A wave of anger spread rapidly among the crowd, with everyone speaking out in defense of Bai Ying and expressing their indignation.
"What a heartless family. Bai Ying is really unlucky to have such relatives."
"Yes! It's true what they say, a bad bamboo produces a good shoot! Who would have thought that someone of such wicked character could give birth to a genius as brilliant as Bai Ying? If our family had such a genius, it would be an incredible stroke of luck, and we would cherish him dearly. But look at the foolish things the Bai family is doing!"
"They've spoiled Bai Di so much that they're completely out of touch with reality, which is one thing. But the Bai family is such a large clan, are all the others blind? Even a blind person could see the terrifying potential Bai Ying has shown. How can they let these people treat Bai Ying so recklessly? Instead of trying to win over and carefully nurture such a peerless genius, they verbally abuse and suppress her like crazy. They're simply insane, utterly insane!"
The Bai clan chief stood aside, listening intently to every word everyone said. His face instantly turned bright red, like a ripe tomato, or as if he had been slapped hard in public.
At this moment, he was filled with remorse, feeling that he had made one wrong step after another.
Recalling the loss of a genius like Bai Ying, his heart felt like it was being pierced by thousands of steel needles, the pain making it hard to breathe.
But now, Bai Ying and the Bai family are at odds, their relationship so tense that it's irreconcilable. He knows in his heart that Bai Ying will never return to the Bai family, and all of this is beyond redemption.
Zhou Ying continued to curse Bai Ying at the top of her lungs, looking like a crazed female beast, completely out of her mind.
Bai Ying had just destroyed Bai Di's spiritual root, and now she wanted to harm her. She hated her to the extreme!
Just when everyone thought the farce was going to escalate, White Eagle suddenly stepped forward.
"Enough! Stop talking!" Bai Ying's thick eyebrows furrowed, his eyes widened, and he shouted suddenly.
Zhou Ying's frantic movements suddenly stopped, and a hint of expectation instantly ignited in her eyes. She was convinced that Bai Ying must have come up with some way to help her out of her predicament.
But the words that came out of Bai Ying's mouth were like a bucket of cold water, completely extinguishing the hope in her heart.
“Zhou Ying, since you did something wrong, you should bear the consequences. This is all your own fault, and has nothing to do with Bai Ying! Shut your mouth and prepare to accept your punishment.”
Bai Ying's voice was deep and firm, each word like a heavy hammer, striking Zhou Ying's heart hard.
Zhou Ying stared wide-eyed at Bai Ying in disbelief, seemingly never expecting that Bai Ying would stand up and accuse her at this crucial moment.
"White Eagle, are you crazy? How could you side with her?"
White Eagle's eyes were full of entanglement and complexity. He gripped his head tightly, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
In the past, Bai Ying would have stood on Zhou Ying's side without hesitation, without even having to think about it.
He would join them in hurling insults at Bai Ying, using the most vile words in the world to curse her, blaming all the wrongdoing on her, and believing that she was the heinous culprit who had destroyed the peace of the Bai family.
But just now, he was deeply immersed in that terrifying illusion that felt so real, and truly experienced the heart-wrenching pain of losing his child.
In that illusory yet incredibly real world, he ran around, calling out, searching for the missing child. Every single second, he was tightly bound by fear, despair, and regret.
The pain was so intense, it made his very soul tremble.
It was during that painful search that the door to his long-sealed memories was quietly opened.
He suddenly remembered that a long, long time ago, when Bai Ying was still a child, he and Zhou Ying had also held her in their arms with great joy, their eyes filled with the love and tenderness of new parents.
Back then, they also eagerly hoped that Bai Ying could grow up healthy and happy, and their love for her was no less than their love for Bai Di.
But from some point onward, that pure love was gradually forgotten, replaced by an excessive favoritism towards Bai Di and neglect of Bai Ying.
Now... suddenly returning to reality from the illusion, White Eagle felt as if his whole body had been forcibly split apart.
On one side is the self who blindly followed others in the family and verbally abused her own daughter; on the other side is the self who has just experienced the illusion, rediscovered her original intentions, and realized that she had made an unforgivable mistake.
These two completely different self-perceptions clashed fiercely in his mind. Every conflict was like a sharp blade cutting into his heart, causing him unbearable pain, yet he could not escape it.
White Eagle slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with exhaustion and regret.
His body trembled slightly, as if he had used all his strength to finally say those words to Zhou Ying: "Zhou Ying, I am not blind. This is not Bai Ying's fault. She did nothing wrong."
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes and streamed down his cheeks, dripping onto the ground beneath his feet.
Images from the past kept flashing through his mind: Bai Ying's eyes yearning for love, and their repeated neglect and hurt towards her.
In fact, he knew all along that Bai Ying was innocent.
However, their unrestrained favoritism towards Bai Di was like a thick fog, blinding him and leading him further and further down the wrong path, making it impossible for him to muster the courage to stand on Bai Ying's side.
He had witnessed Bai Ying being treated unfairly countless times, but he was always bound by his favoritism towards Bai Di and chose to remain silent.
As soon as White Eagle finished speaking, the giant hand moved again.
The giant hand, like a sharp blade, instantly emitted a beam of light that pierced through Zhou Ying's dantian. Zhou Ying's eyes widened, her face filled with terror and despair. She wanted to scream, but it was as if her throat was being choked, and she could only let out a weak whimper.
The giant hand shattered her dantian into pieces, leaving the place where spiritual energy was originally stored riddled with holes.
At the same time, her spiritual root was also breaking and shattering inch by inch under the impact of this powerful force. The excruciating pain of the broken spiritual root caused Zhou Ying's body to convulse uncontrollably, her lips were as pale as paper, and cold sweat kept pouring from her forehead.
After it was all over, the giant hand released Zhou Ying, who collapsed to the ground like a rag doll. At that moment, she had completely become an ordinary person.
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