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

While the two were chatting, they didn't notice at all that a sneaky head quietly popped out of the door.

Xi Zhaozhao blinked her watery eyes and eavesdropped for quite a while.

It wasn't that she did it on purpose, but she happened to hear the conversation between her senior brothers and sisters when she passed by the main hall.

Since I was already here, I just wanted to say hello, but I didn't expect to run into Gu Junming making such a bold statement.

Although he looked a little embarrassed because he sprained his waist later.

But there is no doubt that Gu Junming's status in Xi Zhaozhao's heart has risen sharply.

It seems endless, breaking through the clouds and extending into the depths of the mysterious starry sky.

"Big Brother is really just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, right?"

Xi Zhaozhao recalled that when Gu Junming faced her, he looked as if he would be exhausted after taking two more steps.

I couldn't help but wonder, why does he seem so lazy and gluttonous all day long when he has such outstanding abilities?

Be puzzled.

Xi Zhaozhao attributed all this to the fact that she was too insignificant and unable to guess the intentions of the powerful.

There must be a reason why the eldest brother did this!

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xi Zhaozhao planned to go in and say hello to Gu Junming, but before her left foot touched the ground, someone suddenly patted her shoulder.

Xi Zhaozhao subconsciously looked back and saw the taciturn Old Eight looking at her calmly.

"Brother Li..."

Xi Zhaozhao opened her lips slightly, but before she could finish her words, Lao Ba immediately made a gesture to keep quiet.

"What's wrong?" Xi Zhaozhao scratched his head in confusion and asked in a low voice.

Lao Ba said nothing, looked around, and pointed outside to signal them to talk somewhere else.

Soon Xi Zhaozhao followed Lao Ba to the fire room in the back mountain. Lao Ba made a few gestures, indicating that they should wait.

Then Lao Ba fiddled around the stove for a while and found a yellowed book covered in dust.

He first blew off the accumulated dust with his mouth.

He shook it a few more times, and when he felt it was almost done, he handed the book to Xi Zhaozhao.

"This is......"

Xi Zhaozhao took the secret book that looked like the "supreme magic skill" with both hands, opened the cover and looked at the first page.

But suddenly I remembered!

I seem to be illiterate...

"Senior Brother Li..." Xi Zhaozhao said with a sad face, "I've never been to school, so I can't understand what's written on it."

Lao Ba nodded in agreement. He patted Xi Zhaozhao on the shoulder to comfort her, took out a small note he had prepared, and opened it in front of her:

【We are all the same, so there is no need to feel inferior. 】

"Brother, are you really listening to what I just said? You can't understand it even if you read it, and you can't learn it even if you study it..."

Xi Zhaozhao fiddled with this ancient secret book, looking depressed. Although she could not recognize the handwriting on it, fortunately there were vivid illustrations interspersed in it.

It looks like this should be a sword technique.

Because the little man with clear lines in the painting is holding a long sword, the action is different on each page.

At this time, Lao Ba took out another small note, hesitated for a moment, and put it in his pocket.

Just at this moment, a magnetic and gentle voice sounded in Xi Zhaozhao's mind, so beautiful that it made her body numb!

[I don't know what it is, but my intuition tells me that it might be very useful in the future.]

Xi Zhaozhao raised his head hesitantly and asked uncertainly, "Are you talking, Senior Brother Li?"

Lao Ba didn't answer and remained silent as usual, but a gentle curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Xi Zhaozhao was a little confused.

Senior Brother Nangong said that Senior Brother Li spoke very few times. When he first came to Taiyi Sect, everyone thought that a mute had come into the sect.

Only the eldest brother and senior brother Gu, whom he had never met before, had seen senior brother Li speak.

As for everyone else.

Apart from the eldest senior brother and the slightly reluctant senior brother Nangong, there are probably not many people who can communicate normally with senior brother Li.

"I'll put it away for now." Xi Zhaozhao held the secret book in his arms and said with a smile: "When I have time, I'll ask other brothers and sisters about it!"

The original intention was good, and Xi Zhaozhao did not reject the kindness offered by Lao Ba.

But Lao Ba still shook his head regretfully.

He half-crouched with his tall body, so that his height was parallel to that of the young Xi Zhaozhao.

He pointed at the mysterious secret book, and then repeatedly pointed at himself and Xi Zhaozhao.

"Brother, are you trying to say..." Xi Zhaozhao asked uncertainly, "You want me to learn this sword technique?"

Seeing that Lao Ba was still shaking his head, Xi Zhaozhao pondered for a moment and then asked cautiously:

"So, Senior Brother wants to switch to swordsmanship?"

"Don't do that, Senior Brother Li!"

She waved her hands quickly and said seriously:

"It's really tiring. I swing my sword at least a thousand times a day. My hands are covered in thick calluses, and my arm is almost dislocated!"

"I don't know what's been bothering Sixth Senior Sister these past few days. She's become increasingly strict, like a completely different person..."

I listened to Xi Zhaozhao chattering on and on for a long time.

Lao Ba looked very unhappy and thought to himself, am I really that bad at expressing myself?

In the end there was nothing we could do.

Lao Ba stretched out two fingers and gently tapped Xi Zhaozhao's smooth and round forehead.

And that pleasant voice sounded again.

[This is a little secret between you and me. Don’t tell anyone, including my senior brother.]

"It's really Brother Li!"

Xi Zhaozhao opened her eyes wide and thought, forget about the eldest senior brother, but why does senior brother Li also like to hide his shortcomings?

The former is strength, the latter is voice.

She just didn't understand. Could it be that her senior brothers and sisters didn't treat her as one of their own?

Why does it feel like everyone is hiding something from her?!

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the more aggrieved I feel.

Xi Zhaozhao simply pursed her lips, tears welling up in her eyes as she sobbed:

"Brother...if there's anything I've done wrong, please tell me and I'll definitely work hard to change it."

"Really, I'm very obedient!"

Lao Ba was a little at a loss for a moment.

Perhaps in his eyes, he still thought that he had done something wrong and made his little junior sister cry.

But looking back at myself, I don’t know where I went wrong, which makes me feel embarrassed...

Xi Zhaozhao sniffed her reddened nose, took a step forward, took Lao Ba's hand, bowed her head and choked with sobs as she apologized to him: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Li, I know this is not right, but I just want to quickly integrate into the group..."

"I know I'm just an outsider, and I can't compare to you all who grew up on Bamboo Bee and are as close as brothers and sisters... But I'm really trying my best!"

"If there's anything I've done wrong, will you tell me?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Ba was puzzled. How did the little junior sister know that the disciples had a good relationship?

The second senior brother and the third senior sister quarreled almost every day. The fourth senior brother was a fighting maniac and occasionally chose to join in.

The fifth and sixth senior sisters might be a little better, but if the situation isn't serious, they probably won't bother to deal with it.

Senior Brother Seven is a softie. If the situation is not right, he will just run away. Junior Sister Nine doesn't know how to appreciate him and despises his taste.

That’s it, what’s so good about it?

Let’s put these things aside for now. The first thing to do is to calm down the little junior sister.

After hesitating for a long time, Lao Ba sighed deeply in front of Xi Zhaozhao.

His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and after many years, he finally revealed his true voice in front of others again.

But it's not as pleasant to the ear as before.

On the contrary, it was as if someone was strangling a drake's neck, so hoarse that every word seemed labored:

"How could that be? You... did very well."

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ps: It was indeed an oversight. Not much was revealed and the updates were slow, so the reading experience was extremely poor.

Try to update four times this month!

At the same time, I also hope that you can spare some of your precious time to give the little author a little encouragement, as long as... it's all for love!