"Mother, is Seventh Sister in a bad health condition?" Lu Xuening feigned concern, hoping that Xu Lianxin would be furious. However, this did not happen. Instead, she saw Xu Lianxin's expression soften as she looked at A Yao, which made Lu Xuening very uneasy.
“Your sister is fine,” Xu Lianxin said.
Lu Xuening couldn't believe it, and neither could Lu Yunqi, Lu Yunlin, and Lu Yunxing. No problem? Does that mean she really only took three years to go from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the late-Golden Core stage? What kind of monster is this?
"Mother, have you checked carefully?" Lu Yunlin asked. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his mother's gaze suddenly become sharp, which startled him, so he quickly said, "Mother, I'm just worried about Xiao Qi."
Worried about yourself?
Ayao glanced at Lu Yunlin and scoffed at the idea.
Xu Lianxin said unhappily, "You even doubt your mother's words? Xiao Qi is fine. She has cultivated from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the late-Golden Core stage in just three years. Her cultivation speed is indeed astonishing. However, as my daughter, it's not a big deal for her to cultivate a little faster."
Xu Lianxin was arrogant, extremely arrogant. She used to think that Ayao was a stain on her life, but now she finally felt relieved, as the stain on her was gone. She immediately forgot how much she used to dislike Ayao, and now she found Ayao more and more pleasing to the eye.
“You guys need to learn more from Xiao Qi, especially you, Xiao Ba. Your cultivation has been too lax.”
Upon hearing Xu Lianxin's words, Lu Yunlin, Lu Yunqi, and Lu Yunxing all felt a surge of envy, jealousy, and hatred towards A Yao, while Lu Xuening's face turned extremely pale.
Compared to the disciples of other sects, her aptitude was not bad, after all, she had consumed so many rare and precious herbs. However, compared to her brothers and the many members of the Lu family, her cultivation speed was really not worth mentioning, and it could even be said that she was a disgrace to the Lu family.
She started cultivating at the age of five and is now eighteen, only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Ayao has only been back for six years, meaning her actual cultivation time is only three years, yet she's already at the late stage of Golden Core. This stark contrast is almost devastating for Lu Xuening.
Her face was deathly pale, and her eyes were brimming with tears as she looked at Xu Lianxin: "Yes, Mother. Xiao Ba will work hard to cultivate."
Xu Lianxin nodded, seemingly unaware of the tears in her eyes, and turned to look at A Yao.
Lu Xuening bit her lip, her hands clenched into fists inside her sleeves.
Mother, Mother...
Her mother had clearly said before that it didn't matter if her cultivation was slow, but now, did her mother despise her? Lu Xuening felt extremely distressed.
Xu Lianxin raised her left hand, and a long spear wreathed in azure lightning appeared three inches from her palm. She looked at Ayao and asked:
"Where did you get the Taiqing Divine Thunder on this spear?"
Ayao lied without batting an eye: "When I went to the Demon Spirit Abyss, I met a senior master, and this divine lightning was a gift from him. The reason my cultivation speed has increased so quickly is also because of his guidance."
Xu Lianxin immediately asked, "What is that senior's name and Taoist title?"
Ayao shook her head: "I only know that her surname is Feng. Senior Feng didn't say anything else. This Senior Feng has a strange temper, so I don't dare to ask any more questions."
Xu Lianxin lowered her head and pondered. Feng, the surname is Feng…
She racked her brains but couldn't figure out that the senior expert's surname was Feng.
In her view, anyone who could possess something like the Taiqing Divine Thunder and give it away so easily must be of a higher cultivation level than herself, perhaps even a reclusive Nascent Soul stage expert. But she couldn't believe that even tens of thousands of years ago, she had never heard of any master with the surname Feng in the cultivation family.
"What does that Senior Feng look like?" Xu Lianxin asked.
Ayao said, "She was wearing a mask, her voice sounded a bit old, and she was wearing a black robe."
Xu Lianxin asked about other things, but A Yao just kept lying to her. A Yao had memories of hundreds of thousands of years from her previous life, so she lied to Xu Lianxin, who was only in the early stage of the Void Refinement realm, without batting an eye. Xu Lianxin asked and asked, but she didn't get anything out of her.
Seeing that she couldn't get an answer, Xu Lianxin stopped asking. In any case, the fact that Senior Feng could give her daughter the Taiqing Divine Thunder and give guidance to Xiao Qi proved that he only had goodwill towards the Lu family. If there was an opportunity in the future, she could let Xiao Qi get closer to this senior.
With a wave of her hand, the spear, wreathed in Taiqing Divine Thunder, flew to A Yao's front.
"Keep it safe!" Xu Lianxin said.
Ayao put away her spear.
Lu Xuening bit her lip, watching this scene, her heart filled with unbearable jealousy. Why? Why was Lu Xueyao so lucky? Why didn't she encounter any senior masters who bestowed divine lightning upon her or offered her diligent guidance when she went to the Demon Spirit Abyss? Damn it!
Lu Xueyao, Lu Xueyao, why did you go back to the Lu family?
Xu Lianxin flashed to the high throne and looked down at her children, saying, "Your mother is going to cultivate in seclusion. You may all step down!"
"yes!"
After bowing to the others, Ayao and the others left one by one.
After leaving, Lu Yunlin coldly looked at A Yao: "Lu Xueyao, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're powerful..."
Before he could finish speaking, a burst of spiritual light emanated from A Yao, transforming her into a purple rainbow that flew towards the distant mountains, disappearing into the sea of clouds in the blink of an eye.
"you--"
Lu Yunlin stomped his feet in anger: "Fourth brother, fifth brother, you guys, your arrogant attitude is infuriating!"
As he spoke, he suddenly felt the pain in his chest, which had been slapped by A Yao earlier, return. He was furious. How could she be so cruel to her own brother? Lu Xueyao was indeed a ruthless and vicious scoundrel. He completely forgot that he had struck first.
Lu Xuening lowered her head, and Lu Yunxing asked her, "Xiao Ba, what's wrong?"
Lu Xuening looked up, her eyes filled with tears, and asked, "Does Mother not like Xiao Ba anymore?"
Lu Yunxing said, "How could that be?"
"But, but just now, Mother..." Lu Xuening clutched her belt, looking very uneasy. Lu Yunlin, Lu Yunxing, and Lu Yunqi immediately came to comfort her.
"Don't overthink it, Xiao Ba. Your mother was just saying it casually. She didn't mean to criticize your cultivation speed."
"Yeah, don't overthink it."
"So what if Lu Xueyao's cultivation speed is fast? I don't care about someone as heartless as her," Lu Yunlin said.
Lu Yunxing frowned upon hearing her sixth brother's words, but then felt that it was indeed Xiao Qi's fault. Couldn't she have been a little more restrained? She had upset Xiao Ba because of her cultivation speed; she would have to talk to her about it later.
The three brothers comforted Lu Xuening for a long time before she finally stopped crying and started to smile.
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Yingxiu Peak.
As soon as A Yao returned to Yingxiu Peak, she went to the insect chamber she had created. She had set up numerous magical arrays here, specifically for raising her Golden Jade Cicadas. She passed through the layers of restrictions and walked to a jade platform where the eggs showed no signs of hatching.
Ayao used the knife to cut her palm again, dripping her blood onto the golden jade cicada. Then she poured a bottle of spiritual liquid on it and left.
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