Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price

Chapter 698: Chapter 358: Senior Brother Ming, I’m Sorry—I’m Not Worthy of You

Disciples of the Zhenyang Sect reside in a courtyard of the Chang’an Palace.

Among them, Tantai Mingyue and several Peak Masters have individual courtyards.

Su Xin lives with the other two Commanding Disciples of Danxia Peak in a single courtyard.

There’s quite a distance between the courtyard where Qin Gengyun and others reside and the West Courtyard.

For the past two days, Su Xin has remained secluded, not meeting anyone.

Today, Su Xin finally stepped out of her room and headed straight to the West Courtyard.

She stood outside the courtyard, speaking in a gentle and calm voice, allowing her spiritual power to carry her words into Qiu Zhihe’s room:

"Junior Sister Ruo, Su Xin requests an audience."

A moment later, Liu Su stepped out and said to Su Xin, "Senior Sister Su, come in."

"Thank you."

Su Xin nodded and followed her into the small courtyard.

Qin Gengyun and the Phoenix Bird Beast were in the courtyard, Su Xin gave a slight nod, following Liu Su into a room.

Qiu Zhihe was seated calmly, looking at Su Xin.

Liu Su closed the door and left, Su Xin walked up to Qiu Zhihe and suddenly knelt on the ground:

"Taoist Friend Qiu, whatever your intentions might be, would you spare my mother?"

Qiu Zhihe said indifferently, "Why should I?"

Su Xin looked up at her, "I can offer my service to you."

Seeing Qiu Zhihe remain silent, Su Xin took out a pill from her bosom, which surprised Qiu Zhihe slightly:

"You actually possess a Soul-devouring Pill?"

Su Xin replied, "Danxia Peak excels in Alchemy Dao, what’s strange about having a Soul-devouring Pill? Taoist Friend Qiu, please infuse your spiritual power into the Soul-devouring Pill, I will consume it immediately, so you can safely command me."

"I offer my life’s service in exchange for my mother’s life, may I?"

Having spoken, Su Xin knelt down, holding up the Soul-devouring Pill with both hands, presenting it to Qiu Zhihe.

Qiu Zhihe suddenly smiled, "One wants me to kill her master, another wants me to spare her master. You righteous sects are rather amusing."

Su Xin bit her lips, her voice trembling slightly:

"Not all that the righteous sects do is righteous, and not all the Demon Sect’s acts are evil. I know the Zhenyang Sect wronged the Cyan Lotus Sect, seeking revenge is understandable."

"But my mother is not a wicked person, even during the events on Cyan Lotus Mountain and Celestial Ridge Mountain, she never killed anyone."

"She shouldn’t die."

Qiu Zhihe looked at her coldly, "And what about Chen Qingmo? Your mother knew of Chen Qingmo’s evil deeds and still chose to aid him. Doesn’t she deserve to die?"

"If Chen Qingmo is truly evil, I’ll help you kill him!"

Su Xin declared loudly.

Qiu Zhihe sneered, "Are you prepared to commit patricide?"

Tears streamed from Su Xin’s eyes, "If Chen Qingmo is indeed the Master of Spirit Corpse Mountain, killing the innocent, mistreating Junior Sister Wei, inciting Cheng Qingyu, then he is unfit to be Sect Leader of the Zhenyang Sect. As a disciple of the Zhenyang Sect, I ought to clean the ranks!"

"Fine!"

Qiu Zhihe coldly laughed, "Then use your life of servitude, commit patricide with your own hands, to save your mother’s life!"

Having said this, she placed a finger on the Soul-devouring Pill, and Su Xin closed her eyes, swallowing the pill.

She then bowed, her forehead touching the ground, "Thank you, master."

Only then did she rise, staggering out of the room.

Upon exiting the West Courtyard, she looked up at the blazing sun, smiling bitterly.

"Junior Sister Su, you’ve finally come out!"

A robust, cheerful voice came from behind, Ming Hu ran over, holding a bunch of food:

"I bought this from the street, these things aren’t available in Eastern Cultivator, try them fast."

Ming Hu exclaimed, suddenly startled, "Why are you crying, Junior Sister Su? Did someone bully you? Tell me, I’ll teach them a lesson!"

Su Xin suddenly leaned into Ming Hu’s embrace, his body instantly stiffened, the items in his hands clattered to the ground.

"Junior, Junior Sister Su?"

Ming Hu raised his hands high, the scent of her hair lingered in his nose, his mind buzzed, yet he dared not move.

After a while, Ming Hu felt his clothes were soaked at the chest, stiffly lowered his head:

"Junior Sister Su, you..."

Su Xin quickly left his embrace, turned her back:

"Senior Brother Ming, I’m sorry, I’m unworthy of you."

Then, her figure flashed and she disappeared.

"Junior Sister Su! Junior Sister Su!"

Ming Hu shouted for a long time, but dared not chase after her, lowered his head to look at his damp chest, the scent in his nose seemed not to have faded.

"Junior Sister Su hugged me, she has feelings for me, haha, haha..."

...

"Wife, you didn’t infuse your spiritual power into the Soul-devouring Pill earlier, right?"

After Su Xin left, Qin Gengyun entered the room and asked Qiu Zhihe.

Qiu Zhihe replied coldly, "Su Xin has too many obsessions in her heart, she will restrain herself, no need for a Soul-devouring Pill to control."

Qin Gengyun chuckled, walked to her side, held her hand:

"Wife, actually you’re just soft-hearted, not wanting to overly trouble Su Xin, right?"

Qiu Zhihe glanced at him, "I am from the Demon Sect, where is the soft-heartedness?"

"Alright, alright, my wife is a Great Demon, decisive in action, is that enough?"

Qin Gengyun didn’t dispute further, suddenly said in a low voice, "By the way, earlier when we were... on the bed, what did you want to say?"

Qiu Zhihe was startled, her beautiful eyes softened, she gently touched her abdomen unconsciously, yet her expression returned to coldness:

"Nothing."

If she told Qin Gengyun about that matter, he would surely stop her from acting in the West Imperial City. It would be better to wait until after the Immortal Ascension Ceremony to tell him.

The two walked out of the room, Qiu Zhihe had Liu Su call everyone over.

Soon, Liu Su, Fang Xue, Mo Xiaolan, Wei Wan, Jian Yue, Yun Wu gathered, Yun Wu looked around, puzzled:

"Where are Sister Xu and Sister Zhou?"

Usually, at times like these Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’Er would come sobbing to hear the commotion.

Qiu Zhihe said, "They’re taking care of some tasks. The Immortal Ascension Ceremony starts tomorrow, do you all understand your opponents?"

Liu Su chuckled, "My opponent is a Loose Cultivator, I can win with my eyes closed."

The others also faced not-so-strong opponents; tomorrow’s first round was merely a warm-up.

Over a thousand young cultivators participated in the Immortal Ascension Ceremony, with each round’s opponents drawn randomly by an array.

This way, by the third round, fewer than three hundred would remain.

That’s when the true battle of the strong begins.

When only twelve remain, the top three will be decided.

At this time, free challenges will be employed. If everyone can enter the top ten, controlling the ranks will be quite easy upon then.

However, other sects and forces think the same way.

Qiu Zhihe said, "Don’t underestimate, we must ensure all of us enter the top ten, only then can we leave nothing to chance."

"By the way, Jiang Yin, Su Xin are already ours; during the ten-person battle, Su Hongling is mine."

Jian Yue giggled, "I only went to cultivate for a while, and the master already subdued two fairies? That’s amazing!"

Qin Gengyun glared at her, "Stop your nonsense, they are all my wife’s!"

At this moment, Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’Er ran in, paused at seeing so many people, Qiu Zhihe said, "It’s okay."

Only then did they say, "We saw people from the Celestial Fall Sect and Red Cloud Mountain... enter the Western Emperor Palace!"