"Brother Lü! Hold on!"
"Elder Lü, pull yourself together. I'll take you back to Yanxia Town right away."
Yang Lingrui held Lü Lianshun, blood continuously spilling from his mouth, and circulated his cultivation technique to transfer spiritual power into his body.
During the earlier moonbeam attack, Lü Lianshun had thrown himself forward to shove Yang Lingrui aside. Now, everything below his abdomen had been blasted apart by the moonlight.
If not for a Rejuvenation Pill forcibly keeping a breath in him, he would have died on the spot.
"Young Master... Young Master... don't waste your strength, cough..."
Lü Lianshun struggled to focus his scattered gaze and looked at Yang Lingrui. "I do not ask for the Main Family's favoritism. I only hope... cough, cough... that the Lü Family can endure. That child Fang Xuan is not bad by nature. I hope the Main Family... will not abandon him... cough, cough..."
Yang Lingrui seized Lü Lianshun's hand, sorrow appearing between his brows as his heart was deeply stirred.
This old cultivator, nearly ninety years old, had not considered himself in the slightest even at death's door. His heart held only the Lü Family and the younger generation at home.
"Rest assured, Elder Lü. The Lü Family will not fall apart, and my family will properly nurture that child Fang Xuan as well!"
"Good... good..."
Having heard Yang Lingrui's promise with his own ears, Lü Lianshun stopped struggling. After releasing one long breath, he peacefully closed his eyes.
"Brother Lü, may you have a safe journey..."
Xie Chuan was kneeling beside him, wiping away tears, when he saw Yang Lingrui hand Lü Lianshun's broken body over to him.
"Young Master, this..."
"Take Elder Lü back to Yanxia first."
Yang Lingrui's tone was calm, but his eyes were as cold as ice.
"And