Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan felt extremely distressed looking at Lu Xuening; they even glared angrily at their father. Lu Yunqi and Lu Yunxing also felt sorry for Lu Xuening. Although they didn't spoil her as blindly as before, she was still their eighth sister. Now that she was lying in bed, so weak, how could they not feel sorry for her?
Just then, Lu Yun Shen spoke, his tone completely flat:
"Xiao Qi was at the seventh level of Qi Refining when she first went to the water dungeon. Before going, she was whipped fifteen times by her mother and stayed inside for ten days and ten nights."
The atmosphere froze instantly.
Xu Lianxin froze, her eyes wide as she recalled the past.
She remembered how she had lashed her own daughter mercilessly with the whip, wanting her to submit, but she refused. So she sent her to the water dungeon.
The dark-skinned, thin girl was dragged away, covered in blood, her struggles and cries met with no one's sympathy. She too was imprisoned in the water dungeon and tortured for ten days and ten nights.
She looked at Lu Xuening on the bed, and Lu Xuening's pale face suddenly turned into A Yao's, which startled her so much that she stood up abruptly.
Did she ever shed a single tear for her biological daughter back then?
Lu Yun Shen looked at his mother and sneered: "Mother, that time almost cost Xiao Qi her life. Xiao Ba is much better off than her. Before going in, she was at least not seriously injured, and her cultivation level is much higher than Xiao Qi's back then."
Lu Yunqi recalled this, his eyes wide. Yes, yes, how pitiful Xiao Qi was back then! She was in the water dungeon...
He imagined it and felt a sense of suffocation.
Lu Yunxing lowered his head, his body trembling. He recalled once again the despicable things he had done. Xiao Qi, who had finally escaped from the water dungeon, was walking unsteadily. He thought she was faking her weakness, so he pushed her down the steps...
My heart is in excruciating pain.
He couldn't stay there any longer and immediately turned around and left.
Xu Lianxin's face was extremely ugly. She remembered that she had imprisoned A Yao in the water dungeon more than once, and A Yao was injured every time.
A sense of guilt and remorse immediately overwhelmed me.
"I...I didn't know that...that water dungeon had so many tricks up its sleeve," Xu Lianxin said, trying to excuse herself.
When members of the Lu family's direct descendants and core clansmen make mistakes, they are usually confined to their cave dwellings to reflect on their actions, or they are whipped a few times by their elders before they have to reflect. The Punishment Hall punishes ordinary clansmen. The water dungeon is the lightest punishment, but because it is used to punish ordinary clansmen, even the lightest punishment is often handled in various ways.
For ordinary members of the tribe, death is just death.
Lu Xiuwen pinched his brow, his head throbbing. No wonder Xiao Qi resented them, her parents. He had initially felt sorry for Lu Xuening, but now he felt nothing; he even began to blame Xu Lianxin.
If she hadn't abused Xiao Qi, how could Xiao Qi have become estranged from her father? That girl is vengeful. She suffered so much in the Lu family, she must resent everyone from them. Could she really make up her mind one day and elope with someone?
“Xiao Qi deserved it; she made a mistake!” Lu Yunli said.
"Shut up!"
Lu Xiuwen said angrily.
When he got angry, everyone fell silent.
Lu Xiuwen was particularly disappointed in Lu Yunli. Even now, he still favored Xiao Ba. He said coldly, "Xiao Ba made a mistake, and this punishment is what she deserves. She is so weak. From now on, she should stay at Yu Shu Peak and recuperate properly. Without my permission, she is not allowed to step out of Yu Shu Peak."
“If any of you dare to disobey my orders and take her out, I will not punish any of you, but Xiao Ba, I will keep her in the water dungeon until she dies.”
Lu Xiuwen's voice was tinged with cruelty.
At this moment, he was utterly disgusted with Lu Xuening. His eldest son, second son, sixth son, and even his wife all unconditionally favored her. As long as she lived, his seventh son would never consider himself a member of the Lu family. She had turned their once harmonious family into chaos; he'd rather she marry into the Gu family and cause trouble for others!
Lu Xiuwen left with a cold face.
Lu Yunli suddenly grabbed Lu Yunshen's collar and said angrily, "Father completely despises Xiao Ba. Are you satisfied now? Do you still consider Xiao Ba your sister?"
Lu Yun Shen calmly pried Lu Yun Li's fingers apart one by one, and said, "My only sister is Xiao Qi."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Lu Yunli was so angry that his face turned ashen. After Lu Yunshen left, Lu Yunqi whispered to Xu Lianxin, "Mother, I... I'll be going now too."
Lu Yunqi also left.
"Fifth brother, you..." Lu Yunchuan couldn't believe it.
Lu Yunli looked at Xu Lianxin and said indignantly, "Mother, did you see that? How powerful Xiao Qi is! The third, fourth, and fifth brothers, and even Father, all of them hate Xiao Ba. She has ruined our family."
Xu Lianxin was still immersed in what Lu Yunshen had just said. She sat there in a daze, asking herself if she had made a mistake.
Seeing her mother's distraught state, Lu Yunli felt even more strongly that A Yao was the culprit.
I shouldn't have asked her to come back. She ruined our perfectly good home.
Lu Yunlin held Lu Xuening's hand with heartache, looking at her weak appearance, and secretly vowed to protect her no matter what happened.
Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan also secretly told themselves that they must protect Xiao Ba.
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The door to the secret chamber where Xu Fengzhi of the Divine Dream Sect often practiced his skills finally opened, and a young man dressed in gorgeous black clothes walked out. The man was handsome, with long black hair hanging down his back. His skin was slightly pale, and his eyes flashed with an eerie red light. His whole body exuded a chilling aura.
However, the chilling aura quickly dissipated, and the red light in his eyes slowly faded. He glanced casually outside and walked forward step by step. Although it was a very casual movement, it exuded a terrifying sense of oppression.
The wind blew his long hair into a fluttering motion, and his clothes were open, revealing the red cursed totem on his chest.
An ancient incantation character resembling the character "瑶".
Lou Munan stood on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the land below, a smile on his lips.
Ten years later, he finally managed to completely devour Xu Fengzhi's consciousness.
Two long streaks of light flew in from the distant mountain peaks and landed next to Lou Munan.
Xu Yunzhou and Wei Linglong sensed their son emerging from seclusion and immediately came over. Xu Yunzhou was shocked to see that his son had already reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm: "Feng'er, late stage of the Nascent Soul realm..."
To advance from the early to late stages of the Nascent Soul realm in just ten years is truly astonishing. Perhaps because he had A Yao as a reference point, Xu Yunzhou quickly accepted this astonishing speed. He exclaimed with delight, "Good! Good! Good wind!"
"What's so good about it? Feng'er, your wife is about to be stolen away." Wei Linglong poured cold water on the idea.
Then she recounted what had happened to the Nangong family recently, causing Lou Munan to frown. Only ten years had passed, and that little girl had already changed her mind? She actually dared to seduce another man…
A surge of anger welled up inside me.
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