This is a vicious cycle.
Lu Xuening knew this in her heart, but she was completely helpless.
The maids Guo'er, Bao'er, and Juan'er stood to the side, watching Lu Xuening with trepidation, afraid that she would take her anger out on them again if she was unhappy.
At this moment, the maid Cui'er came in from outside.
"Young Madam."
Cui'er bowed, her eyes sparkling.
Remembering her previous instructions, Lu Xuening calmed down slightly, sat down at the table, and asked, "Did you get it?"
Cui'er took out a cultivation manual from her storage bag, presented it with both hands, and lowered her head to hide her unease: "Given by the young mistress."
Lu Xuening took it and started reading.
After glancing at it a few times, Lu Xuening waved for everyone to leave. The maids all withdrew, and she began to watch intently.
That was a cultivation method that involved absorbing yang energy to replenish yin.
Dual cultivation has its requirements, but the cultivation of inner energy is much simpler. The cultivation method of inner energy can be bought in any cultivator's market. In fact, the Lu family also has the cultivation method of inner energy, but it is considered an evil book. Although they have it, Lu Xuening does not dare to go to the Great Library to get it, so she can only ask her maid to secretly buy her a copy.
The more Lu Xuening read, the more horrified she became. After finishing, she immediately closed the manual and burned it to ashes. Her heart pounded wildly. Nourishing the body...nourishing the body was simple.
The difficulty lies in the need for a large number of furnaces and cauldrons. Does that mean one should use one's husband as a furnace or cauldron?
Even if she wanted to, she wouldn't dare!
Even if Lu Yunchuan himself agreed, her adoptive parents would immediately realize it. She knew how much Lu Xiuwen hated her; if she dared to use Lu Yunchuan's essence, even just once, Lu Xiuwen would immediately kill her.
If she doesn't use Lu Yunchuan's essence, is she going to use it instead...?
No, no, no, that won't do. If she's discovered, she'll be dead too.
Lu Xuening's face was pale, and her heart was pounding.
After sitting for a while, footsteps sounded. Lu Xuening looked up and saw her husband, Lu Yunchuan, walk in. As soon as Lu Yunchuan entered, he sat down next to Lu Xuening, his brows furrowed tightly, looking worried and distressed.
"Husband, what's wrong?" Lu Xuening asked.
Lu Yunchuan sighed, "Father, Father still doesn't want to see me."
Ten years ago, when he married Lu Xuening, he thought that once Lu Xiuwen calmed down, he would speak highly of Lu Xuening in front of Lu Xiuwen.
He thought that Xiao Ba was someone his father had spoiled, and if he and his mother said some nice things about her, his father might gradually change his attitude towards Xiao Ba.
Lu Yunchuan never imagined that, let alone speaking well of Lu Xuening, Lu Xiuwen wouldn't even want to see his son anymore.
For the past ten years, no matter how much he pleaded, Lu Xiuwen never saw him once. Even Xu Lianxin's pleas were to no avail.
Lu Yunchuan vaguely sensed that his father had abandoned him, but he refused to believe it.
No, he is his father's biological son!
Upon hearing this, Lu Xuening's eyes immediately reddened, and she said sorrowfully, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault that you, my husband, have been blamed by Father..."
As she spoke, she began to sob. As soon as she cried, Lu Yunchuan felt a pang of heartache.
"Xiao Ba, Xiao Ba, don't cry. What does this have to do with you?" Lu Yunchuan hugged Lu Xuening and said, "Xiao Ba, starting tomorrow, I plan to go into seclusion. I must reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible so that Father will look at me with new respect."
Lu Xuening understood that Lu Yunchuan's status determined hers. Once Lu Yunchuan reached the Divine Realm, perhaps her father would truly change his opinion of them. She said softly, "If my husband has made a decision, I naturally won't object."
“Actually, when we’re alone, I prefer you to call me Second Brother,” Lu Yunchuan said with a smile.
Especially when she was being intimate with Lu Xuening, calling him "Second Brother" gave her a kind of illicit pleasure. Lu Xuening blushed immediately and said coquettishly, "You're so annoying~"
Because Lu Yunchuan was going into seclusion the next day, and it was hard to say how long that seclusion would last, Lu Yunchuan carried Lu Xuening to the bed, and the couple began their daytime debauchery.
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Lotus Palace.
Lu Xiuwen sat at the head of the main hall, with Xu Lianxin beside him.
In the middle of the main hall stood A Yao and Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was dressed in white, with white hair and narrow, icy blue eyes that seemed devoid of any emotion. Since the incident at the Burial Dragon Mountain Secret Realm, he had been in seclusion for over twenty years, and his current cultivation level was at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, just one step away from the Void Refinement stage.
The higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it becomes, and the more time it takes. Lu Yin knew that breaking through the bottleneck in the Void Refining stage was not easy, so he left seclusion, hoping to find an opportunity to break through by going out and gaining experience.
His eyes seemed devoid of emotion, but his consciousness was actually focused on A Yao beside him. Although everyone used to say that Lu Yunli was the number one genius of the Lu family, Lu Yin had never taken Lu Yunli seriously.
The appearance of A Yao made him unable to ignore her. After being defeated by A Yao many times, he regarded A Yao as his biggest rival.
After being in seclusion for so long, he originally thought he was definitely better than A Yao, but the moment he saw A Yao, he could no longer be so sure.
Although A Yao is currently showing signs of being at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, she has no weaknesses whatsoever.
Lu Yin was unaware that A Yao had already reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm ten years ago, and she still held that level, only concealing her true strength. A Yao's strength seemed stagnant because she had created numerous clones over the past ten years; she now possessed a total of eighty-one clones active outside.
Of these eighty-one clones, five are already at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm.
Lu Xiuwen looked at A Yao and Lu Yin standing together, feeling very satisfied. It would be wonderful if his disciple could cultivate with his own daughter.
"I've called you here today for one thing. A hundred years ago, the Five Elements Sect borrowed a magic treasure from our Lu family, the Bright Jade Cauldron. Now that a hundred years have passed, we asked the Five Elements Sect to return the Bright Jade Cauldron, but they've been making all sorts of excuses. You two go to the Five Elements Sect and bring the Bright Jade Cauldron back," Lu Xiuwen said.
In everyone's eyes, although A Yao and Lu Yin were both at the Nascent Soul stage, they had already comprehended the essence of the Dao, and their combat power was comparable to that of a Void Refinement stage expert. Lu Xiuwen sent A Yao and Lu Yin to retrieve the Jade Cauldron, but his most important purpose was to find an opportunity for them to interact more.
Everyone knows that A Yao has been going to the Divine Dream Sect all these years.
It's hard to say whether Xu Fengzhi is still alive after being missing for so long.
However, Lu Xiuwen didn't want A Yao to get married. Now, it was obvious to everyone that A Yao truly loved Xu Fengzhi. If Xu Fengzhi hadn't died, this daughter would truly be lost. Therefore, taking advantage of Xu Fengzhi's disappearance, he arranged for her to marry Lu Yin. By then, even if Xu Fengzhi returned, it would be useless.
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