101: Chapter 101 Ji Linglong, Invited Down the Mountain!

Facing Wang Yang, who exuded a lazy yet extremely oppressive aura.

Ji Linglong forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart, took a deep breath, and stood up.

She offered the storage ring, which radiated a rich treasure light, with both hands. Her expression was incredibly solemn, even carrying a hint of pleading:

"Sect Master Wang, this ring contains all the wealth I have accumulated over the years, as well as a batch of the most precious Heaven And Earth Treasures from the Fire Cloud Empire's treasury."

"I know these resources might not catch the Sect Master's Dharma Eye, but with the Righteous Path Alliance's army approaching, perhaps they can be of some help to your noble sect."

Ji Linglong knelt on one knee and performed a formal salute to Wang Yang:

"I, Ji Linglong, am willing to use these resources to exchange for a promise from Sect Master Wang."

"If one day disaster befalls the Fire Cloud Empire, or if my sister meets with misfortune, I ask the Sect Master to protect the Fire Cloud Empire once, for the sake of these resources today!"

The hall fell silent.

Ye Qingcheng, Su Qingge, and the other women did not speak; instead, they turned their gazes toward Wang Yang, who sat in the main seat.

Wang Yang picked up the hot tea Lin Xiaowan had just poured for him, gently blew on the foam, and didn't even glance at the storage ring.

"Eldest Princess, your sincerity is indeed touching."

Wang Yang took a sip of tea, his lips curling into a faint, ambiguous smile:

"To leave a way out for your sister, fearing the Righteous Path Alliance would discover the connection between the Fire Cloud Empire and my Hehuan Sect, you even resigned from your noble title of Prince, and didn't hesitate to leave the royal family tree to venture alone into my 'devil's den'... Such deep sisterly love indeed."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ji Linglong's whole body jolted. She snapped her head up and looked at Wang Yang in disbelief.

"You... how do you know these things?!"

This happened in the Imperial Study of the Fire Cloud Empire's palace!

Besides her and her sister Ji Wushuang, it was impossible for a third person in this world to know!

The Hehuan Sect was thousands of miles away from the capital of the Fire Cloud Empire. Wang Yang had clearly only gone out once to destroy the Tianshui Holy Land and had been "interacting" with his female Disciples ever since. How could he know so clearly?!

Wang Yang put down his teacup and leaned forward slightly, his deep eyes seemingly able to see through Ji Linglong's Soul:

"I don't just know that you resigned from your title."

"I also know that your high-and-mighty Empress sister is currently trembling with fear because of a Crusade Decree from the Righteous Path Alliance."

Wang Yang mimicked Ji Wushuang's cold and majestic tone, repeating word for word:

"'I am the Empress! Behind me are billions of subjects! I cannot gamble their lives on whether Wang Yang can win!'"

"'Pass down my decree! Seal the borders and strictly forbid anyone from contacting the Hehuan Sect! Violators... shall be executed!'"

Boom!

Ji Linglong was as if struck by lightning. Her whole body froze on the spot, her mind going blank.

Not a single word was different!

Even the tone of the word "executed" was imitated perfectly!

"You... who exactly are you? You clearly haven't left Cangwu Mountain..."

Ji Linglong's voice was trembling. Her gaze toward Wang Yang was like looking at an omniscient deity, or a terrifying demon.

The Imperial Study of the Fire Cloud Palace was filled with isolation Formations left by powerful masters of past generations!

How on earth did he do it?!

Wang Yang sneered, his tone suddenly turning cold:

"Your sister Ji Wushuang, for the sake of so-called 'imperial balance,' not only has zero confidence in my Hehuan Sect but has even prepared to defect to the Righteous Path Alliance and draw a clear line with my Hehuan Sect at any moment to save herself."

"Do you think I, Wang Yang, would protect a force ready to backstab me at any moment just for this bit of scrap metal?"

Wang Yang stood up and looked down at Ji Linglong from a height:

"I just destroyed the Tianshui Holy Land and extracted a high-grade Spiritual Vein; the resources I seized are piled up like mountains. To be honest, I really don't care for the little you have in your hands."

"Considering that you, girl, still have some spirit and aren't here to cause trouble, I won't kill you."

"Take your things and go back to where you came from."

"Qingcheng, show the guest out!"

After saying that, Wang Yang turned around and walked toward the inner hall without a hint of lingering.

"No! Sect Master Wang! Listen to my explanation!"

Ji Linglong grew anxious and tried to rush forward to stop him, but was blocked by two gentle yet irresistible surges of spiritual power.

It was Su Qingge and Xiao Yuhan.

"Eldest Princess, since the Sect Master has spoken, please return," Su Qingge said calmly.

Ye Qingcheng also walked over, sighed, and patted Ji Linglong on the shoulder:

"Sister Linglong, my husband's temper is just like that; he hates fence-sitters the most. Your sister's actions are indeed unlikable. Come, I'll escort you down the mountain."

...

A moment later.

Outside the mountain gate of the Hehuan Sect, the flowing light of the Mountain-Protecting Formation closed again.

A cold wind blew, swirling up a few fallen leaves.

Ji Linglong stood alone before the white marble steps, her hand still tightly clutching the returned storage ring.

She turned her head to look south, toward the direction of the Fire Cloud Empire.

"Go back?"

"No... I can't go back."

Her sister had already sealed the borders. Once the Righteous Path Alliance's army arrived, if the Fire Cloud Empire couldn't obtain the Hehuan Sect's protection, it would eventually be reduced to a vassal of the Righteous Path Alliance or even be cleared away as cannon fodder.

And Wang Yang's performance just now, predicting things like a god and being incomparably overbearing, made Ji Linglong even more firm in her belief—this man definitely had the confidence to contend with the Righteous Path Alliance!

"He doesn't lack resources... He doesn't trust the Fire Cloud Empire..."

Ji Linglong bit her red lips, her mind frantically thinking of a way to break the deadlock.

Suddenly.

A half-joking remark Ye Qingcheng had whispered in her ear earlier in the side hall flashed through her mind:

"If you want to join our Hehuan Sect as a Disciple, in the future, you'll inevitably have to engage in this kind of 'intimate' interactive Dual Cultivation with the Sect Master, just like Xiao Wan and the others..."

"Including the one currently 'cultivating' with my husband in the back mountain... the six of us are all my husband's Dao Companions."

Ji Linglong snapped her head up. The original panic in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by a desperate, do-or-die madness.

"He doesn't lack Heaven And Earth Treasures, but he... is lustful!"

"He doesn't even spare the Disciples, Elders, or even the Yao Race around him. His harem has a full six stunning beauties!"

Ji Linglong looked down at herself.

Having practiced Royal Martial Arts for years, her body had no excess fat.

Her perky chest, a slender waist she could wrap her hands around, and those straight legs that appeared extremely long and tight from years of exertion.

Though her style was different from Ye Qingcheng and the others, in terms of looks and this heroic, wild beauty, she definitely wouldn't lose to anyone!

"Since resources can't move you..."

Ji Linglong took a deep breath, two alluring clouds of red rising on her fair cheeks, but her eyes were startlingly bright:

"Then I will give myself to you!"

"Missing out on a remarkable man like Sect Master Wang would be a huge loss!"

"As long as I become your woman, the seventh Sect Master's wife of the Hehuan Sect!"

"I'll see how you can still refuse to protect my family then!"

Having made up her mind, this resolute Eldest Princess of the Empire gritted her teeth and actually sat down cross-legged right in front of the Hehuan Sect's mountain gate.

She began to think about how to join the Hehuan Sect and give our Sect Master Wang some pillow talk.

(Next chapter will be posted later.)