A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother-Chapter 82: The Three-Year Promise Has Come

“Cough cough cough!”

Xiao Ran saw his mother.

He thought he must be dead.

Because he hadn’t seen his mother in many years.

If his mother saw what he looked like today, she would definitely be disappointed.

“Ran’er, Ran’er.....”

Amidst the repeated calls, Xiao Ran opened his eyes.

“Father... I’m... I’m still alive?”

At this moment, Xiao Chengshan looked so haggard it was as if he had aged seventy or eighty years overnight.

He tightly gripped his child’s hand, feeling the warmth in his palm, and nodded heavily.

“Just one more inch and you would’ve died!!”

Xiao Ran tugged at the corner of his mouth and said softly:

“Since heaven let me live, then I’ll prove myself to everyone!!”

“Good.”

Xiao Chengshan’s gloom was swept away.

“This is my son, Xiao Chengshan’s son.”

Xiao Ran had to stay in bed for a while. That sword really almost took his life, but at the same time, it ignited his hope.

Xiao Ran, barely supporting his body, secretly went to his mother’s grave.

He sat in front of the tomb, gazing at the distant horizon.

Today’s humiliation—Xiao Ran will remember it for life.

He never wanted to experience it a second time.

Mount Shushan, Su Wan, Su family!!!

Like three towering mountains standing in front of Xiao Ran’s eyes.

Xiao Ran took a deep breath.

Now, his cultivation wasn’t even at the Qi Refining Stage, while Su Wan had already successfully formed a Golden Core.

And in the eyes of everyone in the Xiao family, Xiao Ran’s words were a joke.

Even if Xiao Ran managed to form a Golden Core in the future, would Su Wan’s cultivation stay frozen and not improve? Would she always remain at Golden Core Stage?

What a joke!

However, for Xiao Ran to speak like this, he must have some confidence to back it up.

Xiao Ran pulled off the pendant hanging around his neck.

“Soul Elder, are you there?”

“Soul Elder!!”

Soul Elder was a wisp of refined soul hidden in the pendant.

Three years ago, Xiao Ran had accidentally picked up this pendant.

Then, unexpectedly, he heard a voice from within.

That voice told Xiao Ran that his name was Soul Elder.

Once a Great Ascension Stage powerhouse, but unfortunately failed to ascend and perished.

In his final moment, he placed a wisp of his soul into this item.

And this item just happened to fall into Xiao Ran’s hands.

Soul Elder decided to train Xiao Ran into a top-tier powerhouse and then have him help rebuild his physical body.

But in the past three years, Soul Elder hadn’t taught Xiao Ran any top-level techniques or cultivation methods.

This confused Xiao Ran greatly.

And what the other party taught was strange.

For example, he once spent a whole month teaching Xiao Ran:

“After Being Rejected, I Chose to Forgive”

“Misfortune Should Not Touch Fellow Senior or Junior Brothers and Sisters”

“Take a Step Back, and the Sea Is Vast;Endure a Moment, and the Winds Calm—Learn to Let Go”

“Only After Understanding My Ex-Fiancée Did I Understand Why She Called Off the Engagement”

“.............”

As well as telling him many long stories.

Stories where the protagonist sought revenge, annihilated the enemy’s family, or destroyed their sect.

But in the end, the conclusion was always tragic.

Either dying alone, or perishing on the streets.

Or being killed by another vengeful protagonist right at a family reunion.

On the other hand, the protagonists who chose not to harm the innocent all had fulfilling endings.

With three wives and four concubines, family harmony, and a lifetime of happiness.

Xiao Ran really couldn’t understand—why did Great Ascension Stage cultivators train like this?

But Soul Elder had made a promise.

As long as Xiao Ran studied earnestly, after three years he would begin teaching him the path of cultivation.

Now, the three-year period had come, and it just happened to coincide with Xiao Ran’s great humiliation.

The first thing Xiao Ran did after recovering was to seek Soul Elder to fulfill the promise.

“Soul Elder! Soul Elder!”

After calling several times, Soul Elder’s deep voice finally came from the pendant.

“What’s wrong? Little Ranran, I just took a nap—how did you end up so injured?”

So Xiao Ran recounted the events of the day to Soul Elder.

After hearing it, Soul Elder said thoughtfully:

“This matter isn’t entirely Su Wan’s fault. You both have your unspeakable burdens.”

Xiao Ran clenched his fists, “Today’s humiliation—I will repay it in full!”

“You hate her?”

“No! I just hate myself for being too weak, for being humiliated and looked down upon, for making my father lose face.”

Soul Elder continued, “If the day comes that you truly seek revenge on her, will you kill her?”

Xiao Ran shook his head, his eyes firm as he said:

“I won’t take her life for this. I just don’t want to be trampled on for the rest of my life. I waited three years—for a chance. I want to fight for my dignity.

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Not to prove I’m amazing—I just want to show everyone that what I lost, I’ll take back!!”

Soul Elder was silent for a moment. “Good. A teachable child!

From today on, I will teach you the way of cultivation.”

Xiao Ran was overjoyed. “But... but after I went into the forbidden zone, my meridians were destroyed and I can’t cultivate anymore.”

“I have a solution. Back when I was alive, I had a treasure stash located right here in Panlong City. If you find it, it can naturally help you restore your meridians.”

Xiao Ran quickly stood up again.

“Wait until you’re healed,” Soul Elder reminded him.

“No! I can’t wait even a moment longer.”

Xiao Ran’s eyes seemed to burn with the fire of hope.

Yes, he couldn’t wait a moment longer.

Ever since his cultivation was crippled, he had waited for many years.

In the end, under Xiao Ran’s persistence, Soul Elder told him the location of the treasure stash.

Xiao Ran, dragging his injured body, made his way there.

He recited an incantation and entered the treasure stash.

The place was more like an underground cavern—ordinary and unremarkable.

And it didn’t seem to have been there for long.

Xiao Ran didn’t pay attention to these details.

His gaze was drawn to a box in the cavern.

Opening the box revealed a pill.

“This is.....”

Soul Elder’s voice came from the pendant, “Don’t say I didn’t warn you—taking this pill is a hundred deaths with one hope. But if you survive, you’ll be able to cultivate again. Are you willing?”

Xiao Ran answered with action—he swallowed the pill in one gulp without hesitation.

Within moments, Xiao Ran felt something wrong with his body.

His head became dizzy, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.

Then, a small head popped up from the ground, looking very sneaky.

Li Xuanxiao emerged from underground and looked at the unconscious Xiao Ran.

That pill was just an ordinary Sleeping Pill.

The one truly treating Xiao Ran’s meridians was Li Xuanxiao himself.

The simplest method.

A type of corporate warfare akin to unplugging the enemy’s internet cables.

After three years of detailed research on Xiao Ran’s body, Li Xuanxiao still wasn’t fully confident—maybe about ninety-eight percent.

Three years ago, upon learning from Su Wan that the engagement would be canceled,

Li Xuanxiao made a trip to Panlong City, quietly observing Xiao Ran and even the entire Xiao family.

He set up a little surveillance kit.

And left behind a pendant, deliberately letting Xiao Ran pick it up.

He then assumed the identity of Soul Elder to guide Xiao Ran.

[Dear protagonist, do you want to gain power?]

Walk the path of Medicine Elder so that Medicine Elder has no path left to walk!!

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