However, what happened next was completely different from what she had imagined.
After the butterflies surrounded Xiao Qingyin, they did not bite or devour her, but instead swirled around her.
After flying for a while, they gently landed on her clothes, layer upon layer, creating a magnificent floor-length gown.
Some of the hair fell onto the top of her head, forming a beautiful crown.
Those that fluttered about would land on her fingertips as she raised her hand, their wings fluttering slightly.
The believers were all stunned by what they saw.
After a brief silence, their eyes shone with intense admiration and joy, and they cried out in unison, "Goddess!"
After regaining their senses, the members of the aristocratic families also cast ardent glances at Xiao Qingyin.
Bai Musheng let out a long sigh of relief.
He wore an expression of pride.
He knew that Xiao Qingyin always had a way of turning danger into safety.
No matter how big the problem is, she can solve it easily.
He hadn't even become the Holy Son yet, but she had already become the "Goddess".
No one is a better match for them.
Unbeknownst to him, the Holy Lord, seated high on the jade chair, was also staring intently at Xiao Qingyin.
...
Xiao Qingyin glanced at Jin Yueyue, her eyes full of provocation.
Jin Yueyue was so angry that her face twisted in anger.
Why don't these butterflies eat her?
Why!
She clearly had someone sprinkle bait on Xiao Qingyin; they should have devoured her without hesitation!
Just as she was enraged, a puddle of foul-smelling white mud landed on her shoulder.
She looked up at the sky and saw only a black dot moving away.
Damn it!
She flew into a rage and yelled at the maid beside her, "Hurry up and wipe it clean for me!"
The maidservant cautiously took out her handkerchief.
Before I could even wipe it off, I was sent flying by a brutal force.
The moment she landed, she turned her head and saw that the Ba family's golden python had somehow appeared and was coiling around her young lady, trying to strangle her.
"Ah! Help—"
Screams rose and fell.
The Jin family was terrified.
After regaining their senses, they scattered and fled.
The Bai and Wu families next to them were also thrown into chaos by shock.
The candidates for the Ba family's holy son were dumbfounded.
They have raised this golden python for twenty years. It has always been very docile, only eating the food they feed it, and has never attacked anyone.
This is why they dared to bring it directly to the Holy Spirit Festival.
But now, the snake has launched an attack!
The target of the attack was still Miss Jin, who was quite far away.
Seeing that the young lady of the Jin family had been strangled unconscious, he dared not delay any longer, so he leaped forward and drove a nail hard into the snake's body.
The nail was coated with a potent sedative, and the python quickly lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.
But its body remained in the strangulation position.
It took the Ba family a tremendous amount of effort to rescue Jin Yueyue.
However, it was too late.
At this point, Jin Yueyue had broken her spine and would spend the rest of her life bedridden.
"I'm sorry," the candidate for the Ba family's Holy Son apologized to the Jin family. "It doesn't usually act like this. Miss Jin may have been carrying some drugs that would irritate it and disturb its mind."
The Kim family did not accept his apology.
"Our Yueyue's life is ruined, and you think an apology is enough?"
"So what do you want?"
"Kill the culprit."
The Ba family's expression changed.
"This is the sacred beast of our Ba family!"
"It's just a python, they're everywhere in the wild. Kill this one and you can raise another one."
"Is this a snake?! The sacred beast is the symbol of our Ba family. Does your Jin family want to kill the snake or insult our Ba family?"
"I have a question for you too! Did you deliberately target Yueyue so that your fifth young lady would become Bai Musheng's fiancée?!"
"..."
The two families argued fiercely.
A fight was about to break out.
Xiao Qingyin waved away the butterflies on her body and watched them argue with amusement.
When she learned that the Jin family's sacred beast was a killer butterfly, and that Jin Yueyue wanted to kill her, she guessed that the other party would use the butterfly to do so.
They made special preparations and decided to retaliate in kind.
Thanks to Owl's precise targeting, her plan was successfully implemented.
You'll have to get a big bag of jerky as a reward when you get back.
Unfortunately, the Jin family and the Ba family ultimately did not engage in a major conflict.
The Holy Lord intervened.
Although the two families did not physically fight, they still developed a grudge against each other.
...
As night fell, a raging fire was lit in the center of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
People who had played and frolicked all day were now exhausted. They sat around the campfire, silently praying in their hearts.
A strange, sweet aroma wafted from the fire, spreading to every corner of the square.
Everyone who smells this sweet fragrance is instantly invigorated.
They felt the power return to them.
"Thanks be to the Holy Spirit! For giving us strength!"
They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the holy tower.
Then they held hands and started dancing.
He jumped from the deepening night until dawn, completely exhausted, before collapsing haphazardly onto the square and falling into a deep sleep.
After smelling the sweet fragrance, Xiao Qingyin left the Holy Tower Square.
The next day, she went to the teahouse to find Yan Yufei with a heavy expression.
Did you attend the bonfire party yesterday?
She asked.
Yan Yufei shook his head.
“I didn’t go; I stayed home all day yesterday.”
"Do you know what they added to the campfire?"
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