How to Be the Perfect Junior Sister to a Reborn Villain - Chapter 33

Chapter 33 

Life in the Disciples’ Hall was nothing short of intense for Li Xi.

Every day was packed to the brim with lessons body refinement, swordsmanship, movement techniques, and the fundamentals of pill forging, talismans, artifacts, and formations.

She felt she had already mastered divination and hexagrams to perfection.

Recently, she’d become obsessed with silver-needle acupuncture, spending hours each day practicing on the teaching mannequins.

She often imagined how incredible it would be if there were a cultivation technique that allowed her to fling her needles through the air and seal an opponent’s meridians in an instant.

Then she’d descend from the sky, robes billowing dramatically, point a finger, and bam the enemy would collapse on the spot.

After hearing her idea, Yan Jiuzhi only gave a small nod.  That’s actually possible. 

But then he added lightly, “You can think about it again once you reach the Nascent Soul stage.”

Li Xi’s dreams shattered instantly. Nascent Soul? That’s going to take forever…

Elder Gao no, she should be calling him Uncle-Master Gao now was packing away his medicine chest with a genial smile.

Medical cultivators can kill without leaving a trace. Keep practicing diligently. Here, memorize this too The Compendium of Spirit Beasts. Spirit beasts are full of treasures; many of their body parts can be used in medicine.

The sect’s library was located right inside the Disciples’ Hall. New disciples could only access the first floor, but they were free to make a registered copy of any non-cultivation text to take home.

Li Xi accepted the hefty Compendium of Spirit Beasts thicker than a full dictionary and fell silent for a long moment before sighing.

Don’t we have something like a jade slip that transfers knowledge straight into the brain when you press it to your forehead?

“Sure,” Yan Jiuzhi replied dryly. “There are inheritance pearls like that but tell me, does this kind of book look like it deserves to be made into one?

Li Xi froze, intimidated by his calm but piercing gaze. No, she definitely didn’t dare say it was worthy.

Being a disciple here was so hard. Even cattle and horses didn’t work as tirelessly as she did.

Her busyness was half self-driven, half forced upon her unlike Uncle-Master Gao, who threw himself into his work voluntarily, even forgetting to eat and sleep.

After the mandatory three-month foundational course, he had completely rooted himself in the medical classrooms.

Lately, he’d been obsessed with something called the  Spiritual Bone Suturing Technique.

He was studying so fervently that he hadn’t been seen in the dining hall for weeks probably surviving entirely on fasting pills.

His level of dedication was something Li Xi could only dream of matching.

Nowadays, she was lucky to see him once a month and every time she did, he’d drag her into an exam and assign even more homework.

That was why she kept saying her talent points were more suited for pill refinement. She didn’t have the scholarly obsession he had for medicine.

But when it came to researching how to improve pill quality, she was full of energy—so absorbed she often lost track of time.

Right now, she was juggling both alchemy and medical study.

Her third senior brother had told her to learn everything first and specialize later, so that’s what she did.

Even her master had gone into seclusion to repair his Golden Core, yet Uncle-Master Gao wasn’t the least bit anxious about forming his.

Rain or shine, he attended his medical lectures every single day. Watching him made her anxious.

Then one fine spring day, while the new disciples were in class, the skies suddenly darkened. Heavy clouds rolled in without warning.

A Nascent Soul stage steward burst into the classroom, sweeping everyone up with his spiritual power and locking them in a sealed room.

The new disciples were completely baffled, exchanging confused looks.

Only Jin You looked thrilled. He slapped his thigh. “Oh! Someone’s transcending a tribulation!”

Everyone turned to him expectantly. Jin You never failed to live up to his title as  the sect’s walking news scroll. 

We’re too young and weak to watch a tribulation directly,” he explained proudly. “They don’t want us scared by the heavenly lightning it could shake our dao hearts.

Tribulation? So someone was about to get struck by lightning?

Instantly, the room turned chaotic disciples crowded by the door, pressing their ears against it, trying to catch a sound from outside, gesturing at one another to keep quiet.

Jin You crossed his arms smugly. “Give it up. There’s a formation here you won’t hear a thing.

Come on, let’s chat instead.” He beckoned everyone closer, that I-know-a-secret look lighting his face.

Everyone quickly gathered around, pulling out snacks and laying them on the table, ready to listen.

Did you guys hear? A human trafficking ring was completely wiped out.

That one sentence dropped like a bomb. Everyone’s eyes widened, their curiosity instantly piqued.

But this clearly wasn’t a topic to snack over one by one, they put their treats away and leaned in.

Wei Yutong nodded to herself quietly. She really liked this sect.

The meals were delicious, the camaraderie strong, and the cultivation atmosphere wholesome.

Even this usually gossipy bunch had a sense of propriety.

The four from Yunxiao Sect plus Xiaocui all perked their ears.

Could this be the same trafficking group her third senior brother had encountered before?

Everyone urged Jin You to stop teasing and just talk.

Basking in their attention, Jin You lifted his chin proudly. “This is insider information.”

“The ring was pretty large. They mainly targeted young, attractive low-level cultivators. Some of them were sold into… you know where.”

He waggled his eyebrows meaningfully. “The Ten Great Sects’ cities don’t allow such filth, but plenty of other cities do. This time, everyone who bought those kidnapped people no matter how powerful their backing was taken down.”

He paused dramatically. And some were sold as furnaces too. You know what a furnace is, right?

Everyone nodded vigorously.

The sect laws were clear: anyone who enslaved another cultivator as a furnace would have their cultivation abolished, spend at least ten years in the punishment dungeons, and be expelled from the sect.

There’s this minor sect called the Shui Li Sect,  Jin You continued. “Two of their Golden Core elders bought several victims as furnaces. A Changning Sword Sect elder personally destroyed their cores with a single sword strike.

Gasps rippled through the group.

And some corrupt noble families bought them too. This time, even if they survive, they’ll be stripped to the bone.

“Good!” someone said with feeling. The news was deeply satisfying.

“But what about the victims? Li Xi asked the question on everyone’s mind.

Jin You sighed. They’re pitiful souls. My mom said they’ll first be gathered for treatment healing their physical damage and hidden wounds then be given proper cultivation techniques.

Those who want to go home can. Those who don’t have one will be discussed among the Ten Sects. Either way, they’ll be taken care of.”

He admitted that his mother’s real intent had been to warn him to be careful when traveling, but she’d let enough details slip for him to piece together the story.

The new disciples most still young nodded, thinking it sounded like a fair arrangement. They just hoped the victims could return to normal lives soon.

But Li Xi knew it wouldn’t be that easy.

Even if the outside world didn’t judge them, the psychological scars alone would be hard to heal.

Her fists clenched tight. In her heart, she cursed those traffickers a thousand times over—may they suffer every torment their victims had endured before they died!

Jin You carried on animatedly.  And get this the most dramatic part involves a mid-ranked noble family, the Wang Clan.

A concubine-born daughter there conspired with outsiders to set up her legitimate sister, nearly getting her sold to the traffickers.

Luckily, the legitimate daughter was saved and that’s how this whole case was uncovered.

Now that concubine girl is crying nonstop, claiming she doesn’t know who helped her do it.” He snorted. “Crying won’t save her. She’s a total white lotus.”

Li Xi frowned. “Anyone capable of something like that isn’t doing it on a whim. She must’ve felt untouchable either thinking no one would find out or that, even if they did, nothing would happen to her.”

Wei Yutong nodded in agreement. As someone from a noble family herself, she understood all too well the ugly politics within them.

That was why she loved Taixian Sect so much and thanked the heavens every day that she had joined the right one.

Jin You clapped his hands.  Oh, there’s more! The girl’s father, the Wang Clan head, wanted to handle the matter privately said it was a ‘family issue.’ Ha! As if that’d fly.

It was family business, sure, but it also tied into a massive criminal network. No way this ends quietly.

The case is being overseen jointly by the Changyue Sect cultivators and my parents. If I hear more, I’ll keep you all updated.

As the new disciples chatted fervently inside the sealed room, the tribulation clouds outside finally finished brewing their storm.