“Aunt, Silver Sword Peak delivering some warmth.”
The canteen Aunt said nothing, only kept piling meat into Li Xuanxiao’s bowl.
Looking at the bowl full of meat, Li Xuanxiao nodded.
He had clearly won the Aunt’s favor.
In the future, whether it’s you or the Janitor Uncle who’s in love with you that decides to wipe out Mount Shushan, don’t forget about me~
After finishing his meal, Li Xuanxiao took a stroll around Menial Peak, solving people’s troubles.
Many fantasy novel protagonists started off as disciples on Menial Peak.
Helping them today was basically making an investment.
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Who knows—maybe the one he helped today is a future Tribulation Stage cultivator or even a Great Ascension powerhouse.
He helped a female disciple on Menial Peak find her lost puppy.
Gave another disciple some spirit stones to help support their family.
Replaced medicine for a disciple who got injured chopping firewood on the mountain...
You could say, on Menial Peak, no one had a better reputation than Li Xuanxiao.
The canteen Aunt was smiling sweeter than if she'd eaten honey.
As she watched Li Xuanxiao’s departing back, the Janitor Uncle snapped his broom in half!!
He couldn’t hold it in anymore—he had to act.
“...........”
That night, on Silver Sword Peak.
Inside the straw hut.
The Janitor Uncle originally wanted to appear silently in front of Li Xuanxiao.
But he quickly realized this brat had actually set up a large formation all around the hut.
And there was no way around it—he could only destroy it by force.
But if he broke it by force, he would definitely alert Li Xuanxiao.
The Janitor Uncle thought for a moment—this would make him look too weak.
He had to show the kid that there’s always someone stronger out there!
So the Janitor Uncle hesitated, then chose to use the Earth Escape Technique.
“Cough cough cough!”
“This brat even poisoned the dirt—what the h*ll is this?”
“Hmph! It can’t even break through my body-protecting qi!”
The Janitor Uncle waved his hand, instantly disabling all the formations Li Xuanxiao had carefully set up.
There was no helping it—the power gap between them was too big.
A trap set by an ant could never kill an elephant.
The Janitor Uncle looked at the final killing formation blocking his path, chuckled lightly, and paid it no mind.
Buzz—!!
Sword aura activated.
The Janitor Uncle raised his brows.
This was... the sword intent from the Mount Shushan Sword Formation!?
This brat could actually control the Mount Shushan Sword Formation?
“Your gran...”
In that instant, an extremely pure and overwhelmingly sharp sword intent suddenly exploded forth.
It seemed to carry the essence of a thousand years of swordsmanship, brimming with murderous and resolute will.
The Janitor Uncle’s expression turned serious. With a light tap of his foot, he ghosted back several meters.
At the same time, he twirled his broom through the air in elegant arcs to counter the tidal wave of sword energy.
While the Janitor Uncle was busy handling the crisis in front of him—
Behind him, underground, a sliver of sword aura silently emerged.
“...........”
Inside the hut, Li Xuanxiao held his sword, staring at the intruder.
Li Xuanxiao’s real body was ready to activate the Mount Shushan Sword Formation at any moment.
The Windrider Cart was also fully charged.
The Janitor Uncle crawled out of the ground holding his backside, face full of grievance.
(ಠ益ಠ)
Hm?
The moment Li Xuanxiao saw the Janitor Uncle, he was slightly stunned.
“Sssluurp, sssluurp, sssluurp~”
The Janitor Uncle took several deep breaths.
The other party didn’t speak, so Li Xuanxiao stayed silent too.
After a while, the Janitor Uncle spoke with a sigh:
“Good... good kid!! Now I get why Old Xue took you under his wing to train.”
“You know my grandmaster?”
The ‘Old Xue’ he mentioned was likely the previous Sect Leader of Mount Shushan, the old man who had spent the most time with Li Xuanxiao.
“Kid, don’t be so on guard. If I wanted to harm you, you’d be dead already.”
The Janitor Uncle rubbed his butt and said through gritted teeth.
“Actually, I’m not some Janitor Uncle. I’m someone of the same generation as your master’s master—a Mount Shushan consecrated elder. Of course, very few know my identity.”
The Janitor Uncle said proudly.
Li Xuanxiao replied blandly with a “Mm.”
Lower... than he expected, in both status and strength.
Li Xuanxiao had imagined this Janitor Uncle to have at least near-immortal-level power.
Only then would it make sense for him to go on a rampage and destroy Mount Shushan if the canteen Aunt were ever bullied.
The Janitor Uncle fell silent.
This wasn’t the reaction he had imagined.
Shouldn’t he be shocked?
The Janitor Uncle whom he usually wouldn’t even spare a glance turned out to be a Mount Shushan consecrated elder.
Anyone would be stunned, right?
But this brat’s expression seemed off... could it be he already guessed?
Impossible!!
The Janitor Uncle loved playing the hidden identity game.
Like pretending to be a regular guy, stopping some bully cultivator—
Getting mocked, then beating that cultivator up.
The bully goes home and calls in the family’s ancestor. That ancestor mocks the Janitor Uncle.
Then the Janitor Uncle reveals his identity and power.
The ancestor immediately kneels and grovels.
Everyone’s shocked.
“Ancestor, why are you kneeling to him?!”
The ancestor says, “Do you know who he is? Kneel!”
“........”
That kind of thing was really satisfying.
But today... for some reason, it didn’t work.
“Disciple Li Xuanxiao greets the Consecrated Elder. May I ask why Elder has come this late at night?”
Li Xuanxiao bowed respectfully.
“N-nothing really. Just saw how diligently you cultivate and thought I’d gift you some cultivation treasures—do you want them?”
“No!” Li Xuanxiao refused without hesitation.
“Why not?”
“Cultivation requires one step at a time, grounded and steady.”
Mainly... he was worried it was a trap.
“Then... do you want a wife?”
“Also no.”
“Why not?”
Li Xuanxiao: “I’m not considering that right now.”
The Janitor Uncle nodded thoughtfully. (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
“Let’s cut the crap—you’ve fallen for my girl, haven’t you!”
Li Xuanxiao was confused.
“I’m talking about the canteen Aunt!!”
Li Xuanxiao looked even more confused.
“I’m telling you, the canteen Aunt is my woman! You’re not allowed to fight me over her, or—or I’ll die right here in front of you!”
Li Xuanxiao was silent for a moment.
It was like he saw an older version of Senior Brother Lu Ziyin.
“Elder misunderstood. I have no such thoughts. If that’s the case, I’ll just go to Menial Peak less in the future.”
The Janitor Uncle nodded.
Didn’t expect the kid to be so easygoing.
“But... I do actually have one thing to ask of Elder.”
“What is it?”
“Just now when Elder came in, you destroyed most of my formations. I hope Elder can help me restore them.
By the way—what you said earlier about the treasure stash—does that still count?”
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