Yan Chiling's forehead slammed heavily against the blood-stained, scorched earth, making a dull thud. "I'm sorry..." His voice was broken, as if it came from a very far place.
The person he swore to protect with his life ultimately died in the killing formation he himself had set up.
This realization felt like his heart had been ripped out, leaving only a bloody, empty void.
How could he kill Bai Ying? He killed the person he loved most in his life.
Yan Chiling felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
His Bai Ying, the woman he dreamed of marrying...
In his youth, he had countless times wanted to confess his feelings, but was afraid of being too forward.
Back then, he would repeatedly sketch her sleeping profile, dreaming of one day being able to openly call her "wife".
Even after losing his memory and believing that the person he had always loved was Ruan Xinrou, Yan Chiling was still filled with anger when he saw Xiao Yu and Bai Ying together.
At that time, he himself did not know what he was angry about.
He actually attributed this to his dislike of Bai Ying.
However, it was simply his heart instinctively telling him that he didn't want anyone to get close to Bai Ying.
It turned out that his distorted love was the culprit.
But in the end, he killed her with his own hands!
"Bai Ying, I'm sorry..."
Yan Chiling cried so hard that her whole body trembled.
Su Yu burst into tears upon seeing Yan Chiling's appearance.
Qin Zijing stared in disbelief at everything before him, and even someone as dull-witted as him finally realized that something was wrong.
"Senior Brother..." Qin Zijing suddenly grabbed Su Yu's sleeve, her voice trembling, "Bai Ying... is she angry with us? Is that why she hasn't shown up yet?"
These words were like a blunt knife, piercing Su Yu's heart. He stumbled, nearly falling to his knees. Gu Qingzhou caught him in time, but when she saw Qin Zijing's innocent eyes, she couldn't help but turn her face away.
"Sixth Junior Brother..." Su Yu's voice was hoarse and barely audible, but he didn't know how to tell this junior brother, who had been raised by Bai Ying since childhood, the truth.
Qin Zijing's gaze gradually changed. He looked at the weeping Yan Chiling, then at his silent senior brothers, and finally at the glaring bloodstain. A terrible thought rose in his mind, but he desperately suppressed it.
"No way..." Qin Zijing shook her head and stepped back. "Bai Ying is so powerful... she promised to forge magical artifacts for me... she never... ever breaks her promise..."
His voice grew softer and softer, finally turning into a sob. His fifth senior sister, who always doted on him... really wouldn't come back?
"Impossible! Stop acting here! I know Bai Ying is still alive. I also know I did many things that wronged Bai Ying! Bring her out here, and I'll apologize to her right now. I was wrong, okay?"
As she spoke, Qin Zijing frantically yelled at those around her, "Bai Ying, come out here! Come out! I know I was wrong. Come out now, I'll apologize to you. You can hit me, you can yell at me, you can... but don't ignore me!"
Qin Zijin broke down and screamed loudly.
His voice brought tears to everyone's eyes.
Yan Chiling said to him in anguish, "I'm sorry, Zijing, Bai Ying will never come back... She's... dead..."
Yan Chiling didn't even know how she managed to say the word "dead".
These two words felt like the sharpest weapon in the world, stabbing his heart mercilessly.
His white firefly is dead.
He died by his own hand.
After Yan Chiling finished speaking, he hunched over. He wished it was all a nightmare, and that he could wake up and see Bai Ying standing under the peach tree, smiling at him.
"It was I who helped the Ancestor find this formation, allowing the Ancestor to lead Ruan Xinrou and eighteen Nascent Soul stage cultivators to kill Bai Ying!"
Yan Chiling's words left the people present stunned in place.
Although they had vaguely guessed it, they still couldn't accept it at all when they heard Yan Chiling say it out loud!
Xiao Wu is dead?
Qin Zijing's pupils contracted sharply, and all color drained from his face. Like a wounded animal, he lunged at Yan Chiling, punching him to the ground: "Why! She was so good to you!"
The boy's fists rained down on her, one after another, like raindrops. "Why did you kill her!"
Yan Chiling endured it numbly. He couldn't feel the pain from Qin Zijing's fist at all, because his heart ached even more, so much so that he wished Qin Zijing would kill him.
However, Liu Qingyue stopped him. Her voice was terribly hoarse, "Sixth Junior Brother...it was...all of us...who killed her..."
These words were like a sharp knife, piercing deep into everyone's hearts. Yes, if they hadn't repeatedly listened to and believed them, if they hadn't repeatedly hurt her... how could Bai Ying have ended up like this?
Qin Zijing collapsed to the ground, finally bursting into tears. His fifth senior sister, who would hold him and gently comfort him when he had nightmares, who would always secretly give him snacks… she was gone forever…
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