Three days later.
In a teahouse in a cultivation city in the Southern Region, several cultivators were chatting idly.
"Have you heard? About the Five Elements Sect?" asked a Foundation Establishment cultivator in yellow robes.
"I've heard about it, I've heard about it, I really didn't expect it! The young sect master of the Five Elements Sect, Qi Shaofeng, was possessed by a demon. In order to save his son, the sect master borrowed the Mingyu Cauldron from the Lu family and sealed Qi Shaofeng for a hundred years, but he still couldn't save Qi Shaofeng. In the end, Qi Shaofeng completely fell into demonic ways and caused a great disturbance in the Five Elements Sect." A Foundation Establishment cultivator in blue said.
"Luckily, Miss Lu was there, otherwise a major tragedy would have occurred."
"Miss Lu is truly amazing. It is said that after Qi Shaofeng became a demon, his strength was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even all the Void Refinement stage experts of the Five Elements Sect couldn't defeat him when they attacked together," said the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator in yellow.
A female cultivator with her hair styled in double buns interjected, "Although Miss Lu Qi has comprehended the essence, her current strength is at most comparable to a Void Refinement stage expert. How can she alone be stronger than all the Void Refinement stage experts of the Five Elements Sect combined?"
"It's because her magic weapon is so powerful," said the Foundation Establishment cultivator in yellow. "A flying sword composed of three hundred and sixty-five high-grade spiritual artifacts, plus the Taiqing Divine Thunder. The Taiqing Divine Thunder is the bane of demons!"
"A flying sword composed of three hundred and sixty-five high-grade spiritual artifacts, why does that sound so familiar? Wait, isn't that the person who crippled the eldest son of the Lu family back then..." The female cultivator with her hair in double buns suddenly widened her eyes and lowered her voice.
The others also showed strange expressions, and they all understood what was going on.
It was Miss Lu the Seventh who crippled the eldest son of the Lu family back then.
Is it unusual for large families to fight amongst themselves? Not at all! It's quite normal!
Everyone knows that Miss Lu Qi was lost and neglected after being found, so it's normal for her to harbor resentment. But the eldest son of the Lu family even targeted her for Lu Xuening's sake, crippling his own brother in a fit of anger—wasn't that vicious?
Most people felt that they would probably do the same thing if they were in that situation. Of course, some people also felt that Miss Lu was too vicious, that she would do such a cruel thing to her own brother.
When news of A Yao crippling Lu Yunli reached the Liuli Sect, Song Yan was shocked.
Senior Jin is Lu Xueyao? How... how is that possible?
Back then, it was clearly Senior Jin who rescued her. Senior Jin clearly came out of the secret realm, while Lu Xueyao was trapped inside. Later, she brought everyone out together. How could they be one person? Song Yan was very confused and couldn't figure it out no matter what she did.
The ability to create clones is common in the Upper Realm, but few cultivators in the Canglan Realm possess it. Song Yan was surprised that such a thing as creating clones was indeed quite common.
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The Lu family.
Inside the main hall, Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin sat at the head of the table. Ayao and Lu Yin stood in the center of the hall, reporting on the events that had occurred within the Five Elements Sect.
After hearing what had happened, Lu Xiuwen looked at Lu Yin and said, "Yin, you should go back now!"
Lu Yin clasped his hands in a fist salute without expression, then turned and strode away.
Actually, Lu Xiuwen already knew what had happened before Ayao and Lu Yin even returned. Ayao and Lu Yin returned leisurely, so the news spread much faster than their airship.
"Where's the cauldron?" Lu Xiuwen asked A Yao.
Ayao said in a flat tone, "My daughter is useful."
Lu Xiuwen stared at A Yao for a few moments and understood. It seemed that his daughter had taken a liking to his Mingyu Cauldron and had no intention of returning it. He frowned slightly but said nothing.
Xu Lianxin stared intently at A Yao, one hand clenched into a fist, and she said coldly, "When did you acquire a flying sword composed of 365 high-grade spiritual artifacts?"
Xu Lianxin thought that A Yao would panic if she asked that question. But A Yao didn't. She looked up at Xu Lianxin, her gaze sharp as a knife.
"What does Mother want to say?" Ayao asked. She dared to use that flying sword set in the Five Elements Sect because she didn't care at all that others knew she was the one who crippled Lu Yunli.
Xu Lianxin angrily said, "Is your older brother...?"
"Alright, Xiao Qi, you should go back too!" Lu Xiuwen suddenly interrupted Xu Lianxin.
Ayao glanced at her father with slight surprise, then bowed respectfully, turned into a long rainbow, and shot out of the main hall, leaving the Lotus Palace.
"Husband, why did you interrupt me? She actually crippled her own brother! How could she be so cruel? No wonder she refused to save Yun Li; it was she who did it. How could she? How could she be so cruel?" Xu Lianxin said excitedly, her voice rising, her beautiful face filled with anger.
Lu Xiuwen looked at Xu Lianxin calmly. His calm demeanor provoked Xu Lianxin, and she said sadly, "Why are you reacting like this? Wasn't Yunli your most valued eldest son?"
“I used to value him the most, and I put the most effort into him, but he was a disappointment. What could I do?” Lu Xiuwen sighed, a hint of helplessness on his handsome face. When he learned that his eldest son had been crippled, Lu Xiuwen was truly furious; it was a slap in the face to the Lu family. But after learning that it was Zhi Ayao who did it, the matter became insignificant.
Xu Lianxin stared at him with wide eyes, then suddenly turned pale. She stood up and pointed at Lu Xiuwen: "All these years, you haven't even glanced at Yun Li. You... you knew all along that it was that wretched boy Xiao Qi who did it?"
“No, that’s not it,” Lu Xiuwen said.
He didn't look at Lu Yunli because he found it annoying. Watching a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of listlessness, apathy, and apathy) drunkard repeating the same things over and over was irritating! At first, he felt a little guilty towards Lu Yunli, but as time went on, he wondered why he should feel guilty.
Wasn't he good enough to his son? He taught him step by step and raised him from a young age, but after being rendered useless and crippled, he became despondent. It's clearly his son who has let his father down.
All my hard work has been wasted.
After learning that it was A Yao who crippled Lu Yunli, he felt no emotion whatsoever.
“The law of the jungle prevails in the cultivation world. He can’t even compete with his own sister, so what else can he do?” Lu Xiuwen said.
"How can you say that? That's your son! Not a stranger. She dared to cripple Yun Li, and you just let her do this? Aren't you afraid she'll kill Yun Chuan and the others later?" Xu Lianxin said angrily.
Lu Xiuwen's tone remained calm: "It's not that bad. If she were really that ruthless, Yun Li would have died long ago."
Looking at Lu Xiuwen's extremely handsome face, Xu Lianxin suddenly remembered something. He had four younger brothers and three younger sisters, but except for Lu Yanwen, all of them had died unexpectedly.
His younger siblings, who disobeyed him, all died unexpectedly.
Xu Lianxin's face turned deathly pale, and she felt a chill rise from the soles of her feet.
The Lu family's Deer Grass has existed for a very long time. Each generation of the Lu family head has many children, but only a few have ever lived for over a thousand years.
Xu Lianxin slumped weakly into a chair, realizing for the first time how terrifyingly cold-blooded her husband was. All the resentment she harbored seemed frozen in place, replaced by a chilling fear.
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