Ayao didn't pay attention to Lu Xuening's movements. Not long after Lu Xuening left, Ayao saw the sect leader and his wife of the Liuli Sect arrive with their daughter, Song Yan. Everyone knew that Song Yan was engaged to Lu Yunli.
As soon as Xu Lianxin saw Song Yan and her parents, she went over to them with a big smile: "Senior Brother Song, Senior Sister Han, we've been waiting for you for ages."
Sect Leader Song and Madam Song exchanged several polite words with Xu Lianxin with smiles, and then their gazes fell on A Yao behind Xu Lianxin. Although Song Yan and her younger brother were not trapped in the secret realm during the previous incident, many core disciples of the Glazed Tile Sect were unable to leave in time, and they were among those rescued by A Yao.
Sect Leader Song and Madam Song had visited the Lu family to thank Ayao for this, and Ayao had met them then, though Song Yan wasn't there. Therefore, this was Ayao's first formal meeting with Song Yan.
Song Yan looked at A Yao, her future sister-in-law, with curiosity. Seeing her fair skin, beautiful face, and refined temperament, she felt a great liking for her.
They were shocked to discover that she was already at the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Seeing that Song Yan and her parents were looking at her, A Yao cupped her hands and said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle, Martial Sister Song Yan."
She looked at Song Yan with her bright, sparkling eyes, and Song Yan thought that A Yao's eyes were as beautiful as blue gemstones.
After incorporating a drop of water phoenix essence extracted from the Water Spirit Sparrow, A Yao's eyes turned ice blue. Appearance changes due to cultivation techniques are quite common. Most members of the Lu family possess water or ice spiritual roots, and most develop blue eyes after reaching a certain level of cultivation.
"Greetings, Uncle-Master Xu! Greetings, Junior Sister Xueyao!" Song Yan also greeted with a cupped hand.
Both Song Zongzhu and Madam Song laughed. They looked at A Yao and Song Yan and said, "This is the first time you've met, isn't it?"
Song Yan nodded, smiled, and said, "Junior Sister Xueyao is indeed as beautiful as the rumors say."
Ayao smiled modestly and said, "Not at all, Senior Sister Song Yan is the real beauty."
Ayao looked at Sect Leader Song and Madam Song, then at Xu Lianxin and said, "Mother, Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master, I want to go play chess with Senior Sister Song Yan over there."
Xu Lianxin had many grievances against A Yao, but today she heard people praising A Yao everywhere, and as A Yao's biological mother, she felt very proud. Now she found A Yao much more pleasing to the eye.
Song Yan is her future eldest daughter-in-law. When she saw that A Yao wanted to get close to Song Yan, she thought that A Yao wanted to use Song Yan to ease her relationship with Lu Yunli.
Xu Lianxin wasn't truly stupid; she had cultivated to the Void Refinement stage. She understood that her eldest son, Lu Yunli, couldn't suppress his biological daughter, and that the younger and older members of the clan had already sided with her. If things continued this way, her eldest son, Yunli, was very likely to be stripped of his inheritance rights.
This is something she doesn't want to see.
Just like Lu Xiuwen, Lu Yunli was her first child, and her feelings for him were different from those for her other children.
Her dissatisfaction with Ayao stemmed mainly from Ayao's complete lack of affection for her, her biological mother, and even resentment towards her for neglecting her for several years. In Xu Lianxin's view, only children are at fault; parents are never wrong, and even if they are, parents should be given a way out.
Seeing that A Yao didn't argue with her today and even seemed to be getting closer to Song Yan, she thought to herself: Maybe she's figured things out and wants to get along better with her mother and older brother.
So she smiled and said, "Go ahead, go ahead!"
Ayao familiarly pulled Song Yan away.
After the two women left, Xu Lianxin walked forward with Sect Leader Song and Madam Song. Along the way, familiar people kept greeting them. When the Nangong family head and Madam Nangong saw Sect Leader Song and Madam Song, they also came over to greet them with smiles. After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Lianxin sat down with Sect Leader Song and Madam Song and started talking.
Meanwhile, Ayao led Song Yan through the winding corridor.
The winding corridor was filled with food tables laden with fine wines and various spiritual fruits. A large crowd had gathered there, watching beautifully dressed dancers and singers gracefully perform on the water. Long ribbons fluttered in the wind, and butterflies, which transformed into beautiful maids, flitted among the crowd, serving wine to the guests.
Over at a nearby pavilion, a female disciple of the Tianshui Palace was playing the zither, attracting hundreds of birds, while several disciples of the Five Colors Sect were performing a sword dance, drawing cheers from the onlookers.
Further away, disciples of Yuyang Palace were playing chess with disciples of the Zhao family of Gufeng, while disciples of Tianji Pavilion were exchanging illusion techniques with disciples of Mingxin Sect.
It was very lively everywhere. As Ayao and Song Yan walked along, many people greeted Ayao.
Ayao led Song Yan to a secluded pavilion. With a wave of her hand, a chessboard and chess pieces appeared on the stone table. She smiled and gestured to Song Yan in invitation.
Song Yan didn't know that the senior Jin who saved her twice in the secret realm was A Yao's clone, but she didn't dislike A Yao's outgoing nature. Song Yan sat down and said to A Yao:
"Junior Sister Xueyao likes playing chess?"
Ayao smiled and said, "It's alright."
The two women chatted as they played chess. Ayao had specifically sought out Song Yan to sow discord between Lu Yunli and Song Yan. She had long been determined to ruin their marriage.
Ten years ago, during the Lieyang Sect incident, she had her clones spread the word that Lu Yunli, that bastard, hated his own sister so much that he wanted to force her to marry an incompetent scoundrel.
This was quite effective. The Glazed Tile School was already dissatisfied with Lu Yunli's attitude towards Song Yan, and after learning about this, they became even more dissatisfied with Lu Yunli.
Are you out of your mind?
How could someone be so clueless? Lu Xueyao is a cultivation prodigy, a peerless genius. Even if she weren't his biological sister, but a complete stranger, people would go to great lengths to win her over. Yet he's offending her to death. Is this young master of the Lu family an idiot?
No, my daughter can't marry a fool.
However, there was no good reason to annul the engagement, so the attitude of the Liuli Sect towards Lu Yunli was actually the same as that of the Gu family towards Lu Xuening: drag it out!
The wedding was delayed until it fell through.
A few hundred years is not a long time for cultivators.
Many things can happen over hundreds of years. This Miss Lu Qi doesn't look like someone to be trifled with. If she seizes power, then there's no reason for the Glazed Tile Sect to marry their daughter to Lu Yunli. It's a marriage alliance, but their statuses aren't even equal. What's the point of such a marriage alliance?
"I've wanted to see Senior Sister Song Yan for a long time, and seeing her today..." A Yao said with a heavy sigh.
Song Yan asked, "Are you very disappointed?"
Ayao laughed and said, "I just regret that I'm not a man."
These words made Song Yan laugh.
"If I were a man, I would definitely snatch you away from my older brother. Senior Sister Song Yan is so beautiful, my stupid older brother is not good enough for you," A Yao said, holding a white chess piece.
Hearing her mention Lu Yunli, Song Yan frowned. Song Yan had long been dissatisfied with Lu Yunli. She asked, "You and your older brother don't get along, is that right?"
Ayao said, "He treated me so badly, trying to make me marry a worthless man. If you were in his shoes, could you have a good relationship with him?"
Song Yan shook her head: "He's not good to me either. In his heart, there's only Lu Xuening."
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