This time, the bride could no longer endure it. Perhaps she had received orders from her true body; utterly exhausted, she spoke.
"I... I don't really know either. Three months ago, this place became a forbidden zone. Your fifth disciple came here once and left after I sliced off just a tiny bit of her divine soul. I merely used that fragment to give off your disciple's aura, hoping to lure you here. I know nothing else..."
"So that's how it was."
Fang Yang nodded, feeling a little disappointed. In truth, he really did want to meet his fifth disciple.
Unfortunately, this disciple was like a divine dragon whose head appeared but whose tail remained unseen. Even her own master could hardly meet her.
Perhaps...
He could only go see his second disciple, the Heavenly Calculation Heir.
For some reason, he always felt that meeting this second disciple of his would help him understand many things.
Buzzz!
Amid a series of humming sounds, both the Immortal Finger and the Demon Finger withdrew.
Fang Yang pointed into the air, and black flames burned over the Strange Bride, making her figure flicker as though she would burn away completely at any moment.
Yet faced with this excruciating pain, she actually sighed in slight relief. After all, this felt much more bearable than the Immortal Finger.
At least it would no longer be as humiliating as before, when her entire body had nearly melted into a puddle...
Before she vanished, however, she asked one final question.
"Demon Venerable, since you already knew your disciple wasn't here, why did you enter this village?"
"Because you stripped away a fragment of my disciple's divine soul. Anyone who dares harm my disciples must pay the price they deserve."
In Kyoto, rain fell that night.
Rain