In the wing room, when Hou Saner heard Little Deer's question, Li Miaoxin smiled and explained, "Pluck Stars Sect and Nine Infants Sect are actually both branches of Emei Sect. There are a total of nine such branches. They are: Spirit Sword, Crescent Moon, Sun God, Pluck Stars, Medicine Origin, Talismans, Nine Infants, Communicate Demon, and Luomen."
Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer listened with confused expressions on their faces. Neither of them understood what was said. At that moment, they both looked at the girl in front of them like idiots.
Seeing their reactions, Li Miaoxin couldn't help laughing out loud. Covering her mouth, she laughed, "Junior brothers and sister, don't try to remember so much. You only need to know that although our Pluck Stars Sect has few people, our Sect Leader is the strongest among the nine major branches in terms of strength. He is comparable to the Sect Leader."
"Then Senior Sister, what's special about our Pluck Stars Sect?" Lin Xiaolu asked curiously.
"There is!" The girl smiled. "Our Pluck Stars Sect's supernatural power is called Pluck Star Decision. It is the most difficult mystic art among the nine major branches, with great power. Legend has it that our Sect Leader once plucked a star from the sky, shocking the whole of China."
"Wow~" The siblings let out exclamations of surprise.
Lin Xiaolu couldn't even imagine what kind of scene it would be to pluck a star from the sky.
Li Miaoxin continued to smile and said, "Junior brothers and sister, don't think too much about it. Grow up well and cultivate well. In the future, you can revive our Pluck Stars Sect and become great figures like our Sect Leader."
Looking at Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer in front of her, Li Miaoxin's eyes were full of fondness. Usually she cultivated alone in the sect. The Sect Leader didn't manage things, and her Senior Brother was always in seclusion, so she was actually very lonely.
Although cultivators should be able to endure loneliness, Li Miaoxin was still only a sixteen-year-old girl after all. Liking liveliness was her nature at this age. She usually saw disciples from other sects' inner gates cultivating together in groups of three or five, doing sect missions together, playing and laughing in the sect, and had long envied them. Now, she finally had her own junior brothers and sister. How nice!
After eating the magical spirit food, Lin Xiaolu and his sister followed Li Miaoxin and left the loft.
Before leaving, Lin Xiaolu patted Hou Saner in a pretentiously mature manner, smilingly said, "Not bad, little guy. Keep up the good work in the future. Big brother has high hopes for you."
Leaving Hou Saner in a daze.
After leaving the food hall, Lin Xiaolu and his sister followed Li Miaoxin to the service yard to receive living supplies.
There were also some outer disciples around the service yard. When Li Miaoxin appeared, the outer disciples greeted her one after another.
"Greetings, Senior Sister Li."
"Good afternoon, Senior Sister Li."
"Senior Sister Li works hard."
Li Miaoxin nodded and smiled in response to everyone, without any arrogance, very polite to everyone.
Soon, she took the siblings to a row of wooden wing rooms side by side, and greeted a woman who was calculating on an abacus in one of the rooms:
"Junior Sister Liu."
The woman called Junior Sister Liu was startled by the voice. When she saw it was Li Miaoxin, she immediately revealed surprise and delight: "Senior Sister Li, how do you have time to come see me today?"
"I'm bringing the new junior brothers and sister received by my Sect Leader to get living supplies." Li Miaoxin said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Junior Sister Liu looked at Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer outside the door. The corners of her mouth rose as she chuckled lightly: "So your Pluck Stars Sect finally recruited new disciples. Congratulations, congratulations."
"Hehe, don't be so polite, Junior Sister Liu. How are you adapting to the work here?"
"It's okay. It's just that there are a lot of things to remember and it takes some brainpower."
"Oh? Then you can ask someone to help you."
"Forget it, Senior Sister. This job only gives a few contribution points per month. I can't even support myself~"
Half a hour later...
"Oh my, have you heard, Senior Sister? Last night, the Golden Armored King Ba from Communicate Demon Sect secretly slipped out of the Clear Water Pool in the middle of the night to meet with the Green-Haired Xuanwu Turtle. They happened to be caught by Elder Qi Guan who got up to pee at night. Elder Qi Guan was so angry."
"Wow~ How scandalous! A turtle and a ba? Did Elder Qi Guan see anything he shouldn't have seen?"
"Oh I wouldn't know, hehehe~"
Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer watched their Senior Sister chat enthusiastically with Junior Sister Liu, talking gossip nonstop, and even laughed strangely from time to time. The two had looks of helplessness on their faces.
"Xiao Yuer," Lin Xiaolu held his sister's hand and taught, "Don't learn to gossip from your Senior Sister in the future, understand?"
"I understand," Xiao Yuer replied.
Lin Xiaolu nodded, then looked at Li Miaoxin, whose face was flushed from chatting excitedly. A sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.
These cultivators didn't seem much different from ordinary people. Chatting gossip so enthusiastically that they forgot the time was one thing, but they also kept talking dirty jokes. Did they think he and his sister were too young to understand?
Li Miaoxin chatted more and more enthusiastically, her mouth rattling on endlessly. It wasn't until the sun gradually sank west and the surroundings darkened that she finally realized she had been chatting with Junior Sister Liu for nearly an hour and a half. She hurriedly turned to look at Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer, only to find that at some point, the siblings had sat down on the ground and were sleeping quietly, leaning against each other.
The girl suddenly felt regretful, angrily slapping her own forehead. She scolded herself inwardly: Li Miaoxin, Li Miaoxin, how could you as a Senior Sister chat about gossip and forget about your junior brothers and sister?
Junior Sister Liu next to her also realized her mistake and apologized to Li Miaoxin. She then went to get the supplies.
When Li Miaoxin woke the siblings up, Junior Sister Liu also brought the supplies over apologetically. She then started recording and bookkeeping next to the account book, reading aloud as she recorded:
"Three sets of inner disciple clothing for Pluck Stars Sect,
One token,
One set of gold embroidered quilt,
One set of daily necessities,
One box of Dust-Washing Pill,
Thirty coils of insect-repelling tranquil fragrance..."
Soon, after all the supplies were recorded, Junior Sister Liu put all these messy things into a large wooden box.
When everything was packed up, Li Miaoxin smiled slightly, "Thank you for your trouble, Junior Sister Liu."
"Senior Sister, don't say that. It's my fault for being too gossipy and making the two junior brothers and sister wait so long."
The two big boxes were filled up. Li Miaoxin made a hand seal and collected the two boxes into the silk tassels on her waistband. She then bid farewell to Junior Sister Liu and led the siblings back to the courtyard.
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"Junior brothers and sister, you can live here from now on." Li Miaoxin pointed to the refined and elegant classical-style house in front and said proudly, "Our Pluck Stars Sect has few people, so there are a lot of empty rooms. You can choose whichever you like. Live wherever you want."
Then she pointed to a small palace-like courtyard next door and said with a smile, "Your Senior Sister lives in that room, not far from you. If you need any help in the future, just tell your Senior Sister anytime."
Xiao Yuer politely thanked Li Miaoxin.
Lin Xiaolu also nodded in thanks.
After that, Li Miaoxin enthusiastically moved the living supplies into the room the siblings chose.
For things they didn't know how to use, Li Miaoxin patiently taught them hands-on, like the Dust-Washing Pill for washing, bathing, laundry, the insect-repelling tranquil fragrance for dispelling snakes, worms, rats and ants. She taught them one by one how to use these items they had never seen before.
Not until the sky gradually darkened and the bright moon hung high in the sky, when everything was tidied up, did Li Miaoxin smile and prepare to leave.
"Xiaolu, Yuer," she affectionately called the siblings she had gotten familiar with, "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Literacy Hall with other inner disciples from the various branches to learn how to read and write. Rest well tonight. Tomorrow morning, your Senior Sister will take you there."
"Okay, thank you Senior Sister. Goodnight, Senior Sister~" Xiao Yuer waved her little hand to say goodbye.
Lin Xiaolu also snorted lightly and said coolly to Li Miaoxin, "See you tomorrow, Senior Sister."