LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 10:
Chapter 10: Hidden Motives
Seeing that Liu Yanran had no interest in hearing flattery, Xiao Fan immediately changed his approach and brought up a new topic.
“Fairy Liu, I’ve admired the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect for a long time. It has always been my dream to become a disciple of the sect. But the people of the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect are all extraordinary talents. It’s incredibly difficult just to catch a glimpse of one of them, let alone enter the sect. I’ve always felt helpless.”
“Being able to meet you here today is truly a blessing in my life. I wonder if you might be willing to introduce me to the sect.”
After a short pause, Xiao Fan put on a sorrowful expression and continued, “I come from a humble background. When I was young, my entire family was massacred. I hadn’t even begun cultivating at that time, which is the only reason I survived.”
“Unfortunately, the enemy was far too powerful. Even if I wanted revenge, I never had the strength to do so. That’s why I want to join the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect, to cultivate diligently and grow stronger. Someday, I hope to avenge my fallen kin with my own hands.”
Of course, all of that was a lie.
There was no blood feud. There was no powerful enemy. It was all a story Xiao Fan made up to stir sympathy in Liu Yanran’s heart.
But after hearing those words, Liu Yanran narrowed her eyes, and the killing intent in her heart flared wildly.
A massacre… wasn’t that her own past? Xiao Fan actually dared to bring it up in front of her face?
Had Yan She told him everything?
It seemed their relationship truly wasn’t ordinary—he must be someone important to Yan She.
If she rashly made Xiao Fan sign a Servant Contract, Yan She would probably find out immediately.
She couldn’t kill him either. Nor could she force a Servant Contract on him. So how exactly was she supposed to deal with this bootlicker?
After a moment of contemplation, Liu Yanran thought of a plan.
“You want to join the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect? Fine. I’ll allow it.”
“But I have one condition.”
The moment Liu Yanran agreed, Xiao Fan was overjoyed and quickly replied, “Forget one condition—if Fairy Liu had ten, even a hundred, I’d agree to all of them!”
On the surface, he looked deeply moved, but in his heart, it was a different story altogether.
‘You wretched woman. One day, I’ll make you work like a mule for me. You’ll never escape the palm of my hand!’
“Alright then. Give me three drops of your essence blood—one from your brow, one from the tip of your heart, and one from your dantian.”
Essence blood wasn’t ordinary blood. Every drop was incredibly valuable. And the three types Liu Yanran requested were the most precious.
Xiao Fan felt some resistance in his heart, but upon seeing Liu Yanran’s icy gaze, he finally gave in.
As precious as the essence blood was, it wasn’t worth losing his life.
At least he didn’t have to sign a Servant Contract. Being able to enter the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect like this was far better than the worst-case scenario he had imagined.
Just a few drops of blood—he could afford it.
“Very well. In that case, come with me.”
After successfully obtaining the three drops of essence blood, Liu Yanran nodded and lifted Xiao Fan with a wave of her hand. The two of them flew off toward the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect.
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Nine Immortal Peak.
Yan She’s residence.
The System’s alarm went off right on time.
Stretching lazily, Yan She opened his eyes.
Ah, living the slacker life felt amazing.
With a wave of his hand, a disciple came over to report.
As he listened, Yan She looked a little bored. But when he heard that Liu Yanran had returned with a strange man, he perked up a little.
In fact, Liu Yanran had just brought Xiao Fan back to the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect when the news had already reached him.
As the Holy Son of the sect, Yan She’s status was second only to the Holy Lord himself.
He didn’t even need to go out and investigate. Anything that happened within the sect—big or small—would naturally be reported to him.
The people below would sort and analyze the information on their own before bringing it to him.
And when it came to Liu Yanran, whom he had admired for a long time, the attention was even more focused.
Almost every bit of information about her would be delivered to Yan She immediately.
“Holy Son, I think that disciple named Xiao Fan seems quite close with Fairy Liu. Should we…”
A tall and burly male disciple standing nearby made a throat-slitting gesture as he spoke.
His name was Qiu Long, the head guard of Nine Immortal Peak.
With strength at the Golden Core Realm, he had followed Yan She for many years and was one of his most loyal subordinates.
Many of the covert operations within the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect were personally handled by Qiu Long.
Knowing how Yan She felt about Liu Yanran, Qiu Long had always assumed she would eventually become the mistress of Nine Immortal Peak.
So when he saw Xiao Fan, his first thought was to eliminate him.
“No need.”
“And from now on, don’t collect any more information on Liu Yanran. There’s no need to report anything to me—it’s a waste of time.”
Yan She waved his hand and immediately stopped him.
His current goal was to live like a slacker.
He didn’t want to meddle in the affairs of the male and female leads. On the contrary, he hoped they’d stay far away from him.
Qiu Long looked stunned, as if he’d misheard.
Before, if anything happened involving Liu Yanran, the Holy Son would be very concerned.
But now, Yan She had completely lost interest. There was even a hint of annoyance.
‘Could it be that the Holy Son no longer likes Liu Yanran?’
“Yes, understood!”
Qiu Long was the perfect subordinate—loyal only to Yan She.
Since Yan She was no longer paying attention to Liu Yanran, no matter the reason, Qiu Long wouldn’t go looking into it either.
To avoid unnecessary speculation among the others, Yan She deliberately added, “As for the Xiao Fan that Liu Yanran brought back, none of you are to make trouble for him or interfere with him.”
Just like in most wish-fulfillment cultivation novels, in the original plot, Yan She, as an early-stage antagonist, suppressed Xiao Fan after seeing Liu Yanran bring him into the sect.
Ironically, those very attempts to suppress him became the stepping stones for Xiao Fan’s rapid rise, helping him secure a place in the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect.
Yan She wasn’t going to be that kind of stepping stone.
Now that he had embraced his slacker lifestyle, he had no interest in the affairs of the original male lead.
In fact, Yan She was curious—without him feeding Xiao Fan free experience points, how would the guy manage to rise up in the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect?
After sending the reporting disciple away, Yan She got up from his chair and stretched.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully lived like a slacker. Reward: Grand-tier Technique – Grand Heaven-Sealing Palm!]
The System notification rang out.
Since he had done absolutely nothing, the System recognized it as a successful slacker achievement and rewarded him.
“A Grand-tier Technique… not bad at all.”
As the Holy Son of the Heavenly Dao Holy Sect, Yan She naturally lacked nothing when it came to high-grade techniques.
He had already studied several Cosmos-grade techniques, even stronger than Hong-grade ones.
Still, any technique that could be ranked came with immense power.
Cultivation techniques were divided into four ranks: Cosmos, Universe, Hong, and Desolate.
Spiritual artifacts were categorized as Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.
That didn’t mean unranked techniques were weak. For example, some sword techniques that weren’t graded could still shatter mountains and split seas in the hands of a powerful cultivator. Their offensive power could be terrifying.
But compared to ranked techniques, they paled in comparison.
Ranked techniques weren’t just powerful—they often had many mysterious and wondrous effects.
No one would ever complain about having too many of them.
Gaining another technique meant Yan She had boosted his combat ability and added one more hidden trump card to his arsenal.