’Does this girl even understand what "crashing a wedding" means? If I snatch her away, she’ll be mine.’
"Xiaoleng, no one’s here right now. Hurry up and get me out of here," Su Rushi said, looking extremely anxious.
The exquisite little snake snapped back to its senses and said, "I’m here to crash the wedding."
"Exactly! I’m right here. Hurry up and snatch me away!"
"If I snatch you away, you’ll be my woman. Are you sure?"
She didn’t even hesitate. "Of course, I’m sure! Ah... wait, that’s not right."
The girl came to her senses and corrected him huffily, "Xiaoleng, I’m your master! You’re the one who belongs to me. No, you’re my pet snake!"
’Master?’
’Probably no one in the entire Yaoling Mountain Range would dare say that word to Tu Xiao’an, not even the Deep Mountain Demon Kings.’
"Xiaoleng, you can’t just become powerful and go back on your debts. I was the one who found you! I gave you food, drink, and a place to live. And you ate so much! You ate all the fruit Brother Bai gave me. Taking care of you nearly bankrupted me!"
’Is this girl trying to settle old scores?’
Tu Xiao’an was speechless. ’She’s one step away from calling me an ungrateful snake.’
"I’m here to get you out. Don’t worry."
’Sigh. A debt must be repaid. Besides, the whole reason Tu Xiao’an came to the Yaoling Mountain Range was for this girl.’
However, Tu Xiao’an hadn’t expected his fate with this girl to be deeper than he’d imagined.
It felt like it was predestined. Speaking of destiny, Tu Xiao’an’s mind drifted. ’Xiao’an, did you know? I’ve waited five hundred years for you.’
’These two women... it seems they’re both my creditors.’
"Xiaoleng, let’s go! There’s no one here now, but there will be lots of people soon. Hurry, take me away!" Su Rushi remembered something and said happily, "Xiaoleng, just transform into that behemoth you became back in the Purple Bamboo Forest, then you can just fly me away!"
"If I get that big, you won’t be scared?"
Su Rushi said smugly, "I wouldn’t be scared at all! When you look like that, Xiaoleng, you’re incredibly cool! Just like a Divine Dragon! You can carry me soaring through the sky. I’m so excited!"
"Xiaoleng, transform!" The girl got so excited that her voice jumped an octave as she yelled.
’It was like she was summoning a Divine Dragon.’
Tu Xiao’an: "..."
’It’s only been a few days, and this girl has gotten even sillier.’
’Huh?’
Su Rushi noticed the exquisite little snake was still in her palm. ’This isn’t how the script goes.’ She tried again: "Xiaoleng, Divine Dragon transformation!"
After shouting the phrase, she tossed the exquisite little snake into the air.
But the next second...!
THUD!
Caught completely off guard, Tu Xiao’an fell straight to the ground, utterly dumbfounded.
"Xiaoleng, you’re so lame! Can you even do this or not?"
’In the Purple Bamboo Forest, she saw her pet snake transform, soar straight up, and become a behemoth. Was that fake?’
Just then, footsteps sounded from outside the room, followed immediately by a voice. "Miss Rushi, the Great King’s wedding procession has reached the foot of the mountain. I suppose I’ll have to start calling you Lady of the Great King now."
"It’s over, it’s over! We can’t leave now! Xiaoleng, it’s all your fault for dawdling!" Hearing the Crimson Rabbit Demon’s voice, Su Rushi was filled with despair, and her stunning face turned a little pale.
"What are you panicking for? Since I said I was here to crash the wedding, I’m going to snatch you away right in front of that damn hedgehog, not sneak you away in secret."
These last words reached the distraught Su Rushi’s ears as a flash of light shot by. The exquisite little snake had burrowed into her sleeve and hidden itself, its intentions unknown.
CRACK. The door opened. The beautiful Crimson Rabbit Demon saw Su Rushi standing there dumbly and exclaimed, "My Lady of the Great King! I told you, you can’t lift the red bridal veil yourself! It’s bad luck! You’re human, you should understand this better than a little demon like me."
With that, she picked up the red bridal veil from the floor and used it to cover Su Rushi’s stunning face.
"My Lady of the Great King, let’s go. You’re the center of attention in the entire Yaoling Mountain Range right now. Everyone is waiting to see you."
The Crimson Rabbit Demon was filled with envy and jealousy. ’How could a mere human be so lucky? So what if her face is a little pretty? She has basically no Cultivation. Forget a hundred years, in just ten or twenty, she’ll be a faded flower, unbearable to look at.’
’How could she compare to Rank Three Transformation female demons like us? As long as our lifespans aren’t up, our appearances basically don’t age. We have lasting, durable beauty.’
’Sigh. Even a Deep Mountain Demon King has his brain-dead moments.’
Just like that, her struggles proving useless, Su Rushi was forcibly escorted out by the Crimson Rabbit Demon.
The White Demon King was quite particular. He had placed Su Rushi on the picturesque Jade Palace Peak, and now, under the watchful eyes of the assembled demons, he was leading the wedding procession to escort his bride to the Demon King’s Castle.
’This counts as going from the bride’s home to the groom’s, I suppose.’
The wedding procession had arrived at the foot of the mountain. A Celestial Ladder stretched from the base to the peak. The White Demon King, dressed in red robes, looked exceptionally handsome and dashing, his elegant face carrying a roguish charm. The long procession was filled entirely with Rank Three Transformation Demon Spirits. The vassal Kings of the Races had all mobilized in full force, joined by the various Kings of the Races who had come to offer congratulations.
Rank Two Demons, who were only semi-transformed, weren’t even qualified to be in the procession. They could only watch from a distance at the periphery.
If not for the Demon Qi crisscrossing the air, one might have mistaken it for a wedding procession in human society.
Now, all the demons wanted to see just what kind of human woman could make a dignified Deep Mountain Demon King throw such a grand wedding.
At the top of the Celestial Ladder, Su Rushi stood gracefully at the mountain’s peak, dressed in a magnificent red phoenix crown and wedding dress. She entered the demons’ line of sight, appearing graceful, slender, and poised, like a figure stepping out of a painting. Her every glance was full of grace, and she exuded an air of nobility.
The only thing the demons regretted was that, beneath the red bridal veil, the bride’s face had not yet seen the light of day.
Although it was a wedding procession, it was the wedding of a Deep Mountain Demon King. No one dared to jeer or cause a commotion, so they all watched in silence.
They waited for the White Demon King to personally unveil the true face of his human bride.
The White Demon King stood at the foot of the mountain, the procession having stopped about fifty feet away. His demonic eyes glittered. He wasn’t marrying an ordinary human woman, but one with a special constitution—the kind that appeared only once every few hundred, or even a thousand, years.
If he handled this correctly, this woman would bring the White Demon King a heaven-sent opportunity.
It might even allow him to become the strongest Demon King in the Yaoling Mountain Range in one fell swoop.
All the other demons thought he was being foolish. But how could someone who became a Deep Mountain Demon King be a fool? Without sufficient benefit, who would do something for nothing?
The White Demon King couldn’t help but feel a little excited. He had never done this whole "escorting the bride" thing before, especially not marrying a woman who was purely beneficial to him with no downsides. Playing the role of the groom was a novel and stimulating experience.
Secretly, the White Demon King discreetly scanned the area. Everything within a hundred-li radius was under his control, and he didn’t detect any particularly powerful auras from the Snake Race.
’It seems that snake really doesn’t dare to come. Crash my wedding? Who would dare crash *my* wedding?’
Finding nothing amiss, the White Demon King relaxed. With a majestic wave of his hand, a light breeze swept past, and the red bridal veil on the bride’s head atop the mountain was lifted.
The bride’s red veil should only be lifted by the groom, and she was the White Demon King’s bride, no less. What he didn’t know, however, was that he wasn’t the first one to lift this red veil.
A certain snake had already beaten him to the punch.
If he knew, the White Demon King’s expression probably wouldn’t be so calm and proud. His leisurely composure and the domineering air in his every move would vanish without a trace.
The moment the bride’s true face was revealed, the demons at the foot of the mountain sucked in a collective cold breath. The scene fell silent as they all stared, dumbfounded. She was... exquisite. The moment she was revealed, she displayed a peerless grace, a Celestial Immortal’s stunning beauty.
However, this was all within expectations. If the bride wasn’t beautiful, had the White Demon King been kicked in the head by a donkey to marry a human woman with such fanfare?
And yet, how could she be more beautiful than the Fox Immortal King? To the demons of the Yaoling Mountain Range, there was only one goddess: the queen of the Fox Race.
Compared to her, any other beauty was just common rouge and powder, not worth mentioning.
In the Demon King’s Castle, the well-wishing demons had all followed the wedding procession. Only the three Deep Mountain Demon Kings hadn’t moved, but their gazes could cross a thousand li, taking in everything at a glance.
The fact they had come to the Azure Bamboo Forest was already giving the White Demon King a great deal of face. Why would they follow the procession? That would be beneath their status.
"This bride is indeed beautiful, and there’s something extraordinary about her," the Fox Immortal King, her face hidden by white silk, said with a sudden smile as she looked at the bride on the distant peak.
A flash of greed passed through the Yellow Demon King’s eyes. "Not bad, not bad. But she’s nothing compared to you, Second Sister Fox."
"Yes, yes! Second Sister Fox is the true beauty. There’s no one else here now, so maybe you could take off that white silk?" the Gray Demon King said, his shifty, rat-like eyes betraying his restless thoughts.
’It wasn’t easy for even them to get a glimpse of the Fox Immortal King.’
"Hee hee..." The Fox Immortal King’s magnificent, soul-stealing, deep purple eyes sparkled, and the very space before her seemed to turn dreamlike. "You have a bride to look at, yet you really want to see an old woman like me?"
’Damn it, this Fox Lady is using her Charm Technique again!’
Inwardly, the expressions of the Yellow Demon King and the Gray Demon King changed. They both bit their tongues to keep their minds clear.
They had fallen for her Charm Technique plenty of times before and ended up making fools of themselves.
’Those two rat-like degenerates. They became Deep Mountain Demon Kings and still only think about beautiful women. Didn’t they notice that the human woman Younger Brother Bai found has a special constitution?’ The Fox Immortal King smiled faintly to herself with great disdain, but she didn’t say it out loud.
........
"Shi’Er, your Brother Bai is here."
With the bride’s red veil now lifted, the White Demon King didn’t waste any time and prepared to leap up to her. But suddenly, he froze. He saw Su Rushi, there on the mountain peak, float into the air and drift upward.
Clad in the red phoenix crown and wedding dress, her exquisite face now visible, she hovered in the air. Her long, shoulder-length hair swayed in the wind. Like a fairy descending to the mortal world, she was even more soul-stirring, beautiful beyond description.
"The bride is flying! Didn’t they say this human woman has no Cultivation?"
The observing demons were all shocked. For a human to fly, they needed a Cultivation of at least Rank Three!
The White Demon King’s brow twitched, but when he saw the Crimson Rabbit Demon beside the peak, he instantly understood. ’That rabbit is always coming up with some new gimmick for me.’
Now, with the bride suspended in the air, peerless and independent, it created the perfect romantic scene for him to fly up and receive her.
But clearly, the White Demon King was overthinking things. This had nothing to do with the Crimson Rabbit Demon at all.