“They don't know.” Hou Saner said with a face full of misery: “Elder Li has been living in a cave at the top of the mountain and does not ask about things. We did mention it to Sister Miaoxin, but Sister Miaoxin also does not dare to defy Big Brother's intentions. Many times she takes out a portion herself and makes up for our losses.”
Lin Xiaolu was confused when he heard it and could not believe it: “Is Sister Miaoxin so silly? Why is she so good to that dog Big Brother?”
Hou Saner scratched his head and was too embarrassed to directly say the reason. Lin Xiaolu and Xiao Yuer were still young, so he was not convenient to chat with them about these adult topics.
After Hou Saner left, Lin Xiaolu ate beef angrily while complaining with his little mouth: “That dog Big Brother is really not a good guy. He is full of evil at Pluck Star Peak. He actually bullies outer disciples.”
Xiao Yuer nodded again and again, while sipping porridge with a spoon, she complained: “Brother Hou Saner is such a good person. He even bullies Brother Hou Saner.”
“I've decided!” Lin Xiaolu slapped the small table with an indignant look: “When I become powerful in martial arts in the future, I will collect protection fees from him 20 times a day and make him cry!”
“Yeah, good!”
The next day, Lin Xiaolu woke up from bed early as usual. After washing up, he ran a lap around the mountain waist, then did horse stance for half an hour.
After finishing the horse stance, the big bell of Pluck Star Peak was struck on time, and the melodious bell sounded throughout every corner of Pluck Star. Soon, Li Miaoxin came out of her residence with Xiao Yuer and started combing their hair.
“Today is the day to test your skills. You have to dress more formally.” Li Miaoxin smiled and tied Lin Xiaolu's hair into a little bun, and said, “Later Master, Sister, and your Big Brother will take you to Emei Peak. At that time, the elders of the Nine Sects of Emei will be there, even the sect leader will be there. Remember to be cautious in speech and behavior.”
“I know, I know, Sister, you are so nagging.” Sitting on a high stool, Lin Xiaolu swung his legs impatiently.
Li Miaoxin was not angry when she heard this. She continued to smile and comb his hair.
“Sister, will that Li Yaoxi also go?” Lin Xiaolu suddenly asked.
Li Miaoxin twisted his ear when she heard his appellation and scolded: “He is your senior brother. How can you talk like this, child?”
“He looks down on me, so why should I look up to him?” Lin Xiaolu pouted at the bronze mirror and said angrily, “The teacher at the academy taught us that respect is mutual. If others don't respect me, I don't have to respect others.”
Li Miaoxin pursed her red lips and didn't say anything for a while, carefully combing his hair. Soon, she made Lin Xiaolu into a cute and lovely little Taoist boy, then lifted him off the stool and sat Xiao Yuer up to comb her hair.
“Sister, what kind of person is the sect leader?” Lin Xiaolu asked curiously. He had been at Emei for almost a year and still hadn't seen the sect leader.
Li Miaoxin gently said, “The sect leader is our Master's senior sister. Don't be nervous.”
Lin Xiaolu oh'ed in understanding.
Soon, the siblings were dressed up. The clean blue Taoist robes, round buns tied with light blue hair bands, they looked as beautiful as golden boys and jade girls standing together.
At this time, Li Mingru's shouting came from outside: “Xiao Yuer, Lord of Winter Melon Village!”
A few people hurried out of the yard and paid homage to Li Mingru and Li Yaoxi.
Lin Xiaolu only paid respects to Li Mingru, ignoring Li Yaoxi. Li Yaoxi also glanced at him coldly, seeming too lazy to care about him.
Li Mingru said, “Today is the day to test you all. Although our Pluck Star has few people, we are always united as one for big events like this. Let's go together!” After finishing speaking, Li Mingru poured a mouthful of wine heartily into his mouth.
Seeing Li Mingru drinking alcohol early in the morning, Lin Xiaolu complained, “Boss, if you drink alcohol early in the morning, you will drink yourself to death.”
“Hahahaha, don't worry about it.” Li Mingru laughed and looked at Lin Xiaolu and said, “Are you ready, kid? Use your martial arts to blow away all cultivators!”
Lin Xiaolu put his hands on his waist, looked up and shouted, “I'm ready!”
Big Brother Li Yaoxi snorted and said to Li Mingru, “Master, you really spoil this child too much. You should let him understand reality earlier, otherwise he will only suffer more pain in the future when his efforts come to nothing.”
“Go to hell, you pretentious jerk!”
Lin Xiaolu suddenly flared up and cursed before Li Mingru could respond to Li Yaoxi.
He had disliked Li Yaoxi for a long time. Damn, he was always sarcastic. Lin Xiaolu was angry now, pointed at Li Yaoxi's nose and cursed, “If you keep blabbering, don't think I won't slap you!”
Li Yaoxi's eyes glared when he heard this. He didn't expect his junior brother to be so wild and actually dare to curse him in front of his master!
His eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand to teach this ignorant junior brother a lesson, but was interrupted in time by Li Mingru next to him:
“Stop it! You two say less.”
After speaking, Li Mingru looked at the time and urged, “It's getting late, let's go.”
Li Yaoxi could only stop. He snorted and no longer paid attention to the brat.
The five people from Pluck Star followed Li Mingru, who carried a gourd and drank as he walked, across the Bridge of Seeking the Way, and arrived at Emei Peak.
At this time, the elders of the other branches also brought their respective disciples here. The mountain road was bustling with people coming and going, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.
"Elder Fang, I heard you recently forged several top-grade Spirit Swords again, very impressive."
"How can you say that, Junior Brother Liao? I heard your Universe Revealed has reached a new level, that is the real blessing of Emei."
"Master Zhao, I heard you took in a disciple with an innate Earth Spirit Body in the Nine Infants Branch some time ago, I'm really envious!"
"Hahaha, that can't compare to Elder Sun's heaven-reaching methods. Those several Dragon Fish Pills you gave me last time are truly inexhaustible in their wondrous uses."
"Haha, Master Zhao is too polite."
On the mountain road, the elders of each branch were chatting enthusiastically, the atmosphere was harmonious and joyful, a scene of peace and prosperity.
However, at this time when the Emei masters were chatting merrily, the casually drinking Li Mingru suddenly appeared, walking over with unrestrained steps.
The elders were all stunned when they saw Li Mingru, and the conversations instantly stopped as they all looked towards him.
To be honest, Li Mingru only had four disciples by his side in total: Li Yaoxi, Li Miaoxin, Lin Xiaolu, and Xiao Yuer.
Compared to the number of disciples around other elders, it was really insignificant.
Each of these elders had hundreds of inner disciples! Some prosperous branches like the Spirit Sword Branch even had over a thousand inner disciples!
So this time they only brought the little disciples who needed testing, but even so, they still had a much larger entourage than Li Mingru. Each elder was surrounded by disciples, so by comparison, Li Mingru's four disciples looked rather shabby.
But this did not mean they dared to look down on Li Mingru.
The reason was simple. Li Mingru could fight! He was famously good at fighting!
And Li Mingru was not only famous at Emei, looking at the whole of Shenzhou, the six major immortal sects and Taoist schools, as well as the Buddhist Sect, Confucian Sect, and countless minor sects, even evil cultivators and demonic path practitioners, all knew of the figure Li Mingru.
It's no exaggeration to say that cultivators from other sects in Shenzhou may not know who the elders of Emei's Spirit Sword, Medicine, and Nine Infants Branches were, but they must have heard of Li Mingru's name!
Of course, the current Li Mingru was getting older and had gradually begun to retreat in recent years, and his temper had also become relatively mild and restrained. In his younger years he had been extremely arrogant and ostentatious, and had beaten many elders. Over time, his Pluck Star Branch had always been ostracized by the other branches. Except for the Sun God and Communicate Demon Branches, people from other branches did not like to interact with Pluck Star.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
