu Tianrong's questions.

During this medical cultivation competition, Yu Tianrong saw too many pills and medical cultivation secrets she had never seen before, and she had a lot of questions to ask her master.

The two were having a lively conversation.

Suddenly, the communication stone at the door lit up, and then the innkeeper's voice came through.

Spirit Fruit?

Upon hearing this, Liu Rumei got up and was about to open the door when she suddenly heard Yu Tianrong speak cheerfully behind her.

"Is the spirit fruit replenished so promptly at this spirit inn? Didn't they give us spirit fruit today? There's still half a plate left on the table..."

As she spoke, she picked up a bright red spiritual fruit and began to crunch on it.

Upon hearing this, Liu Rumei's outstretched hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, as if she suddenly realized something was wrong.

Yes.

This spiritual fruit is quite expensive.

I replenished it once a day for the past few days, but today... this is the second time, right?

She stood still, motionless for a long time.

"Guest? Open the door."

Outside, the innkeeper's urging voice rang out again.

Liu Rumei withdrew her hand.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

Moreover, not eating this spiritual fruit would not cause her any loss.

She took a step back, cleared her throat, and addressed the people outside.

"No need, we haven't finished our spiritual fruits yet."

The voice at the door paused for a moment, then continued, unwilling to give up, "The fruit today is of very good quality, please try some."

Liu Rumei stared sharply at the cave dwelling.

If it was just a suspicion before, it's now completely certain—this person outside is definitely suspicious.

Other spirit inns, if they were to deliver fruit or supplies, would be happy if the cultivators in the caves chose not to accept them.

This is a great way to save costs.

I've never heard of anyone rushing to give it away.

It would be strange if there were no problem.

Liu Rumei tiptoed back to Yu Tianrong's side, her eyes warily fixed on the direction of the cave entrance.

He did not answer any more questions from outsiders.

Yu Tianrong also sensed that something was wrong. She quickly finished the crisp spiritual fruit in her hand and asked Liu Rumei in a low voice.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Liu Rumei whispered, "There's something wrong with the person outside."

No sooner had the words been spoken than the voice outside the cave entrance rang out again.

"Open the door, guest."

Liu Rumei did not answer.

The voices outside continued to coax and entice, but when they realized that the person inside had no intention of opening the door, the voices, which were initially gentle, gradually became irritable.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! Guest, open the door quickly!"

"Fire outside! Get out quickly! You'll die inside!"

"Are you fucking crazy? Open the door and run!"

"Hold!!"

The voice grew increasingly irritable.

In the end, Liu Rumei could even hear the sound of kicking the stone door of the cave.

Yu Tianrong's expression tightened, and he immediately became nervous, his fingers gripping Liu Rumei's sleeve.

Liu Rumei patted her hand reassuringly.

"It's alright, this spirit shop is protected by a barrier. As long as we don't open the door, the people outside can't do anything to us."

Outside.

Liu Ruoci originally thought she could easily kill Liu Rumei, but she did not expect her to be so cautious.

However, Liu Ruoci didn't dare to make any big moves.

It wouldn't be good if he caused trouble and attracted the attention of the spirit shop staff, who would then drive him away.

Seeing that Liu Rumei wouldn't open the door, he decisively stopped kicking it and stood calmly at the doorway.

He spared Luo Zhenhuan when she was weak.

So much so that she has grown to the point where he dares not offend her.

Now, he cannot allow the same thing to happen to Liu Rumei again.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he was determined to stay here and completely suppress and kill Liu Rumei.

Other cultivators passed by from time to time in the corridor, including some cultivators from Medicine King Valley.

Apart from a few elders who knew that Liu Rumei's cave was located here, none of them knew why the Valley Master was standing in front of this cave.

But they all greeted him with utmost respect.

Liu Ruoci nodded slightly, but the coldness in her eyes was like ice that could not be melted.

The disciples did not dare to linger, and after exchanging greetings, they returned to their own cave dwellings.

Yu Tianrong's cave dwelling was originally next to Liu Rumei's.

Now that this had happened, they dared not go back, and so the two of them hid in the cave, trembling with fear.

Yu Tianrong asked, "Master, who do you think is outside?"

Liu Rumei bit her lip, her eyes lingering, and said, "Liu Ruoci, I suppose. Besides him, I can't think of anyone else..."

She was just a minor medical cultivator and had no enemies in the cultivation world.

She just didn't understand.

Why did he suddenly decide to kill me?

Has her plot to seize power in Medicine King Valley been exposed?

This shouldn't be happening...

The two sides remained deadlocked until evening.

Mr. Qian, Mr. Sun, and Mr. Zhou returned to the spirit house together with beaming smiles.

This time, all three of them improved their rankings by several places.

Don't underestimate these rankings; the higher a medical practitioner's ranking, the harder it is to improve.

But if you give up your qualification even once, you will drop twenty places.

It's already quite an achievement to stay in the top tier, so all three of them were very happy to have managed to improve their ranking.

This spirit house has eighteen entrances to the upper floors.

They went upstairs through a different entrance, so they didn't encounter Liu Ruoci and the others.

The three arrived at the cave dwelling where they lived.

Disciples of Medicine King Valley who had finished their competitions occasionally passed through the corridor, or disciples carrying things as they went downstairs to buy food. Some of these disciples came up from another entrance.

They whispered among themselves as they walked toward their cave.

"Is the Valley Master still standing there?"

"Yes, I'm here."

"That's strange. Who lives over there? Are they cultivators or elders from our Medicine King Valley?"

"No, I don't remember any of us living in that cave."

"The Valley Master doesn't look well. I have a feeling the people inside are going to be in big trouble. Did someone offend us?"

As they passed the three elders, the group immediately stopped talking and shouted loudly.

"Greetings, Elder Qian! Greetings, Elder Sun! Greetings, Elder Zhou!"

Mr. Qian nodded and smiled, "Is the competition over? What were the results?"

The three of them reported on the situation in turn.

Then, Elder Qian casually asked, "What do you think happened to the Valley Master?"

The disciple answered honestly, "Oh, our Valley Master is in room 5986, and he doesn't look too well."

Room 5986?

Isn't that... the cave where Miss is?

The three elders turned pale. After waving their sleeves to dismiss the disciples, they hurriedly headed in that direction.