164: Chapter 164 House Arrest with Filial Son!

Jiang Yutang gestured vividly with her hands, her tone filled with an irrepressible fervor and worship.

"Revered Master, you have no idea! That Early Stage Mahayana monster who suddenly barged into the Hehuan Sect was incredibly arrogant, clamoring to wipe us out!"

"And the result? New Revered Master didn't even show his face, didn't even move a finger—with just a single thought..."

Jiang Yutang suddenly clenched her fist, making a crushing motion:

"'Bang!' With one sound, that Mahayana Stage monster was instantly crushed into a cloud of blood mist! He didn't even have time to shout a single word of his last will!"

At this point, Jiang Yutang stuck out her tongue sheepishly:

"At first, your Disciple was peeking from the outside and thought it was you, Revered Master, acting in secret regardless of your status."

"Looking at it now, it was New Revered Master who acted! New Revered Master is truly formidable!"

"..."

Seated upon the creation jade lotus, Empress Xuanhuang Chu Lingyue maintained her frost-cold majesty on the surface, but her jade-like hands beneath her wide sleeves suddenly tightened.

"This Disciple is ruined! She's been completely manipulated by someone else!"

"An instant kill of an Early Stage Mahayana with just a thought?!" Waves of shock surged within Chu Lingyue's heart. "This Wang Yang, even if he isn't a top-tier powerhouse of the Spirit Realm like me, he probably isn't far from it!"

However, the shock Jiang Yutang brought her was far from over.

"Right, Revered Master, not only is New Revered Master's strength Heaven-Defying, but he is also incredibly generous!"

Jiang Yutang raised her snow-white chin with great pride, showing off her Cultivation Technique before Chu Lingyue as if flaunting it: "Look! This is the meeting gift New Revered Master bestowed upon me when I joined his tutelage—the 'Mystic Ice Divine Phoenix Nirvana Dao Scripture'!"

"Hmph, what kind of presentable thing could a mere wilderness Sect produce..."

Chu Lingyue's original body was initially dismissive. After all, she Cultivated the 'Divine Phoenix Art,' a Pseudo-Immortal Rank technique extremely rare in the Spirit Realm. What technique could possibly catch her Dharma Eye?

However, when her Divine Sense carelessly swept over it...

Chu Lingyue felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and she abruptly stood up from her jade throne!

The supreme Dao intent contained within those scriptures and the Heaven-Defying Law that pointed directly to the deepest Nirvana Origin of the Ice Phoenix Bloodline instantly obliterated her proud Pseudo-Immortal Rank technique until not even dregs remained!

"This... this technique..."

Chu Lingyue's breathing instantly became incredibly rapid. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at the technique Jiang Yutang displayed, the shock in her heart simply beyond words:

"This technique is actually countless times more profound than the Sect-protecting ultimate art I treasure! This is absolutely a technique that transcends the limits of the Spirit Realm plane!"

Seeing her 'former Revered Master' lose her composure in shock, Jiang Yutang felt a secret thrill. She then continued with high spirits:

"Not only that! After the apprenticeship ceremony, New Revered Master took me and Sister Lingyue... and we began Dual Cultivation!"

"Revered Master, let me tell you, that mysterious Dual Cultivation power is simply too magical. Your Disciple only had one session and..."

"Shut up!" Hearing the words 'Dual Cultivation,' the unsightly scenes and her own undignified moans from earlier instantly flashed through Chu Lingyue's mind. Her fair face flushed red in an instant as she hurriedly interrupted Jiang Yutang with a sharp voice.

"This part... your Revered Master already knows everything! There is no need for you to describe it in detail!"

Chu Lingyue bit her red lips. To hide her guilt, she forced a stern face and said:

"Is it not just the Yin and Yang Creation Power that allows one to increase their cultivation out of thin air? Your Revered Master... your Revered Master is not unaware of it!"

"Oh, since Sister Lingyue... no, since Revered Master knows, then your Disciple has nothing else to say. I've explained everything clearly."

Jiang Yutang stood up and brushed off her skirt with great decisiveness, her face full of impatience:

"Then your Disciple will head back to the Hehuan Sect first! Running around outside these past few days without being able to follow New Revered Master in Dual Cultivation, I feel like my cultivation has become slack!"

After saying that, this thoroughly brainwashed 'Unfilial Disciple' turned to leave the hall. Her impatient manner made it seem as if the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace was a den of monsters, while the Hehuan Sect was her true home.

"You stand right there!" Looking at Jiang Yutang's eager back, Chu Lingyue's original body was so angry she almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She finally understood. This Personal Disciple she had raised for thousands of years now had her heart completely and utterly set on that man named Wang Yang!

Moreover, as someone who had personally experienced that domineering 'Dual Cultivation power,' Chu Lingyue knew better than anyone its fatal attraction to Cultivators.

If she let this girl go today, she would definitely never be able to call her back!

"Buzz—!" Chu Lingyue's jade hand pressed down, and the protective grand array of the Supreme Divine Hall roared into operation!

Countless thick, icy-blue chains of Law descended from thin air, completely sealing off the entire hall. Even the space around Jiang Yutang was forcibly imprisoned!

"Revered Master! What are you doing?!" Jiang Yutang turned pale with fright, struggling desperately.

"What am I doing? From today onwards, without my permission, don't even dream of stepping a single foot out of this Supreme Divine Hall!"

Chu Lingyue's original body gave her a cold look and directly confined Jiang Yutang in a side room. "You stay here and reflect properly for me!"

Ignoring Jiang Yutang's resentful protests, Chu Lingyue sat back down on the creation jade lotus. Her beautiful face shifted between light and shadow as she began to frantically replay the beginning and end of all this in her mind.

"The strength of a top powerhouse... a technique surpassing the Pseudo-Immortal Rank... and that ridiculous Dual Cultivation power..." Chu Lingyue took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration like a bolt of lightning crossed her mind!

She abruptly remembered that just before that absurd erotic dream appeared, she had felt a very faint sting deep within her Divine Soul while meditating, as if a sliver of her 'Divine Soul Origin' had vanished into thin air!

At the time, she thought something had gone wrong with her Cultivation and didn't pay much attention.

Connecting all the clues now...

"It was likely at that moment that a sliver of my Divine Soul Origin was forcibly intercepted by some unknown existence, thereby creating that Clone exactly like me out of thin air!"

Chu Lingyue gasped, her back instantly drenched in cold sweat.

To be able to silently and forcibly intercept the Divine Soul Origin from a Peak Mahayana Stage powerhouse—just what kind of Heaven-Defying and terrifying means was this?!

"Who on earth did this? Could it be... that Wang Yang?"

Chu Lingyue looked at the dome of the hall, an intense wariness and confusion appearing in the depths of her eyes for the first time:

"He went through so much trouble, even going as far as bringing out a Divine-Grade technique to entice and nurture my Disciple—just what... does he want to do?!"

(The focus has drifted from the protagonist for quite a while; I need to get back to Wang Yang's perspective quickly! Otherwise, it's getting harder to write!)