Chapter 6: Disciplining the Little Junior Sister

Not knowing how long she had been unconscious, Chi Ming gradually regained her senses.

“Where… is this?”

Chi Ming opened her eyes in a daze, mumbling softly.

What met her gaze was a bright moon and countless stars, shadows of trees swaying, and a cool night breeze drifting by, making her feel at ease.

“I-I’m not dead!?”

The refreshing wind sobered Chi Ming up. She immediately checked her body.

There wasn’t a single wound, but her cultivation had been sealed. Now she was just an ordinary person.

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“So it really was the Demoness’ doing…”

Recalling the Whale That Devours the Heavens that had descended from the sky, then the surging tides that followed, Chi Ming had once thought the entire Sky and Earth would be destroyed.

She dared not think further.

The more she remembered, the more the impact and pressure of that moment pressed down on her, suffocating her.

In this world, only her Master could destroy everyone else and spare her life alone.

As for why she was left alive, Chi Ming understood.

She had betrayed the Sect.

There was no way the Demoness would let her die so easily.

What awaited her was a punishment and torment beyond imagination.

At this thought, Chi Ming couldn’t help but shiver all over.

Even if she considered herself strong and unafraid of death, her body instinctively trembled with fear.

“Where is the Demoness now?”

Chi Ming slowly stood up, looking around warily.

Though she knew in her heart that the Demoness would know the moment she woke, she still couldn’t give up the hope of escape.

Chi Ming cautiously took two steps back.

“What’s going on… The Demoness still hasn’t appeared?”

“Is she trying to humiliate me? Wait until I’ve run a few steps, then catch me and tell me that no matter how hard I try, it’s useless to escape?”

Chi Ming’s thoughts grew chaotic, imagination running wild.

Unknowingly, a fine layer of sweat covered her fair forehead, her nerves stretched taut.

Suddenly, at that moment, a voice sounded in her ears:

“Master! This lake is very clean. You can come down now!”

“Whew… After traveling all day, I can finally have a good bath.”

“Bath?”

“Bath!?”

Chi Ming in the forest, and Yu Yi by the lake, both uttered the same words from different places.

At this moment, Yu Yi was sitting on a stone by the lakeside, completely unaware that Chi Ming had been fighting an invisible battle with herself in the air.

She looked at the two girls in the lake, hesitating.

Blue Ling’er and Huang Doudou had shed their clothes without a care, floating on the water right in front of Yu Yi, their faces filled with comfort and enjoyment.

Under the moonlight, the bodies of the girls appeared especially pure, beautiful, and enchanting.

“Did I and my disciples… usually bathe together?”

Yu Yi wondered silently.

She tried to avert her gaze, but thinking that acting strangely might arouse the disciples’ suspicion, she forced herself to appear calm, letting her eyes drift over their bodies as naturally as possible.

Ah… so pleasing to the eye…

Ahem, don’t misunderstand! I’m just trying to get used to the original host’s way of interacting with the disciples!

However… if I were to check their physical conditions as Master, they definitely wouldn’t refuse, right?

Wait, put down your phones first, let me explain!!

Yu Yi took a deep breath and spoke calmly.

“When Doudou is done playing, Master will enter the water.”

After finishing, Yu Yi stood up and turned into the forest, preparing to check on Chi Ming.

Seeing Yu Yi leave, Huang Doudou grinned happily.

“Ehehe, Master is gone. Now I can finally play as much as I want~”

Huang Doudou was naturally mischievous.

Now that Master was gone, she didn’t have to hold back and could play in the water however she pleased.

However, just as Huang Doudou was happily splashing around, a hand suddenly pressed down on her head from behind.

“S-Second Senior Sister?”

Huang Doudou was stunned, turning to see Blue Ling’er’s gentle smile.

“Doudou, you just missed something good, you know?”

Blue Ling’er rubbed Huang Doudou’s head.

“W-What good thing?”

“Because you like to play in the water, you’d disturb Master. That’s why Master waited for the two of us to finish before entering, right?”

“That… seems to make sense…”

“So, if you had held back a little and waited until Master was in the water to start playing, wouldn’t that have made Master angry and punished you?”

“Oh!”

Huang Doudou suddenly understood.

But soon her face fell.

“But Master is already gone… I’ve already missed it.”

“It’s okay.”

Blue Ling’er smiled gently.

“Senior Sister will help you.”

“Second Senior Sister will help me? How—glug glug glug——”

Before Huang Doudou could finish, Blue Ling’er pushed her head into the water.

“It’s so rare to have a chance to bathe with Master. Sigh… what a pity.”

Blue Ling’er shook her head silently, sighing with regret.

Having missed her chance, she took out her frustration on the ‘culprit’—Huang Doudou.

And though Huang Doudou had also missed the chance, thanks to Blue Ling’er, she gained a new experience.

This round… was a win-win.

***

Yu Yi returned to the forest and found that Chi Ming was already gone.

“Ran away after waking?”

Yu Yi thought silently, but quickly dismissed the idea.

Without turning, she spoke.

“Come out. Even if you tried to stab me in the back now, you couldn’t harm your Master.”

As expected, faint footsteps sounded from behind.

Yu Yi turned to see Chi Ming gripping a sharpened branch, emerging from the shadows.

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and do it!”

Chi Ming tossed the branch aside, her voice a mix of helplessness and self-abandonment.

She never once looked Yu Yi in the eye.

This made Yu Yi a little displeased.

Though she was a Demoness who had taken over another’s body, since she’d inherited so many disciples, she ought to properly discipline these disobedient girls.

“Chi Ming, look at your Master.”

Yu Yi’s steady voice held a trace of command.

Though Chi Ming didn’t want to obey, deep down she still felt awe and submission toward the Demoness.

After a moment, Chi Ming raised her stiff face and met Yu Yi’s gaze.

It was the first time Yu Yi had looked directly into her little disciple’s eyes.

Within Chi Ming’s eyes, she saw three parts stubbornness, three parts fierceness, three parts fear, and one part complex emotion.

“How do you feel now?”

Yu Yi softened her tone, asking Chi Ming gently.

“You’re worried about me?”

Chi Ming was taken aback, then laughed coldly.

“Heh… Demoness, stop pretending. I know what kind of person you are. Don’t think you can deceive me any longer! Kill me or torture me, do as you wish!!”

“How do you feel now?”

Yu Yi ignored the curses, repeating calmly.

But her tone carried a weight that was impossible to resist.

Three parts gentleness, seven parts authority.

Yu Yi switched effortlessly, instantly suppressing Chi Ming.

“Thanks to you… I feel great right now!”

Chi Ming bit her lip, clenching her fists.

“So? Are you planning to see how far I can run with my cultivation sealed? Or maybe cut off my legs and watch me crawl in desperation? Demoness… If you have the guts, just kill me yourself!”

Yu Yi frowned at her words.

This girl… what wild ideas is she imagining?

Though the original owner was called ‘Yu Yi Jue’, she wasn’t someone who treated her disciples without mercy.

She even refused to take revenge on her sixth apprentice Su Cheng, who had betrayed her.

How could she treat Chi Ming so?

Could it be… that someone deliberately smeared her reputation and filled Chi Ming’s mind with false stories?

The reason behind this needed to be investigated.

But for now, Yu Yi’s priority was to deal with Chi Ming.

“Since you can still move freely…”

Yu Yi stared into Chi Ming’s eyes and spoke slowly.

Chi Ming felt the pressure, swallowing unconsciously.

“Then go.”

Yu Yi finished calmly, turning to leave.

“…Huh?”

Chi Ming stood frozen, her face full of confusion.