A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 128: The Disciple Doesn’t Change

"Not on purpose? You did it on purpose, didn’t you? So it was you, you little punk!"

Daoist Lingxu let out a laugh from sheer anger.

He had suspected the Vice Sect Leader, the Peak Masters of each peak, even the Grand Elder.

But he never imagined it would be his own disciple who did such a thing.

"You little punk!"

Lingxu gave Li Xuanxiao a kick.

Li Xuanxiao rubbed his butt and stayed perfectly calm.

"Master, this disciple acted hastily out of necessity.

Ever since you disguised yourself as me and went to the main hall of the Asura Hall last time, Liu Qiushui has held a grudge against me.

This time I got some insider info saying Liu Qiushui would ambush me in the Capital city, but I was afraid it might be just a rumor.

Still, I was worried for my safety, so I had no choice but to go with this desperate move."

"You really are something. You called in six Mount Shushan Elders at the Tribulation Stage in one breath!" Lingxu gave Li Xuanxiao’s butt another kick.

Li Xuanxiao didn’t dodge, and replied reverently:

"Master, this disciple truly didn’t expect so many would come. I only meant to call one. Even more unexpected, we ran straight into Liu Qiushui by chance and conveniently wiped out the Asura Hall.

But I still made a mistake, and I ask Master to punish me."

Lingxu circled Li Xuanxiao twice, then sighed.

"Forget it, forget it. Your merit cancels out your fault. It was an unintentional mistake, yet you accomplished a major feat. No reward, no punishment.

Go back now. And don’t speak of this to anyone."

"Thank you, Master."

Lingxu called out again: "Oh, right! Tell me how the Sect Leader writes coded messages. Your grandmaster was supposed to teach me, but he kicked the bucket before he could. Left too suddenly."

A few days later.

Li Xuanxiao had taught Daoist Lingxu how to properly write encrypted Sect Leader messages for Mount Shushan, and was about to leave.

Lingxu warned him: "Don’t go off on your own again. If trouble comes up, I’ll have to clean up after you."

"This disciple understands."

"And don’t touch things in the Sect Leader’s cave dwelling again. You even had the nerve to mobilize Mount Shushan Elders in the Tribulation Stage!

If something happens next time and the Law Enforcement Elder finds you breaking sect rules, what are you gonna do? Even I might not be able to protect you..."

Lingxu kept nagging.

Li Xuanxiao just kept replying respectfully.

"Alright, go on. I still have to look over the Mount Shushan future planning reports and review all the recent affairs. Being Sect Leader is a busy job.

Mount Shushan’s doomed without me..."

Lingxu muttered on as he looked through the paperwork.

He couldn’t help but grimace.

"This disciple takes his leave. Thank you for your hard work, Master."

Li Xuanxiao glanced at the stack of documents on his master’s desk.

"Go on, now." Lingxu waved his hand. "And don’t sneak around when you come to the Sect Leader’s place next time."

"This disciple understands. This disciple knows he was wrong."

The disciple doesn’t change.

Not long after, Li Xuanxiao came back again.

Lingxu was lying on the bed, snoring like muffled thunder.

Li Xuanxiao sat at the desk and flipped through the paperwork his master had been reading. He started going over it carefully.

When he found something that seemed off, he would make small corrections with a brush.

"Mm, gotta pay attention to this..."

"Hey, has Mount Shushan’s spirit stone reserve dropped a lot recently?

These people are going too far. Seems like it’s time for an anti-corruption campaign at Mount Shushan."

"And this Mount Shushan spirit tree planting plan—doesn’t seem reliable, just a waste of treasure materials."

"The cleanup operation for the remnants of Asura Hall is also critical. But this plan has some holes in it, not very thorough..."

The sun rose and set.

The real Mount Shushan Sect Leader, Li Xuanxiao, exhaled a long breath and quietly left his master’s cave dwelling.

And the fake Mount Shushan Sect Leader, Lingxu, was still sound asleep.

"..........."

Silver Sword Peak.

Inside the underground chamber of the straw hut.

Li Xuanxiao took off his outer robe and removed the two storage rings from his fingers.

He took off his shoes and removed the storage rings on each of his ten toes.

Layer by layer, he took off his magic robe and finally took out the Flood Dragon Armor.

After a while.

Li Xuanxiao, having removed all his defenses, lay in the coffin and shut the lid.

This coffin was a crystal spirit coffin discovered by a tomb raider.

It was originally used by a former emperor to house his corpse.

After passing through many hands, it ended up with Li Xuanxiao.

Once sealed, its defensive capabilities were astounding.

Pulled by a Windrider Cart, it was the perfect escape tool for a fugitive.

Ever since being selected for the Demon Elimination Tournament, then traveling to Great Sui, and rushing back to set an ambush...

He’d barely had a break. Now, finally, he could get some proper rest.

Li Xuanxiao peacefully closed his eyes.

Next came cultivation, pill refining, and treasure hoarding.

While improving his cultivation and consolidating his strength.

He would prepare for his main storyline plan—Mount Shushan Wanderer Project!!

Li Xuanxiao was the type to like making plans and following them step by step.

The main storyline: transform Shencao Mountain into Mount Shushan No. 2, ready to receive all Mount Shushan disciples anytime.

The main storyline was the thick trunk, while pill refining and treasure collection were side quests.

Li Xuanxiao closed his eyes, and couldn’t help but think of Junior Sister Zhao Lu’s voice.

First Senior Brother left home for love, Second Senior Brother was heartbroken and his Dao Heart was clouded.

Third Senior Sister went off looking for Fan Yue and vanished, Fourth Senior Sister went traveling and hasn’t returned.

Fifth Senior Brother’s Dao partner was about to give birth, due any day now.

Sixth Senior Sister got dumped by a scumbag and is raising a child alone—the kid can’t leave her...

Seventh Senior Brother wasn’t busy, but he fell in love with a girl while out traveling and made a lifelong commitment.

Got thrown into the Confinement Cliff!!

And that’s just Silver Sword Peak. If you looked at all of Mount Shushan...

Li Xuanxiao turned over and silently recited the Clear Heart Mantra.

Small problems, all just small problems.

Speaking of which, should Mount Shushan’s culture be cleaned up a bit?

Is this Mount Shushan or the Hehuan Sect?

Even Hehuan Sect doesn’t have such a high pairing rate.

Everyone’s all lovey-dovey—who still has time to cultivate?

Sometimes he couldn’t protect Mount Shushan too well. The elders and young disciples needed some pressure.

Prosper in hardship, perish in comfort!!

Suddenly, a splash of blood-red flashed across Li Xuanxiao’s mind.

Li Xuanxiao opened his eyes in the dark and started calculating.

Something bad seemed about to happen.

But he wasn’t sure exactly where.

Li Xuanxiao’s clone crawled out of the coffin, muttering, "Can’t get a break even for one day."

So he sent the clone to work overtime monitoring Mount Shushan’s surveillance system.

Patch the leaks.

Li Xuanxiao closed the coffin and shut his eyes again.

Now this was a forever home!

"........"

Two days later.

A crane delivered two letters to Li Xuanxiao at Silver Sword Peak.

Both were anonymous.

Since they were delivered by a crane, no need to worry about tampering.

Though the sect claimed to respect privacy and not inspect disciples’ letters.

There was actually a department that specifically checked correspondence.

Of course, that idea was proposed by an unknown disciple to the Mount Shushan Sect Leader.

Li Xuanxiao opened one letter.

The content: asking about his mother.

Asking about his father, asking about his whole family—and most of all, asking about himself...

Very polite, just a little foul-mouthed.

Didn’t need to guess—it was from Di Nü Feng.

Ever since the Thousand Lakes Desert trip, she’s been writing him one letter a week like clockwork.

Li Xuanxiao was used to it.

She really was passionate~

There was just no dealing with her.

The second letter was unexpected—it came with a pill.

Pill description: [Helps foolish cultivators regain intelligence]

(O_O)?

Li Xuanxiao scratched his head, put the pill in his storage ring, and planned to refine it again later to sell it.

Right then, he looked a bit serious.

He figured out what was making him uneasy.

The issue was with Fifth Senior Brother.

His Dao partner was about to give birth, due any day.

She’d been pregnant for around ten years and still hadn’t delivered.

Li Xuanxiao had long viewed the couple as highly dangerous.

Even Nezha’s mom only carried him for three years and six months.

That’s three Nezhas!!

Could Mount Shushan even handle that?

But now, it looked like Li Xuanxiao had been thinking in the wrong direction.

Turned out, Fifth Senior Brother’s Dao partner had an extremely rare Yang Spiritual Root.

Yang Spiritual Root meant fire produces earth—fire and earth roots create the Yang root.

That’s a variant spiritual root, extremely rare, usually comes from dual roots.

Variant roots are special powers formed from specific dual spiritual roots, basically like a unique single root.

Their cultivation speed rivals single roots.

Some paired with rare techniques can even surpass them...

Fifth Senior Brother chose her as a partner just to have a child.

Then cut her open to get the child out, and use the baby as a medicinal guide for his beloved.

And that beloved had an even rarer Yin root formed from earth and metal—earth producing metal.

Yin and Yang complement—perfect!!

Li Xuanxiao hissed.

What a niche story.

.........