"Now you're telling me she was originally from the Flying Cloud Sect, and all your 'glorious deeds' were done to her? You've completely disgraced us all!"
Shen Daochen was taken aback. "Sang Ruo went to the Transcendent Realm? She told you all these things?"
Only then did he realize why these ancestors had only come to find him now.
"Let me see for myself what you people have done to him!" Li Lihui composed himself, who was on the verge of collapse, and continued to examine Shen Daochen's memories.
Little did they know, this was just the beginning. After seeing all the memories, Li Lihui and the other ancestors felt that they had calmed down too soon.
Memories rewind to when Bai Mumu had just returned to the Flying Cloud Sect, and everyone watching the projection had a furrowed brow.
From beginning to end, the ancestors never relaxed their brows.
As the screen flickered, one could faintly hear the rapid breathing of the ancestors, their chests rising and falling.
Although they could roughly guess what Shen Sangruo had experienced in the Flying Cloud Sect from her words.
But seeing the actual footage still shocked them.
Are these really things a father would do to his daughter? And what the master and his senior brother did was more and more shocking than the last.
Previously, they were merely angry and thought Shen Daochen was foolish, but now they truly felt boundless rage.
Shen Daochen struggled to breathe amidst the oppressive atmosphere of anger, not daring to utter a single word.
The dream space fell silent, leaving only the sounds of the images in Shen Daochen's memory.
The ancestors clearly saw how they treated Shen Sangruo, how they treated evil spirits as their true treasures, and how they gradually forced Shen Sangruo to leave the sect.
After Bai Mumu's true colors were revealed, how did he entangle with her, and what shocking things did he do to win back her feelings?
The scene ended and remained silent for a long time.
After a long pause, only Li Lihui quietly said, "Good riddance. Leaving the Flying Cloud Sect was the best decision she ever made."
Even without Bai Mumu, if she had stayed in the Feiyun Sect, who knows how much she would have been ruined by these people.
After reading this, Li Lihui and the others felt even more strongly that every step Shen Sang had taken to get to where she was today had been extremely difficult.
As the spiritual energy used to access his memories was withdrawn, Shen Daochen felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and he collapsed to the ground.
He then recalled everything that had happened over the past few years, and his heart ached more and more, as if a sharp blade was tearing at his heart every second.
How could he have treated his daughter like that? She was the daughter he raised with his own hands!
All the things he had done to Shen Sangruo were now backfiring on him. Regret was like the most potent poison in the world, causing him excruciating pain all over his body.
Shen Daochen curled up in a ball, sobbing like a child who had committed an unforgivable mistake.
Ignoring the presence of all the ancestors, he wept bitterly and said:
"I was wrong, Father, you were really wrong, Sang Ruo, I don't deserve to be a father! I'm sorry, Father's daughter!"
He kept questioning himself, why he did what he did, why he believed in Bai Mumu, that evil spirit, and neglected the daughter he should have cared for.
But there is no answer to this question, or rather, his actions are the answer.
The matter was already settled, and no matter how much he questioned himself, there was nothing he could do to change it.
Seeing Shen Daochen weeping with his face covered, Li Lihui and the others felt utterly disgusted.
"All you do is cry, cry, cry! You've cried away all the good fortune of the Flying Cloud Sect! You've also cried away Fellow Daoist Sang Ruo!" Fu Cheng couldn't help but step forward and kick Chen Dao Chen.
This was no ordinary dream; Shen Daochen could still feel the pain.
"Now you know you regret it? Where were you before? Why did I pass the position of sect leader to an idiot like you!"
This has made him a sinner of the Flying Cloud Sect, unable to hold his head high in front of the patriarchs.
He regretted it! He regretted it too!
If it weren't for the fact that time could not be reversed, he would have truly wanted to go back in time and strangle Shen Daochen before passing on the position of sect leader.
While we're at it, let's also strangle that other idiot who's trying to reverse time!
"You vicious and clueless fool, my Flying Cloud Sect has been completely ruined by you!" Li Lihui gritted his teeth.
Shen Daochen knelt before them, his voice still choked with emotion, "This disciple has failed all the ancestors and has also let down Sect Master Fu's expectations of this disciple."
"Based on what you've done, according to the rules of the Flying Cloud Sect, you are no longer worthy of living in this world." Li Lihui was intolerant of any wrongdoing.
Just the fact that Shen Daochen mistakenly trusted Bai Mumu, resulting in the deaths of nearly half of the sect members, is enough to warrant his death several times over.
In other words, there is no one in the Flying Cloud Sect now, and no one dares to control Shen Daochen. If he were still alive, he would never allow such a person to continue serving as the sect leader.
"Now that you know you've made a mistake, you should be prepared to die." Li Lihui's tone was unyielding and extremely firm.
"Only by atoning for your sins with your death can you wash away those sins and give Sang Ruo the best explanation."
Upon learning that Shen Sangri should have been a member of their sect, Li Lihui no longer even addressed her as "little fellow Daoist," but could not help feeling a deep sense of regret.
Upon hearing this, Shen Daochen suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Lihui in disbelief.
He knew his sins were unforgivable, and that the ancestors who had come to question him today would surely punish him severely.
But to his surprise, Li Lihui sentenced him to death!
"Ancestor..."
"What, you don't agree with my decision? You think you don't deserve to die?" Li Lihui glanced at him, and that look sent a chill down Shen Daochen's spine, making his legs go weak.
Now that the restriction of evil cultivation is gone, the ancestors of the Flying Cloud Sect could kill him with just a flick of their fingers.
Moreover, this ancestor was always a man of his word, and he knew that he was doomed to die.
But thinking of the emotions that had not yet been recovered, Shen Daochen found the courage from who-knows-where and met Li Lihui's gaze.
"Ancestor, I know my sins are grave, and I can accept any punishment. But could you wait until I can win back Sang Ruo's feelings for me and settle my regrets before ending my own life?"
Li Lihui said impatiently, "Are you still thinking about getting back your feelings? Do you still want to pester her? You're hundreds or thousands of years old, can't you have any shame?"
Thinking of the almost demonic behavior of Lingxiao Zhenren and the others, Li Lihui felt another surge of anger in his heart.
How could I dare to let Shen Daochen try to regain any of his feelings?
Shen Daochen didn't care about losing face; these old folks still had some sense of shame.
"We just need to hand that red jade hairpin to Sang Ruo to help her regain her feelings. It won't take much of her effort. She has also said that she will cooperate with us to help her regain her feelings."
Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*
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