A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 226: This Villain Is Clearly Powerful, Yet Far Too Cautious
The old emperor wiped the smile off his face and cast a cold glance behind him.
A golden-armored guard stepped forward to report, “Your Majesty, we’ve located that Mount Shushan disciple, Li Xuanxiao.”
“Where is he?” the old emperor asked in a low voice, trying to suppress his excitement.
“According to his movements, Li Xuanxiao recently went to the Wuwang Mountains in Southern Territory on a mission.”
“Oh? The Wuwang Mountains in Southern Territory.”
The old emperor raised his eyebrows slightly.
“These are all publicly known movements. There’s a detailed record of them in the Mount Shushan archive.”
“Anything unusual?”
“Everything seems normal.”
“Normal? That means it’s not normal.”
The old emperor flipped open the records. “Are these records authentic?”
“Of course. Our mole in the Mount Shushan archives has been in place for twenty years. He’s one of our deepest agents.
There won’t be any mistakes or accidents.”
The old emperor turned the pages, sweeping his divine sense carefully across them.
Hmm, everything really does seem too normal.
As a transmigrator, there were no fights across realms, no humiliations, nothing that would typically happen.
No major events either.
The only noteworthy deed is that he killed the previous Sect Leader of Mount Shushan.
After that, everything he did was unremarkable.
A person like this... definitely suspicious.
The old emperor curled his lips into a smile.
Hiding yourself, huh?
Hmph!
Too bad even a perfect plan has a flaw. You slipped up.
Hmm, a flaw in a perfect plan?
The old emperor frowned, deep in thought.
No... something's off.
He couldn’t help but recall the last time he tested him.
The other party knew he was also a transmigrator and knew his identity. He had always been this cautious.
Even saving his daughter was likely a deliberate setup.
Then this time—would he really recite that poem that could expose his identity?
The old emperor furrowed his brow in contemplation.
Is this... a scheme?
What level is that Li Xuanxiao to dare scheme against me?
No, his biggest support is Mount Shushan.
With that in mind, the old emperor tore open space in front of him and stepped through.
...
Southern Territory, Wuwang Mountains.
Li Xuanxiao sat cross-legged in the middle of the Wuwang Mountains.
He had set up countless arrays and killing formations across half the mountain.
At the moment, another of his avatars was hiding cautiously underground.
He had no idea that a pair of eyes were watching him from the shadows.
The old emperor stared at Li Xuanxiao from the dark, letting out a cold snort.
“Ridiculous.”
Far too ridiculous. Did he really think he could ambush him?
Hmm?
Wait!
The old emperor suddenly sensed several unusual auras—though deeply concealed.
But he still managed to detect them.
Several tribulation stage cultivators from Mount Shushan were here.
Hmm?
The old emperor smiled faintly.
Trying to ambush me with such petty tricks?
Two avatars—one obvious, one hidden. What a joke!
The old emperor instantly saw through the poorly disguised decoy.
Just then, a message came from the golden-armored guards.
Someone had spotted Li Xuanxiao in the Daxia territory after he left Mount Shushan.
In Daxia territory...
The old emperor stroked his beard.
Then he sliced open the void and stepped inside.
...
The old emperor’s figure appeared in Daxia territory.
He wandered through Daxia, not daring to extend his divine sense too far within a foreign land.
At this rate, how long would it take to find him?
“Daxia... Shencao Mountain.”
The name suddenly came to mind.
His daughter Zhao Lu had mentioned it before.
“Shencao Mountain, I want to go to Shencao Mountain. My senior brother went there before and said it was beautiful.”
Holding onto a sliver of hope, the old emperor locked onto the direction of Shencao Mountain and set off.
Shencao Mountain wasn’t hard to find.
Soon, the old emperor’s figure appeared above Shencao Mountain.
He scanned the mountain with his gaze.
He vaguely sensed some kind of array formation linking Shencao Mountain and Wuwang Mountains.
The old emperor chuckled. So this is the trick you’re relying on to trap me?
At that moment, he suddenly felt something.
He looked up. That familiar signal—it was the Joyful Old Man trying to contact him.
The old emperor hesitated for a moment and decided to catch Li Xuanxiao first before responding.
For the old emperor, capturing Li Xuanxiao was now the top priority.
His gaze pierced through the many layers of illusion on Shencao Mountain, locking directly onto Li Xuanxiao.
The old emperor snorted coldly. Out of habit, he scanned the mountains with his divine sense but didn’t find anything threatening.
Just a few illusion arrays that didn’t match Li Xuanxiao’s cultivation level, and two teleportation formations.
Although he was confident in capturing Li Xuanxiao, he still sealed off the surrounding space.
Worried that the teleportation formations would whisk Li Xuanxiao away.
After sealing the space, he laid down several more defensive formations for good measure.
Then, donning a black robe, he silently landed atop Shencao Mountain.
But for some reason, an unease lingered in his heart. Was it because he was too excited?
Maybe.
The old emperor pushed down his excitement.
Though he was far away, he could sense Li Xuanxiao’s aura.
So he wasn’t in a rush. What he feared was danger hidden nearby.
Could this be a trap?
Mount Shushan cultivators lying in ambush nearby?
Waiting until he revealed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner before swarming him?
The old emperor shook his head. Not to mention how well he could conceal his identity and aura. freewebnσvel.cѳm
With the evil aura boost from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, even if he went all out,
His identity would remain hidden.
What else could there be to worry about?
The old emperor ran through his calculations again and again.
With his tribulation stage cultivation, no one in the world besides Daoist Lingxu could match him.
With the Ten Thousand Soul Banner in hand, he was truly unstoppable.
The other party wasn’t even at the nascent soul stage.
He really couldn’t think of anything that could threaten him.
Oh?
The old emperor suddenly sensed something interesting.
This mountain... was quite fascinating.
“So that’s it.”
The old emperor suddenly realized—it was all part of the plan.
“Heh.”
The old emperor chuckled.
He hadn’t sensed it from the outside, but once he entered the mountain,
He could feel the presence of the Sword Spirit within.
Starting from the moment his daughter had recited that poem on purpose—it was all part of his plan.
Even Wuwang Mountains were just a decoy to lower his guard.
The old emperor sneered. A mere Sword Spirit, that’s your trump card?
He stepped forward.
But this time, his pace was slower.
Not only that... this aura—was that Elder Sun?
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