"Brother, don't worry. I will make sure your courtyard is clean before you arrive. You can just go to the Martial Hall in the meantime."
Outside the core room of the Affairs Hall, a young guard patted his chest, assuring Zhiran. He had already been notified by Elder Qiu about everything.
He never thought that the guy in front of him was a genius who was already at the last stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.
When he first heard that, he was so afraid that he wanted to give the 5 spirit stones back, as he was just a guard and couldn't afford to offend such people.
Fortunately, Zhiran didn't seem to take the incident to heart and even returned the spirit stones.
That's why he took it upon himself to arrange his residence to show his gratitude.
"Okay, I will leave it in your care then."
Zhiran was, of course, happy to get help and wasn't someone who liked drama.
So, he just nodded lightly, handed the guard disciple his newly received home-transfer token, and left directly.
Before the guard disciple could even react, he was already outside.
"..."
"This guy is so weird!"
Seeing such a strange reaction, the guard disciple stood there awkwardly.
Then he reminded himself that geniuses often had their quirks, so he shook his head and went on with his errand.
Though he had taken this job out of gratitude, deep down, he also hoped to benefit from his connection with a genius.
So, he couldn't do badly, could he?
…
'Oh, I forgot to ask him the location of the cemetery.'
Once Zhiran was outside the Affairs Pavilion, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know where the dead people were buried in the Divine Cauldron Sect.
The only thing he was sure of was that the cemetery for the outer sect and inner sect was in different places, and he might only be able to access the outer sect for now.
But he didn't even know where it was in the first place.
After all, he didn't have any weird hobbies in his previous life, nor was he a necromancer playing with dead bodies, so it made sense not to know about such a place.
'Should I return and ask?'
Zhiran was in a dilemma, as he felt that asking such things out of nowhere might cause some rumors.
After all, his realm had increased too fast, and if he was seen inquiring about such places, people might spread rumors that he was a demonic cultivator.
In this sensitive period, he didn't want to get on the radar of the strong, especially when he had just killed an inner sect elder with his own hand.
"Zhiran... you are here? Quick... leave the sect immediately and hide."
Just when Zhiran finally thought of buying a map of the sect, suddenly he heard a sweet voice calling his name from afar, with hurried breaths.
When he turned his head, what he saw was a pair of large breasts bouncing wildly, struggling to stay contained within their clothes as the body moved at full speed.
"Zhiran, the disciplinary committee is searching for you everywhere. What did you do? Quick, hide before they catch you and put you in jail."
In a moment, the figure shouting at him was already in front, huffing tiredly while warning him at the same time.
"Ruyue?"
However, when Mo Zhiran finally raised his head and realized who it was, he was suddenly stunned in his place, mumbling her name unconsciously.
"Yes? What are you gawking at? Didn't I tell you to run?"
The girl calmed her breathing down and asked, clearly confused.
But Zhiran didn't answer her immediately as the flood of distant memories bombarded his mind as soon as he looked at the girl in front of him.
Round and soft-faced, with golden hair cascading to her waist like a river and an unforgettable, gentle, radiant smile, she was petite yet blessed with a large chest that swayed beneath her flowing robe, every movement brimming with effortless grace that drew everyone's gaze wherever she went.
How could Zhiran forget?
She was Su Ruyue, a clan member and childhood friend of his who had come here together and joined the Divine Cauldron Sect with him.
Just, in his previous life, he heard this girl disappeared into a space crack to save that bastard Tianyu from danger.
At that time, he was just recovering from being crippled by Wu Zhen and didn't have time to care about anything.
Then, with constant struggle outside after leaving the sect to search for immortality, he eventually forgot her existence.
To be honest, now that he took a moment to react, it seemed that after getting reborn, he had only been running around to get stronger.
He never even took a moment to remember his past relations or even his clan members.
Even after being reborn, he was still living a loner's life, cut off from everyone and everything.
Otherwise, he would definitely have remembered this silly girl, Su Ruyue…
…his childhood crush.
"Hey, what are you doing standing here stupidly? Let's leave first. They might capture you otherwise."
Su Ruyue bit her lips anxiously after seeing Zhiran lost in thought.
So, she took it upon herself, grabbed Zhiran's hand, and dragged him out of the crowd zone.
When she had just left her cottage after her usual cultivation, she heard about the trouble Zhiran had caused.
To be honest, she was quite surprised, as in her opinion, he was a quiet person whose only ambition was to get stronger.
He wouldn't do such a thing as detonating a talisman in his own home.
Still, although she didn't believe the rumor, when she heard someone talking about him getting arrested by the Disciplinary Committee, she immediately panicked and searched for him, only to find him here.
No matter what, they were childhood friends after all, and she couldn't see him getting punished.
She heard that Wu Kang had some connection and was afraid that he would do something to Zhiran.
"Okay, this place is far enough. Are you taking me directly to your home?"