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Lan Wanyu's heart was in turmoil.
Yesterday, she had merely been a bit cold due to her displeasure, and her fellow sisters had come to her, their words dripping with dissatisfaction. "No matter what, the junior brother is still our junior brother. Can he really be compared to your little garden?" they had said. "You might have held grudges in the past, but now that Xiao Liu is gone, you can't expect everyone to be as accommodating as he was, can you? A few herbs aren't worth much; why do you care about this? The junior brother is weak; can't you just let him have his way a little?"
It was only now that Lan Wanyu realized her sisters had long harbored grievances about her herb garden but had kept silent out of past camaraderie. Now that they felt the junior brother had been wronged, they placed all the blame on her.
Was the junior brother truly innocent? Perhaps, but no matter how she looked at it now, that innocence felt somewhat glaring.
Seeing Lan Wanyu's cold demeanor, Ye Xiuyuan's eyes turned red with frustration. "Sister, I didn't mean it! I've already apologized to you. Do you really intend to hold a grudge against me for ruining a few herbs for the rest of my life?"
The matter of the herbs was indeed trivial; Lan Wanyu could easily grow more over time. What truly bothered her was the attitude of others. In the past, she hadn't thought there was anything wrong with how the people from Qingjing Peak doted on the junior brother. But now, she felt it might be time to reevaluate that relationship.
"The sun is strong here; you should go first, Junior Brother, before you get dizzy from the heat. I don't want my sisters coming after me again," she said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. Ye Xiuyuan felt stung by her words and turned pale.
Seeing Lan Wanyu's favorability plummet, he felt a whirlwind of emotions and hurriedly bid farewell before leaving.
He was wrong—completely wrong! He shouldn't have listened to Yu Miaoyin!
Thinking about how Yu Miaoyin had acted on her own and caused this situation made him feel a surge of resentment.
"Junior Brother, what's wrong? Did Fourth Sister say something to you again?" Yu Miaoyin waited not far from the herb garden. Seeing his troubled expression as he approached, she immediately pulled him over for a closer look.
Ye Xiuyuan forced a smile and brushed it off. "It's nothing; Fourth Sister is very nice. You don't need to worry about Third Sister."
Yu Miaoyin crossed her arms and looked skeptical. "Nice? Then why do you look like that?"
"Ah, forget it; don't take it to heart. That's just how she is! No matter who touches her precious garden, she'll get angry with them. Just ignore her!"
"Thank you for your concern, Sister. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
Yun Wanyin grabbed him, "Wait, why are you running so fast? Do you not want to see me?"
"Senior Sister, you're joking. I'm just a bit tired," he replied.
Yun Miaoyin stared at his face, half believing him. In truth, seeing Lan Wanyu's favorability drop from over seventy to just a few points made him consider taking his frustrations out on Yun Miaoyin. If it weren't for her fanning the flames behind him, how could his usually good-tempered Senior Sister have turned into this?
Watching Ye Xiuyuan all alone made Yun Miaoyin feel a bit uneasy. Hmph, why is everyone so hard to get along with? I helped him, and now I’m the bad guy?
After returning to his residence, Ye Xiuyuan pulled up the so-called favorability panel and found that Yun Miaoyin's score had also dropped significantly, plummeting to over sixty. Anger surged within him as he clutched his chest, nearly gasping for breath.
Leaving the medicinal garden in a huff, Yun Miaoyin went to find Su Lingyue to vent her frustrations. "I've done so much for him, yet I got nothing in return, and now I’m the villain!"
"Are you truly doing this for Junior Brother's sake, or are you just using it as an excuse to take it out on Fourth Junior Sister? You know in your heart," Su Lingyue said calmly.
At her words, Yun Miaoyin's breath caught in her throat. She opened her mouth but couldn't find the words to respond. After a while, she rolled her eyes and spoke with less conviction, "Senior Sister, how could you think that of me? I'm just trying to help Junior Brother."
"Is it really for him, or is it for yourself? You've gone a bit too far this time!" Su Lingyue pressed.
Yun Miaoyin felt exposed and anxious as her thoughts were laid bare. "I just wanted Fourth Senior Sister to consider others too; it's not that serious!"
She twisted her fingers and furrowed her brow in confusion. Had she really gone too far?
In a year, the Grand Competition of the Immortal Sect would be held. Master had just summoned me and wanted us to go out and gain some experience.
"You should ask other Senior Sisters and Junior Sisters for their opinions," Su Lingyue suggested.
Yun Miaoyin slowly responded with an "Oh," but couldn't help herself. "Senior Sister, you know I'm upset with Fourth Senior Sister right now; why would you have me notify her? Aren't you just making things difficult for me?"
Su Lingyue smiled knowingly. "So will you go or not?"
Yun Miaoyin quickly pleaded, "I'll go! I'll go! Just don’t give me that look; it’s really unnerving."
Yu Miaoyin lingered for half a day, unable to resist the pressure from her senior sister. She quietly approached the outside of the herb garden, crouching in the corner and looking pitifully at Lan Wanyu.
"Fourth Junior Sister, Senior Sister sent me to ask for your opinion."
"In a month, there will be an alchemy competition in Tongling, and I won’t be joining you all."
"Oh dear, Fourth Junior Sister, don’t be so cold. If you don’t go, what will that look like?"
Lan Wanyu smiled faintly, her eyes somewhat cold. "I think you all will do just fine without me."
After saying this, she didn’t wait for Yu Miaoyin to respond and turned to leave.
Watching her departing figure, Yu Miaoyin stamped her foot and shouted but received not even a glance in return. Angrily, she gritted her teeth.
"Hmph, if you don’t go, then fine! We’ll see who regrets it later!"
Three days later, all the disciples of Qingxuan Peak were ready to set out. Each team consisted of three to five members, totaling only a dozen teams.
Elder Chang stood on the platform and instructed each team to send a disciple up to draw maps.
Among the three members of their team, Qi Xiao was the strongest, so Tong Liu and Wang Hu naturally let him draw the map.
In a quarter of an hour, all teams had drawn their maps. Tong Liu and Wang Hu hurriedly gathered around.
"Let’s see where we’ve drawn!"
This time, their trial location was Thunderwind Valley, several hundred miles southwest of the Xiaoyao Sect.
The elders had set up four entrances in the valley to ensure that all teams were evenly distributed and wouldn’t fight over resources right from the start, allowing some teams to take advantage unfairly.
"We’re at the northern entrance."
They only had a fragment of the map in hand; the actual conditions of Thunderwind Valley could only be understood by exploring it themselves.
"Do you still need more people?"
Just as the three were discussing what supplies to prepare, a dry male voice suddenly rang out.
Qi Xiao glanced over and noticed a boy and girl standing not far away.
Tong Liu whispered an explanation. "They are a pair of twins. The girl is the elder sister named Zhao Bao'er, and the boy is the younger brother named Zhao Chong."
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