Chapter 264: Lin Xiao loses three bloods carelessly at number 140! It's her! If I had known that boys could also be........._2
Just a short while after the boy left the ice cellar.
The beautiful woman in the ice coffin slowly opened her eyes!
"What... what was Chen'er trying to do to me just now?"
Ah, has this child's once pure heart truly been corrupted...
Never mind. According to the heavenly script in his mind, this child has committed too many bloody deeds. His path to enlightenment led to the sacrifice of all living beings in the lower realms. After he managed to Prove Dao, he acted even more unscrupulously, slaughtering the gods and buddhas of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, thereby incurring the wrath of the heavens...
As his mother, now that I know the future, I must break this seal as soon as possible. I need to go out and guide him onto the Righteous Path!
If he remains obstinate... then he cannot blame me, his mother, for being ruthless!
Nangong Biyao's pretty face turned cold, her beautiful eyes wide, revealing an endless killing intent.
***
Qinglan Sect forbidden land, Coiling Dragon Abyss.
In front of the Demon Suppression Tower, Yuanyi could not help but ask the person inside, "Lord Blood Demon, why didn't you question that boy just now about the identity of the woman in the coffin?"
The demonic voice from the tower, its previous wild arrogance subdued, replied, "To stir up unnecessary trouble now would only invite disaster." It then continued solemnly, "I think I recall that woman's identity. This woman... is someone we cannot afford to provoke! At least, not for now! Wait until I break this seal, wash the Central Land's Righteous Path in blood, and recover my full strength. Then, we will go to the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Western Wilderness and pay her a visit!"
"Everything will be as Lord Blood Demon commands!"
Yuanyi knelt and kowtowed.
***
At the same time.
Qinglan Immortal Sect, Dragon Head Peak, within Shenxiao Palace.
After Lin Xiao publicly acknowledged his relationship with Guo Yourong, the hall full of Elders, along with Sect Leader True Master Ziyun, naturally couldn't say much more. After comforting Su Mei, they all offered their blessings.
Even the usually harsh Chairman of Red Cloud Peak, Daoist Chisong, stated that he would personally deliver a wedding gift for Lin Xiao and Guo Yourong's grand wedding the next day.
After all, in the ten thousand years since the Qinglan Sect's founding, there had never been such a blatant and publicly announced grand wedding among its disciples.
With the looming threat of the Demon Sect, the entire sect was uneasy. This wedding of Lin Xiao, the chief disciple, could be considered a joyous occasion to lift the sect's spirits.
Once Lin Xiao's marriage was confirmed, aside from the five Supreme Elders who departed early, the remaining Chairmen and Elders proceeded to the dining hall on Dragon Head Peak for a vegetarian banquet.
Seeing the crowded and noisy hall, and noticing that the old schemer Yuanyi was nowhere to be found, Lin Xiao thought for a moment. He decided not to mention Niu Batian for the time being, only briefly discussing his cooperation with Ye Xuan'er with True Master Ziyun.
During the banquet, although he sat shoulder to shoulder with his Second Junior Sister Yurong, their hands clasped, his eyes couldn't help but drift towards his Master, Xiao Hongling.
Just as he had expected, his beautiful Master was guzzling potent wine, one jug after another. Her two senior martial brothers, True Master Ziyun and Daoist Chisong, tried to dissuade her, but to no avail.
She merely said she was happy because her disciple's marriage was settled.
"Heh, happy."
I've fulfilled your wish by agreeing to marry Yurong. I hope you're truly happy... Lin Xiao sighed inwardly.
Then, he surreptitiously glanced towards Zhu Wanning in the distance.
He saw the girl's eyes were red as she stared blankly into space.
Beside her, about a dozen inner sect female disciples from Phoenix Caw Peak had gathered around their senior sister, their faces etched with concern.
Martial Uncle Su, looking distressed, held his beloved disciple's small hand, whispering something to her.
However, no matter how much those around her tried to console her, this aloof Fairy Zhu remained silent, until...
Her gaze inadvertently met Lin Xiao's.
In that instant, their eyes locked.
At this moment, silence spoke louder than words!
At that moment, the scene from their last night trapped in the Secret Realm—sitting side-by-side on the mountaintop, admiring the moon—flashed through Lin Xiao's mind once more.
Back then, she had asked, blushing, "Senior Brother Lin, how do I say 'I like you' in your hometown's dialect?"
"I fancy you," he had replied after a moment's thought.
"Good! Wanning... fancies you! My Senior Brother Lin!" she had immediately repeated.
At that moment, this aloof and proud Fairy Zhu had been so endearingly obedient, it was almost unlike her.
"Then..." she had leaned on his shoulder and asked again, "can this... be expressed with a gesture?"
"Of course," Lin Xiao had said without hesitation, bending his fingers to make a comical "finger heart" gesture.
However, this girl's sense of humor was truly strange.
That gesture had made her laugh all night.
"Senior Brother Lin, Wanning will remember this gesture for a lifetime," she had finally said, very seriously.
His thoughts slowly returned to the present.
Lin Xiao looked again at this girl with whom he had exchanged wedding vows.
Taking advantage of Yurong's inattention, he once again made the "finger heart" gesture.
She should... understand what this means, right?
I... still like her. He thought.
The next moment, upon seeing his gesture, Zhu Wanning, who was opposite him, suddenly seemed to come alive. A light gleamed in her beautiful eyes, and after a moment, she tearfully nodded at him!
Her reaction brought a sigh of relief to Su Mei and the others.
Wanning once said that if she commits to someone, she will unconditionally believe every word they say. So... my gesture just now must have eased her worries considerably.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao felt an even deeper pang of guilt.
After all, the hand he was currently holding was Yurong's!