Cultivating with Bragging System

Doesn't that mean I've become Zhang Yuge's sworn older brother? Holy moly! This leap in status is a bit too fast!

Brimming with excitement, he approached the two of them. "Worthy Brother, look what I brought for you!"

Wang Xiu glanced over. Sachets, jade pendants, bellybands, bellybands, bellybands, and still more bellybands...

The corner of his mouth twitched. "Senior Brother Li, I know you're eager to find a partner, but... you didn't have to resort to this, did you? How many young women do these belong to? The sizes are all different..."

Li Zuoyue's face darkened. "What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? These are all from the junior sisters of the Huimoon Blessed Land. They asked me to pass them on to you, saying they wanted to get to know you... They're all freshly taken off, still warm!"

Wang Xiu was speechless. "!!!"

Following the direction Li Zuoyue pointed, he immediately saw a group of women throwing him flirtatious glances in unison. Sweat instantly beaded on his forehead. He didn't dare look any longer.

Nearby, Zhang Yuge eyed Li Zuoyue, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Sixteenth on the Golden Core Ranking, the Heaven-Timing Sword Lord, Li Zuoyue?"

Li Zuoyue grinned. "The one and only! I've long heard of the great reputation of the Longhu Saint Heir but never had the pleasure. I never thought we'd become family so quickly! Don't worry. Since you're our Worthy Brother Wang Xiu's younger brother, that makes you my younger brother too. From now on, my business is your business, and your business is... still your business! The three of us, brothers united in heart, will surely be invincible and all-conquering! Gyehehehe~"

Hearing this, the smile on Zhang Yuge's face suddenly turned eerie. He extended a hand. "In that case, my thanks, Junior Brother Li!"

Li Zuoyue laughed heartily and grasped his hand. "Calling me Junior Brother is so formal! Call me Big Brother... Ooh, ooh, so tingly, so itchy! Stop it! Ohohoho—I can't take it, I'm going to die from tickling, hahaha..."

Before he could finish speaking, a current of electricity passed from Zhang Yuge into him. The current wasn't strong. Rather, its faint, weak pulse created an intense tickling sensation, as if countless ants were crawling all over his body, instantly making Li Zuoyue leap into the air.

「In the crowd.」

Xiang Tiange watched Li Zuoyue's antics and couldn't help but facepalm. You idiot... why did you have to get involved? He acknowledged Junior Brother Wang Xiu, so what are you doing shamelessly rushing up to call him 'Worthy Brother'? Have you no face? He's the dignified Longhu Saint Heir! Of course he was going to zap you!

「In the distance.」

A few Emergence Stage Great Abilities stood together, looking at Shen Buxing with peculiar expressions. "Seriously, is your Saint Heir for real?"

Shen Buxing was stunned as well. Our Saint Heir has always been very receptive to advice. The problem is, when I suggested a sworn brotherhood, I meant for the Saint Heir to be the older brother, right? Isn't this whole situation backward?

He suddenly panicked. If news of this gets back, and the Heavenly Master learns that the Saint Heir has sworn brotherhood with a disciple from the Sanqing Immortal Sect's Divination Sect, and as the *younger* brother... wouldn't I be struck dead by a single Thunder Palm?

「In the crowd.」

The prodigies from the other Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands watched this scene, their expressions changing. How did he end up on brotherly terms with the Longhu Saint Heir, one of the top three on the Golden Core Ranking? From now on, who would dare call the Divination Sect a bunch of charlatans? Who knows when a bolt of lightning might just descend and smite you!

"What kind of dog-shit luck did this Wang Xiu stumble into?"

「Somewhere in the crowd.」

A group of discreetly dressed young men and women stood with their arms crossed, watching Wang Xiu chat amiably with Zhang Yuge, their faces filled with envy and resentment.

The leader, a young man in black, pursed his thin lips and spoke in a hoarse voice, "As a disciple of the Divination Sect, he hasn't shown a shred of skill in celestial divination, yet his talent for fawning and bootlicking is second to none. On top of that, he somehow learned a Thunder Technique... It seems the Divination Sect is well and truly finished!"

Beside him, a young woman with snow-white, pupil-less eyes said nothing, but suddenly began making calculations with her fingers.

The young man in black grabbed her hand. "What are you doing?"

The woman remained silent, staring directly at him with her empty eyes. He understood her intention and shook his head. "No!"

The woman's brow furrowed, as if in question.

The young man in black explained, "He is, after all, the sole heir of the Divination Sect. Who knows what kinds of tricks those old fossils left with him? Recklessly scrying his destiny is far too risky!"

The woman clenched her fists, a look of determination suddenly appearing on her otherwise impassive face. A faint murmur, audible only to the young man, reached his ears, "Father... said... he must be killed!"

The young man in black placated her. "Don't worry, I know what to do."

He lifted his head, gazing at Wang Xiu from afar, his eyes filled with an almost paranoid, frenzied killing intent. "The Divination Sect has been barely clinging to life for so many years. It's time for it to go extinct! The age of my Peeping Sky Pavilion will soon be at hand!"

Wang Xiu was chatting with Zhang Yuge and the others when he suddenly felt a cold, sinister gaze sweep over him, prompting him to turn his head. He happened to catch sight of several figures receding into the distance. One of them, a petite figure who appeared to be a woman, caught his eye.

Three souls deficient, seven spirits unstable, Fate Palace scattered... this is the sign of a backlash from tampering with heavenly secrets, an affliction inherited from one's ancestors? Wang Xiu's eyes widened in surprise.

The path of divination was not exclusive to the Sanqing Divination Sect. In fact, even during the Divination Sect's peak, the cultivation world had countless sects and factions that made a living by scrying the secrets of heaven, such as the Peeping Sky Pavilion, the Heavenly Mystery Tower, and the Three Lives Hall. They were as numerous as carp crossing a river.

However, during the glory days of the Divination Sect, these other powers were destined to be nothing more than footnotes, barely even qualifying as side characters.