My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 252: The Junior Sister’s Clever Plan

Hearing Qi Yuan’s words, the Great Sun Flame Emperor let out a sigh of relief.

"Origin Heavenly Sovereign, Grand Sovereign Jasmine is incredibly powerful. Moreover, because of her father, she holds great influence across the three regions. Many senior figures have to show her respect, so you mustn't offend her lightly."

As the Great Sun Flame Emperor mentioned Grand Sovereign Jasmine, his expression became complicated.

He was telling the truth.

In the three regions, Grand Sovereign Jasmine might not be the strongest, but she was certainly the most untouchable.

Due to the mythical secret treasures left by her father, Grand Sovereign Jasmine had many sycophants.

"Origin Heavenly Sovereign, when did you start flirting with Grand Sovereign Jasmine?" Rogue Immortal couldn’t help but ask, intrigued by gossip about a Yin God’s personal life.

"I don’t know her," Qi Yuan replied honestly.

He really didn’t know Grand Sovereign Jasmine.

He wasn’t particularly interested in her mythical secret treasures—what he wanted were the techniques within them.

The Great Sun Flame Emperor frowned upon hearing this. "Then why would she say something like that…?"

"Maybe the Origin Heavenly Sovereign is just too good-looking. If I were a woman, I’d fall for him too!" Rogue Immortal said.

"Get away from me!" Qi Yuan glared at Rogue Immortal, displeased by the sudden male affection.

Everyone chuckled.

Qi Yuan continued, "Regarding Grand Sovereign Jasmine, I can ask my junior sister for advice. She’s also a wealthy woman, and she might have some ideas on how to handle this."

After saying this, Qi Yuan took out a jade slip and sent a message to his junior sister, Jiang Lingsu.

"Junior sister, I’ve recently encountered a wealthy woman.

I’ve never met her, and she’s never met me.

But she publicly declared that she likes me.

She has some things I want.

How do you think I can get those things from her?"

His junior sister, being a wealthy woman, had already given him a lot of resources.

She had even secretly given him Jiang Ya’s techniques.

Qi Yuan’s early success was largely due to the financial support from his wealthy junior sister.

Since his junior sister was so good at getting people to cough up money, he figured he’d ask her how to make another wealthy woman do the same.

Meanwhile, at Seven-Colored Peak, Jiang Lingsu widened her eyes in surprise, looking particularly cute.

She frowned, muttering angrily, "Wasn’t he supposed to meet up with some friends from the Divine Flower Assembly? How is there now a wealthy woman involved?"

"What nonsense! She hasn’t even met my senior brother and already says she likes him. She’s definitely up to no good!"

She thought carefully about how to reply to her senior brother.

"Senior brother, she says she likes you, right?

Why don’t you just go and ask her directly? If she really likes you, she should give you the things you want.

If she gives them to you, then you’ve got what you wanted.

If she doesn’t, it means she’s just toying with you!"

On the other side, Qi Yuan read Jiang Lingsu’s reply and couldn’t help but smile. "My junior sister has both brains and beauty; her wisdom rivals that of a great sage."

Qi Yuan genuinely thought her advice made sense.

He could find a time to meet Grand Sovereign Jasmine directly.

If she claims to love him, would she not be willing to part with her secret treasures? What kind of love would that be?

As long as Grand Sovereign Jasmine marked the treasures as a gift, even if they ended up in court, Qi Yuan wouldn’t have to return them.

This was indeed a great idea—much simpler and more straightforward than getting married.

The other three Emperors exchanged puzzled looks, having no idea what Jiang Lingsu had suggested to Qi Yuan.

"I’ve already come up with a complete solution for dealing with Grand Sovereign Jasmine. Now let’s discuss how we can get our hands on the techniques from the Seeking Dao Palace!" Qi Yuan suggested.

"Two heads are better than one," he thought. With four of them here, they were bound to come up with a great plan.

Meanwhile, in Wangxian Tower, an elderly man with white hair appeared, his eyes brimming with suppressed anger.

"Is Feng Xie in this building?"

The white-haired elder was none other than Elder Xiang Yun.

His relationship with the Great Sun Flame Emperor had always been bad, to the point of being mortal enemies.

If it weren’t for his fear of Feng Jun and uncertainty about Grand Sovereign Jasmine’s attitude, he would have dismembered the Great Sun Flame Emperor long ago.

The last time he came out of seclusion, he received numerous messages from friends.

These friends asked him how he had managed to father an eighteen-year-old son after being in seclusion for three hundred years.

At the time, he was furious, thinking one of his concubines had cuckolded him.

But he later discovered that it was all just a rumor.

And the source of that rumor was Feng Xie, also known as the Great Sun Flame Emperor, who had posted on the Divine Flower Assembly's forum:

"Shocking! After 300 years of seclusion, Elder Xiang Yun has an eighteen-year-old son!"

Even though it was a rumor, many cultivators believed it, thinking he had killed this "son" to save face.

This had kindled a deep hatred in Elder Xiang Yun for the Great Sun Flame Emperor.

Unfortunately, after that incident, the Great Sun Flame Emperor went into seclusion, protected by Feng Jun.

Elder Xiang Yun never got a chance to retaliate.

But now that the Great Sun Flame Emperor had come out of seclusion and invited friends to gather, it was the perfect opportunity for revenge.

"He’s in the Twelfth Room on the Ninth Floor," the assistant manager replied reluctantly.

From Elder Xiang Yun's tone, he knew nothing good would come of this.

"Hmph, go up there and kick him out. I want his room.

Isn’t he hosting guests? Let him lose face in front of his friends!" Elder Xiang Yun said venomously.

Although he didn’t dare to kill Feng Xie due to the uncertainty of the higher-ups' stance, humiliating him was well within his reach.

"This…might not be a good idea. Besides, one of them seems to be a Purple Mansion cultivator with an unknown background. Offending them could be…" The assistant manager hesitated.

This was a task he didn't want to carry out.

"Is there anyone in Feng Tian Domain that Feng Palace can't afford to offend?" Elder Xiang Yun said arrogantly.

Feng Palace was the number one force in Feng Tian Domain.

Its master was none other than Grand Sovereign Jasmine.

Feng Palace had been founded by Grand Sovereign Jasmine’s father, a mythical figure, and had a history spanning hundreds of thousands of years.

Feng Palace was the undisputed overlord of Feng Tian Domain.

Even mythical figures would give face to the old master of Feng Palace and, by extension, to Grand Sovereign Jasmine.

Elder Xiang Yun's father was a Yin God in Feng Palace, which made him arrogant and overbearing.

Moreover, suppressing the Great Sun Flame Emperor was politically correct within Feng Palace.

There were rumors that Feng Jun, the Great Sun Flame Emperor’s father, was the illegitimate son of Feng Palace’s old master, making him Grand Sovereign Jasmine’s half-brother.

However, it was also rumored that Grand Sovereign Jasmine didn’t like this brother.

So, while Elder Xiang Yun outwardly appeared to be acting out of personal vengeance against the Great Sun Flame Emperor, in reality, he was carrying out the higher-ups' wishes to make the Great Sun Flame Emperor’s life difficult.

The assistant manager could only sigh and say, "As you wish."

With Feng Palace involved, how could he refuse?

"By the way, who are the others?" Elder Xiang Yun asked.

"None of them are from Feng Tian Domain.

One of them is a Purple Mansion cultivator, probably from a prominent background judging by their attire.

Another seems to be someone from the Eastern Lands' Young Talents List, named Gao Xiaoyu, from a Purple Mansion sect.

The third one…is unknown, but their robe is even less impressive than Gao Xiaoyu's. At most, they’re also from a Purple Mansion sect."

The assistant manager was well-informed.

He recognized Rogue Immortal as someone from the Eastern Lands' Young Talents List.

"Eastern Lands' Young Talents List?" Elder Xiang Yun was stunned. "So trashy?"

He paid attention only to the top twenty of the Eastern Lands' Talents List, dismissing the rest as irrelevant.

As for the Young Talents List, that was just trash among trash.

"If those two are so worthless…then I’ll make an example out of them!" A cold glint appeared in Elder Xiang Yun’s eyes.

He couldn’t kill the Great Sun Flame Emperor, but dealing with two nobodies was no problem.

Even if Feng Palace found out, the higher-ups would only praise him.

After all, making life difficult for Feng Jun and the Great Sun Flame Emperor was a shared goal within Feng Palace.

The assistant manager hesitated.

He understood what Elder Xiang Yun intended.

The Ice Mountain Queen’s background likely involved a Yin God, so they couldn’t afford to offend her.

They couldn’t kill the Great Sun Flame Emperor either.

But humiliating the Great Sun Flame Emperor by kicking him out of Wangxian Tower wouldn’t be enough.

The best targets were the two without power or background—Qi Yuan and Gao Xiaoyu.

They could be accused of something, then thrown out of Wangxian Tower and beaten to death by the guards.

This would humiliate the Great Sun Flame Emperor effectively.

"If you do this for me, you’ll be rewarded.

Didn’t you have your eye on Yang Li’s granddaughter? Do this well, and I’ll arrange for her to end up in your bed tonight!"

Hearing this, the assistant manager’s eyes gleamed with greed, and he couldn’t help but swallow. "Consider it done!"

Elder Xiang Yun laughed heartily. "Feng Xie…making an enemy of me was the stupidest decision of your life!"

After all, he was carrying out the will of Feng Palace’s higher-ups to suppress the Great Sun Flame Emperor.

Who would have thought that the Great Sun Flame Emperor would dare to fight back, even injuring him several times?

How could he not be furious?
Meanwhile, inside Wangxian Tower.

Qi Yuan waved his hand. "We’re all brothers here. Your problems are my problems!

Back then, when the Bright Palace oppressed me, didn’t you all support me, cheering me on?"

The Great Sun Flame Emperor looked grateful.

On the flying boat earlier, he had mentioned his predicament to Qi Yuan.

He feared that coming out of seclusion might provoke retaliation from Elder Xiang Yun of Feng Palace.

At the time, Qi Yuan had dismissed his concerns, saying, "If he dares come after you, then when the grass on his grave grows ten meters tall, there will definitely be an extra illegitimate son."

"Thank you, Heavenly Sovereign," the Great Sun Flame Emperor sighed in relief.

He had been worried that Elder Xiang Yun might cause trouble and that his three friends would misunderstand, thinking he had deliberately provoked Elder Xiang Yun to use Qi Yuan’s strength against his enemies.

"Just be straightforward about it, like how I told you about my Stellar Golden Core and the over four thousand Nascent Souls I’ve condensed. I didn’t hide anything from you, did I?" Qi Yuan said with a smile.

"Over four thousand Nascent Souls?" Rogue Immortal swallowed nervously. "If you have so many Nascent Souls, could you give me one?"

"Origin Heavenly Sovereign, are you planning to have children or what?"

At that moment, the door to the private room suddenly swung open.