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

"Huh? What?" Xiaomei thought she had misheard, so she asked again.

Luo Huanzhen repeated earnestly, "Xiao Mei, I feel as if this mountain is breathing; it seems to be alive!"

After saying that, Luo Huanzhen pointed to the Alchemy Mountain again, "Look, the green shadows of the trees on the Alchemy Mountain are swaying like waves."

Xiaomei gazed intently at the mountain peak.

This mountain is more vibrant than other peaks on ordinary days. The swaying shadows of the trees and the way the canopies move up, down, left, and right truly make it seem as if the mountain is breathing.

Xiao Mei didn't take it to heart and said with a smile, "It must be the wind. The wind is always much stronger on the other peaks of the Alchemy Mountain. We disciples of Medicine King Valley are used to it."

Luo Huanzhen tilted her little head: "Are you used to it?"

Xiaomei nodded: "Yes, I'm used to it."

Luo Huanzhen shook his head: "No, that's not right. Even if the mountain wind is strong, it shouldn't be this strange. Look, its direction is the same as the mountain behind it. If there were wind, they should both be affected."

"However, the mountain behind it was completely still and extremely quiet, while only the Alchemy Mountain was filled with the sound of wind."

Not only that.

Luo Huanzhen also noticed that the other mountains in Medicine King Valley were connected to each other, rising and falling, forming a series of mountain ranges.

But Alchemy Mountain is different.

It is unique.

Rather than resembling a solitary mountain rising suddenly from the ground, it's more like something appearing out of thin air on a flat surface.

However, Luo didn't tell Xiaomei any more of these speculations.

After nodding, she said to Xiaomei, "Xiaomei, go away and find a safe place to stay. I'll leave this to you."

Xiao Mei knew that Luo really had skills.

I trust her to resolve this crisis. Since she asked me to leave, Xiaomei doesn't want to stay here and become a burden, instead of holding Luo Huanzhen back.

"Then I'll be going now, Sect Master Zhenzhen, please be careful after you're done!"

After Xiaomei finished speaking, she lifted the hem of her skirt and made a hasty escape.

Today's power struggle in Medicine King Valley must have resulted in heavy casualties. Although she was involved, her strength was too weak!

It's best to find a safe place to hide and protect yourself.

Otherwise, if Miss reclaims Medicine King Valley but is injured and passes away, who will take care of her then?!

She doesn't trust anyone to serve her!

There is no other maid in the world who knows the young lady's daily life better than herself!

Xiaomei had complete trust in Liu Rumei.

She believed that this battle would be won.

She believed that Medicine King Valley would return to Liu Rumei's hands.

Luo Huanzhen stood there, staring at Xiao Mei's departing figure.

Meanwhile, Medicine King Valley began to fall into chaos.

Light bursts forth like fireworks from all directions, accompanied by roars and sounds of battle.

Luo Huanzhen noticed that other complex scents were beginning to appear in the air, blending and dissolving the exotic fragrances floating around them.

Medicine King Valley is, after all, a sect of medical cultivators. These various smells undoubtedly indicate that the medical cultivators have started fighting and releasing poison.

Fortunately, everyone here is a healer, so they'll probably be quick to poison and quick to detoxify. It all comes down to who's better at it – the poisoner or the detoxifier.

Luo Zhenhuan is also a medical practitioner.

But she doesn't need an antidote.

Her body had long been immune to all poisons after being trained inside the Ten Thousand Demon Banner.

The smells only made her wrinkle her nose; they didn't have any negative impact on her.

Regaining his attention, Luo Huanzhen got up and flew towards the Alchemy Mountain.

Hopefully, this living mountain won't wake up too soon.

At least, she should wake up after she breaks down the door and rescues the person!

Luo Huanzhen took a deep breath, came to the stone gate, and took a big horse stance.

"ah!!!!"

Luo Huanzhen gathered his strength, raised his hand, and threw a powerful punch forward—

"Bang!"

The stone gate trembled, and stones fell down in a flurry, but unfortunately, it did not shatter completely.

Luo Huanzhen threw another punch.

The force of the punch was even stronger than before, slamming into the stone door with a dull thud.

"Bang!"

"Bang!!"

"Bang--!!"

On the other side of the stone gate, in a dark and damp alchemy cave, three white-haired old men were chained together. Flames rose from the surrounding earth veins, but they were not ordinary flames; they were ghostly white flames.

Old Sun closed his eyes, his chapped lips moving slightly.

Old Zhou lowered his head, his breath weak.

Among them, Qian Lao's level of understanding was the highest, and his condition was slightly better. But not by much.

When he heard the first loud noise from the stone gate, he suddenly opened his eyes, a dark light flashing in his cloudy eyes.

here we go again……

Every day at 1-3 PM, that beast Liu Ruoci would come to check on their refining progress... Today, it seems he's come to urge them to their deaths again.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a second booming sound rang out, and the stone gate trembled even more violently.

Old Sun, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly regained his strength and, pulling on the iron chain, roared towards the stone gate: "Liu Ruoci! You heartless bastard! Your sister has been so devoted to you since childhood, and you have so despicablely taken her life! You have no humanity whatsoever!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qian's eyes also reddened.

During this period, he spent every day in agony, filled with hatred every minute and every second.

I hate Liu Ruoci's wickedness, I hate my own incompetence, and I hate the Valley Master's senile and sexist ways, which have ruined the good Medicine King Valley in the hands of such a beast!

They even want to reactivate this alchemy mountain from top to bottom and promote the practice of alchemy on living people.

The three of them are just the beginning. Medicine King Valley will transform from a family of healers and cultivators who save lives into a heretical and evil sect!

Another loud bang came from the other side of the stone gate, accompanied by the sound of rocks breaking apart.

and many more……

wrong.

Amidst the crashing sounds of the stone gate, a child's voice could be faintly heard, as if shouting something...

"Hey! You inside! Stop yelling! I'm not Liu Ruoci!"

"I am not Liu Ruoci! I'm here to save you!"

"Liu Rumei isn't dead! She's back! She's outside fighting Liu Ruoci!"

The cursing inside the cave stopped abruptly.

It was quiet for a while.

Old Qian couldn't help but support himself and stand up.

He walked step by step to the cave entrance, pressed his face against the heavy, trembling stone door, and asked in a trembling voice, "W-what did you say?"

"I said Liu Rumei isn't dead!"

Luo Huanzhen took a deep breath, pushed off with both feet, and soared into the air. His right fist, brimming with spiritual energy, slammed down—

"BOOM!!!"

The stone gate finally shattered, sending rubble flying and dust billowing everywhere.

A sturdy, short figure stepped out from the dust and smoke; it was Luo Huanzhen.

"The three elders have suffered. Xuan Tian Sect Master Luo Huanzhen has come to rescue you at the request of Sect Master Liu Rumei."

The three elders looked up weakly at Luo Huanzhen. Their collarbones were all locked by magical artifacts, which controlled their dantian and the use of spiritual power.

Luo Huanzhen directly took down the Myriad Demon Banner, waved his hand, and made a hand seal, commanding—

"Momo, come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three ancient demons with sharp teeth and claws rushed out from the Myriad Demon Banner.

"Awooo!!"

They pounced on the three weakened old men, opening their mouths to bite down fiercely—

Click, click, click!

The sound of chains hitting the ground rang out, and the chains that had originally bound the collarbones of the three elders were bitten to pieces by the ancient demon.

Luo Zhenhuan summoned the ancient demon back, clapped his hands, and said to the three people inside.

"You are free!"

The first thing Qian Lao did upon regaining his freedom was not to express joy, but to rush to Luo Huanzhen with red eyes, demanding, "Sect Leader Luo... you said... that girl Ru Mei, is she really not dead?"

Luo Huanzhen nodded, and was about to speak when the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently.

"Buzz—"

A deep, muffled murmur, seemingly emanating from the depths of the earth, surged from all directions, enveloping the entire alchemy cave.

Luo Huanzhen's pupils contracted.

She sensed that the surrounding rock walls began to writhe, like the flesh and blood of a living thing, slowly but powerfully squeezing towards the center. The air became viscous, and the flow of spiritual energy strangely converged towards the earth's depths, as if some enormous creature was awakening.