I have the face of a great demon.

Upon seeing Luo Lili enter, the surrounding disciples immediately swarmed around her like butterflies around a flower, vying to show their obsequiousness to her.

"Senior Sister Luo, what kind of cultivation technique insights do you need? I'll find them for you," a disciple said first, his tone tinged with flattery.

"Senior Sister Luo, please sit here." Another disciple wiped the chair with his sleeve and offered it to her.

Even more outrageous, one of the disciples actually snatched the teapot from Liu Xingchen's hand and tried to pour tea for Luo Lili.

These disciples are usually too lazy to do anything, and they even make the most trivial tasks out of the servants.

At this point, they no longer needed any servant disciples and all became servants themselves, serving Luo Lili.

Even the usually arrogant Niu Wei stood up and fawned over Luo Lili like a lapdog.

"Lili, you look so beautiful in this outfit today. It suits your status perfectly. You look like a fairy."

"Really? You think I look good today too?" Luo Lili gave him a flirtatious wink, which made Niu Wei's bones melt.

"Of course! When has our Fairy Lili ever not been beautiful? Come, come, sit here. Let's study the insights of those who came before us."

Niu Wei solicitously pulled out a chair and gestured for him to enter.

Luo Lili waved her hand gently and said elegantly, "No, I want to go upstairs today to look up some cultivation techniques."

Niu Wei immediately chimed in, "Going upstairs is fine, there won't be so many people, it'll be quieter. I'll accompany you upstairs then."

Luo Lili went upstairs amidst the adulation of everyone, and a large group of inner disciples followed her up. The first floor suddenly became much emptier, leaving only the outer disciples who couldn't go to the third floor sighing and lamenting, not even bothering to look at the jade slips.

Just as Liu Xingchen was marveling at Luo Lili's immense charm, the steward approached and, seeing his idle demeanor, asked:

"Liu Xingchen, why aren't you doing anything? Where's your teapot?"

Liu Xingchen immediately bowed respectfully, saying, "Sir, my teapot was taken upstairs by a senior brother. I can't go upstairs, so I can't get it back."

The deacon looked at the half-empty lobby on the first floor and said with a wry smile, "It's always like this. These people... they're such a headache."

"Alright, Liu Xingchen, you can go to the third floor to serve them. We don't need too many people here."

"Yes." Liu Xingchen was overjoyed; this meant he would have a chance to go up to the third floor.

Just as Liu Xingchen was about to step onto the stairs leading to the third floor, a woman suddenly walked in from outside the door, and her arrival immediately attracted the attention of all the disciples present.

The woman was dressed in green, petite and graceful, with a light and breezy gait. Her beauty was completely different from Luo Lili's; she appeared pure and elegant, yet carried a hint of indescribable sadness.

Liu Xingchen looked closely and was somewhat surprised. Wasn't this the green-clad woman who played the flute on the cliff at night?

This woman received completely different treatment from Luo Lili. The disciples did not rush to fawn over her, but silently watched her until her figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, at which point they began to whisper among themselves.

Liu Xingchen pricked up his ears and listened carefully, catching a name from the disciples' discussion—Ye Sisi.

It turns out that the woman in green was another woman among the top four, Ye Sisi.

The loneliness conveyed in her flute playing perfectly matched her own temperament.

"So this is Ye Sisi. She's quite pretty," a disciple whispered.

"So what if she's pretty? Are you going to go after this old spinster?" another disciple teased.

The disciples' chatter reached Liu Xingchen's ears. He was puzzled, wondering what they meant by "old maid." It seemed that Ye Sisi was a person with a story.

Liu Xingchen didn't linger. After Ye Sisi went upstairs, he followed her upstairs.

Upon reaching the third floor, Liu Xingchen explained the situation to the steward and was granted permission to wait there and serve the disciples.

Liu Xingchen took back his teapot and stood aside, ostensibly to provide service, but secretly began to observe everything around him.

The third floor is different from the first floor. The shelves here are not open, but closed. Everyone who wants to get the jade slip must go through the steward.

Looking at the disciples studying at their desks, each of them held a jade slip. However, most of the male disciples had their eyes on the beautiful Luo Lili, and they all looked distracted, which drew disdainful glances from the female disciples present.

Niu Wei also sat next to Luo Lili, fawning over her.

Ye Sisi sat alone at the corner table, the only person at the table.

Seeing that she didn't seem to want tea, Liu Xingchen decided to pour her a cup.

At this moment, Zhou Tianyi walked up to him and said politely, "Junior brother, could you please pour me a cup of tea?"

"Okay." Liu Xingchen replied, and seeing that he didn't have a teacup in his hand, he went to get a new teacup, poured tea into it, and handed it to him.

"Thank you." Zhou Tianyi took the teacup and walked straight towards Ye Sisi.

He placed the teacup on the table and said softly, "Junior Sister Ye, why don't you want tea? Here, your senior brother got you a cup."

Ye Sisi hurriedly waved her hand: "No need, senior brother. I'll be leaving after sitting for a while, it won't be long, so I'll tell the junior brother in charge of tea not to serve any more tea."

"Well, no matter how long or short it is, it's still necessary to have a cup of tea. This tea can calm the mind and spirit, which is very beneficial for our learning of the techniques."

"Then... thank you very much, senior brother." Ye Sisi blushed and accepted the tea.

Zhou Tianyi smiled and left, not bothering Ye Sisi, displaying a gentlemanly demeanor.

Liu Xingchen watched this scene from the side, secretly amused.

Zhou Tianyi is really good at dealing with people. On the surface, he came to ask for tea, but in reality, he was trying to get close to Ye Sisi.

However, he also had to admire Zhou Tianyi's approach, which was neither abrupt nor inconsiderate, no wonder he was able to thrive in the Tianhe Sect.

Ye Sisi didn't stay long. After looking at the jade slip for a while, she got up and returned it to the steward.

Liu Xingchen witnessed all of this and felt that the security here was very tight. All jade slips had to be taken out and returned by the stewards. The disciples could only look at them on the spot and were not allowed to make copies of the jade slips.

This left Liu Xingchen with no opportunity to exploit.

It's probably because this place keeps all the official cultivation techniques and secret manuals, which can be said to be the most core inheritance of the Tianhe Sect, and cannot be lost.

This is unlike the notes on the first floor, which record the insights gained while learning the techniques. The notes are incomplete, and even if someone gets their hands on them, they won't understand them without knowing the detailed techniques.

Such unique insights as Dan Yunzi's alchemy experience are rare. Liu Xingchen was glad that he had found a treasure on his first day. That book of insights was equivalent to a complete alchemy manual.

As he was pondering, Ye Sisi had already drifted away. Liu Xingchen's heart stirred, and he caught Zhou Tianyi's conversation with several disciples.

"Senior brother, why are you so attentive to that old hag? Do you have feelings for her?"

"Yes, those are people from a thousand years ago. Why would Senior Brother be interested in women like that?"

"Hehe." Zhou Tianyi's lips curled up unconsciously.

"Don't underestimate Ye Sisi. Although her former sect was destroyed and she is the only one left, who knows if she might have some inheritance in her possession."

"Think about it, the legacy of a sect from a thousand years ago, doesn't that pique your interest?"