Mo Ping turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Xiao Ran looking at him with a smile.

He looked around and, finding no one else nearby, said, "Miss Xiao, you must have mistaken me for someone else."

But Xiao Ran gently shook her head, and then slowly removed her veil.

Her eyes were like stars reflected in autumn water, clear, bright, and full of lively charm. Her lips were naturally red, and her skin was as white as snow. She stood there quietly, a faint smile on her lips as she looked at him.

Although the woman before him was extremely beautiful, he felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity with her…

Suddenly, the face in Mo Ping's mind overlapped with the face of the girl in front of him, and he couldn't help but shout.

"You're Dali!?"

Xiao Ran smiled, secretly pleased that her senior brother had finally noticed, and said softly, "Yes, senior brother."

Mo Ping immediately stepped forward, his eyes filled with astonishment. He looked her up and down carefully, stammering, "You...you...how did you become a woman?!"

“She was originally a woman.” The fourth leader, standing to the side, frowned. He couldn’t stand Mo Ping’s overreaction and couldn’t help but speak up.

Mo Ping turned around to look at his master with a look of surprise.

"Master, you knew all along?"

The fourth leader seemed not to hear anything, not even glancing at Mo Ping, and simply sipped his tea slowly and leisurely.

Mo Ping felt a sudden dizziness. It turned out that he was the only one who had been kept in the dark all along!

"Alright, Senior Brother." Xiao Ran gently tugged at Mo Ping's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Dali is back, Senior Brother, why do you look so unhappy?"

His junior brother, whom he had been searching for for so long, was now standing before him, but his appearance had changed; he had become a woman.

But that's no big deal. As long as his junior brother—oh, now I should say junior sister—is safe and sound, he'll be overjoyed.

"I'm so happy, Junior Brother... I'm so glad you're safe and sound." Mo Ping scratched his head and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"What 'junior brother'? You should call her junior sister now," the fourth leader reminded him with a smile.

Mo Ping's face flushed bright red, and he stammered, "Junior...Junior Sister..."

Xiao Ran smiled, walked over to Xiao Yang's side, slowly squatted down, and said softly, "Now, I'm not the youngest anymore. He's the junior brother now."

"Wang Xiaoyang?" Mo Ping looked at his master with suspicion, trying to find the truth in his master's eyes.

The fourth leader coughed lightly and said unhurriedly, "Your junior sister is right, Wang Xiaoyang is now your junior brother."

“But Xiao Yang isn’t…” Mo Ping’s words were on the tip of his tongue, and he was about to continue when the Fourth Master sternly stopped him.

Mo Ping felt completely bewildered and had no idea what to do.

"Ah Li, take Xiao Yang and go out first," the fourth leader instructed sternly.

Xiao Ran understood the Fourth Master's intention, so she took Xiao Yang out.

"Mo Ping, do you know what your sect values ​​most?"

Mo Ping lowered his head and pondered for a while, then slowly said, "In my opinion, the most important thing for our sect is to uphold a chivalrous heart, help the weak, and remain calm and composed, without being foolish or angry."

"That's right, this is the ancestral motto of my Meng family—help the needy and relieve the distressed, and live in harmony with the world."

……

In the evening, Xiao Ran squatted in the medicinal herb field, carefully examining the herbs that she had fertilized earlier.

The herbs stood tall and straight, all growing vigorously, swaying in the wind in the field.

Upon hearing the child's surprised applause, she turned her head. A few strands of hair were gently lifted by the breeze and fell onto her cheek, but they did not obstruct her view.

She saw Duanli holding a wooden stick, making gestures in the air, while Xiaoyang watched intently, occasionally letting out a gasp.

Then, as if sensing Xiao Ran's movement, Duan Li handed the wooden stick in his hand to Xiao Yang and then walked over.

"Aran." Duan Li reached out his hand, as if to help her up.

Xiao Ran felt a warmth in her heart and extended her hand.

"Junior sister? You..." Just then, Mo Ping walked out of the house and witnessed the scene.

After Xiao Ran used the momentum to stand up, she quickly withdrew her hand.

Duanli stared at the suddenly cold hand, her fingers twitched slightly, then she clenched her fist and pulled it back.

"Senior brother, did Master tell you?" Xiao Ran asked softly.

"Hmm..." Mo Ping's gaze fell on Xiao Yang, who was constantly waving a branch beside him. His heart was filled with sorrow, and he slowly said, "I will take good care of him."

"Senior brother is so kind," Xiao Ran said with a light smile, then walked towards the direction where Xiao Yang was.

"Xiao Yang, from now on I'll be your senior sister." Xiao Ran waved to Mo Ping, who was standing to the side.

"He is your senior brother."

"As long as the two of us are here, no one in this world will be able to bully you."

Wang Xiaoyang looked up at Xiao Ran and saw her half-squatting, the afterglow of the setting sun shining on her, bringing a warm feeling, just like her bright smile. His senior brother, standing beside him, looked at him with loving eyes and even made a fist, giving him a thumbs-up.

His eyes welled up with tears again, but this time it wasn't from sadness, but rather... from joy.

He raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and said in a firm and heavy tone:

"Ok!"

……

Autumn is approaching and temperatures are dropping.

As an autumn wind carrying a chill swept past, a burly man guarding the valley's exit suddenly let out a loud sneeze.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Ran looked up and saw that the burly men were all thinly dressed, shivering in the chilly autumn wind. Seeing this, she subconsciously tightened her outer robe.

It is now July 13th, a month has passed since she accidentally fell into the valley.

It's time to go back.

She turned to look at Duan Li behind her, who was carrying a bag. He was walking silently until he noticed Xiao Ran had stopped, at which point he looked up at her.

"Duan Li, are you afraid?" Xiao Ran asked softly, her gaze filled with inquiry.

"I'm not afraid." Duan Li calmly uttered these two words, while subconsciously gripping the sword in his hand.

Xiao Ran nodded slightly, and then stepped forward.

"Junior sister... junior sister! Wait!"

Xiao Ran turned around at the sound and saw Mo Ping rushing over with Xiao Yang.

"Senior brother, Xiao Yang, what brings you here?"

Mo Ping, panting from running, quickly took out a cloth bag from his bosom and handed it to her, saying, "Junior Sister, Master asked me to give this to you."

"And... I also came to see you off." A hint of embarrassment appeared on Mo Ping's face.

She reached out and took the cloth bag, gently unwrapping it to look inside. She found a book and several porcelain bottles containing medicine. However, upon closer inspection, she noticed a red medicine bottle that stood out starkly from the surrounding white porcelain bottles.

When Mo Ping caught sight of the book, he was momentarily stunned, then his face lit up with joy, and he exclaimed, "This is the 'Qing Nang Bao Jian'! It's our sect's medical treasure book!"

He looked up at Xiao Ran again and said, "Master has high hopes for you."

Xiao Ran turned her gaze to the medical book again, and saw that the edges of its pages were slightly yellowed, as if it had been sealed away for a long time.

But she couldn't help but recall the scene from a few days ago when the fourth leader had been teaching her medicine...

That was also the day that Master agreed to accept Xiao Yang as his disciple.

“Ah Li, remember this: for a doctor, healing the sick and saving lives is his duty, the very foundation of medicine. But you must also remember that in dire circumstances, poison may be a good medicine.”

Is it poisonous? She had never been exposed to it.

Perhaps it's possible to succeed in dealing with those difficult-to-treat illnesses.

"Xiao... Dali, will you come back?" Mo Ping asked sincerely.

Upon hearing this address, Xiao Ran was speechless for a moment.

Xiao Yang, who was standing next to him, suddenly corrected him in a serious tone: "Senior brother, senior sister is Miss Xiao, not Miss Xiao Dali."

Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh when she heard Xiao Yang's words.

"Oh...right, look at me, I'm so nervous, I'm starting to talk nonsense..." Mo Ping scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"I will come back." After saying this, Xiao Ran resolutely turned around and left in the direction of exiting the valley.

The sun slowly rose, its light casting the shadows of two fellow disciples waving to each other on the ground. A dragonfly, seemingly disturbed by the commotion, fluttered its wings and flew to a nearby pond.

It was seen leaping lightly on the lotus leaves, and gradually, as if lost, it wandered into the depths of the lotus blossoms, and then disappeared without a trace.

(The End)

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