AWB Chapter 178 Atonement
Chapter 178 Atonement
When Zhong Yingxiu woke up again, she was lying on a warm, large bed. Sunlight shone on her overly pale face, and she covered her eyes, as if afraid of being burned by the sunlight.
I haven't seen the sun in five years, and this warm feeling feels so unfamiliar.
The bright sunlight and her shadowy surroundings made her, a "monster" as a spirit, seem out of place.
"Your mother and I will become the sun and shine on you forever, so don't be afraid, your mother and I will always be by your side."
These words echoed in her blank mind, and Zhong Yingxiu shuddered. Something damp had soaked her arm.
Zhong Yingxiu stared blankly at the teardrops on her arm. Could she still cry? She hadn't cried in such a long, long time.
The warm sunlight shone on her, and Zhong Yingxiu remained motionless until her tears were dried by the sun, until the door was gently opened.
Zhong Yingxiu instinctively shrank into the quilt, the heavy quilt covering everything around her, making it dark and silent.
“Xiao Xiu, I am your father’s friend, Liu Qingci, the sect leader of Biboting. Do you remember when you were eight years old, you saw me?” Liu Qingci asked with a frown and concern.
All I got was a shivering blanket and silent estrangement.
Liu Qingci roughly understood what Zhong Yingxiu had gone through in the past five years. She knew it would be difficult for the child to return to normal, but she would wait.
After Liu Qingci left, Zhong Yingxiu cautiously peeked out and saw a food box by the bed, from which a fragrant aroma wafted.
She remembered who Liu Qingci was. She had indeed seen Liu Qingci on her eighth birthday. At that time, her father held her and said to Liu Qingci, "My little Xiu is so cute."
Tears welled up in her eyes again, and Zhong Yingxiu felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She moved to the edge of the bed, opened the food box, and inside lay three roasted chicken legs, a bowl of chicken soup, and a bowl of steaming rice.
Zhong Yingxiu picked up a roasted chicken leg, which was her favorite food when she was a child.
Because her father once took her hunting in the mountains behind the village, and they caught a pheasant. Her father was a very good cook, and his roasted chicken legs were delicious.
Zhong Yingxiu opened her mouth and took a bite of the chicken leg, then she took a few more big bites.
The roasted chicken leg still tastes the same as it did back then, but her parents, who used to watch her eat with a smile, are gone.
Zhong Yingxiu hugged her knees, tears streaming down her face.
The sunlight, however, streamed through the window, bypassed her arm, and shone directly in front of her.
Zhong Yingxiu looked up and saw that the sunlight was so bright.
"Dong dong!"
Liu Qingci carefully opened the door. This time, Zhong Yingxiu wasn't hiding under the covers. A huge weight lifted from Liu Qingci's heart. She took out a gold hairpin from her hand and said, "I found this in the formation. This is yours, isn't it, Xiaoxiu?"
Zhong Yingxiu suddenly got out of bed and rushed to Liu Qingci, grabbing the gold hairpin in one swift motion.
This was her birthday gift when she turned eight; it was a gift from her mother.
Zhong Yingxiu awkwardly put it on and stepped into the sunlight.
The sunlight was exceptionally bright, as warm as a parent's embrace.
"Look! The sun is so bright today, Xiaoxiu, you'll look even better if you smile more."
Zhong Yingxiu shuddered; her head throbbed slightly.
Liu Qingci was a little anxious. She asked softly, "Xiao Xiu, how are you?"
Zhong Yingxiu calmed down. She made up her mind: she would live on to avenge her parents and the entire Zhong family; she couldn't let her parents' deaths be in vain.
However, the only person she can rely on right now is Liu Qingci, but will Liu Qingci accept her as a "monster"?
Bibo Ting is a righteous sect. They don't need demons as test subjects, nor do they need Zhong Yingxiu who is wallowing in pain. They need Zhong Yingxiu as the heir of the Zhong family.
The Zhong family is a master of formations and a highly respected family in the cultivation world.
As for her, Zhong Yingxiu, she doesn't need others to talk about her past. She must be strong in order to gain Liu Qingci's approval.
"Bang!"
Zhong Yingxiu suddenly fell to the ground, her head hitting the bed leg hard, causing blood to pool on the floor.
"Xiao Xiu!"
Liu Qingci suddenly rushed over and hugged Zhong Yingxiu, only to see Zhong Yingxiu trembling all over before fainting in her arms.
After the doctor bandaged Zhong Yingxiu's wound, Liu Qingci stayed by her side.
Finally, Zhong Yingxiu woke up.
"Xiao Xiu, that's great. You're finally awake." Liu Qingci's eyes lit up.
But then a confused voice asked, "Did you save me? Thank you. But who are you?"
Liu Qingci's face paled, and she asked, "Xiao Xiu, I am Liu Qingci, the sect leader!"
"Xiao Xiu? Is that my name?"
Liu Qingci's lips trembled slightly. When she met Zhong Yingxiu's bewildered gaze, she was certain that Zhong Yingxiu had lost her memory.
Afterwards, Liu Qingci began to take care of Zhong Yingxiu. She discovered that Zhong Yingxiu seemed to have become very lively after losing her memory. She could laugh, cry, and speak her mind loudly, without the despair she had felt when she first escaped from the demon prison.
Perhaps amnesia is a good thing for Xiaoxiu.
Zhong Yingxiu possessed exceptional talent in formations, and she quickly became the senior disciple of Bibo Ting. She was warm, optimistic, and friendly, and soon became close friends with the other disciples of Bibo Ting.
Looking at all this, Liu Qingci felt a sense of relief. Zhong Xu, He Jing, your daughter is doing well at Bibo Court, you don't need to worry too much.
Later, Zhong Yingxiu's cultivation improved rapidly, and she was always the most proactive in dealing with the demons. She also rescued many humans who had been imprisoned by demonic cultivators, including Shen Cheng.
However, as a spirit, Zhong Yingxiu was at risk of losing control of her spiritual power at any time. Therefore, Liu Qingci, together with the other elders of Bibo Court, set up multiple magic arrays within Zhong Yingxiu's body to seal away spiritual power that did not belong to her. Moreover, Zhong Yingxiu still had lingering demonic poison within her body, and Liu Qingci had been searching for a way to eliminate it. Shen Cheng was clearly aware of this and was also helping Zhong Yingxiu find a medical practitioner to cure the poison.
Zhong Yingxiu is the bright and beautiful senior sister of Biboting, an unmissable ray of sunshine in Biboting.
"However, it's all fake. The amnesia is fake, the warm hospitality is fake, it's all just a cover-up for your past," the inner demon laughed.
Zhong Yingxiu stared at her inner demon with a pale face, unable to utter a word in rebuttal.
"You are a born spirit, and it is your special constitution that has brought the entire Zhong family to ruin. Your amnesia is only to cover up your dark past. It is even very likely that the Demon Lord of Wangchuan attacked Bibo Court this time because of you. You have caused so much harm to your master and Shen Cheng. You are responsible for the deaths of 204 people in the Zhong family. You can't even take revenge on Shen Yuan. What right do you have to live? You might as well die."
“Zhong Yingxiu, I know you too well. You are a scourge. You are a monster, born with a spirit body. No one cares whether you live or die. You might as well atone with your own life.”
The seductive voice of the inner demon resounded throughout the entire space of consciousness.
"Bang bang bang!" Xie Wanxun frantically pounded on the boundary of the consciousness space, but she couldn't get in no matter what she did, which meant that Zhong Yingxiu's consciousness space was rejecting her.
Xie Wanxun looked at Zhong Yingxiu kneeling on the ground and saw that cracks were beginning to appear at the boundary of the consciousness space. Zhong Yingxiu was about to give up.
"This is the only way." Xie Wanxun gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.
"So let's die together, carrying our sins, in some forgotten corner." The inner demon touched Zhong Yingxiu's face and whispered in her ear.
"Sister Zhong, you can't die! There are so many people waiting for you!" A clear voice rang out, attracting Zhong Yingxiu's attention.
"Young Master Xu?"