Originally, Lu Xiuwen's younger brother, Lu Yanwen, had said that he would go to the Five Elements Sect to ask for the Mingyu Cauldron, but Lu Xiuwen stopped him, saying, "You don't need to go, I have someone to choose for you."
Upon hearing Lu Xiuwen's words, A Yao and Lu Yin clasped their hands in unison and said, "Yes!"
"Xiao Qi, when exactly are you going to choose your guards?" Lu Xiuwen didn't want to ask, but over the years, A Yao seemed to have forgotten about this matter.
Ayao looked at her father and said calmly, "I have already decided on the candidate."
With a flick of his hand, a jade slip flew towards Lu Xiuwen. After Lu Xiuwen read the contents of the jade slip with his divine sense, his brows furrowed slightly: "This candidate..."
There's nothing wrong with the selection of these people, the only problem is that they are all women.
Lu Xiuwen has already designated A Yao as his successor. Her personal guards will naturally receive more resources than others. In other words, they will have a greater chance of becoming experts in the Void Refinement stage and eventually becoming elders of the Lu family. As A Yao's confidants, they will also have more power than other elders after becoming elders.
It's all women...
Won't there be more female elders than male elders in the future?
Ayao looked directly at Lu Xiuwen: "Is there a problem?"
Lu Xiuwen ultimately said nothing, and with a wave of his hand, the jade slip flew back to A Yao.
"Whatever you want!" Lu Xiuwen said.
Xu Lianxin looked curiously at the jade slip floating in front of A Yao. She hadn't even looked at it yet, so why was it returned?
"Alright, if there's nothing else, you two get ready and set off!" Lu Xiuwen said.
"yes."
A Yao and Lu Yin both withdrew.
After the two of them left, Xu Lianxin looked at Lu Xiuwen and asked, "What's wrong with the people she listed?"
"It's nothing much, it's just that they're all women," Lu Xiuwen said.
Xu Lianxin's mind raced, and she immediately understood. But indeed, it wasn't a big problem. Thinking of Lu Yin from earlier, she asked Lu Xiuwen, "Are you really planning to match Xiao Qi with Lu Yin?"
Lu Xiuwen looked at her and said sarcastically, "What? You want to find her someone like Duan Yong?"
"Husband!" Xu Lianxin's face darkened. "I know I was wrong about that matter, why are you bringing it up again?"
“Lu Yin is my disciple, and he has the best aptitude in the entire Lu family besides Xiao Qi. Wouldn’t it be better for them to cultivate together? I don’t want Xiao Qi to get married. If she and Lu Yin can get together, that would be the best thing for the Lu family,” Lu Xiuwen said.
Xu Lianxin fell silent; she couldn't refute what Lu Xiuwen had said.
She knew Lu Yin was outstanding, but she didn't like him. She had never understood why her husband treated Lu Yin so well. Lu Yin was just his disciple, but he had always enjoyed treatment that was almost the same as her eldest son's.
Lu Yin has a bad temper, but her husband doesn't mind. Yet he treats a disciple so well. Xu Lianxin can't help but have some doubts.
She had suspected that Lu Yin was Lu Xiuwen's illegitimate son.
But she had no evidence, and Lu Yin and Lu Xiuwen didn't look alike at all.
Lu Xiuwen glanced at Xu Lianxin's expression and knew what she was thinking; his handsome brows immediately furrowed.
What is this woman thinking about all this time?
Lu Yin was not Lu Xiuwen's illegitimate son, but he was the illegitimate son of the Dongxuan Ancestor. Lu Xiuwen didn't even know who Lu Yin's mother was. Lu Xiuwen had asked once, but the Dongxuan Ancestor remained tight-lipped about Lu Yin's birth mother.
"Don't overthink it. I've said it many times, Lu Yin is not my illegitimate son." Lu Xiuwen looked at Xu Lianxin. "If he were my illegitimate son, would I have tried to match him up with Xiao Qi? In your eyes, am I such a shameless person?"
As long as they aren't blood siblings, the difference in generation doesn't matter, and besides, the ancestor wouldn't acknowledge Lu Yin.
After hearing Lu Xiuwen's words, Xu Lianxin thought to herself, "That makes sense."
Even if Xiao Qi's dual cultivation with Lu Yin is of the greatest benefit to the Lu family, how could her husband allow his daughter and son to commit incest?
Seeing Lu Xiuwen's anger, she stood up and hugged him, saying softly, "Husband, I was wrong, I misunderstood you. But, have you been keeping the Second Brother so cold to him all this time?"
"You really know how to rub salt in the wound!" Lu Xiuwen immediately pushed Xu Lianxin away and said coldly, "His choice of Lu Xuening is just to disgust me. Since he's disgusted me, then he shouldn't show his face in front of me. There's nothing more to say about this!"
Having said that, he transformed into a long rainbow and shot out of the main hall.
"My husband..."
Xu Lianxin looked utterly defeated.
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In the sky, an airship bearing the flag of the Kunshan Lu Clan was heading towards the Five Elements Sect. On the top deck of this airship, a girl dressed in white gauze was looking at the surrounding scenery. The girl was extremely beautiful, and behind her stood four female guards at the Nascent Soul stage.
Lu Lanruo, Lu Lanying, Lu Heyu, and Lu Hongye looked at A Yao with admiration in their eyes. Admiring strength is human nature, regardless of gender. A Yao was the most stunning genius in the Lu family, so it was only natural that the younger women of the Lu family admired her.
Ayao selected a total of twenty-four female guards, all of whom were at the Nascent Soul stage. Apart from Lu Lanruo, Lu Lanying, Lu Heyu, and Lu Hongye, the other female guards were on other levels of the airship.
"You don't need to come with me, go and cultivate!" A Yao said to her four personal guards.
"yes."
Lu Lanruo and the others withdrew.
A Yao chose female guards, while Lu Yin's guards were all male.
Lu Yin's treatment was always similar to Lu Yunli's; he had just as many guards as Lu Yunli. Since they were all members of the Lu family, Lu Yin's guards and A Yao's female guards naturally all knew each other, many even being related by blood, so they got along very well along the way.
The only one with whom they couldn't get along was Lu Yin.
This guy has a strange temper. He isolates everyone equally and hates everyone equally. Those he has protected and followed him for hundreds of years are treated like strangers.
Not long after Lu Lanruo and the others left, a gaze fell upon A Yao, staring intently at her. After a long while, A Yao turned around and looked at the young man in white robes and white hair standing not far away: "Senior Brother Lu Yin, why are you staring at me like that?"
Lu Yin stared at A Yao without speaking, his icy blue eyes gleaming with a sinister light. Lu Xiuwen hadn't explicitly told him that he wanted him to cultivate with A Yao, but Lu Yin wasn't stupid; he guessed it. However, although he had feelings for A Yao, he wanted to defeat her and avenge his previous humiliation more than cultivate with her.
He stared at A Yao, observing her aura. For some reason, he felt that A Yao seemed different today compared to yesterday. But upon closer inspection, it seemed like an illusion.
If Ayao knew what Lu Yin was thinking, she would definitely say, "He's quite perceptive."
The current Ayao is a clone.
The original body left the Lu family yesterday; it has more important things to do.
"Senior Brother Lu Yin, do you want to spar with me?" A Yao asked directly.
Lu Yin looked at her and said, "After retrieving the Mingyu Cauldron."
After saying that, he disappeared.
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