229: Grandmother, please don't do this!

The Senior Sister had truly changed!

Based on what Liu Xuan knew of her back then, she definitely would have refused such a condition.

After scrutinizing her for a moment, Liu Xuan handed her a token, "This is the Sect General Affairs Hall token. You will temporarily manage the Sect's general affairs. Once you successfully reach Foundation Establishment, the Sect's general affairs will be fully handed over to you."

Xiao Ran was the Sect's Senior Sister, and her status was already comparable to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, so there was no major issue with her taking over the Sect's general affairs.

"What about Grandma Su?"

Xiao Ran looked up at Xiao Changfeng, feeling that he was particularly strange today, as if he were a completely different person.

The Sect's general affairs had always been handled by Su Wan's subordinates and had remained unchanged for decades. Why was it suddenly being handed to her?

Was it just because of Liu Xuan?

From beginning to end, she could never understand why her grandfather valued Liu Xuan to such an extent.

"She has important matters to attend to and cannot return for the time being," Liu Xuan said with a calm expression.

"Alright! Go and prepare. Once you marry Liu Xuan, I will have someone deliver the Spirit Medicine for healing to you."

Worried that staying too long would reveal flaws, Liu Xuan hurriedly sent her away.

Having been seen through by Su Wan with just one sentence earlier, he lost confidence in his acting skills.

"Yes!"

Xiao Ran only suspected her grandfather's motives and did not think about his identity. After bowing, she went down the mountain.

The next day.

The marriage decree was not made public, and Xiao Ran was not in a hurry to go to White Crane Lake to find Liu Xuan. Instead, she took the token to the General Affairs Hall to take over power.

After the previous lesson, she did not dare to trust Xiao Changfeng's promises one hundred percent; she only believed in the benefits actually in her hands.

Over these years of suppressing rebellions, she had an elite Law Enforcement Team of a thousand people in her hands. If she controlled the General Affairs Hall, there would be a lot of room for maneuvering.

The few Foundation Establishment Ancestors did not care much about general affairs, so she was the one who called the shots in the Inner Sect.

Given Xiao Changfeng's indulgence towards Liu Xuan, when she married Liu Xuan, she could then use Liu Xuan's name to siphon Sect benefits.

As long as her grandfather didn't interfere, she could get the Spirit Medicine for healing herself.

The General Affairs Hall was Su Wan's territory, and those in charge before were her trusted aides, as well as a few elders of the Xiao Family.

With Su Wan absent, these high-level figures had no backbone, and they had no objections to Xiao Ran temporarily taking the position of Hall Master.

However, they would not cooperate fully, opting to be perfunctory instead. They were respectful on the surface, but secretly did not take Xiao Ran seriously.

Especially those elders of the Xiao Family; although Xiao Ran had high seniority, she was not old, so many people treated her as a Junior.

The matter of Xiao Ran's Dantian injury was not made public, but the shrewd people in the Family had long since seen that she had problems and was not as valued as before.

Over the next few days, Xiao Ran hit walls everywhere. Since they were all Xiao Family members, she couldn't take action against them.

Until a decree was issued: the Immortal Master intended to rectify the Family style and had formulated a KPI system for all Xiao Family members, stripping the benefits of those Xiao Family members who were just padding their resumes.

The decree was sent directly to Xiao Mingcheng and Xiao Ran, giving them the authority to deal with all Xiao Family members.

Upon receiving the decree, Xiao Mingcheng was still hesitant, speculating on the Immortal Master's intentions. Xiao Ran, however, didn't care that much; she directly listed crimes for the group of elders who were perfunctory towards her and revoked their positions in the General Affairs Hall.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves. The group of punished Xiao Family elders went to the mountaintop together to complain to the Immortal Master.

In the end, they couldn't even reach the mountaintop. They were all suppressed by the Formation and knelt on the mountainside for a day and a night.

At the same time, another decree was issued, ordering Xiao Mingcheng and Xiao Ran to rectify corruption in the Sect; regardless of status, everyone could be dealt with.

Those who could engage in corruption were basically people of the few Foundation Establishment Ancestors, but since Immortal Master Xiao started with his own people, they couldn't say anything.

Speaking of which, the most excessive ones were the Xiao Family members. If this decree could truly treat everyone equally, everyone would be happy to see it happen.

Mountaintop Red Pine Hall.

Liu Xuan ate a Red Pine spirit fruit and took a sip of the red pine tree's Origin tree sap, then sighed:

"If not for the limitations of the Puppet Gu, why would it be so much trouble?"

The Puppet Gu mother-gu in Liu Xuan's mind was fully devouring Xiao Changfeng's Divine Soul and had no capacity to produce more sub-gu to control others.

If not for that, he could have just refined the Sect's Foundation Establishment Cultivators into Puppets, and all problems would be solved.

Before the Puppet Gu fully controlled Xiao Changfeng, and before the child grew up, he could only achieve this much.

After everything was mostly handled, Liu Xuan announced he was going into seclusion, then quietly returned to White Crane Lake.

Underground Star Space.

Liu Xuan was still maintaining Xiao Changfeng's appearance from before and suddenly appeared in the leisure room.

Su Wan was sitting on the central meditation cushion, eyes closed and Cultivating, her expression calm. Sensing Liu Xuan enter, she immediately opened her eyes.

"Hiss~"

Such a beautiful pair of eyes, brimming with Spiritual Qi, like a pool of autumn water, and as mysterious as the stars, striking Liu Xuan's heart instantly.

Fortunately, Liu Xuan had extraordinary composure and regained his senses after a moment, smiling:

"How has Grandmistress been these past few days? Is there anything you need? As long as you speak up, this Junior will definitely find it for you."

Su Wan did not answer but stared intently at Liu Xuan and asked:

"Are you really Liu Xuan?"

These past few days, she had been thinking about Liu Xuan's true identity every moment. Connecting the cause and effect, Xiao Changfeng's Physical Body appeared here, but his Divine Soul was missing.

The most likely result was that Xiao Changfeng failed in his Possession and was instead destroyed by Liu Xuan, his Divine Soul annihilated.

"Grandmistress, this Junior believes my disguise technique is flawless. Why were you able to tell that I was not Xiao Changfeng based on just one sentence that night?"

Su Wan looked at Liu Xuan, who looked exactly like Xiao Changfeng, her expression unable to remain calm.

"You did indeed disguise yourself exactly the same; your cultivation aura, voice, and even your movements and demeanor had no flaws."

"But the way you look at me is different. He would never look at me with that kind of gaze."

"Actually, I wasn't particularly sure at the time either; I just felt something was wrong and was merely testing you."

Liu Xuan was stunned!

Communicating with the Puppet Gu in his Divine Soul to check Xiao Changfeng's memories, the way he looked at Su Wan was indeed always very cold.

"What a pity!"

Because of a small mistake, he missed an excellent opportunity, and Liu Xuan was filled with regret.

He also blamed his own Heart-Nature for being insufficient. If he had been able to see that Su Wan was just testing him, he might have been able to continue the charade.

"Hmm?"

"Grandmistress, what are you doing?!?"

Su Wan slowly removed her dress, revealing snowy-white skin and perfect body curves.

She walked elegantly to Liu Xuan's side,

"Isn't this what you want?"

Her voice rang in Liu Xuan's ear, full of magnetism and stickiness, a tingling sensation drilling into his ears.

"Grandmistress, don't do this!"

Liu Xuan gently pushed her body away,

"You are an elder; it is not appropriate for us to be like this!"

"And in a few days, I will be marrying Senior Sister Xiao Ran. You are making a mistake by doing this!"

Su Wan's body stiffened instantly, and her alluring gaze became clear.

A moment later, she continued to lean on Liu Xuan and smiled charmingly,

"So what?"

"Xiao Ran was born to Xiao Changfeng's concubine and has no blood relationship with me."

"Really?"

Liu Xuan did not quite believe it.