After Transmigrating, the Female Lead Went Dark (GL) - Chapter 25

Xiao Xinyue had naturally heard this name before. She said, “So it is the Left Guardian of the Thousand Mechanisms Cult. I have long heard of you.”

You Ronglin gave a proud, cold snort.

So what if the other party was the marriage partner personally acknowledged by the Cult Leader? In their hearts, the Cult Leader was the most important. A marriage partner was not even worth as much as the lowest-ranking believer of the Thousand Mechanisms Cult!

“My marriage with the Cult Leader is actually for the sake of allowing the righteous and evil paths to coexist peacefully and stop all this fighting and killing. After all, standing opposed for more than ten years for selfish interests, causing suffering to the people and leaving lives ruined, truly harms the harmony of heaven…”

Xiao Xinyue earnestly urged the righteous and evil paths to shake hands and make peace, but You Ronglin remained extremely indignant. “You make it sound nice, but weren’t you the ones who attacked Dangu Mountain, destroyed my Thousand Mechanisms Cult, and abducted the Cult Leader?!”

Xiao Xinyue said helplessly, “There was no other way. Who told your Cult Leader to shut herself behind closed doors and refuse to appear? We had no opportunity to negotiate, so we could only create one.”

You Ronglin cursed, “Pah! Sure enough, you are all a bunch of hypocritical gentlemen!”

Zhou Zhuying also felt that the female lead was rather shameless. But the righteous and evil paths had always been opposed. Either you killed my whole family, or I destroyed your entire sect. Even the so-called righteousness of the righteous path was a choice made on the basis of benefits. There was no absolute right or wrong.

Xiao Xinyue continued, “Now that I have married the Cult Leader, as long as you no longer commit evil, no longer slaughter the innocent, the various sects will no longer encircle and suppress the Thousand Mechanisms Cult, nor will they continue shouting for your deaths… As for the specific terms, why not wait until after we have completed the wedding ceremony, and then I can slowly explain them to the Left Guardian?”

You Ronglin looked toward the sedan chair, wanting to wait for Zhou Zhuying’s order. The latter said, “Since you have come, then stay and drink a cup of wedding wine.”

“Cult Leader, I fear they intend to catch turtles in a jar!” You Ronglin said.

Zhou Zhuying looked around. She did not know how many people from the Demon Sect had come, but the famous righteous sects here were definitely several times more numerous than the Demon Sect. On top of that, Xiao Xinyue had made preparations long ago. They were already turtles in a jar.

Xiao Xinyue said, “Left Guardian, there is no need to worry. This time, I only wish to invite you inside to attend the grand wedding ceremony between me and the Cult Leader, and to drink a cup of wedding wine. As long as you behave honestly, we will absolutely not attack you. After the ceremony is complete, whether you leave or stay is entirely up to you. I, Xiao Xinyue, keep my word.”

Although You Ronglin felt that all righteous path people were hypocrites, Xiao Xinyue’s reputation had always been good. Judging from how she had not harmed their Cult Leader, she did not seem like someone who would play dirty tricks.

Therefore, after discussing with the Demon Sect remnants who had come to rescue the Cult Leader, he left only a few people outside as support, while the rest followed the wedding procession.

Xiao Xinyue saw the leading disciple of Yaoshan Sect and smiled faintly. “Senior Brother Liang, please give me some face. Today is my great day of joy. It is not suitable to see blood.”

That young man’s gaze swept over the flower sedan, then met Xiao Xinyue’s eyes. He also returned a smile. “Naturally!”

With that, he led the Yaoshan Sect disciples back.

Today, they were guests. Since the hosts had already ordered that they would not pursue the Demon Sect’s disruption, then as guests, naturally, they could not make trouble on someone else’s territory.

Xiao Xinyue then instructed the Moshan Sect disciples to settle the injured people. After that, once the wedding procession returned, she went back into the sedan chair and continued the wedding.

“The Cult Leader was very imposing just now.” Xiao Xinyue looked at the Cult Leader with a faint smile.

“Right? Did I fool them?” the Cult Leader hurriedly asked.

“You fooled them. You did well.”

The Cult Leader was delighted and muttered quietly, “That scared me so badly. I was afraid they would realize I’m not the real Cult Leader!”

Xiao Xinyue smiled and said nothing.

—

What happened on the street quickly spread back into Moshan Sect. However, after learning that Xiao Xinyue had already stabilized the Demon Sect remnants who came to rescue someone, the expressions of the various sects’ people differed.

Someone said in a low voice, “I did not expect the Saintess’s move to really work. With the Demon Sect Leader in hand, those Demon Sect remnants did not resist at all.”

“It seems the Saintess’s decision was correct.”

“Yes, the Saintess truly had foresight.”

As these words of praise sounded, a small group of people did not look very good.

Zhuo Zidan was one of them, as were the disciples from various sects who hated the Demon Sect. As for Ling Guqing, her face had always lacked much expression, so no one could tell her true mood.

Fortunately, no one paid attention to those with poor expressions. As the street procession ended, the team returned to the sect. Hearing that the Demon Sect remnants had also come along, the people from each sect all stood ready.

The flower sedan stopped, and Xiao Xinyue and Zhou Zhuying came out hand in hand.

The two of them were already beautiful to begin with.

The Demon Sect Leader had always had the title “Fire Illuminates the Other Shore”—the “other shore” referred to the red spider lily, which was rumored to be the flower of hell. Because the road to the Yellow Springs was said to be filled with red spider lilies, red as if burning with fire, it was also called the “road illuminated by fire.” The Cult Leader was stunningly beautiful, but sinister and ruthless, so people used the red spider lily to describe her beauty.

As for the Saintess, she was dignified and graceful, her bearing refined like the fragrance of orchids. Her personality seemed gentle and warm, but in truth, she was decisive in killing, like a cold spring ringing through a ravine.

At this moment, both of them were dressed in red, with light makeup and heavy rouge, creating a completely different charm. Those who looked nearly could not move their eyes away.

Zhou Zhuying noticed these people’s gazes and curled her lips.

She had said the female lead’s appearance today would definitely be captivating. Sure enough!

What she did not know was that the Moshan Sect disciples who had thought she was very fierce were also looking as if their souls had been hooked away. Wasn’t the Cult Leader supposed to be extremely vicious? Why was she so gorgeous?!

Some people even suddenly teared up. “Sob sob sob, the Saintess and the Demon Sect Leader standing together are truly too pleasing to the eye! I never thought that in my lifetime, I would see the two great beauties of the martial world get married!”

Of course, his words drew vicious criticism from his fellow disciples. “What are you moved about? With the two great beauties marrying, there are now two more pitiful men in the world!”

That person shot his fellow disciple a glare. “You think that if they did not marry each other, other people would have a chance to marry them? Tell me, in this world, who is worthy of our Saintess? No matter which man married her, I would feel it was like sticking a fresh flower into cow dung.”

Fellow disciple: “…”

Although their impression of the Demon Sect Leader was very bad, they had to admit that purely in terms of appearance, only a beauty matched with another beauty was pleasing to the eye.

Everyone’s attention soon shifted because of the appearance of the Demon Sect members. They had been enemies with the Demon Sect for many years, and drawing their blades at the sight of Demon Sect people was almost a reaction carved into their souls. Thus, the joyous atmosphere suddenly froze, turning into one full of hidden danger.

You Ronglin and the others also subconsciously showed their weapons. While protecting Zhou Zhuying, they remained on guard against the righteous path.

Zhou Zhuying froze slightly because of their instinctive action. A warm current flowed through her heart, and for some reason, it also felt a little sour.

“Cult Leader, do not worry. When they attacked Dangu Mountain, we were not by your side, which allowed them to abduct you. Now that we are here, we will absolutely not let them harm even half a hair of yours again!” You Ronglin said.

Zhou Zhuying patted his shoulder and said, “Put your weapons away. If they dare touch you, I will not let them off either.”

These words nearly came out on instinct. When she said them, she did not consider the fact that she had no martial arts, did not worry about whether this would obstruct her from continuing to cling to the female lead’s thigh, and did not think about what negative views the righteous path people would develop of her.

Xiao Xinyue merely looked at her deeply.

You Ronglin put away his weapon as told. Only then did Xiao Xinyue say, “We are deeply honored and grateful that everyone could come attend our grand wedding. Because we fear delaying the auspicious time, we will not thank everyone one by one here. However, we have prepared modest wine. After the ceremony is complete, we hope everyone will do us the honor of staying for a cup.”

Cheng Xiyang smiled and supported her. “The Saintess is right. The auspicious time is almost here. It would be best not to delay.”

He had the Yaoshan Sect disciples put away their swords and blades. Then, the people from the other sects also put away their weapons one after another. The tense atmosphere eased. The wedding matron seized the opportunity and hurriedly said some pleasant words to smooth over the matter. Then she led the two newlyweds inside to bow in marriage.

Those who could attend the wedding were the sect masters and disciples whom Xiao Xinyue had already persuaded. As for those sects that had always maintained their opposition, in order to show their stance, they naturally found all sorts of excuses not to come. Xiao Xinyue did not force them, but at least the people who had come would not cause trouble at the scene.

No one disrupted the bowing ceremony either. The two of them smoothly bowed to heaven and earth, then to the high seat, Ling Guqing, and finally bowed to each other as wife and wife.

The step of sending them into the bridal chamber was omitted. After all, without the Cult Leader present, this group from the Demon Sect might make chaos.

However, everyone probably ate the following banquet without tasting much of the food.

After the ceremony was completed, the Cult Leader finally let out a sigh of relief. The imagined melodramatic plot of “when the bowing ceremony reaches the husband-and-wife bow, the male lead/female lead suddenly appears, gives a heartfelt speech, successfully moves the female lead/male lead, and then snatches the bride” did not happen.

She had been on guard the whole time that the male lead might suddenly run up to Xiao Xinyue and say, “Come with me!”

In the end, perhaps because the male lead had suffered a blow during the door-blocking in the morning, he had been quiet all this while… Of course, his gaze was still rather resentful.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. As a vicious female supporting character, stealing the male lead’s CP felt so immoral. But why did it feel so good?

So this was the thrilling flavor of “immorality”!

Xiao Xinyue, unaware of what the Cult Leader was thinking at that moment, was holding the Cult Leader’s hand and greeting the many guests as they took their seats. Everyone realized that there would inevitably be a war of words between them and the Demon Sect, so they all gathered their spirits.

The Demon Sect members and the righteous path naturally chose opposing seats when they sat down. Xiao Xinyue did not deliberately guide them. Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, she had people serve the wine and dishes.

You Ronglin and the others did not dare drink or eat the fine wine and food prepared by Moshan Sect. Xiao Xinyue and Zhou Zhuying did not force them either.

Compared with the wary Demon Sect members, the righteous path side relaxed and ate and drank freely. Moreover, as if deliberately going against the Demon Sect, even their eating movements became extremely exaggerated.

Zhou Zhuying had no time to care about these little frictions between them. She had only eaten a few soup dumplings given by Xiao Xinyue in the morning and was already hungry by now.

Although Zhou Zhuying loved Huaiyang cuisine, she could eat dishes from all the cuisines under heaven as long as they did not challenge her psychological defenses too much—such as insect banquets from the southwest, snake soup and giant water bugs from Lingnan, or overly spicy Sichuan and Hunan dishes.

She could also eat the Henan cuisine served by Moshan Sect. However, she discovered that Xiao Xinyue, who usually ate very little when eating with her, had unknowingly eaten two bowls of noodles.

“Sister Saintess, is it because you married me today and are in a good mood, so everything tastes especially good?” she quietly asked Xiao Xinyue beside her.

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

She nodded, then put down her chopsticks. “Of course. Why doesn’t the Cult Leader eat more?”

“It’s too salty.”

Xiao Xinyue had the kitchen prepare some goat milk for her to drink, then rinsed each dish in soup before placing it in her bowl.

Although the dishes lost part of their original flavor after being rinsed in water, they suited Zhou Zhuying’s preference for lighter tastes, and she quickly ate her fill.

She raised her head and saw the Moshan Sect elders at the same table all staring at them, so she asked in confusion, “Do the elders also think the food is too salty? Is that why you are not eating?”

The five elders: “…”

No. They thought it was too sweet and cloying!

“Ahem, Saintess, the matter of the Demon—Thousand Mechanisms Cult should be settled now,” the First Elder said. He had originally wanted to say “Demon Sect,” but considering that the Demon Sect Leader was already their Saintess’s wife, saying that seemed a little harmful to their family harmony, so he changed his wording.

Hearing this, Xiao Xinyue turned her gaze toward her silent master, Ling Guqing, seated in the main seat. “Master.”

“Mm. The First Elder speaks reasonably. Go handle it,” Ling Guqing said.

Thus, under the pretext of toasting, Xiao Xinyue and Zhou Zhuying first soothed the sect masters of the various sects and invited them to come to Moshan Sect the next day for discussion. Afterward, they spoke to the people of the Thousand Mechanisms Cult. “It is getting late. Why don’t you all settle down in Moshan Sect for now? Tomorrow, we will discuss the matter of peace negotiations in this Yan Yu Hall.”

You Ronglin asked, “Where are the Thousand Mechanisms Cult disciples you captured in the past?”

“Tomorrow, everyone will be able to see them.”

You Ronglin looked at Zhou Zhuying. Seeing that she had no particular instructions, he could only agree for now.

After this matter was resolved, the various sects still needed to hold internal meetings behind closed doors, so they left early. After Xiao Xinyue and Zhou Zhuying settled You Ronglin and the others, there was nothing else to do, so they also bid farewell to Ling Guqing.

After returning to the courtyard, the Cult Leader suddenly grew nervous. “Hey, Sister Saintess, does this count as a delayed ‘entering the bridal chamber’?”

Xiao Xinyue looked at her with amusement. “It seems the Cult Leader can no longer wait.”

“I am not!” After saying this, the Cult Leader suddenly ran behind Xiao Xinyue. “Sister Saintess, carry me on your back. My phoenix crown is so heavy. After wearing it for a whole day, I feel like my cervical spine problems are about to flare up.”

“No. The Cult Leader is too heavy.” Xiao Xinyue changed her usual attitude of granting every request and walked straight forward.

Hearing this, the Cult Leader was unhappy. “You’re the heavy one. I ate very little tonight!”

Xiao Xinyue laughed with a pfft and suddenly turned back. Taking advantage of the Cult Leader’s lack of preparation, she princess-carried her in one motion.

“Ah!” the Cult Leader cried softly. She was startled. If not for the phoenix crown on her head showing signs of falling off, forcing her to free a hand to hold it in place, she would definitely have clung tightly to Xiao Xinyue’s neck. “What are you doing?”

“Entering the bridal chamber,” Xiao Xinyue said with a teasing smile.

Cult Leader: “…”

A little anticipation?

Author’s Note:

Cult Leader: What are you doing?

Saintess: Doing it!

Cult Leader: ???