A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother
Chapter 193: Nascent Soul Hugging Sword!

After reporting the entire matter to Master Lingxu, Li Xuanxiao left the Sect Leader’s cave dwelling.

The hardest part wasn’t dealing with Lu Zhaoyao and Su Mu.

Killing them was easy—the problem was how to clean it up afterward.

Now that he had told the truth to his master and submitted a complete chain of evidence,

Li Xuanxiao could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, unless absolutely necessary, he would never lay hands on fellow Mount Shushan disciples himself.

Like the last time with Murong Mo—that guy had actually tried to kill him.

This time, Lu Zhaoyao and Su Mu were just top-tier troublemakers.

On the road back to Silver Sword Peak, Li Xuanxiao was still pondering a key question.

Was Su Mu truly reborn, or had someone tricked her into believing she was?

Both possibilities were hard to say.

Li Xuanxiao shook his head.

“............”

After Li Xuanxiao left,

Lingxu narrowed his eyes slightly and stroked his beard.

Why hadn’t he noticed before? This disciple of his gave off seriously sinister vibes.

Hiss~

Why did his back suddenly feel cold—like he was also part of this guy’s calculations?

Thinking this, Lingxu shook his head hard.

He quickly sent word to the Vice Sect Leader to revise the Sect Leader’s Secret Message again.

He just couldn’t rest easy otherwise.

The Vice Sect Leader was very confused when he received the command—what was the Sect Leader doing, constantly revising the secret message for fun?

Ever since the old Sect Leader created this system, the secret message had never been changed.

Still, an order was an order.

The Vice Sect Leader brought people to the wooden carving that could generate the command and fed it the updated message requirements.

Then they waited for the carving to produce a new version.

“........”

Silver Sword Peak.

In the underground chamber of the straw hut, Li Xuanxiao looked at the message instructions in his hand.

He couldn’t help feeling a headache coming on.

Why was Master changing the secret command every single day??

What if someone got confused reading one of these updates?

Can’t a man catch a break for even a day?

Li Xuanxiao bit down on his pen, racking his brain.

Then he started rewriting the command message.

Not long after—

Lingxu, who received the new message from the Vice Sect Leader, nodded approvingly.

The speed was impressive.

It gave him a great sense of security—without it, he just felt jittery.

“............”

Xuanyi Sect was soon wiped out.

The Lu and Su families joined forces, and Mount Shushan also took part.

After all, Lu Zhaoyao and Su Mu were considered Mount Shushan disciples.

Both Su Mu and Lu Zhaoyao were reportedly killed in an ambush by Xuanyi Sect.

All the love, hate, and grudges vanished like dust.

It really made one sigh.

After the incident, Li Xuanxiao began handing over some trivial sect matters to Junior Sister Zhao Lu.

After all, he had trained her personally.

Li Xuanxiao hoped she would one day become fully capable so he wouldn’t have to worry about everything himself.

Feng Liuli was another example.

She had once staged a brilliant trap that tricked Shangguan Suiyun into stumbling into Mount Shushan—

Li Xuanxiao had been very pleased.

But she still needed more testing. If he trusted Zhao Lu at a level 15, Feng Liuli only got a 10.

Of course, that was on a scale of 100.

Another thing caught Li Xuanxiao’s attention.

Ever since Su Mu died, Su Wan had been overwhelmed with grief, her emotions unstable.

Add to that her usual cold personality—

No one at Little Bamboo Peak was especially close to her.

Li Xuanxiao didn’t know how to approach Su Wan.

If he went to comfort her himself now, she’d probably get over her sadness quickly.

Yeah—and then I’d never get out of it myself.

Speaking of which... what if Su Wan someday found out he was the one who killed her sister?

She’d totally blacken, right? Love turning into hate.

Standing before him would be the ultimate villainess—Abstract Demon Queen Su Wan!!!

Just thinking about it made Li Xuanxiao shudder.

That mental image was terrifying.

So he quickly sent Junior Sister to handle it.

Luckily, Junior Sister Zhao Lu already had a good relationship with Senior Sister Su Wan.

Letting Zhao Lu drink and chat with her helped a lot.

After doing all this, Li Xuanxiao let out a long breath.

He resumed seclusion, continuing to refine his life-bound flying sword and digest the Nascent Soul power.

These two things had suddenly appeared in his dantian.

They completely disrupted Li Xuanxiao’s original cultivation rhythm.

Whether this would be a blessing or curse for his path ahead, he had no idea.

Li Xuanxiao didn’t like these “heaven-sent opportunities.”

He preferred honest, by-the-book cultivation.

Sometimes, what looks like fortune is just the start of your death.

Like that time with a certain itinerant cultivator.

He was being hunted and, badly injured, jumped off a cliff.

And miraculously, he was rescued by a mysterious elder living there.

The elder transferred vast spiritual energy into him and even passed down the clan’s supreme art—Soul-Destroying Iron Palm.

That technique was insane!!

In the martial world, just hearing its name made people tremble in fear.

Its power was terrifying—when unleashed,

It could slay gods and Buddhas alike.

Even if your body was guarded by true qi or protected by magical artifacts—

One hit from the Iron Palm meant instant death!

That cultivator trained hard in the technique.

Once mastered, every strike tore through the air with explosive crackles.

And when the palm actually landed, it was like Mount Tai crushing an egg—the overwhelming force could pulverize a person’s organs into mush.

It had one more benefit: long standby time. Once activated, it could be maintained for months.

So this cultivator mastered the art and wiped out his enemies.

But the day before founding his own sect—he dropped dead.

The whole martial world was baffled. Who could’ve killed such a powerhouse?

Upon inspection, it turned out—he wanted to look good for the founding ceremony.

So he used skincare water sold by the Hehuan Sect and patted it on his face with both hands.

And died on the spot. A tragic death.

He forgot to deactivate the Soul-Destroying Iron Palm.

So the lesson is: don’t buy skincare products.

Wait, no—the lesson is: always be cautious.

A huge blessing can turn into a huge disaster.

Li Xuanxiao pulled his thoughts back and continued meditating.

.......

Three years later.

Silver Sword Peak.

Li Xuanxiao calculated with his fingers—after three years of stable cultivation,

He finally felt a little more secure.

Otherwise, having both a flying sword and Nascent Soul in his body was just too dangerous.

At this moment, Li Xuanxiao looked inward and saw a strange sight.

Inside the purple mansion of his dantian—

The tiny Nascent Soul was hugging the flying sword.

Li Xuanxiao: ........

Nascent Soul hugging sword!?

What the h*ll is this scene?

Li Xuanxiao hesitated, and temporarily gave up on his plan to exit seclusion.

This scene was just too scary!

His main body stayed in seclusion; his clone would keep working.

He hadn’t taken a Mount Shushan mission in six months. Though he didn’t care about the rewards—

What Mount Shushan disciple doesn’t take missions? It would raise suspicion.

So, for that reason, Li Xuanxiao had to accept some tasks.

With that thought, Li Xuanxiao sent his clone to the Sword Bearing Pavilion.

Currently, without the sword spirit and sword intent buff, Li Xuanxiao’s clone couldn’t avoid detection by a Tribulation Stage powerhouse.

If touched by someone at the Body Fusion Stage, he’d be discovered.

Thankfully, high-level Shushan cultivators didn’t usually wander around the sect.

Even if they did, they wouldn’t randomly inspect or touch Li Xuanxiao.

Still, caution was necessary. Li Xuanxiao thought this as he arrived at the Sword Bearing Pavilion.

"Hmm... help a female cultivator get pregnant."

"Must be good-looking, pure bloodline, single spiritual root. Paid."

Li Xuanxiao frowned slightly.

Is this really a task for a righteous sect?

Next task: infiltrate the Demon Sect.

Now this was interesting.

It was a Peak Foundation Establishment task.

The general idea was to infiltrate a minor Demon Sect and relay intel.

The sect was small, easy to wipe out, but might lead to bigger prey.

This mission suited him, so Li Xuanxiao accepted it.

He liked stealth operations.

Just as he was about to take the task, a hand suddenly appeared and touched the task jade token.

Li Xuanxiao turned and saw Qin Wenke.

Qin Wenke—the guy chasing after Senior Sister Su Wan.

Qin Wenke looked at Li Xuanxiao. "Junior Brother Xuanxiao is taking this mission too?"

Li Xuanxiao withdrew his hand. "Since Senior Brother Qin wants it, I’ll pass."

This mission wasn’t important to Li Xuanxiao.

"You and I can carry it out together—this mission allows up to three people," Qin Wenke said.

"I’ll pass. My skills are mediocre. I’d only drag you down." Li Xuanxiao declined politely.

Qin Wenke smiled confidently.

Just as Li Xuanxiao was about to leave, Qin Wenke suddenly added:

"Junior Brother Xuanxiao, I rarely see you take missions. And when you do, it’s usually solo."

His words made Li Xuanxiao’s heart tighten.

A flaw! A flaw he hadn’t noticed.

He really didn’t take enough team missions—he preferred working alone.

That could easily arouse suspicion.

Thinking this, Li Xuanxiao said, "If Senior Brother Qin doesn’t mind, I’d be honored to follow your lead."

"Of course, of course—just follow me," Qin Wenke said, waving his hand generously.

.........

"Jie jie jie jie!!"

Di Nü Feng stood with her hands on her hips. "Now that Supreme City is gone and Asura Hall has been severely damaged, this is the perfect time for our Tian Sha Hall to rise! Everyone must recruit more members and strengthen our hall!"

"Yes!!"

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