Chapter 320: Meeting In The Temple
The evening wind swirled through the courtyard, causing leaves and grass to flutter around. The dim candlelight flickered unsteadily. In the courtyard sat a middle-aged woman, not particularly striking in appearance but exuding a sense of grace. She leaned against the stone table.
The servant below her bowed and kneeled, trembling as he said, "We asked the young master… He said the climate in Eastern Mount Yue is pleasant and he does not wish to return."
Lu Wanrong shook her head helplessly and sighed softly, saying gently, "I know what he's thinking… He's seeking shamanic spells in Eastern Mount Yue… trying to open his spiritual orifice. With his father still not returned, I cannot persuade him."
Li Xuanling had only one wife and never took concubines. She bore him two children, each with a different personality. The elder daughter, Li Qinghong, was bright and high-spirited and had reached the third heavenly layer of the Qi Cultivation Realm. In contrast, his younger son, Li Yuanyun, who lacked a spiritual orifice, was unremarkable and increasingly sullen.
Lu Wanrong had noticed the changes in Li Yuanyun with growing anxiety, and she had even mentioned it to Li Xuanling several times. Each time the subject of their son was raised, Li Xuanling would just say to let him be, as long as he did not harm anyone...
She had always been a perceptive woman and sensed an inexplicable guilt in her husband who was always lenient with Li Yuanyun, leaving her at a loss on what to do.
Even when she had carried Yuanyun up the mountain years ago, she had trembled, unable to lift her head in Li Tongya's imposing presence. However, the children of the Xuan generation—whether it was Li Xuanfeng or Li Xuanxuan—had always treated Li Yuanyun exceptionally well.
"Perhaps I am overthinking it," Lu Wanrong said as she shook her head to dispel the thought and asked solemnly, "Any news from the marketplace?"
"Yes, Madam… They said that there's still no word of the Third Master," the servant reported.