The Villainous Eldest Senior Brother and His Yandere Junior Sisters

The final result of the draw determined that Ye Chen and Zhu Wanning from Phoenix Caw Peak, along with Lin Xiao, the head disciple of ShenLuan Peak, and Guo Yourong, the second personal disciple, would lead this operation.

As the plot developed, Lin Xiao, naturally timid as a mouse, would go on to betray his teammates and junior sisters.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, would enter an unparalleled mode, slaughtering monsters as if mowing grass and enacting classic hero-saves-the-damsel scenarios, thereby initially capturing the hearts of Zhu Wanning and Guo Yourong.

Ultimately, Ye Chen not only managed to gather some evidence of Daoist Yuan Yi's treason against the sect but also obtained an extremely rare treasure—the Spirit Formation Pearl!

This item was an Innate Virtue Treasure. It had no grade classification; by keeping it on one's person, one could manifest techniques with a single thought and unleash Divine Skills with a flick of the fingers!

This treasure also laid the groundwork for Ye Chen's narrow victory over Jiang Yuan later in the Five Branches Competition, where he used the instantly cast sword technique, the Emperor Heavenly Burying Sword Manual.

Sigh, speaking of which, Li Haoyang was a decent fellow. Among that bunch of arrogant show-offs at Dragon Head Peak, he was the kindest.

Just two months ago, I even scrounged a big meal off him. What a pity indeed.

Lin Xiao shook his head sadly.

Li Haoyang's death was a critical 'death by plot' in the early to middle stages of the original story, serving as a crucial link between past and future events.

Indeed, if Li Haoyang hadn't died, the Qinglan Sect's upper echelons would never have been alarmed.

Ye Chen and his junior sister Guo Yourong wouldn't have discovered the Demonic Path's conspiracy in Canglan City, nor would they have found any leverage against Daoist Yuan Yi!

The upcoming Five Branches Competition wouldn't have been forced to commence prematurely due to the tense situation between the Righteous and Demonic Paths either!

You could say Yurong's subplot and my, Lin Xiao's, farewell performance at the Five Branches Competition are completely intertwined, with almost no time difference!

So, this time, I have to go through with it... alas.

Junior Brother Haoyang, among all the Direct Disciples of the Qinglan Sect's Five Branches, you were the most righteous. No matter how the outside world slandered, ridiculed, or cursed me, you always respectfully called me 'Senior Brother Lin' whenever you saw me.

Although my objective in this Canglan City subplot is to restore the original storyline...

...I don't mind taking the opportunity to personally ensure Daoist Corpse Demon, the scoundrel who killed you, suffers a gruesome fate!

I've been slacking and lazing around for over a dozen years...

Now that this lousy system has forcibly endowed me with these monstrous techniques, I suppose I should go all out at least once before my role in this story concludes and cut down a horde of Demon Sect fiends!

Lin Xiao's gaze suddenly turned cold. He drew the Cloud Dream Marsh sword and thrust it towards the sky.

BOOM!

Where the sword pointed, boundless Sword Intent transformed into furious thunder, striking straight into the Nine Heavens!

"Eldest Senior Brother, what's wrong?"

Seeing his Eldest Senior Brother looking unwell, Huaizhen quickly advised, "Eldest Senior Brother, please don't grieve so much. Senior Brother Haoyang's spirit in heaven surely wouldn't want you to be this distraught over him."

"Huaizhen, do you remember what I told you before?" Lin Xiao suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Huaizhen was startled at first, then gritted his teeth and declared, "I remember! After the Five Branches Competition, Huaizhen will leave the mountain and become an ordinary person!"

"Very good." Lin Xiao nodded.

"Remember," he continued, "the Qinglan Sect might face unending calamities soon. You are not someone who can survive what's coming. Fleeing is your only chance."

After saying this, Lin Xiao patted his little follower's shoulder and walked towards the door, sword in hand.

Eldest Senior Brother... he seems different today. He's become like...

...a true expert!

Watching this man standing with his sword, his expression tragically resolute and firm, Huaizhen could no longer associate him with the usually carefree and lackadaisical Eldest Senior Brother he knew!

"Eldest Senior Brother, where... where are you going?" he couldn't help but call out to the receding figure.

Just as those words left his mouth, a series of deep, urgent bell tolls resounded throughout the entire Qinglan Mountain Range!

Immediately afterward, an aged yet powerful and vigorous voice, amplified by immense True Power, echoed between heaven and earth:

"All Peak Chairmen are requested to bring their respective head disciples and three other Direct Disciples to Shenxiao Palace for a meeting at once!"

This is... Huaizhen thought, stunned.

The Sect Leader is convening a meeting of all Peak Chairmen!

It seems this incident is truly perilous!

Huaizhen's heart trembled. Recalling what his Eldest Senior Brother had just said, tears streamed down his face!

No wonder Eldest Senior Brother kept advising me to leave the Qinglan Sect...

So... he had already foreseen everything!

Eldest Senior Brother! I... Huaizhen... suddenly don't want to leave anymore!

Before the Five Branches Competition, I will definitely kill Ye Chen for your sake!

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「ShenLuan Peak, Fairy Cliff.」

A breathtakingly beautiful woman in a red Phoenix Skirt stood with her hands behind her back at the precipice of the cliff.

From the void, the illusory figure of a bewitchingly beautiful and alluring woman materialized.

"The Sect Leader of the Qinglan Sect has already urgently summoned all Peak Chairmen," the figure said, her voice tinged with amusement. "Xiao Hongling, everything is proceeding according to your designs. You, oh you... I am truly curious, just how many secrets are hidden within that mind of yours? How far into the future have you foreseen?"

"Moon Princess," Xiao Hongling said gravely, as if musing to herself, "if, for this investigation into the Demon Sect's covert plot in Canglan City, the lot happens to fall on Xiao'er... should I let him go?"

"Pfft."

The Moon Princess actually chuckled.

"Moon Princess! I am discussing a serious matter with you. Please be more decorous!" Xiao Hongling frowned.

The Moon Princess smiled and shook her head. "Little Xiao Hongling, if it is truly as you predict—that the grand orchestrator behind the turmoil in Canglan City is merely that Soul Sky Sect young master, who is only at the initial stage of Dharma Appearance—then sending your Lin Xiao there would be like letting a tiger into a flock of sheep."

"Don't forget, this disciple of yours, whose talent in the Sword Dao can only be described as monstrous, has, under your tutelage, increased his Sword Intent tenfold. He is also only a Half-step away from Dharma Appearance. What difficulty would there be in crushing a group of ants with a flick of his fingers?"