173: Chapter 173 Disciplining the Ye Family's Greatly Accomplished Sacred Body [Bonus Chapter! Thanks to Baozi for the update reminder!]

These two sounds came from deep within the Cangmang Divine Mountain, ancient and heavy.

Then, the Void Realm distorted, and two figures slowly manifested.

On the left was an old man with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a gray robe. His face was gaunt, but his eyes held restrained brilliance, and his aura was unfathomable!

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji, a Grand Elder of the Ye Family, in the Emperor Realm.

On the right was a woman with a cold expression and flowing white hair, draped in a silver cloak. Her aura intertwined seamlessly with Third Ancestor Ye Wuji's, becoming one.

Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian, Third Ancestor Ye Wuji's Dao Companion, also in the Emperor Realm. She looked very young, a mature beauty who still retained her charm!

Presumably, she had taken an Emperor-grade Face-Preserving Pill in her youth.

As soon as the two Great Emperors appeared, the tremors in the Ye Family's seven Peaks instantly subsided.

The nine True Dragon phantoms prostrated at the foot of the mountain, not even daring to lift their heads.

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji was the first to cup his hands, maintaining a very low posture.

“Fellow Daoist Yun, please appease your anger. Lanxi just has a bit of a temper; she meant no offense.”

Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian also bowed slightly, her voice cold yet polite.

“The junior is immature. We apologize for making a fool of ourselves before Fellow Daoist Yun. We hope you can be magnanimous.”

The sight of two Great Emperors bowing simultaneously was even more shocking to all the Ye Family Cultivators than Ye Lanxi being repelled by a single finger.

The Grand Elders, the pillars of the Ye Family, Old Ancestors who were rumored to have last awakened eight thousand years ago, were actually bowing to a junior of theirs?

Lu Chen looked down at Ye Lanxi in his arms.

The woman was still struggling. Her tattered battle skirt couldn't cover much, and a large area of her skin pressed against his Black Robe, her Ancient Desolate spiritual runes flickering.

“Let me go! My temper isn't short; this was just a normal spar!”

Ye Lanxi bit her red lips, her Phoenix eyes flushed—not from pain, but from excitement.

“This is amazing! This is the battle I wanted! Again! Let's fight again!”

Her voice was hoarse, her breathing rapid, and her face carried the characteristic flush after a battle.

“Emperor Yun, you don't need to hold back! My physical body is strong enough to take it! My recovery is also very strong, and I have secret revival techniques, so don't worry!”

Her hands pushed against Lu Chen's chest, trying hard to push him away, but her Desolate Ancient Sacred Body at thirty percent strength couldn't budge the Great Emperor Peak by even a hair.

“I haven't even summoned my heavenly emperor cauldron! I haven't used the nine great Holy Body visions like Chaos Seed Green Lotus! Just let loose and fight!”

The corners of Lu Chen's mouth twitched twice.

This woman had the same temperament as Ye Qingluan, stubborn to the bone.

He hadn't originally intended to get serious.

He was just sending a disciple home; what would it look like to fight her mother to the death? But now it seemed that if he didn't give her a deep lesson, this woman would pester him for fights in the future.

Holy Body visions were indeed powerful.

Once the nine visions of the Major Achievement Desolate Ancient Sacred Body were unleashed, while they might not reverse the battle, they would certainly be much more troublesome.

But that was easy to handle; he just wouldn't let her release them.

Deep within his eyes, a second pupil emerged over the original pitch-black ones.

Double Pupils.

Two golden divine lights shot from his eyes, silent and soundless, yet they exploded into two golden halos in the Void Realm.

The divine light swept past Ye Lanxi and shot directly toward Third Ancestor Ye Wuji and Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian in the distance.

The figures of the two Great Emperors froze simultaneously.

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji's expression changed drastically as he took three steps back. He felt his Great Emperor Laws instinctively fear those two divine lights.

The power of the Double Pupils crushed those of the same rank, and Lu Chen was at the Great Emperor Peak; even an old Senior from the past wouldn't feel good taking a hit from it!

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji and Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian simultaneously looked away, not daring to meet his gaze.

Lu Chen retracted the divine light.

“Elders, please step back.”

He looked down at the still-struggling Ye Lanxi in his arms and released his arm from her waist.

The moment Ye Lanxi was freed, she retreated ten feet, standing firm in the Void Realm, her Phoenix eyes staring at Lu Chen, her chest heaving violently.

Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his voice nonchalant.

“Today, I shall properly discipline your Ye Family's Nine-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak Major Achievement Holy Body.”

He paused for a beat, his gaze sweeping over Third Ancestor Ye Wuji and Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian.

“Rest assured, I will not harm her Origin, nor will I shorten her Lifespan.”

The corners of his mouth curled slightly.

“On the contrary, if she can endure my methods, her Dao Heart will become more stable, and she might even have a chance to Breakthrough to the Emperor Realm.”

As the last few words fell, Third Ancestor Ye Wuji and Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian exchanged glances.

The wariness in their eyes was instantly replaced by another emotion—anticipation.

The Ye Family hadn't produced a new Emperor for who knew how many tens of thousands of years.

Ye Lanxi was the most promising seed of their lineage—a Nine-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak, a Major Achievement Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. All she lacked was that final push.

If Lu Chen really could help her break through...

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji cupped his hands and retreated a hundred feet, saying no more.

Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian also retreated, but before doing so, she gave Lu Chen another look, her gaze filled with scrutiny and a trace of something indistinguishable.

When Ye Lanxi heard the words 'Breakthrough to the Emperor Realm,' her Phoenix eyes brightened instantly.

She didn't care about being 'disciplined'; what she cared about was that she could keep fighting!

With a wave of her right hand, the heavenly frost tyrant blood spear flew back into her palm.

Forming a spear seal, the Emperor-grade long spear flew from her hand. All the Emperor runes on the spear were activated, and a blood-red light exploded, blasting toward Lu Chen.

This spear wasn't a killing move; it was a stalling tactic.

Her hands formed seals, and the blood and Qi of the Major Achievement Desolate Ancient Sacred Body began to vibrate at a special frequency.

Chaos Seed Green Lotus.

The head of the nine Holy Body visions.

The Void Realm above her head began to distort, and a blurry phantom of a green lotus emerged from the Chaos—one petal, two petals...

Lu Chen didn't look at the incoming Emperor-grade long spear.

He reached into his robe and pulled out an ancient Formation Plate.

The plate wasn't large, about the size of a palm, its surface covered in dense Formation runes. Each rune was wriggling on its own, emitting a faint, eerie light.

It was the Emperor-grade life-bound Formation Plate he had refined.

With a flick of his finger, the Formation Plate flew out and hovered in mid-air.

Great Emperor spiritual power poured in.

The Formation Plate exploded with ten thousand rays of light.

The Formation runes detached from the surface, spreading across the Void Realm at an incredible speed.

One circle, two circles, three circles...

Nine layers of Formation runes filled the thousand-foot radius of the Void Realm within a single breath.

Just as the third petal of the Chaos Seed Green Lotus above Ye Lanxi's head was forming, the Formation was complete.

“Interrupting a casting animation... as a Quasi-Emperor, you should understand this, right?”

Lu Chen's voice came from all directions simultaneously.

The Thousand Illusions Heart-Bewildering Array's light surged.

The golden Formation light swallowed Lu Chen and Ye Lanxi at once, and the two figures vanished from above the Ye Family's seven Peaks, completely cut off from the outside world.

The Chaos Seed Green Lotus above Ye Lanxi's head, which had only formed three petals, shattered instantly as the Formation activated, dissipating into specks of starlight.

The Void Realm returned to peace.

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji and Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian hung high in the sky, looking at the thousand-foot Formation barrier, staring at each other.

Third Ancestor Ye Wuji sent out his Divine Sense, but the moment it touched the Formation barrier, it was bounced back.

His expression changed.

“I cannot break this Formation easily.”

Fifth Ancestor Su Yaoxian remained silent for two breaths.

“I can't break it either.”

Both Great Emperors fell silent.

On the deck of the Flying Boat.

Ye Qingxian covered her face with both hands, her small face burning red.

She peeked through her fingers, seeing only the thousand-foot Formation barrier emitting a soft golden light, with nothing visible inside.

“It's over, it's over, it's over...”

Her voice was muffled in her palms, sounding nasal.

“Revered Master said before that he'd even spank my mother's bottom. He wouldn't really be beating her inside the Formation, would he?”

Her mind had already started to run wild.

Revered Master pressing Mother over his knee and spanking her... smack, smack, smack...

Ye Qingxian shook her head to clear the embarrassing images.

No, no, no, that definitely won't happen.

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Inside the Formation.

Ye Lanxi's vision underwent a world-shaking change in an instant.

The Cangmang Divine Mountain vanished.

The seven Peaks vanished. The sky vanished.

In their place was a boundless peach blossom forest.

Pink petals drifted from the Void Realm, covering the ground beneath her feet.

The trunks of the peach trees were gnarled and powerful, each as thick as a person's embrace, their canopies forming a pink dome.

A faint fragrance permeated the air.

It wasn't the scent of flowers.

It was thicker than floral fragrance, warmer, and more dangerous.

The moment that faint fragrance entered her nose, Ye Lanxi's pupils contracted.

She felt the blood and Qi in her body start to surge uncontrollably; her heart raced, her body temperature rose, and a thin layer of pink flush appeared on her skin.

This wasn't poison.

It was the effect of the Formation itself, stirring up the most hidden desires, emotions, and cravings deep within—everything that hindered a Cultivator's progress.

Ye Lanxi clenched her teeth, her Desolate Ancient Sacred Body's blood and Qi forcibly suppressing that restlessness.

But with seventy percent of her Holy Body's power sealed, the suppression was very taxing.

“Where is this? It feels so familiar... where is that brat Lu Chen? Wasn't I just fighting him?”

Her voice was very tense.

Lu Chen's figure emerged from the rain of peach blossoms, standing with his hands behind his back. A few pink petals landed on his Black Robe, but Ye Lanxi couldn't see him.

He paused for a beat, his gaze sweeping over Ye Lanxi's flushed face.

“This is getting interesting.”

Lu Chen had released Ye Lanxi, originally intending to use this illusion Formation to wear down her sharp edge and make her admit defeat.

As a peach petal landed on his shoulder, his nose twitched.

That faint fragrance also entered his nostrils.

Lu Chen's pupils constricted slightly.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered what the System's loli voice had said.

“You've been abstinent for too long; your defenses are getting thinner and thinner.”

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