Master probably doesn't want others to see this either, right?

Inside the Cold Jade Palace, Killing Intent surged.

The Taiyin Power condensed in Yun Yuzhen's palm was like a miniature silver moon, exuding a terrifying Aura of annihilation.

The air froze, emitting a creaking sound under the unbearable pressure.

Su Ye leaned against the cold dragon severing stone gate, with no way to retreat.

The terrifying Aura of a Tribulation Crossing Realm, Tenth Heaven Cultivator was like an ancient divine mountain, pressing down heavily on his shoulders, making the bones in his body crackle like popping beans.

However, even at this critical moment of life and death,

Su Ye's handsome face still did not show the pleading for mercy that Yun Yuzhen had expected.

On the contrary,

The corners of his mouth even curved upwards a bit, as if he was asking for trouble.

It was a strange smile, with a hint of helplessness and a touch of indulgence.

"Revered Master, are you really going to cripple your Disciple?"

Su Ye slowly spoke, his voice overly steady, enduring the pressure that could crush a Golden Core Cultivator.

"Enough nonsense!"

Yun Yuzhen's beautiful eyes were filled with fury, her black hair dancing wildly, like an enraged Ice and Snow Goddess.

"In the past half month, you Rebellious Disciple, relying on my Cold Poison acting up and my cultivation being lost, committed acts of deceiving your Revered Master and destroying your ancestors!"

"Not only will I cripple your cultivation, but I will also suppress you under the Myriad Year Cold Pool behind Purple Bamboo Peak, making you suffer the pain of ten thousand swords piercing your heart day and night!"

Recalling what she had endured over the past half month, Yun Yuzhen felt so ashamed and indignant that she wanted to die.

Those indescribable scenes, those sounds that made her blush, were like a nightmare, lingering in her mind.

If she couldn't severely punish this Rebellious Disciple, where would her Dao Heart be?

Where would the prestige of the Peak Master of Purple Bamboo Peak of Taichu Holy Land be?!

"Die!"

Yun Yuzhen no longer hesitated, waving her jade hand lightly.

The silver moon in her palm instantly transformed into a destructive stream of light, blasting towards Su Ye's Dantian and Qi Sea!

She controlled the force of this strike.

No one would die.

But it would definitely shatter Su Ye's Supreme Bone and completely crush his Nascent Soul!

Just at this critical moment,

Su Ye moved.

He did not use any defensive Cultivation Technique, nor did he conjure any life-saving Spiritual Artifact.

He didn't even make a move to dodge.

He just unhurriedly pulled out a dark stone from his embrace.

It was the most common trinket in the cultivation world—a shadow recording stone.

Su Ye injected his spiritual power into it, then raised it high, and shouted loudly at the terrifying stream of light coming towards him:

"Revered Master! Hold your hand! Why not listen to this first!"

"Buzz—"

The shadow recording stone trembled slightly, and although a light screen did not immediately project out, an exceptionally clear voice instantly exploded in the dead silent Cold Jade Palace.

It was Yun Yuzhen's voice.

However, it wasn't her current cold and majestic tone.

Instead, it was a trembling voice filled with extreme weakness, extreme desire, and even a hint of sweetness and pleading:

"Ugh... Rebellious Disciple!"

Although the voice was intermittent and accompanied by painful gasps due to the onset of the Cold Poison,

Any adult could discern the impropriety in its seductive and soul-stirring charm!

As soon as this sound emerged,

Yun Yuzhen, who had been overflowing with Killing Intent as if she would destroy heaven and earth in the next second, suddenly stiffened.

The silver stream of light that had already blasted to within three feet of Su Ye abruptly halted in mid-air!

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Yun Yuzhen's pupils contracted violently, and her pretty face, which had been pale with anger, instantly flushed crimson at a visible speed!

It was as red as a cooked shrimp, and even her translucent earlobes were tinged with a rosy hue.

"This... this is..."

Yun Yuzhen pointed at the shadow recording stone in Su Ye's hand, her fingers trembling like fallen leaves in the wind.

The domineering empress-like Aura she had previously exuded completely collapsed the moment that voice rang out!

That was her voice!

It was the night, half a month ago, when the Cold Poison had erupted most violently!

At that time, her mind was unclear, and she only felt a myriad-year-old cold ice raging within her body, and only the Pure Yang Qi from Su Ye's Supreme Bone could alleviate the pain.

She didn't remember what she had said.

But she never expected that this damned Rebellious Disciple would actually record the process?!

"You... you..."

Yun Yuzhen stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Shame!

An unprecedented sense of shame instantly overwhelmed her reason.

If outsiders heard this voice, would her reputation as the number one ice beauty of Taichu Holy Land still exist?

Would she still be able to face people?!

Seeing this, Su Ye secretly chuckled.

Indeed.

To deal with such an arrogant Revered Master, brute force wouldn't work; one had to fight magic with magic.

He gently toyed with the shadow recording stone in his hand, as if it were a rare treasure, a smug expression on his face:

"Revered Master, does this voice sound familiar?"

"Your Disciple also has the visuals here. Would you like to project them so Revered Master can appreciate her 'heroic' demeanor at the time?"

"Silence!!"

Yun Yuzhen let out a shriek, her voice so sharp it was almost cracking.

At this moment, where was her demeanor as a Great Power of Tribulation Crossing Realm? It was completely gone.

She was completely like a girl next door whose secret had been caught, both shy and angry, yet not daring to act rashly.

The Taiyin Divine Light suspended in front of Su Ye flickered erratically due to the violent fluctuations in her mind, and finally, with a 'poof', it dissipated into the air.

The crisis was resolved.

Su Ye straightened his back and tidied his clothes, once again resuming the appearance of the elegant Senior Brother.

He held the shadow recording stone and dangled it in front of Yun Yuzhen:

"Revered Master, you wouldn't want the scenes inside to be seen by others, would you?"

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, striking Yun Yuzhen's head fiercely.

She stared intently at the black stone, and if the Killing Intent in her eyes could materialize, Su Ye would probably have been tortured to death a million times over.

"Despicable!"

"Shameless!"

"Lewd!"

Yun Yuzhen gritted her teeth, spitting out these words through her clenched teeth.

At this moment, her intestines were green with regret.

How could she have taken such an evil creature as a Disciple in the first place?

This wasn't taking a Disciple; this was taking a living ancestor, taking a debt collector!

"Revered Master overpraises me."

Su Ye, far from being ashamed, proudly cupped his hands.

"Your Disciple is also doing this for self-preservation, you see."

"After all, Revered Master's cultivation is heaven-reaching. If one day you're in a bad mood and really cripple your Disciple, your Disciple needs something to remember you by, doesn't he?"

As he spoke, the smile on Su Ye's face gradually faded, and his eyes became playful.

"Revered Master, you say..."

"If this shadow recording stone were to circulate, how big of a sensation would it cause?"

"If the Holy Lord of our Taichu Holy Land, who is also my good Senior Martial Uncle Holy Master, were to see her most beloved Junior Sister making such sounds under her Disciple..."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Su Ye shook his head, letting out a sigh of regret.

"Even if Senior Martial Uncle dotes on you, she probably wouldn't be able to keep her old face, right?"

"And the three thousand Utility Disciples beneath Purple Bamboo Peak, and the Peak Revered Masters and Elders of the thirty-six inner sect peaks..."

"If it could be auctioned, I think this stone, even priced at ten million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, would have countless people fighting over it, right?"

Every word was like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into Yun Yuzhen's heart.

Killing the person and punishing the heart!

This was blatant blackmail!

Yun Yuzhen trembled all over with anger, her chest heaving violently, and the voluptuous curves beneath her white robe swayed with her breathing, dazzling to behold.

"Su Ye! How dare you!"

Yun Yuzhen roared.

How could she, a dignified Great Power of Tribulation Crossing Realm and a Major Achievement Taiyin Sacred Body practitioner, ever suffer such threats?

"Do you think you can control me with this broken stone?"

Before her words finished,

Yun Yuzhen moved.

This time, she truly moved with extreme speed.

Only an afterimage was left in place; in the next instant, she had already appeared before Su Ye.

That fair, jade-like hand moved like lightning, directly grabbing at the shadow recording stone in Su Ye's hand.

If there was a handle, then destroy it!

Even if she had to snatch it, she would snatch it and crush it!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound.

Su Ye had no room to resist at all.

The shadow recording stone was directly snatched by Yun Yuzhen, and with a slight force, it turned into dust scattered everywhere.

"Hmph!"

Yun Yuzhen looked at the stone powder falling through her fingers, a triumphant sneer curling at the corner of her mouth.

"Rebellious Disciple, you are still too naive."

"You're not qualified to play such tricks in front of me!"

Without the shadow recording stone, let's see how arrogant you can be!

At this moment, Yun Yuzhen felt that she had finally turned the tide, and that lofty sense of control returned.

She raised her chin, looking at Su Ye proudly, preparing to continue her unfinished

However,

She was surprised to find that there was no panicked expression on Su Ye's face.

Not only was there no panic,

Instead... he smiled even more brightly?

That look was like gazing at a little fox who thought itself clever but had actually fallen into a trap.

"Revered Master, doesn't it feel good?"

Su Ye asked with a smile.

"What?" Yun Yuzhen was startled.

"The feeling of crushing the shadow recording stone."

Su Ye slowly pulled out another identical shadow recording stone from his Huai.

Yun Yuzhen's smile instantly froze on her face.

"You..."

"Don't rush, there's more."

Su Ye, as if performing a magic trick, flipped his wrist, and his storage ring flashed.

Clatter—

A series of crisp clashing sounds rang out.

Dozens, even hundreds, of black shadow recording stones, like free pebbles, instantly piled up on the ground in front of Su Ye.

Each one emitted faint spiritual energy fluctuations.

Clearly, content was recorded inside them.

Yun Yuzhen was completely dumbfounded.

She stared blankly at the pile of stones on the ground, her mind a blank.

"These... these..."

"Oh, I forgot to tell Revered Master."

Su Ye squatted down, casually picked up a piece, and tossed it.

"For the past half month, to treat Revered Master's illness, this Disciple has been working day and night, not daring to be negligent in the slightest."

"To record the recovery process of Revered Master's illness, this Disciple specially refined a batch of shadow recording stones."

"Not many."

Su Ye extended a finger and wiggled it in front of Yun Yuzhen.

"Only about ten thousand."

Ten thousand?!!!

Yun Yuzhen felt her vision go dark and almost fainted on the spot.

This Rebellious Disciple!

This insane Rebellious Disciple!

Is he sick?!

What respectable person would record ten thousand copies of something like this?!

"Not only that."

Su Ye stood up, clapped the dust from his hands, and said in a relaxed tone:

"This Disciple did not carry all ten thousand shadow recording stones on him."

"Five thousand of them, I have already dispersed to various corners of the Taichu Holy Land through secret channels."

"Hundreds are buried under the outhouse in the Outer Sect."

"Hundreds are hidden in the Spirit Beast Garden of the Inner Sect."

"Even on Senior Martial Uncle's Saint Lord Peak, I found an opportunity to secretly stuff a few under her bed..."

At this point, Su Ye looked at the tottering Yun Yuzhen and revealed a devilish smile.

"Revered Master, as long as I don't periodically reinforce the Seal on them."

"Within three days, these shadow recording stones will automatically activate."

"By then..."

"Every corner of the Taichu Holy Land will echo with Revered Master's melodious voice."

"That scene will surely be filled with gongs and drums, firecrackers, waving red flags, and a sea of people!"

Silence.

Dead silence.

Inside the Cold Jade Palace, only Yun Yuzhen's heavy breathing remained.

She looked at this harmless-looking Disciple, and for the first time, a feeling called "despair" arose in her heart.

What is this?

This is a devil!

This is a complete and utter Devil Head!

Compared to him, even those old Devil Heads of the Demonic Path who kill without batting an eye seemed pleasant.

Fight?

How to fight?

If she really killed him or sealed him, once those shadow recording stones exploded... Yun Yuzhen only had to imagine the scene to feel an urge to immediately find a piece of tofu to bash her head against and die.

If it really came to that, she, Yun Yuzhen, would definitely become the biggest laughingstock in the entire Cultivation World for ten thousand years!

How would she face people in the future?

How could she still be the Peak Revered Master?

"You... what exactly do you want?"

Yun Yuzhen took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to tear Su Ye limb from limb.

Although her voice was still cold, it no longer carried the aggressive Aura of wanting to fight and kill.

It even carried a hint of imperceptible... grievance.

Too much bullying!

This was not a Disciple; this was clearly raising a big-tailed wolf!

Su Ye keenly caught the change in Yun Yuzhen's emotions.

On the System panel.

[Mood Value: Killing Intent Fluctuation (10%), Mortified (80%), Helpless (10%)]

Killing Intent greatly reduced.

It had even fallen below the safety line.

Su Ye's heart settled, knowing that this round, he had won again.

He put away his annoying expression and became gentle and refined again, as if the despicable and shameless threatener just now wasn't him at all.

"Revered Master, you overstate it."

"What does this Disciple want? This Disciple merely wants to properly show filial respect to Revered Master."

Su Ye waved his sleeve, and the pile of shadow recording stones on the ground was instantly retrieved into his storage ring.

Then.

He stepped forward, walking towards Yun Yuzhen step by step.

This time, Yun Yuzhen did not retreat, nor did she make a move.

She merely bit her lip tightly, glaring at Su Ye with resentful and Helpless eyes, her body stiff as if drained of strength.

Su Ye walked up to Yun Yuzhen, reached out, and gently tidied the stray hairs at her temples that had become messy from her anger.

His movements were gentle, his expression focused.

"Revered Master, you've just recovered, don't get so angry; it's not good for your health."

Yun Yuzhen turned her head, trying to avoid his touch.

But for some reason, her body seemed to disobey her.

The warm touch of his fingertips across her cheek inexplicably dissipated some of the towering anger in her heart.

"Don't touch me!"

Although she said so, her tone was soft and lacked any deterrent power.

"Alright, alright, I won't touch you."

Su Ye withdrew his hand, but his body did not retreat, still maintaining that very aggressive distance.

"As long as Revered Master is obedient and no longer threatens to fight and kill."

"These shadow recording stones will naturally rot in this Disciple's stomach forever."

"Even..."

Su Ye leaned close to Yun Yuzhen's ear, lowering his voice to a whisper only they could hear:

"If Revered Master behaves well, this Disciple will not only destroy these stones."

"I will also continue to help Revered Master... consolidate your cultivation."

"After all, although the Taiyin Sacred Body is powerful, without enough Pure Yang Qi to nourish it, there might still be a risk of relapse..."

Warm breath sprayed on Yun Yuzhen's earlobe.

Her already flushed face was now so red it looked like it would drip blood.

This Rebellious Disciple!

He even dared to tease her!

Consolidate cultivation?

That was clearly... that kind of shameless Dual Cultivation!

Yun Yuzhen cursed Su Ye as shameless in her heart.

But strangely.

Upon hearing the words "risk of relapse," the spiritual energy within her body instinctively trembled.

It was the body's craving for more.

It was the Taiyin Sacred Body's most primal desire for a Pure Yang Body.

"Get out!"

Yun Yuzhen suddenly pushed Su Ye away, turning around in a panic like a startled deer, with her back to him.

"This Seat is tired!"

"This porridge... this Seat has eaten it too!"

"You can leave!"

She really had no face to confront this Rebellious Disciple anymore.

If she stayed any longer, she feared she would truly die of anger or shame.

Looking at Yun Yuzhen's somewhat disheveled back, Su Ye did not continue to press her.

Everything must be done in moderation.

Today's drama of the "Rebellious Disciple's comeback" had been spectacular enough.

If he pushed too hard, and this tsundere Revered Master really jumped the gun, it wouldn't be fun anymore.

"Since Revered Master is tired, this Disciple will take his leave."

Su Ye picked up the empty food box from the table and respectfully bowed to Yun Yuzhen's back.

"Revered Master, please rest well."

"If you feel any discomfort, summon this Disciple at any time."

"This Disciple's 'Pure Yang Great Tonic Needle' is available on call."

With that, Su Ye let out a hearty laugh, turned, and strode out through the dragon severing stone gate.

Rumble—

The stone gate opened and slowly closed again.

Until Su Ye's figure completely disappeared.

Inside the Cold Jade Palace, dead silence returned.

Yun Yuzhen remained with her back to the stone gate, her shoulders trembling slightly.

After a long while.

She slowly turned around.

At this moment, where was there any Killing Intent on her face?

All that remained was a complex blush and a ripple in her eyes that even she hadn't noticed.

She glanced at where Su Ye had stood, then at her hand that had just crushed the shadow recording stone.

"Rebellious Disciple..."

She lightly spat, her voice barely audible.

"He actually dared to threaten this Seat..."

"When this Seat is in a good mood someday, I will definitely..."

Mid-sentence, she suddenly choked.

What would she do to him?

Kill him? She couldn't bear to.

Crippled him? Then who would detoxify her?

After much thought, she realized she had no way to deal with this Rebellious Disciple.

"Hmph!"

Ultimately, all emotions condensed into an arrogant snort.

Yun Yuzhen flicked her sleeve and lay back down on the cold jade bed, which was now covered in cracks.

Only this time.

This originally bone-chilling cold jade bed didn't seem so cold anymore.