Chapter 175 Punishment: Copying the Sect Rules

Deep in the Taichu Secret Realm, the dense black miasma was like ink that could not be dissolved, churning endlessly.

Su Ye's figure weaved through the miasma like a nimble purple leopard, without stirring a whisper of wind.

The closer he got to the black mountain Peak radiating heaven-reaching treasure light, the more the surrounding silence made one's heart crawl.

"Even the roars of Yao Beasts have ceased. It seems this place holds not only great treasure but also great terror."

Su Ye paused on the branch of a dead giant tree, purple light flickering in his eyes as the Primal Beginning Purple Qi perfectly concealed his aura.

Hundreds of zhang ahead, halfway up the black mountain, a huge cave entrance had cracked open.

At the entrance, a "Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python" dozens of zhang long, covered in dark golden scales, was coiled there, flicking its crimson tongue.

That was a 6th Rank Elementary Yao Beast, with strength comparable to a human at the Half-Step Dongxu Realm!

Behind the giant python, on the stone wall at the edge of the cave, grew a crystal-clear plant. Its leaves were divided into black and white, circulating with profound Yin and Yang Dao rhythms.

"Earth Rank Supreme Grade Spiritual Plant—yin-yang dragon blood grass!" Su Ye couldn't help but widen his eyes, a surge of wild joy welling up in his heart.

He knew full well the rarity and value of this Spiritual Plant. It could not only temper the Physical Body, making the Cultivator's body stronger and tougher.

It could also harmonize the Yin and Yang Qi within the body, allowing it to reach a state of perfect balance. A treasure with such miraculous effects was undoubtedly something countless Cultivators dreamed of.

If used to assist in the cultivation of the Taichu Yin-Yang Technique, the efficiency of his Dual Cultivation with his Revered Master on the bed could at least double!

"For the sake of my future happy life, I must have this plant." Su Ye's lips curled into a cold sneer.

Just as he was about to make a move, the sound of breaking air suddenly rang out.

Five figures rushed out of the miasma from another direction, heading straight for the Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python.

Leading them was a bearded middle-aged Cultivator holding a blood-colored broadsword, possessing the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Stage Great Perfection.

"Hahaha! It really is the yin-yang dragon blood grass! Elder Kumu of Yaoguang Peak's map was correct!"

The bearded man laughed wildly and shouted to the four Disciples behind him: "Form the Tiangang Subduing Demon Formation! Stall this beast while I go pick the plant!"

Su Ye squatted on the tree canopy, silently withdrawing the Primal Beginning Purple Qi he had been about to unleash.

"People from Yaoguang Peak? It seems enemies truly do meet on a narrow road in this Secret Realm." Su Ye began to watch the show with great interest.

Below, the battle erupted instantly.

How could the Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python be easily dealt with? With a sweep of its giant tail, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, it instantly whipped two Nascent Soul Early Stage Yaoguang Peak Disciples into a mass of blood mist!

"Ah! My leg!"

"Senior Brother, help!"

Screams echoed beneath the black mountain.

The bearded man didn't even look back, his eyes filled with greed, and taking advantage of the gap while his fellow Disciples sacrificed their lives to stall the beast, he turned into a streak of blood light and rushed toward the cave entrance.

"Pfft—"

However, just as he was about to touch the yin-yang dragon blood grass, an invisible black venom sprayed down from the top of the cave, directly corroding and piercing through his protective Spiritual Qi.

"Ahhh! What is this ghost thing!"

The man screamed as he fell from mid-air, half his Face already corroded to reveal gleaming white bone.

The Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python hissed, opened its bloody maw, and swallowed the man in one gulp, then turned its cold, slit-pupil eyes toward the remaining two Disciples.

"In this cannibalistic cultivation world, people die for wealth, and birds die for food."

Su Ye shook his head, the cruel history he had seen in his past life flashing through his mind. No matter which world it was, greed was always the original sin.

"Since you are all dead, I won't be polite."

Su Ye took a deep breath, no longer suppressing his Spirit Severing Realm 4th Layer cultivation, and it erupted with a boom!

"Primal Beginning Purple Qi, condense!"

He pointed his fingers like a sword, a dazzling purple light condensing at his fingertips, his figure descending from the sky like lightning.

"Roar!" The Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python sensed a fatal threat, looked up and roared, spraying a sky full of poisonous mist.

"Break."

Su Ye spat out a single word, and the purple light at his fingertips transformed into a purple Sword Qi a hundred zhang long, tearing through the poisonous mist like dry wood.

"Swoosh—"

The Sword Qi sliced through the Yin-Yang Heaven Swallowing Python's seven-inch mark as if cutting through tofu!

The 6th Rank Yao Beast died instantly!

Su Ye landed steadily, and with a roll of Primal Beginning Purple Qi, he took the "yin-yang dragon blood grass" and a fist-sized Yao Beast core into his possession.

He glanced at the minced meat and bloodstains on the ground, his eyes calm and rippleless: "In this world, in this environment, if you don't have enough strength, you can only become fertilizer."

After erasing the traces, Su Ye flashed away and continued to explore deeper into the Secret Realm.

Meanwhile, Primordial Origin Holy Land, behind Purple Bamboo Peak.

The cold wind was biting, and the waterfall hung upside down.

This was the place of punishment for Purple Bamboo Peak. Usually, there wasn't even a ghost in sight, but at this moment, it was bustling.

"Boom!"

A ball of blazing Supreme Grade Red Fire exploded in mid-air, instantly melting the surrounding ice and snow into water vapor.

Jiang Wanyin, in a red dress that flapped in the wind, irritably put away the flames in her palm and muttered: "Senior Brother has been inside for ten days, why isn't he back? This damn back mountain is freezing me to death!"

Not far from her, on a huge bluestone.

Lin Qingzhu, in white clothes whiter than snow, sat cross-legged with her eyes closed. A long sword laid across her knees, emitting a bone-chilling cold.

Hearing Jiang Wanyin's complaint, Lin Qingzhu didn't even open her eyes and said coldly: "A fickle mind makes it hard to achieve greatness. If you spent more effort on cultivation, you wouldn't even be able to touch the threshold of the Spirit Severing Realm."

"Stop lecturing me!"

Jiang Wanyin jumped up like a cat with its fur on end: "Is it that I don't have the heart to Cultivate? My mind is full of whether Senior Brother is hurt in the Secret Realm, whether he is hungry!"

"By the way, I also asked Steward Wang to buy a few new sets of clothes from the foot of the mountain. When Senior Brother returns, I want to wear them for him to see!"

Jiang Wanyin's eyes sparkled with excitement, her hands cupped over her heart: "Senior Brother likes red the most. He said that when I wear red, I'm like a ball of fire, able to warm his heart!"

"Clang—"

The long sword on Lin Qingzhu's knees suddenly let out a crisp sword hum, and a strand of tangible Sword Qi shredded the falling snowflakes.

She slowly opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes showing a trace of imperceptible jealousy and annoyance.

"He likes white." Lin Qingzhu's voice was cold, but carried an unquestionable stubbornness: "Senior Brother told me personally that the white clothes I wear when practicing sword are the most pure and refined."

"Bullshit! He clearly likes red!"

"White."

"Red! You dead-pan Face!"

"Try cursing me one more time? See if I don't freeze your Fire Spirit Root!"

The two were at daggers drawn, Spiritual Qi colliding fiercely in mid-air, with a posture of starting a fight at the slightest disagreement.

"Bang!"

Just then, a muffled sound came from not far away, followed by a rich, burnt smell.

"Wuwuwu... the furnace exploded again..."

Qin Yurou crawled out of a pile of ruins, covered in soot, clutching a pitch-black Medicinal Pill tightly, her big eyes filled with tears.

"Second Senior Sister, Third Senior Sister, stop arguing..."

Qin Yurou sniffled, raising the failed pill with a wronged expression: "I originally wanted to refine a 'Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill' for Senior Brother to nourish his body, but because you scared me, the heat control went completely haywire."

Jiang Wanyin and Lin Qingzhu were both stunned for a moment, then asked in unison: "Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill? What kind of Medicinal Pill is that?"

"I, I'm not sure either..." Qin Yurou blushed and whispered: "It's what Senior Brother shouted when he was dreaming last time, saying his body was severely depleted and he needed this thing to nourish his kidneys..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Wanyin and Lin Qingzhu both frowned.

"Senior Brother's cultivation is peerless, how could he have kidney deficiency? It must be that the Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm are too ferocious and injured his Foundation!" Jiang Wanyin stamped her foot in distress: "No, when he comes back, I must personally use Fire Spiritual Qi to clear his Meridians!"

"Dual Cultivation is the right path." Lin Qingzhu interjected coldly, her jade cheeks slightly flushed: "The intersection of Taichu Sword Intent and Primal Beginning Purple Qi will surely help him consolidate his Foundation."

"You still dare to mention Dual Cultivation! You want to steal Senior Brother? Not a chance!"

The three young girls chattered and argued again, turning the whole back mountain upside down.

On a hidden high Peak hundreds of zhang away from them.

A cold and peerless figure stood facing the wind.

Leng Yueli wore a moon-white palace dress that wrapped her perfect figure, which was enough to make one's blood boil, tightly. Her beautiful Face was covered in frost at this moment.

Her Divine Sense heard everything in the back mountain clearly.

"These Rebellious Disciples... they have really gone too far!"

Leng Yueli was so angry that her chest heaved violently, and her silver teeth clicked together.

What wearing red or white? What using Fire Spiritual Qi to clear Meridians? What Taichu Sword Intent Dual Cultivation?!

"Your Senior Brother's kidney deficiency... that was something I, his Revered Master, squeezed out of him with my own hands!"

Leng Yueli shouted frantically in her heart.

"That little thief... clearly said he only loved me, yet he dares to praise others' clothes as good-looking outside?"

The terrifying pressure of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm rippled uncontrollably around her, and the surrounding purple bamboo bent their waists under this pressure filled with jealousy.

Leng Yueli took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the jealousy that was about to overflow in her heart.

"No, when Yeer returns, I must set rules for him! From now on, except for my Moon Embracing Cave Mansion, he is not allowed to go anywhere!"

This Peak Revered Master, who was usually high above and revered as the number one ice beauty of the Primordial Origin Holy Land, had a mind full of dangerous thoughts about how to "imprison" her Disciple on the bed.

Three days later.

On the main square of the Primordial Origin Holy Land, the space channel rippled violently.

"Hum—"

As the light flickered, the Disciples participating in the Secret Realm trial were teleported out one after another.

Some were covered in blood, some were missing arms or legs. The square was instantly filled with wails, full of the cruel undertones of the cultivation world.

Su Ye, in purple clothes, spotless, walked out of the teleportation array slowly, as if he had just taken a walk in the back garden.

"Su Ye! You're finally out!"

A gloomy-faced Elder stepped out abruptly, blocking Su Ye's path, and shouted sharply: "Did you harm Lin Dong and the others from my Yaoguang Peak?!"

This was Elder Kumu of Yaoguang Peak, a powerhouse at the Spirit Severing Realm 9th Layer.

Su Ye glanced at him indifferently: "In the Secret Realm, life and death are up to fate. If Elder Kumu can't afford to lose, you shouldn't have let them enter in the first place."

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"You!" Elder Kumu laughed out of extreme anger, just as he was about to erupt.

"Get lost."

A voice, extremely cold and sounding like ice from the Nine Heavens, suddenly exploded over the square!

Immediately after, a vast and matchless pressure of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm poured down like the Heavenly River, directly forcing Elder Kumu's knees to weaken, and with a "bang," he knelt on the ground.

Everyone on the square looked up in absolute horror.

They saw Leng Yueli stepping on the Void Realm, her three thousand strands of black hair dancing wildly in the wind, her peerless Face as cold as frost, like an inviolable goddess of war.

"My Disciple, is he someone you can shout at?"

A flash of killing intent flickered in Leng Yueli's beautiful eyes: "If you dare say another word, This Seat will level your Yaoguang Peak!"

Elder Kumu broke out in a cold sweat, prostrate on the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly. Who didn't know that Leng Yueli of Purple Bamboo Peak was protective to the extreme, and was a genuine Tribulation Crossing Realm Great Power?

Su Ye looked at his Revered Master in the air, who was exuding a domineering aura, feeling a surge of secret satisfaction in his heart, his lips involuntarily curling up slightly.

This woman, she's truly cool and cold in front of outsiders.

"Yeer, why haven't you followed Revered Master back to the Peak?" Leng Yueli lowered her gaze and swept a cold glance at Su Ye.

"Yes, Revered Master." Su Ye respectfully cupped his hands.

Just then, Leng Yueli's exasperated voice transmission suddenly rang in his mind.

[Stinking brat! You're still smiling there?! Get back to the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion immediately! If you dare to talk to those three vixens on the way, Revered Master will castrate you tonight!]

Su Ye's mouth twitched, and he quickly turned into a streak of light, obediently following Leng Yueli and flying toward Purple Bamboo Peak.

As soon as they landed on the white jade steps of Purple Bamboo Peak, three charming figures darted out from the side.

"Senior Brother!"

Jiang Wanyin was the fastest. Relying on the explosive power of her Top-grade Fire Spirit Root, she lunged at Su Ye like a ball of red flame, grabbing his left arm.

"Senior Brother, you're finally back! Wanyin was worried to death about you!" Jiang Wanyin acted spoiled, her well-developed chest intentionally or unintentionally rubbing against Su Ye's arm.

Su Ye only felt a wave of heat hit him, thinking to himself that this little girl had developed really well.

"Senior Brother, is your sword blunt?"

Lin Qingzhu appeared on Su Ye's right side at some unknown time, her white clothes fluttering. Her jade hand subtly hooked Su Ye's right arm, but her eyes looked provocatively at Jiang Wanyin.

"Senior Brother... this is the Solid Foundation Vitality Pill I newly refined, please eat it quickly..." Qin Yurou held several jade bottles, timidly leaning against Su Ye's chest.

Su Ye was instantly surrounded by three fragrant and beautiful girls, enjoying what could be called a man's ultimate bliss.

However, he only felt a chill run down his spine.

Because not far ahead, Leng Yueli was standing at the entrance of the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion, looking down at this scene.

On that Face capable of toppling kingdoms, although there was no expression, the surrounding air had already condensed into ice crystals!

"How presumptuous!"

Leng Yueli scolded coldly, her voice mixed with true essence, making the three girls' eardrums ache.

"Pulling and tugging in public, where is your decorum?! Have all your manners been eaten by dogs?!"

Leng Yueli waved her sleeve, and a gentle but irresistible gust of wind directly swept the three girls several yards away.

The three girls were frightened out of their wits and hurriedly lowered their heads to beg for forgiveness: "Revered Master, please appease your anger, your Disciples know their mistake..."

"All of you, go back to the back mountain and copy the 'taichu sect rules' a hundred times!"

Leng Yueli coldly dropped a sentence, then her gaze carved into Su Ye like a knife.

"Su Ye, as the Senior Brother, you failed to lead by example and allowed your Junior Sisters to mess around. Get into the Immortal Cave immediately; Revered Master will personally examine your cultivation progress in the Secret Realm!"

"Yes... Revered Master." Su Ye gave a bitter smile and, under the worried gazes of his three Junior Sisters, braced himself and walked into the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion.

"Boom—"

The Dragon-Severing Stone Gate fell heavily, completely cutting off everything from the outside world.

Inside the Immortal Cave, only Su Ye and Leng Yueli were left.

Su Ye was about to explain that he was forced into the embrace when a sudden wave of fragrance hit him.

"Bang!"

Leng Yueli grabbed Su Ye's collar and slammed him hard against the cool stone wall.

The majestic, cold, and aloof Revered Master from just now now had slightly red eyes, filled with resentment and grievance, her chest heaving up and down due to heavy breathing.

"Good for you, Su Ye... after going out once, your soul has gone wild, hasn't it?"

Leng Yueli bit her red lips, her voice carrying a hint of a trembling sob: "She held your left hand, she held your right hand, and that little girl even pressed against your chest!"

"Do you think the wild flowers outside are much more fragrant than Revered Master?!"

Seeing the high and mighty Revered Master throwing a tantrum like a jealous little wife, Su Ye's heart melted.

He reached back and grabbed Leng Yueli's slender willow waist, pulling her hard, and the two were instantly pressed tightly together.

"Revered Master, I can smell the jealousy from ten miles away." Su Ye lowered his head and whispered into her ear with a chuckle.

"You... how presumptuous! Who's jealous? Revered Master is teaching you the rules!" Leng Yueli felt her whole body go soft from his burning breath, her voice weakening, but she still tried to maintain the Face of a Tribulation Crossing Realm Great Power.

Su Ye didn't waste words and directly tapped his storage ring.

A Cold Jade Casket flew out and opened with a snap.

A "nine nether cold crystal lotus," entirely icy blue and emitting extreme coldness, and an "yin-yang dragon blood grass," flowing with mysterious Dao rhymes, lay quietly inside.

Leng Yueli's pupils shrank sharply: "This is... a Heaven Rank Medium Grade nine nether cold crystal lotus? And an Earth Rank Supreme Grade yin-yang dragon blood grass? Where did you get these?"

"For these two things, your Disciple almost lost his life."

Su Ye feigned a sigh: "That Yin-Yang Heaven-Swallowing Python was incredibly fierce; I only managed to snatch them after a narrow escape. I thought about bringing them back quickly to honor Revered Master and help you break through to the Half-Saint Realm, but I didn't expect... Revered Master only wants to punish me."

Hearing the words "narrow escape," Leng Yueli's heart suddenly tightened.

She no longer cared about her status as a Revered Master and urgently groped and checked Su Ye's body with her jade hands: "Are you hurt? Where? Let Revered Master see quickly!"

Those cold and soft little hands fumbled around Su Ye's chest, igniting sparks of desire.

Su Ye grabbed her hand, his gaze becoming incredibly deep and burning.

"The body isn't hurt, but the heart is." Su Ye lowered his head, staring straight at her luscious red lips: "Revered Master must compensate me."

"You... how do you want to be compensated..." Leng Yueli was flustered by his gaze, her cheeks turning blood-red, her long eyelashes trembling uneasily like butterfly wings.

"Didn't Revered Master say just now that you wanted to personally 'examine' my cultivation?"

A wicked smile curled on Su Ye's lips. He bent down, picked Leng Yueli up in his arms, and strode toward the large white jade bed.

"Yeer... not here... they are just outside..." Leng Yueli cried out, her hands symbolically pounding Su Ye's chest, without using even a hint of spiritual power.

"As long as Revered Master doesn't make a sound, how would they know that their beloved Senior Brother is currently bullying their most revered Revered Master?"

"You... you Rebellious Disciple... mmm!"

Leng Yueli's unfinished words were completely blocked by a domineering kiss.

The moon-white palace dress scattered on the ground like petals.

The night-luminescent pearls in the Immortal Cave emitted a soft glow.

As the Taichu Yin-Yang Technique slowly operated, extreme ice and blazing purple Qi converged and fused on the white jade bed.

This night, the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion was filled with boundless spring scenery.

Leng Yueli's Tribulation Transcendence Realm Peak Bottleneck, which had been stuck for hundreds of years, actually showed signs of loosening amidst these waves of pleasure and Spiritual Qi washing.

...

The next morning.

At the back mountain of Purple Bamboo Peak, three girls who were punished to copy the sect rules had dark circles under their eyes and were sighing.

"Strange, Senior Brother went into the Immortal Cave to report yesterday, why hasn't he come out yet?" Jiang Wanyin rubbed her aching wrists.

Lin Qingzhu glanced coldly toward the main Peak: "Revered Master must be strictly supervising Senior Brother's cultivation. After all, Revered Master is impartial and never shows favoritism."

"True, Revered Master is so cold and strict, she never even smiles. Senior Brother must have been scolded severely." Qin Yurou sighed with heartache.

Meanwhile, inside the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion.

The "impartial" Leng Yueli was lazily lying on Su Ye's broad chest, her fair skin covered with spots like red plum blossoms, and a lingering charm still in the corners of her eyes.

She reached out her slender jade finger, drawing circles on Su Ye's firm abdominal muscles, her voice so soft it could drip water:

"Yeer, next time you go to a Secret Realm... you are not allowed to look at another female Cultivator, do you hear me?"

Su Ye tightened his hold on the tamed ice-mountain tigress in his arms and chuckled: "As you command, my dear Revered Master."

Inside the Moon Embracing Cave Mansion, the heart-pounding afterglow had not yet completely dissipated.

Hearing Su Ye's somewhat wicked teasing, Leng Yueli's fair Face instantly flushed with a startling crimson.

"Stop being so glib!" She gave Su Ye a coquettish glare, pushed against his firm chest, and sat up from the bed.

But as soon as she stepped on the ground, she felt her legs go weak. If not for the support of her deep Ninth Heaven of Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivation, she would have almost fallen.

"You little thief, are you an ox..." Leng Yueli bit her silver teeth, secretly complaining in her heart.

Su Ye was quick and grabbed her slender willow waist, a mischievous smile on his lips: "Revered Master, be careful. If your Foundation is injured, your Disciple will be heartbroken."

"Shut up!" Leng Yueli broke free from his embrace as if struck by lightning. With a wave of her jade hand, a brand-new moon-white flowing cloud palace dress draped over her body.

In the blink of an eye, the charming and weak woman who was just at his mercy disappeared.

In her place was the high and mighty, pure-as-ice Peak Revered Master of Primordial Origin Holy Land's Purple Bamboo Peak.

Only the lingering passion in her eyes, which had not yet fully faded, somewhat betrayed her madness of last night.