The sect is full of evildoers, but I am the eldest brother.

"I heard that the desert bandits and several high-ranking members of the Hundred Refinements Pavilion are negotiating, but I don't know if it's true or not..."

"Good heavens! I thought this would be a sure victory, after all, they're the overlords of the Western Heaven! Who would have thought that the Hundred Refinement Pavilion would be the first to falter..."

"Hmm... There are too many people, I can't see what's going on ahead, I wonder how the negotiations are going..."

Yan Xixi stood at the back of the crowd, constantly tiptoeing and jumping up and down, hoping to see what was happening on the scene. However, due to her height disadvantage, no matter how hard she tried, she could not see the negotiation process between the two sides.

The little girl was really worried.

"Hey Zhao Zhao, do you think the Hundred Refinements Pavilion will make any concessions after all these years of negotiations?"

"Tsk! They should be able to, right? If they weren't, they would have already started fighting! Why would they have waited until now!"

Yan Xixi asked and answered herself, not forgetting to pat her hands a few times. Xi Zhaozhao, who was deep in thought, was looking down at the scars on the back of her hand, and kept talking non-stop.

But Xi Zhaozhao seemed not to hear anything, staring blankly at the scar on the back of her hand, her slightly furrowed eyebrows revealing a hint of confusion.

Strange, is it because my constitution is too weak? I remember applying medicine, but I'm still not fully recovered...

Xi Zhaozhao was very puzzled.

She is now a powerful figure who has reached the Opening Sea Realm. However, such cultivation may seem somewhat insignificant in the eyes of cultivators with higher cultivation levels.

But he's a cultivator at the third realm, so surely he shouldn't be so afraid of leaving marks from every little injury?

Besides, she applied the medicine immediately...

The wound wasn't big, and there was no scab; it just left a white layer on the surface.

It slightly affects the aesthetics.

Besides that, there's basically nothing else.

However, Xi Zhaozhao did not value these things.

Indeed, everyone has a love for beauty.

Besides, she's a girl.

But what puzzled Xi Zhaozhao was that the scar on the back of her hand, left from saving someone, had not fully healed after the medicine was applied, and why was the area of ​​the scar getting bigger and bigger?

It looks a bit like... a chicken?

At first, the wound was just a small one and didn't hurt much. It wouldn't have mattered if left unattended. However, Yan Xixi insisted on making a fuss about it, so Xi Zhaozhao had no choice but to follow her advice and apply the medicine she carried with her to heal the wound.

Thinking back on it afterward, when I went back to check, I found that after the wound healed, a faint white mark remained on the skin, which looked quite noticeable.

I don't know why...

"Zhaozhao, Zhaozhao... Hey! What are you spacing out for? Are you even listening to me?!"

"No."

Xi Zhaozhao gathered her scattered thoughts and said casually.

"You answered so quickly?!"

Yan Xixi felt that her sincerity had been betrayed, so she reached out and quickly pinched a sensitive spot on Xi Zhaozhao's waist, commonly known as the "ticklish spot".

Xi Zhaozhao was speechless for a moment.

"How old are you? Can't you be a little more mature...?"

"Who told you to always ignore my feelings?"

"What do you mean I 'always' neglect your feelings? Haven't I been tolerant enough of you?"

Xi Zhaozhao rolled her eyes. "You should say that to Senior Brother Ye!"

"I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen..."

It looked like Yan Xixi was about to throw another tantrum.

Xi Zhaozhao shook her head, as if it were a common occurrence, and grabbed the restless hand without even looking at it, getting straight to the point: "What's going on now?"

"The devil knows!"

"Don't make trouble."

"Who's making a fuss? It's true, there are so many people here, it's impossible to squeeze through!"

The Chaoxi duo stood at the very back of the crowd. Originally, they were on the front lines rescuing people and had gone off to have fun.

Later, Gu Yi was really worried, so he used his connections to ask Tang Yi to send someone to urgently recall them.

It would have been better if they hadn't come back; as soon as they did, the Chaoxi duo were grounded and couldn't leave at all.

"They've already come knocking on our door, how can the Hundred Refinements Pavilion be so spineless! And they call themselves the 'Overlords of the Western Paradise'!"

Yan Xixi complained indignantly.

She may seem a bit silly, but she's actually quite shrewd. Jokes aside, when it comes to important matters, her naivety is just a facade!

Although Yan Xixi sometimes gets too immersed in her roles...

"I think I just saw Senior Brother Gu."

Xi Zhaozhao looked around calmly, her gaze sweeping over every face around her. She took in all the expressions on their faces—worried, anxious, or nervous. After a moment's thought, she said hesitantly, "How about we ask someone to send a message to the Shen family?"

"it's useless."

Yan Xixi knew what Xi Zhaozhao was planning, but she didn't approve: "With such a big thing happening, what was supposed to happen would have happened long ago, why wait until now?"

"That's true."

Xi Zhaozhao hesitated for a moment, then murmured in a voice only she could hear, "Brother Shen... he shouldn't be that kind of person, so why... well, maybe he was held up by something else..."

What are you muttering to yourself over there?

"nothing."

Xi Zhaozhao gave a casual reply, then continued to observe the current situation. After a short while, she suddenly asked, "How is it now? Has the necklace returned to normal?"

"I am not sure as well."

Yan Xixi gazed into the distance and sighed softly:

"I asked Sister Qingxuan to take a look, and she told me to worry less about unnecessary things, focus on my cultivation, and strive to master all the sword techniques my senior brother taught me one day..."

"Sigh, it seems we still have to rely on ourselves. If it weren't for you last time, Li Luan and I would probably have both fallen into the hands of those ruthless evil cultivators who eat people without spitting out the bones!"

"but......"

Yan Xixi turned to look at Xi Zhaozhao and said seriously, "You really don't remember what happened that day?"

"I have a vague recollection of it."

Xi Zhaozhao tried hard to recall the most recent experience she had had with Yan Xixi and Li Luan, who had joined the Liyang Academy, when they narrowly escaped death from the hands of evil cultivators.

She frowned, racking her brains, but still couldn't come up with a solution. So she simply said, "Forget it, we'll talk about this later. Let's take care of the present first."

Yan Xixi nodded slightly, "That's true. Let's take care of the present first, and talk about the rest later."

"Oh right, there's one more thing!"

"When I left my senior brother's place this time, Sister Qingxuan said a lot to me..."

"Specifically?" Xi Zhaozhao asked.

"I don't know how to put it specifically."

Yan Xixi pondered for a moment and said, "Anyway, it just tells me to be more careful when I'm out and about. It says that when I'm traveling alone, no matter what happens, I must be cautious and always keep a calm and collected mind..."

"Strange, I have a feeling that Sister Qingxuan knows something. I deliberately kept it from her and my senior brother so they wouldn't worry..."