108: Chapter 108 The Fifth Disciple!

Cangwu Mountain, Sect Main Hall.

The doors of the main hall were slowly pushed open.

Ye Qingcheng led in Ji Linglong, who was clad in red armor and drenched by the mountain dew.

Even in her current disheveled state, this former Eldest Princess of the Fire Cloud Empire kept her full chest held high, her eyes reflecting a resolute determination to burn her bridges.

"Sect Master Wang."

Ji Linglong walked to the center of the hall and, without any hesitation, knelt heavily on the hard spiritual jade tiles with a thud.

"Linglong said that as long as the Sect Master is willing to protect my sister's life, I am willing to offer everything, including my body and my loyalty!"

Wang Yang sat in the main seat, looking down at the stubborn woman.

"Offer everything? Easier said than done."

Wang Yang picked up his teacup, his tone indifferent yet carrying a heart-palpitating sense of pressure.

"The threshold of my Hehuan Sect is not something just anyone can cross. If you want to become my Disciple, or even my woman, you must withstand my trial."

"Open your mind."

"I will personally inspect your Golden Core and Soul Origin."

For a Golden Core Stage cultivator, once they completely open their mind to another, it is equivalent to handing over their life, dignity, and even all their secrets.

With just a thought from Wang Yang, her life and Dao would instantly vanish!

However, Ji Linglong only froze for a moment before closing her eyes without hesitation.

"Linglong's life has belonged to the Sect Master since the moment I stepped onto Cangwu Mountain."

Buzz—!

Ji Linglong opened her mind, exposing herself without reservation to Wang Yang's perception.

A hint of admiration flashed in Wang Yang's eyes.

He slowly stood up, walked to Ji Linglong, and extended a slender finger, lightly tapping her forehead.

A domineering yet somewhat gentle Divine Sense drove straight in, not only inspecting her Golden Core but also delving deep into her limbs and bones, "checking" her body—tempered by years of martial arts to be resilient and explosive—thoroughly inside and out.

There was not a hint of resistance, only unreserved obedience and submission.

After a long while, Wang Yang withdrew his finger.

"Very well, you have passed the test."

Wang Yang looked at the sweating and slightly panting Ji Linglong and smiled with satisfaction.

"Since you wish to join my Hehuan Sect, Qingcheng should have told you the rules long ago."

"My Hehuan Sect does not take in idlers. If you want to become my Personal Disciple and receive my protection, you must also become my woman. Body and Soul belonging to me, with no distinction between us. Can you do it?"

Ji Linglong's delicate body trembled slightly, and a blush rose on her fair cheeks.

But before entering the hall, she had actually already prepared herself mentally.

"Linglong... is willing!" She bit her red lips and nodded heavily.

"Very good." Wang Yang picked up the spiritual tea beside him and took a light sip, but his tone suddenly shifted, like a bucket of ice water being poured down:

"However, the Fire Cloud Empire you so desperately want to protect, and your high-and-mighty Empress sister, do not have the same resolve as you."

"During the few days you were outside the mountain gate, news of the Righteous Path Alliance's Half-step Void Refinement powerhouse pressing down has spread throughout the Southern Wilderness."

Your sister, Ji Wushuang, has already impatiently emptied the national treasury and sent an envoy to welcome the Righteous Path Alliance's army!"

"What?!"

Ji Linglong felt as if she had been struck by lightning, collapsing to the ground, her Face instantly turning pale.

"Impossible... How could Sister be so foolish... She is playing a dangerous game with a tiger!" Ji Linglong closed her eyes in pain, tears falling silently.

She knew that her sister's decision had completely pushed the Fire Cloud Empire into the abyss.

"I will never tolerate such fence-sitting forces that even attempt to backstab my Hehuan Sect."

Wang Yang's voice echoed in the hall like ice from the Nine Nether:

"The day the Righteous Path Alliance's army is annihilated will be the day the Fire Cloud Empire completely vanishes from the map of the Southern Wilderness!"

Hearing the words "completely vanishes," Ji Linglong's delicate body trembled violently.

Although she had already left the imperial family, that was, after all, her only blood-related sister.

Seeing her despairing and pitiful state, Wang Yang put down his teacup, his tone softening slightly:

"However, for the sake of your Face as my person, I can spare Ji Wushuang's life. I won't kill her, but while she may escape the death penalty, she cannot escape punishment."

"Since she loves being a high-and-mighty Empress so much, then after the Fire Cloud Empire is destroyed, she will have to take off that dragon robe. From now on, Ji Wushuang will stay in the Hehuan Sect as a maid serving tea and water."

"This is the price for choosing the wrong side!"

To have the once-arrogant Empress, who controlled hundreds of millions of subjects, come to the Hehuan Sect as a lowly maid?!

Ji Linglong was stunned upon hearing this judgment.

But what followed was not anger, but an extremely complex sense of relief.

In the Hehuan Sect, she had witnessed too many incredible wonders.

The cultivation environment where Spiritual Qi turned into rain, the confident atmosphere that treated the Righteous Path Alliance as nothing, and the unfathomable man before her...

She knew full well that for the Hehuan Sect to destroy the Fire Cloud Empire would be as easy as turning over a hand.

That Wang Yang could spare her sister's life was already a massive blessing!

To be a maid in this wonderland-like Hehuan Sect could even be called her sister's greatest fortune in this life!

"Linglong... on behalf of my sister, thanks the Revered Master for his heavenly grace!" Ji Linglong kowtowed deeply, her heart completely won over.

Just as she finished speaking, the System's prompt sounded on time in Wang Yang's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully taking in a Disciple: Ji Linglong!]

[Current Cultivation: Golden Core Fourth Layer (Golden Core Middle Stage)!]

[The System is matching a dedicated Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique... Match successful!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Divine-Grade Body Cultivator Cultivation Technique: "Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix War-Body Art"!]

[Invincible Domain radius is being calculated...]

[Invincible Domain radius +40.01 km!]

Hearing the System's prompt, Wang Yang nodded slightly.

With a thought, he extracted the Legacy memory of this Cultivation Technique from the System space, condensing it at his fingertip into a cluster of brilliant crimson spiritual light.

"Since you have joined my sect, this Divine-Grade Body Cultivator Cultivation Technique that points directly to the Great Dao, the 'Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix War-Body Art,' is the meeting gift I bestow upon you."

With that, Wang Yang flicked his finger, and the cluster of crimson spiritual light instantly sank into Ji Linglong's forehead.

Boom!

Ji Linglong felt a roar in her mind as a vast and ancient memory of a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique, tailor-made for a martial Dao Physique like hers, was etched into the depths of her Soul like a brand!

Feeling the terrifying, world-destroying potential of this Cultivation Technique, Ji Linglong snapped her eyes open, her Face filled with disbelief and shock.

She finally understood why the women of the Hehuan Sect could be so calm.

A Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique pointing directly to the Great Dao given away so casually—with such a foundation, let alone a Half-step Void Refinement, so what if a True Immortal descended to the mortal world?!

"Disciple Ji Linglong swears to follow the Revered Master unto death!" This time, there was no longer any confusion in Ji Linglong's eyes, only determination.

And a hint of shyness about soon becoming the Revered Master's Dao Companion.