The burning pain on my cheeks was nothing compared to the fear in my heart.
He now understood why Bai Ying had looked at him so strangely back then—it wasn't fear, but a kind of compassionate tolerance.
"If she gets serious..." Yao Yanliang looked down at his trembling hands. These hands, which he was once so proud of and could split mountains and shatter rocks, probably couldn't even withstand a single move from that woman.
This realization made him tremble all over.
Meanwhile, inside a cave on Lingyao Peak, Ding Yan was staring blankly at a bronze mirror.
The man in the mirror had bloodshot eyes and dark stubble on his chin; he was no longer the dashing young gentleman he once was.
"People from two different worlds...heh..."
He suddenly let out a bitter laugh, his voice full of self-mockery. Back then, he was the one who brought Bai Ying to the Lingyin Sect. At that time, his master wanted him to marry Bai Ying, and he even said in front of everyone that Bai Ying was delusional.
Bai Ying simply stood there quietly, her eyes filled with coldness. Looking back now, that coldness wasn't the embarrassment of being rejected, but rather a mockery of disdain.
Ding Yan slammed the bronze mirror down on the table, the sound of it shattering being particularly jarring in the silent cave.
He recalled the harsh words he had spoken to Bai Ying: "We are from two different worlds. There is no way I could marry you. Please give up on that idea!"
"What am I..." He slumped to the ground, burying his face in his hands, "In her eyes, I'm probably not even worth an ant..."
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At this moment, people flocked to the Lingyin Sect, and there were far more people wanting to befriend them than before.
However, this time, the Lingyin Sect did not open its gates to receive congratulations from cultivators from other sects as it had done before; instead, it closed its doors.
The cultivators assumed that the people from the Lingyin Sect had been disheartened by the attitudes of those who had treated them before.
Little did they know, Bai Ying had already gone into seclusion to recuperate.
After two consecutive battles, Bai Ying was already extremely weak.
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