"Calm down, calm down!"
Ignoring the blood flowing from her pale white neck, the woman in black hurriedly stopped him, telling Qin Xuan to calm down. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Qin Xuan didn't reply, just stared intently into the woman's eyes, making her uneasy.
"Alright, alright, don't look at me like that."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you, okay?!"
At this moment, the woman truly regretted provoking this man.
But there was no medicine for regret in the world; she could only tell him everything she knew truthfully.
"The person who took your sister is named Lu Xuan, the head of the Lu family in Jiangcheng."
"And your sister isn't actually your sister, but the eldest princess of the Lu family in Jiangcheng, my own sister, Lu Ling."
"Eighteen years ago, the Lu family head and Madam Lu were chased by enemies while they were out. They had no choice but to entrust Lu Ling, who was less than a year old, to an ordinary orphanage for upbringing."
"Now that the Lu family has been pacified, Sister Lu Ling naturally has to return to her own home to live."
The Lu family?
The Lu family head and Madam Lu?
Hearing the scene described by the woman in black, fragmented images suddenly appeared in Qin Xuan's mind.
As those fragmented images gradually became clearer, the memories that had been lost for over a decade finally replayed in his mind like a movie.
"So that tall, slender figure was the Lu family head, and that elegantly dressed woman was Madam Lu?"
Hearing Qin Xuan's murmur, the woman who called herself Ling'er's sister nodded.
However, she then thought of a very puzzling question: Qin Xuan had never met her parents, so why could he describe their figures in such detail?
What she didn't know was that Qin Xuan had already seen them when Lu Xuan and his wife were being chased by enemies.
But at that time, they were exhausted and didn't notice Qin Xuan hiding in the corner. It was also at that time that Qin Xuan first saw such pure and beautiful smiles in the human world.
Having confirmed who had taken Ling'er away, Qin Xuan's heart finally settled.
He slowly retracted the Hundred Transformations Divine Artifact, then softly asked the woman in black again, "You said you are Ling'er's biological sister, so your Lu family should have been pacified a long time ago."
"If that's the case, why didn't the Lu family head come to pick Ling'er up sooner?"
"How would I know!"
Seeing that Qin Xuan had put away the black sword, the woman turned her face away and snorted, unwilling to bother with his follow-up questions.
Qin Xuan, seeing this, couldn't be bothered to waste more words with her. He grabbed her hand and prepared to go to the Lu family with her.
Although Ling'er was taken home by her own family, as Ling'er's de facto brother, he had to communicate with Ling'er's current family.
Furthermore, Ling'er hadn't returned to the family for over ten years, and it was uncertain whether she could adapt or if she would be treated differently.
He needed to have a good talk with Ling'er and then decide how they would live their lives.
It wasn't as if they had to listen to everything the Lu family decided.
"What? Go to my house?"
"No, no, no!"
However, when the woman heard Qin Xuan say he wanted to go to the Lu family in Jiangcheng with her, her head shook like a drum.
She had run away from home without anyone's knowledge.
When she returned, she was bound to be scolded.
If her father found out she had brought a stranger home, it wouldn't be a simple verbal reprimand!
At best, she'd be made to stand; at worst, she'd be slapped!
She didn't want to be punished by her father in front of the entire family just after turning eighteen!
"No?"
"Why not?"
Seeing her resistance, Qin Xuan looked at the somewhat guilty young girl with curiosity.
The young girl snorted and didn't explain, nor could she say.
"Oh! Just don't ask!"
"It's inconvenient for me to bring a stranger home with me!"
"Besides, Sister Ling'er has already gone back, and from now on, she won't have any contact with people from the outside world."
"No contact with outsiders?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Hearing her inexplicable statement, Qin Xuan suddenly had a bad premonition.
As he continued to press, the young girl in black couldn't help but pat her thigh and say angrily, "Oh, it means exactly what it says!"
"Our Lu family is a cultivation family, and we are not in the same world as people like you."
"Sister has now returned to the Lu family, so she can naturally only interact with people the Lu family can interact with."
"What about me?" Qin Xuan pointed to his nose.
But he didn't get the answer he wanted from the girl in black.
"You, of course, are the same."
"Yes, your cultivation is good, but it's just good."
"In our Lu family, Qi Refining stage cultivators are as common as blades of grass!"
"If you want to have any interaction with our Lu family, I won't say much, but you at least need to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, which is what the outside world calls that 'godly' level."
"So instead of clinging to me here, you might as well go back and improve your own level."
"When you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, you might have a chance to see Sister Ling'er."
"As for Sister Ling'er, you can rest assured. She is now the princess of our Lu family, and in the future, she will be the daughter-in-law of the Lie family."
"No matter what, she will live a thousand times, ten thousand times better than before!"
The princess of the Lu family, the daughter-in-law of the Lie family?!
If it were just the first part, Qin Xuan could still accept it.
But with the latter part about being the daughter-in-law of the Lie family, the girl's comforting words in Qin Xuan's ears immediately took on a different meaning.
"Ling'er has only been home for less than half a day, and the Lu family has already arranged her marriage?"
"So, the reason you brought Ling'er back was for your Lu family's alliance marriage?!"
"Don't, don't put it so harshly..."
Seeing that Qin Xuan's emotions seemed to be getting out of control again, the girl in black's tone was a little hesitant now.
But all of this was arranged by her parents, and she hadn't participated. She could only think of some comforting words to try and appease Qin Xuan as much as possible.
"My father said that the Lie family in Shucheng is similar to the Lu family in Jiangcheng; both families have Golden Core stage powerhouses."
"Sister Ling'er marrying over is equivalent to a strong alliance between two powerful cultivation families."
"Then, the entire southern part of the Dragon Country will be controlled by these two major families, and even the official Dragon Country authorities will not dare to easily provoke them."
"Sister Ling'er's situation can be imagined."
"I know that as her brother, you might be worried about Sister Ling'er, but rest assured, with the support of our Lu family and the Lie family, her status will only grow higher and higher, and there will be no harm!"