Bai Ying's words drew everyone's attention to her mother, Zhou Ying.
Caught completely off guard, Zhou Ying had no idea that Bai Ying had already noticed that she was the one who had stuck the talisman on her. In an instant, her face drained of all color, turning deathly pale. An indescribable panic rapidly rose and spread from the deepest part of her heart.
"What...what are you saying?"
Zhou Ying's voice trembled involuntarily as she tried to remain calm.
"Why do you wear that talisman on your body? What does it have to do with me?"
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at the reactions of those around her out of the corner of her eye. Her hands trembled slightly at her sides, but she tried her best to control them, not wanting anyone to see her inner panic.
Seeing this, Bai Yanfeng immediately stepped forward, his face filled with anger, and loudly questioned, "Bai Ying, what are you trying to say? You're not going to slander your own mother, are you?"
He straightened his back, his gaze fixed on Bai Ying, as if trying to make her swallow back the words she was about to say with his oppressive look.
Bai Ying was utterly incredulous. Completely bewildered, his eyes widened, his facial muscles twitching slightly with rage. He then launched into a tirade against Bai Ying:
"Bai Ying, what are you doing? How dare you turn your anger on your own mother in front of so many people? Are you even human?" His voice was sharp and piercing, and with his chest heaving violently, it was easy to see that his anger had reached its peak.
However, their overreaction planted a seed of doubt in the minds of those around them.
A murmur of discussion began to rise from the crowd, and a voice came from a corner:
"But it's really strange. Bai Ying is so powerful, why would she harm herself? And if Bai Di hadn't mentioned it, the fact that Bai Ying had talismans on her body wouldn't have been revealed."
“Yes, if you think about it carefully, it really seems like Bai Di and her family set up a trap for Bai Ying.”
"And don't you find it strange? Both Bai Ying and Bai Di are their daughters, but their attitudes towards them are completely different. Judging from their demeanor, it's as if only Bai Di is their precious daughter, while Bai Ying is treated like their mortal enemy."
As these discussions spread, many people began to speculate in the direction of conspiracy theories. Although the proportion of people holding this view was not high, each questioning remark was like a sharp knife piercing Zhou Ying's heart, enough to throw her into disarray.
"Who says my two daughters are different?" Zhou Ying forced a smile and hurriedly defended herself, "In my heart, they are the same, they are both my precious children. It's just that Xiao Ying didn't grow up by my side, so our relationship is inevitably a bit distant and not very close. But from the bottom of my heart, I hope she is doing well."
However, Zhou Ying's explanation was hardly convincing. Her accusatory words to Bai Ying were still fresh in everyone's minds; this weak defense sounded like nothing more than a cover-up. The questioning gazes felt like thorns in their backs, making Zhou Ying's smile grow increasingly stiff.
She didn't understand. Bai Ying had demonstrated her strength at the Bai family before. Although she was strong, she wasn't at this level. Moreover, her spiritual root was gone. How did she manage to do it?
This is so strange.
Zhou Ying frowned and looked at Bai Ying, saying:
"Xiaoying, I know you're not that capable, and I know you resent us for being so kind to Xiaodi. But you can't keep fabricating things! I was only saying that for your own good! You need to face reality. Fabricating things is only temporary; it's not real. You don't have that kind of ability. Fabricating things like this will only hurt yourself!"
Zhou Ying's words were already accusing Bai Ying of faking her second test.
Bai Di's face was also extremely ugly. He glared at Bai Ying with a vicious look in his eyes, and his disgust for her had reached the point of being ingrained in his bones.
She never expected that everything, which was originally under her control, would suddenly reverse because of Bai Ying's words, pushing her family into the eye of the storm.
Now, like Zhou Ying, she still doesn't want to believe deep down that Bai Ying is as powerful as she showed in the test.
It must be fake!
Yes! It must be a lie, just like Mother said!
In her narrow-minded view, Bai Ying was just a down-on-her-luck person who had been abandoned by her family and lost her spiritual roots. How could she suddenly possess such amazing strength?
"Bai Ying!" Bai Di suddenly screamed hysterically, "I know you must have tampered with it! No one in this world is powerful enough to make the testing stone turn such a dazzling color. Who do you think you are? Don't think you can fool everyone with such a little trick. It won't work on me!"
Bai Di turned around, facing the assembled elders and sect leader, and said through gritted teeth, "Elders, sect leader, listen to me. My sister has always been a master of cheating. My mother spoke ill of her just now because she knew how wicked her character was, which is why she tried to persuade her to get back on the right path. Who would have thought she would be so vicious, not only showing no remorse but also turning her anger on her own family? I really didn't expect her to be this bad. Her grades were fake; it's just that your investigation wasn't thorough enough..."
However, before Bai Di could finish speaking, Bai Ying threw a scale out of her hand. The scale shot towards Bai Di like a silver lightning bolt.
The scales drew a sharp arc in the air, and in the blink of an eye, they grazed Bai Di's cheek.
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