Half an hour later, Lingxiao Zhenren and Changchun Sanren simultaneously withdrew their supernatural powers and magic. The golden shield surrounding Lu Yunli disappeared, and his body slowly floated down onto the jade platform.

"Yun Li!"

Xu Lianxin rushed over and saw her eldest son, whose face was deathly pale, eyes closed, weak and utterly unwell, and her heart ached terribly.

"The two patriarchs..."

Lu Xiuwen looked respectfully at Lingxiao Zhenren and Changchun Sanren. Both of them shook their heads. Changchun Sanren said, "His life is no longer in danger, but his spiritual root... We have both done our best. However, there is a domineering intent remaining in Yun Li's body. That intent lingers in his body and does not dissipate. As soon as his spiritual root shows any signs of condensation, it is destroyed by it again."

“We are powerless to help. If you, Ancestor Dongxuan, can break through the bottleneck and successfully reach the Integration Stage, there may still be a chance,” said True Person Lingxiao.

Xu Lianxin and Lu Xiuwen had a glimmer of hope after hearing this, but Lingxiao Zhenren immediately dashed their hopes again:

"But even if there's a way to get him back into cultivation, he won't achieve much in the future. Even if your Ancestor Dongxuan successfully enters the Integration Stage, it will still take a huge amount of resources and effort to help him rebuild his spiritual roots. Is it worth it?"

Lingxiao Zhenren stared directly at Lu Xiuwen, clearly telling him: Even if Lu Yunli could resume his cultivation, he wouldn't achieve much. It wouldn't be worth expending a lot of resources to get him to start cultivating again.

Xu Lianxin listened, tears streaming down her face. Holding the unconscious Lu Yunli, she wept, "My poor son..."

Master Changchun looked at Lu Xiuwen and said, "Xiuwen, you are the head of the family. You must prioritize the interests of the Lu family. You have many sons and a wonderful daughter. I like Xueyao very much."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lianxin felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She understood the ancestor's meaning: abandon Lu Yunli and focus all her efforts on cultivating Xiao Qi.

Lingxiao Zhenren glanced at Lu Yunli and sighed softly, "Perhaps this is fate!"

By deposing the eldest son, the future of the Lu family is entrusted to the most outstanding genius of this generation.

Lu Xiuwen's expression was cold, but he had already made up his mind. He cupped his hands towards Lingxiao Zhenren and Changchun Zhenren and said, "Grandson understands!"

Looking at her husband's expression, Xu Lianxin understood his decision, and her heart ached even more. Yun Li had been abandoned!

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On Crimson Serpent Peak, Lu Yunshen, Lu Yunqi, Lu Yunxing, Lu Yunchuan, and Lu Yunlin waited anxiously. After several hours, they saw two long rainbows flying towards them, landing and transforming into their parents.

"Father, Mother, how is my elder brother?" Lu Yunshen asked.

"What did the ancestor say?" Lu Yunchuan asked.

Xu Lianxin's face was contorted in pain, while Lu Xiuwen walked silently toward the main hall. Lu Yunshen and the others followed Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin into the inner hall. Lu Xiuwen waved his hand, and a beam of light flew out from his sleeve, landing on the bed. The unconscious Lu Yunli appeared on the bed.

"Big brother!" Lu Yunxing approached and saw that his older brother was still unconscious, and he was anxious.

"Father, Mother, how is it?" Lu Yunshen asked again.

Lu Xiuwen sat in the chair, "In the future, your eldest brother..." He seemed reluctant, "I'm afraid he won't be able to cultivate anymore."

Lu Yun Shen and the others were shocked upon hearing this. What? Their eldest brother could no longer cultivate? Did that mean he had become a cripple? Even the ancestors couldn't help him?

The brothers felt incredibly distressed seeing their weakened eldest brother. Even though Lu Yunshen disapproved of Lu Yunli's actions towards A Yao, they were still brothers, and they were heartbroken to learn that their eldest brother had become a cripple.

Although Lu Xiuwen felt reluctant, he had already made his decision. He didn't want to wait here for his eldest son to wake up. He got up and said to Lu Yunchuan and the others, "Take good care of your eldest brother!"

After saying that, he went out.

Xu Lianxin held her handkerchief, watching her husband's retreating figure, and once again wept for her eldest son. Yun Li, if Yun Li were to wake up, how could she tell him this cruel truth? Not only had he become a cripple, but he had also been abandoned by his own father and his family?

Xu Lianxin was in immense pain.

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Lu Xiuwen stood on the steps, the ground covered with kneeling clansmen. These kneeling clansmen were all Lu Yunli's guards, and they were all sweating profusely and trembling with fear.

With the eldest son deposed, how will the patriarch deal with the guards who failed to protect him properly?

Lu Xiuwen, with a cold face, looked at one of them and said, "You, tell me in detail what happened that day."

The guard, sweating profusely, said, "That day, the eldest young master went to Tianyong City to help the eighth young lady find a celestial dog as a spirit pet. On his way back, he encountered a Nascent Soul stage cultivator dressed in white and wearing a mask fighting a Nascent Soul stage serpent."

"That man in white possessed a set of three hundred and sixty-five identical golden flying swords, all of them top-grade spiritual weapons. The young master took a liking to the man's magical treasures, which led to a conflict, and then..."

The guard was still shaken by what he had just witnessed.

Suddenly, Lu Xiuwen made a move, and a terrifying divine sense enveloped the guard. The guard trembled violently and showed an extremely painful expression. Lu Xiuwen directly searched the guard's soul.

After searching the soul, Lu Xiuwen witnessed how A Yao's metal-elemental clone easily defeated more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage guards and crippled his eldest son.

Judging from the speed and momentum of the other party's attack, this is not something that someone in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm could possess. He is not afraid of the Lu family and crippled their eldest son with a single move. This person is so bold that he must be in the same stage as me, the Void Refinement realm. Who is he?

No matter who it is, he will not let that person go.

As soon as Lu Xiuwen let go, the guard who had been subjected to soul-searching fainted and collapsed to the ground.

Lu Xiuwen didn't even glance at the guard, and coldly gave orders to the two elders beside him:

"Pass on my order: offer a reward for the capture of the thief who crippled Yun Li's cultivation. Regardless of whether he is a member of the Lu family or not, as long as there is any clue about the thief, the reward is eight million high-grade spirit stones. If this person is killed, my Lu family will reward him with four eighth-grade breakthrough pills and three second-grade immortal artifacts."

Sub-immortal artifact? Grade 8 elixir?

The patriarch had actually offered a near-immortal artifact and an eighth-grade pill as bounties, leaving everyone wide-eyed in disbelief. However, no one dared question Lu Xiuwen's order, and they all respectfully replied:

"Yes, Master!"

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The news of Lu Yunli being crippled, along with the Lu family's bounty, quickly spread throughout the entire Southern Region, and then throughout the entire Canglan Realm.

"What?! The eldest son of the Lu family has been crippled!"

In a certain restaurant, a Foundation Establishment stage youth was shocked upon hearing this news.

Who did it?

"I don't know. I heard that the man wore white clothes and a mask, and seemed to be in the early stage of Nascent Soul, but was actually an old monster in the Void Refinement stage. He also had a set of flying swords, 365 in total, all of which were high-grade spiritual weapons," said an old man in the early stage of Foundation Establishment in a gray robe.

"Three hundred and sixty-five top-grade spiritual flying swords, my goodness!"

Everyone was shocked; just imagining the scene was incredibly awe-inspiring.