General Chu had just woken up when he saw Chu Lan holding a bowl of medicine, about to feed him. He snatched the bowl from Chu Lan and threw it on the ground.
Chu Lan was startled by her father's sudden action, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back.
"Father, what's wrong with you..." Chu Lan's voice trembled, her heart filled with grievances and guilt, leaving her at a loss for what to do.
General Chu, panting heavily, glared angrily and said, "How dare you stand here! If it weren't for your negligence, how could the Chu family army have suffered such a calamity!"
Chu Lan knelt on the ground with a thud, sobbing uncontrollably: "Father, it's all my fault, I'm willing to be punished."
"Heh heh heh... Punishment? Do you think punishing General Chu and his tens of thousands of soldiers will bring them back to life? Chu Lan, why are you still alive? Because so many people have died because of you, how can you still have the face to live?"
General Chu roared and pointed at Chu Lan's nose, cursing loudly.
Tears welled up in Chu Lan's eyes, and she didn't know what to say.
Her father was right; it was all her fault. She was the one who caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Chu family soldiers.
At this moment, Chu Qianhan also woke up from the other side of the military tent.
He clutched his legs, "Little sister, why can't I feel my legs? Will I never be able to walk again? Am I now a cripple?"
Chu Qianhan's eyes were filled with despair and pain. He gripped the blankets tightly with both hands and said in a trembling voice, "Little sister, I used to charge into battle without ever fearing. But now, my legs are crippled. What can I do? I've become a burden, a useless person!"
Tears streamed down his face as he gritted his teeth, his face contorted with pain: "I will never again fight for the Chu family army, never again protect our homeland. I would rather die on the battlefield than live like this!"
Chu Lan rushed to Chu Qianhan's bedside and held his hand tightly: "Big brother, no, you will get better. Even if you don't, you will always be a hero of our Chu family!"
Chu Qianhan shook off Chu Lan's hand and roared, "Hero? I'm just a cripple now, a cripple who can't do anything!"
He frantically pounded his numb legs, crying out hoarsely, "Why is God treating me like this? Why!"
Chu Lan hugged Chu Qianhan with heartache, tears streaming down her face: "Big brother, don't do this, don't torture yourself like this. Let's think of a way together, there will definitely be hope."
"Get out of my way! Little sister, why can't you be more careful? If it weren't for that false intelligence, my Chu family army wouldn't be trapped in the narrow pass. Sister, you deserve to die! Why don't you just die!"
"Go to hell! Just go die already!"
"You shouldn't be alive! You killed us all, so why are you still living so freely and unrestrainedly!"
"You've committed such a grave mistake, why haven't you gone to hell yet?"
"..."
Suddenly, a group of warriors covered in blood appeared before Chu Lan's eyes. Together with her father and brothers, they kept blaming her and demanding that she atone with her death.
Chu Lan stared in horror at the figures pointing fingers at her, her body trembling uncontrollably.
"I... I'm so sorry..." Chu Lan's voice broke, her heart filled with guilt almost crushing her.
The horrific scenes of the battlefield kept flashing before her eyes, the faces of the dead soldiers clearly visible, as if they were demanding her life.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault..." Chu Lan murmured to himself, clutching his head in his hands and crouching down in anguish.
"Chu Lan, you are guilty! Pick up this sword and die!" General Chu suddenly stood up and threw a long sword that gleamed coldly in front of her.
Chu Lan stared at the longsword before her, her eyes filled with despair. She slowly reached out and grasped the hilt; the cold touch of the blade made her hand tremble.
So, I'll just die like this? Maybe I won't feel guilty anymore after I die...
She pressed the longsword against her neck, and the sharp blade sliced a thin wound into her fair skin.
The pain immediately brought Chu Lan back to her senses.
She slowly stood up, sword in hand. "No! You are not my father or brothers. If you were my father or brothers, even if I had committed such a grave mistake, they would not have let me die."
My father once said, "We, the Chu family, are not afraid of death, but we cannot die a pathetic death. Even if we die, we must die with understanding and with value."
"The traitor of Yanyu Tower has not yet been found, and the enemy is still eyeing our Great Yan Kingdom covetously! I cannot die!"
"Even if I die, I want to die on the battlefield, in a fierce battle with the enemy!"
"My death will be as heavy as Mount Tai!"
"You are nothing but a demon in my heart, an excuse for my cowardice and escape!" Chu Lan roared. "I will not be defeated by you. I will find out the truth and avenge the Chu family army!"
Chu Lan's voice was firm and powerful, and the illusory figures gradually became distorted and blurred in her words.
Gradually, the figures in front of her disappeared; her father disappeared, her brother disappeared, and the tent vanished.
The sky outside gradually turned azure, and the battlefield beneath our feet transformed into a sea of flowers.
She successfully overcame her inner demons and emerged from the illusion.
Memories returned, and she continued walking...
"The Domain Lord's mother has overcome her inner demons. It seems she is now a member of our Azure Nether Immortal Sect."
"Next, we will go to the inheritance site of the ancestors of the Azure Nether Immortal Sect. It has been over a thousand years since anyone has obtained the ancestors' inheritance. Even three years ago, when Tantai Hao entered the sect for assessment, he failed to gain the ancestors' approval. I wonder if Madam Chu has the ability and luck to do so."
"The inheritance of our ancestors is not so easy to obtain, especially the inheritance of the first ancestor of our Qingming Immortal Sect. It is said that the ancestor cultivated to the half-step initial god realm, just one step away from becoming a god. If we can gain the favor of that ancestor, our future achievements will be limitless."
"Yes! But let alone the first ancestor, even the last ancestor was a Chaos Realm expert from thousands of years ago. It's very difficult to obtain his inheritance!"
The disciples of the Azure Nether Immortal Sect whispered among themselves, none of them optimistic that Chu Lan could obtain the inheritance.
Chu Wanwan didn't care about this. As long as her mother cultivated to the best of her ability, it didn't matter how far she went. Anyway, with her there, no one in the Immortal Realm would dare to bully her mother.
Chu Lan walked out of the sea of flowers and entered a cemetery filled with tall tombstones...
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