Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price

Chapter 363 - 22: Tao Heart Shattered, Becoming the Master’s Dog

Danxia Peak.

In the courtyard where the steward disciples reside.

Lin Qingchou was looking down at a pill emitting a faint glow in her palm, murmuring:

"Senior Brother Chun, do you know, in order to catch up with you, I stole the Immortal Building Pill from the Spirit Pill Pavilion and even killed a fellow junior sister, but why do you always only have eyes for Ye Xiyue?"

Lin Qingchou’s eyes reddened, filled with sorrow, when urgent knocking sounded from outside the courtyard:

"Senior Sister Lin, Senior Sister Lin, something bad has happened!"

Lin Qingchou was startled and looked towards the door in disbelief:

"Ruo Mei?!"

She, she’s supposed to be dead, right?

Lin Qingchou wiped the corners of her eyes and flew straight out of the wooden house, only to see Ruo Mei standing at the courtyard gate with a face full of panic. Lin Qingchou suppressed the shock in her heart and hurriedly asked:

"Junior Sister Ruo, what happened?"

Ruo Mei trembled, her face pale, speaking in terror:

"Senior Sister Lin, Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang... are dead!"

One incense stick later.

Lin Qingchou led over ten outer sect disciples to Zhenlian Cliff, Ruo Mei’s face was streaming with tears, sobbing and saying:

"I, I came here with Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang to find Moyou Grass, and suddenly we encountered someone, he, he killed Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang, I was so frightened, I ran for my life, sobbing... scared me to death sobbing..."

A group of outer sect disciples searched all around, but they did not find the bodies of the two, someone asked Ruo Mei:

"Are you sure it was here? Did you see the person clearly?"

Ruo Mei cried as she spoke: "It was right here, I, I didn’t see clearly, that person was masked, I only know it was a man, sobbing... Zhou Man, Fang, your deaths were so tragic!"

Lin Qingchou’s face turned iron-blue, suddenly she paused, looking down at the ground.

She could feel a residual pressure of spiritual power, and in an instant, her hands and feet turned cold.

Nascent Soul Peak!

Originally, she didn’t believe Ruo Mei and thought that Ruo Mei killed the two and then faked madness.

But now she couldn’t help but believe.

This was Nascent Soul Peak!

Such people are few in the entire Zhenyang Sect.

But why would someone like that kill Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang?

Lin Qingchou asked Ruo Mei with a serious face: "Junior Sister Ruo, did you see anything else?"

Ruo Mei cried with a face covered in tears, shaking her head: "I only saw that person attack Zhou Man and Fang, and the two of them fell down."

Lin Qingchou stared into Ruo Mei’s eyes: "Why didn’t that person kill you?"

Ruo Mei’s face was full of grief and naivety: "I don’t know either, I only heard that person say they deserved to die, said others deserve to die too, but said I don’t deserve to die."

Lin Qingchou’s heart skipped a beat.

Could it be the Peak Master found out about me stealing pills, intending for Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang to kill Ruo Mei?

So he killed the two first, as a warning to me?

But the Peak Master has always been lenient, how could he kill his disciples?

Then who is it?

The more Lin Qingchou thought, the more things didn’t seem right, her mind was about to explode.

"Senior Sister Lin, what should we do now?"

An outer sect disciple asked.

Lin Qingchou coldly looked at everyone: "Today’s matter, until it’s cleared up, no one is allowed to speak of it, or you’ll be expelled from Danxia Peak!"

"Understood!"

Lin Qingchou led the disciples away from Zhenlian Cliff and back to her courtyard, then dismissed the others and said to Ruo Mei:

"Junior Sister Ruo, come with me, I have things to ask you."

Ruo Mei still had tears on her face, ignorantly nodded, and followed her into the house.

Lin Qingchou’s expression was icy cold, she suddenly turned around, sternly saying:

"Ruo Mei, are you hiding something from me?"

Ruo Mei’s body stiffened, she stopped sobbing, raised her head slowly, the tears on her face vanished, her lips curled into a strange arc.

"Lin Qingchou, you are still useful, so you won’t die for now."

"What are you saying..... ah?!"

Just as Lin Qingchou opened her mouth, a black object flew towards her mouth, she wanted to avoid it, but her body was enveloped in a glow, unable to move, even her mouth couldn’t close.

She could only watch helplessly as the black object flew into her mouth.

Ruo Mei raised her hand, pinching Lin Qingchou’s chin, and with a gulp, that thing slid into her stomach.

"What did you feed me?"

Lin Qingchou was shocked to find she was completely powerless before Ruo Mei. How, how is she this strong?

But soon Lin Qingchou couldn’t think anymore, as intense pain erupted in her meridians and spirit field, causing her to fall to the ground screaming miserably.

Ruo Mei raised her hand, a barrier array enveloped the entire courtyard, coldly saying:

"Trying to bring others here? It’s useless."

Lin Qingchou’s intention was uncovered, the pain in her body intensified, and this time she indeed screamed loudly in agony.

"Ah!! This, this is... the Heart-devouring Pill?!"

Lin Qingchou rolled and struggled, her hair disheveled, her clothes in disarray, no longer bearing the demeanor and dignity of a steward disciple. After a half incense stick, she couldn’t withstand it anymore, grabbing onto Ruo Mei’s foot, desperately pleading:

"Junior Sister, please give me the antidote, I, I can’t take it anymore... ah!"

Lin Qingchou’s body convulsed in pain, her eyes turned white. Ruo Mei sneered:

"A disciple of the sect reduced to less than a downtrodden Ghost Cultivator."

She raised her hand, a thread of spiritual power entered Lin Qingchou’s body, and suddenly the pain vanished. Lin Qingchou’s eyes flashed fiercely, a long sword appeared in her hand, and sword aura shone!

The Heart-devouring Pill is vicious and domineering, only the one administering it can periodically inject spiritual power to relieve the pain, unless the antidote is obtained, otherwise the poisoned person will forever be a slave to others.

Lin Qingchou, proud and ambitious, naturally unwilling to be controlled by others. If she can overpower Ruo Mei and force her to hand over the antidote, that would be ideal.

However, as soon as the sword aura shone, Lin Qingchou felt the surrounding turn icy cold, and ice formed on the sword, her hand, and her whole body.

Her entire body stiffened, unable to move.

With a crash, Ruo Mei withdrew her hand, the frost on Lin Qingchou’s body shattered, she shivered all over, and looked at Ruo Mei in fear:

"Who, who are you really?"

Ruo Mei said indifferently: "Kneel down."

Lin Qingchou hesitated and finally knelt down slowly.

In front of her appeared a small foot wearing embroidered shoes, a cold voice came from above:

"Even a dog will lick its owner’s feet, now you’re a dog."

Lin Qingchou raised her head, angrily saying: "I’m a steward disciple of Zhenyang Sect, I will never stoop to such a lowly act!"

Ruo Mei sneered: "Do you know how Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang died?"

Lin Qingchou froze, recalling the lingering Nascent Soul Peak spiritual energy she felt at Zhenlian Cliff earlier.

"Zheng Shengmo wants to dual cultivate with Ye Xiyue, but Ye Xiyue already has a man outside, Zhou Man and Xu Chengfang overheard, and Zheng Shengmo killed them."

Ruo Mei’s words left Lin Qingchou completely stunned, the information was so overwhelming she took a long time to process, muttering repeatedly:

"Impossible, impossible..."

Ruo Mei continued: "Like you, Ye Xiyue was fed the Heart-devouring Pill, she has become that man’s dog, just to lick her owner’s feet makes her very happy. Even your senior sister has ended up like this, what are you still holding on to?"

"Impossible, impossible..."

Lin Qingchou’s eyes were vacant, seemingly broken both physically and mentally.

"The Heart-devouring Pill acts every five days, if you don’t want to be my dog, then prepare to die painfully."

Ruo Mei turned to leave, and Lin Qingchou suddenly hugged her leg.

"I, I’ll lick..."

She then bent down, trembling, sticking out her tongue to lick a few times on Ruo Mei’s shoes, tears streaming from her eyes.

Danxia Peak’s steward disciple, Lin Qingchou, her Tao Heart shattered, had become an obedient dog.

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