Chapter 416: She is Digging Her Own Grave!

Back at Zilin Holy Land’s Saintess Peak, Lin Xun had just returned to his courtyard when the maid Xiao Chan came to deliver a message.

That was, all Cultivators of Saintess Peak were to immediately pack their belongings and depart for the Qian Kingdom’s imperial palace.

Of course.

Among all these people, Lin Xun was naturally excluded.

However, this was also within Lin Xun’s expectations.

“Is Brother Lin not going with us?”

Yaya gripped the hem of Lin Xun’s trousers, her large, watery eyes shimmering slightly.

She hadn’t expected that just as Brother Lin returned, she would have to part with him.

“Brother is a man; it wouldn’t look good if I went.”

Squatting down, Lin Xun gently pinched Yaya’s cheek.

“But it’s okay. Once Yaya reaches the Qian Kingdom, you’ll be able to see Sister Qinger.”

“But…” Yaya’s chubby little hand gently tugged at Lin Xun’s clothes. “But Yaya wants to be with Brother Lin too.”

“Be good, be obedient.”

Lin Xun pulled Yaya into a hug, gently patting her back as he spoke softly.

“Brother Lin will be quite busy for a while. Once I’m done, even if I have to cross-dress, I’ll go to the Qian Kingdom to find Yaya, okay?”

Yaya sniffled her small nose. “Then… then Brother Lin can’t lie.”

“Mm.” Lin Xun wiped Yaya’s little runny nose. “Brother Lin never lies.”

“Pinky swear.”

“Mm, pinky swear.”

Lin Xun’s finger hooked with Yaya’s sprout-like pinky, and a pleasant nursery rhyme echoed softly on Saintess Peak.

After parting with Lin Xun, the Dragon Cry Twin Girls took Yaya’s hand and followed the main group from Saintess Peak to migrate to the Qian Kingdom’s imperial palace.

Before leaving, the maid Xiao Chan gave Lin Xun a Storage Pouch, which contained various Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones for his cultivation.

There was also a saintess token inside.

With this saintess token, if Lin Xun needed any resources, he could withdraw them from Zilin Holy Land at any time.

In just one afternoon, everyone except Lin Xun had left Saintess Peak.

Lin Xun didn’t waste much time either. Now a free man, he flew toward the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

Having been away from the Ten Thousand Demon Sect for so long, Lin Xun truly missed the Old Man. He wondered how the Old Man was doing and if he was living well.

After visiting the Old Man, he would dispatch a few people to the Qian Kingdom’s imperial palace to protect Sister Mimi.

This way, the trip would be complete.

If possible, Lin Xun also wanted to ask the Old Man what he was thinking back then.

Why he had arranged an engagement between him and Wang Xing.

Although from the various karmic threads of what happened, it was because Wang Xing and he were engaged that they became entangled, and thus, at the final moment, he saved Wang Xing’s life.

But Lin Xun still felt it wasn’t that simple.

Because if the Old Man just wanted to save Wang Xing, he could have just told him directly.

If the Old Man asked him to save a girl, he wouldn’t refuse.

So Lin Xun felt there was more to his engagement with Wang Xing than met the eye.

Moreover, for some reason, Lin Xun had a feeling that something was about to happen in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect.

“It should be impossible. With Junior Sister presiding over the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, what could happen?”

Lin Xun shook his head, shaking off the inexplicable unease in his heart.

However, the speed at which Lin Xun flew toward the Ten Thousand Demon Sect had unconsciously quickened significantly.

Meanwhile, in the Sect Master’s main hall of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, a young girl sat on the Sect Master’s throne with her legs crossed.

“Your Highness.”

A dark shadow entered the hall and knelt at the foot of the steps.

“Well? How are those people doing?”

Su Ying yawned, a faint laziness flickering in her cherry-pink eyes.

“Reporting to Your Highness, the Cultivators of the Demon Blood Hall and Magic Blade Peak show signs of wanting to rebel during the Sacrificial Ceremony the day after tomorrow.”

Hearing the shadow’s voice, the girl’s willow-like brows furrowed slightly from her high seat:

“And my Senior Martial Uncle? How is he?”

“Reporting to Your Highness, according to our people, Elder Blood Cliff is still in seclusion and hasn’t actually emerged, though rumors say he has reached a critical stage.”

As the shadow’s voice faded, the Sect Master’s hall fell into a blanket of silence.

After a long while, seeing no reaction from Her Highness, the shadow slowly raised its head to look at its Master.

On the throne, the girl slowly stood up, her lips curling into a slight smile.

“In that case, announce that the Sacrificial Ceremony the day after tomorrow will proceed as scheduled.”

Su Ying walked down the steps, step by step.

“Oh, right. Go and tell them this too:”

“Senior Brother has not returned for a long time, yet the Ten Thousand Demon Sect remains. Master has been in seclusion for a long time and hasn’t emerged, his fate unknown. Furthermore, I have served as the acting Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect for three years without a single mistake.”

“The day after tomorrow, during the Sacrificial Ceremony, I shall formally succeed to the position of Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect!”

“Your Highness! You must not!”

The shadow immediately lowered its head and advised.

“Right now, those with ill intentions in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect are looking for an excuse to formally start a war with Your Highness, to completely overthrow and replace you.”

“If Your Highness does this, it will undoubtedly give the other side an opportunity, and…”

“Are you teaching me how to do things?”

Turning back, Su Ying gave the shadow a cold look.

“Your subordinate wouldn’t dare.”

The shadow quickly lowered its head.

“Do as I say. I will handle everything else.”

“Yes.” The shadow said no more and vanished into the darkness.

Soon, the news that Saintess Su Ying intended to succeed as the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect during the Sacrificial Ceremony spread throughout the entire sect.

“Did Xiao Ying really say that?”

The Hall Master of Magic Qin Hall frowned as she looked at the message brought by the Death Warriors.

“Yes.”

The death warrior replied.

The Hall Master of Magic Qin Hall couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Given the current situation, Xiao Ying’s actions were absolutely irrational. This was undoubtedly provoking the enemy and forcing them to rebel.

Moreover, many in the Ten Thousand Demon Sect supported Xiao Ying because she was the Junior Sister of His Highness Lin Xun.

So even if Xiao Ying acted as the acting Sect Master, they had no objections, as long as His Highness Lin Xun returned to inherit the position.

But now, Xiao Ying wanting to ascend as the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Sect would inevitably draw the resentment of those people, making them mistakenly believe that she was actually coveting the position.

And without their support, the combat power on Xiao Ying’s side would decrease significantly.

They might even turn against her at the last moment just to overthrow her.

Xiao Ying knew all of this.

But why would she still make such a decision?

“That girl Su Ying dares to do this!”

In Blood Blade Hall, the hall Masters and peak Masters standing in opposition to Su Ying slammed their hands on the table, beyond furious!

They hadn’t expected Su Ying to actually dare to do this.

“Could this be a trap?” one hall Master said, feeling that Su Ying shouldn’t be so irrational.

“Regardless of whether it’s a trap or not…”

A peak Master with a pale face stepped forward.

“This time, no matter what, she is digging her own grave!”