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Although Lin Qi and Yuan Xi had known about this for a long time, they couldn't help but feel sorry for him when they saw Luo Ci breaking down in tears.

Lin Qi took a handkerchief and dabbed at his face. "Don't cry, it's freezing out here. You'll catch a cold with all that snot and tears freezing on your face."

Luoci: "..."

Yuan Xi was so touched by Lin Qi's empathetic comfort that she didn't know what to say.

"Xiao Qi is right, don't cry first, tell us what happened?"

In the end, it was still Yuan Xi's gentle persuasion that calmed Luo Ci.

Luo Ci raised her hand, melting the ice shards on her face. Her eyes burned with anger as she said, "I will definitely work hard to cultivate from now on. I want to become stronger and avenge my father!"

Lin Qi and Yuan Xi looked at each other in surprise.

They never expected that Luo Ci's father was actually killed by someone?

The husband of the head of the Nan Zhou Luo family, who dares to be so arrogant?

"Revenge? What's going on here?" Yuan Xi, the senior sister, asked softly.

Luo Ci's eyes welled up with tears again, but this time he didn't cry. Instead, he carefully recounted the events of the Luo family.

The story begins with Wei Chong's husband jumping into a well and committing suicide.

Wei Chongfu jumped into a well and committed suicide the second day, which was the day after Lin Qi and several others left the Luo family.

That day, the Luo family had just set up a small spirit shrine for Wei Chong's husband when suddenly, a woman in a Taoist robe with a bun appeared and descended from the heavens.

She calculated with her fingers and said that she had a connection with Luo Ci's third brother, Luo Yi, wanting to take Luo Yi as her disciple.

The female Taoist priest is a cultivator of the Huashen realm.

The acceptance of a disciple by a divine being is a once-in-a-century joyous event, even in the illustrious Luo family.

Who knew that Lo Ci's mother coldly refused the female Taoist priest's request.

Huan Shen cultivators, the Luo family isn't without them either. The Luo family still has the bottom line to refuse.

The Luo family has two Nascent Soul elders. One has been in seclusion for many years, hoping to break through to the next level. The other is out in the world, residing in Luo City and protecting the peace of their region.

Just three days after the female Taoist priest arrived, news suddenly spread that the reclusive elder had fallen into demonic fire.

The female Taoist priest immediately challenged another Nascent Soul elder. If she won, the Luo family would send Luo Yi up.

A battle between ascended immortals, with only death or crippling injury as the outcome. The Luo family couldn't afford to lose another ancestor, so they agreed to the Taoist nun's request and allowed Luo Yi to become her disciple.

The female Taoist liked Luo Yi very much and, when he became her disciple, promised him three wishes.

Luo Yi's first wish was to find out the truth about his biological father's death.

The head of the Luo family was furious, naturally unwilling.

Who would have thought that the female Taoist priest was exceptionally arrogant, and she didn't know who told her that Luo Ci's father had killed Wei Chong's husband.

She directly stormed into the Luo family and injured Luo Ci's parents, then took Luo Yi away.

Luo Ci's father was seriously injured, and medicine was ineffective. He passed away that night.

The Patriarch Luo's injuries were also not light, and he had been lying in bed until now. His cultivation base had even fallen from the late stage of Nascent Soul to the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

When the Nascent Soul Elder of the Luo family chased after him, it was already too late.

Overnight, the Luo family of Nanzhou was shrouded in a sense of decay, with the sky above them obscured by haze.

Luo Ci sniffed and uttered an even more distressing piece of news.

Today, my father was buried. Mother announced publicly at the funeral that my elder sister is now the mistress of the Luo family and will inherit the entire Luo clan in the future.

Luo Ci thought the more she thought, the more sorrowful she became, and she cried out loudly, "My father is dead, my mother doesn't want me anymore, I'm an orphan!"

"Shut up!" Lin Qi looked at Luo Ci with an impassive face.

Since walking through Yuan Xi's dream, Lin Qi couldn't bear to hear the words "no father, no mother."

What's more, Luo Ci's situation may not be as bad as it seems.

She asked Luo Ci in return, “Has your mother ever spoken to you alone?”

Luo Ci drew a breath, wiped away a tear, and nodded with pursed lips, “I’ll tell you.”

“My mother said that the current situation of the Luo family is not good. I am too young to control those scoundrels. Making me the young master was harmful to me. My elder sister has come of age and her cultivation is not low. She has been training outside for many years. At this time, it is most appropriate to make her the young master.”

“Mother also said that the eldest sister has limited talent but exceptional ability. She is most suited to be the future head of the Luo family. I was born with a special constitution and possess an extremely pure spiritual root. If I focus on cultivation and pursue the path of the Dao, I should not be bound by mundane affairs.”

Lin Qi nodded in approval, "Your mother is right. With your mind, how could you possibly manage the affairs of an entire clan? Even if you could handle the Luo family's business, how much time would you have left for cultivation? Being too greedy might lead to nothing but empty effort."

Lu Ci retorted angrily, "But I am the most beloved child of Mother, and her only legitimate son. The position of Young Master rightfully belongs to me! Father even hopes to see me become the head of the Luo family!"

Lin Qi asked sincerely, "Do you want to be the head of the Luo family?"

Luo Ci lowered her head and stopped speaking.

He doesn't want to be a certain someone, he just wants to happily cultivate on Mount Longlei.

Luo Ci stubbornly said, "My mother just doesn't love me!"

Yuan Xi's senior sister pondered for a while before slowly saying, "Third Junior Brother, your mother definitely loves you. It's just that she's not only your mother, but also your elder sister's mother, and the head of the Luo family. When she does things, there are too many things to consider."

With this commotion caused by the Nascent Soul female cultivator, everyone in Nanzhou knows that a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Luo family has made a mistake. The Luo family's competitors will certainly not miss this opportunity.

The current situation of the Luo family is, I'm afraid, not optimistic, and it's likely to take a year or two before it's resolved.

Perhaps sending Luoci back to Zhonglei Peak is a way to protect him.

Lin Qi: “Your father should have left you a will, right? He must have wanted you to become the head of the Luo family?”

Luo Ci mumbled, "No, Father told me to cultivate diligently at Zhong Lei Peak and strive to become stronger."

He went on to say, "My father's greatest wish before he died was to see me become the head of the Luo family!"

Lin Qi is not Yuan Xi's senior sister, she doesn't have that kind of patience to patiently and earnestly advise him.

She wiped her small wooden sword with a handkerchief, her expression calm as she said, "Which is more important, the wish before you or the dying words?"

Master Yuanxi comforted her, "Compared to being the head of the Luo family, I think your father hopes to see you grow up happy and carefree. If you really want to be the head of the Luo family, you may face a situation where siblings fight each other in the future. Your mother wouldn't agree either."

Wouldn't it be terrible if Luo Ci had to spend her days playing mind games with her mother and sister?

He's not that smart.

Lin Qi then posed a soul-searching question, "Speaking of which, have you ever played with your older sister?"

Luoci: "……".

Yuanshi coughed twice, "This matter is not urgent. If you really want to be the head of the Luo family, you can still fight for it in a few years."

Luoc Ci sighed and said, “I give up!”

Did he not know that everything his mother did was for his own good?

He just felt bad because he was always the most loved and dazzling before, but suddenly the halo above his head was taken away.

For Luo Ci, the position of head of the household wasn't even as appealing as a box of pastries.

Lin Qi inserted the wooden sword into the snow, crossed her arms and stared at Luo Ci, "Were you thrown in here by your master?"

Lu Ci looked at her in confusion and nodded.

There's one more chapter, I'll publish it later.

(The End)