Chapter 4: Can You Repay the Family Head's Grace?

"Qin Yuan!" Yu Ruowei screamed incessantly, questioning Lu Daoran with overflowing rage, "Brother, what are you doing!"

"Qin Yuan is innocent!"

Lu Daoran's grim gaze looked coldly at Yu Ruowei, not lingering on Qin Yuan at all; looking at Yu Ruowei's gaze, which remained uncomprehending to this day, he felt disappointed in his heart.

Lu Daoran forcibly suppressed the killing intent in his heart and spoke slowly.

"Yu Ruowei, has the identity of the eldest young lady of the Lu Family, which you have held for over a decade, made you forget how we survived in the beginning?"

"Have you forgotten how good the Family Head has been to us? If not for the Family Head's mercy, how could you and I be here today?"

"When the Yu Family was wiped out, if the Family Head hadn't happened to pass by, save us, and bring us back to the Lu Family to raise personally, did you think we could have today?"

Lu Daoran would never forget that day; the Yu Family was a river of blood, and he and his younger sister had just managed to escape disaster by hiding in a cellar because they were being bullied.

However, how could the enemies who wiped out the entire Yu Family let go of two children who didn't even know how to hide their breathing?

Just as they were dragged out and about to be crushed to death, Lu Ren descended from the sky, saved them from the fire and water, held the two young and ignorant children in his arms, took them by the hand, and walked step by step away from the Yu Family's mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

The Yu Family was originally just an unremarkable small family, not even considered a cultivation family.

Lu Ren could have simply left them at a nearby Fugu Courtyard, but because he was the one who saved them, he took the initiative to shoulder the obligation of caring for the two children.

He even treated them as his own children, teaching them day and night, enduring all hardships.

To them, Lu Ren was a second parent, possessing the grace of rebirth; even the bond between them as siblings could not compare to his feelings for Lu Ren.

To him, Lu Ren was a father, a teacher, a senior, and a benefactor who led him onto the path of cultivation... a benefactor he could never repay in this lifetime.

Yu Ruowei gritted her teeth, looking extremely unconvinced: "So what? If I hadn't been brought back by him, perhaps I would possess an Immortal Bone and achieve even more!"

"Besides, he didn't make a losing investment; look at the great contributions you, Brother, have made for him and the Lu Family over these years! Whatever grace there was, it has long since been repaid!"

She roared, and after finishing, she subconsciously dodged, fearing that Lu Daoran's slap would land on her face.

But Lu Daoran did not move; he just looked at Yu Ruowei indifferently, as if looking at someone who had nothing to do with him.

"If I can repay the grace of the Family Head saving me, then what about you?" he asked suddenly.

Yu Ruowei was stunned.

"Wh... what..."

Lu Daoran repeated what he had just said: "Then what about you? The Family Head saved you; what will you use to repay him?"

"Over these years, what contributions have you made to the family?"

"When you were suffering from illness, the Family Head watched over you day and night, and even spared no cost in family favors to invite a divine doctor from Shenyi Valley for you."

"Every dress you wear is crafted by top-tier blacksmiths from Huashang Pavilion, which are hard to come by even with heavy gold, all just to give you a bit more offensive and defensive power."

"Your natural talent is insufficient, and family resources should not have been tilted toward you; it was the Family Head who exchanged his own resources for yours."

"Even when you were acting out, saying you didn't want to change your name, the Family Head granted it to you."

"One thing after another, Yu Ruowei, what do you have to repay him with?"

"An Immortal Bone?" Lu Daoran sneered, "Never mind an Immortal Bone; if not for the Family Head, we wouldn't even have our lives. How can you be so spoiled and arrogant here?"

"Besides, why would the Family Head covet your mere Immortal Bone? Possessing an Immortal Bone yet having only such talent, you are no different from a waste; even if this Immortal Bone were gifted to me, I would disdain it!"

"Unable to distinguish right from wrong, being misled by others—regardless of whether you were intentional or unintentional, you offended the Family Head first and showed disrespect later; the Family Head's punishment of you is already light."

When he returned, he had just happened to hear that sentence Lu Ren spread throughout Wanren City. Lu Daoran's eyes were cold and grim as he swung his Spear, pointing it straight at Yu Ruowei's throat.

"No need for others to act; I will dig out these eyes of yours myself!"

The bright silver Spear had once pointed at countless enemies and countless demons, and it had also pointed at the Human Race, but this was the only time its master had used it to point at his own kin.

The rims of Lu Daoran's eyes were dark red, but he suppressed it, his hand not shaking in the slightest.

He was the pride of the Lu Family.

He had always known.

Once, Lu Ren had also stroked his head, his tone gentle: "Your sister is unwilling to change her name, what about you? Don't worry, even if you don't change your name, you are still a member of my Lu Family."

"My Lu Family members are united as one clan, not by mere names."

Back then, the little Lu Daoran instantly knelt on the ground, his voice childish but firm.

"I beg the Family Head to bestow a name upon me! From this day forward, I am willing to be a Lu Family member, a Lu Family member for life; I only wish that this flesh and blood body can serve the Family Head in this life."

"Good, your generation shall be the 'Dao' generation; from now on, you shall be called Lu Daoran. Daoran, the Dao follows nature—not bad, it is indeed fitting."

Lu Daoran returned to his senses, and in his eyes looking at Yu Ruowei, there remained only cold indifference and deep, unhideable disappointment.

The rules of the Lu Family dictated that there was only one path for traitors: death. Yu Ruowei felt the Family Head was too cold, but he understood that Lu Ren being able to spare Yu Ruowei's life was already the final shred of father-daughter sentiment.

This deep and extreme softness was something Yu Ruowei could not understand; she was like a madwoman, incredibly frantic, jumping around in a breakdown.

"You are my brother! You are my brother! You actually want to kill me?"

"Yu Ruoxuan! Have you forgotten that we are family! It was clearly you who forgot! You promised Mother you would take good care of me! Is this your care?"

"You don't even trust your own sister, Yu Ruoxuan—no, you are Lu Daoran, you are the Lu Family's Lu Daoran! It's a pity I always thought you were the person I loved most in this world! In the end, you have already become a dog of the Lu Family!"

"I guess I misjudged you, ah!!!!"

All of Yu Ruowei's clamoring was interrupted by her own scream.

Her legs bent at an unnatural angle, and she instantly collapsed to the ground, clutching her legs and wailing in agony.

"My legs! My legs!"

Lu Daoran flicked his spear tip; since he had acted, he had absolutely held back, and this was his final tenderness toward his sister.

After this strike, unless Yu Ruowei could obtain a pill for limb regeneration, ordinary pills would be of no use.

When had Yu Ruowei ever suffered such a heavy injury? She was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face, yet those who used to fuss over her and ask about her well-being at the slightest bump were all looking at her coldly.

Only at this moment did she fully realize the severity of the problem.

"Qin Yuan, Qin Yuan, save me!" Yu Ruowei immediately turned her head to look for her straw to clutch at, her face smeared with tears.

Qin Yuan's expression was extremely ugly.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a ferocious look suddenly appearing on his face, extremely mad and gloomy.

He spoke slowly.

"Originally, I wanted to take Weiwei away peacefully, but since you Lu Family have bullied me too far, then you cannot blame me!"

(End of chapter)