Chapter 473: Consequences
Between the wedding veils.
Enveloped by the translucent white gauze, the space was not large, arranged similarly to the Holy Sanctuary used by the Church Court for worshipping gods, solemn and austere.
The bridal woman knelt on the cushion, facing directly in front of her was a sculpture of an eye, encircled and interspersed with holy white petals and rising to a height of over three meters. It was completely covered in flower petals, the pupil at its center shimmering with a pale golden glow.
This must have been the statue of the Feast Flower Supreme.
Xia Feng had a general understanding of the Charming Spirit Clan's wedding customs.
Before the couple exchanged rings, the bride needed to pray for blessings from the Feast Flower Evil God.
It was just unfortunate that the Mind Domain's time had ended; he could not directly copy the bridal woman.
However, Xia Feng already had a plan.
He glanced at the purification altar next to the white gauze curtain. Before worshipping, one had to clean their hands in this altar. At a height of one meter and thirty centimeters, crouching inside would be the perfect hiding spot.
With a thought, Xia Feng resurrected inside, entering a state of Concealment.
At the same time, over five hundred Spiritual Artifacts that he had duplicated from the East Victory Fortress were transformed by the Mind Domain itself, netting him 5256 Blessing Points. Added to the 2183 Blessing Points he had left over, he now had a total of 7439.
1000 Blessing Points could be used to raise the upper limit of a single attribute balance to True Martial Second Realm Peak, while 10000 Blessing Points could raise it to the peak of Sixth Rank/Six-eyed.
The balance adjustment wasn't just for the Spirit Masters but also applied to the Evil Clan, without any distinction.
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The Charming Spirit Queen, Irena, sat on the eighth floor railing, and when she saw that human so easily beheaded,
She shook her head, her beautiful eyes losing their amusement and interest, somewhat disappointed.
She had thought that this newcomer would provide her with some entertainment.
Alas, he was just a foolish brute who barged into the Royal City as though seeking death, with a mind possibly filled with mush.
As Irena listlessly watched, the shriveled corpse had been dealt with, the battlefield quickly cleaned. The crowd of Evils in the plaza didn't pay much attention to the sudden attack; the wedding ceremony continued.
Huaze Tuo, in an elegant white suit, slowly ascended the pale golden stairs, crossing the ninety-nine steps laid with roses, approaching the sacred white curtain within the wedding veils from high above.
He waited quietly.
Inside the curtain, Yi Nanxi completed her final prayer in front of the Feast Flower deity statue. She elegantly stood up and turned towards the purification altar.
She extended a slender finger and parted the curtain just enough to create a gap.
The solemn voice from the outside world entered the space between the veils, as the wedding officiant standing on the platform began reciting the blessing words for marriage.
Xia Feng, hidden under the purification altar, quietly awaited the next process. According to the procedure, after the wedding vows, Huaze Tuo also needed to enter another wedding veil to worship, and afterward, proceed to kneel in front of the Charming Spirit Queen, as the elder, for a formal greeting. The process was extremely cumbersome and complicated, affording Xia Feng ample time to act.
As he pondered, the low conversation between Huaze Tuo and Yi Nanxi reached him.
"Nanxi, about what you mentioned last time, can you still sense the Divine Relics of the Evil Heart Demon Blood?"
"Why are you asking this?"
"Something funny happened while you were praying just now—a ridiculous little mouse ran straight into the wedding ceremony seeking death. However, what's strange is that after dealing with the fool, he didn't have the Evil Heart Demon Blood on him."
"As expected, humans are so foolish!" Yi Nanxi's voice was laden with an arrogant and mocking tone, "Huaze Tuo, use that underdeveloped brain of yours and think about it. If there's no Evil Heart Demon Blood, it very likely means that it was not his real body. He could be an avatar or a Puppet—he isn't dead! Fool!"
"...How is that possible? This is the Calamity Realm of the Charming Spirit; no one can escape your sister, the Charming Spirit Queen's detection."
"Irena's IQ is as short as her dwarf stature; you actually believe her judgment?"
"....."
"What a waste! Huaze Tuo, you should feel lucky that a princess like me would even consider a waste like you."
"... Nanxi, please don't talk about me like that, it hurts my feelings."
"Hurt feelings? Haha~ Wait until I cheat on you, then you can talk about hurt feelings, waste!"
Huaze Tuo: "....."
"....." Hiding in the shadows, Xia Feng was also silenced by the exchange. Wow, this Charming Spirit Princess really can't go three sentences without calling someone a waste, can she? And Huaze Tuo seems to have grown accustomed to it, not even talking back.
His combativeness needs improvement.
"Nanxi, don't say that. I believe you wouldn't cheat on me," Huaze Tuo's voice rose again, sounding deeply affectionate.
"Alright, forget about that possibly-not-dead human for now. Let's complete the wedding ceremony first, then help me break my hymen for the Second Stage of Evil Relief."
"Nanxi, I've always been curious. Since breaking the Charming Hymen can instantly improve a Charming Spirit's eye rank, has your sister Irena broken hers?" Huaze Tuo chuckled softly.
Xia Feng perked up his ears, surprised. What the heck? The Charming Spirit Clan actually had such a characteristic, and it wasn't mentioned in the Empire's textbooks.
As for the Charming Demon... what was that? Xia Feng, with his simple and pure mind, took it to mean 'the devil in the Charming Spirit's heart.'
To break the devil in the heart and gain strength, to rise in rank!
Makes sense, very logical!
"For a Charming Spirit, the longer the Charming Hymen exists, the greater the improvement to the eye rank when it's gone. Generally, if one can endure until Four Eyes without mating with a male, breaking the hymen can directly promote them to Five Eyes. But very few Charming Spirits can do that."
"As for the dwarf Irena, who knows, maybe she went from Six-eyes to Seven-Eyes by breaking the hymen."
Listening to their explosive conversation, Xia Feng couldn't help but hatch an even bolder plan.
Meanwhile, the distant wedding officiant had finally ended the chant.
"Alright, waste, go proceed with the next part of the ritual."
Watching Huaze Tuo walk away in his suit, Yi Nanxi maintained a proud and indifferent demeanor, casually letting the curtain fall.
But no sooner had the gauzy curtain closed, blocking all external energies, than she abruptly froze, sniffing the air. Her beautiful Phoenix Eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly.
The Charming Spirits were very sensitive to yang energy and yin energy. She hadn't noticed before, but now that Huaze Tuo had left, she suddenly sensed a faint presence of yang energy within a one-meter radius?
Realizing something, she abruptly reached out to lift the curtain.
But it was already too late—Xia Feng had noticed the change in the bride's expression and, using Holy Knight Space, appeared behind her and covered her mouth.
A strong male scent filled her nostrils, and Yi Nanxi's eyes sharpened as the peach heart tail beneath her gown swiftly pierced the fabric, aiming upwards towards the vital parts of the man behind her.
Unfortunately, it was in vain. The man caught her long tail in one hand and pulled forcefully. Her dress-constrained legs instinctively came together, her waist and hips tensed and bumped into the man's body, and a cold command echoed in her ear:
"Princess, don't move!"
It was that rat! That lowly human who had escaped from that waste! Realizing who her assailant was, Yi Nanxi felt a surge of disgust.
"Human, I suggest you also stay still,"
She held her neck proudly, her brows furrowing as she spoke icily, "Consider carefully the consequences of angering me; they're not something you can handle."