Bone-stripping and tendon-pulling? The reborn senior sister becomes the number one cultivator in the

Located atop Sword Peak, the main hall was somewhat chilly.

The man on the steps, wearing a jade crown and dressed in white, sat calmly in his seat.

"Disciple Xie Wanning greets Master." Xie Wanning bowed respectfully and waited quietly for her master's instructions.

Yan Ze gently raised his hand, his eyes deep and clear like a spring: "Wan Ning, what exactly happened when you went to Sword Inquiry Cliff that day? Did you have any particular feelings?"

That day, thunder shook the sky at Sword Inquiry Cliff, and flying swords gathered together; this was truly abnormal.

He was indeed suspicious of me!

Xie Wanning suppressed the corners of her mouth that were turning up, and the hint of mockery vanished in an instant, replaced by a look of confusion. She looked up at Yan Ze with bewilderment: "That day, I struggled to climb to the top of the mountain and fell into a brief coma. When I woke up, I heard thunder rumbling and flying swords gathered in the sky. The blades and lightning struck me at the same time, which seriously injured me. I used my last bit of strength to climb to the side of the boulder, carve my name, and then I was able to return to the foot of the mountain."

"If I were to ask what I feel in particular," Xie Wanning pondered, then answered firmly, "I feel as if my bones and muscles have been reshaped and made stronger."

Yan Ze quietly observed her, subtly conjuring up a wisp of spiritual energy to examine Xie Wan Ning's body. As she had said, her bones and muscles had indeed become stronger.

Moreover, that thing hasn't changed at all...

Yan Ze narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly deep in thought. After admiring it for a while, he nodded.

"Very good. Here are a few Marrow Cleansing Pills to help you cultivate better." Yan Ze gave Xie Wan Ning a storage bag, then waved his hand: "Go back and cultivate well. The Lingyun Secret Realm trial is in half a month, so prepare well."

"Thank you, Master. This disciple will certainly not fail in my mission." Xie Wanning bowed and then turned to leave.

Although Xie Wanning's fire spirit root had awakened, she could control it freely. Just in case, she put the fire spirit root back into a deep sleep, which successfully evaded Yan Ze's inspection.

But she could feel a gaze still watching her. What a suspicious person!

.........

Back in her cave, Xie Wanning took out a few Marrow Cleansing Pills, but did not eat them immediately.

In her previous life, Yan Ze tested her spiritual root and found it to be an eighth-grade ice spiritual root. The level of her spiritual root was not low, but her cultivation progress was extremely slow, even slower than that of ordinary inner disciples. Yan Ze must have been behind this.

Yan Ze was not only skilled in swordsmanship but also in alchemy, so he often rewarded his disciples with elixirs. As the senior disciple of the sect, Xie Wan Ning received quite a few elixirs. She was initially very grateful for Yan Ze's generosity, but now she couldn't help but wonder if he had ulterior motives.

Xie Wanning observed the pill for a while. It was a fifth-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, pure crimson in color, and smelled wonderfully fragrant. On the surface, it seemed perfectly fine, but in reality…

Xie Wanning dared not test the medicine on herself, but she felt a greater sense of warning that she should not take the pills Yan Ze gave her in the future.

After putting away the pills, Xie Wanning was about to begin her cultivation when she heard a loud knocking on the door.

Didn't she turn down the job with her senior sister? Why is someone still looking for her?

She got up and opened the door, and a figure pounced on her, then began to circle around her.

"Sister Wan Ning, are you alright? Where are you injured? How did you get punished and sent to Wenjian Cliff?" The girl, dressed in a light and delicate pale yellow dress, with her hair styled in two buns and tied with a light yellow ribbon, fluttered around Xie Wan Ning like a butterfly.

Tian Ruochun's eyes were filled with worry as she held Xie Wanning's hand. "Sister Wanning, you don't know, after learning that you were injured and unconscious, I couldn't eat or sleep for days. I ran to Sword Peak to visit you, but that heartless Jiang Ci stopped me from going in and said he would tell my master if I made any more trouble. I didn't make any trouble at all; I just wanted to see you. How are you now?"

Xie Wanning remained silent and did not answer her question.

The chattering Tian Ruochun finally saw Xie Wanning's face clearly and panicked instantly.

"Wan Ning, why are you crying? Did I touch your wound?"