Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price

Chapter 554 - 214: A Path Never Considered

"Madam, madam?"

"Madam is indeed not in the room."

In the deep night, the phoenix had been tired all day and was already asleep, but Qin Gengyun was wide awake. After everyone else had rested, he quietly got up and went out of the room.

He came to the door of Qiu Zhihe’s room.

After softly calling for a while, there was no response.

He reached out to touch the door, and ripples stirred on the surface; indeed, there was an array.

If he barged in recklessly, his wife would sense it immediately.

Qin Gengyun didn’t forcefully enter the room because his divine sense had already discovered there was no one inside.

"Son-in-law, what are you doing?"

A blurred voice sounded behind him. Qin Gengyun turned to see Liu Su wearing thin clothing, her bare white legs stepping lightly on the ground, looking as if she had been woken from a dream.

Seeing Qin Gengyun standing at the door of Qiu Zhihe’s room, Liu Su’s eyes suddenly widened:

"Wow, son-in-law, you really couldn’t hold it in, did you want to sneak attack Miss at night?"

Liu Su ran to Qin Gengyun’s side, pulling him away: "Miss is already asleep, but if you really can’t hold it in, I can help you!"

"Qin Gengyun, Susu, what are you two doing?"

Mo Xiaolan appeared in front of the two, her face full of surprise.

Liu Su giggled, not caring about her revealing outfit, she proudly walked to Mo Xiaolan:

"Xiaolan, you came just in time, the three of us together then! Ouch!"

Qin Gengyun took out a robe from the storage bag and draped it over Liu Su, knocking her on the head, his voice becoming serious:

"The madam is not in the room, where did she go?"

Liu Su blinked: "Miss is not here? I don’t know!"

Qin Gengyun stared at her, speaking in a low voice: "Susu, you noticed it too, right? When checking the corpse just now, Zhihe was acting a bit strange. You are just as uneasy as us, secretly coming to find her while everyone is asleep. Are you still trying to hide it?"

Liu Su couldn’t pretend anymore and pouted: "Son-in-law, you’re getting smarter."

Mo Xiaolan asked: "Susu, what’s going on? Two people were just killed, I’m worried Sister Qiu might be in danger."

Liu Su shook her head: "I really don’t know where Miss went, I only know..."

A confident smile appeared on her face:

"The one in danger is definitely not her!"

...

Outside the village, over ten miles away, in a dense forest.

"Saintess, after Cyan Lotus Mountain was besieged that day, we have been hiding and barely surviving until now without any news from you. Where did you go after Celestial Ridge Mountain?"

Xue Wu had recounted their experiences over the past two years, all of which involved hiding their identities and enduring hardships.

They were all very concerned about how the Saintess had been during this time, especially Xue Wen, who stared at Xia Qinglian’s cold and stunning face without breaking his gaze for a moment.

Xue Wen tugged quietly at his sleeve, prompting Xue Wu to react and quickly lower his head, but in his heart, he was exhilarated.

The Saintess was not dead, how wonderful!

From now on, I will follow the Saintess at all times, protect her with my life, and never allow her to suffer any harm.

However, Xue Wen did not notice that after hearing Xue Wu’s question, a hint of awkwardness flickered across Xia Qinglian’s face.

She cleared her throat, a smile appearing on her cold face:

"I was severely injured at the time, and my cultivation dropped significantly, so I had to change my appearance and go to a small town in the Eastern Cultivation Land. Once my cultivation is restored, I will slaughter the Three Great Sects to avenge all our fellow disciples!"

Xue Wen immediately shouted: "I am willing to follow the Saintess unto death!"

The others also followed suit, shouting with fervor.

Xue Wu joyfully said: "The Saintess has mastered the Ancient Transformation Technique? That’s wonderful, this way you are very safe even in Eastern Cultivator territory, but..."

Xue Wu hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Saintess, we are currently outnumbered and isolated, even if your cultivation is fully restored, it will be difficult to fight against many with just a few. If we want revenge, I think we should first rebuild the Cyan Lotus Sect, and then slowly make our move."

"How can that be?! Delaying the blood feud for even one day would be desecrating our fellow disciples and the Sect Leader!"

The burly and rugged Xue Wen’s eyes widened, and he shouted loudly:

"Saintess, just give the order, and we will storm the village right now, wipe out this group of Zhenyang Sect disciples, and tomorrow we will storm Zhenyang City, destroy Zhenyang Sect, then Thunder Sword City, and slaughter Feiyun City!"

Xue Wu said: "Brother, calm down, the Three Great Sects do deserve to die, but the common people in the cities were not involved in the attack on the Cyan Lotus Sect. If we indiscriminately kill both good and evil, how are we different from those hypocrites of the Three Great Sects?"

Xue Wen glared at him: "When the Three Great Sects attacked us, they didn’t spare any of the dozens of villages around Cyan Lotus Mountain. Wasn’t your wife a mortal too? Didn’t they kill her? Have you forgotten?"

Xue Wu’s face turned pale, his lips trembled slightly; his wife was an ordinary woman from Bairong Village under Cyan Lotus Mountain, and they were very much in love.

On the day Cyan Lotus Mountain was massacred, Xue Wu’s wife was in the village weaving cloth when she was captured by the Feiyun Sect’s elder Huang Kezhou, tortured and questioned, and then brutally killed.

When Xue Wu found her body, it was in such a state of ruin that it looked as if it had been ravaged by wild beasts.

Now that the tragic scene was brought up again by his brother Xue Wen, his eyes instantly reddened, and his voice choked, but he still said:

"Saintess, please see the truth, for many years the Cyan Lotus Sect has been called the Demon Sect by the world, and it all started with the mysterious death of our ancestor Sheng Tanglian five hundred years ago."

"Until our generation, we only occupied Cyan Lotus Mountain and helped the villagers nearby. Perhaps we have occasionally acted willfully, but we haven’t committed any great evil, yet we are still despised and hated by the world."

Xue Wen snorted: "Isn’t it because those so-called Renowned and Righteous Sects slander us all the time and deceive the foolish people!"

The others echoed his sentiment angrily.

"But have you thought about why it is so?"

Xue Wu asked.

Xue Wen replied indignantly: "Naturally, it’s because they occupy more territory than us, so their words spread further!"

Xue Wu nodded: "Yes, that is exactly it, the winner becomes the king, the loser the villain. If we want to take revenge, we should first change the world’s image of the Cyan Lotus Sect."

"Let them know, we are not the Demon Sect, but the Three Great Sects, who bully others and kill wantonly, are the real Demon Sect!"

"By that time, the people will unite behind us, and we will be the righteous army fighting against the Demon Sect, slaughtering the hypocrites, and the world will only cheer, acknowledging the Cyan Lotus Sect as the sole righteous path!"

"Wouldn’t that be wonderful?!"

Xue Wu’s words left the group of Cyan Lotus Sect disciples stunned.

This crazed idea was something they had never even dreamed of.

Only Xia Qinglian’s beautiful eyes shone with a unique light.

If what Xue Wu said were to come true, and the Cyan Lotus Sect became the one universally acclaimed righteous sect in the world, then she would no longer bear the title of Witch and could rightfully be with her husband, never needing to be separated again!

This was a path she had never considered.

Perhaps even more perilous than revenge, but if they reached the end, maybe they would achieve the most perfect outcome.

But, is this path truly feasible?