Lu Xiuwen used to dote on Lu Xuening because she gave him a sense of accomplishment as a loving father. In his eyes, sons should not be spoiled and must be treated with strictness, but daughters were different; they could be pampered.
He also doted on Ayao when she was born.
When A Yao disappeared, his affections shifted to Lu Xuening. Later, he found his biological daughter A Yao, but she was like a wild girl to him, and he didn't even want to look at her much. A Yao didn't know how to act cute, so it was as if he didn't have A Yao as his daughter.
Things are completely different now.
With each surprise Ah Yao gave him, he valued her more and more, while in comparison, he felt that his adopted daughter, Lu Xuening, was becoming increasingly useless. He'd experienced the sense of accomplishment of being a loving father for so many years, and it had all lost its novelty; in his eyes, Lu Xuening was becoming less and less valuable.
My biological daughter is still the best.
"Don't you consider Xiao Ba's feelings?" Xu Lianxin said.
“I’ve thought about it. Doesn’t this mean she can choose any unclaimed peak in the second spiritual vein?” Lu Xiuwen said.
"But……"
Xu Lianxin was interrupted before she could finish speaking. Lu Xiuwen said, "Xiao Qi has suffered so much for so many years. What's wrong with Xiao Ba suffering just once? Xiao Qi is a girl with a temper. If you don't satisfy her, she will definitely become estranged from us in the future."
“You’re spoiling her too much. We’re her biological parents. Does she want to cut ties with us?” Xu Lianxin said.
“If Xiao Ba were as successful as her older sister, I would give her everything she wants.” Lu Xiuwen frowned as he said this. “So many rare and precious herbs and elixirs have been wasted, and she’s still only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, while Xiao Qi is already at the Nascent Soul stage. It’s true that they’re not our biological children; they just can’t do without our bloodline.”
Looking at Lu Xiuwen's cold face, Xu Lianxin knew she couldn't change his decision, and felt angry. While feeling sorry for Lu Xuening, she resented her wretched daughter, Ayao, even more.
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"Lu Xueyao, you stop right there!"
In the sea of clouds, Lu Yunli, Lu Yunchuan, Lu Yunxing, and Lu Yunlin caught up with A Yao and blocked her path. A Yao stopped, looked at them with an air of nonchalance, which, in the eyes of Lu Yunli and the others, appeared arrogant and disdainful.
"Lu Xueyao, you've gone too far!" Lu Yunlin said angrily.
"You have so many choices, why do you insist on Purple Peak?" Lu Yunli said angrily. He hadn't been this angry in a long time. How could his own sister be such a vicious person?
Ayao smiled at them and asked, "Are you going to fight me?"
"You..." Lu Yunli was even more furious.
Two streaks of light flew over and blocked A Yao's path; they were Lu Yun Shen and Lu Yun Qi.
"Brother, you attacked Xiao Qi right after leaving Mingyao Peak. Father will definitely not be happy," Lu Yunshen said with a hint of warning.
Looking at Lu Yunli's gloomy face, Lu Yunqi hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Actually, moving to Jade Dragon Peak or Jade Rush Peak would also be... not bad."
"Fifth brother, are you helping her too?" Lu Yunli's face darkened further.
"Big brother, please don't make things difficult for Seventh Sister. I... I'm fine." Lu Xuening flew over, her face full of worry, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, looking frail and pitiful.
She stood in the middle of the crowd, looking like she had been wronged but was still thinking of others. She spoke kindly, "I... I'm really fine. Don't argue because of me. As long as Seventh Sister is happy, you don't need to worry about my feelings."
Seeing how sensible she was, Lu Yunli said with heartache:
"Xiao Ba, you're just too sensible."
“You’re so sensible, you’ll only get bullied,” Lu Yunchuan said.
“You can’t back down like this, or Lu Xueyao will take advantage of it… Huh? Where’s Lu Xueyao?” Lu Yunlin was halfway through his sentence when he realized that A Yao was long gone.
The group looked around on the sea of clouds but couldn't find A Yao anywhere; they had no idea when she had left. A Yao had no patience to waste her breath on these idiots. Who wanted to watch Lu Xuening put on an act?
After returning to Yingxiu Peak, Ayao began packing her things. Lu Xuening tried to delay, but once Lu Xiuwen got serious, there was no room for her to play tricks. He called over his trusted confidants, and in less than half an hour, they had packed up Ziji Peak and had Lu Xuening move to Yushu Peak.
So, Ayao returned to the Purple Peak that originally belonged to her.
Not long after A Yao returned to Ziji Peak, the sect leader of Shenmeng Sect and his wife, along with their son, visited the Lu family.
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Inside the main hall, Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin were catching up with Xu Yunzhou, the sect leader of Shenmeng Sect, and his wife Wei Linglong. Xu Lianxin and Wei Linglong were close when they were young, but their relationship gradually drifted apart after they both got married. So the Shenmeng Sect couple, who came with a purpose, started by catching up and talking about the past.
Lou Munan sat next to Xu Yunzhou with a smile on his face, and no one noticed that Xu Fengzhi had been replaced by him.
Today he was wearing the same blue robe that Xu Fengzhi always wore, and he was holding a folding fan. He didn't reveal too much of the difference between himself and Xu Fengzhi. They had the same face, but he was more attractive than Xu Fengzhi.
Especially the women; the maids in the hall couldn't help but steal glances at him, and even Xu Lianxin couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Lou Munan possessed a unique and captivating charm, a charm that inspired fervent adoration in men and drove women to the brink of madness for him. This charm was unrelated to his appearance; even if he were to have an unremarkable face, this charm would still remain.
"Thanks to your Ayao, my son was able to come out of the secret realm unscathed. They say that a life-saving grace should be repaid with one's body. Brother Lu, do you think my son is worthy of your attention?" Xu Yunzhou asked Lu Xiuwen with a smile.
Lu Xiuwen had long guessed the purpose of Xu Yunzhou and Wei Linglong's visit. In fact, countless people had come to propose marriage, but he did not intend to marry Ayao off.
If A Yao were an ordinary genius, he would be more than happy to marry into the Divine Dream Sect. But A Yao is exceptionally talented, and it would be a loss for the Lu family if she were to marry out.
"To be honest, my husband and I came here today to propose marriage to Feng Zhi from my family," Wei Linglong said with a smile.
Xu Lianxin hesitated, her heart filled with unease. She felt the same way when the Palace Master of Yuyang Palace proposed marriage. In a moment of impulsiveness, she had agreed to let Ayao marry Duan Yong, the eldest son of the Lieyang Sect Master, a decision she hadn't even dared to tell her husband.
Lou Munan stood up, cupped his hands towards Lu Xiuwen and Xu Lianxin, and said, "This nephew has long admired the Seventh Miss, and hopes that Uncle and Aunt will grant his wish!"
Lu Xiuwen looked at Xu Fengzhi before him. He was handsome and refined, with a graceful demeanor. He was not even two hundred years old, yet he had already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. If it weren't for A Yao's exceptional talent, he would truly be an excellent son-in-law, more than ten times better than Gu Huaiyuan of the Gu family. What a pity...
He doesn't want to marry this daughter.
"Xiao Qi is only nineteen years old this year. It's too early to talk about marriage now. My daughter was abandoned when she was young and suffered a lot. She has only been back for a few years. How could my wife and I bear to let her get married like this?" Lu Xiuwen's refusal was already very smooth. After all, he had said this to at least twenty major powers.
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