Free Web NovelChapter 288: Chapter 288: Settling Accounts with Bai Yang
"And now you’re trying to play the good guy? How fake can you be?"
Ye Chuxue laughed out loud. Only after getting over him did she realize what a rotten man he truly was.
Just looking at him was disgusting!
But with Song Wanning’s arrival, Bai Yang could escape disaster once again.
He was really damn lucky to have a master like Song Wanning.
"You’re talking nonsense!"
Bai Yang instinctively wanted to retort, but his lips trembled, and he couldn’t get the words out.
Because everything Ye Chuxue said was true.
’But that was when I was young and foolish. I’ve seen the error of my ways now. Why can’t Ye Chuxue just let it go?’
"Master, I was blind in the past, but now I have truly repented. Don’t listen to her trying to sow discord."
A flash of panic crossed Bai Yang’s face. He quickly looked toward Song Wanning, only to see her expression was placid, without a hint of emotion.
For some reason, a sense of unease crept into his heart. He called out tentatively, "Master?"
Song Wanning didn’t answer. A smile played on her lips as she shot Bai Yang a cool glance.
Then she turned her gaze back to Ye Chuxue, her eyes full of amusement.
"They’re just a bunch of trash. If you’re so charming, you’re welcome to them."
"I don’t care for them."
Whether it was Gu Qingyuan, Bai Yang, or the others, they were all just ordinary men.
’In the past, the rose-tinted glasses I wore because they were family had gilded them in gold.’
’Once the filter was gone, they were nothing.’
’And what was the point of this charm Ye Chuxue was so proud of?’
’Who cares if men like you or not?’
’Strength is the only thing that matters!’
’The only thing left in Song Wanning’s heart was a craving for power. Those so-called worthless men would only hold her back!’
However, Ye Chuxue didn’t believe Song Wanning could be so nonchalant and let out a scoff.
"Song Wanning, you’re such a hypocrite. You’re clearly dying of jealousy inside, yet you still pretend you don’t care."
"It seems you two really are cut from the same cloth, just as bad as each other!"
Her words grew even more venomous. Just as she was about to use Gu Qingyuan to provoke Song Wanning, a hand suddenly slapped across her face.
The immense force, carrying an unstoppable momentum, sent her flying several hundred meters until she slammed into the side of a mountain and tumbled heavily to the ground.
"PTUI!"
She opened her mouth, and blood gushed out.
Ye Chuxue lay on the ground, lifting her head to glare venomously at Song Wanning.
"What’s wrong...? Did I... strike a nerve...? Flying into a rage out of shame... huh?"
She forced a smile, and blood continued to bubble from her lips.
From just one slap, she was so severely injured she couldn’t even get up.
’Ye Chuxue was filled with hatred. Why did a vicious woman like Song Wanning’s cultivation rise so quickly?’
’Meanwhile, she worked so hard on her cultivation, so why was she always forced into situations like this?’
’She refused to accept it!!!’
"Tsk, those eyes of yours are truly ugly."
Song Wanning stared at Ye Chuxue’s eyes and suddenly spoke in a low, eerie voice.
A chill suddenly shot up from the soles of her feet. Ye Chuxue shivered, her entire body going on high alert.
"What... what are you trying to do?"
Song Wanning leisurely retracted the hand she had slapped her with. She curled her lips into a smile but said nothing.
Instead, she turned her head to look at Bai Yang.
It was the same face, the same smile, but for some reason, it made Bai Yang feel inexplicably uneasy. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
’When I left, Master gave me so many things for self-protection. I must be overthinking things!’
Bai Yang tried to comfort himself. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But Song Wanning suddenly raised her hand and viciously slapped him.
"THWACK—"
Like a kite with its string cut, Bai Yang went flying. When he landed, he felt as if all his internal organs had shattered.
He lay on the ground, his pupils trembling in shock, completely unable to understand why his master would hurt him.
Not far away, Ye Chuxue was also stunned, a look of astonishment on her face.
’Doesn’t Song Wanning care about Bai Yang the most? How could she treat him like this?’
’Looks like I really got to her!’
’Hmph, she knew it. Song Wanning was a jealous person. She clearly cared a great deal but still had to put on an act in front of her.’
’Isn’t it all just to save face?’
"I gave you so many things, and you can’t even defeat a single Ye Chuxue. You’re truly useless!"
Song Wanning’s cold voice rang out again, her words filled with disdain.
She truly was disgusted.
Ye Chuxue had been constantly on the run, and most of her resources were depleted. Yet Bai Yang still couldn’t beat her and was almost killed in return.
’The protagonist’s halo is gone, too.’
Tsk.
Song Wanning slowly walked toward Bai Yang, her expression growing more and more inscrutable.
For some reason, as Bai Yang watched Song Wanning approach, he felt a thread of fear. He dragged his injured body, trying to crawl backward.
’His master was supposed to be here to save him from dire straits, but his eyelid was twitching violently, and he had a terrible premonition that disaster was about to strike.’
"Ma... Master... I... I’m useless... I’ve... shamed you... I... I was wrong..."
His voice trembled, and his face grew paler and paler, the rims of his eyes turning bloodshot.
But there wasn’t a trace of pity in Song Wanning’s eyes.
She was terrifyingly calm.
Even Ye Chuxue sensed that something was wrong. She clenched her fists so tightly her knuckles turned white.
’Song Wanning... what is she going to do?’
"Ma... Master..."
Bai Yang was soon backed into a corner. A large boulder blocked his path from behind, while Song Wanning’s figure advanced on him, step by step.
"You... you..."
He opened his mouth, but he didn’t know how to put the terror in his heart into words.
Song Wanning looked down at him, her gaze like she was looking at a dead man, devoid of any emotion.
Painful memories of her past life seemed to surface before her eyes.
Bai Yang had led his men to storm the Song Family estate, forcing her to show herself. The moment she appeared, he attacked without a second word.
Back then, she had roared and questioned him until her voice was hoarse.
But Bai Yang had remained utterly cold from beginning to end.
Then, he had looked down on her from his high horse, savoring her shock, her confusion, her pain, her unwillingness to accept her fate...
And then, at her moment of greatest despair, he had pulverized her bones and scattered her ashes.
’Back then, she had been in so, so much pain!’
’But the pain in her heart was worse than any physical torment.’ freeweɓnøvel.com
’Even if her methods of teaching had been flawed, she had still spent decades raising and teaching Bai Yang as if he were her own.’
’If there was no merit in it, there was at least hard work.’
’She hadn’t even expected Bai Yang to save her.’
’But he had to go and kill her with his own hands, and annihilate her entire Song Family!!!!’
’This pain, this hatred—she had not forgotten it for a single moment.’
A blood-red hue filled Song Wanning’s eyes, and a bizarre smile suddenly appeared on her numb face.
Bai Yang’s heart leaped. In the next instant, he saw Song Wanning draw her longsword.
The chilling tip of the blade was pointed right at him.
In that moment, the very air seemed to freeze. Bai Yang and Ye Chuxue instinctively held their breath, terror flashing in their eyes.
"Ma... Master, what... what are you doing?"
"I... I’m Bai Yang! I’m your... disciple!!!!"
Bai Yang was sweating profusely with anxiety, his eyes welling with tears.
He couldn’t understand. Why had his perfectly fine master suddenly turned on him like this?
But he didn’t want to die, and he especially didn’t want to die at his master’s hands.
"Master... I... I know I was wrong. Please forgive me..."
"You... I really did see you as my own mother..."
