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

As for Lei Ziyue...

That's a reckless idiot; with him around, things might even get worse.

Su Mingyue could tell that although Lei Ziyue was protecting her, he was not without feelings for Luo Huanzhen. He was even waiting for her to repent and return to her sect, which would surely stop her from harming Luo Huanzhen.

Su Mingyue felt that rather than being held back by him, it would be better to quietly deal with Luo Huanzhen first, and then meet up with Lei Ziyue after obtaining the treasure-hunting artifact.

She will be in charge of directing the search and finding the treasure, while Lei Ziyue will be responsible for the hard labor, making it easy and convenient for him.

With no one holding them back, Luo Huanzhen led his disciples on a fast journey. Before sunset, they had already climbed to the top of Lingshan Sect.

After leaving the ten-mile mountain road, the restrictions on spiritual energy were lifted, and the disciples immediately felt a sense of relief.

Luo Huanzhen stood on the stone block, her chubby little hands on her hips, looking like a little big sister. "Be quiet and listen to what I have to say."

The disciples immediately fell silent, their eyes fixed on Luo Huanzhen.

Luo Huanzhen said in a childish voice, "We're already up the mountain. You can leave on your own to find your own opportunities! If you want to come with me, you can, but you have to contribute to and hand over all the opportunities and treasures you encounter. You also have to help each other when you encounter danger. I'll distribute them afterward! And this team doesn't allow anyone to abuse their privileges, play the victim, or try to gain resources by playing the victim!"

Upon hearing this, the disciples clenched their fists and raised their arms, exclaiming, "Just for those words, Junior Uncle, we're with you!"

"Me too!"

"This is the attitude a proper team leader should have. Support Junior Uncle!"

"I'll stick with Junior Uncle!"

The disciples were somewhat agitated.

Most of them were new recruits from Lei Ziyue's side. Compared to Lei Ziyue's previous forceful favoritism, prioritizing resources, and only thinking about Su Mingyue when things happened, Luo Zhenhuan's words now really resonated with them.

Senior Brother Lei is even less capable than a child!

When emotions ran high, everyone couldn't help but criticize the selfish behavior of Lei Ziyue and Su Mingyue, the senior and junior siblings.

Su Mingyue watched all this from the shadows, and upon hearing their words, she gritted her teeth in anger—

A bunch of sycophantic lackeys.

And then there's Luo Huanzhen, who looks like a little baby and pretends to be innocent and naive. I never expected him to be so cunning and scheming. He actually knows how to use her to win people over and deliberately steal the limelight.

Just wait. Once she gets the treasure-hunting artifact, not a single one of these disciples who spoke ill of her will be able to get away with it.

In the end, not a single disciple of the Xuantian Sect left; they all chose to go with Luo Huanzhen.

Going it alone is nowhere near as easy as teaming up to clear dungeons. Especially with Luo Huanzhen's human body treasure sensor around.

Luo Huanzhen, with his short legs, led his large group forward steadily.

Led by Luo Huanzhen, the disciples successively discovered a cluster of spiritual herbs, a giant spirit-nourishing fruit tree, and a small black iron mine along the way. They also killed two living treasures, one of which was a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, essential for medical practitioners to make top-grade life-extending pills, and the other was a very rare black-patterned black gold that could be added during forging and reshaping to improve the quality of one's natal magic weapon...

While watching them reap huge profits with envy, Su Mingyue secretly circulated her cultivation technique to gather strength and repeatedly probed Luo Huanzhen's spiritual power level.

That's right, it's the first level of the initial stage of Qi Refining.

The little tattered flag on her head is useless here; killing her would be no different than crushing an ant.

As the sun set in the west, hidden among the lush green trees, the ruins of a large palace built of huge blue stone bricks appeared before everyone's eyes.

The palace walls were covered in moss, exuding an ancient and decaying aura under the sunlight. On the massive palace gate, three faded characters remained—Canghua Palace.

"It's one of the seventy-two palaces, the Canghua Palace! This palace contains things like a spirit herb garden and a spirit-nurturing pool, so it's much less dangerous than the other palaces."

"In previous years, the fastest sects to find the palace in the secret realm took three days, but we only took one day!"

"Junior Uncle is amazing! We made the right choice in following him!"

Luo Zhen proudly tilted his head back, accepting the praise. After listening for a while, he waved his little hand and said in a childish voice, "Elbow! Let's go inside!"

The disciples strode in, following Luo Huanzhen as they entered the Canghua Hall.

However, no one noticed that after they entered, Su Mingyue, the little shadow, also followed them stealthily.

Although the Canghua Palace is dilapidated, the plants and trees in the secret realm have grown wildly under the rich spiritual energy and have developed an aggressive nature, becoming natural guardians of the Canghua Palace's herb garden.

In addition, there is a natural hot spring pool in the hall, where cultivators can soak to relieve fatigue, strengthen their bodies, nourish their spiritual energy, and repair some minor injuries.

The disciples had suffered injuries from thorns, abrasions from mining, and minor wounds from capturing live creatures along the way. Using healing pills would be too extravagant, so having this hot spring to soak in would be the best thing.

So Luo Huanzhen immediately gave the order: "Split up, twenty people per team, and sweep through all the spirit herb gardens. We'll meet at the hot spring area in one hour."

"yes!"

The group formed their own teams and quickly dispersed.

Luo Huanzhen, with his short legs swaying and his two little pigtails bobbing, huffed and puffed as he ran alone towards the hot spring pool.

She sensed a more powerful presence over there, and she wanted to defeat it before everyone went to the hot springs, so that everyone could enjoy the hot springs safely and comfortably.

Hidden in the shadows, Su Mingyue saw that Luo Zhen was not going to team up with anyone to harvest the medicinal herbs, but instead headed towards the hot springs alone. She couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

Look, Luo Huanzhen is directing her disciples to work themselves to the bone, while she herself goes to enjoy the hot springs. She's just a two-faced, scheming woman. What right does she have to mock me?

However, she was now alone, which was the perfect opportunity to kill her, so Su Mingyue quickly followed.

The hot springs at Canghua Palace are located on a flat area.

It used to be managed by people from the Lingshan Sect, but times have changed, and it has become a wet, swampy area.

The hot spring pools, large and small, resemble irregular white lotus leaves with shimmering ripples, spread out across this swamp, steaming and shrouded in mist.

Luo Huanzhen took off his little boots, placed them neatly on the shore, rolled up his pants, and strode into the swamp with his chubby little legs.

She walked along, pulling up her pants, staring down at the swamp as if searching for something hidden there.

Upon arriving at a large hot spring about ten feet in size, Luo Huanzhen suddenly stopped, his eyes lighting up.

Finally found!

Luo Huan rushed excitedly toward the hot spring, about to jump in, when she suddenly sensed an intense, almost tangible malice rapidly approaching her from behind.

Immediately afterwards, a figure wearing a tattered, gorgeous, floor-length dress stained with mud descended from the sky and hovered above the hot spring.

Su Mingyue.

Luo Zhenhuan was taken aback, then said impatiently, "Get out of my way right now!"

It's so annoying, why does this fake always try to scam the real deal?

Su Mingyue sneered, her once gentle and pitiful face now filled with contempt, malice, and ruthlessness. "You little bitch, no one's protecting you now. Still dare to be so arrogant? I'm not leaving, what can you do about it?"

Luo Huanzhen stared at the hot spring and said, word by word, "You will regret this."

Su Mingyue burst into laughter, "You're the one who should regret this! If you know what's good for you, hand over the treasure-hunting artifact right now, and I'll give you a quick death..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Mingyue suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and a strong sense of crisis made the hairs on her body stand on end.

She slowly turned her head—

Suddenly, a three-foot-thick black-scaled python emerged from the hot spring, its vertical pupils gleaming coldly as it locked onto her.

Luo Zhenhuan, still holding up his pants, took two steps back.

She shrugged helplessly and sighed, "There's really nothing I can do. I told you you'd regret it."

Su Mingyue: "Aaaaaaah!!"