The Carnation Goddess

In the inner courts of the Holy Maiden Sanctuary, Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng were already pacing up and down. "Why isn't he back yet?"

There were only two maidens in this grand hall and the other maiden was the Holy Saintess Sheng Feiyan.

Saintess Sheng Feiyan laughed weakly, "The experiential training is supposed to last for 7 days…"

"It has already been 13 days!" Saintess Qian Yufeng hummed unhappily.

"They still need to walk back, you know." Saintess Sheng Feiyan weakly said. Although she missed Shen Lie a lot but Saintess Qian Yufeng had waited for Shen Lie until she had almost exploded with infuriation.

Saintess Qian Yufeng ignored her and continued to pace up and down with great impatient.

Saintess Sheng Feiyan smiled, "Relax. Why don't we go and greet the numerous sect leaders from our two holy lands that are waiting to congrats us for merging our two holy lands?"

"You can go and say hello to them yourself." Saintess Qian Yufeng hummed coldly as she kicked a stone pillar unhappily.

"Come to think of this. Isn't this a little weird that we have not seen Fairy Xiang Yun lately? She seems to have disappeared." Saintess Sheng Feiyan pondered as she commented.

This time round, Saintess Qian Yufeng had stopped in her tracks. "As long as the bitches from the Saintess Palace aren't here, they will never know that we have Shen Lie with us."

Saintess Sheng Feiyan smiled weakly, "Naturally we have to be very careful about this. Right now, he is a low level cultivator in the Holy Maiden Sanctuary and only the 7 holy saintesses know what he looks like. So I say that he is quite safe here."

Saintess Qian Yufeng sighed softly, "I hope so…"

All of a sudden Nangong Shu had suddenly entered the grand hall and she had a coyly look, "The experiential training group is back!"

Saintess Qian Yufeng had immediately departed from the hall after echoing, "Remember what you have promised me. Tonight, I have a lot of things to catch up with Shen Lie!"

Saintess Sheng Feiyue took a look at Nangong Shu before she muttered softly, "Can I say no?"

With an unhappy look, she too had left the grand hall and she was quickly followed by Nangong Shu.

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At the outer court, Elder Li Hong had just led everyone in their return to the Holy Maiden Sanctuary.

Many of the trainee proteges were exhausted but they were also so glad to return 'home' once again.

On the way back, many of them were startled to find the sight of thousands of cultivators that were gathering at the the Holy Maiden Sanctuary; they were here to offer their congratulation messages to the two Holy Saintesses that had merged their holy land together.

However none of the other 5 holy saintesses had sent any representatives to the Holy Maiden Sanctuary or offer any form of congratulation messages.

From this day onward, the Holy Maiden Sanctuary would not be the smallest. Instead it would be the fifth largest powerhouse out of the six holy lands. Moreover they would have two saintesses in their holy place. This would make them even a match for the top 3 holy lands.

While many of the trainee protégés were celebrating their return and the failures were glooming unhappily that they would have to leave soon, Elder Hua Zixia had suddenly entered the courter court with a wry smile.

She was actually looking at Shen Lie among the trainee protégés that had returned while pretending to look at Elder Li Hong.

Elder Li Hong was looking nervous as she reported, "In this trip, we have 2 assistant elders that have perished…"

"It is alright. Welcome back." Elder Hua Zixia smiled to Elder Li Hong.

Elder Li Hong looked a little startled; there was no questioning?!

Elder Hua Zixia did not care for the experiential training. As long as Shen Lie was back alive, this was important enough. No matter if he passed this experiential training or not, he would never be kicked out of the Holy Maiden Sanctuary. Even the results were not important when it comes to Shen Lie.

Elder Lie looked a little relieved, "In this case, I will report the status of the experiential training instead…"

"Hehe! All of you are back?" A beautiful voice had suddenly interrupted and it was Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng who had suddenly appeared with six of her senior female proteges behind her.

When Elder Li Hong, the trainee protégés, the remaining 2 assistant elders and the 8 senior protégés saw that it was the Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng, they hastily greeted her while thinking: Why is the Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng here?

Everyone except Shen Lie.

When Shen Lie saw that it was Saintess Qian Yufeng, there was a look of anticipations in his eyes as the stunning looks of the Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng began to stir the passionate hearts of all the males in this place.

Saintess Qian Yufeng tried to suppress the smiles on her countenance when she saw Shen Lie but she could not and she was still smiling with an excited look.

She quickly pointed at Shen Lie and ordered her six senior female protégés, "That is right. It is him! Take him away! I just remember that he is supposed to be lashed by the Holy Saintess Sheng Feiyan for a horrid black mark in the Holy Maiden Sanctuary."

Elder Hua Zixia was quiet and was smiling bitterly; she knew why the Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng had come but she had not expected her to come so swiftly.

Elder Li Hong was startled and asked protectively, "Isn't the lashing punishment over already?"

Saintess Qian Yufeng hummed coldly, "Don't you know that it has been increased because he was caught for staring at the Holy Saintess Sheng Feiyan? And…"

She was pointing at Shen Lie now, "And now it has been increased again because he is staring at me."

Shen Lie nearly fainted when he had heard her: They are all looking at you but you have only punished me? Can't you think of a better excuse?

Saintess Qian Yufeng smiled excitingly, "Take him away now!"

She was smiling even more excitingly when she saw that Saintess Sheng Feiyan and Nangong Shu had just arrived.

Elder Li Hong and everyone immediately greeted Saintess Sheng Feiyan and Nangong Shu when they saw them.

As Shen Lie greeted them, he was also looking at them; they had become even more beautiful while he was away…

Elder Li Hong stammered to Saintess Sheng Feiyan, "Greeting to our Saintess, Holy Saintess Qian Yufeng wants to take Shen Lie away…"

"I have heard her. Let her take him away." Saintess Sheng Feiyan sighed softly at Elder Li Hong but she was actually looking at Shen Lie. She had pretended to sigh slowly so that she could take a longer look at Shen Lie. "This is his punishment for staring at me and Saintess Qian Yufeng."

All of a sudden she pointed at Shen Lie and pretended to be cold, "And now he is staring at me. I want to increase his punishments!"

Shen Lie blinked his eyes: Feiyan, can't you also think of a better excuse than this? You are the same as Yufeng. Everyone is looking at you and you have only targeted me?!

The only person that was deeply shocked was Jie Ying; when she had heard that Shen Lie had to be lashed again, it grieved her heart.

And now she could only watch as Shen Lie was being taken away by Saintess Qian Yufeng for his due punishments.