Five years later——

In the dark forest, a red wedding procession walked by with the sound of gongs and drums. The groom was riding a horse with a happy smile on his face. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, interrupting the sound of the gongs and drums. The laughter of dolls appeared all around. The bride in the red bridal sedan disappeared after the gust of wind, and the laughter of the dolls disappeared until they were out of the forest.

In Qingyuan Gate, Shang Jun rubbed his temples with a headache after listening to the report from His Highness's disciple. This was already the fifth case of a missing bride this month. The people in Linshui Town initially invited a Taoist priest to cast a spell.

After failing, he cried and shouted for help from Qingyuan Sect. Recently, not only the areas under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan Sect, but also the other three major sects, are infested with demons and monsters, which always create some strange and terrifying events.

"Master, which disciple do you think should be assigned to go to the rescue?" asked a disciple in the hall.

Shang Jun said, "Isn't Xiaolan going to be released soon? Let her go."

"Let the sect leader go with such a little demon?" The disciple was a little worried: "Isn't this a bit of a waste of talent?"

Shang Jun rubbed his temples and leaned back to say, "Ever since the little disciple disappeared five years ago, although she still looks indifferent on the surface, she is actually sad alone in secret. You see, she is in seclusion on the surface, but she is just trying to calm her mind in private. This time, letting her go down the mountain to subdue the monster is just to give her a chance to relax. People, shutting themselves off will not solve the fundamental problems. Only by letting these things go can they let go."

"The headmaster is really good to Master Mo Feng."

"How can it not be good?" Shang Jun walked to the bedside and looked at the sky outside the window, which was faintly about to rain. "We are each other's only relatives in this world. If I don't protect her, who else can?"

Knowing that Mo Xiaolan was coming out of retreat today, Mu Qingxue had been waiting at the foot of Qingyao Mountain early in the morning. Seeing a figure slowly walking down the path on the green mountain, she immediately flew over and said, "Girl Lan, you finally came out."

Mo Xiaolan smiled at her lightly, and Mu Qingxue pinched her cheek with one hand and said, "You dead girl, you went upstairs to retreat without saying a word two years ago, and now you finally come out and you act like you're dying in front of me like this?"

Mo Xiaolan was not to be outdone, she directly retorted and grabbed her balls: "I've been in seclusion for so long, I'm already tired, now I just want to sleep, I'm not trying to make you look half dead, please stop flattering yourself!"

"Are you really just tired?"

"if not?"

"Logically speaking, shouldn't you be meditating with your eyes closed during retreat, without eating, drinking or sleeping? How come you're still tired?" Mu Qingxue was a little confused. In TV dramas, people feel refreshed after coming out of retreat, but this girl looked as if she was dying after coming out.

Mo Xiaolan sighed helplessly: "It's because I haven't eaten, drunk, or slept. Now I suddenly wake up and feel dizzy, hungry, and sleepy. Hurry up and go back and prepare some food. If you don't eat me, I will really starve to death here."

Qingling Peak——

"What!" Mo Xiaolan still had half a chicken leg in his mouth, looking at the disciple in front of him in disbelief: "Brother, are you kidding me? I just came out of seclusion, shouldn't I take good care of myself for a few days? Why are you asking me to go out to work and complete the work performance index?"

The disciple who delivered the message shook his head and said, "Peak Master Mo heard it correctly. It was the master who asked you to go down the mountain, and the matter was urgent. The master also asked you to set sail tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, tomorrow?" Mo Xiaolan shed sad tears helplessly: "Is it necessary to be so fast?"

"Master, one day late means a life. Now that evil bridegroom has caused trouble in the neighboring town. If we don't take action, I'm afraid he will really become lawless."

"Okay~"

Linshui Town——

"Why do you need me to accompany you to complete your work targets?" Mu Qingxue crossed her arms over her chest, looking reluctant.

"Maybe my brother, the head of the sect, thought you were too idle in the mountains, so he found something for you to do."

"No, I'm fine playing chess and drinking tea with my master on the mountain." Mu Qingxue shrugged her shoulders: "Oh, by the way, after such a long period of seclusion, have you come up with any good ideas?"

"What good idea?" Mo Xiaolan asked.

"What else can you do? In fifty-five years, the upgraded version of Demon Lord Merofan will come back, and you will die miserably then."

"Oh...oh." Mo Xiaolan pursed her lips and couldn't help but quicken her pace: "I forgot about this matter. Look at my memory. Yes, what should I do, what should I do, what should I do."

Seeing her like this, Mu Qingxue didn't ask any more questions. She thought that she suddenly went into seclusion five years ago because she wanted to plan her funeral affairs carefully, but she never thought that she would still be the same as she was five years ago. Maybe they all thought things were too simple at the time. People are creatures. When they are bystanders, they can always see things clearly and rationally, but once they become the parties involved, they begin to hesitate, looking ahead and behind, and sometimes they act on impulse, with disastrous consequences.

When I first arrived in Linshui Town, I met an acquaintance - Ming Fan.

"Ming Fan!" Mo Xiaolan walked through the crowd and came to him: "You have come here to look for your sister."

"Long time no see, Xiaolan." Mingfan smiled at her.

"Mo Xiaolan, you must have seen a ghost, walking so fast!" Mo Xiaolan panted and followed her. She stopped and looked at the man in front of her carefully, and asked, "Who is this?"

Mo Xiaolan said, "This is my best friend Mu Qingxue. Best friend means someone who is not a sister but is better than a sister. And this is Mingfan."

Mo Xiaolan took a deep breath and almost lost her balance: "Ming Fan? That Ming Fan."

"Yes, that Ming Fan you were thinking of."

Mu Qingxue was almost ready to burst into tears. The popularity of the second male lead Ming Fan was no less than that of the male lead Mo Luofan. At the beginning, Mu Qingxue wrote him to death and received at least three large boxes of razor blades sent to the school. Now the real person was standing in front of her. This was even nicer than what was described in the novel. It was the comfort from an old mother.

Mu Qingxue whispered to the person next to her: "Tell me quickly, when did you meet, how long have you known each other, what stage has it progressed to, should I prepare to be a bridesmaid."

"What are you thinking about?" Mo Xiaolan pushed her head hard, and then asked Mingfan: "Why are you here? Are you looking for your sister?"

Ming Fan smiled and replied, "Looking for my sister is one of the reasons. I guess you guys from Qingyuan Sect are here because of the ghost groom as well."

"Yeah, you too?"

"Yes." He nodded and said, "Because this time it involves the Yin Mo clan. The Yin Mo clan is a child born from people in the ghost world or the demon world. Because of their impure blood, they cannot live normally in the world full of demonic or ghost energy. They are not tolerated by the two worlds and have no choice but to make a living in the human world. If they marry a human, they can purify their blood and become an ordinary person."

"But the Yin Demons have always been kind and never hurt anyone. Moreover, their numbers are very small. They have been marrying humans over the years, slowly eliminating their Yin Demon bloodline. Moreover, they have been in the human world for thousands of years, living in harmony with humans and have never committed any transgressive behavior. Why did they suddenly commit a crime?"

"Because a new leader of the demon clan has ascended the throne." Ming Fan looked at the bright moon in the sky and said, "Not long ago, a new leader of the demon clan ascended the throne and opened up the country to purify the demonic energy in one area to accommodate the Yin Demons. But some Yin Demons are unwilling to go back. The only way they can stay in the human world is to marry human women and have...sexual pleasure." When he said the words "sexual pleasure", Ming Fan's face was obviously flushed.

Mo Xiaolan continued, "But there is a rule that Yin Demons can marry humans, but they must follow the human marriage rules and can only marry once every hundred years. So that Yin Demon would intercept a ready-made bride to marry so that he can quickly become a human?"

"Yes." Ming Fan nodded. "So we have to hurry up. Once he becomes a human, he will become an ordinary citizen. At that time, neither our ghost world nor your cultivation will be able to control him. We will have to hand him over to the government. By then, he will have been reborn, and the government will not be able to punish him. In the end, those innocent people will not be able to seek justice, and it will also set a precedent for other Yin Demons."

"But the world is so big, where should we find him?" Mo Xiaolan asked.

Mu Qingxue looked around and suddenly had an idea: "I have a way to lure the snake out of its hole. Since he can't show himself, let's lure him out. Doesn't he like to rob brides? Then let's give him a chance and see if he can snatch the most beautiful bride in the world of cultivation."

Mo Xiaolan thought this was a good idea and nodded, but then she realized something was wrong: "Why let me go?"

Mu Qingxue looked at her with squinted eyes, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You are a combat type, and I am a support type. You can not only protect yourself but also catch people. If I go, I will be caught by accident. Aren't you afraid that my master will chase you and beat you up?"

"You just know how to use your master to pressure me!" Mo Xiaolan made a face at her. On the surface, the master and disciple were a good sister and a good brother, but once one of them was provoked, the other would carry a 40-meter-long sword and hunt her all over the world. If her senior brother Mu Qingfeng was not a perennial bachelor, and this best friend was only interested in the material for novels, she would have really thought that these two masters and disciples were really going to have a master-disciple relationship, and look at how they doted on each other.

The bride and groom are already there, now all that's left is some wedding items to prepare. We went to a shop that specializes in weddings. Since that incident, many wedding supply shops have switched to selling funeral supplies. Now the remaining shops dare not take on this wedding, as they think that if they are not careful they will get into a lawsuit involving murder, and the cost is too high.

Snapped-

Ming Fan slapped a shiny gold ingot directly on the table: "My family didn't allow my wife and I to get married, so we eloped. I hope we can get married quickly. Don't worry, we will bear all the consequences."

"This..." The shopkeeper looked at the glittering gold on the table and said, "Well... OK, I'll do my best to get it done for you. It will be ready in three days. But don't blame me for not reminding you. There is a ghost groom who kidnaps passing brides recently. You better be careful."

At this time, in a water pavilion not far from the city, a girl in green clothes holding a green sheathed long sword walked into the pavilion and said to the person standing in front of her: "Just now, my Lulu found that a couple went to buy wedding supplies. The wedding is in three days. Should we..."

"Yes." The man said, "Get this done as soon as possible, and I can go back as soon as possible."

"What about my business?" The girl held the sword in her arms. "Have you found out where he is hiding?"

"Not yet, but I promise you that if I can find him, I will bring him to you for you to do with."

"That's good." The girl smiled and said, "I'll get busy now. You don't have to worry too much about this. I'll take care of everything. You just need to show up in three days to catch the Yin Demon. Remember, this bride is the key to whether the Yin Demon can become a human being. Don't be late again."

"Ok."

After the girl left, a paper white dove flew over and landed in front of him, then instantly turned into a letter.

All the people have gathered and are lying in ambush outside the mountain barrier, waiting for your order to attack Qingyuan Gate immediately.

Three days later——

According to the plan, Mo Xiaolan sat in the bridal sedan, Mingfan rode in front of the sedan, and the whole team marched forward with drums and gongs. As dusk fell and night came, a small butterfly landed on Mu Qingxue's hand when they approached the dark forest. Mo Xiaolan lifted the curtain of the bridal sedan and said to the people inside, "The spirit butterfly smelled something. As expected, the Yin Demon is nearby. I have also planted the seeds of the spirit butterfly in you. I will lead us to find you when the time comes. You must be careful."

"Yeah." Mo Xiaolan nodded.

After the team had walked for nearly ten steps, a strong wind suddenly blew, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

Not far away, the woman in green was hiding behind a tree and watching the scene in front of her. She quietly released two small elves and said, "Lulu, you are a spirit pet from the ghost world. You are good at tracking by scent. Remember the scent of the bride and follow the path to the Yin Demon's territory. Kaka, go and notify him and ask him to come quickly."

After hearing the master's order, the two elves immediately flapped their two little wings and started to move.

The woman was still hiding behind the tree and peeking. A strong wind blew by, and the bride in the bridal sedan disappeared. When she saw Ming Fan, she shrank back in fear: "Why is he here? It's over. What should I do?"

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