Your Parents Aren't Dead!

The food, which smelled fishy, was served on the table. The dishes didn't look very appealing, but the steaming heat rising from them made the people at the table feel warm all over.

"This is the last soup. Please don't be too critical if it's not done well," Zhang Niang said with a smile as she placed the bowl of spirit fish soup on the table and greeted the group.

The cultivator quickly thanked him, saying, "We should be the ones thanking you for providing us with a hot meal in this freezing weather; we wouldn't possibly complain."

Body Cultivator was also from an ordinary family. If his master hadn't discovered his extraordinary talent during his travels in his early years, Body Cultivator wouldn't have embarked on the path of cultivation.

Therefore, even though the other party had become Golden Core cultivator, his temperament was more gentle and friendly than others, without the arrogance of those from the Aristocratic Clan.

Zhang Niang hadn't expected the Body Cultivator to be so polite. After another round of pleasantries, Zhang Niang left the house amidst the Body Cultivator's excessive enthusiasm.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to say to Sang Ying, "If you have any other instructions, just call my name."

Sang Ying nodded in agreement, but in her heart she was secretly calculating how many Snow Crystal she should leave for the other party when she entered Delusion-Breaking City.

Although the food on the table today was simple and crude, Sang Ying knew that it was the best food Zhang Niang could offer.

If this were in the hands of people in other villages, they probably wouldn't get such a meal all year round.

Sang Ying wasn't one to take advantage of others, and since Zhang Niang had helped her so much today, she felt she should give her some compensation.

Sang Ying quickly suppressed these thoughts, her attention already drawn to Fang Chi and the other man.

"I thought I would have to search for a long time in this Immortal Spirit Realm before I could reunite with you." Fang Chi swallowed a mouthful of hot soup, and his body, which had been stiff from the cold, finally warmed up.

Sang Ying smiled upon hearing this, "I never expected that we would meet here."

Long before Sang Ying's fame spread Twin Orchid Realm, Fang Chi and Hai Tingzhou had already been planning to come to another small world to find her.

Unfortunately, they didn't know which small world Sang Ying had gone to before. It wasn't until they received the news recently that they rushed to the Immortal Spirit Realm without hesitation.

Hearing this, Sang Ying tightened her grip on the teacup. "A-Chi, I wonder how the people of the Twin Orchid Realm are doing after I left?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Chi knew what she wanted to ask, and immediately slapped his forehead happily, saying, "Look at my memory, I actually forgot such an important thing."

"When you had your accident, I happened to be in seclusion. When I came out, I heard that so much had happened at the Flowing Light Sword Sect. Did you know that your parents have returned to the Flowing Light Sword Sect?"

Sang Ying's mind went blank. She blinked slowly, seemingly not having heard what the person in front of her was saying.

She suddenly felt her throat go dry. "You just said, who came back?"

"Your parents! Your parents didn't die at all. After they fell into the beast tide, they accidentally fell into a temporary tunnel and ended up in another small world!" Fang Chi said with a smile. "But because they fell into the temporary tunnel without any protection, they suffered considerable injuries inside and it took them several years to recover."

"I heard that they originally intended to come find you as soon as their injuries healed, but the Spiritual Qi in that small world was too abundant, causing their cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. So, just as their injuries started to improve, they were forced to go into seclusion. That's why it's been so long."

Fang Chi learned this information only after making inquiries from various sources.

Hai Tingzhou, standing nearby, chimed in at the opportune moment. "Don't blame them. They wanted to come back and be with you too. But a few years ago, the temporary tunnel wasn't stable enough, and no one could build a cross-border flying boat. Even if they wanted to suppress their cultivation and return, they probably couldn't."

Secondly, they probably never imagined that the Flowing Light Sword Sect would treat you this way.

When he said the last sentence, Hai Tingzhou's tone became somewhat strained.

Heaven knows how furious he was when he heard those rumors about Sang Ying. If it weren't for City Lord Hai's intervention, he probably would have stormed into the Flowing Light Sword Sect that very day to demand justice for Sang Ying!

Those outsiders who didn't understand the situation initially mocked Sang Ying, saying that she wasn't satisfied with having a master like Immortal Venerable Yanchen and went to associate with demons.

Some self-proclaimed insiders fabricated stories, claiming that Sang Ying defected to the Demon Lord out of jealousy that her senior sister was favored by their master, hoping to use this to harm Su Fuyun.

Hai Tingzhou was so angry he almost laughed. What was there about Su Fuyun that Sang Ying was jealous of?

Now, Hai Tingzhou's father has investigated Hai Pingge's death and knows that it was all Su Fuyun's doing. If that female cultivator hadn't hidden quickly, she would probably have been City Lord Hai to appease her son's spirit!

Listening to their careful reassurances, Sang Ying suppressed her emotions. "You don't need to be like this. I'm already very grateful to know that they are alive and well. I thought from the beginning that even if they never come back, as long as they are living peacefully and happily somewhere, I will be content."

But Sang Ying didn't expect that Heavenly Dao was still kind to her; at least it spared the two people who were most important to her.

Jiang Zhuoxue, hidden in Sang Ying's sleeve, also noticed her agitation and secretly brushed her wrist with Sang Ying tail for a while as a form of comfort.

Perhaps worried that Sang Ying would become immersed in her grief, Hai Tingzhou and Fang Chi exchanged a glance and then changed the subject. "Do you still remember your master?"

When Fang Chi spoke the word "master," his tone was full of sarcasm.

Sang Ying was taken aback, but quickly realized who the other person was referring to. "I remember, how is he now?"

I injured his Dantian with the Dragon Abyss Sword back then. The Dragon Abyss Sword is a genuine divine weapon, and it probably won't be easy to heal.

Fang Chi's next words confirmed Sang Ying's guess. "I heard that when your parents returned, Su Fuyun was so frightened that she took Gu Huaiwei to the Devil Realm! Later, she disappeared without a trace using some unknown trick, leaving Gu Huaiwei behind."

As he spoke, Fang Chi lowered his voice. "It is rumored that the Demon Lord dislikes Gu Huaiwei very much and has already secretly gotten rid of her."

"What?!" Sang Ying suddenly exclaimed, startling everyone else at the table.

But at this moment, Sang Ying couldn't care less about anything else. She stubbornly grabbed Fang Chi's hand and asked again with utmost seriousness, "Are you serious? Gu Huaiwei, is he really dead?"

Fang Chi and Hai Tingzhou had never seen Sang Ying with such a serious expression. They were taken aback for a moment, but still told her the information they had gathered, "According to news from the Devil Realm, after Su Fuyun disappeared, the Demon Lord was unwilling to continue supporting the useless, unconscious Gu Huaiwei. So, not long after, he ordered him to be disposed of."

A heavy blow struck Sang Ying's heart, as if shattering her entire understanding.

Her ears were ringing, filled with the voices of Fang Chi and Hai Tingzhou.

Gu Huaiwei is dead? The male protagonist of this story... is dead?

Sang Ying pursed her lips, a thought suddenly surfacing in her mind—so, the so-called Child of Heavenly Destiny can also be killed?

She silently gripped the hilt of the Floating River's sword, and her blood suddenly surged with excitement.

Perhaps she should send Su Fuyun to reunite with Gu Huaiwei?