Chapter 692 - 352: He Is My Lawfully Wedded Husband
Chapter 692: Chapter 352: He Is My Lawfully Wedded Husband
Xia Qinglian!
These three words lingered on Si Minglan’s lips but never came out.
Demon Sect Saintess Xia Qinglian, the first genius in five hundred years, the strongest on the Hongzhou Continent!
Countless murders, cold and heartless, the greatest enemy of all the Righteous Path.
This was what Si Minglan was constantly told by her mentors after entering the Zhenyang Sect.
"If you encounter Demon Sect Saintess Xia Qinglian, do not engage, flee immediately and report to the sect!"
"This person requires the combined strength of the Three Great Sects to contend with!"
"Among the current Three Great Immortals, Xia Qinglian is undoubtedly the leader, even Fairy Xiyue and Thunder Sword Immortal together are not necessarily her match!"
"Xia Qinglian could have transformed into a Divinity long ago but has not taken that step, yet her Nascent Soul Peak already surpasses countless Divinity Transformations!"
Si Minglan rarely clashed with the Demon Sect and had never faced Xia Qinglian personally.
She didn’t really feel anything about this terrifying Demon Sect Saintess.
When she went to Yunling Town to investigate Qin Gengyun and saw Qiu Zhihe, she even suspected she was one of the Demon Sect.
But she never thought that Qiu Zhihe was Xia Qinglian!
At this moment, she only felt a stiffness in her body. She slowly turned her head and saw that Ruo Mei had already turned back into Qiu Zhihe’s appearance.
Then, that petite body continued to change.
The figure grew taller, the cute round face became an exceptionally beautiful oval face, and a pair of long legs were shapely yet plump, drawing admiration.
Most striking was her waterfall-like hair, half snow-white, half crimson.
This was something Si Minglan had heard about in various legends regarding Xia Qinglian.
Due to cultivating the Profound Ice and Li Fire Demon Technique, Xia Qinglian’s body was affected, transforming her black hair into half red and half white.
Si Minglan once thought the legends were exaggerated, but seeing it in real life gave her a surreal feeling of legends coming true.
The only thing Qiu Zhihe and Xia Qinglian had in common was...
"You..."
Si Minglan pointed at Xia Qinglian’s chest, somewhat reluctant:
"No matter what form you take, is it always this big?"
"How dare you desecrate the Saintess?!" Xue Wen shouted angrily, only to be stopped by Xia Qinglian, who looked amusedly at Si Minglan:
"Taoist Friend Si, didn’t Xiaoxue tell you who I am?"
Fang Xue said from the side, "I’m sorry, sister. The master forbade me from mentioning her identity to anyone."
Si Minglan suddenly smiled, "You taught Xiaoxue the Tanglian Technique, and I should have realized there’s no one else in this world besides Nalan Yan and Xia Qinglian who can have such a technique."
She looked at Xia Qinglian, "I am a disciple of the Zhenyang Sect. Do you intend to kill me?"
Xia Qinglian walked slowly, her long, elegant legs swaying with each step, yet no one dared to entertain any inappropriate thoughts due to her extreme coldness and intense murderous aura.
Red light flared in Si Minglan’s eyes, and six fox tails suddenly jutted out as the pressure from Xia Qinglian was so overwhelming that she could no longer control her own technique.
"Nascent Soul Peak?"
"You’ve recovered to the Nascent Soul Peak?"
Before the battle at Celestial Ridge Mountain, Xia Qinglian’s cultivation was already at Nascent Soul Peak.
To kill her, the Three Great Sects deployed all their experts, several of whom were also Nascent Soul Peak Great Cultivators, along with dozens of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
Even so, the price was incredibly high.
Xia Qinglian’s Nascent Soul Peak was unlike any other in the world.
Her true combat power likely rivaled Divinity Transformation!
After Celestial Ridge Mountain, Xia Qinglian should have been seriously injured, hence concealing herself in Yunling Town, even going so far as to marry the then Loose Cultivator Qin Gengyun to disguise her identity.
But now, she had recovered her cultivation.
Does it mean...
Si Minglan’s heart turned icy cold.
Are we all going to die?
The hair on Si Minglan’s body stood on end, and her six fox tails swayed helplessly like willows in the wind as icy laughter echoed in her ears:
"I am Xia Qinglian, and also Qiu Zhihe. Do you think the Demon Sect Saintess truly lacks humanity, that she would even kill her husband and friends?"
"Husband?" Si Minglan was stunned, "Do you still recognize Qin Gengyun as your husband?"
Xia Qinglian smiled and instinctively touched her abdomen, the murderous aura on her face somewhat dissipating:
"He is the husband I married in public, why wouldn’t I recognize him?"
"..." Si Minglan was speechless for a moment, finally speaking after a while, "So, revealing your true identity to me isn’t to kill me?"
"Why should I kill you? Do you think the Cyan Lotus Sect is a hypocritical Righteous Sect?"
Xia Qinglian walked up to her; her tall and voluptuous body was even more alluring than Si Minglan, who had cultivated the Nine-tailed Fox Scroll, yet carried an additional aura of coldness and brutality, adding an unconventional charm.
Xue Wen, standing nearby, stared at her in a daze, his eyes filled with infatuation. Liu Xiaotang hurriedly tugged him, bringing him back to his senses. He quickly bowed his head, not daring to rudely stare at the Saintess.
"So, you want me to join the Cyan Lotus Sect?"
Si Minglan finally steadied herself, slightly tilting her head to look at Xia Qinglian, who had returned to her original appearance, yet was still half a head taller than Si Minglan.
Proud as she was, she felt no discomfort in her heart.
Among the world’s cultivators, who wasn’t shorter than her?
Xia Qinglian did not answer and pointed to the people in the courtyard, saying to Si Minglan, "When Wu Tai initiates a coup, our people will assist you in breaking into the Western Emperor Palace, causing chaos. You are to kill Lin Yuan and Wu Zheng, while I will kill the leaders and elders of the Three Great Sects."
Si Minglan frowned slightly, "Aside from the Western Emperor Palace, the West Imperial City also has a Guardian Array, how will you manage within the city?"
Xia Qinglian chuckled softly, "The Second Prince Wu Tai should have a way."
Si Minglan suddenly understood, realizing this was the reason Xia Qinglian wanted to cooperate with her.
She used the Nine-Tailed Fox Tail Technique to charm Wu Tai, and naturally, this Second Prince would find a way to break the West Imperial City Array, allowing Xia Qinglian to act without restraint when the time came.
Si Minglan said, "But, the West Imperial City is home to many innocents, isn’t it?"
Xia Qinglian sneered, "Below Cyan Lotus Mountain, over a hundred villages and so many villagers. Were they not innocent?"
Si Minglan quickly said, "The Western Imperial Dynasty did not participate when the Three Great Sects besieged the Cyan Lotus Sect."
"Did they not?"
Xia Qinglian replied, "After the Cyan Lotus Sect was broken, many disciples fled to the Western Imperial Dynasty and all died in the Western Emperor Cities. To the Cyan Lotus Sect, who is innocent in the world?"
"This..."
Si Minglan lightly bit her lip and suddenly asked:
"Do you wish to act within the West Imperial City? Does your husband know?"
Xia Qinglian paused, her voice losing some of its vigor: "You must not tell him!"
Si Minglan looked at Xia Qinglian, suddenly smiling, "So, even the Demon Sect Saintess fears her husband? Are you afraid he’ll be in danger and don’t want to involve him, or does he not know your identity at all?"
"Why don’t you dare tell him?"
"Are you afraid that he’ll despise you for being a murderous, cold-hearted witch?"
"Shut up!" Xia Qinglian angrily interrupted her, her hand instinctively caressing her abdomen again.
"When the time comes, I will naturally tell him."