After Severing Her Emotions, the Whole Sect Was Overwhelmed with Grief - Chapter 97:
Chapter 97: Let Him Also Feel the Pain of Giving His Heart Only to Be Toyed With:
“We agreed, right? Once we bring Bai Ying back, you must keep your promise and dig out Bai Ying’s spiritual roots and Golden Core for me. You’re not allowed to feel sorry for her.” Ruan Xinyou felt a little anxious.
She sensed that Xiao Yu’s attitude toward Bai Ying was different from what she had imagined. It wasn’t like before when Xiao Yu would mock Bai Ying every time he came back after toying with her. Now, he seemed to genuinely care about Bai Ying.
Ruan Xinyou’s fortune point was already dangerously low.
Many people had grown to dislike her, and even her Senior and Junior Brothers were no longer willing to speak with her, sighing constantly and hoping Bai Ying would return. If things continued like this, her mission would fail.
That was why she couldn’t wait to steal everything from Bai Ying. Seizing fortune was too uncertain and difficult; it was better to directly dig out her spiritual roots and Golden Core and transplant them onto herself.
Ruan Xinyou stared intently at Xiao Yu and said, “Senior Brother Xiao! You will do it, right?”
Only when Xiao Yu smiled and nodded, saying, “Don’t worry. I’ll definitely bring her back to the Radiant Sun Sect,” did Ruan Xinyou finally relax.
She threw herself into Xiao Yu’s arms, and said “I knew it! Senior Brother Xiao, you’re the best.” Then she added, “Let’s go hunt some beasts together.”
In the past, Xiao Yu had enjoyed taking Ruan Xinyou out to hunt beasts. It was a way for them to spend time alone. Now that they were already in the forest, Ruan Xinyou wanted to deepen their bond even more.
“Sure!” Xiao Yu agreed easily.
But when they encountered a beast and Ruan Xinyou instinctively hid behind him, Xiao Yu froze.
In the past, he had always fought at the front while Ruan Xinyou stayed behind. He was used to facing danger alone. However, at that moment, Bai Ying’s figure suddenly flashed through his mind.
Earlier, when he was in danger, it was Bai Ying who had stepped in front of him, taking the full force of the attack for him. She had shone like a goddess, and even now, although he knew he was with Ruan Xinyou, Bai Ying’s figure still occupied his mind.
Thinking of Bai Ying, Xiao Yu’s heart rippled slightly.
After much effort, they finally killed the Thunder Wolf. Ruan Xinyou ran excitedly to Xiao Yu and shouted, “Senior Brother Xiao, you’re amazing!”
Xiao Yu curled the corners of his mouth, trying hard to put on a happy expression, but strangely, he felt no joy inside.
In the past, being praised by someone he loved would have made him extremely proud. But just earlier, he had battled the Azure Dragon. Compared to that terrifying creature, this Thunder Wolf was nothing at all. Killing a real danger like the Azure Dragon had made him feel excitement, while killing these small beasts now only made him feel emptiness.
“Let’s go back,” Xiao Yu said to Ruan Xinyou.
Ruan Xinyou was stunned.
“Going back so soon?”
She clearly remembered how Xiao Yu used to love spending time with her hunting beasts and was always reluctant to leave.
But Xiao Yu said, “After killing an Azure Dragon, killing these things feels meaningless. You have no idea how dangerous it was earlier. The dragon aura was so powerful that I almost died. Luckily, Bai Ying rushed over and shielded me.” Xiao Yu couldn’t stop talking.
As he spoke about Bai Ying, a light appeared in his eyes — a light he rarely showed before. “I never realized Bai Ying had become this strong. She’s amazing! So this is what late stage Golden Core Realm feels like.”
Ruan Xinyou’s face instantly turned sour. “Senior Brother Xiao, why do you keep talking about Bai Ying?”
Xiao Yu suddenly realized what he was doing and quickly explained, “I didn’t mean to bring her up. I just think… late stage Golden Core Realm is very powerful. If we can get her Golden Core for you, you’ll become just as strong.”
Only then did Ruan Xinyou’s face ease up, and she smiled. “Then, Senior Brother Xiao, you must bring Bai Ying back soon. Make her willingly hand over the Spirit Herb Garden to you.”
“Alright!” Xiao Yu agreed.
Ruan Xinyou thought Xiao Yu was impatient to dig out Bai Ying’s Golden Core, but what Xiao Yu really thought was, Great! I can see Bai Ying again soon.
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The day after Bai Ying returned, she saw another letter from Xiao Yu.
This time, he invited her to hunt a Deep Abyss Tiger.
The Deep Abyss Tiger was guarding a piece of Heaven-Mending Ganoderma, a rare spirit herb that even her Spirit Herb Garden did not have, and it would be very helpful for her to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Bai Ying picked up her sword and was about to head out when she was stopped by Wang Miaomiao.
“Junior Sister Bai, you’re not going to meet Xiao Yu again, are you? Let me show you something,” Wang Miaomiao said. She then pulled out a Mirror of Heaven and Earth and projected its content in front of Bai Ying.
It showed a conversation between Ruan Xinyou and Xiao Yu — plotting to dig out Bai Ying’s Golden Core. It had been secretly recorded by the Mirror of Heaven and Earth that Wang Miaomiao had left there.
“I knew something was wrong with Xiao Yu! That’s why I secretly left the Mirror of Heaven and Earth! Sure enough, I caught them! Now you know he’s a scumbag, right? I didn’t expect him to be so vicious!”
Wang Miaomiao had even prepared comforting words, thinking Bai Ying would be heartbroken.
Unexpectedly, Bai Ying wasn’t sad at all — she even let out a cold laugh.
Only then did Wang Miaomiao realize, “You already knew! You don’t like him anymore. You’re meeting him just to get revenge!”
Bai Ying nodded.
Wang Miaomiao let out a sigh of relief. “And back then, when you crashed that birthday banquet in the red wedding dress, it was their trap, wasn’t it? I knew it! You could never be that kind of person!”
She kept talking nonstop, and Bai Ying watched her, feeling a rare warmth in her heart.
“Yeah…” Bai Ying said softly.
It was the first time in this life that she had shared the truth with someone else.
When Bai Ying explained how Xiao Yu and Ruan Xinyou had schemed against her, Wang Miaomiao almost exploded with anger. “How could there be such wicked people?”
Bai Ying calmly said, “Actually, compared to revenge, I’d rather kill him directly. But my current cultivation is still too low. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to kill him and protect myself afterward. I don’t want to bring trouble to the sect because of it.”
“Since they are coming for me, how could I just sit still and do nothing? I want to retaliate. I want him to experience the same despair I once felt.”
“He tried to use my feelings against me. Then I’ll use his feelings against him. Let him also taste what it’s like to give his heart only to be played with.”
“He wants my Golden Core? Fine — I’ll make him dig out his own!”
At this point, Bai Ying paused and gave a slightly helpless smile.
“Maybe I’m not the person you imagined. I’m not that kind either. The Emotionless Path doesn’t mean having no feelings at all — it means abandoning the old attachments I once cared so deeply about.”
“I still want revenge. I can’t be indifferent. The reason I work so hard in cultivation is to one day be strong enough to make them pay.”
Bai Ying thought Wang Miaomiao might be frightened by this.
But to her surprise, Wang Miaomiao said passionately, “You call that bad? You’re way too kind and honest! Against scumbags like them, you should have broken their legs, thrown them into a cesspit, covered them in dung, and made sure everyone knew! So every time they walked outside, people would call them the ‘Dung Couple’!”
Bai Ying was stunned for a second and then couldn’t help laughing softly.
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Emeraldmimi
Ugh, seeing her happy for even just a second is kinda heartbreaking.