Compared with Su Jiu's words, A Meng naturally trusted the Nightmare Demon she had lived with for decades more. Her so-called "discernment" was merely another way of affirming what she already believed.
Every heart had its biases, all the more so for A Meng, who had been raised single-handedly by the Nightmare Demon.
Su Jiu also knew she could not possibly erase everything A Meng believed with a few words, so she stopped wasting time on the subject.
"Since you've already decided that this is the truth, I have no right to say otherwise. As you said, I do feel guilty toward you. After all, when you were little, I was only a low-level cultivator who had recently reached Core Formation. I had neither the strength to fight the Nightmare Demon nor the ability to take you back from her.
"For that, I'm very sorry..."
A flicker of surprise flashed through A Meng's eyes, as though she had not expected Su Jiu to actually apologize to her.
"But I won't admit to something I never did."
A Meng's gaze turned cold once more. "What use is saying any of this now? Whether you apologize or refuse to admit it, it's all too late for me.
"Even if the instability of my divine soul really wasn't your doing, you still can't wash your hands of it. After all, wasn't it you people who forced the Nightmare Demon into the Demon-Subduing Land?"
Little Pearl could no longer hold back and began cursing. "Is there something wrong with the way this woman's brain works? She's utterly convinced the whole world owes her, isn't she?
"What she's saying is that even if her divine soul became unstable in the Demon-Subduing Land, it was still because A Jiu and the others forced the Nightmare Demon,