Just as A Yao had suspected, no one in the Lu family realized that she hadn't been in Kunshan for the past eighty years. Because nobody cared what A Yao was doing. Even if someone noticed she wasn't at her Yingxiu Peak, they would only assume she'd gone out for a short while. As for how many days she'd been gone or what she'd been doing, nobody cared.
The maids didn't report it, so who would know?
In the past eighty years, Lu Yunshen had indeed visited Yingxiu Peak. He would bring some things to Ayao, but the maids would lie and say that Ayao had gone out, so Lu Yunshen would leave the things behind and leave. Naturally, those things were all taken by the maids of Yingxiu Peak.
Ayao guessed the truth and smiled self-deprecatingly to herself.
It's ridiculous that she actually thought that after being away from Kunshan for so many years, someone would worry about her or go looking for her. They didn't even realize that she hadn't returned to Yingxiu Peak for eighty years.
"Seventh Sister, you're already at the late Golden Core stage! Seventh Sister, you...you're so amazing!" Lu Xuening praised A Yao insincerely, her heart filled with insatiable jealousy. Over the years, she had consumed countless rare and precious herbs, yet she hadn't even successfully established her foundation. But Lu Xueyao was already at the late Golden Core stage!
"Seventh Sister, when did you reach the Golden Core stage? How come we didn't hear anything about it? We didn't even know you had reached the Golden Core stage, and now you're already at the late stage."
Looking at A Yao's face, Lu Xuening noticed that A Yao had become more beautiful, so much so that it aroused her jealousy. This face, this face, now looked so much like her mother's.
She felt very uncomfortable and wanted to ruin Ayao's face.
Ayao said, "I formed my core during my seclusion. No one cares when I formed my core, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yun Shen felt a pang of guilt. Over the years, he had only visited Yingxiu Peak three times. Each time, Xiao Qi was absent, and Xiao Qi had already reached the late Golden Core stage. He only realized this now, and suddenly felt incredibly careless as the older brother.
"Seventh Brother, it was my oversight. Your cultivation has progressed so quickly, your third brother is very happy for you. Mother, eldest brother, and second brother will also be very happy for you when they find out," Lu Yunshen said with a smile.
At this moment, two people walked in from the other end of the corridor: Lu Yunxing and Lu Yunqi. Lu Yunqi and Lu Yunxing had been smiling, but when they saw A Yao, their smiles disappeared. They stared at A Yao for several moments before confirming that it was her.
"Little Seven, you...you're already at the late Golden Core stage!" Lu Yunxing said in disbelief.
Both he and Lu Yunqi couldn't believe it; Ayao had actually caught up with them. Good heavens, only eighty years had passed, and she had already surpassed them both. During those eighty years, Lu Yunxing and Lu Yunqi had remained at the late Golden Core stage, neither of them having successfully formed their Nascent Soul.
Ayao didn't say anything.
Lu Yunxing was very unhappy with A Yao's attitude.
Looking at their shocked expressions, Ayao felt a sense of pride. She wasn't sure why she felt this way. Perhaps it was because they had always looked down on her, and now she had suddenly caught up with them.
"Xiao Qi, are you auctioning something? Or do you want to buy something?" Lu Yunshen asked A Yao.
Ayao said, "Where would I get the money to buy anything? My business is done, goodbye!"
Hearing A Yao's words, Lu Yun Shen realized she didn't intend to return to the Lu family. He asked, "Aren't you going home? Where are you going?"
Ayao originally intended to leave without looking back, but she remembered something very important.
With Good Fortune Island destroyed, she's nearing the bottleneck of Nascent Soul formation. Nascent Soul formation requires a large amount of spiritual energy, so she must find a place with abundant spiritual energy to perform it.
Why not go back to the Lu family and leave after you reach the Nascent Soul stage?
Ayao turned to look at Lu Yunshen and said, "I'll go back by myself. I won't be in anyone's way here."
"Lu Xueyao, what do you mean by that?" Lu Yunxing said unhappily.
Ayao asked, "Weren't you the one who kept glaring at me? You couldn't have been glaring at me because you like me, could you?"
"You..." Lu Yunxing was speechless.
Lu Yun Shen stepped in to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, Xiao Qi, stop fooling around. Fourth Brother, you too, stop arguing with Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi, we were just about to go home, let's go, let's go back together."
Ayao glanced at Lu Yunshen and did not refuse.
So Ayao returned to the Lu family with Lu Yunshen and the others. The news that Ayao had already reached the late Golden Core stage surprised many in the Lu family. At this moment, they suddenly remembered that Ayao also possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root. The Lu family didn't only have Ayao with a Heavenly Spiritual Root; there were actually several other young members with this ability, but Ayao's consistent performance had made them overlook this fact.
Previously, A Yao was beaten every few days. With such humiliation, even with her Heavenly Spiritual Root, her cultivation wouldn't have increased much. A Yao's cultivation speed used to be mediocre, to the point that many people forgot she had a Heavenly Spiritual Root.
After learning that A Yao was now in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, Xu Lianxin summoned A Yao once. She saw that A Yao had indeed reached the bottleneck of the Golden Core stage and was about to form her Nascent Soul. She also saw that A Yao's appearance had become beautiful and bright, and her face looked more and more like her own. Her dislike for A Yao lessened a lot. However, she was still annoyed by A Yao's words.
Xu Lianxin still remembered the rumor, so she didn't make things difficult for A Yao and let A Yao leave.
A Yao left and, upon returning, sealed off Yingxiu Peak. Her maids were still resentful of A Yao, but now that A Yao was in the late Golden Core stage, while their highest cultivation level was only in the late Foundation Establishment stage, they trembled with fear and remained silent whenever they saw A Yao, terrified that she would settle scores with them.
That's right, Ayao was indeed not favored.
But are these maids really favored? Now that A Yao is a Golden Core cultivator, if she were to kill them, no one would stand up for them.
A Yao was annoyed by the maids, so she simply trapped them and left them somewhere. She would deal with them after she reached Nascent Soul stage.
Then, A Yao focused all her attention on forming her nascent soul.
Although she possessed extraordinary talent, her foundation was severely damaged. If it weren't for Xu Feng taking pity on her and granting her a great opportunity, allowing A Yao to gradually repair her damaged foundation over eighty years, her Nascent Soul formation would have been fraught with difficulties. However, even after the basic repair of her damaged foundation, she was still ultimately affected, and it wasn't until she secluded herself for thirty years that she successfully formed her Nascent Soul.
The day A Yao was born was quite a big event.
Many Lu family disciples gazed in disbelief towards Yingxiu Peak; Lu Xueyao had actually succeeded in forming her Nascent Soul! She had achieved this even earlier than the Fifth and Sixth Young Masters. (Lu Yunxing formed his Nascent Soul before Xueyao; after Xueyao's ten years of seclusion, Lu Yunxing successfully formed his Nascent Soul.)
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