203: Chapter 203 The Twelve Beauties

Matriarch Jia fled, and Elder Hei Yan led over ten people in hot pursuit.

Zi Xia stayed behind to protect Yuan Chen, preventing any unexpected mishaps.

Without the Matriarch, the Honglou Demon Sect was nothing but a disorganized rabble.

Once the experts of the Black Dragon Clan charged in, they did not even stand a chance to resist.

Instantly, a chorus of wails and screams resounded.

Those watching the battle whispered among themselves, but none of them interfered.

Jia Yuan wailed anxiously inside the golden bell, but it was of no use; she could not even get out.

The Imperial Dynasty guards wanted to intervene, but they were stopped by the Dragon Clan.

They promised to release her as soon as the battle ended.

However, if they released her now and something happened, the Dragon Clan would take no responsibility.

Meanwhile, the few who charged into the Sect also kept Yuan Chen's words in mind.

There were only two people.

Shi Yun and Miao Yu.

Both were top-tier beauties of the Demon Sect.

Fearing they might kill the wrong person, they also captured some of the beautiful ones first, awaiting Yuan Chen's disposal.

The Demon Sect was quite large. While the Dragon Clan was slaughtering, Yuan Chen slowly descended in a few steps.

He first came before the several beauties who had been escorted over.

Shi Yun and the other were crowned as part of the The Twelve Hairpins of The Four Great Demon Sects; absolutely few could compare to them.

Yuan Chen directly cast his gaze upon the most radiant ones.

His gaze first fell upon a soft, young married woman.

This woman definitely belonged to the ranks of the The Twelve Hairpins.

She possessed both Lin Yu's lithe grace and Xue Chai's charm.

"Who are you?"

"I... Chen Keqing,"

Startled, she responded with tears in her eyes.

Yuan Chen had not guessed wrong; she really was one of the The Twelve Hairpins.

Before coming, he had specifically inquired about the The Twelve Hairpins of The Four Great Demon Sects.

It was rumored that in terms of looks alone, Chen Keqing was the leader of the The Twelve Hairpins, the number one beauty of the Demon Sects.

However, she was wanton by nature, and being in a demon Sect, she played quite wildly.

Her most famous masterpiece was "Adoptive Father &&".

It could be said to have been all the rage for a time.

But this little beauty's appearance...

Well... then there was no doubt.

He looked down at the corpse beside her.

"Is this your father-in-law or your husband?"

Chen Keqing's face froze.

"You've heard of my..."

"Father-in-law!"

Seeing Yuan Chen's cold expression, she spoke with a heart like dead ashes.

She had originally thought of offering her body to beg Yuan Chen to spare her.

Now, looking at the situation, it was impossible.

Her reputation had spread far and wide, and besides, Yuan Chen did not lack women, so how could he possibly fancy her?

Yuan Chen nodded without saying anything.

Then, he looked at the other decent-looking women and asked them a few questions.

They were all Disciples of the Honglou Demon Sect, not the people he was looking for.

He bypassed them and walked straight toward the back.

As he left, the women behind him were also directly executed.

The women of enemies would only be a bane if kept alive.

He followed the blood trail toward the back for a while.

A member of the Black Dragon Clan brought a woman before him.

"Young Master, this might be the person you are looking for."

Yuan Chen's eyes lit up.

Petite and cute.

"What is your name?"

"My name is Shi Yun."

The woman answered timidly.

Her body was still trembling continuously as she spoke, clearly terrified by the slaughter on the scene.

"From now on, you are my wife. Are you willing?"

Shi Yun's body trembled as she raised her head in excitement.

I don't have to die?

Without hesitation, she cried out, "Husband, I am willing."

Yuan Chen nodded; she was quite sensible.

According to Xue Chai.

Shi Yun did not have much of a connection with the Honglou Demon Sect.

She was originally a Disciple of one of the other Four Great Demon Sects.

She was marginalized within her Sect.

However, some time ago, Matriarch Jia went out and accidentally discovered that this woman possessed an excellent precious constitution, which had simply gone unnoticed.

She then abducted her directly, planning to refine a batch of precious medicine for Jia Bao.

Jia Bao's trip out this time was precisely to find suitable Materials.

After taking her in, Yuan Chen continued to the back.

Compared to this one, Yuan Chen was even more curious about the other woman.

He came directly to the main hall of the Honglou Demon Sect.

Heading straight for the massive Pill Furnace placed in the center.

There was no one else in the hall besides corpses.

Yuan Chen stepped forward with the newly subdued Shi Yun.

With a smile playing on his lips, he tapped on the surface of the Pill Furnace a few times.

"Come out, I see you."

After waiting a few seconds with no response, he continued to call out.

"Miao Yu, right? Are you still going to hide?"

As soon as the name Miao Yu was spoken, a wisp of black smoke slowly drifted out from the top of the Pill Furnace.

As the black smoke dissipated, a gentle and elegant woman appeared with a helpless sigh.

The woman wore a Buddhist robe and was likely also a Buddhist, but her head was not bald like Master Qing Yu's; instead, a head of jet-black hair fell straight over her shoulders.

"Benefactor!"

She bowed wearily.

Yuan Chen sized up the Pill Furnace with interest.

Spiritual Artifacts that could preserve a Mahayana Stage Soul were indeed rare.

This furnace was a High Grade auxiliary Spiritual Artifact named the Spirit-Communicating Treasure Furnace.

Miao Yu was originally a nun in a Buddhist convent at the foot of the Honglou Demon Sect's mountain.

But while cultivating peacefully, she was inexplicably beaten to death one day by the Matriarch, who stored her Soul inside the treasure furnace.

Afterward, she was forced to guard the main hall; if the Matriarch went out, Miao Yu's Mahayana Stage cultivation could also hold off enemies for a while.

Furthermore, due to the binding of the Spirit-Communicating Treasure Furnace, Miao Yu could neither die nor escape; any disobedience would subject her to torture worse than death.

Yet, to Yuan Chen, the most precious point was that after years of binding, Miao Yu could no longer condense a Physical Body.

While this was a bad thing for Miao Yu, it would be a novel experience for Yuan Chen.

Generally, those at the Mahayana Stage could briefly linger after losing their physical bodies, but the duration was extremely short. Without the support of a Physical Body, the Soul was highly fragile and had to be reshaped immediately, but Miao Yu did not have to worry about this.

Yuan Chen wanted to try and see what kind of offspring would be born from conceiving a child with a Soul.

Pure novelty!

Once the Matriarch died, this treasure furnace would become ownerless.

After that, he could shape her into whatever form he wanted.

Without standing on ceremony, he said directly,

"The Matriarch is bound to die. From now on, you will follow me."

Although she was ethereal and dark, her exquisite facial features were still relatively clear.

He could work with this!

Miao Yu sighed weakly, "Yes."

To her, it made no difference who controlled her.

After hundreds of years of torture, she no longer had any hope of living.

If Yuan Chen could kill her with a single palm strike, she might be even more willing.

But on second thought, Yuan Chen would not agree to this request.

Besides, she was a guardian deity to whoever owned her, wasn't she?

After responding, she shrank back into the Pill Furnace.

Yuan Chen did not say much either.

He could see the numbness in her eyes clearly.

But there was no rush now.

Since she was in his hands, he would have plenty of time to train her later.

As for her having lost hope, that was even easier to handle.

Once she had a child and something to care about, things would be different.

Saved another life.

Yuan Chen felt as if he were radiating boundless Buddhist light.

Stepping outside, he saw that the Black Dragon Clan had stopped slaughtering, meaning they had likely finished everything.

With a call, he left a ground full of corpses behind and returned to midair.

Along the way, he retrieved his golden bell.

Jia Yuan slumped to the ground.

Dead!

All dead!