Chapter 26: Lu Yun

  Ling Tianxue replied, "Yes, I came to tell you that we're leaving tomorrow, so I'm telling you now. Make sure to pack up your things properly." The other three families have already left one after another, and now only our Ling family is left. Ling Tianyu asked, "Oh? We're leaving tomorrow? It's good to be back home, it's the warmest place. By the way, how's Lu Yun's injury?"

  Ling Tian Xue replied, "Don't worry, you two are both perverts, and his injuries were a bit lighter than yours. He only had broken bones in his limbs. After he went back, the Lu family helped him reset his bones, and in five or six days, he could move around freely. Now he's mostly recovered." Ling Tian Yu nodded and said, "Yeah, Lu Yun is indeed a tough opponent. I can feel that he doesn't have any hostility towards me. If possible, I hope to be friends with him."

  Ling Tian Xue returned to the topic: "Yes, he looks so approachable and his talent is also astonishingly good. Compared to you, he's not bad either. I heard that Lu Yun reached the acquired state at the age of ten, and started cultivating at six years old. Not like you who started cultivating at three years old. I heard that when he was eighteen years old, for some reason, he gave up on cultivation, and didn't resume until he was twenty-one years old. Unexpectedly, he still reached the innate state."

  Ling Tianyu was also shocked to hear that: "I didn't expect this, not just me, a genius, if Lu Yun could continue to cultivate, maybe now I'm not even his opponent..." Ling Tianxue also nodded silently.

  Ling Tianyu and Ling Tiansnow chatted for a while, when Ling Tiansnow was about to leave the room, someone appeared. This person had an elegant demeanor, with a refined and dignified air, giving off a very approachable feeling. It turned out to be Lu Yun. Before Ling Tianyu could even open his mouth, Lu Yun said: "Little brother Tianyu, can we have a private talk?" At this time, Ling Tiansnow looked at Ling Tianyu curiously, and he said: "Sister, you go ahead first, I'll chat with Big Brother Lu Yun." After hearing that, Ling Tiansnow nodded and left the room.

  "How is your injury?"

  "It's almost 7:08 now. Do you have anything else?" Ling Tianyu replied.

  "I heard you're leaving tomorrow and I wanted to come find you to ask for a favor," Lu Yun explained. Ling Tianyu asked curiously, "A favor? What kind of favor?"

  Lu Yun said: "I suppose you also know that I once gave up cultivating for three years, right?" Ling Tianyu nodded. ?? Yan Huang Ba Tian Dao 26

  Lu Yun continued, "I still remember when I was 17 years old, I had just reached the middle stage of my post-heavenly cultivation and was feeling very happy. So, I went out for a stroll. One day, while I was out playing, I was preparing to take a small boat across the river. Just as I was about to get on, a woman appeared, she was about the same age as me. She insisted on competing with me to get on first. However, the small boat could only hold two people, and the boatman could only take one of us, the other had to wait for half an hour. The woman was very unreasonable and wanted to go first, but I was the one who came first, why should I let her go first? So, we didn't say a word to each other and started fighting. That woman was a top-notch expert, but since I had already reached the middle stage of my post-heavenly cultivation, how could she be my match? I easily defeated her..."

  Lu Yun took a sip of tea and continued: "The woman saw that she was no match for me, so she cried. I softened my heart and asked her why she had to cross the river first. It turned out that on the other side of the river lived a friend of hers, a six-year-old girl named Xiao Wen. Xiao Wen's father died when she was only two years old, so she had been dependent on her mother since childhood. That day, Xiao Wen's mother suddenly fell ill, and because they didn't have money to buy medicine, Xiao Wen cried anxiously at the door. At that time, this woman happened to pass by and asked about the situation. Later, this woman felt that she should help Xiao Wen's mother buy medicine, but Xiao Wen's mother's condition was worsening, so she had to hurry up and deliver it to her."

  "At this time, I discovered that the girl was not as arrogant as I had imagined, but rather kind-hearted. I became curious about her and bought a small boat to take her across the river. We arrived at Xiao Wen's home. During the few days of Xiao Wen's mother's recovery, this woman took great care of both Xiao Wen and his mother. I was deeply attracted to her gentleness and thoughtfulness. Through conversation, I learned that she was actually Mu Yiqin, the next head of the Mu family!"

  After hearing the woman's name, Ling Tianyu was shocked and thought curiously in his heart: "Why did two people meet at this conference and pretend to be strangers?"

  Lu Yun continued: "You know it's strange why this time at the conference I and he have never had any communication?"

  Ling Tianyu nodded. Lu Yun explained, "After I left Xiao Wen's family with Mu Yichen, I asked her where she wanted to go, and she told me that she wanted to go to many places to help more people in need. At this time, I was shocked by her kindness again. So I decided to follow Mu Yichen around. Unconsciously, I had been traveling with her for half a year. At this time, I found that I seemed to have fallen in love with her, fallen in love with her kindness."

  "Finally, I mustered up the courage to tell her my true feelings, but Yichen didn't show any surprise at all. She told me that she felt the same way about me as I did about him. Do you know how I felt at that moment? I thought I was the happiest person in the world. We secretly decided to be together. We went to many places and left our footprints everywhere, and we had countless moments of laughter and joy over the past year. But good times don't last forever. One day, I went out to buy something, and she waited for me at our inn. When I returned, I found a middle-aged woman standing next to her - it was Mu Bingxin, the mistress of the Mu family."

  "At this time, the master of the Moku family said to me in a menacing tone that I should give up on Moku Ichin because we are both heirs to our respective families. The Moku family has always been one that takes in sons-in-law, and he said that it's impossible for us two to be together. At this moment, I looked at Ichin, but her gaze was dull. The master of the Moku family told me to leave quickly or else he would use force. Under pressure, before I left, I told Ichin that tomorrow we should meet by the river where we first met."

  "The next day, I went to the river with a nervous heart, but I kept waiting for him, and after a long time, she didn't come. I was very sad and returned to the inn to look for her. When I arrived at the inn, I found out that Yīn Qín was going to be taken back to the Mù family by Mù Bīng Xīn. However, it was strange that there wasn't a hint of sadness on Yīn Qín's face, but instead, she was filled with her usual optimism and gentleness. I rushed over to find Yīn Qín, but strangely, not a single person from the Mù family came out to stop me."

  "I ran over to call her to walk with me, but one sentence from her immediately made me fall into the abyss. She actually asked me who I was! I told her hopefully that I was Lu Yun, but she said she didn't know me. I kept asking her to follow me, but at this time a hint of disgust appeared on her face. She told me it was annoying and asked me to leave. At this moment my heart felt like it had been struck by thunder on a sunny day. I walked out alone, and the next day I returned to the Lu family."

  The expression on Lu Yun's face was extremely downcast. He swallowed hard and said, "After returning to the Lu family, I became very depressed, locking myself in my room every day, refusing to answer anyone who came to ask me questions. Like this, I locked myself up for three whole years. My father, Lu Wenyuan, was extremely worried about me, knocking on my door every day, asking what was wrong with me. These three years also made my father age a lot. But I still couldn't bear the grievances in my heart, and finally told my father everything."

  "My father's worried expression disappeared after hearing my explanation. He told me that the next generation of the Mu family often falls in love with someone other than their arranged marriage partner, so the Mu family created a magical pill called the Forgetful Heart Pill. If you take it, you'll forget the person you love. My father said that if I want to win back Yichen, I must work hard to cultivate my skills and become stronger, then I can win her back!" After finishing speaking, Lu Yun let out a long sigh.

  Ling Tianyu was completely enchanted at this moment, and Ling Tianyu said: "Lu Yun big brother, isn't it that you want me to go with you to take back Yichen sister?" Lu Yun replied: "You're half right, I do need your help to take back Yichen, but not now, only when we both reach the Golden Dan stage. You should know that our two families are both powerful forces, if we were to mobilize the family's power, it would cause enormous damage to both sides. So, when we reach the Golden Dan stage, I hope you can go with me, Tianyu."

  Ling Tianyu felt that Lu Yun was a sincere and genuine person, so he agreed to help him, saying: "Don't worry, Lu Yun, I'll definitely help you." Lu Yun smiled and replied: "Then thank you, Tianyu. You must work hard on your cultivation. The gap between the pre-heavenly Golden Elixir is enormous. Historically, the youngest person to break through to the Golden Elixir stage was over 50 years old. But I'm confident that I can break through at 28, so don't fall behind, Tianyu!"

  "Don't worry, I'll definitely break through to the Golden Elixir stage before I'm 15 and make everyone's jaws drop." - Ling Tianyu

  Lu Yun nodded in approval as he saw Ling Tianyu's confidence. At this time, Ling Yun took out a book of numbers, the pages of which were slightly yellowed, obviously having gone through many years. Lu Yun said: "Tianyu, this is the secret method of locking the soul that I obtained during my travels, it can suppress the cultivation of a realm, you take it to cultivate, and hope it will be beneficial for you in the future."

  Ling Tianyu knew Lu Yun's intention and reluctantly accepted the secret method "Soul Lock".