“Yes, yes, what’s the point of keeping this jinx around?” said a cultivator in blue robes.
The red-haired cultivator said, "She has poor talent and low comprehension. Miss Lu Qi is already at the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while she is still at the early stage of the Foundation Establishment realm. If it were me, I would have kicked her out of the house long ago to save my precious, genius daughter from being disgusted."
A cultivator in yellow robes said, "How can the head of the Lu family be so clueless about this matter?"
In a corner of the teahouse sat three elegantly dressed young men, with eight guards standing beside them. These eight guards were all Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but they were concealing their strength at the moment.
Hearing others talk about Lu Xuening and say mocking things, Lu Yunlin was filled with murderous intent and was about to make a move, but Lu Yunqi stopped him: "Don't be impulsive."
"How can you stand by and listen to them slandering Xiao Ba like this, Fifth Brother!" Lu Yunlin tried to break free from Lu Yunqi's hand, but Lu Yunqi held him down tightly.
“You won’t get anywhere fighting them, you might as well go back and check,” Lu Yunqi said.
Lu Yunlin gritted his teeth, but in the end, he didn't make a move and agreed to Lu Yunqi's words. He looked at Lu Yunxing in confusion, not understanding why his fourth brother, who had a fiery temper, hadn't reacted when he heard someone slandering Xiao Ba.
Lu Yunxing still cared about Lu Xuening, but not as much as before. Every time he saw Lu Xuening, he was reminded of how many times he had sent his younger sister to the water dungeon, almost causing her death.
If he had heard others speak ill of Xiao Ba in the past, he would have been furious. But now he couldn't help but wonder if Xiao Ba was really wrong. If she was wrong, why didn't she need to be punished, but only Xiao Qi was?
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In a hall somewhere on Jade Peak of the Lu family, Lu Xuening was crying.
Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan were both nearby.
After learning about what had happened to the Nangong family, Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan ended their secluded cultivation early. They felt extremely distressed looking at Lu Xuening, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.
"I... I really didn't mean to. How was I supposed to know that it was Young Master Qi's life-saving medicine? Nangong Rou took me up there, but she didn't tell me how important the Seven-Colored Begonia was."
"I don't know why Tuantuan suddenly ran out and bit me. I really didn't mean to hurt her..." Tears streamed down her face as she cried bitterly. "My father is angry with me. He completely despises me now..."
"Tuantuan is so small, it doesn't understand anything, it's innocent! Seventh Sister is so cruel, just killing it like that to use its blood to make medicine..."
Lu Xuening cried her heart out.
"Xiao Qi is really ruthless. She clearly knows how much Xiao Ba likes Tuan Tuan, yet she still..." Lu Yunli was furious. He knew that without him, Xiao Ba would definitely be bullied by Lu Xueyao. Lu Xueyao is a wicked woman. Now that she has saved Young Master Qi, she will surely become even more arrogant in the future.
hateful!
"Xiao Ba, don't cry. No matter what happens, your second brother will always be here for you." Lu Yunchuan reached out and wiped away Lu Xuening's tears.
“Me too,” Lu Yunli said.
Just then, several streaks of light flew in from outside, landing and transforming into several cultivators dressed in black. These cultivators were all from the Lu family's Punishment Hall, and the one leading them was Elder Lu Rong of the Punishment Hall.
"Elder Rong!" Lu Yunli was surprised to see Lu Rong. What was he doing here?
"By order of the patriarch, the Eighth Miss has been imprisoned in the water dungeon to reflect on her actions," Lu Rong said.
What? !
Lu Yunchuan and Lu Yunli couldn't believe it, and Lu Xuening stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Lu Rong's expression was cold and stern. After he finished speaking, the two people behind him were about to pull Lu Xuening away when Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan immediately blocked Lu Xuening's way. Lu Yunli said coldly, "Wait! How could Father treat Xiao Ba like this?"
Lu Rong waved his hand, and a jade slip floated in mid-air. Lu Xiuwen's voice came from the jade slip: "Lu Xuening has caused a great disaster this time. She must be severely punished to appease the public. She will be thrown into the water dungeon to reflect on her actions until I release her."
What? Father is really so heartless!
The two Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Punishment Hall were about to step forward again, but Lu Yunli still blocked them. He said, "Wait, Elder Rong, give me some face and don't take Xiao Ba away. I'll go find my father, and I'm sure I can make him change his mind."
Lu Xuening turned pale and gripped Lu Yunchuan's hand tightly.
No! She doesn't want to go to the water dungeon!
don't want!
"Young Master, please don't make things difficult for me." Lu Rong, who was at the Refinement stage, waved his hand, and Lu Yunli was shoved away by a great force.
He would have given the eldest son face in the past, but now that the Lu family would likely belong to the seventh young lady in the future, he didn't want to give the eldest son face and risk the seventh young lady holding a grudge against him.
Lu Xuening was dragged away.
"Help me! Help me!"
"Big brother, second brother, save me!"
Lu Xuening struggled, but how could she possibly break free from two Nascent Soul stage guards!
Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan felt their hearts breaking as they listened to her sobbing. However, when they tried to take her away, they were blocked by an ice wall. A pressure from a Void Refinement stage cultivator filled the surroundings, rendering them unable to move. Lu Rong's voice rang out: "Please don't make things difficult for me, gentlemen. I will definitely take this Eighth Miss away!"
The sound disappeared, the ice wall shattered automatically, but Lu Xuening's figure had vanished.
Lu Yunli was furious, angry, and anxious. How dare he! This Lu Rong was just an elder, yet he didn't even give her any face.
“You go find Mother, I’ll go find Father,” Lu Yunli said to Lu Yunchuan.
Lu Yunchuan nodded, and the two brothers then split up.
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The Nangong family.
Beneath a tall cherry blossom tree sat two figures. The handsome young man, dressed in snow-white robes, extended a hand, and the girl in purple sitting opposite him gently reached out her hand, her fingers touching the man's pulse; a faint light shimmered from her beautiful fingertips.
The wind blew pink petals down, causing the girl's long, black hair to flutter. The girl's beauty was astonishing, and the white-clad man opposite her was equally breathtakingly handsome.
"The poison in your body has been cleared." Ayao removed her fingers and said to Nangong Qi.
"Really?" Nangong Qi asked.
Ayao nodded.
She thought to herself: You already knew about this, didn't you? Why are you pretending to be surprised? Even if he didn't know, his parents must have been checking on him every day. Couldn't a Void Refinement cultivator tell whether he had fully recovered?
"It's all thanks to you, Miss Seven. I really don't know how to thank you enough." Nangong Qi clasped his hands in a fist salute to A Yao, his smile as gentle as a spring breeze.
“Your mother has already thanked me profusely; she gave me quite a few things,” Ayao said.
They already had a debt of gratitude for each other's saving lives, and since Madam Nangong wanted Ayao to be her daughter-in-law, she went out of her way to please her, showering her with all sorts of good things.
“A mother is a mother, and I am me. These past few days, I’ve been thinking about how I can thank you, Miss Seven,” Nangong Qi said with a smile.
Ayao looked at him and suddenly asked, "Can you play the piano?"
Nangong Qi nodded.
Ayao said to him, "Then play a song for me!"
Nangong Qi listened and smiled, saying, "Okay."
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