Bai Ying's words struck Zhou Ying's heart like a heavy hammer.
She trembled all over, the image flashing through her mind—Bai Ying standing under the blood-red setting sun, her blood-stained fingers digging out her own spiritual root and throwing it to them like a dirty object.
The relieved smile on the girl's lips was more hurtful than the sharpest blade.
"Here you go. From this day forward, I have absolutely no connection with you. We're cutting all ties completely!"
Zhou Ying's tears kept falling.
"She won't forgive us," White Eagle's voice was hoarse, "nor should she."
Zhou Ying suddenly broke down and threw herself into her husband's arms, her nails digging deeply into her palms.
She cried her heart out, as if she wanted to cry out all the tears she could in her life.
She thought of Bai Di, the adopted daughter she had raised with her own hands, who not only killed her biological son but also drained the spiritual energy of the entire Bai family.
And now, her last blood relative—the daughter she hurt the most—will never acknowledge her again.
She had no idea how painful her future life would be.
At this moment, not only Zhou Ying, but the entire Bai family's higher-ups were filled with remorse.
A suffocating, oppressive atmosphere permeated the main hall of the Bai family.
Several elders slumped in their armchairs, their faces ashen and grief-stricken.
The teacup in the patriarch's hand had long since gone cold, yet he still held it upright, his cloudy old eyes filled with regret.
"If only..." the clan leader suddenly said, "If only we had chosen to side with Bai Ying back then..."
These words are like a sharp knife, piercing deep into everyone's heart.
"Our Bai family could have possessed a genius unparalleled in history, a peerless powerhouse who could command the utmost respect from the entire Lingchuan Continent... We clearly had the advantage of bloodline! Opportunities that other sects would kill for, yet we personally pushed her away!"
The Second Elder put down his teacup, the clinking of the porcelain particularly jarring in the deathly silent hall.
He surveyed the crowd, his voice hoarse as if sandpaper rubbing together: "Do you remember what I said when she first displayed her talent? I said this girl was destined for greatness, and that the entire clan should dedicate its resources to nurturing her... But you insisted she hand over her soul blood. When she refused, you watched as Bai Di forced Bai Ying to dig out her own spiritual root and sever ties with the Bai family! Serves her right! She truly deserves it!"
Hearing their words, everyone felt extremely regretful.
Who would have thought that the Bai family, who could have had a chance to stand at the top of all the families, would give it up themselves?
They're incredibly foolish to want Bai Di instead of Bai Ying!
The entire Bai family has been ruined by Bai Di. It really is karma!!!
Only Bai Nishang, trapped inside the stone tablet, wore a mocking sneer. She watched all this through the barrier, her eyes gleaming with pleasure.
This meticulously designed illusion was her "gift" to Zhou Ying and Bai Ying, the couple.
"Serves you right." She silently moved her lips. "This is the retribution for your favoritism."
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Meanwhile, the cultivation world of the entire Lingchuan Continent was already in turmoil.
Bai Ying's feat of single-handedly setting up a killing formation and once again slaying and subduing more than thirty Nascent Soul stage experts spread like wildfire to every corner.
In teahouses and taverns, cultivators whispered amongst themselves; in the secret chambers of sects, elders wore solemn expressions.
"Have you heard? That killing formation of the White Cultivator is simply unpredictable!" A cultivator dressed in cyan robes lowered his voice mysteriously, "My senior brother was a hundred miles away at the time and witnessed the scene when the killing formation was activated—"
Everyone's ears involuntarily perked up.
"Nine crimson pillars of light suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, forming a massive cage. The powerful beings' natal magic weapons were instantly shredded by chains extending from the formation as soon as they were unleashed! The most terrifying thing was..." He swallowed hard, "The white-clad cultivator simply stood at the center of the formation from beginning to end, without even moving a finger."
"Exactly!" someone chimed in. "Those Nascent Soul stage experts didn't even have a chance to resist. They either died and their souls were extinguished, or they obediently surrendered their souls and blood. I've truly never seen such a terrifying killing formation!"
"No way? That's amazing! Isn't that even more powerful than a Void Refinement stage cultivator? Even a Void Refinement stage cultivator couldn't do that, right?"
"What are you dreaming about? Before this, the White Cultivator's killing formation had already killed five Void Refinement stage experts. How could Void Refinement stage cultivators be compared to that killing formation? They tried to steal the treasures of those Integration stage cultivators, but they didn't expect to lose their lives there instead."
"I think those Nascent Soul stage cultivators were probably all killed by this ancient killing formation. Now who would dare to mess with the Spirit Hidden Sect?"
In a corner of the restaurant, an old man wearing a bamboo hat sneered, "Who was it that spread rumors that Master Bai's killing formation was ineffective? Well, now so many Nascent Soul cultivators have used their lives to prove the power of the killing formation."
"The most terrifying thing is," the young cultivator at the next table shuddered, "that those powerful figures who survived are now all under the White Cultivator's command. This Lingchuan Continent is about to undergo a dramatic change..."
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Meanwhile, within the Lingyin Sect, many people's expressions kept changing.
Yao Yanliang, who had previously sparred with Bai Ying, turned deathly pale upon hearing this news in the forbidden area of the Lingyin Sect.
"I actually...I actually..." Yao Yanliang suddenly slapped himself hard across the face, the crisp sound particularly jarring in the quiet room.
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