In the morning, Xiaoxi had breakfast with her father and four older brothers. Xiaoxi was still immersed in the joy of having just achieved a minor breakthrough in cultivation.

I stayed inside for one night, and before I even started repairing the chain, just from sleeping, I felt my cultivation level had increased. Now I'm steadily making great strides toward the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Xiaoxi thought: Not bad, this Fifth Brother is someone I can get along with.

Ye Yuan was also happy to see the siblings getting along well.

Suddenly, Xiaoxi's voice rang out, seemingly out of place.

"Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, why are you calling me Zhou Ye again? Is there some secret between you and Dad? Like, you were born out of wedlock and are only now coming back to the family!"

What are you saying?

Xiaoxi got slapped on the head by her father.

"Ye Xingxian, didn't you explain things clearly to your sister last night?"

Ye Xingxian's lips twitched. "Xiaoxi fell asleep happily, and I couldn't bear to wake her up."

Xiaoxi then understood what had happened.

It turns out that Fifth Brother's situation was special. When he was still an infant, things in the house would often float in mid-air, scaring the servants into screaming.

As Fifth Brother grew older, it became clear that he was truly gifted.

At this time, Jiang Chengzi, an old friend of Grandpa who had not been in contact for many years, suddenly came to the house. Jiang Chengzi was his Taoist name.

The old friend told the grandfather that this grandson was no ordinary person.

Grandpa made the decision to have Ye Xingxian secretly taken away by his friend to study Taoism at Piaomiao Mountain in Jiang Province. This was to protect his underage fifth brother and to ensure that his fifth brother could protect the Ye family after he completed his studies.

The false information being disseminated is that Fifth Brother is abroad.

Actually, there have always been people secretly plotting against the Ye family, otherwise Xiao Xi wouldn't have been taken away and abandoned after birth.

"Fifth Brother! I never expected you to be a Taoist priest, haha. I thought all Taoist priests were ugly and deformed, but I never expected you to be so handsome, just like a banished immortal." No wonder Fifth Brother wears a Taoist robe.

Are we not good-looking?

Sixth Brother was a little jealous.

"They're all beautiful, they're all beautiful. Daddy is a handsome man, brother is a handsome man, and Xiaoxi is a fairy."

Xiaoxi laughed heartily, her mouth full of teasing remarks.

"Why would Fifth Brother, who is so refined and elegant, go to mine coal?"

"Still digging for He Shou Wu?" Ye Xingxian retorted directly.

Xiaoxi was speechless.

Ye Xingxian enjoys seeing Xiaoxi get the short end of the stick.

"Later, my master handed the Taoist temple over to me, and Uncle Lu put me in charge of the metaphysics department. The food, clothing and daily necessities of many people were provided free of charge."

It just so happened that there were many coal mines outside Misty Mountain, so I started mining them. The government even granted me a special license.

Otherwise, why would private individuals be allowed to mine such a large coal mine?

"Alright, alright, Mr. Zhou is right. So, what's the story behind you being Xie Yujie's uncle?"

“It was a bit of a coincidence that Xiao Jie’s father met me. I mainly thought Xiao Jie was talented. Actually, I sent Xiao Jie to your school to find you a study companion.”

Huh? Xiaoxi quickly pictured it in her mind.

She thought they were peers, but she ended up becoming Xie Yujie's aunt. And this aunt often wielded a whip, making Xie Yujie print talismans for her day and night.

As she thought about it, Xiaoxi smiled, but then she thought, no, this reading companion is not qualified.

"Fifth Brother, why didn't you find me a clever study partner? Xie Yujie is so dull, I don't want him! You saw it yesterday, he could even fall asleep while dancing? Hahahaha."

Xiaoxi's smile quickly faded.

"Xiaoxi, what do you think I came down the mountain for? It's all because of Xie Yujie."

Everyone at the dinner table looked at Ye Xingxian: So you didn't come back to see your family? For a nephew who isn't related to you by blood?