Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price

Chapter 417 - 76: The Divine Maiden Manifests

The night was deep, and a heavy rain poured down. In front of the solitary temple, three frail men stood firm against dozens of enormous water arrows, swearing not to retreat.

In the next instant, a crimson light seemed to descend from the sky, sweeping in like a red dragon, devouring those dozens of water arrows.

The crimson fire dragon seemed to roar in fury, and instantly, the rain evaporated before it hit the ground; not a single drop could approach the Divine Maiden Temple.

Inside the temple, the people who had their hands clasped together in desperate prayer opened their eyes, looking outside in astonishment and doubt.

Outside the temple, the three men widened their eyes, their faces showing an unbelievable joy:

"This, this is..."

A fiery red figure appeared in the sky, with red hair, red attire, and a red veil covering her face, her tall figure radiating cold elegance.

She looked exactly like the statue of the Divine Lady inside the temple!

"Divine Lady..."

The three of them stared blankly at the red figure in the sky, who then gracefully waved her hand, sending the crimson dragon towards the Yan Shuilei.

These bloated, ferocious demonic beasts were like paper in front of the fire dragon, reduced to ashes in mere moments.

Waa~ Waa~

Crying of a newborn echoed from the Divine Maiden Temple, followed by the joyous sobs of women:

"Taoist Friend Chen, the child is born!"

"We’re saved, we’re saved!"

"Who saved us?"

"The Divine Lady!" Outside the temple, Zhao Yi, Qian Er, and Sun San knelt down with a thud, kowtowing to the red-haired female cultivator descending from the sky, tears of excitement on their faces:

"Divine Lady, you have finally returned!"

"We have finally waited for you!"

"Boohoo, Divine Lady, I missed you so much!"

With a creak, the temple doors opened, and the female cultivators who narrowly escaped death walked out of the temple. Upon seeing the red-haired female cultivator before them, they widened their eyes and all knelt down, fervently calling out:

"Greetings, Divine Lady!"

"Thank you, Divine Lady, for your manifestation and saving our lives!"

"The Divine Lady descended from the heavens, blessed with eternal life!"

"Waa! Waa!" Chen Fang, holding the newborn, walked out of the temple and knelt on the ground, her face full of gratitude:

"Thank you, Divine Lady, for saving my child. I will pray and offer incense to the Divine Lady every day for the rest of my life!"

The red-haired female cultivator stood gracefully, looked up at the plaque in front of the Divine Maiden Temple, and then at the lifelike statue inside, astonished:

"Divine Lady?"

"My wife, my wife, where are you?" A call rang out from afar, and Chen Fang joyfully cried out:

"Husband, I’m here. It was the Divine Lady who saved..."

She looked back, only to see that the beautiful red figure had already disappeared.

In the next moment, several figures swiftly approached—Qin Gengyun, Liu Su, Mo Xiaolan, Fang Xue, and others, followed by Zhang Chengdao. Upon seeing Chen Fang, Zhang Chengdao immediately ran over and tightly embraced her:

"My wife, I thought you were, already..."

Chen Fang also cried with joy, holding up the baby in her arms:

"Husband, this is our child. Just now, the Divine Lady saved us, or else I and the child wouldn’t have seen you again!"

"Divine Lady?"

Qin Gengyun walked over and asked Chen Fang:

"This Taoist friend, who is this Divine Lady you speak of?"

The dozen or so female cultivators pointed to the statue inside the temple: "That is the Divine Lady! We all thought the Divine Lady was just a myth, but she really appeared just now and saved us!"

"The Divine Lady is so beautiful!"

"I will devote my life to being a follower of the Divine Lady!"

The disciples of the Zhenyang Sect looked around, confused: "So, was it this statue that saved you?"

Chen Fang said: "No, it was the real Divine Lady. She descended from the sky and killed all those Yan Shuilei!"

"Yan Shuilei? Yes, we encountered quite a few on our way here as well."

An Inner Sect Disciple nodded: "This kind of Second Grade demonic beast is usually trivial, but now it’s a bit tricky. I suppose that Divine Lady... that Taoist friend had to put in quite an effort?"

The female cultivators immediately clamored to correct: "The Divine Lady incinerated dozens of Yan Shuilei with a wave of her hand, without any effort!"

The disciples of Zhenyang Sect looked at each other incredulously: "Killed dozens with just a wave?"

They encountered over a dozen Yan Shuilei on their way, and it took the combined efforts of all to kill these mutated Second Grade demonic beasts.

But now they’re told that some Divine Lady resolved several dozen with one gesture?

Isn’t that a joke?

"Where is this Divine Lady you mentioned?"

Someone asked. The female cultivators all shook their heads:

"She disappeared."

"..."

Qin Gengyun walked up to Zhao Yi, Qian Er, and Sun San, asking in a deep voice:

"Did you really see the Divine Lady?"

The three exchanged glances and immediately shook their heads: "No, it was a Great Cultivator who saved us, but it wasn’t the Divine Lady."

When the Divine Lady left, she instructed not to disclose her whereabouts to others at will.

She left before these people arrived, for her reasons. We just need to help conceal it.

Qin Gengyun steadily looked at the three: "Then why do they say they saw the Divine Lady?"

Sun San laughed heartily: "Perhaps it was too perilous just now, and they were in such panic that they hallucinated."

Qin Gengyun was about to ask further when suddenly from afar came a deafening howl.

It was the cry of that cunning beast!

But this howl was different from before, it seemed to carry a note of retreat.

Indeed, countless demonic beasts emerged nearby, fleeing towards the outskirts of Yunling Town like a receding tide. In moments, the demonic beasts within Yunling Town had all retreated.

The townspeople who had been hiding in various corners stepped out, their faces showing relief that they survived:

"The demonic beasts have retreated! They’ve retreated!"

"I didn’t die, I didn’t die!"

"Boohoo, father!"

"Husband, wake up!"

While some were lucky to survive, others held onto the corpses of loved ones, overwhelmed by grief. The rain continued to pour, washing the ground of blood, but unable to cleanse the fear in their hearts.

This fear now slowly descended upon the disciples of the Zhenyang Sect.

After the demonic beasts retreated, Wei Wan gathered all the disciples at the ruins of Caifeng Street for a headcount. Xu Caihe tearfully reported that three fellow sect members had died in battle!

At this moment, disciples of Zhenyang Sect stood before the three corpses.

Two of them were Inner Sect Disciples from Sword Tomb Peak and Heaven-Reaching Peak. The other, whom Qin Gengyun and the others knew, was Feng Tianyun, an Outer Sect Disciple from Danxia Peak.

All three corpses showed the same death manner—each had their chest pierced by beast claws, leaving a gaping hole in their bodies.

This Feng Tianyun, self-proclaimed as charming and debonair, now lay with his body covered in blood, eyes wide open, body broken, dying with unreconciled eyes.

The rain still fell, yet everyone remained silent, quietly watching the bodies of their three fellow disciples.

At this moment, they finally understood.

Even as disciples of Zhenyang Sect, even as prodigious cultivators, they too could die when facing a beast horde.

Qin Gengyun looked around and suddenly asked: "Where is Ruo Mei?"