Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

Xue Lan racked her brains but couldn't come up with a plausible excuse. Yin Shishi was so angry she couldn't do anything about it. She grabbed Xue Lan's ear.

"If the city god finds out your child is missing, you can expect to go to the Cliff of Repentance!"

Xue Lan: I am familiar with the Cliff of Contemplation.

While Yin Shishi and Ji Jinjin were away, Xue Lan whispered to the little girl in white beside her, "I'm not saying a word today, I'm mute!"

The little girl turned her head away from her, her voice muffled: "I don't talk to liars, and you won't even let me into your mind!"

Xue Lan was furious: "Xue Tong, what do you think the Sea of ​​Consciousness is, that you can just walk into it whenever you want?"

Xue Tong looked up at her, her little face full of grievance: "But I used to live in there. You tricked me into coming out!"

Xue Lan suddenly felt that she had committed some heinous crime.

"But there's no way to fix it now. There's something wrong with my sea of ​​consciousness. There's no ice lake, no pavilion."

How could she possibly stay in her current state of consciousness?

If you can't find a place to stay, then arrange an identity for me. That's your own business.

Xue Lan was speechless for a moment, and the two of them, one big and one small, just stared at each other until they returned to the Xuanhuang Sect.

As soon as Xue Lan stepped off the flying boat at Xuanhuang Sect, she was surrounded by the sect's disciples.

"Senior Sister Xue, you have become a Grandmaster of Weapon Refining."

"Senior Sister Xue, you have successfully refined the Azure Water Heavenly Essence Crystal."

"Senior Sister Xue, Senior Sister Xue. My shovel for planting herbs broke. Can you fix it for me?"

Xue Lan was somewhat frightened by the disciples' enthusiasm, so she seized an opportunity to slip away with the system. She escaped the crowd and headed straight for her master's cave.

Ignore the sign that says "No Entry".

Dao Xuanzi was drinking tea in his cave when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside. He opened the door and saw Xue Lan rushing about.

Xue Lan saw her senior uncle open the door. Quickly, she shoved the system she was carrying into Dao Xuanzi's arms.

Dao Xuanzi, caught off guard by Saiwa: ?

"Senior Uncle, this is my younger sister. May I keep her in the sect?" Xue Lan asked Xuan Zi with a smile, her tone as casual as if she were asking herself if she could keep a puppy.

Dao Xuanzi placed the system in his arms on the ground and looked at Xue Lan, who had a hopeful expression on her face.

He remembered that Ling Yuanzi's habit of picking up things from outside didn't start until he was over five hundred years old. Wasn't Xue Lan inheriting this habit a little too early?

"Whose child is she? Did her parents even agree to this...?"

“She’s my sister, so if I agree, then it’s fine!” Xue Lan interrupted Dao Xuanzi’s question.

Dao Xuanzi's expression was serious: "I didn't tell you before because you were young. The year you entered the sect, Shen Suan, entrusted by Ling Yuan, calculated your destiny. You are destined to be a solitary star. You are destined to have no family for the rest of your life."

The smile on Xue Lan's face vanished instantly. Tears welled up in her large eyes.

"But she has no family either!" Xue Lan took the system and placed it at her feet, her head lowered and her voice muffled.

"Xue Lan doesn't want to see a second Xue Lan, a second Xue Lan who freezes to death on the street."

Dao Xuanzi sighed, knowing she was feigning helplessness:

"You can give her money and send her to the government office. Find her some parents. Instead of taking her to the immortal mountain and into the immortal palace."

"I thought you had grown up, but I didn't expect you to still be a child."

"Uncle-Master, can I keep her by my side instead of letting her cultivate immortality techniques?" Xue Lan whispered, trying to persuade her.

Dao Xuanzi was truly helpless.

"Then let her stay. Cultivation is still necessary. You will be responsible for teaching her," Dao Xuanzi said slowly, looking at Xue Lan.

"Thank you, Senior Uncle!" Xue Lan had achieved her goal, and after thanking him, she prepared to leave. But as she turned around, someone behind her called out to her.

"Since you've taken her in and are treating her like family, then her future karma will fall on your shoulders."

Dao Xuanzi only said these words to two people in his entire life: one was Xue Lan now, and the other was Ling Yuanzi more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, Ling Yuanzi went down the mountain to travel and found Xue Lan. It was as if he had picked up a dirty, sickly puppy.

At that time, Shen Suan calculated that Xue Lan's life force had been extinguished. He then instructed Ling Yuanzi to send her back to the mortal realm to die.

"Let the cause and effect be mine; I refuse to believe I cannot see through it."

The girl's voice and his junior brother's figure overlapped, and Dao Xuanzi slowly nodded.

"go Go!"

Xue Lan happily led the little girl back to the top of Jiyuan Peak. She introduced her to Zhu He, saying, "This is Xue Tong, your senior sister's younger sister."

Zhu He and Ji Jinjin accepted Xue Lan's habit of picking things up from time to time. They immediately arranged a room for the little girl, served her rice, and provided her with bowls and chopsticks.

Before Xue Tong could react, someone shoved a bowl and chopsticks into her hands. Next door, Xue Lan had already finished a bowl of rice.

"Master Uncle is becoming more and more accepting. Next time you bring back a child and say it's your son, he'll believe you," Zhu He said while eating.

"Do you and your master both enjoy raising children?" Ji Jinjin interjected from the side.

“I’ll cook for you, I’ll play with you, I’ll take care of you, okay?” Zhu He couldn’t stand it anymore.

Ji Jinjin nodded in agreement, then looked at Xue Lan. Her tone was solemn: "Senior Sister, tomorrow, Second Senior Brother and I will be heading to the Luoxia Mountain battlefield."

Xue Lan nodded. The situation at Luoxia Mountain was tense, and the three of them had been back at their sect for at least four months. They had indeed wasted a lot of time.

Now that Ji Jinjin and Zhu He have both entered the Dao, it's time for them to return to the Luoxia Mountain battlefield to hone their skills.

In two months, I will also be heading to the Myriad Crafts Workshop Secret Realm.

Thinking of this, Xue Lan slowed down her eating. Since the demons invaded last year, the people of Jiyuan Peak had rarely been able to gather together.

"If you get to Luoxia Mountain, take good care of Xiao Si and Xiao Wu. When your senior sister isn't around, you should all support each other."

Ji Jinjin felt a chill run down her spine after Xue Lan's earnest words of advice.

"You're talking as if you're about to die. Shut your mouth!"

Xue Lan stopped talking and focused on eating.

Ten thousand miles away on the battlefield of Luoxia Mountain, a small wave of demonic tide had just passed, and the ground was littered with corpses. Two Shengyu Army soldiers were resting side by side against the city wall. One of them said, "I heard from the immortal of the Longsword Sect that a genius emerged from the weapon-forging assessment of the War Puppet Mansion. He can find the souls of dead soldiers in the Heavenly Origin Crystal."

Another person chimed in with a laugh, "Yeah, they said they'd establish a dynasty and their achievements would be remembered for eternity! I wonder if my brother is in there too."

……

The two chatted back and forth, enjoying this hard-won moment of peace.

A dashing woman in armor walked towards them from a distance, followed by a boy of about eleven or twelve years old.

The boy looked at the two soldiers and said softly, "They're both here!"

"Immortal, are you speaking to me?" A soldier stood up unsteadily, and only then did the boy notice that he was missing a leg.

"Yes, I said he'll be inside."

He will be remembered for eternity.

The soldier laughed heartily at the boy's words and agreed. He watched the two immortals gradually disappear into the distance.

After following Long Siyin for a distance, Lian Chuan turned back and saw the last vestige of life on the soldier with the severed leg drift into the sky. His corrupted soul returned to the earth.

A painful roar came from behind; it was another soldier crying.

Long Siyin spoke first: "Every heroic spirit in the Yuanming Realm will eventually return to the hometown they long for day and night."

Lian Chuan nodded, his eyes resolute.

"I believe in my senior sister!"