Chapter 15: Sinan Sheng: I Don’t Believe a Word You Say, Old Man—You’re Truly Devious!

“I think our little junior sister is quite adorable just the way she is, hehe,” Mo Yu said with a mischievous smile as he looked at Si Nansheng.

Such a petite junior sister is truly charming...

Li Tianhen gave Mo Yu a thumbs-up. No wonder he was his disciple; their tastes aligned perfectly.

“You two stay here and keep watch. I’ll go back and prepare some food for her. When she wakes up, she’ll definitely be hungry,” Li Tianhen said with satisfaction, glancing at his young disciple. After giving some instructions to the other disciples, he turned and left.

“I'll go back with Master; I’m worried he might cause some trouble on his own. Mo Lie, Mo Yu, you two keep watch over junior sister. There’s a protective barrier set up by Master here, so no one will be able to break in,” Ye Yanqing sighed, speaking to the two junior brothers before hastening to catch up with Master Li.

Knowing Master’s nature, if left to his own devices, he might end up destroying the whole place.

Seeing them walk away, Mo Lie and Mo Yu obediently stayed by Si Nansheng’s side.

A full day later, Si Nansheng finally woke up, instantly drawing in her aura tightly.

However, upon opening her eyes, she was startled by a face extremely close to hers.

If she hadn’t known this was the territory of the Four Deity Sect, Si Nansheng might have reacted defensively.

“Ah, junior sister is awake!” Mo Yu exclaimed excitedly at her awakening.

Mo Lie grabbed his collar and pulled him away.

“Hey, Fourth Senior Brother, what are you doing? Let go of me!” Mo Yu struggled in Mo Lie’s grasp.

“You’re too close; you scared her,” Mo Lie said calmly.

“Not at all! I just wanted to get closer to junior sister. How could I scare her?” Mo Yu pouted, crossing his arms as Mo Lie pulled him along.

Only then did Si Nansheng clearly see the two of them.

“You look so alike; you must be Fourth Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Brother,” she said.

“You’re so clever, junior sister! I’m your Fifth Senior Brother Mo Yu, and this cold fellow is your Fourth Senior Brother Mo Lie. We’re twins. But within the sect, we still refer to each other as senior brothers. Junior sister, you’re amazing! Master said your spiritual roots and meridians only recently recovered, yet you’ve already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm,” Mo Yu chattered happily, squatting and grinning at Si Nansheng.

Originally worried whether they would like her, Si Nansheng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled broadly.

“Si Nansheng greets Fourth Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Brother,” Si Nansheng stood and respectfully clasped her fists in salute to the two brothers.

“Junior sister, no need for formalities. This is just a little gift from Fourth Senior Brother,” Mo Lie said, handing her a storage pouch.

Si Nansheng probed it with her spiritual sense, her eyes widening in surprise.

Spiritual stones! The pouch was filled with all sorts—high-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade spiritual stones.

Did Fourth Senior Brother really give her all his savings?

“Fourth Senior Brother, why are you giving me so many spiritual stones?” Si Nansheng asked.

“I have no use for them, and I didn’t know your preferences, so I figured you can buy what you need yourself. If it’s not enough, I’ll give you more,” Mo Lie said flatly. Si Nansheng found it hard to refuse.

“Junior sister, just accept it. Fourth Senior Brother rarely buys things, and besides, Fifth Senior Brother is with you when you go out. Fifth Senior Brother gathered many medicinal herbs too, which will be made into pills for you later. Let’s go; Master and the eldest senior brother are back preparing a meal to celebrate your breakthrough. Let’s hurry back to eat,” Mo Yu nudged the pouch toward Si Nansheng and pulled her along.

Mo Lie said nothing, quietly following behind.

“Disciple, congratulations on your successful breakthrough. You have once again become a Foundation Establishment cultivator,” Li Tianhen smiled warmly at Si Nansheng.

“Thank you, Master,” Si Nansheng returned the smile sweetly.

“You’re welcome, you’re welcome,” Li Tianhen smiled even more joyfully.

“Master, may I ask for an explanation?” Si Nansheng’s smile remained.

“An explanation for what?” Li Tianhen looked puzzled.

“Explain why you gave me something so potent in spiritual energy to consume. I was naive and didn’t know its power, but didn’t you know?” Si Nansheng smiled sweetly but her gaze sent an inexplicable chill down Li Tianhen’s spine.

He looked pleadingly at his other disciples, but they were just watching the scene unfold.

A rebellious disciple! This is hopeless.

“Good disciple, would you believe me if I said I didn’t do it on purpose?” Li Tianhen coughed awkwardly.

“Your ‘not on purpose’ nearly caused me to be struck dead by lightning!” Si Nansheng’s smile vanished, and she looked aggrieved.

“That’s not possible, I still have some control,” Li Tianhen patted her head, smiling sheepishly.

Si Nansheng thought: Yeah, right, you old scoundrel! You almost had me struck dead by lightning.

“Junior sister, I think Master is just jealous of your talent,” Mo Yu whispered beside Si Nansheng.

Si Nansheng gave an awkward smile. Jealous of her talent? That’s absolutely impossible!

With her pathetic talent, who would be jealous?

“Junior sister, haven’t you noticed something strange about yourself?” Ye Yanqing looked at her in puzzlement.

“Strange? What?”

“Have you checked your dantian? When you broke through, your lightning tribulation split in two—one bolt struck your body, the other went directly into your dantian,” Ye Yanqing pointed to the spot on her abdomen. Si Nansheng hurriedly glanced down.

Upon looking, besides the tiny flame and snowflake glowing brightly, there was also a purple orb faintly shining.

“Master,” Si Nansheng looked to Li Tianhen.

Li Tianhen examined her briefly, then thoughtfully stroked his chin.

“It must be from absorbing the lightning tribulation. It seems the lightning is beneficial to it.”

“So, does that mean in the future, whenever someone undergoes a tribulation, I could take it for a walk to absorb more lightning power? Would that...”

“Smack!”

Before she finished, a hand struck her forehead.

“Master, you’re going too hard; you might crush my head,” Si Nansheng complained, holding her head and looking pitifully at Li Tianhen.

“Better crushed than you going to your death. Do you think the lightning tribulation is something you can just ‘borrow’? At your cultivation level, the tribulation for advancing from Golden Core to Nascent Soul would blast you to bits,” Li Tianhen said as he gently pinched her cheek. Though he didn’t issue a direct warning, every word was one.

“Ouch, ouch, Master, I was just talking, you know?” Si Nansheng tiptoed closer to lighten the pressure on her face.

Everyone else thought: No, you’re definitely serious—you’re eyes are glowing, so you really have this idea.

“Master, you’re too rough. Junior sister’s cheek is all red from your grip,” Mo Yu hurried forward to rescue Si Nansheng’s face from Master’s grasp.

“Come, come, let’s eat first. We can talk while we eat,” Ye Yanqing said happily.

Everyone was delighted that junior sister had reached Foundation Establishment in just one short month.

“Fifth Junior Brother, junior sister wants to plant some spiritual herbs in the back mountains. Give her some of your herb seeds,” Ye Yanqing said, looking at Mo Yu.