A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother

The lame old Daoist calculated with his fingers, his face showing great joy.

"It’s done! A Super-grade Golden Core."

"Congratulations, big brother, on obtaining a Super-grade Golden Core today."

The one-armed man beside him immediately flattered him.

"Be careful, don’t let the duck fly away!" The lame old Daoist suppressed his excitement and instructed in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"............"

Super-grade Golden Core!

At this moment, it was quietly floating in Li Xuanxiao’s dantian.

Although his clothes had already been shredded by the lightning, Li Xuanxiao still stood tall.

However, only he knew just how intense the pain his body was enduring at this moment.

Every inch of his skin felt as if it were being burned by a raging fire, penetrating to his bones.

A nauseating sweetness surged up to his throat, causing him to involuntarily spit out mouthfuls of fresh blood.

This was the most weakened state after successfully surviving the tribulation.

But, as long as he had this rare Super-grade Golden Core, it was all worth it.

Li Xuanxiao was not blinded by his brief victory.

He sensed the many presences around him, but he couldn’t pinpoint which one would pose a threat.

Originally, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages wouldn’t have attracted so many cultivators.

But the commotion caused by Li Xuanxiao’s Super-grade Golden Core was simply too great.

Even the city lord of the nearby city quickly sent people to this area.

When in doubt, it’s best to escape first.

At this moment, Li Xuanxiao suddenly stopped.

Feng Sanniang appeared not far away.

Feng Sanniang had a smile on her face, and she was holding a cultivator in each hand.

A man and a woman, most likely Dao partners.

Both of them had their eyes blinded by Feng Sanniang and their cultivation crippled.

"Little Daoist, look how pitiful they are. It’s all because of you that they’ve turned out this way. Now, I’m going to throw them down."

To the left of Feng Sanniang was a green python.

To the right was a black python.

If the two were thrown down, they would be devoured by the black and green pythons.

Feng Sanniang showed a pitiful expression, "You are a disciple from a righteous sect, following the righteous path. So, who will you save first in this situation?"

She emphasized again,

"They’re so innocent. Who knows, the woman might already be pregnant. What will we do now?

If it weren’t for you going through the tribulation, we wouldn’t have been drawn here.

Without us being drawn here, this Dao partner wouldn’t have met us and ended up like this... You must seize the last chance to make up for your mistake."

Li Xuanxiao glanced at the Dao partners in her hands.

"My spirit snake’s venom will kill them with one bite. I hope little Daoist is quick enough, then they can be saved~"

After speaking, Feng Sanniang gently exerted force,

Throwing the two people in different directions.

At the same time, the black and green pythons almost simultaneously moved.

Both were fast.

Feng Sanniang squinted her eyes and stared at Li Xuanxiao.

Her left sleeve held a rope for binding demons, while her right sleeve held a hairpin, also a magical artifact, a deadly weapon.

If he went to save the female cultivator, the rope would sneak attack him from behind.

If he went to save the male cultivator, the hairpin would strike at him.

No matter what, he would have to both save someone and deal with the poisonous snakes and her magical artifacts attacking him.

Feng Sanniang’s tactic was not new.

They, being unscrupulous, had no bottom line, while righteous cultivators typically had higher moral standards.

So, these righteous cultivators often had no way to deal with them.

This move, though simple, was always effective, playing with open schemes.

The number of righteous cultivators who had fallen for this trick was countless.

Li Xuanxiao’s figure flickered.

Feng Sanniang’s eyebrows twitched.

Sure enough, most people would choose to save the female cultivator.

What she had said earlier about the possibility of the female cultivator being pregnant had likely struck a chord with him.

Feng Sanniang smiled faintly and shook her right sleeve, activating her magical artifact.

"You’ll regret your choice..."

The next moment,

Feng Sanniang spat out blood.

Li Xuanxiao made a sword gesture with one hand, piercing through her head.

So... so fast!!

How did he appear here!?

Before Feng Sanniang could react, her eyes glazed over, and her divine sense quickly dissipated.

She never expected that he would decisively charge at her without hesitation.

Meanwhile, the unfortunate Dao partners had already met their end in the snakes’ mouths.

Li Xuanxiao didn’t have time to glance at them again. A gentleman doesn’t save people.

At least, I avenged you.

After killing Feng Sanniang, Li Xuanxiao did not linger.

His figure flashed and he fled into the distance.

"Sanniang!!"

"Bastard, don’t run!!"

Shouts and the sound of breaking air came from behind.

Li Xuanxiao dove into the forest.

Two one-armed men chased closely behind.

One had lost his left arm, and the other his right arm.

The two brothers had feelings for Feng Sanniang, but now that she had been harmed by this person, how could they not hate him!?

"Although he is in the Golden Core stage, he just passed the thunder tribulation, and his body is weak. With our perfect Foundation Establishment stage, we can still kill him."

"Let’s avenge Sanniang."

"Ah!"

"Careful... ah!"

The voice suddenly stopped.

Toxic fog erupted, instantly disorienting the two.

Immediately after, poison needles shot out from all directions.

Li Xuanxiao had lured his pursuers into a trap he had set.

He had long planned his escape route to prevent such situations from occurring.

The ones chasing him had either been struck by poison needles from the puppets or entangled by vine formations with built-in magical arrays, ultimately poisoned to death...

Or they had triggered a series of explosions.

By the time Li Xuanxiao had run for a hundred miles, there were no more pursuers behind him.

It’s done....

"You little thief, do you think this old man’s Golden Core Stage is just for show!!"

The lame old man descended from the sky.

Losing all his subordinates in one go made him extremely furious.

The other party was indeed worthy of having cultivated a Super-grade Golden Core.

Still, just thinking about getting his hands on that Super-grade Golden Core made the loss of all his men worth it.

The lame old man struck directly, aiming to pierce through Li Xuanxiao’s chest.

Even within the Golden Core Stage, there were differences in strength—especially since the other party had just completed his tribulation and hadn’t yet had enough time to digest the power brought by the Super-grade Golden Core.

A heavy thud echoed through his hand. The other party’s chest hadn’t been pierced through.

On the contrary, the lame old man felt a suction force absorbing the full power of his attack.

"Roar——!!"

He seemed to hear the faint sound of a dragon’s cry.

Postnatal Spiritual Treasure!!

The lame old man was both shocked and thrilled.

A Postnatal Spiritual Treasure and a Super-grade Golden Core.

Thank the heavens for this gift.

He couldn’t help but burst into wild laughter.

However, in the very next second, he felt dizzy and weak.

He hadn’t noticed at all—at some point, a fine wound had appeared on his finger.

The poison of the Gold-Silver Blood Serpent.

Back then, even Lin Wanqing, who was at the peak of the Golden Core Stage and blessed with bloodline power,

still lost consciousness instantly.

And this lame old man was far less powerful than Lin Wanqing.

The poison entered his body, and he died on the spot.

Heaven’s gifts and disasters always arrive hand in hand—

the key lies in which one you manage to seize.

Li Xuanxiao, worried the poison alone wouldn’t be enough to kill him, didn’t forget to finish the job.

Then, without looking back, he continued fleeing.

He didn’t even have time to loot the corpse—this wasn’t the moment for greed.

Greed could get you killed.

His vision blurred a bit. It felt like he was about to collapse.

He had to find a place to rest and recover.