A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother
Chapter 258: Spy vs Spy

"Hmm?"

Zhang Tianxin!?

Li Xuanxiao never expected to encounter Zhang Tianxin here.

Originally, this reconnaissance mission was just a casual attempt - like shaking a tree to see if any fruit would fall.

Thus, he had sent his simplest clone with only Qi Refining stage strength.

Zhang Tianxin of the Golden Thunder Sect had once been captured together with Li Xuanxiao by Big Silly Phoenix.

Under Li Xuanxiao's planning, the two had escaped.

Later, Big Silly Phoenix recaptured Zhang Tianxin to threaten Li Xuanxiao while seeking revenge.

Then somehow, Zhang Tianxin claimed to have been charmed by Big Silly Phoenix's personality.

He resolutely decided to join Big Silly Phoenix's faction.

Until now...

Zhang Tianxin's infiltration failed, and he found himself surrounded instead.

"Come at me, you bastards!"

Zhang Tianxin swung his fists wildly amidst the crowd.

His combat prowess was quite impressive, relying entirely on his physically tempered body.

Various magical artifacts and flying swords struck Zhang Tianxin's body.

He neither dodged nor avoided, simply tanking everything with his flesh, a golden barrier forming around him.

A single punch sent one believer flying in a spray of blood and flesh.

But facing overwhelming numbers, two fists couldn't match four hands.

Soon Zhang Tianxin was completely surrounded - defeating one opponent only brought another charging forward.

Before long, spells restrained him while flying swords attacked from range, leaving Zhang Tianxin battered and exhausted.

Just then, thick smoke suddenly erupted in the surroundings.

The smoke spread rapidly.

"Cough cough cough!"

"What is this? Poison!"

"My body... no strength..."

Weaker believers collapsed on the spot, their fates unknown.

"......"

Poison!!

At first Zhang Tianxin thought the enemy had resorted to underhanded tactics.

But he quickly realized even their own believers were affected.

As he prepared to hold his breath, massive hands suddenly emerged from the ground and dragged him underground.

After a long while, Li Xuanxiao pulled Zhang Tianxin out from below.

Zhang Tianxin stared in confusion. "You... who are... Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao!"

He was utterly shocked.

Li Xuanxiao wasted no words. "Come, I'll take you to meet someone."

"Hmm?"

"......"

Li Xuanxiao soon brought Zhang Tianxin back to the inn.

"Your Majesty, I knew you weren't dead!" Zhang Tianxin knelt before Di Nü Feng.

"It's actually you!!" Di Nü Feng exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Tianxin wiped his tears. "Your Majesty, sob sob..."

He choked up, unable to continue speaking.

Seeing this, Di Nü Feng also felt tears welling up.

"Zhang Tianxin, how are things at the sect now?" Di Nü Feng asked.

"Great Leader..." Zhang Tianxin suddenly hesitated. "Great Leader, speaking to you like this feels... unnatural."

"Hmm?"

Zhang Tianxin recalled how in the sect, Di Nü Feng always sat high upon her throne.

He would prostrate below, only able to gaze up at her.

But now...

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten how things used to be?" Zhang Tianxin reminded her.

Di Nü Feng scratched her head and looked around.

Then she had an idea.

Di Nü Feng leaped up onto a roof beam.

"Whew~"

"Speak now."

She leaned back slightly, reassuming that invincible posture as she looked down upon Zhang Tianxin.

Zhang Tianxin smiled happily, gazing up at her - this felt right!!

This was the invincible majesty he remembered.

Li Xuanxiao watching nearby: (⊙o⊙)…

Zhang Tianxin stopped crying. "Your Majesty, since that vice-leader took power, she's committed every evil imaginable without restraint, completely betraying our sect's original principles.

She's been purging dissenters - many in the sect who opposed her have been killed!

Her methods are exceptionally cruel, overturning all the rules you established.

I had no choice but to endure in secret, even publicly insulting you to gain their trust, all for the day I could help Your Majesty restore order.

Your Majesty, you must return quickly to take command!"

Di Nü Feng clenched her fists. "Despicable! How did I fail to see her wolfish ambitions before?"

As if you could have noticed~

Li Xuanxiao mentally spat.

"But will my subordinates still listen to me now?" Di Nü Feng sighed.

"Just raise your banner and Tian Sha Hall will follow your lead as always!!"

Zhang Tianxin declared passionately.

"Don't get your hopes up. Actually, from what I know, all four guardians of Tian Sha Hall are the vice-leader's people.

She's been controlling Tian Sha Hall for years now - it's undoubtedly filled with her loyalists."

Li Xuanxiao hurriedly tried to cool down the two who were getting all fired up.

Di Nü Feng frowned, greatly displeased by his words.

"I am the hall master of Tian Sha Hall! It was always firmly under my control!!"

She even confidently gestured to Li Xuanxiao that everything was under control.

Zhang Tianxin clapped wildly, shouting slogans.

"When the Majesty marches, not even grass grows!!"

Li Xuanxiao took a deep breath.

Couldn't he have smarter teammates?

Did their IQs really need to be this low?

He comforted himself that facing idiots was still better than dealing with abstract love-struck fools.

So he patiently explained the overall situation again to Big Silly Phoenix and Zhang Tianxin.

Actually, 80% of Tian Sha Hall's believers were fence-sitters. As long as they captured the key figure, vice-leader, the rebellion would collapse.

As for how to capture the vice-leader while dealing with her Four Guardian Kings, they needed to wait for the right opportunity...

Zhang Tianxin and Di Nü Feng: (O_o)

"Anyway... just listen to me!" Li Xuanxiao emphasized.

Facing an equally matched Tribulation Transcension expert like the old emperor who wielded the Myriad Soul Banner, he had prevailed. Why fear some Tian Sha Hall vice-leader?

Originally, Li Xuanxiao's plan was to infiltrate Tian Sha Hall for more information.

Now with Zhang Tianxin, he could skip the complicated steps.

Zhang Tianxin would be their perfect intelligence operative.

Once they tracked the vice-leader's movements, everything would be easily resolved.

"......"

Tian Sha Hall.

A woman in luxurious green robes spoke to a mirror in her hands.

"The plan is halfway complete." The robed woman twirled her hair.

"Halfway?"

"Because Di Nü Feng isn't dead."

"So she could return at any moment?" the mirror's reflection asked.

The robed woman said calmly, "Probably. But given that idiot's personality, she'd likely charge straight at me for revenge. That she hasn't come yet suggests someone's advising her."

"Be careful. Tian Sha Hall is a crucial piece in our hands."

"Enough nagging. I remember. We can only contact once a year on the fifteenth - anything else important to say?"

"Proceed with caution!"

After putting down the mirror, the robed woman vanished from Tian Sha Hall.

Soon, a figure landed before Mount Shushan.

"Martial Uncle."

The gatekeeping disciples bowed in unison.

"Mmm."