A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 224: Reuniting Once Again

Li Xuanxiao charged across the snowy plains, wielding the Supreme Emperor Weapon in his hand.

He ran and fought along the way, killing everything in his path.

With the Supreme Emperor Weapon in hand, he slaughtered in all directions.

A pack of wolves chased him relentlessly from behind.

“Awoo awoo awoo~”

“I’ve made up my mind. You’re going to Shencao Mountain in Great Sui.”

Di Nü Feng said, “Great Sui? I need to return to the Palace of Heavenly Fiends and take back everything I lost.”

“If you go back now, it’s a dead end. I’d bet your entire force has already turned on you.”

“No way! Only the Vice Cult Master betrayed me, the rest of my subordinates are still loyal,” Di Nü Feng argued.

Li Xuanxiao sighed helplessly. “Your Four Diamond Generals are all the Vice Cult Master’s people.”

“How do you know!?” Di Nü Feng was stunned.

Li Xuanxiao fell silent.

His silence wasn’t because he didn’t want to answer—it was just that talking to an idiot was lowering his IQ.

“Trust me, you’ve already seen what that old emperor is capable of. Do you really think you can beat him on your own?”

Di Nü Feng hesitated. “No, I can’t beat him.”

“There you go. After we kill the old emperor, you can go take back your Palace of Heavenly Fiends.”

Di Nü Feng thought about it for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Yep, gullible people are so easy to fool.

Li Xuanxiao thought to himself.

If he left Di Nü Feng in the Yeyun Prefecture of Great Sui, she’d definitely end up fighting Liu Qiushui.

Might as well just send her to Shencao Mountain.

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One year later.

The old emperor looked at a list.

It was a list of guards for the Daxia Dragon Vein.

Ever since Liu Qiushui had previously stolen the Dragon Vein...

How did Liu Qiushui know the location of the vein? How did she unravel the great formation protecting it? And how did she slip past all the guards unnoticed...?

Afterward, the old emperor of Daxia made up all sorts of excuses.

But some senior officials still strongly demanded better protection for the Dragon Vein.

Until now, the Dragon Vein had always been protected solely by the royal family.

Now, with no better choice, the old emperor agreed to the ministers' request.

Well, after all, the Dragon Vein was critical to his cultivation.

The old emperor couldn’t afford to be careless either.

Half of the guards on the list were royal family members, the other half were from the Demon Suppression Division.

“Zhang Haoran.”

The old emperor noticed this name.

He was quite familiar with it.

In fact, Zhang Haoran had recently become a very prominent figure in the Daxia court.

Righteous to the core, brimming with heroic spirit, and had solved multiple major cases in a row.

A man like that was trustworthy.

The old emperor knew exactly what kind of person to use in what kind of role.

For shady tasks like assassinating corrupt officials, he needed cunning and ruthless men.

But for guarding the Dragon Vein, he couldn’t use such people—he needed someone upright and incorruptible.

Only such people wouldn’t collude with outsiders or sabotage the Dragon Vein.

That’s how you command men.

The old emperor stamped the document.

Zhang Haoran, righteous and unwavering—this man could be trusted.

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Two more years passed.

As Great Sui stationed troops on the border, skirmishes with Daxia grew increasingly frequent.

Small conflicts broke out again and again.

This kind of thing happened every year.

Especially since Daxia was stronger and deliberately tried to seize land.

Normally, Great Sui would just back down—but this time, strangely, they didn’t.

Instead, they amassed heavy troops, and even the royal family’s several Nascent Soul experts moved to the border.

This shocked the entire Daxia court, worried that Great Sui was being driven into a corner.

And those few Nascent Soul cultivators had nothing better to do than linger on the border.

It had always been Daxia suppressing Great Sui—when had the tables ever turned?

So, under intense public pressure, Daxia also dispatched five Nascent Soul cultivators.

At the same time, Daxia’s Chief Worshipper—its only Ascension-stage powerhouse—also arrived at the border.

Officially to inspect the army.

But everyone knew the real reason.

Daxia had only two known Ascension-stage cultivators.

One was the Chief Worshipper.

The other was the eunuch head who served the old emperor—an expert at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage who could temporarily access Ascension-stage power using the Dragon Vein formation in the capital.

Another half a month passed.

Princess Zhao Lu, who had been cultivating in Mount Shushan, returned to the Daxia capital for her mother’s birthday.

Although the old emperor was willing to kill his own daughter for his goals,

he still liked enjoying a little family affection from time to time.

At this moment, in her mother’s palace.

The old emperor sat on a rocking chair, watching his daughter Zhao Lu.

“Mother, this is a gift I brought for you.”

After years apart, his daughter had grown even more beautiful.

The old emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly feeling thankful that his plan back then had failed—otherwise, he wouldn’t be seeing her now.

Among all his children,

this daughter had the greatest cultivation talent.

And after so many years at Mount Shushan, she had transformed from a spoiled little princess into someone poised and tactful.

This made the old emperor quite pleased.

He even started imagining—if he were to step down one day,

letting his daughter rule as emperor might not be a bad idea.

A female emperor… that sounded pretty interesting.

“Lu’er, how have things been at Mount Shushan these past years? Has your master been treating you well? What about your senior brother?”

“I don’t see Master much, but Senior Brother takes care of me just fine,” Zhao Lu replied.

“Senior Brother treats me really well. He’s the one who’s been teaching me all these years.”

The old emperor spoke slowly, “Speaking of which, your Senior Brother really has no foresight—he won’t even marry my daughter.”

Zhao Lu looked a little aggrieved. “I’m not worthy of Senior Brother.”

“Heh, if my daughter wanted to marry him, I’d just drag that brat to the capital and make him marry you.”

Zhao Lu shook her head. “No! No! If you do that, he definitely won’t talk to me anymore.”

The old emperor chuckled in satisfaction. “Tell me, what’s so special about your Senior Brother that you’re so obsessed with him?”

Zhao Lu pouted. “He’s just amazing at everything. Oh right, he even taught me a poem recently.”

“A poem? Let’s hear it.”

The old emperor said.

Zhao Lu hesitated for a moment. “Moonlight before my bed, seems like frost on the ground. I lift my head and gaze at the bright moon, lower it and think of home.”

Moonlight... before the bed!?

The old emperor’s expression changed drastically.

Even though he was long trained not to show emotion, he couldn’t help the look of shock on his face.

This... this...

The old emperor stood up in a panic, his body trembling.

“What? Say it again!” the old emperor demanded, excited.

Startled by her father’s reaction, Zhao Lu repeated the poem.

“Moonlight before my bed, seems like frost on the ground. I lift my head and gaze at the bright moon, lower it and think of home.”

The old emperor’s eyes widened, face flushed red.

A transmigrator!!

He finally found the second transmigrator.

A transmigrator.

And to think, they were right under his nose.

The old emperor’s emotions were a whirlwind.

He couldn’t even describe how he felt.

Ever since he transmigrated himself, he’d been searching for others like him for hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years—and now, he’d finally found one.

At this moment, nothing else mattered to the old emperor. Only that transmigrator.

Where was he? Mount Shushan disciple—Li Xuanxiao!!

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