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

Su Mingyue was recovering from her serious injuries and walked slowly. Her skirt was damp with dew from the grass, making her look even thinner.

"Young Master Liu, watch your step. This Canghua Palace has been in disrepair for many years, and there are many broken stones and moss."

The voice was soft and weak, as if it hadn't caught its breath.

Liu Ruoci: "Thank you for the reminder, Miss Su."

Su Mingyue lowered her eyelashes and explained softly, "Actually, this Canghua Palace was discovered by me and my fellow disciples from the Xuantian Sect. Our junior uncle led the way, and we found the palace in just one day. Everyone was very happy, and I was very happy too..."

Her voice turned somber as she spoke.

"I just never expected what happened later."

A disciple from Medicine King Valley nearby couldn't help but ask, "Miss Su, is that junior uncle you mentioned the one who ostracized you?"

Su Mingyue bit her lower lip and nodded.

"Her name is Luo Huanzhen. Originally... she was the youngest disciple under my master, Hengyangzi. I was brought back to the sect by my senior brothers after she went missing, because they mistook her for someone else."

At this point, Su Mingyue raised her head, her eyes already reddening.

"I know I'm not really Zhenzhen. For the past ten years, I've enjoyed the love and affection of our master and fellow disciples in her place. I owe her that."

"So no matter how she treats me after she comes back, I'll accept it."

"She hates me for taking everything from her, I understand."

Su Mingyue's voice trembled slightly, carrying a suppressed sob.

"But she shouldn't... she shouldn't have forced Master and my fellow disciples to make a choice. She said it was either her or me. If my fellow disciples didn't expel me from the sect, she would never acknowledge them again."

"My fellow students feel sorry for her, but they also can't bear to part with me. Seeing their dilemma, I really couldn't bear it..."

A tear slid down her cheek.

The disciples of Medicine King Valley were furious upon hearing this.

"This is outrageous!"

"She disappeared for ten years, it wasn't Miss Su who caused it. Does she want to come back and wipe everyone out?"

"Exactly! Miss Su took on her filial duties for ten years, and not only is she ungrateful, but she repays kindness with enmity?"

Su Mingyue gently wiped away her tears and shook her head. "It's not her fault. Later, her grandmaster Yun Yao took her in, and she had a powerful backer... which made her feel even more that her actions were righteous."

"My master sent me along to this secret realm for training. I thought maybe I could find a chance to have a good talk with her and ease the tension. But as soon as she saw me, she accused me of trying to scam her. She even... she conspired with a demonic python to feed me to it."

She seemed unable to continue speaking; her pale, frail, and swaying appearance was heartbreaking to anyone who saw her.

Liu Ruoci didn't say much, just walked quietly beside Su Mingyue, her steps very light.

He watched her eyelashes tremble as she cried and wiped them away. Even though she had been bullied so badly, she still insisted on speaking up for Luo Zhenhuan, saying it wasn't her fault.

He suddenly thought to himself, "This girl is so silly."

She's so foolish it's almost heartbreaking.

As she was thinking this, Liu Ruoci frowned as her gaze swept over the medicinal herb gardens on both sides.

The medicinal herb garden in Canghua Palace has been thoroughly looted.

Forget about the spiritual herbs, there wasn't even a single spiritual whisker left; it was completely clean and bald.

Liu Ruoci suddenly remembered that when she was a child, her mother's medicinal herb garden in the back mountain of Yaowang Valley often turned into this state.

His father was the master of Medicine King Valley.

His mother was his legally wedded first wife, a Daoist nun.

But later, my father took in one concubine after another.

Those women, while saying "elder sister is the greatest," were secretly jealous of his mother and envious of her. They didn't study medicine or cultivate themselves; all they did was think about how to take things from his mother.

Today he steals this spiritual herb, tomorrow he plucks that spiritual mushroom, and after he's done, he runs to his father and acts pitiful so his father will back him up.

Liu Ruoci slowly formed an image of Luo Huanzhen in her mind: covered in scars, a big guy, a loud voice, an upturned chin, and eyes full of ferocity.

Greedy and jealous by nature.

The coldness in Liu Ruoci's eyes intensified.

He despised this kind of person more than anything in his life.

The group finally arrived at the Spirit Nourishing Pool of Canghua Palace.

On the swampy ground shrouded in white mist, hot spring pools of various sizes lay out like white lotus leaves. Steam rises, carrying a faint smell of sulfur and a sense of spiritual energy.

"This is it."

Su Mingyue stopped and pointed to the hot spring pool in the distance, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and hatred.

"That demonic python is right down there."

Liu Ruoci raised her hand in greeting.

Behind them, the disciples of Medicine King Valley dispersed, and sixteen emerald green array flags shot out silently, embedding themselves around the swamp.

As Liu Ruoci's hand seals changed, the array flags hummed, and the azure light intertwined to form a net, covering the entire swamp.

"Dragon-Locking and Killing Formation, activate."

Liu Ruoci's voice was extremely soft, warm and clear like spring water hitting stone, yet it carried a chilling coldness.

The moment the formation activated, the calm hot spring began to surge violently.

The next moment, a huge black python head burst out of the water.

The Xuanlin Python's vertical pupils suddenly opened, its face filled with anger and confusion.

It felt an extremely uncomfortable force enveloping the swamp and trapping it.

Su Mingyue stood on the edge of the swamp, staring at the giant python in the water, and a slow smile curved her lips.

That beast.

Previously, he and Luo Zhenhuan played with her, kicking her around like a ball, flicking her tail and kicking her back, humiliating her back and forth.

She will never forget that humiliation for the rest of her life.

Would you dare to help Luo Huanzhen?

Su Mingyue smiled coldly to herself.

Then you should die in her place.

Her expression was gentle and harmless, but the joy and smugness deep in her eyes were impossible to suppress.

The Xuanlin Python let out a low roar, its thick tail slamming into the swamp, sending mud and water flying several meters high. It struggled desperately, trying to break free of the array's coverage.

But the azure net of light was layered upon layer, and each time it crashed into it, it was bounced back by an even stronger force.

Scales fluttered.

Its flesh was torn apart with each impact.

The blood seeped into the hot spring, quickly staining a large area of ​​the water red.

Su Mingyue watched this scene and let out a soft breath.

That felt great.

Liu Ruoci flicked her fingers, and a green rune condensed at her fingertips.

His eyes were calm as still water. Killing a beast was just a matter of course for the young master of Medicine King Valley, and he felt less guilty than prescribing a medicine for a patient.

"Sss...woo..."

The Xuanlin Python's movements gradually slowed down.

It can't be rammed anymore.

Its enormous body was coiled in the blood-stained hot spring, its huge head floating low on the surface of the water, emitting a soft, trembling moan from its throat.

It didn't look like a python; it looked like a little dog that had been kicked and was begging for mercy.

However, what responded to it was the emerald green runes on Liu Ruoci's fingertips.

"Take the elixir!"

"stop!!!!!"

In the distance, a loud shout rang out, and a petite figure in dark blue descended from the sky, slamming hard into Liu Ruoci's face.