His body refined like a crane's, two scrolls of scriptures under a thousand pines.
I come to ask the Dao, with nothing more to say, clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle.
Clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle, how many mistake the fixed stars?
The eight characters of Mount Le shake open, just right for today's grand journey.
I played a trick on Phoenix, don't look back, I'm Lian Er.
【Ding, Destiny Character Wang Xi Feng successfully joined the Divine Capital Li Family.】
【Task 1】：The Rise of the Divine Capital Li Family (0) → The Rise of the Divine Capital Li Family (1)
【Reward】：Eternal Family, Endless Foundation.
1. Small World: Created in the void, an absolutely safe, independent, and growable small world.
Li Xuan: So this is what you mean by "rise"...
He took another look at the small world, the space was almost zero.
Well, no need to ask, it still needs to "rise" to get the reward and increase space!
…
As the sky just began to brighten, Jia Lian came over to help Li Xuan up, escorting him from the West Ear Room to the East Ear Room.
Li Xuan's first thought was, thankfully Wang Xi Feng covered herself well with the blanket, I didn't lose anything, hmm, something seems off…
Looking at the state of the bedding, Jia Lian likely slept here last night.
As for Ping'er, who should have been here, a simple excuse could send her elsewhere.
The two sat down, for a while neither knew where to begin.
It was Li Xuan who broke the silence: "Lian Er, you… I, ah…"
"You're putting me in an awkward position!"
Right from the start, Li Xuan took the moral high ground.
Although he was the one who did wrong, wasn't it Jia Lian who put him in this situation?
"That's right," Jia Lian also found something to say, "It's all my doing."
"Whether it's drugging Phoenix, or sending you into the bridal chamber, or even fearing you're too young, not understanding this kind of thing, personally feeding you the Yin-Yang Harmony Pill, it's all my doing."
"How about it, brother, are you satisfied with this gratitude?"
Li Xuan: "…"
Jia Lian was so frank, even if Li Xuan wanted to be the bad guy, the victim, he felt a bit ashamed.
He probed, "Lian Er, why are you doing this?"
"In the 3rd year of Chongping, my good aunt, while I was cultivating, added something to the medicine I was using to refine my body, causing me to become like a child, unable to… I knew then that she was ultimately a Wang Family member."
As he spoke, Jia Lian also loosened his clothes, revealing his true form.
He really wasn't as big as a six-year-old child.
What kind of medicine was this, wouldn't it create… a lady?
Jia Lian continued,
"Afterward, I investigated, the eldest master was incapable of having children but his ability was unaffected, and Cong Er was the same as me, developmentally regressed and unable to…"
"Our line, she's ruined it!"
Speaking of this, the hatred in his eyes could almost set a person on fire.
But it was understandable.
Cutting off a family line was an irreconcilable feud between two people, or even two families.
Taking a deep breath, Jia Lian actually laughed, "Brother Xuan, don't be afraid, your Lian Er hasn't gone mad yet."
"As for revenge, we'll naturally settle the score with the Wang family."
"As for Baoyu, in consideration of the fact that Zheng Er is just stupid, not bad, we'll let him off."
"Besides revenge, I'm actually more concerned about something else."
He stopped at that.
Li Xuan seemed to guess what it was, but still cooperated,
"Lian Er, what's this other thing?"
"Of course it's the family line," Jia Lian's expression softened slightly, "Since there's no need to hide and shame myself, your Lian Er still has confidence to earn an inheritance."
"So I don't care as much about the Rongguo Mansion as the two uncles and aunts, who lack ability."
"But the family line is no small matter!"
Li Xuan interrupted, "Lian Er, even if things have come to this, you can adopt someone from a side branch, why go through this?"
"Are there any promising people from the side branches?"
Jia Lian was both angry and disappointed: "The eight branches in Divine Capital, the twelve branches in Jinling, among all twenty branches of the Jia Family, is there even one decent person?"
"They have resources unimaginable to others, but they can't even produce a scholar, no one's willing to be a military officer, they only want to leech off Ning and Rong mansions."
"If I really adopt someone like that, what's the point of fighting for an inheritance, it'll all be squandered sooner or later!"
"So, it's better to have a foster son."
Li Xuan didn't understand this before, but after living in this era for so long, he understood.
Nowadays, not only are adopted children considered as real, with inheritance rights, but even master-disciple relationships, they have a duty to care for their master in old age, truly like father and son.
"And it's better to adopt a child I know than a random one."
"I've known Phoenix since childhood, we're like brother and sister, even if she's also from the Wang family, but if it's her child, I'm still willing to raise them."
"And I don't know why she remarried me, but since it's done, I can't delay her any further, so I had this thought."
"Brother Xuan, rest assured, from now on, I'll be respectful to Phoenix, I'll also explain it to her, let her accept it, so you can come and go freely."
The fiery Phoenix, I wonder if she's still the same as in the original story.
If she still has that loud, flamboyant personality, would she accept such injustice?
Maybe he saw through Li Xuan's thoughts.
Jia Lian sneered, "Why did I act directly, instead of discussing it with her before taking action, it's actually for a reason."
"This has already happened, even if she doesn't agree, would she dare to speak out about it?"
Hiss!
Wang Xi Feng cares the most about her reputation, yet you, Jia Lian, still say you're being controlled by your sister's fiery spirit!
Seeing Li Xuan still hadn't agreed, Jia Lian said pointedly, "Brother Xuan, with your martial arts, that bit of wine from yesterday shouldn't have gotten you drunk, right?"
"You trusted me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to feed you that Yin-Yang Harmony Pill, you might not have agreed to carry out my plan."
"But the plan is already completed."
"We can benefit together, or suffer together, think about it carefully!"
This sounded a bit like a threat.
The words had reached this point, Li Xuan could only "reluctantly" agree.
Jia Lian, after sending Li Xuan away, didn't know that Wang Xi Feng in the West Ear Room, although her eyes were closed, her eyeballs were rolling back and forth under her eyelids.
He may have calculated the dosage of the medicine he gave Wang Xi Feng, but how could he, a boy, know how a "ram" like Li Xuan would be as a wake-up service.
He also didn't know that Li Xuan, walking back to the Northeast courtyard, secretly raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.
The Iron Shirt has a hundred-poison immunity effect, and he's already cultivated to the twelfth level.
Otherwise, how dare he eat the pill Jia Lian fed him.
Although, unexpectedly, it was just like what's written in other online novels, the hundred-poison immunity doesn't work against aphrodisiacs.
But this is Wang Xi Feng, the Immortal Princess!
As for the Iron Shirt, the Thirteen Guards' Body Forging was a whole body virgin cultivation, if it was broken, his strength would be greatly reduced.
Please, we're talking about a man who created his own martial arts.
This small problem in his cultivation method has long been solved!
Li Xuan, feeling joyful all the way back to the courtyard, was about to hum a song, when Qing Wen and Xiang Ling rushed over.
"Fourth Master, where did you go?"
"You didn't even say anything to us, you scared us to death!"
"Yes, Master, I thought you didn't want me anymore…"
Looking at one who openly complained but was actually worried, and another who was timid and on the verge of tears.
Li Xuan coughed awkwardly and changed the topic,
"I just drank too much, Lian Er arranged for me to rest for a night, what are you worried about."
"But you guys, look at these dark circles, be careful or you'll become ugly!"