On this same night, in a dilapidated Daoist temple on a small hillside amidst a raging blizzard, Jiang Mei recounted everything that happened today at the Hehuan Holy Land to the middle-aged woman sitting cross-legged before her: "Master, this is the current situation. That Demoness is truly detestable. Since you are injured, you probably won't be able to take action for a while. Should we notify the Sect?"
"Once I have recovered for a few days, I will naturally rescue the Saintess. Right now, the Sect is being besieged by a million-strong beast horde and has already sealed its gates. Even the Sect Prodigies in the hidden trial grounds near the Sect cannot return."
"Then... what should we do? We can't just stand by and watch the Saintess be humiliated!"
The middle-aged woman's face was pale, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood after a few light coughs: "Disciple, there is no need to worry. First, the Saintess's Life-bound Stone is still glowing, proving she hasn't suffered any substantial harm. Most importantly, the Ancestral Grandmother predicted that the Saintess's trip this time is a blessing, not a curse. She will meet a benefactor who can change her entire life—a benefactor who might even reverse the Sect's tragic fate. She told me not to force anything and to let things take their natural course."
"That benefactor is probably the one who will truly kill the Demoness and rescue the Saintess... Additionally, I've quietly placed a tracking Spell on the Saintess, which will make it easier for us to locate her accurately."
Jiang Mei felt very dejected because she understood that as the Saintess's Dao Protector, her Master could not escape responsibility for the Saintess being abducted. Punishment was inevitable.
The cultivation level her Master had forcibly raised despite being seriously injured would also drop due to the punishment. Only by redeeming herself through service could the punishment be lightened.
I can't just watch. Since I have the Saintess's location, why don't I lurk behind and rescue her when that Demoness lets her guard down?
In a nearby town's inn, Lin Fan had just woken up when he saw his Senior Brother, Qi Ji, standing by the bed with a fawning expression. Qi Ji approached with a smile, holding a white porcelain bottle: "Junior Brother Lin, I have some high-quality healing Medicinal Pills here..."
Before he could finish, Lin Fan knocked it aside and grabbed Qi Ji's collar: "You're such a coward! You just stood there and watched the Saintess be abducted. A spineless Righteous Path Cultivator like you is no different from a maggot in a latrine!"
Faced with such a severe insult, Qi Ji's expression momentarily turned sinister, but he still forced an unnatural smile: "What are you saying, Junior Brother Lin? Even the Inner Sect Disciples of the Upper Sect were helpless. Wouldn't a nobody like me just be seeking death?"
"Bullshit! Those are just excuses for your cowardice!" Lin Fan's eyes were bloodshot as he recklessly raised his fist against this Senior Brother who had once endlessly suppressed him.
Qi Ji, afraid of Lin Fan's cultivation, didn't dare use his Spiritual Power to resist and was given a black eye. After being knocked to the ground, he grew angrier the more he thought about it, his face becoming increasingly distorted: "Junior Brother Lin, hitting me now won't stop your goddess from moaning in that Demoness's arms. It's been a day and a night; your high-and-mighty goddess's voice must be hoarse from screaming, her tears dried up, and her body covered in wounds."
"Shut up! I'll rip your foul mouth apart!"
Lin Fan's killing intent was clear, but Qi Ji continued to laugh wildly: "With your current cultivation, if you want to save your goddess, you'd have to hand over everything you own and kneel before that Demoness, begging her to be gentler with your goddess. Otherwise, your goddess will suffer terribly at the hands of that Demoness."
"Just die!"
Just as Lin Fan raised his palm to kill his fellow Disciple, the guest room door was kicked open. Four young Disciples of the Zhen Sect dressed in gray entered. The leading elder Disciple pointed at Qi Ji: "Take this bastard who dares to speak ill of the Saintess away and give him thirty lashes with the Soul-Whipping Whip!"
Only then did he turn to Lin Fan: "Why did you send three Life-threatening Talismans to call us here?"
As Qi Ji was being dragged away, he looked at Lin Fan with a crazed expression: "I wonder if Junior Brother Lin has heard the new term from storybooks, 'cuckold'? Right now, you're desperately trying to be a cuckold, but the Saintess has never even looked at you properly. You can't even manage to be a cuckold... Let go of me!"
Lin Fan glared viciously at Qi Ji before steadying his mind: "Eldest Senior Brother, while we were at the Hehuan Forbidden Land, the Saintess was publicly abducted by a Hehuan Demoness. She even humiliated the Saintess in public, declaring she would make the Saintess her Cauldron. That Demoness is no better than a beast!"
Hearing this, the Eldest Senior Brother appeared shocked and angry on the surface, but a hint of envy and jealousy flashed in his eyes: "To think such a thing happened! Don't worry, that Demoness won't get far. I can definitely find her using a tracking Spell. When the time comes, we'll strike back and rescue the Saintess."
"But although that Demoness is despicable, her strength cannot be underestimated."
"Junior Brother Lin, look at this." The Eldest Senior Brother took out a large golden seal: "This is one of the two Sacred Treasures of the Sect, the golden lock sacred seal. Although the four of us cannot unleash its full power, it's enough to easily detain a Golden Core Cultivator."
"Good! When we catch the Demoness, we'll hand her over to the Saintess. I'm sure the Saintess hates her most and would want to cut her into a thousand pieces. The torture the Demoness will suffer will surely be immense."
Lin Fan's mind was filled with a thousand thoughts: "Young Miss, I'm coming to save you with the Senior Brothers. You have to hang in there. Demoness... your days of enjoyment are coming to an end..."
It was now the darkest time before dawn. Only a corner of the blanket covered the Saintess. Her hands and feet were still in shackles, and the black cloth strip used as a blindfold hung around her neck. Her white clothes were crumpled, and her fair skin was clearly visible in many places.
With her skin looming through the fabric and her pitiable and lovely appearance, anyone who liked women would have had their appetite whetted, but Wang Li restrained herself from taking her evil deeds to the very end.
Ji Shengyao glared fiercely at Wang Li: "Even though I agreed to let you misbehave, you've gone too far! Remember this, I'm keeping track of every single act of humiliation. I will definitely make you regret what you did last night and pay you back a thousandfold."
"You want to pay me back a thousandfold for what I did last night... why wait? You can pay me back right now." Wang Li narrowed her eyes with a seductive little look.
She placed her petite feet on the edge of the bed. Her five toes, painted with red nail polish, were incredibly delicate, like five white jade beans.
She slowly pulled up her red skirt, revealing her long, beautiful legs entirely to Ji Shengyao: "Come on, if you want to pay me back for everything I did last night, don't be shy. You won't get another chance like this."
"Take them away! I won't touch your slutty hooves, you Demoness."
"You haven't even touched them, so how do you know they're slutty hooves?"
Seeing the Demoness's tempting and slutty behavior, Ji Shengyao's face turned beet red, and her heart began to race. For a moment, she even had the urge to investigate further.
This left her pale with shock. She thought about how she had always maintained her dignified and ladylike persona as a Saintess in front of this Demoness—wasn't that just mistreating herself? If she was angry, why couldn't she just scream and curse?
Thinking this, she suddenly snapped: "I indeed don't know if your legs are slutty hooves, but I do know you're a total slut! A total slut whose slutty aura wafts for over a hundred miles in the early morning and doesn't dissipate for a long time!"