[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female-":3,"chapter-my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","My Master's Elder Brother Just Took on a Female Disciple",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2265601,4423,"Chapter 68: Broken Sword: Tetanus (Requesting Follow Reads)","my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>At that moment, a message arrived on the token—it was from Master Mo Xingjian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Today’s events are suspicious, though it’s also possible this is a self-directed scheme to clear his name; for now, there’s no evidence proving he isn’t Gao Xian.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Of course, Master believes you truly heard something from that bloodstained stone, but your Headmaster, as the patriarch of this sect, cannot be so hasty—everything requires evidence, especially when the subject is a peak lord.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his master’s message, Zhou Qing understood perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to finish, it rested solely on his word—its credibility was far too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Headmaster and others had to treat this with extreme caution; if it were a misunderstanding, fine—but if true, the consequences were unthinkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Xian had been involved in nearly all of the sect’s secret affairs over the years; every plan, implemented or not, would have to be scrapped and rebuilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, they’d have to hunt down all his hidden arrangements and schemes targeting Taiqingmen—it was a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhou Qing sent a message reassuring his master, Mo Xingjian sent another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I have two things to tell you. First, Elder Duanmu Shu entered the Heavenly Cave to retrieve an item for judging Gao Xian, but failed—and suffered severe injuries.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Zhou Qing’s face turned pale with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Elder, the pinnacle of Taiqingmen’s combat strength, had been wounded inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only one day—by comparison, Second Uncle had been inside for countless years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Zhou Qing could recover from his shock, Mo Xingjian’s second message followed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The deputy director of the Spirit Field Office who attacked you today—before the Headmaster could even deliver him to the Discipline Hall for interrogation, he exploded and died outright.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing’s face darkened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【In short, carry on as usual—eat, drink, act as if the danger has passed. Give the other hidden ones a chance, after all. Don’t worry, someone will be secretly protecting you.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing smiled bitterly—he was being used as bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still a valid strategy; better a short pain than a long one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than live in constant dread, better to lure out a few and make an example of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this, anyone thinking of moving against him would hesitate—would they even survive if they struck?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand, Master!” Zhou Qing sent the reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Mo Xingjian transmitted a voice message: “You’ve worked hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not at all, Master. I live for Taiqingmen, I die for Taiqingmen. Serving the sect is my duty—but could you spare a few high-grade spirit stones to calm my nerves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, are you still listening? Medium-grade ones would do too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master? Old Mo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Zhou Qing was woken by a faint tapping sound. When he rubbed his eyes, yawning, and pushed open the window, he saw a pink paper crane repeatedly bumping against the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his eyes, confirmed the crane posed no threat, then waved his hand gently to let it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as it landed before the window, the crane began speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Zhou, why haven’t you added me as a friend? Yaoyao just wanted to check on you—no other intentions. By the way, this is a voice crane; when its color turns blue, your words will be recorded, and when it flies back, I’ll hear them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yaoyao’s voice echoed from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing froze, studying the crane closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey, this was interesting—he’d been in the sect this long and had never seen anything so novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, within seconds, the crane’s color shifted from pink to sky blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing thought for a moment, then grinned, picked up the old hen, placed her before the crane, and scattered a bit of spirit stone powder in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hen immediately began pecking away—tap-tap-tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within just a few breaths, the crane flapped its wings and flew off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder the Headmaster’s precious disciple—everything’s top-notch. I’ll keep a low profile and avoid getting too entangled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing muttered to himself, then turned—and noticed, beside the coop, a new spirit egg had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately hugged the hen and kissed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good girl, you’re amazing! Once I absorb this egg, I’ll return the shell to you—you eat it, and we’ll form a perfect cycle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing was thrilled. After multiple trials, he was nearly certain: after consuming a low-grade spirit stone, the hen laid a new spirit egg every seven or eight days—its purity was extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if he fed it medium- or high-grade spirit stones? What unexpected effects might follow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t tried—and dared not. The risk was too great. Besides, all his good stuff had been traded for that broken sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of the broken sword, Zhou Qing quickly set the hen down, retrieved the blade, and activated today’s 【Daily Appraisal】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his gaze focused on the broken sword, feedback appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Broken Sword: This appears to be a filthy, rusted broken blade—so worthless it wouldn’t even be picked up off the ground. In truth, this is its original form—unbreakably resilient. More strangely, anyone wounded by it will bleed continuously; no healing pill can stop it—until only half their blood remains, then the bleeding slowly ceases.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading this, Zhou Qing stared, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—so my guess was right? The “broken sword” was never broken—it was forged this way from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had merely rusted over countless ages—but that made it even more deceptive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the final line, Zhou Qing burst into ecstatic joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was a bizarre “tetanus” sword—bleeding nonstop, only halting when half the blood was gone. The victim would be terrified to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great sword! Amazing sword!” Zhou Qing cried, gently caressing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was always meant to be this way, from now on, I’ll call you “Tetanus.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ability to cause endless bleeding—surely some supreme master had cursed this blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could it have been threaded into the Stone Mill, a tool he didn’t understand, part of the Void Ring’s discarded fragments, without a single scratch? Clearly, it was no ordinary weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then Zhou Qing realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a great weapon, all right—but it’s too dull. Yesterday it couldn’t even cut the whetstone—it bounced right off. If I manage to get close to an enemy and swipe at them with this, I probably won’t even tear their clothes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tick—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a drop of blood plopped to the ground. Zhou Qing’s heart lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, stiffly, he turned his head to his right index finger—the pain had come from there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gulps~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Qing swallowed hard, feeling the world spin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait—I just lightly brushed the blade’s edge! How did it suddenly cut me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it that sensitive to flesh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1122,"2026-06-19T20:13:53.139Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","52471c294501a49c1a379ff6bb9a6f2a6a6af5a364d061c555fad2a51d7e3bf7","my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--chapter-69","my-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--chapter-67",302,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-master-s-elder-brother-just-took-on-a-female--cover.jpg"]