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

Since their parting in the council hall that day, Long Siyin and the others have been extremely busy. They haven't been seen for several days.

Xu Qizhou was worried that Xue Lan lacked experience in preparing for the Immortal Assembly for the first time, but he himself had to stay on the front lines to oversee things. So, the dutiful senior brother stayed up for two nights to write her a process checklist.

The list was so detailed that Xue Lan was astonished and Xue Tong wept upon seeing it.

He truly is the best senior in the world.

Xue Lan nodded: "I think so too."

Having such responsible senior brothers and sisters makes me feel really safe; it's like I wouldn't be afraid even if the sky were to fall.

While preparing for the Ascension Ceremony according to Xu Qizhou's instructions, Xue Lan pondered the matter of her corpse from her previous life.

Xue Lan had speculated about the cause of her death in her previous life—perhaps she was assassinated, or she died in battle in another world. She now thought the latter was more likely.

However, in the memories of his previous life that he regained, it seemed that he had handed over his body to the Thousand Realms of Ghosts.

"Don't you really doubt your clansmen from your past life?" Xue Tong asked from the side.

Xue Lan looked at the box that Min Chang had brought her; it contained the moon silk sacrificial robe that Daoist Shunhua had made for her.

"Without a doubt, if a member of the Silver Moon Wolf clan were to perish naturally, their body and soul would become nourishment for the thousand Ice Lotuses at the bottom of the Ice Lotus Pool. There have never been any exceptions."

The girl opened the box in front of her and saw the ceremonial robes as soft as moonlight. Her eyes lit up.

[Ice Lotus? Is that the Ice Lotus that Daoist Siling from Jiyue Mountain mentioned before?]

Xue Lan took the dress out of the box and looked at the layers of the skirt.

This outfit is a complete set; Daoist Shunhua dotes on her. Even the shoes were chosen.

"The Ice Lotus is a sacred medicine of our clan, something that every Silver Moon Wolf must eat when it grows up." A pair of scissors appeared in Xue Lan's hand.

[What are you doing, Lianchuan...?]

Xue Lan took the scissors, aimed them at the corner of the inner garment, and gently cut it.

The fabric in her hand emitted a soft white light, and when Xue Tong could see it clearly, she noticed that the scissors in Xue Lan's hand had a blunt blade.

"The worst thing in the world is letting others know you too well. Being controlled by them," Xue Lan said with a hint of resentment. Her eyes dimmed as she looked at the sacrificial robe in her hand.

"No, in your eyes, is everything in this world just material?" Xue Tong let out a long sigh.

Xue Lan put away her sacrificial robes and picked up a list from the side to look at it.

"I'm not in a good mood right now."

What's wrong with it?

"If the demons continue to use my body for this purpose, then the tragedy of the Southern Region's Jiangyun Sect will fall on my shoulders."

The law of cause and effect in this world is, to some extent, very unreasonable. Xue Lan didn't know that her body was being used for this purpose, but the order of this world doesn't care. The cause and effect of the deaths and injuries of that year will eventually fall on her.

Cause and effect are such troublesome things. Although Xue Lan is currently a soul from the old world and has not yet been substantially affected, who knows when he might be caught by cause and effect and die.

"Is this why you cultivators cannot kill without a reason?" Xue Tong asked.

Xue Lan nodded: "Yes, the reason I insisted on using that judgment talisman when I was in Lujia Village was not just to put the spirits of Lujia Village at ease."

What about the demons and their spies?

"The demons are beings from another world; killing them is harmless." The girl's eyes were somewhat cold.

"A demonic spy. Born into this world, yet with his heart turned to the demons. So what if there's karma involved? I'll still kill him."

The karmic consequences of your past lives... could they be...?

Xue Lan nodded: "That's what I think too, but it's hard to say right now. The most important thing right now is the Ascension Ceremony."

They remained silent until the moon rose above the willow branches.

It was at this moment that Yin Shishi knocked on Xue Lan's door.

Xue Lan opened the door: "Why are you at this time..."

Before he could finish saying "Looking for me," Xue Lan noticed a medicine bowl in the man's hand.

Seeing the girl's gloomy face, Xue Lan snatched the medicine bowl from Yin Shishi's hand and forced it down her throat.

Yin Shishi's expression changed as she looked at the girl in front of her: "It's sweet!"

"Junior Sister Yin, I was just about to come find you. I've been too busy today."

Yin Shishi took the bowl from her hand and, unusually, did not scold her: "Don't forget your medicine next time."

In front of Yin Shishi, all Xue Lan could do was nod frantically.

Yin Shishi left Xue Lan's room with the empty medicine bowl, walking around the corner of the long corridor. Several people stood in the deep, inky shadows.

Zhu He, holding his greatsword and leaning against a pillar, saw Yin Shishi shake her head: "She can't feel it."

The medicine Yin Shishi just gave Xue Lan contained a sweet herb called Zaozhi grass, but the Julan root had been replaced. Zaozhi grass is sweet, but drinking it causes excruciating pain in the back of the neck. While it doesn't harm a cultivator's body, the pain is unbearable.

The veins on the boy's hand, gripping the sword hilt, bulged.

"I'll figure something out! After all, it all started because of me." Yin Shishi looked at the darkness in front of her.

"The Chonggu Village has gone a bit too far this time!" A female voice came from the darkness; it was Ji Jinjin, who was in seclusion. The girl was dressed in a jet-black martial arts outfit, her hair tied in a high ponytail, her purple phoenix eyes slightly raised, looking indescribably unrestrained. The hem of her skirt was embroidered with dark red flame patterns, ever-flowing.

“I have already told my grandmaster about this. She will be returning to the Xuanhuang Sect in two days to preside over the Ascension Ceremony. Before that, I will help her suppress the poison. It’s time for you to go back to your seclusion. It will be difficult if she finds out.”

Ji Jinjin nodded and disappeared into the darkness.

Cui Wu bowed to Yin Shishi in front of him and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Senior Sister."

After everyone in front of her had left, Yin Shishi looked at the moon outside the corridor and reached out to catch the moonlight.

The moonlight seemed to take on a physical form, transforming into a pool of nectar in Yin Shishi's palm, and finally into the mark of a two-headed snake.

A soft, melodious female voice came from beside me: "Have you thought it through?"

Yin Shishi smiled, a smile that was completely different from her usual demeanor.

If Yin Shishi is usually as serene and unassuming as a lotus, then at this moment she is like a camellia slowly blooming in the moonlight.

"You are my mother, you should know my temperament!"

"You've always thought that as a medical practitioner, I could never beat you. But I don't believe it."

The woman's voice was somewhat angry: "Are you just going to watch her die?"

"It's her business if she can't hold on!" Yin Shishi waved her hand sharply: "I saved her, and it's her own business if she dies."

The girl forcefully pressed down the mark on her palm and left.

As she turned around, a gloomy look appeared between the girl's brows.

A wisp of emerald-green flame flickered at his fingertips, both eerie and serene.