XIAO SHUXIANG'S

448-Wedding Night [Revised]

"Even though I come here often, I never get tired of the beauty of Big Dipper City..."

A girl dressed in white with a stork pattern was seen sitting on the fourth floor of an inn. In front of him was a wooden table with some food and a jar of wine at the best of this place.

His attention was drawn to the scene below. Tonight the air felt more peaceful than usual. He sat down with a girl who was dressed the same as hers, they were both cultivators of the White Stork Sect.

"Right, I also love seeing the beauty of this city. Especially now, everyone was celebrating the birth of the son of the Middle Celestial Emperor. Look, they're flying lanterns."

The smile of the short-haired girl looked very sweet, she had bright eyes with a small mole on the right side of her lower lip.

His older brother himself had long black hair, quite wavy with lip dyes that were too thick. However, she has an amazing charm.

"The Big Dipper Star City of the Middle Sky Empire." the long-haired girl showed an expressionless face, although her eyes contained pity.

"... This place was more populated by outsiders, dominated by the inhabitants of the Eastern Continent. Isn't the Middle Sky Emperor too generous?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor is like that. He married a noble from the Eastern Continent, his wife gave birth and all his subjects flew lanterns as a form of homage.."

The short-haired girl began to eat the dishes presented in front of her. He went back to his words, ".. The culture of the foreign nation is really well received in this place. In contrast to the Northern Heavens Empire which was more dominated by indigenous people and more sensitively accepted these kinds of things,"

"Mn, maybe this is what they call 'acculturation'." the long-haired girl drank wine in her cup and watched her younger sibling eat. "... You better hurry so that we can get to the Sky Pagoda Sect in time,"

"Sister, you should eat too. There we have to keep the attitude, it is impossible to eat much.."

"alright.. All right, you're right. Let's eat,"

The two girls were none other than one of the invited guests in the Sky Pagoda Sect. They decided to go fill the stomach first before continuing on to the destination.

There is a lot of news circulating that tonight is the best night and full of happiness. The marriage of the girl who possessed most of the beauty of this world and the birth of a prince in the Middle Sky Empire was a fortune.

Far away in another place, the Sky Pagoda Sect. Jing Mi, Hou Yong and Hai Feng were seen standing upright at the side of the sect's main gate. They keep an eye on every guest who comes, check their identity, and always prepare to catch people who feel suspicious.

Not only were the three of them guarding the security in the sect, but also some talented disciples from the Sky Pagoda Sect. However, it was Jing Mi who attracted the most attention outside this gate.

He has a large, muscular, and powerful body. The blackish brown clothes he was wearing and the pair of swords that were at the back of his waist made Jing Mi look fierce.

Not only was Jing Mi the one stealing the attention at the outer gate of the Sky Pagoda Sect, but also Hai Feng. The young man had a clean face, a well-built body, looked dignified and resembled a noble family.

Hou Yong watched every disciple of the Sky Pagoda Sect who stood guard with him and now understood that he was the shortest one here.

Hou Yong let out a long sigh and it was heard by Hai Feng standing beside him. "Even without wearing brightly colored clothes, Brother Jing grabs a lot of attention from us.."

Hai Feng smiled and then turned his head towards Jing Mi, "I couldn't find any clothes the size of Brother Jing's body, and it took a long time to sew a new one for her. Let alone Brother Jing having such a strange body, his clothes today could become unloading tomorrow."

"I heard what you were talking about.." Jing Mi turned her head towards Hai Feng and Hou Yong, she protested because her brother's words were too exaggerated.

All this time his clothes were always attached to his body. Since that was the slightest bit of exaggerated movement, Jing Mi was able to tear off her clothes.

"Tayle~"

?!

Jing Mi gasped when she heard a woman's voice. He was so focused on his friends that he almost forgot about his job. He apologized to the pink-clothed woman in front of him and requested the invitation of the Sky Pagoda Sect as an identifier.

The 32-year-old woman was a representative of one of the White Stream parties from the Central Sky Empire. Each party and sect invited can only send a maximum of 2 representatives.

Jing Mi felt awkward because whenever a guest passed by, attention was always on her.

Repeatedly he swallowed his saliva and rubbed the cold sweat down his cheek. Hou Yong and Hai Feng who saw that seemed to be exhaling slowly.

One of the Heaven Pagoda Sect disciples standing beside Hai Feng also stared at Jing Mi. He couldn't stand to talk either.

"I guess.. Although Young Master Jing's body was so stocky, yet she had a heart as gentle as knowing.."

Hai Feng turned his head and then nodded in agreement, "You are absolutely right, Brother. He is also a person who easily gets nervous when dealing with strangers. It looks fierce, but it's still very good."

Hou Yong, "If in ordinary days, Brother Jing is like that. But he'd be very different if he was involved in a fight,"

The Sky Pagoda Sect disciple looked curious. Hai Feng, who knew the students' curiosity, said, "I mean that Hou Yong is Brother Jing can be a terrible monster when he is excited in a fight."

Hai Feng continued, this time he laughed awkwardly. "Actually... We're all the same, too,"

Hai Feng scratched his non-itchy and rich cheeks softly, "I often get carried away when I start swinging weapons."

"Ehm.." The Sky Pagoda Sect disciple blinked, "You guys like to fight huh?"

Hou Yong shook his head, "We actually don't like to fight. It's just that if we are forced, we often get carried away. The thing is, it's hard to leave the opponent's body intact, I sometimes have trouble swallowing food while remembering."

"Aah~ I also experience it often. Last time I tried to use the 'Lingchi' technique to kill an opponent. But only three cuts, the howling of his pain has made me unable to bear.." Hai Feng shook his head while clucking, "Fuck you. I tried to make him stop yelling, but he accidentally slit his throat."

Hou Yong patted Hai Feng's arm while exhaling, "You're too brave. The 'Lingchi' technique could not be used by any random person. Only those like Brother Xiao could do it. I myself once slashed the opponent's fingers and I let him bleed to death, I tore his mouth open as he began to not bear to hear his howl,"

"Well, you're so mean Brother Hou. You should've stuffed his mouth with your locust claw, that's a lot better."

"Hi Feng, my weapon's name is 'Agai'. You can't call him a locust claw. And you know, this blade of my weapon is ten times more painful than Brother Jing's jagged twin swords.."

Hou Yong smiled widely, he said. "I once used the 'Lingchi' technique with my weapon and the results were quite satisfactory. I can make a piece as thin as a cloth against the opponent's body with full concentration, although I can only survive fifteen cuts...."

!!

The disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect and some of the invited guests who heard Hou Yong's words looked surprised. They stared at the 169 cm tall young man in disbelief.

Talking about how to finish off opponents is actually a sensitive and taboo for warriors. It was just that it didn't seem to apply to these two young men.

Moreover, the technique they were talking about earlier was 'Lingchi Execution'. It means to die by cutting.

The victim of 'Lingchi' would receive 3357 wounds in which he was not allowed to die before the final cut. And hence, a person using this technique must be highly skilled to prevent an early death toll.

One of the invited guests approached Hou Yong and asked timidly, his face looking pale. "Anu.. You two are talking about such a horrible thing don't you feel anything?"

"Not at all," Hou Yong looked ordinary, "In our sect, there is a rule where a disciple can become a 'Great Senior' if he has already used the 'Lingchi' technique to kill an opponent. The more numbers he got, the more respected he was."

Hou Yong smiled proudly, "My own record is in the top third. Of course in the second place was Yi Wen and in the first position was occupied by the person who became the source of the rule itself, who else if not Brother Xiao-Ku."

Hou Yong clenched a tanga and cheered himself up, "Haah.. Until at any time, I cannot catch up with Brother Xiao. But I'm not giving up. Slowly but surely, my latest record should be at 20."

"Brother Hou.." Jing Mi finally spoke, ".. Before that happens, you'll lose to me first."

"Did? It was impossible, it took endurance and excellent skills to wear the 'Lingchi' technique'. I'm not sure you can endure that heartbreaking scream of pain,"

"I can use earplugs when I do."

"Isn't that cheating?"

!!

The guests who were still at the front gate as well as the disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect who were on guard involuntarily held their breaths. Their faces looked pale, some even had difficulty moving their legs.

The invited guests who were representatives of the party and the middle sect seemed worried if they went inside.

Some girls were seen biting their fingers in fear, some were clenched in their hands trying to resist shaking. Not a few who even have trouble wiping the cold sweat that pours on their cheeks.

"How's this..? I don't doubt my abilities, but I'm just not sure I'm going home alive."

Two men looked at each other and thought the same thing. Their faces grew pale, wanting to leave this place but unable to. One thing on their minds is.. The wedding that took place inside was the most terrible event ever.

He was wearing a black purple outfit, his hair was short in silvery white, and he was carrying a matching colored fan with his clothes.

".. I've heard this. 'On the night of the full moon, the intoxicating beauty, the butterflies become bees, the rabbits die in sacrifice, the dark begin to swallow lives'. It felt.. It's like now,"

The young man wearing a black cloth as an eye patch seemed to be fanning his face slowly, he said that most serial murders always start from a beautiful night.

Hou Yong turned his head towards Hai Feng and Jing Mi. His two brothers seemed to know what he was thinking and they seemed to raise a little shoulder.

"Ehm.. I don't understand what you're saying, but we're from the Butterfly Sect.." Hou Yong looked at the young man playing the fan. His plain-sounding speech even made the guests surprised instead of playing.

The words of the purple-black-clothed young man earlier now began to feel clear. They were like rabbits that were on their way to the heady beauty behind the gate in front of them.

"'The Kupu-Kupu became bees', does that mean they will slaughter us in there?"

"We will be sacrificed. Could the news that was circulating be true? That Miss Ling's beauty came from human sacrifice? This marriage is just a cover where we're gonna be finished.."

"Don't talk like that.. You're scaring me even more,"

!!

The disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect who stood guard with Jing Mi, Hou Yong, and Hai Feng could see the doubts on the faces of the invited guests.

"Wait a minute, this isn't what you think. We're.."

One of the disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect had trouble finding words. The faces of the guests he saw were filled with worry, some were staring suspiciously, and not a few were starting to hold tightly onto each other's weapons.

"What's this..?"

!!

A soft voice surprised them all. A girl's feet began to tread gracefully on the ground, her white, red-mixed clothes looking incompatible with the curves of her awesome body.

The girl had a pretty face, simple makeup but with a slightly thick lip dye. He was seen fiddling around a bit with his short hair and walking closer to Jing Mi.

"Brother Jing, why are you keeping the guests here? And why do they look pale? You're.."

"Yi Wen, I didn't do anything. Just.." Jing Mi lowered her head slightly and then whispered something in her brother's ear.

The girl who attracted attention because of her nice body seemed to listen to Jing Mi and then gasped. After knowing the condition that occurred, he exhaled slowly.

Behind Yi Wen was Zhi Shu. The long-haired girl in pink clothes seemed to be walking gracefully. Her plain face and shady eyes were very soothing. For a moment, some guests seemed to forget their worries.

Yi Wen politely told the guests not to be afraid. The wedding that took place inside really happened and they shouldn't have heard the nonsense of their fellow students.

".. They like to talk excessively. Wherever possible our sect has a rule of some kind of 'Lingchi' technique or whatever. These three people are troublemakers, they love to scare. Isn't that right, Zhi Shu?"

"D-oh! Yes, Brother Jing despite having a stocky body but he is too sensitive. My brothers and sisters are all innocent and kind-hearted children, although they do sometimes like to act naughty."

Zhi Shu courteously saluted, her voice and face full of gentleness were perfect in this kind of situation.

Yi Wen too, her pretty face and sweet smile would not make the invited guests realize her lie. Moreover, Jing Mi, Hou Yong, and Hai Feng did not protest with his words earlier.

".. They like to disturb. I hope that Mister and Miss all don't hold grudges against my brother." Yi Wen bowed respectfully. He again continued that the invited guests could enter and ascertain for themselves what was going on inside there.

The young man with eyes covered in black cloth smiled towards Yi Wen. He played his fan and nodded in agreement to the beautiful girl's words. It's good to make sure yourself whether in there really is a wedding or not.

Before he stepped, a girl dressed in red stopped him. The girl had snow-white skin, slender thighs without blemishes, and had a red scorpion carved on one of her thighs. She has long hair with the upper part of her body slightly open.

"Yun Fei'Ge, I don't want you to go in first. It's like hurting my pride because you're wearing a blindfold, where you can see."

The girl named Han Ying, she saluted Yi Wen and Zhi Shu then gave her invitation card to Jing Mi. He and the purple-clothed man were representatives of the Demon Party, his own partner was named Gou Yun Fei.

"Handsome~" Han Ying slightly touched Jing Mi's chest to the surprise of the young man, ".. Next time I'll use the 'Lingchi' technique on your muscular body.."

Han Ying's smile was painted on his face. He started to walk in followed by Gou Yun Fei. Some warriors followed them from behind.

"Hey.." one of the warriors approached Jing Mi, ".. Did you really lie when you said you and your friend used to do the 'Lingchi' technique'?"

"Not at all, I'm not lying. But in there it's different than you think. This is my Brother Xiao's wedding to Miss Ling,"

Jing Mi replied with a suave smile of hers, the young man in front of her is a cultivator from the White Stream middle sect.

He has great ability, but is always humble. She was just like Jing Mi, which was easy to get along with anyone.

"All right, I believe you. But if something happens in there and happens to me, I will curse your seven descendants."

!!

Jing Mi blinked, she looked at the young man earlier who had already stepped into the gate. He had no lover and no one wanted to curse his descendants. It's a really rare occurrence.

Yi Wen watched every invited guest that passed before him. They were apparently representatives of the third party and sect of the Stream. Arguably, for the first night of this - The invitation is only intended for warriors.

"They only sent ordinary disciples as representatives, and it turned out that only a few of his disciples looked strong. Though inside.. The representatives of the Great Party and Sect were the Patriarch as well as the Grand Elder. What's the matter exactly.."

Yi Wen rubbed his chin while thinking of something. A person dressed in black with a red robe passed before him and it made himself flinch.

!!

Yi Wen immediately turned his head, but was only able to see the back of the person he believed to be a grown man. From behind, the man has long black hair with a way of walking that is full of authority.

The red robe of the man seemed to be waving in the wind. Yi Wen watched closely until the man's back began to be blocked by the bodies of the other invited guests.

"Miss, why are you crying?"

?!

The voice from Hai Feng resuscitated Yi Wen. He saw his brother who was dealing with a woman dressed in all white.

Hai Feng himself was puzzled as the woman hugging the cloth doll in front of him was shedding tears. He did nothing, let alone snarl. It was the woman in front of him who cried first.

"I'm sad.. Marriage always makes me cry. It's so sad,"

"Miss.. Um.. Miss Miao Gang.." Hai Feng read this woman's name from the invitation he had in his hand. He asked Miao Gang to calm down before asking in a soft voice.

".. Why is Miss so sad? Did anyone hurt you?"

"I don't like weddings.. I feel sorry for the bride and groom.. Seeing them together makes me want to cry.."

"But you've been crying ever since..!" Hai Feng exhaled, he felt that he had met a strange cultivator. Honestly, he couldn't face a woman like this.

"Miss..!" Hou Yong suddenly patted the back of Miao Gang excitedly to the point of making the woman surprised.

".. You don't have to cry and you better get in. Forget your sadness, after all, a girl's tears as beautiful as you are too precious to fall for granted,"

Hai Feng snapped at Hou Yong's head, he licked his midget friend as well as cursed him for daring to tease the invited guest.

Hai Feng flanked Hou Yong on his arm and allowed Miao Gang to enter. His own brothers seem to be trying to rebel.

Miao Gang passed by in front of Yi Wen and met a glance for a moment with the girl before passing away leaving her.

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