Zhou Ying's nails dug deeply into her palms, and beads of scarlet blood trickled down the lines.
The sinister smiles of the group of people in front of her magnified infinitely in her pupils, like countless poisoned silver needles piercing her heart one by one.
Zhou Ying looked at the group of people in front of her. She wished she could kill them all!
How could they treat her daughter like that!
A low, beast-like growl escaped her throat, and blood seeped from under her fingernails, dripping from her fingertips.
Those images gnawed at her nerves like venomous snakes.
In this illusory yet terrifyingly real dream, she had walked with Bai Ying along the bamboo path... watched the beads of sweat dripping from her daughter's temples as she practiced swordsmanship in the morning dew... listened to the clanging sounds as she forged magical artifacts for her fellow disciples late at night...
Every time Bai Ying went into seclusion, Zhou Ying stayed by her side, hoping that she could break through; every time she was bullied by her fellow disciples, she wished she could rush into the sect to argue, but she could only clench her fists silently in her dreams.
The time she spent without Bai Ying was made up for in this dream.
At this moment, those once tender memories transformed into sharp blades, churning wildly within her chest.
Bai Ying's red skirt was soaked with blood, and she fell at everyone's feet like a butterfly with broken wings.
The leading man plunged his sword into her chest. Zhou Ying lunged forward with all her might, but she couldn't even touch her daughter's body.
"No—!" Her scream shattered the silence of the night sky, a metallic taste rising in her throat.
Looking at the reflection of her own helplessness in Bai Ying's unfocused pupils, Zhou Ying felt something collapse in her chest.
Her fingernails dug deep furrows into the stone slab, and mud mixed with blood splattered onto the hem of her skirt. She struggled desperately like a trapped beast.
The moment Bai Ying fell, she seemed to hear the sound of her own heart rupturing, the scalding blood staining the whole world a blinding red.
Zhou Ying had never hated herself as much as she did now.
Why didn't she insist on going to find Bai Ying?
She searched the entire Lingchuan Continent but couldn't find Bai Ying. Her next destination was Zhongzhou, where Bai Ying lived!
If she had gone to look for her back then, she would definitely have found her!
Then her daughter wouldn't be suffering so much like she is now.
Those bastards, how could they treat her like that?
"Bastard! Bastard!"
Zhou Ying lunged at them frantically, wanting to kill them. But she could only watch these horrific scenes unfold, powerless to do anything about it!
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
What exactly did she do?
Why didn't she go to find Bai Ying?
How could she stop talking about finding Bai Ying just because she had Bai Di! She even completely forgot about finding Bai Ying!
She chose to run away simply because she didn't want to face the fact that she had lost her daughter.
And he let his daughter suffer for so many years!
Zhou Ying looked at the unconscious person lying in front of her with pain, her heart filled with indescribable sorrow.
"Xiaoying, I'm so sorry. I should have found you sooner. If I had persisted in searching for you back then, I would definitely have found you. It's all my fault! If I had found you, you wouldn't be living like this. I would have treated you well! I would have cherished you and let you grow up in love. How could I have let you suffer so much..."
However, just as Zhou Ying finished speaking, the scene changed to Bai Ying waiting for her parents to return home after finding the Bai family.
Looking at the scene before her, Zhou Ying had just been thinking that if Bai Ying could grow up by her side, she would definitely treat Bai Ying very, very well.
But at this moment, her face suddenly turned extremely pale.
Because she knew what would happen next in this scene?
"No!"
She yelled loudly.
But they could only watch helplessly as, when Bai Ying finally found them and saw her and Bai Ying, they didn't even glance at Bai Ying once.
She only cared about Bai Di, and even complained that Bai Ying's return was ill-timed.
They even allowed Bai Yanfeng to verbally abuse Bai Ying.
Zhou Ying looked at the scene before her, her face turning extremely pale!
This was something she herself had done, but she couldn't believe she had turned things upside down!
She had no idea what kind of effort Bai Ying had put in to find them, or what kind of expectations she had.
Her daughter had never felt love from her parents. How happy and expectant she must have been when she came looking for her!
She suffered so much harm within her sect; she must have a strong attachment to finding her parents!
But how did they treat Bai Ying?!
Looking at herself, who was cold and distant towards Bai Ying, Zhou Ying burst into tears.
"No! I'm so sorry, Bai Ying! How could I do such a thing? How could I ignore you like this?"
Zhou Ying cried uncontrollably.
However, the scene continued to relentlessly advance, like a dull knife, cutting into her heart inch by inch.
The sinister glint in Bai Di's beautiful eyes when she first met Bai Ying was now vividly clear in her memory. Zhou Ying understood now that it wasn't girlish capriciousness, but rather a poisoned hatred.
Even at this point, she had already made her move against Bai Ying.
After Bai Ying saw through her, Zhou Ying felt that Bai Ying was too narrow-minded, because she always carried the Qiankun Mirror with her.
Bai Ying recorded the entire design of the white flute using the Qiankun Mirror.
She still felt it was Bai Ying's fault. How could she be so wary of her sister? How could she be unwilling to forgive her sister?
But at this moment, she realized why Bai Ying had prepared the Qiankun Mirror so early.
It was through countless nights of being framed by fellow disciples that he developed the habit of carrying the Qiankun Mirror with him at all times...
Only Bai Ying herself knows how much suffering she endured.
She knew nothing about it. It was clearly Bai Di's fault, yet she forced Bai Ying to forgive her. Bai Ying refused to forgive, and she even thought Bai Ying was being petty.
How could she do this?
The scenes unfolded one after another, and Bai Di's actions towards Bai Ying became increasingly outrageous.
However, no matter what Bai Di did to Bai Ying.
She was pressuring Bai Ying to forgive Bai Di.
In the end, she even agreed to let Bai Di take away Bai Ying's spiritual root.
God knows. How much effort did Bai Ying put in to transform herself from an unknown cultivator in the sect into what she is now?
Others saw her talent and the brilliance she displayed.
However, only Zhou Ying, who accompanied Bai Ying all the way, knew how much hardship she had endured.
Where do geniuses appear from the very beginning?
Bai Ying worked so hard, yet she once agreed to let Bai Di do such a heinous thing to Bai Ying!
"No!"
Zhou Ying was screaming wildly.
She clutched her hair tightly, her whole demeanor like that of a madwoman.
How could she do such a thing?
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