Yun Wanyan wasn't surprised by her answer: "It's alright, it's not important. Right now, the demonic energy is inside you, and you're in a lot of pain, but have you ever thought about how much pain Yun Qing was in when you and those people bullied her?"
Yun Helan's expression was pained: "Mother! Please stop talking, please stop talking."
"Don't call me mother! I'm not your mother! I'll say it anyway. When I think of the days Yunqing suffered from hunger and cold, and that night when she died alone in despair, tell me, how could I pretend that nothing happened and act like a loving mother to you, the culprit?"
Yun Helan covered her ears: "No, I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it!"
Yun Wanyan pried her hands away: "You are already at the Foundation Establishment stage, and you still can't bear the surging demonic energy. What about Yun Qing? She was just a mortal without spiritual power. How painful must it have been for her when she died? And your lowly mother, her death was far too easy. But it doesn't matter. I have already crushed her bones to ashes and set up a magic array so that from her next life onwards, she will have weak family ties, unkind parents, unfilial children, and will not have a good end."
Yun Helan knelt on the ground in pain, kowtowing repeatedly to Yun Wanyan: "Mother! I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me, I beg you."
Faced with Yun Helan's tearful pleas, Yun Wanyan closed her eyes, a tear falling from the corner of her eye.
"It's too late. I've already made my choice, and there's no going back."
Yun Helan's screams lasted for two whole hours. Yan Qing, who was trapped, could only watch helplessly as she rolled on the ground in pain, eventually dying with blood flowing from all seven orifices.
From initially pleading and pleasing for mercy to later scolding and accusing, Yan Qing became numb after realizing that Yun Wanyan's determination to take revenge was unwavering.
As Yun Wanyan said, everyone bears responsibility for how things have developed to this point, but his responsibility is especially heavy.
If he had kept his distance from Liu Ruyan and not given her an opportunity, Yun Helan would not have been born.
If he hadn't let it go and had found Liu Ruyan sooner, she wouldn't have had the chance to switch the two children.
If Yun Qing hadn't ignored him after arriving at Yun Tian Sect, would this tragedy have been avoided?
Yan Qing was destined to never get answers to these questions, and at this moment, all that remained in his heart was regret.
As Yun Wanyan watched Yun Helan breathe her last, the pent-up frustration in her heart finally dissipated somewhat.
"Now you're the only one left." She looked at Yan Qing.
Yan Qing's face was now expressionless; he didn't know how to face what was happening before him.
Hearing Yun Wanyan's words, he breathed a sigh of relief: "What do you plan to do with me?"
Yun Wanyan said, "Hezhi is still here, so I can't do anything to you. If you still feel guilty towards that child, then abandon your cultivation and go to the mortal world to cultivate asceticism. A hundred years later, take all your sins and go to the underworld to atone for them."
After resolving everything, Yun Wanyan went outside.
Gu Changyuan, dressed in black and hidden in the night, nodded slightly when he saw her: "Aunt Yun."
Yun Wanyan nodded and returned the water mirror to him: "This is what you got in the secret realm, keep it safe."
Gu Changyuan reached out and took it: "I have dealt with all those people from before, as well as those two spies from the Demonic Sect."
Yun Wanyan: "That's good."
After that, the two remained silent.
Yun Wanyan returned to the courtyard and walked to the room on the west side, which was the newly built Buddhist hall.
She knelt down devoutly, clasping her hands together: "May the gods and Buddhas protect me. If there is an afterlife, I do not wish to be deaf and blind again. I want no husband, no son, no family. I want to give all my love to Yunqing, and I only wish her peace, health, and happiness for the rest of her life."
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That year, the Yuntian Sect, the most prestigious sect in the cultivation world, experienced a major upheaval.
Master Yan Qing resigned from his position as sect leader and disappeared without a trace; Young Sect Leader Yun Hezhi succeeded him as sect leader. He devoted his life to punishing evil and eliminating wickedness, and never married or had children; Yun Helan died suddenly and was removed from the Yun clan genealogy after her death, never to receive incense offerings again; the sect leader's wife prayed to gods and Buddhas every day and never stepped out of the sect.
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At the end of the He Dynasty, Emperor He Xin indulged in extravagance and luxury, undertaking massive construction projects that placed a heavy burden on the people, leading to widespread suffering.
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“Zhou family, something terrible has happened! Something has happened to your husband.”
Aunt Chen from next door came running over, panting, to tell Yunqing the unfortunate news.
The pastries in Yunqing's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
"What did you say? Say it again?"
"Oh dear! I told you your husband is in trouble. He was conscripted in town and has been sent to the temple for spiritual practice."
Yunqing and Zhou Dacheng had only been married for two months when this happened. Completely disoriented, she had no choice but to return to her parents' home first.
The Yun family was a well-known wealthy family in Stone Village, and their two children were famously good-looking.
In the courtyard on the west side of the village, the Yun family also received news of Zhou Da's accident. They were about to go see Yun Qing when they opened the door and found her already there.
Yunmu Heshi loved her daughter the most, and the mother and daughter immediately embraced and wept bitterly.
"Mother, Zhou Da has been taken to the cultivation palace, what should we do?"
"Alright, let's go inside and talk first." Yun's father walked in with his hands behind his back.
After closing the courtyard gate, Yun's father and ten-year-old Yunfan hugged each other and cried. The whole family cried their hearts out.
However, the matter still needed to be resolved eventually.
"Honey, give me some advice. Tell me what to do. I can't just let my newlywed daughter live like a widow!"
Yun's father, naturally loving his daughter, immediately made the decision.
"I will write a letter now to discuss the matter of divorce with Zhou Da."
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