Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price

Chapter 560 - 220: Renowned and Righteous Sects, Shining Achievements

Suxin and others led the disciples to the land of the South Demon, ostensibly to find remnants of the Demon Sect, but actually to secretly investigate the cause of the two uncles’ deaths.

The deaths of Shi Shuhong and Wei Shouyuan must not be known to outsiders.

Especially someone like Su Hongling, who holds a very high position in the Thunder Sword Sect. If she were to learn of the current weakened state of the Zhenyang Sect, Su Longxiang would undoubtedly become restless.

Moreover, the Feiyun Sect, which has always coveted the position of Leader of the Righteous Path, if internal strife breaks out among the Three Great Sects, the world’s peace would again be shattered.

For all these reasons, Suxin certainly did not want Su Hongling to continue following them.

Little Hammer carrying a big hammer, squinted at Suxin: "You go your way, I’ll go mine, why do you care?"

Xia Qinglian agreed to have a fight with her once on the mountain, how could she leave?

Suxin, unaware of Little Hammer’s thoughts, thought she wanted to continue pestering Junior Brother He, and had no choice but to say to Qin Gengyun:

"Junior Brother He, talk to Fairy Su."

Everyone also looked at Qin Gengyun with a displeased expression, almost ready to call him a "jerk."

Qin Gengyun, somewhat bewildered, had no choice but to say to Little Hammer: "Little Hammer, will you leave if I ask you to?"

Little Hammer bared her teeth at him: "Why should I? I’m not leaving!"

This situation seemed a bit like a little couple having a tiff, so the disciples chose not to be further agitated and headed up the mountain.

Suxin shook her head, exchanged a glance with Chun Ningzhi, Zhang Zheng, and the others, realizing they couldn’t force Su Hongling to leave, they could only take it one step at a time.

The group climbed the mountain on foot, and before long, an exclamation was heard from ahead.

"It’s Junior Sister Xu!"

"Could it be the thief who killed Zheng Wei last night?!"

"Quickly!"

The disciples of the Zhenyang Sect changed their expressions and hurried towards the place where Xu Caihe’s exclamation was heard.

In view was a row of wooden houses built on the mountainside, all burnt and mostly collapsed.

It was evident that this was a dwelling place for the Cyan Lotus Sect disciples.

At this moment, Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’er stood in front of a charred house, their expressions horrified, mouths agape, looking at what hung from the burnt door beam.

Upon closer inspection, everyone gasped in shock.

Hanging from the door beam was a skeleton.

Moreover, the skeleton was small, appearing to be that of a five or six-year-old child.

The child had been deceased for some time, body decomposed, leaving only bones and tattered clothes, with a rope around the neck, hanging from the door beam.

It seemed the child was hanged alive.

Standing before this small skeleton, Xu Caihe covered her mouth, eyes red, while Zhou Ling’er clenched her fists, teeth grinding.

Everyone else was also stunned.

"Such a small child, how could this happen..."

"Too cruel!"

"Who is so vicious..."

In a moment of righteous indignation, someone suddenly recalled something and immediately fell silent.

The surrounding disciples’ faces were also strange, mixed with anger and embarrassment.

It was evident that it was the Righteous Sect who killed this child.

When the Three Great Sects launched a surprise attack on Cyan Lotus Mountain, they crushed everything in their path without leaving any survivors.

This child was naturally killed by the Three Great Sects.

Zhou Ling’er suddenly turned and asked Suxin, who stood silently at the back:

"Senior Sister Suxin, was this child really killed by our people...?"

Suxin was silent for a moment, then shook her head: "I wasn’t at Cyan Lotus Mountain that day."

When the Three Great Sects split into two groups, one led ordinary disciples to Cyan Lotus Mountain.

The other group, consisting of the three Sect Leaders, elders, and all commanding disciples, went to Celestial Ridge Mountain to besiege the Cyan Lotus Sect Leader and the Saintess.

Suxin had gone with her master Tantai Mingyue to Celestial Ridge Mountain, so she wasn’t present at that time.

Regarding what happened on Cyan Lotus Mountain, she only knew the Three Great Sects killed countless demons, and that the Righteous Sect’s achievement was outstanding, without knowing the details.

Seeing the small skeleton now, she felt for the first time the bloody cruelty of that scene.

Suxin lowered her head, inexplicably feeling a sense of guilt, unable to look at the small remains any longer.

Standing at the back, Qin Gengyun and others also saw the situation ahead. Qiu Zhihe’s face turned pale, while Liu Su’s eyes widened in shock.

"Little Ape?"

She recognized the jade pendant on the child’s body.

Because she had given it.

This was a Cyan Lotus Sect disciple named Li Jin who married a village woman from the mountain. They were very much in love, and the woman gave birth to a child, nicknamed Ape.

The child was mischievous and loved to follow Liu Su up and down the mountain.

On Little Ape’s sixth birthday, Liu Su even gifted him a jade pendant.

Little Ape loved it and wore the pendant every day, telling Liu Su, "Susu, you gave me a token of love, I’ll marry you when I grow up!"

Liu Su explained it was a birthday gift, not a token of love, telling him he was too young to think of marrying, shameless!

But Little Ape was persistent, always calling Liu Su "sister bride" whenever he saw her.

After the Cyan Lotus Sect’s demise, Liu Su hurried to Yunling Town to find Xia Qinglian. This was her first return to Cyan Lotus Mountain.

Unexpectedly, the first sight was Little Ape’s remains.

Liu Su’s vision blurred, and she suddenly swayed, supported by a force of spiritual power from Qiu Zhihe’s raised hand.

Liu Su’s eyes were red as she turned to Qiu Zhihe, who was expressionless but with cold, murderous intent in her eyes.

Liu Su also clenched her fists, staring intensely at the small skeleton hanging from the door beam.

"All right, let’s go."

Zhang Zheng spoke, urging several commanding disciples to continue upward.

"Wait a moment."

Xu Caihe took down Little Ape’s remains and walked to a nearby open space, used a palm strike to create a small pit, and placed the remains inside.

With a single hand gesture, surrounding soil flew over to cover the pit.

Zhou Ling’er found a piece of wood, skillfully carved it into a wooden tablet, and placed it on the grave as a burial marker for the child.

However, unaware of the child’s name, they could not inscribe a tombstone and had to use a blank wooden marker.

Everyone watched in silence as they performed these actions.

Suddenly, a cold voice laughed: "There are plenty of dead children ahead, are you going to make a grave for each one?"

"What?!"

Everyone turned towards the voice to see Cheng Qingyu looking disdainfully at Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’er.

Xu Caihe hesitated and immediately asked: "Senior Sister Cheng, were you present during the slaughter of Cyan Lotus Mountain?"

Cheng Qingyu sneered: "Slaughter? We were fighting for the Righteous Path of the world!"

Noticing the strange looks from fellow disciples, she coldly said:

"What are those expressions for? These were demon sect members; killing them was for the people’s safety!"

Xu Caihe retorted angrily: "But such a small child, what evil could he have done?"

Zhou Ling’er muttered: "Perhaps everyone was scrambling for merit at the time, so they killed everyone they saw?"

Cheng Qingyu was furious: "Zhou Ling’er! Do you know what you’re saying?! Your father is the noble family head of Zhenlian City, yet you defend demon sect members today? I could arrest you for that statement!"

Zhou Ling’er’s face turned slightly pale, and Xu Caihe stood in front of her:

"Senior Sister Cheng, as disciples of the Righteous, we uphold the lives of people and justice in the world. If Ling’er stands up against injustice, where is the fault?"

Cheng Qingyu sneered, about to speak, when a figure suddenly appeared in front of her, eyes red, coldly staring at her:

"Did you kill this child?"