Ruin Wielder-Chapter 21: Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect.

As Ximen reached the retard, he once again smelled the foul stench coming from Luo Tian, he almost vomited, it was that bad. It was like toxic miasma.

"Do you always have this smell? How could you ever get married smelling like a corpse?"

Ximen asked as he was pinching his nose and was not sure how to slap this guy, this dimwit drooling all over, and Ximen even suspects this boy has shitted himself.

"Wait..."

The word drifted in from the courtyard gate, soft as spring water yet clear enough to silence the air.

Ximen’s hand froze mid-air, relief flickering across his face. Anything to delay striking this idiot, he was conflicted now if he should even touch this bastard at all. He even took a breath when his nose changed direction.

A woman walked forward. She was dazzling to the point of absurdity—silver hair cascading like a river of moonlight, golden eyes gleaming as though the sun itself had been set into her gaze. Her features were flawless, cold yet radiant, each step measured with an elegance that made the air itself still.

This woman, is she a heavenly fairy?

Ximen gulped, his hand automatically went down. He was not sure what to do anymore, he was smitten. His eyes slowly turned wide with happiness and perversion.

I want this woman.

Why is she here? Damn it!!

Luo Tian thought he was not strong enough to protect Luo Yan yet, so he was sweating as hard as he could. He could obviously guess that this Ximen was a perverted person.

I’ve to act fast to get away for tonight, a spectacle big enough so everyone will run for the day.

Luo Tian instantly started to plan because he was not the Ancestor of Humanity by cultivation strength only, his plotting and brain are also what made him dangerous for even the Demon Emperor in his past life.

"This beauty is...?"

Ximen’s eyes lit up as he turned fully toward her, grinning like a wolf that had just found a lost lamb.

"My name is Luo Yan. This fool beside me is my future husband. Lord Ximen, please forgive him for whatever he has done. If punishment must fall, let it fall on me instead."

Her silver hair shimmered like flowing moonlight, golden eyes shining even as she bowed low in respect. Her voice was steady, but her heart beat fast. She had rushed here the moment a servant whispered Luo Tian had offended someone important. Kind at heart, she would rather take the blow herself than see disaster crush him.

This!! Is she this kind? Hmmph, I promise you that I will never let harm befall you, my Yan’er.

Luo Tian thought, He already has a plan in his mind, it will take a moment to execute it.

"Hehe, now that you mention it, I am a kind soul. I am not going to make things difficult for him at all. I wanted to check if I can slap him and make him sane again. You misunderstood me, fairy."

Ximen instantly smiled kindly, he didn’t want Luo Yan to have a bad image of him. She was so beautiful that he was actually shaking inside to control himself not to jump on her.

"Oh! Then, I am sorry for mistaking your kindness, my Lord."

Luo Yan bowed as she spoke. She wanted nothing more than to grab her stepbrother and leave, but with so many people watching, she couldn’t move. Her heart wavered in confusion. Ximen’s presence pressed down like a mountain, and even though she herself was a peak Qi Refining cultivator, she could not see the depth of his cultivation at all.

So she did the only thing she could—she stepped slowly in front of Luo Tian, placing herself between him and danger. She owed this family too much, and her thoughts were simple: if she could help them now, even if it cost her life, then so be it. After all, her fate was already sealed to marry a fool.

Eh! She has the Nine Yin Divine Body? That’s an extremely rare physique, even in the lower plane!!

Luo Tian’s dull eyes flickered with sudden clarity for a second. He had only awoken his past-life memories last night, so this was the first time he truly laid eyes on Luo Yan. And now he realized—her body was a treasure in itself. Exquisite. Perfect for dual cultivation.

I have to do it now. Otherwise, it will be too late if this bastard’s master comes and sees her.

"What’s that foul smell?"

"Oh my god, am I going to die?"

"This stench... My Lord, my cultivation is dropping!"

"Heavenly curse! This must be a punishment from the heavens!"

Luo Yan, standing closest to Luo Tian, went pale and collapsed instantly. The sheer stench rolling off him was enough to overwhelm her entirely. Even Ximen staggered back several steps, his sleeves raised, qi gathering as he prepared to battle some unseen, deadly foe.

"Toxic miasma! True Disciple Ximen, I hope you’re unharmed!"

Chen Tao rushed in from the courtyard, his duty as protector pushing him forward. He planted himself before Ximen like a shield. His nose twitched violently under the assault, his eyes watered, but still he stood firm against what he thought was an ambush.

"This smell..." Ximen’s face twisted, his voice cracking between rage and disbelief. "It’s from this retard! The bastard’s shitting himself again!"

His night was ruined. His eyes bulged as he kept retreating, refusing to take even half a step closer. Luo Yan lay unconscious at Luo Tian’s feet, but Ximen didn’t have the courage to approach—he would rather face a wilder beast than drag her away from that reeking calamity.

"I will clean it up, please go back to your room, masters."

The maid who previously went inside Luo Tian’s room came with a broom in her hand and said her eyes were lazy as if someone just dragged her out from sleep. She was used to this foul qi and stench, she always felt like everyone else overreacted whenever this happened.

"You!! Don’t go near, you’ll die!"

Chen Tao said he wanted to kick the maid out, as she could die from the miasma, but his body was already going numb from the smoky stench. He kept retreating while pushing Ximen back and back.

"No, my Lord, nothing happens to me. I have raised this boy for 18 years and also gotten used to this smell. You can go out, let me pick the young miss up to safety first."

The maid carried Luo Yan like she was a baby somewhere safe, then came back in a while and started to undress Luo Tian casually.

"Let’s go! Let’s go! I can’t hold any longer!"

Ximen said he was pinching his nose and standing far away, but still his eyes were almost blacking out.

Chen Tao was deeply looking at the old maid. She was doing everything with ease, like this stench was nothing to her at all.

"You!!! You have the Spirit Body of Corpse Rot, the demonic body that was being searched by the Demon Sect some fifty years ago!"

Chen Tao said after observing the maid for a while. She was in her late fifties if he was right, and she would have become the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect if they had found her in time.