Chapter 19

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Warning!”

“The host’s state of mind has been detected to be in decline!”

“The mission could fail at any time!”

“Host, are you sure you want to give up on the villain mission and the reward of becoming the [Red Dust Immortal]?”

A row of blood-red text prompts appeared in his mind.

Lin Xiao suddenly sobered up.

Having narrowly escaped death before, he had built a sturdy mental fortitude

Yes, he was different from rash youths like Ye Chen.

Although he would also lose his temper…

He never lost his core purpose and rationality.

“Dad, Mom, Sister…”

“If I give up on the system and remain in this fictional world, will I never see them again?”

“Most importantly, my aptitude is not top-notch, and my opportunities so far have been mediocre. Even with Master’s care, I’m afraid I won’t be able to attain the Immortal Realm before my birthday.”

“Therefore, why don’t we… do it one step at a time and investigate the reasons for the changes in my junior sisters, including Master?”

He thought about that.

Lin Xiao no longer felt sluggish, and his eyes returned to their usual clarity.

At this moment, his expression was indifferent. His white clothes fluttered, and his black hair danced in the wind. In the eyes of others, he had once again returned to his usual ethereal image as the Eldest Senior Brother of the Divine Phoenix Peak.

Guo Yourong and Chu Youwei, who had been worried all the while, were finally relieved.

…

So far.

The victor had been more or less decided in the arena.

The audience was in an uproar!

Everyone was staring at the Eldest Senior Brother of the Divine Phoenix Peak, clad in snow-white and as handsome as a god. He could trigger lightning with a single sword strike!

They were full of shock, awe, and worship!

On the high platform, the five heads of department had varying expressions.

“Congratulations, Junior Sister Hong Ling. After Lin Xiao’s battle today, the power structure of our Azure Mist Sect’s younger generation will be completely changed!”

Sect Master Zi Yun was the first to speak.

“Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect our Junior Sister Hong Ling to be secretly nurturing a Formless Sword Body. She’s really powerful.”

The Chief of Scarlet Cloud Peak, Venerable Chi Song, chipped in with a disingenuous smile.

One could easily detect jealousy in his words.

[According to the so-called Heavenly Dao script, Ye Chen should have won this battle. I didn’t expect Lin Xiao to change destiny!]

[I must snatch him from Junior Sister! Take him under my wing!]

Su Mei’s red lips curled up slightly, and her beautiful eyes narrowed subtly as if she was calculating something.

“Xiao’er! Master was right about you!”

“I mean what I say! Tonight… Master will reward you well!”

Xiao Hongling was also overjoyed.

The next moment, she took a step out and disappeared in a flash of light.

Then, she appeared on the stage!

She was about to walk towards the figure in white when she realized…

Two beautiful girls were one step ahead of her and had already walked over!

They were her two favorite disciples, the sword genius Guo Yourong and the Zither Heart Sword Soul Chu Youwei!

“Yourong and Youwei’s attitude towards Xiao’er… seems a little unusual!”

“No, according to the prophecy in the dream, wouldn’t the two of them fall in love with this Ye Chen kid and gradually hate Xiao’er?”

“Does this mean that Xiao’er’s destiny has been completely twisted from this moment onwards?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongling pursed her red lips and smiled.

The next moment, however.

She looked at the white-clothed young man, who was the center of their attention and was treating the two girls so affectionately.

Her smile faded a little.

Somehow she felt suffocated deep inside as if she was missing something.

“This shouldn’t be.”

“Xiao’er has a harmonious relationship with his two junior sisters. As their senior master, I should be happy for them!”

“Yourong and Youwei, one is cold and elegant, the other is gentle and pure. They’re also young. They’re perfect for Xiao’er…”

“As their enlightened teacher, I should let my disciples pursue their own lives.”

She stopped herself from overthinking and stabilized her Dao heart.

In the end, she did not disturb him, instead choosing to fly off into the air.

“Sigh, Master, don’t worry. I’ll definitely go to the Goddess Cliff to pay my respects to you tonight. I’ll also check your body… No, your thoughts. Let’s see what went wrong with the plot!”

Lin Xiao looked at his beautiful master’s back as he made a promise in his heart.

He walked down the ring and patted his two junior sisters on the back to comfort them.

Then, he walked over to the young man in black.

“You… What do you want! I’ve already kept my promise to admit defeat and kneel to apologize!”

The figure, handsome and amorous like the devil, walked over.

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, his attractive face paled with fear!

Lin Xiao was about to find an excuse to leave the sh*tty male lead alive so that he could observe the subsequent plot.

Suddenly a laugh came from behind.

“Hahaha! Disciple-Nephew Lin Xiao! Show mercy whenever possible! Ye Chen has already admitted defeat and fulfilled his promise. As a famous orthodox sect in the Eastern Region, how can our Azure Mist Sect kill him?”

WHOOSH!

A plump figure appeared in front of Ye Chen!

It was Yuan Yi, the chief of Heavenly Chi Peak!

“Tsk, even this old fox has appeared. This guy is indeed a cockroach who just can’t die.”

“Forget it. That’s the will of the heavens. I’ll spare him for now. Once I find out the reason for all the changes, I’ll decide if I’ll turn into the king of torture and squeeze his luck dry!”

Lin Xiao gritted his teeth.

“Eldest… Eldest Senior Brother, I’m here to save you!”

At that moment.

A familiar girl’s voice sounded through a secrecy spell.

Lin Xiao was shocked.

This voice… It was Fourth Junior Sister Lu Yingying who had been absent all this while!

He frantically turned back.

In the inconspicuous grass plains in the distance, a delicate and thin girl with snow-white skin, as if she had walked out of an anime from her previous life, was looking at him, sweat glistening all over her face.

Her cat-like eyes were round with concern!

“Fourth Junior Sister… why would she appear at this time?”

“And what did she mean by saving me?”

Lin Xiao’s eyes narrowed. He suddenly saw a string of blood-colored fangs-like prayer beads hanging on the other party’s snow-white neck!

The Beast-Taming Pearl?

This girl… actually took out this thing at this time?

Lin Xiao was shocked, he felt a strong sense of foreboding!

It turned out that in the original novel, Lu Yingying was born in the northern region of the Central Continent. She was from the Dali Dynasty, the most famous beast-taming family.

And this Beast-Taming Pearl was her family’s ancestral treasure!

When she was six years old, internal strife occurred in the family. Lu Yingying’s father, the patriarch, was killed, leaving her alone with the family’s secret treasure as she escaped from the chaos.

Fortunately, on her escape route, she happened to meet her master, Xiao Hongling, who had gone to Dali to look for good wine. She brought her back to the Azure Mist sect and took her in.

Speaking of which, her situation was quite similar to Second Junior Sister Guo Yourong’s.

But that wasn’t the point!

The point was, that this Beast-Taming Pearl was said to be an accessory of the ancient deity Chi You. It indeed had extraordinary abilities!

According to the setting of the original novel.

This thing could summon all demon beasts below the Core Formation realm for its own use!

And that wasn’t the scariest part.

After all, in the later stages of the novel, the power system would collapse. In the early stages, Nascent Soul old monsters were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. In the later stages, they could be found everywhere.

A tide of beasts of this intensity was naturally nothing.

What was truly terrifying was one of the hidden attributes of this beast pearl—

It could completely conceal the figure and aura of all demon beasts, and the level of demon beasts it could control would also increase as the Beast Tamer’s cultivation increased!

That’s terrifying!

Lin Xiao clearly remembered a strange plot.

After Ye Chen left the Azure Mist Sect, he met up with his younger sister, who had been separated from him since he was young and was “forced” to not be blood-related by the contrived writing. Together, they attacked the Great Zhou’s Jinling City. After a long battle, they failed to capture it and suffered heavy casualties!

In the end, Lu Yingying used the Beast-Taming Pearl to gather tens of thousands of demon beasts and make them invisible. Then, with ten thousand beasts descending from the sky and invading Jinling City, the battle was won!

It was no exaggeration to say that this treasure was a huge cheat!

“Yingying took out the Beast Taming Demon Pearl. Could she…”

Lin Xiao seemed to have thought of something.

“Fourth Junior Sister?”

“Where have you been, Yingying? What took you so long?”

At the same time, Guo Yourong and Chu Youwei also noticed their junior sister.

Although there was a rift between Yourong and Youwei because of Lin Xiao, they still very much doted on this junior sister.

They both looked concerned and were about to approach her.

However, Lin Xiao blocked them!

“Stay here and don’t move. I’ll go talk to Fourth Junior Sister alone.”

Lin Xiao had a serious expression on his face.

Yes.

With his astute judgment, he could feel the terrifying killing intent in Lu Yingying’s eyes!

He had already realized that something was wrong!

Since last month, this girl’s personality had suddenly become cold and isolated, filled with hostility towards everything!

She would turn back into that cute and delicate little girl only when she was him!

In other words, he was the only one who could control her!

“I’m afraid her personality isn’t simply just going off track.”

“This is the f*cking gaze of someone who wants to destroy the world!”

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and walked over.

…

In the grass plain.

The handsome and tall Eldest Senior Brother faced the thin and delicate junior sister.

There was a stark contrast created by the two.