Love Them, Wish Them Life; Hate Them, Wish Them Death

Chen Xuan had originally not planned to attend the Saintess Celebration.

But!

After Red Beard Elder and the others left together, Chen Xuan suddenly felt an inexplicable palpitation that made his hair stand on end.

It was as if a venomous snake lurked in the shadows, silently locking onto him, ready to strike at any moment!

So Chen Xuan shouted for Red Beard Elder and the others to take him along...

Although Bai Bingyan was in the secret chamber and could fully guarantee his safety.

Still, Chen Xuan did not want her to be exposed.

The relationship between the Demon Race and the human race was not terribly hostile, but it was certainly far from harmonious.

Besides, Bai Bingyan's identity was far too special...

The moment Chen Xuan appeared outside Vast Hall, he immediately stirred up an uproar and heated discussion.

"Tut, tut! Am I seeing things? Chen Xuan still had the nerve to attend the celebration?"

"Tell me, do you think our trash Saint Son regrets it? Back then, if he had been even a little more of a man, he would have a Saintess Dao Companion by now..."

"Was he worthy? Whenever I think of my goddess once being ridden and wantonly defiled by him, I want to die!"

"That leap into the Seven Treasures Glazed Pool! The agony of the Three Lights Divine Water stripping flesh and scraping bone! All of that was Saintess Liu's stance! Now, she is pure and pristine, with not the slightest connection to this trash!"

Chen Xuan simply ignored these words.

A dragon did not speak with snakes!

These scraps were not worthy of Chen Xuan's notice.

Let them wag their tongues. The more gleefully they wagged them now, the harder their faces would be slapped at the Apprentice Ceremony!

"Xuan Ge!..."

Du Meng had just arrived and immediately came over.

He lowered his voice. "The Sect Demon Hunting Squad... is back! The casualties this time were too horrific. Tian Xing Elder was badly wounded and poisoned by some strange venom. They say his strength has fallen to the Nascent Soul Realm."

"That fellow Niu Ben was badly injured too. The moment he came back, he started cursing nonstop, saying they had fallen into a trap and ambush."

"What?"

Chen Xuan's expression changed at once!

In his heart, Tian Xing Elder was like a strict father. He had even risked his life to save Chen Xuan on multiple missions.

And his disciple Niu Ben had been born with Divine Power, open and forthright by nature. Along with Du Meng and Chen Xuan, they were known as the Demon Hunting Squad's iron triangle...

"Don't worry! The strange poison in Elder Tian Xing's body should have been barely suppressed. He even asked me to pass along a message, saying that after attending the celebration, he would come to Xuan Hall to visit you," Du Meng consoled him.

"Mm!"

Chen Xuan nodded, his mood inexplicably turning foul!

As the two spoke, Elder Tian Xing arrived with Niu Ben.

Dai Tao, standing nearby, laughed gleefully. "Saint Son Chen Xuan, now you can strut your stuff again. No need to grovel and beg to be spared anymore... After all, Elder Tian Xing treats you like his own son!"

The moment he said this, the entire scene fell silent.

"Hmph!"

The gaunt Elder Tian Xing snorted coldly, the killing intent around him bleak and savage.

His lips were purple as he said icily, "I have heard about everything that has happened during this time! Certain people have truly gone too far in bullying others! Whoever dares bully Chen Xuan again must first get past me!"

This was Elder Tian Xing's stance!

"Me too!"

Niu Ben shouted as well. His bronze, muscular body stood a full two and a half meters tall, like an enormous humanoid beast!

Chen Xuan's nose stung, and he was inexplicably moved.

True feelings were revealed in adversity!

After he self-detonated his Ninth Grade Golden Core and fell from the clouds into the abyss overnight, how many people in the Vast Sword Sect still treated him sincerely?

Because Elder Tian Xing carried such formidable prestige, no one dared mock him for the moment.

Niu Ben threw an arm around Chen Xuan's neck and leaned close to whisper in his ear.

"Xuan Ge, don't lose heart. Liu Ruyan is a filthy bitch, a worn-out shoe... Given the chance, I'll smash her to death with one blow of my club and avenge you!"

"Good! Remember that promise, brat..." Chen Xuan said with a smile.

Then, the four of them entered Vast Hall together.

The hall was already packed wall to wall.

Under everyone's astonished gazes, Chen Xuan walked straight toward his Saint Son Throne...

"Huh? He still had the nerve to come?"

"Our Saint Son Chen Xuan has quite the thick skin!"

"If I were him, I'd stuff my head straight into my crotch. How could I still have the nerve to attend the celebration?"

Situ Yulong and the others whispered among themselves, their mockery written plainly across their faces.

Especially when they saw Chen Xuan brazenly take a seat near the front of the hall, they became even more displeased, as though they had been insulted.

Sect Master Li Yinglian sat in the seat of honor. After speaking a few perfunctory words, he announced the formal beginning of the Saintess Celebration.

A thousand auspicious hues, countless streams of spiritual radiance!

As music began to play, a peerlessly beautiful figure stepped upon white clouds and flew into the hall.

Liu Ruyan!

She carried an intensely cold aura and wore a flowing white dress. Her beauty was unmatched, with a moon-shaming, flower-blushing loveliness between her autumn-wave eyes and willow-leaf brows.

In particular, her exceptionally full breasts nearly burst from her dress, adding a few seductive charms to the aura of an immortal maiden untouched by the mortal world.

Liu Ruyan's beautiful eyes swept across the room. When they landed on Chen Xuan, she visibly froze!

Her delicate brows could not help furrowing slightly!

This was troublesome...

In the assassination plan Liu Ruyan had personally arranged, Chen Xuan had been deemed unlikely to attend the celebration.

After all, he could not possibly be so shameless, could he?

Yet... Chen Xuan had truly come!

That meant Peach Blossom Sword Maniac's chances of success would be greatly reduced.

No one knew what Liu Ruyan was thinking. Seeing her frown in displeasure, each of them wished they could drive Chen Xuan away!

A trash Saint Son who had a grudge with Saintess Liu... and he still had the nerve to attend the celebration?

A dung beetle wearing a mask—shameless and stinking!

At that moment, another figure swept into the hall. It was Ji Wushuang.

He was as refined as jade and carefree in bearing, making Zhao Caiyue and the other women burn with envy again and again!

"Senior Sister Ru Yan, congratulations on becoming the Saintess of our Vast Sword Sect. This is my congratulatory gift for you."

Ji Wushuang was gentle and elegant as he presented his gift.

It made everyone else green with envy!

Standing together, he and Liu Ruyan looked every bit like an immortal couple.

Zhao Caiyue, Shen Qingqing, Bai Ling, and Mu Xueyuan secretly gritted their teeth, each of them consumed by envy and jealousy!

Bai Ling especially was a woman with an overwhelming possessiveness; when she loved someone, she wished them life, and when she hated someone, she wished them death.

She glanced at Chen Xuan, and a scheme suddenly came to mind!

"Whoosh!"

Bai Ling flipped her hand and produced a Green Jade Flute. Then she said, "Junior Sister Ru Yan, today is the joyous day of your investiture. I cultivate the Dao of music, so how about I play a flute piece in celebration?"

Liu Ruyan smiled sweetly and said softly, "Then I must thank you, Senior Sister Bai Ling!"

Bai Ling suddenly looked at Chen Xuan and smiled. "Junior Brother, when you went to the Bloody Mire to seize the Ancient Evolution Sword Palace, Saintess Liu once lay drunken in your arms and softly sang 'Chang Xiang Si,' a song she composed especially for you..."

"May Senior Sister play this tune?"

Boom!

The moment those words fell, the hall erupted in an uproar!

Everyone's gazes turned in unison toward Liu Ruyan.

At this moment, Liu Ruyan's face was frosty, and her beautiful eyes were fixed on Bai Ling as though they might spit fire!

Bai Ling's words were like ripping open Liu Ruyan's scar!

It was naked provocation and humiliation!

How dare Bai Ling?

How dare she!!!