"How do you know that I'm the only one back?" Now, Zhao Yi only felt that he hadn't seen her for a few months, but Gao Ran had become difficult for him to easily guess her thoughts! He didn't know, was this a good thing or a bad thing? But, to be sure, he was a little distressed about her change...... He believed that if she had no choice, she would not have embarked on this path!

"Heh, if I say that I smell it, do you believe it?" Gao Ran obviously expected him to ask this question, so he deliberately asked in such a joking way.

"Smelled?"

"Hmm. Although my sense of smell is by no means as detailed and clear as that of the relics, it is not a unique smell in this valley, but I can still smell it now!

"Actually, when I first entered the valley, I had already recognized the disciple who had grown up in the valley since childhood, had never been out of the valley, and had been appointed to guard the mouth of the valley—and he had a smell that was distinctly different from that of those of us who had lived outside. It is precisely because of his comparison that I understand in an instant: it turns out that as soon as we get out of the valley, the strange fragrance on our body will carry the 'miscellaneous smell' from now on, and it will never be eliminated!

"And all the way I walked from the mouth of the valley to here, except for the two of us, I didn't smell any other 'miscellaneous smells' that I was not familiar with—— and the other disciples in the valley, the strange smells on their bodies, they were all the same—they didn't have the slightest 'miscellaneous smell' on them.

"In this way, isn't it clear how many foreign disciples have come to this valley?"

Hearing Gao Ran say this, Zhao Yi didn't plan to continue to quibble about anything, but just sighed with a sigh of acquiescence: "It seems that you have been with the little junior brother for a while, and your nose has followed him!"

"Heh, I think it's ...... too" Gao Ran did not deny this. It's just that she doesn't know if Zhao Yi has guessed that the reason why her sense of smell has obviously improved is because of Zhao Feng's interest in her treatment in the past two months? Or is he just a little emotional for a while because of the obvious improvement of her sense of smell?

But since he didn't say it explicitly, then she naturally didn't plan to take the initiative to tell the truth—— after all, if both of them knew the truth in their hearts, then he must know what kind of price she had to pay for doing this, and what the consequences of such a price would be?—— and these are: if you understand, you don't need to say more, if you don't understand, you can't easily say it!

And Gao Ran, naturally, will not continue to stupidly stay on the current topic that is slightly sensitive to her and extremely unfavorable to her! So, after she simply echoed him with Zhao Yi's emotion just to appear natural, she immediately changed the topic.

I saw her continue to preach: "Master, since you also admit that only the three of us in this valley are coming back from the outside, then the answer is not obvious?—— the next valley master, if it is not you, it is the little uncle!"

"But Uncle Xiao is obviously inappropriate! Otherwise, your master wouldn't have asked him to summon you back! And in fact, Uncle Xiao himself doesn't want to succeed the lord of the valley, let alone be trapped here for the rest of his life! Otherwise, he wouldn't want to use me to lure you here!

But Gao Liwen obviously hoped that the next valley master would be succeeded by Uncle Xiao. Only in this way will he be more likely to finally take control of the Medical Valley!

"Master, if you believe me, then you should believe that with the character of the little uncle, if I don't get in the way, then sooner or later he will become a pawn in Gao Liwen's hands without knowing it—— he is not Gao Liwen's opponent at all!

"And you should know me, too! Since I have anticipated the most likely thing to happen in the future, if you refuse to succeed the valley master, you should guess what I will do next?"

"Heh! It seems that you have to keep me in the valley?!—— and even threaten me with the survival of the entire medical valley?!"

"Yes, Master, you should know me! I don't care about the survival of the Medical Valley! But I will never let it fall into the hands of Uncle Xiao, and then finally fall into Gao Liwen's control, after I have already noticed Gao Liwen's coveting of the Medical Valley! And the only person I can trust now is you!

"So, if you don't succeed as the valley master, then I can't stay in this medicine valley anymore! Otherwise, sooner or later, it will definitely fall into Gao Liwen's hands and become a big obstacle to my family's doom—— don't forget, I have the unique fragrance of the medicine valley! Even if I can escape the search of an organization like Tiange, I still can't escape the search of the medicine valley!

If he lets me go, it will be tantamount to leaving himself a hidden danger that will hinder or even prevent him from successfully achieving his great cause at any time—— because in order to protect myself, I will constantly maneuver between those who are more or less also inextricably linked to him.

"And in this way, even if I had no intention of opposing him, I could hardly guarantee that it would not hinder the smooth development of his series of plans to a greater or lesser extent! It may even cause his plans to collapse in the end—— just like this time! My appearance has seriously hindered his plan to control the little uncle! And if he knows, because of my existence, his goal of trying to control the little uncle will probably never be realized...... What do you think he will think of me?

"I'm just afraid, if I don't die for a day, he won't be able to give up for a day—— so between me and Gao Liwen, since he has the ambition to seize the world, since I was born in the Gao family's lineage, since I became your disciple by mistake, and I have so many easily unrelated relationships with my little uncle, Gao Liwen and I are already doomed - either he dies or I die!

"If, then, can I easily put this fatal weakness into his hands?!—— if this valley of medicine cannot be used by me, or to ensure that it will never be my enemy, then I would rather destroy it once and for all while it is at its weakest!

Speaking of which, Gao Ran can be regarded as making it clear to Zhao Yi the "reason" that has the most interest in her, and also clarified her own firm position by the way.

She didn't believe it, even if she talked about it, Zhao Yi could still be indifferent to what she said—— at least, in her opinion, whether it was out of the responsibility of protecting the Medical Valley as a disciple of the Medical Valley, or out of the intention of wanting to indirectly protect her, Zhao Yi should not be indifferent to what she said!

But more importantly, in fact, Gao Ran always felt that the medical valley should have given Zhao Yi a sense of spiritual belonging—— unlike her, who was originally from another world...... Therefore, everything in this world, for her, is just "passing by for a while"! There is no place to go, let alone where she can have a sense of belonging—— so Zhao Yi should care more about the survival of the medical valley than her—— and what she really gambles on is this!

"Okay!" After listening to what Gao Ran said, Zhao Yi was silent for a while, and then finally spoke his own decision, "I have already been diagnosed, Master, he can only last another seven days at most! If within seven days, Senior Sister really appears in the valley in time as you expected, then I believe that your expectations are right! Then I will follow your wishes, succeed the valley master, and stay in the valley from now on, and no longer interfere in your private affairs!"

"However, if she doesn't appear as scheduled, then you are too worried! Then if I go or stay, you can't interfere anymore! And I, since I will choose another suitable candidate in the valley to succeed the valley master, to ensure that she will not be easily bewitched by Gao Liwen, let alone become an enemy of you! As for the junior brother...... Afterwards, if he wants to, take him with him! Come to think of it, with you, he won't dare to do anything wrong in the future!"

"Okay! It's up to Master!

Zhao Yi said it so clearly, Gao Ran knew that this was his final bottom line! Then she had to agree! Otherwise, her purpose of settling with him for so long would have completely failed—— although she still couldn't get the most satisfactory result in the end, but half of the hope was better than completely hopeless! Moreover, she was also quite confident in her predictions! Therefore, she was not afraid that in the end, her goal of trying to keep Zhao Yi here would be completely defeated.

However, in her opinion, this is fine! In this way, once the final result proves that what she expected is right, then Zhao Yi will abide by the agreement and stay with peace of mind. In this way, no matter where her fate ends in the future, Zhao Yi can also accept the final result with peace of mind - after all, they have done their best, so whether it is for each other or themselves, they will naturally have a clear conscience!