Bai Ying looked at herself in the mirror. Her slender figure was hidden by the large wedding dress. Her pale face was covered with pearl powder produced by the mermaids, giving it a luminous white glow. She bit down on the red rouge paper with her lips and pressed them together hard. Her lips under the wedding candles also had an alluring luster.
"Lu Ling, do I look good like this?" Bai Ying asked somewhat insecurely.
Lu Ling placed the last phoenix hairpin into Bai Ying's hair bun, feigning joy as she said, "Of course, Bai... Fairy looks beautiful like this."
"It looks good, that's good." Bai Ying breathed a sigh of relief. "This way, we won't embarrass Xiao Yu."
Upon hearing this, a hint of reluctance flashed in Lu Ling's eyes. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she held back.
"Fairy, the time is almost up." Lu Ling closed her eyes, and seeing that she couldn't delay any longer, she had no choice but to say, "Shall I help you put on the red veil?"
Bai Ying's face flushed red instantly. She nodded and let the spirit she had personally forged, the deer spirit, place the blood-red veil over her head.
Today is her and Xiao Yu's dual cultivation ceremony, and Lu Ling is the spirit that comes with the treasure she has refined.
This treasure was created by Bai Ying after she defeated the Nightblade Leopard at Tianfeng Mountain. She dug out the crystal and spent eighty-one days refining it, during which she was seriously injured and almost died.
Although the process of forging this treasure was extremely dangerous, Bai Ying felt that only the best was worthy of that person...
On that day, Bao Cheng arranged to meet Xiao Yu at the top of Qunyu Mountain. Mustering her courage, she used the precious artifact as a pledge to ask Xiao Yu to marry her.
The moonlight was boundless, and at that moment, the only sound between the two was the wind.
After an unknown amount of time, just as Bai Ying was heartbroken and about to leave, Xiao Yu caught the precious artifact she handed over.
"I promise you. The Dual Cultivation Ceremony will be held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. However, since you have given me all the magical artifacts you have forged, I will arrange the Dual Cultivation Ceremony. Is that alright, Ying'er?"
"good."
Bai Ying made her promise.
She was originally an orphan caused by war in the human world, but was later taken in by Master Qin Hua and became the fifth disciple of Qingzhu Peak of Huayang Sect.
Bai Ying was skilled in weapon crafting. She was usually in charge of organizing the training trips and sect competitions for her fellow disciples. To Bai Ying, her master and fellow disciples were like family. She had always thought her life would continue peacefully like this.
Until one day, their master brought back their junior sister, Ruan Xinrou, from the foot of the mountain.
Bai Ying knew that she had a pitiful background, so she arranged everything for her, from food and clothing to daily necessities, in a very proper manner.
But gradually, things changed.
She didn't know when it started, but her fellow disciples scolded her for stealing her junior sister's things. No matter how she explained that the things were given to her by her junior sister, her fellow disciples wouldn't believe her.
She asked her junior sister to help explain, but her junior sister could only weep silently.
My junior sister broke her hairpin, and they said she broke it on purpose.
When my junior sister was injured during her cultivation, they said that she was the one who interfered and deliberately hurt her.
Her fellow disciples said she was narrow-minded and jealous by nature. They told her to stay away from her junior sister.
Even they are getting further and further away from her.
Suddenly, she was all alone.
Xiao Yu appeared beside her at this moment.
He accompanied her as she searched for treasures, helped her find new spiritual fire, and watched the sunset with her atop Jade Mountain. One day, he told her he loved her...
Bai Ying doesn't have many admirers, but she wants to repay this one with her whole heart.
Guided by the deer spirit, Bai Ying slowly walked forward.
The noise from the guests gradually subsided, and the surroundings became completely silent. Bai Ying's heart instantly tightened.
Why is there no sound? Where is the emcee?
Just then, she heard a piercing, cold laugh.
"Deer Spirit, has your master developed hysteria? What kind of trouble is he causing now?"
It was the voice of Senior Brother Su Yu. Bai Ying had been punished by him just a few days ago, her arm whipped with a rattan cane. The pain was excruciating.
Bai Yingguang trembled slightly upon hearing his voice and instinctively gripped Lu Ling's arm that was supporting her.
Unexpectedly, Lu Ling slowly withdrew her hand, saying hesitantly and reluctantly, "She is not my master... My master is the Desireless Young Master—Master Xiao."
Bai Ying was stunned, followed by even more doubts.
"Is this a wedding dress? Why is she dressed like this for someone else's birthday banquet?"
"This is utterly absurd and attention-seeking!"
Bai Ying felt increasingly uneasy as she listened.
She suddenly lifted her veil and saw that the hall was bustling with activity, and Xiao Yu was standing not far away.
"Xiao Yu..." Bai Ying wanted to ask what was going on, but when she opened her mouth, she found that her voice was so nervous that it became hoarse. Fortunately, Xiao Yu walked towards her and extended his right hand, which relieved Bai Ying's heart a little.
She reached out her hand, as if grasping at a piece of driftwood in the water, trying to hold onto him.
But just as Xiao Yu was about to touch her, the driftwood suddenly changed direction.
Xiao Yu brushed past her and took the hand of Ruan Xinrou, who stood out from the crowd with a sweet smile.
"Happy birthday, Junior Sister Ruan. Did you enjoy the banquet I prepared for you?" Bai Ying asked Xiao Yu.
Something seems to have broken off.
Bai Ying froze in place.
My mind went blank for a moment.
She turned her head in disbelief.
For a moment, I couldn't even process what had happened.
How could his Daoist partner be holding hands with Ruan Xinrou? Wasn't he just like him, the one who hated the other the most?
Why did my own dual cultivation ceremony turn into a birthday banquet?
A bad feeling lingered in Bai Ying's heart, filling her with an indescribable fear.
She wanted to grab Xiao Yu's arm and ask him for an explanation.
However, just as her fingers touched her forearm, Xiao Yu forcefully shook her off.
"Bai Ying, today is Xin Rou's big day. Are you dressed like this to steal your junior sister's thunder?"
Xiao Yu looked at Bai Ying with a strange and disgusted gaze, "Is this... a wedding dress?"
One sentence stirred up a huge wave of discussion, and everyone's attention fell on Bai Ying.
Her sixth junior brother, Qin Zijing, rushed out from the crowd and shouted, "Bai Ying, are you trying to cause trouble again? Let me tell you, today is Junior Sister's birthday, which Senior Brother Xiao specially arranged for her. What are you doing, wearing a wedding dress?!"
Bai Ying stood frozen in place, as if she had been frozen in place.
While everyone was still laughing, Lu Ling let out a soft groan, then gritted her teeth and loudly reported to Xiao Yu: "Master, yesterday Fairy Bai asked me to slip this pill into your wine when you weren't looking. Lu Ling wouldn't dare to do that. Lu Ling will not betray Master."
As she spoke, Lu Ling took out a pill from her sleeve and showed it to everyone.
Bai Ying slowly turned her head, looking at Lu Ling in disbelief. An indescribable chill suddenly surged from the depths of her heart.
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