184: Chapter 184 The Little Turtle on My Face!

The morning breeze blew past, but it could not disperse the frozen, awkward atmosphere in the courtyard at this moment.

Empress Xuanhuang, Chu Lingyue, who was disguised as "Xia Hua," remained in a half-crouched position with her hands forming a seal, ready to slip away. She stared stiffly at Xia Xuanji, who was blocking the courtyard entrance.

At this moment, Empress Yanming, Xia Xuanji, showed no trace of the delicate, tender appearance she had in the bedchamber last night.

With her arms crossed over her chest and a glowing face, she unleashed the terrifying pressure of the Mahayana Stage Ninth Layer Peak, which descended upon Chu Lingyue like a tangible mountain, without any hesitation!

Hum—!

Chu Lingyue, who was only at the Void Refinement Late Stage, felt as if the surrounding air had been instantly sucked away under this absolute suppression of Realm.

She felt her whole body tighten, and she was pinned firmly in place, unable to move even a pinky finger!

"Xia the Charlatan! You... what do you want to do?!"

Chu Lingyue gritted her teeth in anger, her beautiful eyes glaring fixedly at her arch-nemesis who was walking over slowly. She tried desperately to break through this pressure, but it was to no avail.

"What do I want to do? Oh my, my Sister Chu, your memory is truly terrible!"

Xia Xuanji walked with an arrogant gait, circling around the immobilized Chu Lingyue while making mocking "tsk, tsk, tsk" sounds:

"A while ago, at the entrance of my Xingyan Immortal Sect, you relied on your cultivation being just a tiny bit higher than mine to bully this Empress so miserably! Not only did you force me to swear an oath, but you also gave me attitude! Tell me... how should I properly 'repay' you now?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the wicked smile on Xia Xuanji's lips widened instantly. She reached out with both hands and began to wantonly grope the completely defenseless Chu Lingyue!

"Oh my, these cheeks are so soft when pinched!" "Yo, this waist is quite slim!" "Wow, these mounds are so big! Hmph! They're actually a bit bigger than mine!" "Tsk tsk, you bitch Chu, usually you look so cold and icy, but your figure is certainly not lacking!"

While playfully pinching and poking Chu Lingyue with a mischievous sense of humor, Xia Xuanji let out a villainous, delicate laugh.

"Xia Xuanji! You are shameless! Stop it right now!!!"

Chu Lingyue was so angry that her eyes seemed to be breathing fire, but since she couldn't move her body, she had to let her arch-nemesis do as she pleased.

Extreme shame and anger made her breathing rapid, and the proud curves of her chest trembled violently, as if they were about to burst through her clothes at any moment.

Seeing Chu Lingyue in this humiliated yet helpless state, the pent-up anger in Xia Xuanji's heart was finally released with a vengeance.

"Hmph! It's not over yet!" Xia Xuanji went behind Chu Lingyue, raised her slender jade hand, and without hesitation, slapped those perky curves twice!

Smack! Smack! The crisp sound of the slaps rang out in the morning courtyard.

"Ngh—!"

Chu Lingyue was overcome with shame and indignation. The dignified Empress Xuanhuang had actually been spanked by her arch-nemesis?! This was even more unbearable than being killed!

"This is just collecting some interest!" After finishing, Xia Xuanji was still not satisfied. She gathered a wisp of pure black spiritual energy at her fingertips, leaned in close to Chu Lingyue, and began to draw seriously on Chu Lingyue's disguised face.

A moment later, a vivid and adorable "little turtle" appeared prominently on Empress Xuanhuang's right cheek!

"Pfft... Hahaha! Perfect!"

Looking at her masterpiece, Xia Xuanji clapped her hands in satisfaction and laughed arrogantly: "Alright, you bitch Chu, this Empress is in a good mood because my injuries have recovered, so I'll let you off for now! Take the little turtle I've bestowed upon you and go off to heal slowly!"

With that, Xia Xuanji withdrew the Mahayana Stage pressure, turned around with a smile, hummed an unknown tune, and left the side courtyard in a pleasant mood.

As soon as the pressure was withdrawn, Chu Lingyue nearly collapsed to the ground as her legs went weak.

She clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Feeling the humiliating "spiritual energy turtle" on her face and the lingering stinging sensation behind her, she wished she could tear Xia Xuanji apart on the spot!

"Don't be angry... This Empress must not be angry..."

Chu Lingyue took a deep breath, desperately trying to calm her Dao Heart, which was on the verge of exploding: "A wise woman doesn't suffer immediate losses! Once this Empress returns to the Heavenly Palace and fully recovers my cultivation, sooner or later, I will draw this turtle all over your entire body, Xia Xuanji!"

"I must leave this den of iniquity first!" Chu Lingyue gritted her teeth and dared not delay any longer.

She stealthily activated her concealment technique again and transformed into a faint streak of light, fleeing from the Hehuan Sect quickly like a stray dog.

Grandmaster Wang, dressed in white, was leaning comfortably against the railing, holding a cup of immortal wine in his hand.

His Gods Eye View, which covered more than nine million kilometers, had clearly seen everything that had just happened in the courtyard.

"Pfft... A Supreme Being of the Mahayana Stage, an Empress of the Spirit Realm, how is she actually such a petty woman who spanks others and draws turtles?"

Wang Yang watched Chu Lingyue's pathetic retreating figure as she fled with the little turtle on her face, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

When Chu Lingyue was fleeing just now, he could actually have intervened at any time, or even forcibly detained her.

However, he did not do so.

"Run? Where can you run to?" Wang Yang swirled the immortal wine in his cup.

The radius of his Invincible Domain had now reached over nine million kilometers, arrogantly spanning nearly half of the Spirit Realm. Even Chu Lingyue's lair, the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace, had long been firmly incorporated into his Domain!

This Empress Xuanhuang was now like the Monkey King in the palm of Buddha; she thought she had escaped, but in reality, she was still jumping around in his fish tank.

"For such a top-tier Empress, a twisted melon might quench one's thirst, but it's ultimately not as sweet as one that has ripened and fallen on its own."

Wang Yang drained the immortal wine in one gulp, his deep eyes sparkling with confidence: "Matters like Dual Cultivation are best when the Dao Companion is willing. This Seat has plenty of patience; there is no rush."

Several days later, in the center of the Spirit Realm, at the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace.

Chu Lingyue finally returned to her bedchamber.

After washing off the little turtle from her face and changing into her magnificent and dignified Empress robes, she finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

In the first few days after returning to the Heavenly Palace, every night when it was deep and quiet, a strange power of Dual Cultivation would erupt in Chu Lingyue's body right on time!

That was Wang Yang engaging in Dual Cultivation with Chu Lingyue's Clone!

Every night, Chu Lingyue was forced to lie on her large, cold Imperial Throne, her body weak and drenched in sweat, enduring this overbearing infusion of cultivation.

Under this "remote Dual Cultivation," her injuries recovered at a terrifying speed!

Void Refinement Stage Peak... Body Integration Stage Early Stage... Body Integration Stage Late Stage... In just a few short days, her cultivation had actually recovered to the Body Integration Stage Peak!

"It's too fast... This power is simply too terrifying..." Every morning when she woke up, feeling the abundant and terrifying cultivation within her body, Chu Lingyue would recall the fulfilling sensation of the previous night.

Her initial resistance had, without her realizing it, turned into a secret anticipation.

By the seventh night, Chu Lingyue even bathed and changed early. Instead of staying on the Imperial Throne, she lay on her bed, shamefully crossing her legs, waiting for Wang Yang to dote on her Clone again, waiting for that pleasurable power that could make her instantly Breakthrough to the Mahayana Stage to arrive.

However... she waited and waited. One hour passed, two hours passed... there was absolutely no movement in her body!

"What's going on? Why has it stopped?!" Chu Lingyue sat up abruptly from the bed, scratching her hair in frustration.

The feeling of being on the verge of recovering to the Mahayana Stage only to have the source suddenly cut off was like having tens of thousands of ants crawling in her heart, driving her crazy!

"Forget it! Without Wang Yang, can't this Empress recover on my own? I am the dignified Empress Xuanhuang! I will Cultivate myself!"

The unconvinced Chu Lingyue snorted coldly, extravagantly took out a bottle of top-tier Spirit Pills, swallowed them in one gulp, and then sat cross-legged to begin meditating.

However, when the medicinal power of the Medicinal Pill dissolved in her body, Chu Lingyue began to feel agitated.

"This... the effect is too poor, isn't it?!" Chu Lingyue frowned in disgust.

Compared to the overbearing, pure, and extremely pleasurable Pure Yang Qi of Wang Yang, this top-tier Medicinal Pill was not even as good as the mud on the ground!

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to frugality!

An Empress who was used to her cultivation skyrocketing like a rocket—now that she was asked to go back to pushing a small cart, who could stand that?!

What was even more fatal was that Chu Lingyue discovered her heart was completely in chaos.

Her mind was filled with the pleasurable feeling of sinking into it over these past few nights, and her body had even developed a severe "withdrawal reaction."

Hot flashes, emptiness—she simply couldn't calm her mind to circulate her Cultivation Technique!

"How could it be like this... Has my Dao Heart actually regressed to the point where I cannot even meditate..."

Chu Lingyue collapsed weakly onto the bed, staring at the empty bedchamber, a glimmer of longing tears flashing in her eyes.

She realized with sorrow that she seemed to... really be unable to live without that man!