Otherworldly Desert Dust

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Wu Hen also gave Mingyi a thumbs-up, "Good job, keep your spirits up, don’t embarrass us!"

Mingyi, being highly skilled and courageous, stepped up to the embroidery ball platform.

The crowd was a bit packed. She had gotten there late and missed out on a good spot.

Wu Hen lifted his head, his gaze fixed on the bride in the red veil who always had her back to them.

The bride’s back, smooth and graceful, as pure as jade, for some reason gave the men a sweltering feeling as if in the dog days of summer, making them want to hang their tongues on that cool, comfortable jade sculpture...

But for some reason, Wu Hen kept hearing a strange sound coming from the bride, as if she were constantly grinding her teeth.

"Little Yi, what level is this ghost bride?" Wu Hen didn’t feel very secure, so he tried communicating with Little Yi.

Hot dish?

What the heck is a hot dish?

Suddenly, Wu Hen couldn’t understand what Little Yi was expressing.

"Aren’t human Spirit Awakeners divided into five realms? The first is Firefly Light, the second is Night Ghost, the third is Thunder Bright, the fourth is Cang Xia, and the fifth is Heavenly Light... just tell me, which realm is this ghost bride in?" Wu Hen asked.

The third realm?

Thunder Bright level?

A minor boss, to be exact!

Wu Hen didn’t expect an unimpressive ghost bride to be at such a high level.

"If Thunder Bright is a hot dish, then what is an Insect Eyes Half-man of Firefly Light realm?" Wu Hen couldn’t help but be curious.

Dessert!

Quickly, Little Yi gave the answer.

"Wait, Little Yi, can you be more serious? The solemn ranking of human Spirit Awakeners, how come you’ve turned it into your nutritional category?"

"Then what is Heavenly Light?"

Little Yi seemed to seriously consider it for a moment.

Then, he still gave the answer:

Main course!

Wu Hen felt completely exasperated, "Main course? Seriously?"

"You heard me, it’s really sophisticated, okay... it’s Firefly Light, Night Ghost, Thunder Bright, Cang Xia, Heavenly Light!!" Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Quickly, Little Yi indicated he understood, saying his categorization wasn’t wrong either... dessert, cold dish, hot dish, soup, main course.

It didn’t matter how humans classified it, anyway, this ghost bride is a third-level dish, a hot dish!

"Fine, fine, you’re superior, you’re amazing. With Mingyi’s strength, she shouldn’t be instantly killed." Hearing Little Yi’s answer, Wu Hen felt a bit relieved.

"Boom~~~~~!"

The gongs and drums sounded again, and the ghost bride on the pavilion finally moved. She didn’t look back at the eager crowd, still with her back turned, slowly raising her hand.

The Yuan You Embroidery Ball was indeed too tempting.

This item, even without modification or processing, had a high original nutritional value and could directly enhance everyone’s fundamental power.

Therefore, the Spirit Awakeners on the platform were all crazy, determined to snatch this Yuan You Embroidery Ball.

The embroidery ball finally fell.

A man in white with extraordinary martial skills soon leaped up.

His movements were graceful, light as a swan, like a hero wandering Jianghu. While others scrambled for the ball, under his high-speed movement, they appeared to be in slow motion.

In the end, the Yuan You Embroidery Ball was firmly snatched by him. He smoothed his flowing hair and smiled at the other Spirit Awakeners: "Everyone, thank you for letting me have it!"

"Damn!" Mingyi was a bit annoyed.

Her position wasn’t good, and her movements were not as swift as his. She wondered how many Yuan Yous that guy had devoured to attain such speed.

"Since I’ve got the Yuan You, I’ll take my leave first. I wish you all a safe departure." The man in white was polite, holding the Yuan You Embroidery Ball, elegantly and calmly trying to crush it.

"Wait a moment, since you’ve gotten the embroidery ball, you are this hour’s groom. Why don’t you go up and meet the bride?" The gong-beating ghost came forward and said.

"Hehe, another day perhaps." The man in white smiled and continued to apply pressure to crush the Yuan You.

However, the hardness of the embroidery ball exceeded the man’s expectations. No matter how much force he used, the Yuan You showed no signs of breaking, nor did it release any special soul power to escort him out of there.

This left the man in white baffled, unsure of what had gone wrong.

Wasn’t obtaining the Yuan You meant to allow him to leave?

"You’d better go meet the bride." The gong-beating ghost’s eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity, carrying a warning.

"Fool, if the Yuan You could get us out, we’d have left long ago!" said a fully armed Spirit Awakener.

Although the man in white was reluctant, he was eventually carried up to the Bone Pavilion by the gong-beating ghost.

"Creak!"

The pavilion window slammed shut, and the people below only saw the man in white facing the ghost bride. Likewise, the man’s face, twisted with terror and his muscles frozen, was clearly visible to those below...

What did the ghost bride’s face look like?

Why did it frighten the man in white so much?

"Ah!!! Don’t come closer!!!!" Suddenly, screams echoed from the pavilion above.

Harsh to the extreme and with a sobbing tone like a child’s, no one knew what pose the ghost bride displayed to make an adult’s spirit collapse instantly!

"Splurt~~~ Crunch~~~ Tear~~~~~~~~"

The sound of splattering blood was extraordinarily clear, followed by the noise of bones being crushed, then pieces of body being torn apart...

From below, Wu Hen, even without seeing the gruesome scene, could deduce the fate of the man in white from the sounds alone.

About ten minutes later, the window finally opened again.

It was still the bride with the jade-smooth back, her curves enchanting, yet from their angle, they could vaguely see her hurriedly stuffing something into her mouth...

The bride’s bashful and flustered manner was like that of a lady who had been hungry all day due to the formalities, sneakily eating something just to fill her stomach, not wanting anyone to see!

"Alright, we’re moving on to the next hour of throwing the embroidery ball." The gong-beating ghost took his place again, hitting the drums heavily, "Throw the embroidery ball, throw the embroidery ball, receive the ball and become the groom~~"

On the platform, there were still many Spirit Awakeners.

But as the drums sounded, everyone was scared out of their wits and ran off the platform!

Whoever wants the Yuan You Embroidery Ball, let them have it. Whoever wants to be the groom, let them be if they have the guts!

It’s a man-eating entity!!

This ghost bride, it actually ate people!!

"Boom!!!!!!"

Another heavy drumbeat, and the Spirit Awakeners who tried to escape the platform were forced back. The temple ghosts glared at them menacingly, unforgiving if they dared to step down, as it meant violating their customs!

Those who lost their minds and ran down were quickly tackled by the temple ghosts, taken apart piece by piece, and placed on the central sacrificial platform.

Watching a Spirit Awakener being treated like livestock for sacrifice, Cai Jinlin quickly took out a small notebook and jotted down a new rule.

"Do not violate temple customs! Once you participate in the event, you must see it through."

...

"Boom!"

A new Yuan You Embroidery Ball was thrown down.

This time, everyone avoided it, no one dared to pick it up.

The gong-beating ghost didn’t care if anyone picked it up or not, and directly grabbed the nearest Spirit Awakener like a chick and brought him before the bride.

Unlike the man in white, this strong Spirit Awakener was powerful and fought fiercely with the ghost bride for dozens of rounds, almost collapsing the entire white pavilion...

However, the ghost bride still had the upper hand and drained the unwilling groom dry.

"Burp~"

The bride let out a small burp but quickly covered her mouth in embarrassment, waiting silently for the ceremony to continue.

"Is this supposed to end after the bride is full?" Captain Qin Sheng couldn’t help but ask.

"Hard to say, maybe after she’s full, the ghost bride will whip out a steel wool or something," Wu Hen said.

"Throw the embroidery ball, throw the embroidery ball, catch the ball and become the groom~~" The gong-beating ghost shouted again.

A new Yuan You Embroidery Ball was thrown down again.

At this moment, all the Spirit Awakeners on the platform treated the embroidery ball like a hand grenade, quickly scattering to both sides!

They didn’t dare to catch it, didn’t even dare to get close!

The gong-beating ghost didn’t care if anyone caught it. If no one approached, he would just randomly pick someone from the platform to be the groom. After all, standing on the platform meant you had the willingness to be a groom.

Just as the gong-beating ghost was about to draw lots, someone stepped up to where the embroidery ball had fallen and boldly picked it up.

"Mingyi, what are you doing??" The White Peacock Man, seeing Mingyi pick up the ball, questioned excitedly.

"Don’t pick it up, once the bride is full, it will all be over, and the odds are it won’t be you!" Captain Qin Sheng shouted anxiously.

Mingyi, however, didn’t seem to care at all.

She held up the high-quality Yuan You Embroidery Ball, then looked back and winked at Wu Hen, saying, "I haven’t even given a gift to my new apprentice yet, consider this big Yuan You as it!"

Hearing this, Wu Hen was moved to tears!

Sister Mingyi, you’re really going for it!

"Humph, what ghost bride, let’s see me burn her with my peacock flames!" Mingyi, full of pride, planned to confront the ghost bride head-on!

On the pavilion, the ghost bride’s body began to twist unnaturally.

"Dear lady, the groom I choose must be male..." The ghost bride lifted her red veil, gazing at Mingyi below.

Oddly enough, the ghost bride’s face was quite normal, nothing like the horrifying or skeletal visage everyone had imagined, even somewhat gentle and lovely.

This left others puzzled, why had the man in white reacted so strongly?

"You didn’t say girls couldn’t catch the embroidery ball." Mingyi pointed at the gong-beating ghost.

"That’s our oversight. How about this, you can have the ball for good luck." The ghost bride said graciously.

"Oh, thanks, big sister. When I leave, can I get a wooden stick from the temple boy?" Mingyi inquired specifically.

"Of course." The ghost bride smiled, courteously sending Mingyi off.

Mingyi slightly bowed in return, paid a graceful salute, and walked off the platform under everyone’s gaze.

The gong-beating ghost did not stop her.

The surrounding temple ghosts didn’t show any hostility either.

Holding the Yuan You, Mingyi safely returned to the group.

With a confident and proud smile, she was about to raise her nose high when a thought suddenly puzzled Mingyi:

"Why did the ghost bride sister lift her veil directly, she clearly didn’t turn around?"

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