A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 78: Shushan Is Still Alive

Heavenly Dao blesses us, the pill refining this time went smoothly all the way.

After finishing the pill refinement, Li Xuanxiao went out for a trip.

He spent over a month selling all the pills in his hands and exchanging them for cultivation resources.

Surprisingly smooth too—he had expected it to take much longer.

After returning to the sect, Li Xuanxiao went into seclusion once again.

The Alchemy Room was completely transformed into a Magical Artifact Refining Room.

From time to time, clanging sounds of hammering iron could be heard.

The Crane-Beak Silver Needle was originally a top-grade spiritual artifact.

Spiritual artifacts come in lower, middle, upper, and top grades.

Beyond spiritual artifacts, they can be classified as magical artifacts.

Magical artifacts also come in lower, middle, upper, and top grades.

As for Innate Spiritual Treasures and Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, they are not included in these ranks.

These correspond to cultivator stages, from Qi Refining... all the way to Great Ascension.

Magical artifacts that exceed the cultivator’s stage require stronger and more precise divine sense.

So magical artifacts are never about being higher level, but about what suits you best.

Li Xuanxiao was originally at the Foundation Establishment Stage, so theoretically, the magical artifacts he could control should only be at the middle-grade spiritual artifact level.

But because his divine abilities evolved into Divine Sense Cultivation Techniques, and his divine sense was strong,

he could use magical artifacts one level higher.

Now that he had advanced to the Golden Core Stage, his magical artifacts naturally needed to level up as well.

Only, the resource consumption... he had to use all the savings he’d accumulated over the years.

..........

Just like that, three years passed in a flash.

For cultivators, three years really isn’t that long.

Shushan, Tongtian Peak.

Council Hall.

The Peak Masters of the Seven Peaks, along with Sect Leader Daoist Lingxu, were all gathered.

This time, they were discussing the business of Shushan’s flying boats. Once the discussion was nearly complete, the Peak Master of Little Qiong Peak suddenly brought something up.

“Five disciples from Little Qiong Peak have gone missing in the Daxia Dynasty, all at the same time. If they had been killed, their jade tokens would’ve shattered, and Shushan would’ve known right away.

But their jade tokens are intact. Instead, there’s no trace of their presence at all.”

“Could they have been deliberately hidden by someone?”

“That’s possible! Most likely, they ran into some kind of accident.”

“What does the Daxia Dynasty say?”

“They told us to wait for news, saying they’re doing everything they can to search.”

“By the time they find them, even the yellow daylilies will be cold!” someone snorted coldly.

Just then, a soft voice spoke up.

“If the elders are willing, let me take on this task.”

Everyone turned to look at the speaker—Lu Ziyin.

Lu Ziyin, Peak Master of Silver Sword Peak.

Since he took on the position of Silver Sword Peak’s Peak Master,

he had been accidentally injured by the Shushan Sword Formation three times.

Got peed on by a spirit monkey once.

Got lost in the back mountain once.

Got poisoned twice.

Had a cave collapse on him twice.

Destroyed the back mountain orchard of Silver Sword Peak once.......

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You could say he hadn’t managed to accomplish a single thing for Silver Sword Peak.

The good news was, Lu Ziyin’s cultivation level had improved!!!

So the way many disciples looked at their Peak Master Lu Ziyin was... complicated.

Which made Lu Ziyin feel he had to do something already.

Give me a chance!

Lu Ziyin’s gaze was full of sincerity.

Several Peak Masters nodded thoughtfully.

.........

After leaving Tongtian Peak, Lu Ziyin was full of fighting spirit!!

This time, only success is allowed—no failure. He had to get the job done beautifully.

He couldn’t go alone.

Ever since coming to Silver Sword Peak, anything he tried to do alone would encounter all sorts of unexpected problems.

As if there was a hidden hand deliberately messing with him.

This time, he had to bring a helper.

Li Xuanxiao!!

Lu Ziyin suddenly thought of this Little Junior Brother.

Back when he took Li Xuanxiao down the mountain, he had noticed it.

Although Li Xuanxiao’s cultivation wasn’t high, he was extremely meticulous in his actions.

However, Li Xuanxiao had apparently been in seclusion for a long time now.

Just as he was thinking that, he saw that familiar figure the moment he returned to Silver Sword Peak.

“..........”

Li Xuanxiao had emerged from seclusion.

Thank you, Heavenly Dao.

Everything had gone smoothly—pill refining, pill selling.

Magical artifact refining went well, and the Crane-Beak Silver Needle had already evolved into a top-grade spiritual artifact.

Cultivation had also gone smoothly, no loose ends.

Shushan... is still alive too.

That’s great.

Li Xuanxiao was just about to relax a bit when he saw a figure land in front of him.

“Senior Brother Lu,” Li Xuanxiao greeted respectfully.

Lu Ziyin nodded. “Junior Brother Xuanxiao, you’ve finally come out of seclusion. All is well?”

“Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother. All is well.”

“Junior Brother Xuanxiao, do you have time recently?”

“Oh? Does Senior Brother have a task for me?”

Lu Ziyin then explained the situation to Li Xuanxiao, emphasizing that the reward for this mission would go entirely to him.

Li Xuanxiao’s expression didn’t change, but his heart stirred slightly.

This time, should I plan an “accident” for Senior Brother Lu...

Eh, no.

This time it seems to have nothing to do with Feng Liuli.

Shockingly, he wasn’t planning to bring Feng Liuli along on the mission.

Li Xuanxiao silently apologized to Senior Brother Lu in his heart.

Pranking Senior Brother Lu had become an unconscious habit.

Li Xuanxiao quickly thought it through.

Going on this mission with Senior Brother Lu would actually make a great excuse.

After all, the three-year mark had arrived, and Senior Sister Su Wan had already formed her Golden Core.

Senior Sister Su Wan was going to annul her engagement.

And the Xiao family she was annulling with was located in the Daxia Dynasty.

Perfect—he didn’t need to make up any excuses.

Plus, going to the Daxia Dynasty with Senior Brother Lu on a mission,

first of all, the safety aspect could be guaranteed.

Li Xuanxiao was very confident in Lu Ziyin’s strength.

So, he agreed.

Lu Ziyin nodded with satisfaction and set a departure date with Li Xuanxiao.

Li Xuanxiao then returned to make preparations.

Although he had just finished his seclusion, there weren’t many miscellaneous affairs to handle at Silver Sword Peak.

First, although he was in seclusion, he hadn’t fully immersed himself.

His clone and puppet had still been diligently working.

Second, he had Little Junior Sister Zhao Lu, the gossip expert.

When Zhao Lu had nothing to do, she liked to brew a pot of tea, munch on melon seeds, and chat about gossip with others.

Then she would relay the gossip she heard back to Li Xuanxiao.

That way, Li Xuanxiao could make sure he hadn’t missed any important happenings.

Of course, most importantly, he had his own Shushan surveillance system.

Looking at the disciples who needed extra monitoring through the Twin Recording Stone, he recorded everything in detail.

For example, which disciple from which peak failed to break through.

First, he’d study that disciple’s cultivation technique, deeply analyze its secrets and core principles, dissect the disciple’s cultivation habits, and think about their potential weaknesses and strengths.

Other noteworthy factors were also carefully considered.

In the end, using his precise grasp of various elements, he would subtly guide the disciple toward discovering the key to their breakthrough.

He kept all the credit and fame to himself.

Another example—when a disciple had a streak of bad luck and ended up in a foul mood.

Li Xuanxiao would deliberately let that disciple encounter a few good things over the next few days.

To lower their chances of descending into darkness.

Once, a disciple from Tongtian Peak—

First, at a celebration banquet, he ate some deep-sea seafood and had an allergic reaction.

Then, when he took an antidote, he happened to get a fake one and was bedridden for a month.

Finally got better, went to Menial Peak to get food, trying to save some money.

While picking out cheap food, he knocked over an entire rack of dishes.

Lost a month’s worth of income...

Then, while out on a mission, got surrounded and attacked by heretic cultivators.

Fortunately, after that long string of misfortunes, Li Xuanxiao had noticed him.

So, when he was ambushed and nearly died, Li Xuanxiao stepped in and saved him.

Just goes to show—it’s all fate~

If not for that series of unlucky events, Li Xuanxiao wouldn’t have been paying special attention to him.

That disciple would’ve likely died at the hands of the heretic cultivators.