Bai Ying had no feelings for the couple to begin with, and now she was disgusted to the extreme by their actions.
If she had known they were like this, she shouldn't have had any expectations of family affection when she was a child, shouldn't have wasted her energy fantasizing about that unattainable warmth, and shouldn't have gone through so much trouble to find this so-called home.
Bai Ying did not grow up with this couple. Everything she has now, from the moment she embarked on the path of cultivation, every breakthrough and every achievement, is something she has earned through blood and sweat.
All the couple gave her was her innate bloodline, but this bloodline did not bring her much substantial help during her long and arduous cultivation journey.
They assumed she was exceptionally talented and took it for granted that her current achievements were entirely due to her innate abilities, unaware that back in the Huayang Sect, her talent was not top-tier, but merely decent.
Their blind self-confidence and shallow understanding struck Bai Ying as utterly absurd.
On the long road of cultivating immortality, she experienced countless hardships and dangers. Every breakthrough was accompanied by a life-or-death test. She brushed past death countless times and struggled on the edge of life and death.
They knew nothing about those near-death experiences, and never cared about them.
Now, based solely on Bai Di's few tearful complaints and a simple decision, they are about to casually rip out her spiritual root, as if all her efforts were worthless, as if her life and achievements could be trampled on at will.
When Bai Di saw that his parents had agreed, a wildly joyful smile instantly bloomed on his face, and his eyes gleamed with greed and triumph.
She knew all along that her parents would choose her!
That's why she deliberately put on this show in front of Bai Ying. She wanted Bai Ying to see clearly and to suffer!
Bai Di couldn't wait to throw away the dagger in his hand and rush into his parents' arms, hugging them tightly.
"Father, Mother, I knew you loved Di'er the most!"
Zhou Ying and Bai Ying hugged Bai Di tightly, but their eyes were full of pain and entanglement.
Zhou Ying slowly raised her head, and the moment her gaze met Bai Ying's, a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes. Her lips trembled slightly, and her voice was choked with sobs as she said, "Ying'er, I'm sorry, Mother really can't give up on Di'er. Mother will definitely treat you well from now on, and will make up for all the love I never gave you before. You must forgive Mother."
Her words carried a hint of pleading, as if she wanted to gain some understanding from Bai Ying.
Bai Ying also looked at Bai Ying, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions, as if a spice bottle had been spilled.
He opened his mouth, his throat moved, but he couldn't utter a single word.
In truth, deep down, although he did not approve of Bai Di's ruthless methods, he had also lamented the injustice of fate more than once.
Why does Bai Ying possess such outstanding qualities?
Despite not growing up around them, she is more outstanding than Bai Di and Bai Yanfeng.
He often fantasized that it would be great if Bai Ying's talent could be given to Xiao Di.
It was this secretive thought that led him to remain silent at the crucial moment and not stop Bai Di's crazy actions.
After crying his fill in his parents' arms, Bai Di finally raised his head contentedly, looked straight up at the sky, and said loudly, "Senior, Bai Di has already controlled Bai Ying within the great formation. Now it is Senior's turn to take action personally!"
Everyone involuntarily followed her gaze and looked up. In an instant, an extremely terrifying pressure swept down from the sky. The pressure was like a surging tide, making it almost impossible for them to breathe.
One after another, figures appeared in the sky above the great formation.
It was the Hua family who arrived.
Leading the group was an elderly man with white hair but an imposing presence; he was the Nascent Soul stage ancestor of the Hua family.
The old ancestor, dressed in a black robe that fluttered in the wind, looked down contemptuously at the white fireflies in the formation, a mocking smirk playing on his lips.
"He's just a Nascent Soul stage kid, and you want me to take action? What kind of cultivation do you all have?"
His voice was deep and cold, carrying an arrogant and condescending tone.
Upon hearing the patriarch's rebuke, the members of the Hua family turned pale with fright and humbly lowered their heads, not daring to look the patriarch in the eye.
The Hua family patriarch snorted coldly, and without the slightest hesitation, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and flew towards Bai Ying's direction like a black lightning bolt. His speed was extremely fast, and the air was torn apart wherever he passed, making a "sizzling" sound.
He hovered in mid-air, his eyes filled with disdain, looking down at Bai Ying. In his eyes, this Nascent Soul cultivator was nothing more than an ant. To personally attack her would be a waste of his talents, like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, which he found utterly beneath him.
Looking at the younger generation of the Hua family beside him, he was filled with disdain. A mere Nascent Soul cultivator could frighten these people into cowering. The younger generation of the Hua family was truly getting worse with each generation.
Without the slightest hesitation, the Hua family patriarch flicked his finger, and a flash of cold light appeared. His natal magic weapon, the flying knife, shot straight towards Bai Ying's dantian like a black lightning bolt, carrying a sharp aura.
This throwing knife is incredibly sharp. If it hits, Bai Ying's dantian will be instantly pierced, and she will be crippled.
As for Bai Di's earlier claim that he would guarantee Bai Ying's lifespan to be like that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it was nothing but deception. After all, once the spiritual root is extracted, who would care about the life or death of this useless person?
The Hua family patriarch's move gave everyone a boost of confidence, and they all wore smug smiles, as if they could already see Bai Ying being subdued and looking pathetic.
Bai Ying and Zhou Ying stood to the side, their faces ashen. They knew perfectly well that although Bai Ying had defeated a master like Guo Lintian, Guo Lintian had only just touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage, and his strength was worlds apart from that of a true Nascent Soul stage expert.
Faced with absolute power, even ten Guo Lintians would find it difficult to withstand the attack of a Nascent Soul stage expert.
This time, Bai Ying is truly finished.
At this moment, Bai Ying still did not show any fear. She simply drew the sword from behind her and slashed at the throwing knife.
No one expected Bai Ying to want a sword to counter the Hua family patriarch's flying knives. They couldn't help but want to laugh.
She was utterly overconfident.
That was a flying knife belonging to a Nascent Soul cultivator, and it was even a natal magic weapon.
Let alone breaking through her dantian, taking her life would be an easy task.
How is her action any different from a mayfly trying to shake a tree?
However, to their surprise, at that moment, Bai Ying's sword struck the throwing knife directly, and an extremely terrifying sword aura was released along with her sword move!
Its power seemed capable of destroying the heavens and the earth!
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