The Villainous Eldest Senior Brother and His Yandere Junior Sisters

She quickly suppressed the thoughts in her heart and turned her face away.

"Alright, alright, everyone." Oblivious to his Master's unusual demeanor, Lin Xiao nodded slightly. "Exorcising demons, safeguarding the righteous path, and upholding justice—these are simply the duties of us disciples of the Qinglan Sect." Then, he bypassed the crowd and came directly before Niu Batian, who wore a conflicted expression. "Sect Master Niu, do not worry. I, Lin Xiao, have also prepared a grand first-meeting gift for you."

"Hmm? You..."

Niu Batian's tiger eyes widened, staring in astonishment at the handsome young man who had already removed his mask.

"Miss Su, you've been separated for five years. I imagine you can't wait any longer, can you?"

Lin Xiao smiled gently and looked back at Su Mengyao, who was disguised as a man. "Go on," he said, "let your cousin know you're safe."

"Okay!"

Tears streaming down her face, Su Mengyao curtsied to Lin Xiao, then dashed towards her cousin, Niu Batian, on the stage—the cousin she once relied on for survival.

"Cousin!" she cried out, tears welling in her eyes.

"You... you are..."

Upon hearing the voice he had longed for day and night, Niu Batian was greatly shocked, yet somewhat uncertain.

The next moment, Su Mengyao threw off the heavy cape she was wearing. Her long hair cascaded down, and her seven-colored fox tail emerged!

"Yaoyao! It's really you!"

"All these years, I and your sister-in-law have missed you dearly!"

Seeing his cousin—separated from him for five years due to his own mistake—appear before him, Niu Batian's tiger eyes also filled with tears. He opened his arms and embraced her tightly.

The siblings wept in each other's arms.

The spectators, witnessing this, were deeply moved.

The sound of sobbing echoed through the grand hall.

At the same time, an increasing number of Semi-Monsters and Demonic Cultivators shed their disguises, revealing their true forms. They came before Lin Xiao and respectfully performed their clan's rites.

Lin Xiao simply nodded at them, then turned around. His gaze passed through the crowd and landed on that tall, slender figure. "Master," he began, "I remember when I first joined the sect, you asked me what path I held in my heart..."

"At that time, I was just muddling through life and couldn't come up with an answer."

"Now, please allow your disciple to demonstrate it to you."

He pointed to the cheering and weeping crowd around him. "Helping the weak and subduing the powerful, eliminating violence and ensuring peace, upholding justice, doing what I believe in my heart is right..."

"This, then, is my path, Lin Xiao's path."

Upon hearing these words, the tears that had been welling in Xiao Hongling's phoenix eyes streamed down with a WHOOSH!

Her most cherished eldest apprentice had truly grown up!

At this moment, words could not describe the love and pride she felt for this man!

"Niu Batian! What are you doing?!"

"This fellow has already revealed his identity! Why don't you quickly kill him for this Princely Heir?!"

"Are you trying to be ungrateful? Do you intend to betray Lord Blood Demon? Hmm?"

Just as everyone was overcome with gratitude and emotion, an icy young voice cut inappropriately through the scene.

Who is that barking like a dog? This voice... Could it be...?

Lin Xiao was greatly shaken.

In the main hall, the hearts of the others also sank, and they looked intently in that direction.

They saw a handsome, yet ruthless-looking youth clad in black, carrying a giant sword in one hand and radiating killing intent as he emerged from a hidden door at the back.

Damn it. It really is this damned moron!

But speaking of which... he just got his ass handed to him by the giant lizard. He should be dejected and heartbroken right now. Why did he come here?

Most importantly, he shouldn't know I'm here!

Could it be... there's a mole in Xuan'er's group?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's heart sank.

Of course, he wouldn't suspect that Sister Xuan'er, after witnessing the cringeworthy scene of Ye Chen being overpowered by the giant lizard, would reconcile with such a brother.

Therefore, it must be the work of a mole!

"Niu Batian! I ask you! This Lin Xiao, will you kill him or not!? Huh!?"

Ye Chen strode over angrily. Perhaps relying on his understanding of Niu Batian, without another word, he slapped this Demon Sect Sect Master, whose cultivation level was far higher than his own!

This slap, infused with the Sky Yin Blood Demon's baleful blood energy, actually sent Niu Batian, who primarily focused on body tempering, flying back several zhang. He crashed through two stone pillars and spat out a mouthful of blood!

"Cousin!"

Su Mengyao cried out and rushed over immediately.

"I'm... alright."

Niu Batian instantly stood up, walked to Ye Chen's side, and said with a lowered head, "Princely Heir... I apologize. Immortal Lin has shown great kindness to my Semi-Monster tribe! To me, Niu Batian, his kindness is like giving me a new life! Now that I've seen my cousin is safe, I would willingly die!"

"You..."

Ye Chen seemed to have caught on to something, and a trace of panic flickered in his heart. Then, composing himself, he coldly shouted, "Niu Batian! What do you mean by this! A true man stands in the world, distinguishing clearly between gratitude and grudges! If someone shows me an inch of kindness, I repay them a foot! A drop of kindness must be repaid with a gushing spring!"

"Don't forget! Back then, you were gravely injured, your meridians severed inch by inch, and you nearly lost all chance to cultivate! It was this Princely Heir who kindly bestowed upon you a full Fifth Grade 'Activating Meridian Blood Qi Pill'!"

"Now, I'm just asking you to kill a mere Dharma Appearance Realm piece of trash! Is that too much? Don't forget what you promised this Princely Heir back then!"

"Or are you saying... Niu Batian, you intend to go back on your word in public and be a treacherous, untrustworthy scoundrel?! Hmm? Speak!"

Ye Chen interrogated him aggressively.

He knew very well. Right now, his strength was probably evenly matched with this detestable nemesis of his, Lin Xiao!

But! If Niu Batian and the Demonic Cultivators present didn't side with him...