Seeing that A Yao was angry with him again, he wanted to say something, but he was afraid that what he said would make A Yao even angrier. He just stood there, watching A Yao's back. When A Yao saw that he didn't leave, she moved and turned into a stream of light, disappearing into the distant palace.
The array outside the palace was activated, covering the entire palace as if it were shrouded in water.
Seeing this, Lu Yunshen looked pained and felt a pang of sorrow. If he had done better from the beginning, would things have turned out this way?
If I had cared more about Xiaoqi back then, she wouldn't be like this now.
He felt very guilty.
He looked at the deserted area and said softly, "I'll come see you again in a few days..."
After saying that, he transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the distant sea of clouds.
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Chi Lian Feng.
"Big brother, big brother, wait for me!"
Lu Xuening quickened her pace and caught up with Lu Yunli ahead. She reached out and hugged one of Lu Yunli's arms. Lu Yunli stopped and looked down at her.
Lu Xuening spoke softly, her eyes gazing at Lu Yunli, which seemed shrouded in mist. She frowned and said, "Big brother, don't be angry, don't blame seventh sister, and don't blame third brother either."
"It's all because of me. It's because I stole everyone's attention that Seventh Sister has become like this. Third Brother has the softest heart. Even if he favors Seventh Sister a little more, it doesn't matter. Big Brother, please don't be angry, okay?"
Lu Yunli looked down at Lu Xuening, who only reached his chest, reached out and touched her head. He sighed, "You're just too kind."
Lu Xuening gave him a bright and innocent smile. She blinked like a mischievous little deer and asked in a soft, sweet voice, "Big brother, are you still angry?"
Lu Yunli's icy blue eyes softened: "Don't be angry anymore."
His heart softened whenever he looked at the girl's face. His eighth sister was the kindest and most lovely woman in the world. She was like pure white snow, unlike any other female cultivator.
Lu Yunchuan had appeared beside her at some point. He asked Lu Xuening, "In the past three years, has the third brother been getting very close to Lu Xueyao?"
Lu Xuening felt uncomfortable thinking about this. She nodded slightly, revealing a hurt expression. Upon seeing Lu Xuening's expression, Lu Yunli and Lu Yunchuan wanted to beat up their third brother, Lu Yunshen. This third brother had actually made the eighth brother sad; it was so wrong of him.
Just then, a streak of light flew across the sky.
It was a cultivator dressed in the robes of the Divine Dream Sect. Upon seeing this person, Lu Yunchuan asked, "A member of the Divine Dream Sect?"
Lu Xuening watched the person fly towards Yingxiu Peak and said with ulterior motives, "The young master of the Shenmeng Sect really likes Seventh Sister. Even after she leaves, he sends people to deliver things to her every few days. I wish Brother Huaiyuan cared about me like that..."
At this point, Lu Xuening became particularly jealous.
In fact, Gu Huaiyuan cared about her a lot, but he was rather careless, and the things he gave her were often not what Lu Xuening wanted. Lu Xuening didn't think much of it before, but ever since she compared him to Xu Fengzhi, she found fault with everything Gu Huaiyuan did.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yunli couldn't help but think that a marriage alliance with the Divine Dream Sect would be a very good choice for the Lu family. However, if Lu Xueyao were to marry Xu Fengzhi, wouldn't she be marrying better than Xiao Ba? Xiao Ba would definitely be unhappy. No, I have to talk to my mother about this.
We cannot let Lu Xueyao marry Xu Fengzhi.
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Beside a waterside pavilion in the Lotus Palace, Xu Lianxin, dressed in a white palace gown, sat at a table opposite Lu Yunli. The pavilion was built over a lotus pond, where mist filled the air, and pink and white lotus blossoms peeked out from the green lotus leaves, as delicate and beautiful as shy ladies.
"It seems you've gained a lot from your trip to the Northern Region." Xu Lianxin looked at her eldest son with satisfaction, seeing that he had already reached the peak of the early stage of the Incarnation Realm and that his bottleneck had begun to loosen, which made her even more pleased.
"Mother, I heard that Xu Fengzhi and Xiao Qi are getting very close. Are you planning to arrange a marriage with the Shenmeng Sect?" Lu Yunli asked.
Xu Lianxin asked, "What? You disagree?"
Although A Yao had angered her quite a bit last time, as the matriarch of the Lu family, the marriage between her daughter and the Shenmeng Sect was only beneficial to her and would not cause her any harm, so she was naturally happy to see it happen.
“I’m just worried about Xiao Qi’s personality. Her temperament is not something that ordinary people can tolerate. Xu Fengzhi is the future sect leader of Shenmeng Sect. Do you think she can be the sect leader’s wife with her bad temper? Now Xu Fengzhi is infatuated with her beauty, but Xu Fengzhi has always been a womanizer, as you know?”
“When he gets tired of Xiao Qi one day, Xiao Qi’s personality means she won’t tolerate the slightest grievance. If she makes a scene, we’ll probably have no kinship with the Divine Dream Sect, only enmity,” Lu Yunli said.
Xu Lianxin thought there was some truth to what she heard.
Seeing that she had been persuaded, Lu Yunli continued, "Besides, if she marries someone better than Xiao Ba, Xiao Ba will inevitably feel uncomfortable. We can't let Xiao Ba suffer any injustice."
Xu Lianxin looked at him and asked, "Then what kind of marriage do you think we should find for her?"
“I think Duan Yong, the eldest son of the Lieyang Sect Master, is alright,” Lu Yunli said.
Xu Lianxin immediately showed her disgust upon hearing this: "That person... that person is worlds apart from Xu Fengzhi! Xiao Qi, can you agree to this?"
The reason she insisted on marrying Lu Xiuwen back then, besides his abilities, was because she was attracted to his looks. Duan Yong, on the other hand, was unbearably ugly and had mediocre talent.
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