2: You can't control your rebellious disciple anymore, Master, you didn't want this either...

"Evil Disciple, you're looking for death!"

Her Majesty the Empress was furious, slamming the table as she stood up, a faint blood-red light flickering in her fox-like eyes.

The unique Aura of the Half-Saint Realm erupted along with her towering rage!

This dog-like thing, what gall! To dare defy her and even want to be her son's stepfather—he was truly seeking death!

Even though Wu Feiyan's cultivation had entered the Reincarnation stage, rendering her unable to use a shred of her power, she could still simulate the oppressive Aura of the Half-Saint Realm perfectly; it just lacked any actual lethality.

Feeling the "terrifying" Aura from the paper tiger, Cao Meng's smile grew even wider.

In the past, if he had dared to speak to her like this, he would have been pounded into meat paste long ago.

But now, she could only rely on false bravado.

It seemed his Appraisal Technique was correct; she was weakened.

Taking two quick steps toward Wu Feiyan:

"Enough, Revered Master, stop putting on an act. If you could kill your Disciple, why would you only use your mouth instead of your hands?"

"You—"

Wu Feiyan's stunningly beautiful face instantly turned pale.

What did this Rebellious Disciple mean?

Could it be that he knew?

How is that possible!

The secret of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Heaven-Reaching Art was known only to her in this world; it was absolutely impossible for him to know.

"Evil Disciple, for the sake of our ten years as Revered Master and Disciple, I shall spare you this once. Get out! I'll pretend today never happened," Wu Feiyan shouted, her voice sharp but her heart weak.

"Still acting? Revered Master, you have a broad mind; it seems you can hide quite a lot!"

Cao Meng sneered, suddenly flipping over the peerless Prodigy before him.

Then, he sat down on the Phoenix Bed.

Her Majesty the Empress's face turned completely white.

It was over; she couldn't keep up the act anymore.

She couldn't intimidate this Evil Disciple anymore.

Where exactly did things go wrong? How did he see through her weakness?

Also, how did this kid seem like a different person? Where did his past gentleness, kindness, and humility go?

No, she had to find a way to stabilize this Evil Disciple first!

The Disguised Empress

Cao Meng continued, "As for our Revered Master-Disciple bond? Heh, Revered Master, ask yourself: in these ten years, have you ever truly treated me as your Disciple?"

"Evil Disciple!" Wu Feiyan forced herself to sit up, looking at Cao Meng with shame and anger.

"In these ten years, I have devoted myself to your cultivation, even spending a fortune to forge seven spirit swords for you..."

"Shut up!"

Cao Meng shouted angrily, interrupting her. He then grabbed her snow-white swan neck, his face looking fierce and malevolent.

"Seven spirit swords? Heh—those seven spirit swords were prepared for that trash son of yours, weren't they? I'm nothing more than a tool you selected."

"Wu Feiyan, you are truly vicious!"

"Making me nourish the swords for your precious son is one thing, but on the day the swords are complete, you even wanted to sacrifice my Blood Spirit Sacred Body to the swords, using my life to enhance their quality! Are you even human?"

"And now, you've discovered that my fiancée has extraordinary talent and a special Physique, so you've started plotting against her too?"

"You won't rest until you've squeezed every last drop of my blood dry!"

"For that precious son of yours, you really are capable of anything!"

Cao Meng became more and more agitated as he spoke, his expression turning increasingly hideous.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it wasn't worth it for his original self.

"Ten years of Revered Master-Disciple bond? Have you forgotten how your Disciple showed his filial piety to you?"

Meeting Cao Meng's angry gaze, Her Majesty the Empress's eyes flickered with avoidance. Her mind was filled with a hundred thousand "whys."

How did this Evil Disciple find out?

Her four Great Disciples all knew about the sword-nourishing, but with their loyalty, how could they have betrayed her?

As for killing Cao Meng to sacrifice to the swords afterward, that was only a thought in her heart; she had never spoken of it to anyone.

How did he see through it?

This was simply too terrifying!

In these ten years, she had treated Cao Meng reasonably well.

But that "well" was predicated on him being able to nourish the spirit swords for her precious son, allowing her son to become a Dragon overnight.

Ancient Sword Cultivators used blood to nourish swords; this was an ancient method, and the process was extremely arduous and painful.

Furthermore, using the blood of an ordinary Cultivator was far less effective than using a Blood Spirit Sacred Body.

As a mother, she wanted her son to become a Dragon overnight while also wanting him to live a comfortable and carefree life, so she could only let the tool, Cao Meng, do it.

Wu Feiyan was indeed the Empress Regent of the Wu Zhou Dynasty. After a brief moment of panic, she calmed down.

Her fox-like eyes were filled with contempt:

"Cao Meng, this is an Era of Great Conflict; the survival of the fittest is an unshakeable Law. If you were in my position, you would do the same!"

Cao Meng nodded slightly. "Fine. To be so shamelessly self-righteous—today, your Disciple has truly learned something."

"Enough!" The The Glamorous Empress [Wu Feiyan] snorted coldly.

"Since you've brought everything into the open, then I shall stop hiding it."

"I will give you a chance. Take your seven spirit swords and get lost. For the sake of our Revered Master-Disciple relationship, I can swear upon the Heavenly Dao that today's matters shall be forgotten!"

"Heh, 'forgotten'? You're even bringing out a Heavenly Dao Oath?"

Cao Meng sneered, his palm slowly cupping her exquisite, snow-white face as he spoke from above:

"Revered Master, can I interpret these words as a disguised plea for mercy?"

A Heavenly Dao Oath had a very strong binding force on Cultivators above the Pill Realm; it could only be broken once one reached the Saint Realm.

Wu Feiyan, as the Empress ruling the Wu Zhou Dynasty, was naturally no fool.

In this situation, there was no other way but to temporarily compromise with Cao Meng.

"Pleading for mercy? Heh, do you think I need to plead for mercy from an ant like you?"

Her Majesty the Empress tilted her exquisite face up, her fox-like eyes filled with arrogance:

"Rebellious Disciple, I am temporarily unable to use my cultivation, but if you dare to touch me even once, I guarantee you won't walk out of this Pixiang Hall! Moreover, your Cao Family will vanish into thin air because of your ignorance. Do you believe me?"

Cao Meng chuckled, his finger brushing across her cheek and passing over her red lips:

"Heh, Her Majesty the Empress has such a grand female majesty. You've scared your daddy here to death!"

"Revered Master, tell me—if your Senior Sister, Si Qingxuan, knew that your Yin-Yang Reincarnation Heaven-Reaching Art had entered the Reincarnation stage, would she directly storm the Imperial Palace and take your pretty little head? You used a sneak attack to steal the sect's supreme treasure back then; your Senior Sister shouldn't have forgotten that grudge."

"Besides, you have quite a few enemies at the White Deer Academy, don't you? The Vice Dean from the Great Liang Dynasty, Xuanyuan Baizhi—you seemed to have ordered someone to poison her with the Ten Absolute Poisons. Although it didn't kill her, it left her with an incurable ailment..."

"Over the years, to gather resources for your precious son, you've wiped out many families and clans. If those remnants knew that you, the Empress, had lost your cultivation, would they take action? If things go wrong, your precious son might just kick the bucket."

"And those restless noble families in the Wu Zhou Dynasty—if they knew this news, would they rise up and attack together?"

"You should know that once the Reincarnation period ends, you will enter the Saint Realm. By then, it will be difficult for them to act..."

The more the The Glamorous Empress heard, the uglier her face became.

As the Empress Regent, sitting in this position meant she was destined to have enemies all over the world.

Not to mention, she had been unscrupulous for the sake of her precious son, making many enemies.

Once the news of her cultivation entering the Reincarnation stage was known by these people, the trouble would be immense.

"You... you actually know the secret of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Heaven-Reaching Art?"

The secret of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Heaven-Reaching Art was known to no one else in the world, not even her exceptionally talented Senior Sister.

How did this Evil Disciple know?

This was too terrifying!

For a moment, a hint of fear appeared in Wu Feiyan's eyes as she looked at Cao Meng—the fear of the unknown!

"As for how your Disciple knows, Revered Master doesn't need to know." A demonic smile appeared on Cao Meng's face.

"What's important is... Revered Master, you wouldn't want these things to be known by others, would you?"