5340

Chapter 5340: Disagreement

The change in Mu Qingya was considerable; Qiao Mu felt a tremor in her heart just watching through the window. If Mu Qingya had only lost some weight, it would have been one thing. But her current appearance was completely emaciated, beyond recognition. Her entire being was shriveled, as if she had lost all moisture, looking like a walking mummy. Her hair was dry and yellowish, hanging in wisps, here and there, plastered to her scalp. Her hands and feet were also so withered that only bones remained, as if they would break with a mere touch.

This woman bore no resemblance to the gentle, dignified, and bright-as-water figure from memory. Her eyes were lifeless and sunken, her entire face shrunken to half the size of a palm. She opened her mouth, trying to speak, but was completely cut off by Mu Xiaoxue's scolding.

Mu Xiaoxue was like a madwoman at this moment, her hands sliding up and down, repeatedly shouting, "Do you think I'm like you? I won't be like you. I just need all three transformations to succeed! Then I can become the most perfect person in this world."

"And the Patriarch promised me. As long as I serve him well in the future, he will never mistreat me. At worst, I still have the Qiankun Reversal Talisman to help me. I'll be fine, I still have a chance."

Mu Qingya's sunken eyes widened like a full moon, staring intently at her foolish daughter. Hot tears streamed uncontrollably from her parched eyes. Mu Qingya laboriously slammed her hand against the ground, the sound from her throat rough and filled with sorrow, as if a carriage wheel had rolled over it a dozen times.

"It's, it's me, it's me who protected you too, too well. So much so that... you, you are so naive." Looking at her foolish daughter, Mu Qingya couldn't help but burst into tears, heartbroken and filled with remorse.

Having stayed in Heavenly Fate for so many years, she knew the disposition of Heavenly Fate's high-ranking officials better than anyone. They would entice you with small favors as long as you were useful to them. Once you lost any bit of utility, you would die a more desolate and tragic death than anyone else. One only needed to look at her to know.

When she, as the esteemed Hall Master of Flying Heaven, infiltrated the Talisman-wielding aristocratic families, often secretly helping to gather resources and transmit news from the capital, how much attention and importance the organization placed on her! But once her identity was exposed, and she hastily failed or even fled, her subsequent fortunes plummeted. Heavenly Fate did not need useless individuals occupying resources. Moreover, she was merely an ordinary person who couldn't do anything. In the eyes of Heavenly Fate's high-ranking officials, she had already lost her value and was not worth their continued investment.

This was why she had fallen to such a state. If it weren't for the organization still wanting to observe the secondary drug reaction on her, they probably wouldn't have bothered to rescue her from Snow Island.

Did she hate? Of course, she hated! Her entire life, Mu Qingya's, had turned out like this.

Did she regret? She couldn't say for sure. Perhaps a little, but if she hadn't joined Heavenly Fate back then, she would have remained a mediocre housewife her entire life. Spending her days revolving around her in-laws and husband, she would have been nothing more than an ordinary woman of the inner chambers throughout her existence. Such a life, she naturally resented even more!

"Mother, what are you saying! You're not happy for me, and now you're constantly cursing me!" Mu Xiaoxue screamed.

"Do you think your daughter will be as unlucky as you?"