Shen, Zhu Qianying's birth mother, stared wide-eyed, wishing she could pierce through Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi doesn't take that slight, chilling killing intent to heart right now.
She said, "Do you want to go and keep her company? This fairy will escort you."
Su Linyuan's ears twitched; even this sinister and wicked look was quite alluring.
Shen choked, looked around, and found that not a single elder of the Zhu family spoke up for her!
She glared at Zhu Zhanshang with hatred, "It's all because of your wicked daughter, you useless thing! She killed Qianying and still dared to spout nonsense in the Zhu family. You, as her father, didn't discipline her at all!"
"What wicked girl? Ignorant woman, don't talk nonsense! This is Master Yujing's beloved disciple!" Zhu Zhanyi clearly didn't give his wife the respect she deserved.
Looking at the handsome face of the middle-aged man in front of her, Zhu Yi sighed sincerely: So, what exactly does Bing Niang, the rumored number one beauty in the cultivation world of the Hehuan Sect, like about him?
His facial features were passable, with distinct angles, but not as three-dimensional as Su Linyuan's.
Demeanor? With his slightly plump figure, he certainly doesn't qualify as handsome and dashing; on the contrary, the dark circles under his eyes suggest a decadent state due to excessive indulgence.
The decadent atmosphere subtly exudes a depraved allure that makes one succumb to its allure.
How could he possibly resemble the head of a powerful family in the cultivation world?
Zhu Yi wondered if Bing Niang had been blind back then?
[Yi'er, you must respect your birth mother in the cultivation world.]
Su Linyuan transmitted his voice in secret, as if he could easily sense some of her thoughts after she used the Love Technique.
She turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the spot beside her.
With a touch of girlish mischief and resentment, she turned her head to look at the mad Shen Shi and the good-for-nothing Zhu Zhanyi, speechless.
"So, why did the old patriarch call me back?" Zhu Yi asked sincerely. She looked at the white-bearded old man sitting in the main seat. She only felt disgust for those who had bullied her.
These elders of the Zhu family had never appeared in her childhood memories of the cultivation world. There was no enmity between them, and they could still talk to each other peacefully.
“Shen is ill. Take her back and find a doctor to treat her properly.” Elder Zhu’s sharp eyes held an undeniable resolve.
Shen was taken aback. This clan elder either remained silent or spoke without uttering a single unnecessary word.
Although Zhu Zhanyi was the head of the Zhu family, the real power ultimately lay with this person.
"No! Why?! My beautiful figure is gone, but this little bitch is still alive and well! I refuse to accept this!"
"Qianying! You died so unjustly!"
Zhu Yi coldly watched the woman who had tormented her in the past, her heart aching with the pain of losing her daughter.
But who will repay the grievances and suffering of the frail little Zhu Yi, who was bullied by the entire Zhu family?
Paying back the money was useless; it was just that at certain moments, I felt that I wasn't truly happy.
"She is indeed innocent."
The Zhu family members looked up and saw, amidst the interplay of light and shadow, a young girl who had always been ignored by the family, with a cold gaze and an unusual indifference on her delicate and gentle face.
The elder closed his eyes. This child was indeed extraordinary.
"She has been vicious since childhood; it's because you, as her mother, haven't taught her well."
“When she bullied me, you didn’t discipline her. As the eldest legitimate sister, even if you don’t like your half-sister, you shouldn’t be willful and mistreat her.”
"When she seduced the disciples of aristocratic families to demand benefits, didn't you teach her that as a woman, it's wrong to toy with other people's feelings? If I'm not mistaken, the Shangguan family should be issuing a challenge to your Zhu family by now, right?"
"If someone is bad in childhood and then becomes mediocre in adulthood, how can you expect them to forge a successful path?"
Every word Zhu Yi uttered struck a nerve with the Shen family.
Shen retorted, "You're talking nonsense! It's clearly you, you vixen, who's been harassing my Ying'er with some scoundrel you came from somewhere!"
"She's gone mad! Did I force Zhu Qianying to collude with the demons and fall into the demonic path?"
"If scum like you, who never do anything wrong and blame everyone else, could have all your wishes fulfilled, then heaven is truly blind."
Zhu Yi wasn't angry; instead, her words became even more sharp.
"Your daughter, Zhu Qianying, tried to seduce my husband but failed, and even lost Shangguan Wenqi's life. Wasn't she just asking for trouble?"
"Furthermore, my husband is a dignified Buddhist cultivator from the spirit realm. How dare you, a vulgar and wicked woman who cultivates immortality, criticize him?"
The Zhu family elder's face finally darkened. Zhu Yi, holding Su Linyuan's arm, said proudly, "Only an ignorant and wicked woman like you would choose a philandering and mediocre man as her husband. No wonder Zhu Qianying is not very bright; it's all because of your bad genes. Like begets like. If you didn't give birth to a proper child, how can you blame someone else for having a good womb?"
"You! You little slut, your mother was a slut and you are too, how could you..."
"Smash!" The Zhu family elder finally couldn't take it anymore and smashed the teacup on the ground. The white-bearded old man's face finally showed a slight change.
"Zhu Yi, that is your stepmother." The old man's voice carried the pressure of a powerful figure. All the elders present looked up, feeling the oppressive feeling on their bodies, wondering what kind of backup plan the old patriarch, who rarely used magic on his clansmen, would have.
Zhu Yi remained calm, and with a wave of her hands, the oppressive aura that was about to fall on her and Su Linyuan was instantly deflected back.
"I don't even acknowledge your Zhu family, why would I acknowledge a stepmother who has a grudge against me? Are you kidding me, old man?"
The old patriarch looked up and saw that his imposing aura had been easily countered by this little girl. He had no choice but to reassess the girl's background.
"What do you intend to do?" the old man asked calmly. "The Zhu family is where you were born and raised. If you don't acknowledge them, you will have no family protection in the future."
"I don't need it... Don't you feel guilty saying that?" Zhu Yi spread her hands. "In the Zhu family, who doesn't know me, Zhu Yi? My father doesn't love me, my mother doesn't care for me, and I was almost killed by my elder sister before being sent to the Hehuan Sect to learn martial arts. Over the years, I have neither used the Zhu family's name to act arrogantly, nor have I received any small favors from the Zhu family. So how can I say that I have the Zhu family's protection?"
The old clan chief, accustomed to a life of luxury, hadn't been contradicted like this in a long time.
His face flushed red, and he coughed twice to suppress his displeasure. "You don't acknowledge the Zhu family?"
"I came here only to take away my birth mother, Bingniang. Whether the Zhu family is locked in a fierce battle with the Shangguan family in the cultivation world, or whether the family declines and has no successor, it has nothing to do with me. I have a place to live in the Tianlan Sect, and I also have old friends in the Spirit Realm. I don't need the Zhu family to worry about where I will settle down!"
"You unfilial daughter! How dare you speak to an elder like that?" Zhu Zhanyi was furious. He wanted to reprimand her and even take action, but he didn't dare because Zhu Yi's cultivation was now higher than his.
"Useless trash! How dare you speak to this fairy? Do you not want the Zhu family to survive?" Zhu Yi retorted defiantly.
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