Chapter 396 Slaying His Own Father and Daughter: The Evil Cultivator 2
If the Ling family loses this promising talent, they will basically collapse. All their resources have been poured into Ling Cang, and they have neither the ability nor the time to wait for a second one to emerge.
Ling Cang was their only hope, and the resoluteness he displayed at that time made the family truly afraid of losing this promising talent.
Thus, Shen Ci, as a mortal, stepped into the Ling family, a cultivation clan, and became his legal wife and only wife.
Married life, though sweet and harmonious, was not entirely smooth sailing.
The Ling family is a cultivation family that values strength above all else. Everyone in the family has the potential to cultivate immortality. When a mortal suddenly arrives, many in the family look down on him and make things difficult for Shen Ci.
They even felt that it was she who had delayed Ling Cang's future and caused conflict between Ling Cang and his family.
But Ling Cang kept his promise from back then. He did his best to protect and favor Shen Ci, keeping her under his wing.
Although Shen Ci was a mortal, he was very capable and managed the family affairs in an orderly manner, earning a lot of resources for the Ling family.
The couple had a deep and loving relationship. Ling Cang even went so far as to expend his own spiritual energy to nourish Shen Ci's body and delay the aging process of ordinary people, and he sought out many rare and precious herbs to help his wife recuperate.
Many people in the family exclaimed that it was a waste!
Their love story was once a legend in Qingxi City, and everyone knew that the young master of the Ling family was deeply affectionate and that he and his partner were a loving couple.
Ling Qing'an was born and raised in such a loving environment.
Her parents named her Qing'an, and the meaning is very clear: it represents their purest love.
I only hope you are well and safe; that's enough. I have no other expectations.
Although Ling Qing'an faced different looks during her childhood because her mother was an ordinary person, she lived in a warm family under the care of her parents and in a loving environment.
She also grew into an innocent, bright, and carefree little girl.
However, the best things in the world are not durable; glass is easily broken and colorful clouds are easily scattered.
After Ling Cang took over as the head of the family, the heavy responsibility of restoring the family fell on his shoulders. The family now needs a capable person to guard it.
After Ling Cang reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his progress became increasingly slow.
The regret that everyone felt occurred: Shen Ci did not give birth to a talented male heir for him.
They only have one daughter, Ling Qing'an, and Ling Qing'an's aptitude, as determined by testing, is recognized as the worst in the cultivation world, possessing only five spiritual roots.
The cultivation speed of those with five spiritual roots is extremely slow, making cultivation twice as difficult and half as effective, and it is very difficult to see any hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.
There was much discussion within the family, with other families eyeing the situation covetously. His own cultivation seemed to have reached a bottleneck, with no progress being made for a long time. In terms of offspring, family members were also constantly putting pressure on him.
Those who cultivate immortality find it increasingly difficult to have offspring the higher their cultivation level.
Countless burdens gradually crushed Ling Cang. Although he never disliked his wife and daughter, the weariness and anxiety in his eyes grew deeper day by day.
That once unreserved, passionate love has slowly faded under the daily fatigue, exhaustion, and pressure.
The love is real, and so is the pressure.
He became increasingly silent and focused on finding a breakthrough opportunity.
His wife couldn't cultivate, his daughter had extremely poor aptitude, and no one in the clan could shoulder the heavy responsibility, so he could only break through to a higher level himself.
Amidst this daily pressure, obsessions quietly grow and entangle in one's heart, causing one's Daoist heart to become unstable.
A dangerous idea had begun to take root in his mind at some point.
Sever worldly ties and attain the Great Dao.
The bottleneck that makes it difficult to make any progress on its own may need an opportunity to break through.
Finally, on a seemingly peaceful night, shortly after Ling Qing'an's thirteenth birthday.
In their former bedroom, Ling Cang personally used his natal magic weapon, the Autumn Water Sword, to pierce the heart meridian of his wife, Shen Ci.
It is euphemistically called severing the last trace of worldly attachment and breaking through mental barriers to prove the path of ruthlessness.
But fate has always been fond of kicking someone when they're down.
That day, Ling Qing'an wanted to surprise her mother, so she secretly hid in her room beforehand and even used a magic item to conceal her aura.
Through the crack, she witnessed her father's sword strike fall and her mother fall into a pool of blood. Her mother's unseeing eyes stared at her as she hid.
Warm blood seemed to splash into her eyes, staining her entire world red.
Ling Qing'an's once warm and bright world has completely collapsed, and her Dao heart has been devoured by hatred, betrayal, pain, and despair.
The already impure spiritual energy within her Five Roots body completely spiraled out of control due to the intense emotional shock. She coughed up blood on the spot, but bit her lip tightly, refusing to make a sound.
The little girl's bright, lively eyes lost their sparkle, replaced only by pain and hatred.
She saw the complex emotions in her father's eyes as he looked at her mother, and his cold, calm expression.
Ling Cang broke through the bottleneck, and everyone in the family was happy. No one was saddened by the sacrifice of Shen Ci.
Besides their daughter, Ling Qing'an.
The funeral hall was deserted and quiet. Apart from the child, there was no one else there. Everyone in the family was indifferent.
The culprit, the father who deeply loved his mother, was also absent; he was in seclusion consolidating his newly attained realm.
All of these events are accelerating the chilling effect on Ling Qing'an's heart.
According to the records, she would endure humiliation and hardship for the next few years, forcibly cultivating with a strong sense of hatred, and thus embarking on the path of evil cultivation.
He spared no effort in using all forbidden methods, and his cultivation level increased at an abnormally fast and strange speed, while his personality became increasingly paranoid and gloomy.
Finally, on the day she had the power, she personally slaughtered the entire Ling family and killed her own father.
Then he completely fell into the demonic path, becoming the Blood Rakshasa who was feared in the Eastern Continent of the Canglan Realm, and was eventually annihilated in a greater karmic backlash and siege.
After reviewing the information, Shen Ci could only say one thing: Good riddance. This mother did not raise this daughter in vain.
She recalled a news story about a man who abused his wife, but his daughter knelt down and begged her mother not to divorce him. The woman, feeling sorry for her, stayed with her for ten years, enduring countless acts of violence.
That Ling Qing'an is truly remarkable.
Despite not being supported by his family and lacking in personal talent, he still managed to achieve a remarkable turnaround. He is clearly a kind, grateful, and hardworking child.
In the mourning hall, the mother was inside the coffin, while the daughter, who was turning evil, was outside the coffin.
The once sunny and happy little girl suddenly lost her mother and, in her heart, her father.
Few people can withstand such a dramatic change.
Although Ling Cang is the head of the family, in recent years, the members of the Ling family have been doing alright on the surface, but in private, very few people have any respect for this mother and daughter.
Some of her peers even mocked Ling Qing'an to her face, saying that she had a mortal mother, was extremely poor in talent, and that her cultivation was a waste of resources.
Looking at the little girl kneeling on the ground, her figure was slender, while the rest of the Ling family were gathered together discussing Ling Cang's breakthrough.
The entire clan was overjoyed. No one cared about the dead sacrifice; they were even relieved that this mortal was finally dead and would no longer bring shame upon the clan.
The fact that a cultivation family had a mortal as their matriarch was something they disagreed with from the start.
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