Junior Sister Li Tao

Heavenly Inscription Sect.

Lin Huaian sat upright in front of his cave abode, staring blankly at the surrounding mountains shrouded in abundant spiritual energy.

This was atop a solitary peak that pierced the clouds.

The mountain was steep, with continuous bizarre rocks and strange cliffs.

Spiritual energy was like clouds, mist, tides, and oceans.

With just a few breaths, Lin Huaian felt as if the meridians in his body had become clearer.

Unfortunately, it was all an illusion.

The truth was that every strand of spiritual energy that entered his body automatically dissipated, and the dissipated spiritual energy would be accompanied by a bit of Archaic Dao intent.

Lin Huaian wasn’t too surprised. After all, as an Innate Archaic Sacred Body, it was reasonable for him to be used as an air purifier, right? 

“Sigh…” Lin Huaian rubbed his head with a headache.

After returning to the sect, Ji Xin originally said he wanted to announce the news of the eldest disciple’s return to the entire sect, but luckily Lin Huaian reacted quickly and stopped him directly.

Ji Xin had been acting strangely along the way, not only sizing Lin Huaian up with a strange look from time to time, but also clapping his hands in praise, not knowing what he was happy about.

As a cripple, how dare he spread the news of his return in a grand manner?

What was he trying to achieve?

Wasn’t that the same as charging into a pile of monsters while taunting them?

Was he so eager to be beaten by those fellow disciples he had bullied?

Low profile. What Lin Huaian had to do now was to keep a low profile.

Not only did he have to keep a low profile, but he also had to be humble and restrained in order to survive in the dog-eat-dog world of cultivation.

Thinking of this, the charming and annoyed appearance of Yun Ling appeared in Lin Huaian’s mind.

Since that girl had already embarked on the original plot, she would probably soon be taken away by another great sacred land to be cultivated as a Holy Maiden.

After all, she was a descendant of the Immortal Venerable bloodline.

Not to mention being raised as a Holy Maiden, it would be reasonable for the sect leader to kneel down to her and treat her as an ancestor, right?

Lin Huaian nodded with emotion, thinking with satisfaction, “I finally have the first sugar mommy to hug!”

Thinking like this, Lin Huaian immediately became happy.

Since the first Child of Destiny had been found, would the second be far away?

What would the second protagonist be?

Could it be a half-demon child with demon bloodline and an invincible physical body?

Or an Immortal Emperor reincarnation with the Great Dao surrounding him, descending into this world with invincibility?

“I dare not think about it.”

Lin Huaian wiped his saliva, but couldn’t help but think that if he really became the benefactor of so many big shots, wouldn’t he also be a big shot?

“Sigh,” Lin Huaian couldn’t help but sigh, “Indeed, the world is as lonely as snow, and only oneself can bear the cause and effect of reincarnation on the Great Dao of immortality.”

Just as he was indulging in himself, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded.

Lin Huaian was stunned. He turned his head and found a woman walking from a corner not far away.

She was wearing a white daoist robe, her face was clear yet revealing an immortal aura and an elusive sense of beauty.

The curves under the daoist robe were gentle and beautiful, and under the black stockings were a pair of pure white high-heeled boots.

Just at first glance, Lin Huaian could feel that even among the cultivators where handsome men and beautiful women were everywhere, this one could definitely rank at the top.

Not to be conceited, if only talking about appearance, she could barely be in the same league as Lin Huaian!

“Junior Sister,” Lin Huaian stood up and said to her with a slight nod, “Why are you here?”

He recognized this fairy-like girl.

Her name was Li Tao, and she was a cultivator who had been adopted and raised by Ji Xin since she was a child.

Her cultivation talent was extremely good, and she was the strongest disciple in the entire Heavenly Inscription Sect besides Lin Huaian.

Now, at only eighteen years old, she had reached the upper level of Life Manifestation.

Presumably, she would reach the Nascent Soul realm within half a year.

Lin Huaian was a little envious.

But fortunately, he had already been stimulated by Yun Ling, and an eighteen-year-old Life Manifestation cultivator could no longer hurt Lin Huaian.

Unless there was an eighteen-year-old Nascent Soul in this world, he would never admit defeat!

Li Tao tilted her head, looking at Lin Huaian with a cold expression: “Senior Brother has never greeted me before.”

Lin Huaian was a little embarrassed, but he didn’t show it on his face. Instead, he waved his hand: “The past is the past, the end of the immortal path is the future.”

Li Tao’s water-blue eyes lit up slightly, like crystals, especially delicate and beautiful.

She lowered her head and saluted Lin Huaian: “Senior Brother’s teachings are correct.”

She raised her head and began to answer Lin Huaian’s previous question:

“Since Senior Brother suddenly suffered an accident the day before yesterday, I have been coming to Senior Brother’s cave abode every day, but I didn’t expect to meet Senior Brother’s return today.

Why didn’t the Sect Leader announce this matter?”

Lin Huaian said with a smile, “I am just a mortal, what qualifications do I have to take up everyone’s cultivation time because of such a trivial matter as my return?”

He was telling the truth. Lin Huaian really thought so, although he mainly wanted to avoid the limelight.

Li Tao’s expression stagnated when she heard this, and the brilliance in her beautiful eyes suddenly became even stronger. She looked at Lin Huaian and said lightly: “So Senior Brother asked the Sect Leader not to announce it. Senior Brother seems to have matured a lot after this tribulation, and has even learned to be modest than before.”

Modest?

Lin Huaian scratched his head. What was being modest? Every word he said was the truth, so how was he being modest?

However, since this Li Tao hadn’t triggered a darkening plot alert, it meant that she wasn’t a Child of Destiny, so there was no need for him to start ingratiating himself with her, right?

“I would like to ask Senior Brother about something,” Just as Lin Huaian was pretending to think, Li Tao spoke softly again, “Senior Brother sat cross-legged in front of his cave abode for a full half an hour just now, and finally stood up and said such a precious insight, it was simply every word a gem…” 

Meditating? Half an hour?

Lin Huaian was stunned. He had been daydreaming for a full hour? And someone saw him?!

Embarrassing, so embarrassing…

“It’s not really meditating,” Lin Huaian endured the embarrassment and said euphemistically, “It’s not as profound as Junior Sister thinks.”

“Not meditating?” Unexpectedly, when she heard these words, Li Tao’s eyes became even more fervent. “Indeed, Senior Brother was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, right?”

“Huh?” Lin Huaian was dumbfounded.

“When I came over two days ago, Senior Brother’s cave abode was still desolate and lonely, with impure spiritual energy overflowing everywhere, but today it is completely different,” Li Tao straightened her body, her curves became more obvious.

She said softly, “At this moment, the spiritual energy in Senior Brother’s cave abode has already been completely purified. Not to mention that it has become more pure, just the trace of the Archaic Great Dao contained in it is enough to make us marvel and benefit greatly.”

“Yes, yes, what you said is right…” Lin Huaian tried to stall halfway through, and suddenly realized something was wrong,

“Wait, why do you know the condition of my cave abode, how did you get into my room?!”

Li Tao directly ignored these words. She put her hands behind her back, her appearance was quite similar to Lin Huaian’s style, which made Lin Huaian couldn’t help.

“Indeed, the world is as lonely as snow, and only oneself can bear the cause and effect of reincarnation on the Great Dao of immortality,” Li Tao repeated this sentence, and then looked at Lin Huaian,

“Senior Brother was able to realize such a Great Dao truth. It seems that the so-called Heavenly Tribulation is just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning for Senior Brother.”

Hiss…

This girl… could it be that… she thought I had solved the matter of my cultivation being completely ruined?

Lin Huaian understood, and his expression became more solemn and noble, which made Li Tao even more convinced.

“No need to ask more questions,” Lin Huaian turned his body and looked into the distance, “Everything is the arrangement of Heaven, and it has nothing to do with you and me.”

Since things had come to this, he could only continue to pretend, he couldn’t tell her “You’re thinking too much, I’m just a useless person!”

Then the two of them would be so embarrassed.

Li Tao seemed to understand something, so she nodded lightly.

“You go, Senior Brother has something to do now,” Lin Huaian sighed,

“You also have your own things to do, such as cultivation. Have you practiced your flying sword? Have you drawn your Taoist magic figures? Have you read your mental cultivation method?” 

“No,” Li Tao denied categorically, “Now, in the entire Heavenly Inscription Sect, besides Senior Brother, Li Tao is the most free.”

Lin Huaian was unhappy when he heard these words, what do you mean besides Senior Brother?

Doesn’t your Senior Brother have serious things to do?

Eating, sleeping, playing, and thinking about how to hug thighs aren’t serious things?

Can you speak, can you speak?!

“Since you insist on this, then Senior Brother can’t dissuade you,” Lin Huaian said sternly, his green embroidered sunrise daoist robe spread out with the wind of the high mountains.

He walked towards the trestle road next to the cave abode, turned his back to Li Tao and said, “Let’s go, go to the training ground with Senior Brother.”

Li Tao took three steps in two, nimbly following after Lin Huaian, looking at his handsome appearance as he strode forward, suppressed the doubts in her heart about why Lin Huaian didn’t use a flying sword to get around, and continued to follow behind him.

She only knew that today’s Senior Brother Lin was really different.