71: Chapter 71 Ye Yun: What should I do if I'm starting to panic?

An immense wave of pleasant surprise crashed over Ye Yun's mind, leaving him so excited his entire body trembled slightly, his eyes erupting with brilliant light.

With this Great Martial Artist Fourth Level cultivation, tomorrow's Life-and-Death Battle with Wang Peng was nothing to worry about!

Forget just one Wang Peng; even Lin Xiao, yesterday's Outer Sect tenth-ranked Great Martial Master Third Stage Peak, could be crushed with a single punch, a victory easily within his grasp!

But this peak of delight lasted only a few fleeting breaths.

An extreme surge of panic, fluster, and terror instantly seized his heart.

It tightened like a vice, chilling him to the bone, making his scalp tingle as if he'd plunged into an icy abyss!

The core four words from the System prompt — Dual Cultivation Complete!

Dual Cultivation?!

Who had he cultivated with?!

Ye Yun's mind went blank in an instant. The fragmented memories of last night surged back like a tidal wave, piecing themselves together in a flash.

A thought that made his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, a thunderbolt from the blue, exploded violently in his mind!

Last night... he had cultivated with the master he had just bowed to, the youngest top-ranking Elder with real power in the Luoxue Sect.

The peerlessly elegant, devastatingly beautiful Master Bai Yuxue?!

BOOM!!!

This thought struck Ye Yun's heart like an apocalyptic thunderclap, sending all the blood in his body rushing to his head.

His face flushed crimson, then immediately turned as pale as paper, drained of all color!

Betraying one's master and ancestors!

This was utter, heaven-and-earth-defying betrayal of one's master and ancestors!

In the cultivation world, the master-Disciple relationship was akin to heavenly law, the most inviolable bottom line.

For a Disciple to show even slight disrespect towards their master was already an unforgivable crime, punishable severely by the Sect, let alone engaging in such disgraceful Dual Cultivation?

If this got out, not only would he be expelled from the Luoxue Sect and have his cultivation crippled.

He would be reviled by all Cultivators under the heavens, become someone everyone would feel justified in killing, never to rise again!

Moreover, Master Bai Yuxue was his master, an existence that could crush him with a mere flick of her wrist!

Everything that happened last night was no accident!

That cup of spiritual tea was tampered with!

Master Bai Yuxue had deliberately handed it to him!

She had orchestrated all of this with her own hands, guided him into losing control, permitted everything to happen!

But why would she do this?

Ye Yun's heart was in turmoil. Fear, confusion, panic, guilt.

These emotions tangled together like a messy knot, coiling tightly around his heart.

Leaving him utterly at a loss, even his breathing becoming ragged.

Master Bai Yuxue, esteemed as the youngest Elder with real power in the Luoxue Sect, possessed stunning talent, heaven-reaching cultivation, and peerless beauty. Was there any kind of Dao Companion she couldn't have?

Was there any kind of Genius Disciple she couldn't have?

Why would she specifically scheme against him, a newcomer to the Sect, with his low cultivation, no backing, an Outer Sect nobody?

[Could it be she saw through my Physique?]

Countless questions flooded Ye Yun like a tidal wave.

He dared not imagine how Master Bai Yuxue would deal with him once she awoke.

Would she directly slap him dead to vent her hatred?

Or cripple his cultivation, throw him into the Sect's dungeon, condemning him to eternal suffering?

Or perhaps, imprison him, forever using him as a Cauldron?

With Master Bai Yuxue's strength, crushing him would be ten thousand times easier than crushing an ant!

Just as Ye Yun was terrified out of his wits, his spirit seemingly detached, his mind a chaotic mess...

He suddenly felt something warm and soft pressing against his chest.

Soft, warm, with a texture as smooth as fine jade.

The faint orchid fragrance at the tip of his nose grew stronger, lingering, impossible to dispel.

It intertwined inseparably with his own scent.

Ye Yun's body instantly stiffened, as if struck by a paralysis curse, not daring to move a muscle.

He even held his breath subconsciously, afraid of disturbing something.

Slowly, ever so slowly, he lowered his head, his gaze rigid and trembling as it fell upon his own chest.

The next second, Ye Yun's brain completely shut down, a total blank.

His entire person froze in place as if struck by a Nine Heavens divine thunderbolt, his very heartbeat stopping!

He saw a woman curled up in a petite form, lying peacefully and steadily on his chest, sleeping soundly.

Sleeping with unparalleled sweetness, completely unguarded.

The woman's long, ink-black hair was damp, scattered messily across his chest, neck, and the bed.

Strands still clung with undried sweat to her smooth, jade-like shoulders.

Her snow-white, delicate skin was completely exposed, without the slightest covering.

Under the sunlight, it shimmered with an enticing pearly luster, as fine as the finest mutton-fat jade.

And upon that snow-white skin were densely packed, ambiguous red marks of varying depths.

From her collarbone to her shoulders, from her waist to her neck—a shocking sight.

Each one blatantly, wordlessly, recounting last night's madness, intimacy, and loss of control.

The woman's cheek was buried in the crook of his neck, her long eyelashes trembling lightly like butterfly wings.

Her usually enchanting, cold, and proud Phoenix eyes were tightly shut now, stripped of all their dominance, allure, and calculation.

Leaving only a maiden-like tranquility, laziness, and softness.

Her delicate red lips were slightly pursed, her face still retaining a lingering, alluring blush. Her nose was small and exquisite, her sleeping visage so serene it made one's heart soften.

It was none other than the master he had just bowed to, yet with whom he had shared a Heaven-Defying relationship.

Master Bai Yuxue!

The scene before him pierced Ye Yun's mind like the sharpest blade.

It made him utterly certain of everything that had happened last night. There was no room for luck, no illusion.

He truly had engaged in a Dual Cultivation relationship with his master, Master Bai Yuxue, committing the monstrous crime of betraying his master and ancestors!

Ye Yun's mind went completely blank. Countless thoughts churned frantically, his heart pounding wildly, almost leaping out of his chest.

What was she thinking? What was her true purpose?

Endless confusion, fear, panic, and incomprehension flooded Ye Yun like a tide.

He looked at Master Bai Yuxue sleeping soundly on his chest, at the shocking marks on her body, felt her warm, soft form pressed tightly against him.

In his heart, there was the panic of loss of control, and also a strange, inexplicable stirring.

But more than that, there was profound bewilderment and a chilling terror as if he'd fallen into an icy abyss.

Sunlight filtered through the bed curtains, gently bathing the two of them. The warm fragrance lingered, the intimacy not yet dissipated.

But in the depths of Ye Yun's heart, it was icy cold, as if standing on the edge of an abyss, treading on thin ice.

He lay there, stiff and unmoving, not daring to breathe heavily.

Afraid of disturbing the woman in his arms, afraid that the next second would bring utter catastrophe.

And Master Bai Yuxue, lying on his chest, her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

Her breathing grew slightly uneven, as if she were about to wake from her deep sleep.

Ye Yun's heart instantly leaped into his throat, the blood in his entire body seeming to freeze solid!

Master Bai Yuxue's long lashes, resting against Ye Yun's neck, quivered like butterfly wings about to take flight.

They trembled lightly a few times before finally, slowly, her eyes opened.

The moment their gazes met, the air seemed to solidify instantly.

Master Bai Yuxue had just awakened from deep sleep, her consciousness still somewhat hazy.

But the next second, those scorching, frenzied, and intensely intimate scenes from last night...

Dao...