Marry the Demon Sect Girl with No Bride Price-Chapter 207 - 12: Becoming Beast to Seek Immortality
"Housekeeper Lu, those two female fiends have retreated, everyone has withdrawn into the Eternal Night Array."
Within the grand courtyard, a cultivator was reporting to Housekeeper Lu, but his face bore a look of fear:
"Housekeeper Lu, the Eternal Night Array is only effective at night. What should we do if those two female fiends come tomorrow during the day?"
This cultivator had witnessed Second Master Chang being burned into a human pig by the red-haired female fiend. He was still trembling with fear. Facing that female fiend again seemed less appealing than slitting his own throat.
Housekeeper Lu instructed: "You must stay calm. The Patriarch’s divine power is about to attain great success. Once I report to the Patriarch, he will decide!"
"Yes!"
After the cultivator left, Housekeeper Lu turned and pushed open the door behind him, covered with a black cloth, and quickly went inside.
As he stepped in, he immediately heard continuous screams from inside.
"Don’t eat me, don’t eat me! Ah!"
"Spare me! I don’t want to die!"
"You—you’re not the Patriarch! You’re not!"
"Monster, monster, don’t come closer, ah!"
Housekeeper Lu bypassed the screen at the entrance and entered the inner room. The room was spacious enough to accommodate dozens of people, but at the moment, it was crowded to the brim.
Because, at the very center of the room stood a giant beast on four legs!
This beast had four horns on its head resembling a mountain goat, but it had a bloody maw filled with cold fangs.
The giant goat stood three zhang high, its four hooves as sturdy as tree trunks.
At its feet lay several curled, blackened corpses, next to discarded women’s dresses.
Apparently, these were the bodies of female cultivators sent in moments ago, having met some horrifying fate to end up in this tragic and dreadful state.
Dozens of female cultivators around were huddled in the corners, excessively frightened, and continuously crying out.
Si Minglan, Fang Xue, and Mo Xiaolan stood in the west corner, with righteous indignation on Fang Xue’s face.
"How can someone turn themselves into a demonic beast? And then devour their kind!"
Mo Xiaolan, having the lowest cultivation, looked pale and trembled slightly, but unlike the others hadn’t burst into tears.
Si Minglan snorted coldly: "It’s the ’Celestial Beast Record Earth Mole Scroll.’ The Chang Family, supposed guardians of the town, actually practice such an evil technique."
"Celestial Beast Record? Earth Mole Scroll?"
The two women looked at her, as the four-horned giant goat in the central room had just absorbed the essence qi of several female cultivators, seemingly digesting, temporarily motionless. Si Minglan continued: 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"The ’Celestial Beast Record’ is a cultivation technique of the Demon Sect’s Celestial Fall Sect, allowing cultivators to wield the power of ancient demonic beasts, at its peak it can transform cultivators themselves into demonic beasts."
"This technique is divided into ten scrolls, corresponding to ten ancient demonic beasts. The Earth Mole Scroll is one, and it turns cultivators into ancient demonic beasts—Earth Moles, like that monstrosity."
Si Minglan pointed at the four-horned giant goat, speaking coldly:
"The Earth Mole Scroll’s venom lies in its requirement to absorb the spiritual energy and primordial yin of female cultivators during practice. Those absorbed lose all essence qi, their flesh withers, their soul shatters, and they lose any chance of rebirth."
"So vicious?! How can the Chang Family still serve as Xingluo Town’s guardian?!"
Fang Xue exclaimed indignantly.
"No, no, that mustn’t be the Patriarch! It’s the Demon Sect, surely the Demon Sect impostors masquerading as the Patriarch to commit evil, yes, that’s certainly it!"
Upon hearing them, the disheveled Gu Wenjun beside loudly defended the Patriarch of the Chang Family; Miao Haihui, equally pale, echoed:
"Yes, the Chang Family has sheltered Xingluo Town for years. When I was a child, the Patriarch even held me. He is beloved by the whole town; he couldn’t possibly turn into a demonic beast!"
"Heh heh heh!"
At this moment, the four-horned giant goat emitted a sharp laugh, sounding both human and beastly, and opened its bloody maw to speak in human words:
"Do you know why I abandoned the role of a guardian and chose to practice this damn ’Celestial Beast Record’?"
Miao Haihui and Gu Wenjun, who had just defended the Patriarch, instantly froze, staring at the speaking terrifying giant goat.
The Earth Mole’s horns were not yet fully grown, its body somewhat incomplete. It raised its head and howled, its voice sharp:
"I have exhausted myself for Xingluo Town, having contributed countless Spirit Stones, Spirit Marrow, Spirit Pills, and other cultivation resources to the Zhenyang Sect over the years!"
"But when I grew old, my lifespan nearing its end, and sought a technique for extending life, the Zhenyang Sect flatly refused!"
"They never considered me human; I was merely their dog! No, I’m even less than a dog from Zhenyang Mountain!"
"I refuse to accept this!"
"Zhenyang Sect left me no path to survive, so I found my own!"
"Look, now I’ve become an Ancient Divine Beast, my lifespan extended indefinitely! My power now surpasses those hypocrites of the Zhenyang Sect!"
"I am neither old nor dead; no one dares to look down on me now!"
"Heh heh heh heh!"
Transformed into the Earth Mole, Chang Shengzi’s voice fluctuated between deep and sharp, piercing the eardrums of all present.
For Miao Haihui and Gu Wenjun, this revelation shattered the mental constructs they had held since childhood.
This structure seemed solid enough to last a lifetime.
Yet now, this structure shattered upon impact, reduced to dust, transforming into helpless and fearful tears slipping down their cheeks.
"Patriarch... Why is this happening?"
"Patriarch, my husband revered you most, he would always kneel before your divine statue during festivals, why...?"
"Heh heh heh!" The sharp beastly cry interrupted their sobs, followed by a transformation into a human voice:
"Since you revere me so much," he breathed, "I shall grant you the honor of becoming part of my divine form, my gift to you, heh heh heh!"
"Pa-Patriarch..." Miao Haihui and Gu Wenjun sobbed, staring in terrified disbelief at the gigantic fiendish goat, appearing bewildered.
Only then did Housekeeper Lu bow and speak: "Patriarch, Second Master has perished at the hands of the red-clothed female fiend, and the two female fiends have temporarily retreated. They might return tomorrow during the day."
"No matter, as long as we can hold out until noon tomorrow, my divine beast form will reach great success, and whoever comes will die!"
Chang Shengzi cackled hoarsely, and continued:
"Inform the entire town, and tell them those two female fiends are responsible for the missing female cultivators. Chang Family uncovered them and they attacked last night, killing Second, Fourth, and Fifth Masters heroically!"
"Today, those female fiends will attack again. Chang Family and Xingluo Town are in peril. Everyone must unite to resist this great enemy!"
Housekeeper Lu’s eyes lit up, he smiled and said:
"The people of Xingluo Town revere the Chang Family and the Patriarch. Upon hearing the Chang Family is attacked, they will surely come to help. In this way, we can hold out until noon tomorrow! Patriarch, truly a brilliant plan!"
After a pause, Housekeeper Lu inquired:
"But... if those two female fiends go on a rampage, what should we do?"
The fearsome goat roared, opening its mouth to reveal a cruelly malicious smile akin to a human’s:
"Then gather the whole town and let them kill whoever they want; once they’ve finished, my divine beast form will be complete."
