Chapter 334: Li Yuan to Be Confined

Afternoon.

Shangguan Yunlan walked back to the First Peak with some frustration.

After several days of investigation, she hadn’t heard any rumors about her disciple Li Yuan harassing female disciples.

However, his persistent disturbances towards the Holy Maiden Lin Xixue were indeed true.

Moreover, what irked the disciples was that whenever guests from other Sacred Lands came, or when they visited other Sacred Lands, as long as Lin Xixue was there, Li Yuan would act like an infatuated fool regardless of the occasion, making a mockery of themselves.

Anytime, anywhere, seeing Xixue, he would fawn over her… It could be seen as passionate or, rather unpleasantly, as malicious harassment.

This had already seriously affected Junior Sister Lin Xixue’s normal life.

“Sigh, it’s my fault for not realizing it earlier.”

“My junior sister is carefree and doesn’t meddle in affairs, while Junior Sister Xixue is well-behaved and reserved, always keeping things to herself. No wonder she was under such mental stress that she was almost depressed…”

In her musings.

Shangguan Yunlan suddenly sensed a familiar aura and frowned.

She got up and hurried over—

“Li Yuan, where are you going?”

A calm voice.

Seeing his master suddenly appear before him, Li Yuan was startled and flustered.

“Master, I, I…”

(I came out to find you and progress the plot! What else could I be doing!)

“Didn’t I tell you to go back and reflect in seclusion?”

“Master, I… I wanted to see Xixue… I’ll be right back after giving her the gift…”

Li Yuan pleaded with his eyes but was mercilessly rejected.

“No!”

Hearing that Li Yuan wanted to disturb Junior Sister Lin Xixue again, Shangguan Yunlan’s face turned cold.

“Xixue has rejected you so many times. Can’t you take a hint? Stop bothering her!”

(As expected! Master started to dislike me after being instigated by the male lead!)

Seeing the coldness in his master’s eyes, Li Yuan, though fearful, stubbornly replied.

“Master, I will not give up!”

“I believe that as long as I persist, Xixue will be moved and understand my true feelings!”

“But Xixue is already with her junior brother.”

Shangguan Yunlan was aware of this, but concerning Wang Haoran’s two-timing, she couldn’t interfere. After all, it was her disciple Qian Anning who insisted on being with him.

It was mutual; what could she say?

But now.

Hearing this, Li Yuan reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, vehemently retorting.

“That bastard Wang Haoran just temporarily fooled Xixue with sweet words!”

“A hypocrite like him isn’t worthy of Xixue!”

“Xixue couldn’t possibly like him genuinely!”

“……”

Sigh! Her disciple had deeply misunderstood Junior Sister Lin Xixue’s actions because of his prejudices against Junior Brother Haoran… he was quite delusional!

Shangguan Yunlan sighed, her voice tinged with disappointment.

“I told you to go back and reflect in seclusion!”

“And you are not allowed to go to the second peak to disturb them anymore!”

However.

Li Yuan was a super sycophant after all; not even his master could change his mind.

“Master, no! How could I live without Xixue?!”

“And I have to expose Wang Haoran’s true colors and drive him away from Xixue—”

“That’s enough!”

Li Yuan’s obstinacy made Shangguan Yunlan’s brows furrow in anger.

Last night, you falsely accused your junior brother, and now you have the bravery to call him despicable?

Just because you are the Holy Son and I am your master, you think you can do whatever you want?

“I didn’t realize you were this unrepentant and would even slander your junior brother!”

“Go to Penitence Cliff and reflect for a month!”

“Penitence Cliff?! Master, I…”

Hearing Penitence Cliff, Li Yuan panicked, but before he could finish his sentence, he was suppressed to the ground by his master’s aura—

“You, will you go take your punishment yourself, or should I do it?”

Shangguan Yunlan’s face was icy cold.

This was her last chance to Li Yuan.

If Li Yuan obediently accepted the punishment and reflected, it would mean there was still hope for him.

But if he sneaked away or lied about the duration at Penitence Cliff…

He wouldn’t be fit to remain the Holy Son of the Sacred Land any longer.

Because having such a delusional sycophant as the Holy Lord in the future would be disastrous for the Sacred Land.

At this moment, under pressure and seeing his master angrier than ever before.

In the end, Li Yuan yielded.

“I, I will go accept the punishment myself!”

(Sigh, Penitence Cliff, I sneaked a peek there, and the environment is too harsh!)

(Entering Penitence Cliff means having your power sealed, suffering like a normal person!)

(And having to copy the Sacred Land’s rules dozens of times a day, for a whole month!)

(But there’s no choice, since the plot is like this!)

(I’ll stay there diligently for twenty-nine days, and only on the last day will an incident cause me to sneak away!)

(Sigh, being this sycophant villain is tragic!)

(Even though the male lead was the one who spied on my master bathing, I’m the one being punished.)

(And when I return from Penitence Cliff, I’ll see my junior sister and that simpleton girl sharing affection with the male lead!)

(My master and uncle both showing favoritism towards the male lead too!)

(I target the male lead and then get rebuked by all four of them together!)

(Thus, out of jealousy and unwillingness, my first step towards becoming a dark villain begins!)

——

——

“So that’s how it is!”

“You’re going to be confined!”

Listening to the inner voice, Wang Haoran nodded.

Seeing the women around him developing feelings for a newcomer and then protecting him against someone who had been there longer, it was understandable for one’s mind to become unbalanced.

However, Wang Haoran couldn’t help but comment.

“In a proper brainless harem novel, only one man can be involved with all the female leads, and that’s the male lead.”

“A male villain entangled with all the female leads… only in inner voice or rebirth regret stories would a ‘sycophant villain’ have this fate…”

“Because only a ‘sycophant villain’ can have entanglements with all the female leads!”

“And only in these stories, ‘sycophant villains’ are upright and kind, repeatedly saving the damsels in distress, while the original male lead is devious and incompetent, stealing the sycophant’s credit to win the female lead’s hearts.”

“How is that possible! Brainless harem novels are brainless for sure, but the leads earn their affections on their own!”

“There’s no way they need to steal someone else’s credit!”

“And after the sycophant villain’s death, all truths are revealed. Then, the female leads realize that the ‘sycophant villain’ was the one worth loving!”

“So they join forces to kill the original male lead, avenge the ‘sycophant villain,’ and then get reborn.”

“Upon rebirth, they immediately seek out the ‘sycophant villain’ to… mend their regrets!”

[….Host….]

“What’s up, why so hesitant?”

[….]

After a brief silence, the system couldn’t hold back and got to the point:

[….Host, today is the day.]

[We can transform that foolish inner voice system into… angered mode!]