A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 57: Bionic Technique

Li Xuanxiao recalled all of his external bodies and returned to the sect with his gains from this trip.

He didn’t head straight back to Mount Shushan but took a detour instead.

This time, three of his clones had been discovered in one go.

It made Li Xuanxiao realize the shortcomings of his External Body Technique.

Too easy to detect.

And too slow when fighting Golden Core cultivators.

That bald cultivator had already been poisoned when he showed up in front of Clone No. 4.

But even so, the battle still lasted a full fifteen seconds.

Li Xuanxiao suddenly stopped walking. In the distance, there were signs of spiritual energy fluctuations.

Someone’s fighting!

Wait—no, it’s a spirit beast brawl.

“..........”

A waterfall cascaded down in torrents.

In the water, an octopus was being righteously beaten up by five cultivators.

“Martial Uncle, this octopus is really tough to deal with!”

“This octopus has ancient blood in its veins and has already grown eight full tentacles. That’s extremely rare—no matter what, we can’t let it escape today!”

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With that, the five cultivators each unleashed their divine powers.

The octopus couldn’t hold its own and was eventually knocked out by a spell seal.

The five were overjoyed and quickly tied it up with a treasure rope, taking it with them in a hurry.

This place wasn’t safe to linger.

But right after they left, the octopus’s true body emerged from the water again.

What the five cultivators had taken was merely one of its tails.

Its disguise was so well-done that even two cultivators much stronger than it hadn’t noticed the trick.

The octopus let out a sly chuckle and was about to swim off.

But suddenly, it felt its body go numb and collapsed unconscious.

A figure in the water swiftly dragged the octopus deeper.

That figure darted away into the distance.

It was none other than Li Laoliu!

Li Laoliu had witnessed the entire scene. He had almost left already.

After all, even he hadn’t noticed that the octopus used a substitute.

But being who he was, he had the habit of lingering a bit on the battlefield.

And this time, it paid off.

It’s said that in ancient times, there were no such things as cultivation techniques.

After the human race emerged, everything was learned from the myriad other races.

For example: Tiger Demon Fist, imitating tigers;Dragon Elephant Bone-Refining Technique;Eagle Claw Strike... and so on.

These were called bionic techniques.

Maybe he could get some inspiration from the octopus to improve the flaws in his External Body Technique.

Li Xuanxiao picked up speed and headed to his planned emergency escape route, dismantling the formation and traps.

Then he went to his backup escape route and took apart those formations and traps too...

These arrays and traps couldn’t be triggered without his activation, so he wasn’t worried anyone else would fall into them.

After making a big loop, Li Xuanxiao returned to Mount Shushan.

Then he suddenly used a movement technique to disappear.

Only when a familiar figure passed by did Li Xuanxiao dare to come out.

That figure was none other than the abstract-talent contestant, Senior Sister Su Wan.

As for such an abstract-level existence, avoiding her was the best policy.

Ever since Li Xuanxiao had explained everything clearly to Su Wan, she hadn’t approached him again.

Li Xuanxiao had also been purposely avoiding her.

So the two of them hadn’t interacted much lately, which Li Xuanxiao was very pleased about.

After walking for a bit, Li Xuanxiao once again slipped away.

The second talented contestant, Jiang Luoshui, was skipping past—looked like she was heading to find Senior Sister Su Wan.

These two... really had a complicated relationship.

Li Xuanxiao sighed with emotion, then made it back to Silver Sword Peak without incident and entered his humble abode.

Inside the secret room, Li Xuanxiao sat down on the meditation cushion.

He let out a long breath.

Every time he came back from a trip, returning to his own little nest just felt way too good.

This sense of safety and comfort was unbeatable!!!

After resting a bit,

Li Xuanxiao laid out all his loot from the trip.

First, the materials he had bartered for with refined pills—herbs, treasure materials, various spirit stones, and other cultivation resources.

Then, the treasures looted from the attackers.

All of those magical treasures couldn’t be used directly. They had to be melted down to their raw state.

And then there was a technique manual.

Li Xuanxiao flipped it open.

Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Technique—a body refinement technique.

Once fully mastered, it made your hair fall out completely.

Li Xuanxiao immediately gave up on the idea of practicing it.

Not because he was worried about looks.

But because a bald head stood out too much—it would draw attention.

Can’t learn that!

Better find a chance to sell it.

The last gain, in Li Xuanxiao’s opinion, was the biggest one this time.

He looked at the octopus in the cage.

Li Xuanxiao pulled it out.

The eight-legged octopus stared at him in fear.

Although it carried the bloodline of ancient spirit beasts, it hadn’t invested its talents in combat—plus, it was timid by nature.

It’s over! I’m totally gonna become his supplement.

My blood, my body—every part of me is a treasure...

Li Xuanxiao bowed respectfully.

“Apologies. I’m Li Xuanxiao. I’d like to seek your guidance on a few things.”

“.........”

Two months later.

Zhao Lu came to the hut and found that Senior Brother wasn’t there.

She took out her Aphrodisiac Powder, ready to sprinkle it on his pillow.

This time, drawing from her last attempt... and the one before that... and the one before that...

Zhao Lu carefully measured out a very small dose, intending to subtly influence her senior brother over time.

She had no choice—her senior brother was too sensitive to poison.

Just as she was about to lift his blanket, she spotted something sticky.

“What’s this!?”

Zhao Lu pulled back the blanket—an octopus popped into view.

Zhao Lu: The sky is falling!!

Right then, Li Xuanxiao walked in.

Zhao Lu wiped her tears and said aggrievedly:

“Senior Brother, you... you’re actually with an octopus? I was so wrong about you!”

Li Xuanxiao gave her a light knock on the head. “Get rid of those dirty thoughts in your head. That’s my spirit beast.”

“Ah~”

Zhao Lu burst into a smile through her tears. “I knew it—how could Senior Brother be into an octopus? So it was just my misunderstanding.”

“Didn’t I say I was going into seclusion for three months? It’s only been two. What’s so urgent?”

Only then did Zhao Lu remember the important news. “Senior Brother, I heard this year’s disciple recruitment is being moved up by a month. The sect’s already started preparations.”

“Oh?”

Li Xuanxiao raised an eyebrow.

A long road ahead!!

“And one more thing—Silver Sword Peak is getting a new peak master.”

Li Xuanxiao went silent.

These two things happening together...

Why did it suddenly feel like a chill ran down his spine?