Indeed, one has to cry.

The Star Spirit Scroll peeked at Him cautiously and found that He hadn't opened His eyes at all. He had just moved a wisp of His divine thought while in a deep slumber. Come to think of it, as the majestic Star Spirit Master and the God of all things, even when asleep, it was impossible for Him to be completely unaware of the outside world, let alone when His divine sense imprint was touched. The Star Spirit Scroll couldn't help but feel lucky that it hadn't had time to tell Lan Zhi yet. Otherwise, it would have been doomed. Just as it was thinking, Xing Zhi had already seen everything that had happened to Lan Zhi after He left. He let out a soft "tsk" and said, "Indeed, one has to cry." So, Xing Zhi replied to her with the same emoticon: (┯_┯) Lan Zhi didn't have the habit of constantly checking the Star Spirit Scroll, and the Star Spirit Scroll didn't give any prompts either. She had no idea that Xing Zhi had already replied. After taking the teleportation array and returning to Pinglan City, she found a secluded spot on the street and said, "Come out." A figure quietly appeared in front of her. It was none other than the middle-aged female cultivator who had helped her last night. Lan Zhi wasn't too surprised. She had known that this female cultivator was following them yesterday. At the beginning, she didn't know what the other party's purpose was, but since she didn't sense any malice, she just remained secretly vigilant. Later, she found out that the other party was there to protect Jin Yuman, so she didn't interfere. Otherwise, she wouldn't have handed over the overly frightened and dazed Jin Yuman to the other party to watch over last night. Now that the other party wasn't following Jin Yuman but was following her instead, it was naturally impossible that it was to protect her. Lan Zhi didn't like beating around the bush and asked directly, "What's the matter?" The middle-aged female cultivator introduced herself, "My name is Zhao Tong'an. I'm a hidden guard arranged by the Jin family's head to be by Miss Jin Yuman's side. I've come here specially today to thank you for saving her last night." Lan Zhi estimated that she had a cultivation level at the full realm of the Four Meridians and got straight to the point, "With your strength, even without me, you could have saved her." Zhao Tong'an smiled wryly and said, "That's true, but I didn't expect that she would be suddenly pushed outside at that time. My first reaction was a bit slow. Although I could have saved her, she would definitely have been seriously injured. Most importantly, you've made her grow up." She paused for a moment and then explained, "She's overly simple-minded. The family head wanted her to experience the hardships of the outside world and grow up quickly. He'd rather watch her be bullied than let me help her. But she hadn't made any progress after being bullied for over two years. We were almost desperate." Lan Zhi wasn't interested in commenting on other people's ways of educating, and just listened quietly. But then she took out a luxurious brocade box inlaid with gold and jade from her sleeve, held it with both hands, took a few steps forward, and extended it towards her, saying solemnly, "This is a thank-you gift from the family head. Please accept it." Lan Zhi didn't take it and said, "I helped her not because of you guys." Zhao Tong'an pleaded, "But you did protect her and also solved the biggest problem we've had in recent years. Please do accept it. Otherwise, the family head won't be at ease." Lan Zhi understood. Jin Yuman was simple-minded and judged people only by whether they were nice to her or not. However, the Jin family's head wanted to squeeze into the circle of noble families and definitely didn't want to have too much contact with a humble family like Lan Zhi's. If she accepted the thank-you gift, the two sides would be even. If she didn't accept it, he would be worried that she would take the opportunity to cling to their family and would only prepare even more generous thank-you gifts until he bought out this favor. Lan Zhi had no intention of getting too involved with the Jin family, but she also didn't want to accept this thank-you gift. After thinking for a while, she said, "These thank-you gifts may not be useful to me. If you really want to thank me, why not give me some medicinal herbs instead?" Zhao Tong'an quickly said, "Please tell me what medicinal herbs you need." Lan Zhi said, "The Tiger-Eye Moon Silkworm."