The Legend of the Demon Hunter

half a month later.

The buildings of the Holy Maiden City display a feminine and graceful beauty everywhere. Its walls are made of pure ice, with complex patterns carved on the transparent ice surface. These are runes used to keep the ice and snow from melting all year round.

There are two types of buildings in the city. One is low-rise houses, which are made of ordinary bricks and stones, while the other is religious buildings of the Red Lotus Cult, which, like the city walls, are made of ice and snow. In the center of the Saint City is a tall spire church, towering into the clouds and dreamlike. It can be clearly seen from outside the city gate. This is the legendary Red Lotus Cult's main church.

There are two different legends about the origin of Saint Maiden City. One is that Saint Maiden City was designed and built by Jin Ling'er herself a thousand years ago. Because Jin Ling'er loved ice and snow, she built this kingdom of ice and snow. The other is that after Jin Ling'er passed away, her descendants built it to commemorate her. As for which one is true, it is now unknown.

But one thing is certain, the original purpose of Saint Maiden City was just a religious place for the Red Lotus Cult, but as time went on, ordinary civilians moved in one after another. These people did not have the ability to build ice and snow buildings, and could only build houses with ordinary bricks and stones. Over time, half of the residents of Saint Maiden City were such civilians.

The North Gate is the main entrance to the Holy Maiden City. Outside the glazed gate stand two young Red Lotus guards. Judging from their blue robes, they are both high-level demon hunters.

In the world of demon hunters, high-level demon hunters who can complete three blood awakenings are extremely rare, and most of them are people of prominent status. However, at the gate of the Holy Maiden City, there are actually two high-level demon hunters guarding it, which shows the strength of the Red Lotus capital.

At sunrise, a young man carrying a package walked to the city gate. Just as he was about to enter the city, one of the blue-robed guards stopped him and asked solemnly, "Who are you? What are you doing in the city?"

Everyone living near the Saint Maiden City knew what the blue robes meant. When the young man saw the blue-robed guards blocking him, he turned pale with fear and even stuttered, saying, "Sir, I am a businessman. I came to the city this time to deliver some herbs to a Saint Church envoy in the city. Look here."

In order to prove that what he said was true, the young man opened the package on his back and showed it to the blue-robed believers. There were indeed some ordinary herbs inside.

The blue-robed guard took a look and showed no intention of giving way. He said coldly, "The Saint Maiden City is under martial law. No outsiders are allowed to enter. Go back!"

Hearing the blue-robed guard's words, the young man hesitated and said unwillingly, "But I promised the envoy that I would deliver the herbs within three days. Now the deadline has come. If I delay this matter, I can't bear the consequences!"

"Humph!" The blue-robed believer snorted coldly and said, "Why? Didn't you understand what I said?"

The young man was frightened by these words. He took two steps back and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes! Since the Holy Maiden City has been under martial law, I believe that the envoy will be able to understand. I will leave now. Please don't blame me, both envoys." After saying this, the young man turned around and ran away.

At this time, many people who wanted to enter the city had gathered at the city gate. Seeing what happened to the young man, many of them gave up on entering the city and left. Others stayed there, and complaints and discussions were heard from the crowd.

"They didn't say they were going to impose martial law yesterday, so why is it suddenly imposed today?"

"What on earth is going on in the city?"

"Alas, I have something very important to do in the city. What should I do?"

Xiao Zhu and Xiao Ya were in the crowd at this time. They were also stopped outside the city and were not allowed to enter. Xiao Zhu frowned and was thinking about how to deal with the situation. He turned around and looked at Xiao Ya, but found that Xiao Ya's expression was a little strange.

"What's wrong, Xiaoya?" Xiao Zhu asked puzzledly.

"Brother Zhu, after arriving here, I have a very familiar feeling, as if I have been here before." Xiaoya said, looking at the ice and snow castle in front of her.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu was pleasantly surprised and said, "Then we have come to the right place! Besides being familiar, can you think of anything else?"

Xiaoya shook her head: "Not yet, but if I can enter the city and walk around, maybe I can remember something."

"Yeah!" Xiao Zhu nodded in agreement. His thoughts were the same as Xiao Ya's: "It seems that we have to enter this Saint Maiden City."

"But what can we do now?" Xiaoya looked troubled when she saw the situation at the city gate.

Xiao Zhu lowered his head and thought for a while, then he raised his head, his eyes lit up and he said, "I've got an idea!"

Half an hour later, two low-level disciples of the Red Lotus Sect in grey robes walked to the front of the gate. Two blue-robed guards looked at their robes and confirmed that they were both junior demon hunters, then waved their hands and let them pass.

The two gray-robed disciples entered the city and walked a long way. Only when they were far away from the north gate did one of the gray-robed disciples utter the first sentence: "Brother Zhu, you are really smart. I didn't expect that the gray robes from before could play such a role."

At this time, Xiao Zhu also breathed a sigh of relief. He reminded: "I am just improvising. But after all, Saint Maiden City is the capital of Huanling Country and the headquarters of the Red Lotus Cult. Such a disguise can be easily seen through. We must be careful."

"Okay, I understand." Xiaoya nodded obediently.

As soon as the two finished talking, they heard hurried footsteps behind them. Xiao Zhu's heart tightened suddenly. He turned around and saw a Red Lotus Sect member in a green robe walking towards him in a hurry.

Green Robe Cultist, this is an intermediate demon hunter!

Xiao Zhu looked around. There were no pedestrians around at this moment. He secretly gathered his spiritual power in his right hand, thinking that if the other party recognized their identities, he would kill him immediately.

"Hey! You two, there is a shortage of manpower in the city right now, why don't you go to the west gate to provide support!" The green-robed cultist walked up to Xiao Zhu and Xiao Ya and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu realized that he was overthinking. He quietly withdrew the spiritual power in his hand, put on an earnest smile, and said, "Thank you for the reminder, my lord. I will go to the west gate to provide support immediately."

But Xiao Zhu couldn't help but feel confused. What happened in Saint Maiden City? Why did they urgently call in so many Red Lotus disciples?

This really doesn't seem like what a religious holy city should be like.