Jingya suddenly turned to look at Di Yuanxiang, "What do you mean?!"
“They all say that Father hates you, but that’s not true.” Di Yuanxiang sighed, her mermaid tail transforming into long, slender legs as she tried to get up by bracing herself on the ground.
Chen Peng helped Di Yuanxiang stand up.
"Thank you," Di Yuanxiang said, then looked up at them.
“Father has never disliked you, but... mermaids cannot live with humans, especially since he is destined to become the Mermaid King.”
“When your father visited you that time, he wanted you to leave and not have any hope for him. However, seeing how you were, he knew he couldn't persuade you. If he appeared in front of you again, you might become even more obsessed with him, so he chose to avoid you.”
"He was unaware of what happened later. After returning that day, he was forced into seclusion by Wang. By the time he came out, you had already been taken away."
"He wanted someone to explain things to you, but his people couldn't find you."
He said you are a very good girl and you shouldn't waste your time on him, nor should you fall out with your family because of him.
This is what he said after he found out about what happened to you. He said he was sorry, he regretted leaving that day, and he should have met with you that day.
“He feels guilty towards you, but he absolutely does not hate you.”
Di Yuanxiang told everything, then sighed. Her father... was such a coward.
"That's impossible." Jingya was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but after realizing what was happening, she snorted coldly. She wouldn't believe any of this!
These are all just sweet talk!
Jingya couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that the person she thought she had hated for so long actually didn't dislike her at all.
She refused to believe it; Di Yuanxiang was definitely lying to her.
Shen Zhiyi, Nalan Zhao, and Chen Peng exchanged glances, all asking each other with their eyes, "Did you understand?"
All three shook their heads, not understanding.
Di Yuanxiang knew Jingya wouldn't believe her, so she took out a painting from somewhere.
And this is the painting that Jingya lost many years ago.
"This painting was taken back by the mermaid after you were taken away, and my father kept it for you."
"He originally intended to return it to you, but the crown was lost, the mermaid clan was in turmoil, and my father was busy traveling. He simply didn't have time to have a proper talk with you. By the time he finished and remembered, you were already..."
Di Yuanxiang didn't continue, but she knew what she was going to say next.
Jingya burst out laughing, "He clearly had so many opportunities to take out the scroll, but he didn't, and neither did you! Feeling guilty towards me? What does he have to feel guilty about? Isn't this all my own fault!"
"I deserve to have fallen in love with Diaz, I deserve to have become like this because of him!"
“You became a wizard, and there was hatred between you and the merfolk. At that time, I hated you, so naturally I couldn’t give you the things.”
"Later, you killed my sister, so it's even less likely that I'll tell you this."
But after I learned that Dixi was raised by you, I slowly began to let go of my resentment. Perhaps it's time to talk things out.
Di Yuanxiang used her divine power to send the scroll to Jingya.
Jingya stared at the painting for a while, then reached out and patted it open.
"It's not necessary." Jingya's voice was very cold. "What's the use of a belated explanation? How would you know whether I need it or not?"
Jingya's expression was very calm. She had long planned how to kill the Sea God and destroy everything. For so many years, she had been working towards this goal, and she could not give up.
Diaz, do you see this? This is the price you have to pay for your inaction.
Jingya activated the magic power within her body and poured it into her magic wand.
Seeing this, the three people and several beasts went into battle mode, watching Jingya's every move warily, fearing that Jingya would launch an attack at any moment.
The wand floated in mid-air, and a black magical aura appeared around it, as if it were about to erupt.
Shen Zhiyi glanced at Nalan Zhao, and Nalan Zhao immediately understood what she meant.
Just as the two were about to make a move, something unexpected happened.
A crack suddenly appeared on Jingya's fair and smooth face.
"ah--"
Jingya screamed; her face hurt terribly. Why was this happening?!
At this moment, Jingya was unaware that the cracks on her face were beginning to appear as her magic surged and flowed out.
His fair and smooth face was covered with cracks, making him look terrifying in an instant.
"My face! My face!" Jingya screamed, kneeling on the ground and touching her face with both hands.
After touching the crack on her face, she went crazy and reached for something at her waist.
She took the bottle from her waist, hurriedly pulled out the stopper, and poured out the pills.
But because she was excited, she lost her grip on the bottle and it fell to the ground.
Due to inertia, the bottle rolled forward.
Jingya quickly crawled forward, trying to grab the bottle, but it still fell into the water.
"My medicine! My medicine!"
The wand, which had been floating in mid-air, fell to the ground after losing its magical support.
Jingya didn't care about any of that, nor about the bottle that had fallen into the water. She quickly picked up the pills that had fallen out of the bottle as it rolled and ate them.
She frantically shoved the pill into her mouth, but the crack on her face grew wider and wider, until... a piece of flesh fell off her face.
The others looked at each other, bewildered, wondering what had happened and why Jingya had suddenly become like this.
Subsequently, Jingya's exposed skin began to slowly deteriorate, transforming her from a young woman back into an old woman.
Jingya's face was still sagging off piece by piece.
Jingya didn't know what was wrong with her, or why she had suddenly become like this.
She could no longer feel the effects of the pills!
Yes! Medicine! It's medicine!
If it was Dixi who helped her do it!
It's Di Xi! It's Di Xi!
A figure walked in from outside, and this person was none other than Di Xi, whom Jingya was currently talking about.
"Long time no see, Aunt Jingya."
Di Xi stared blankly at Jing Ya on the ground and called out the name he hadn't used in years.
When she was little, she always called Jingya "Ama," but Jingya wouldn't allow her to call her that.
"Why! Why did you do that!" Jingya roared in despair.
She was just one step away from success, but Di Xi ruined everything.
After learning the truth, Di Xi sent someone to retrieve the medicine that had been delivered and replaced it with another kind of medicine.
Jingya's own magic power could no longer sustain her, and she had to rely on externally refined medicines to maintain her strength. Initially, Jingya made these pills herself.
Unaware of the truth, Di Xi wanted to help Jing Ya, so he took on the job. Thus, Di Xi ended up delivering medicine to Jing Ya once a month.
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