After she snapped back to reality, Hua Lingyue’s beautiful face, which had previously looked lost and despondent, suddenly changed.
A strange flame gradually ignited within those hollow eyes, containing a mix of excitement, unwillingness, and a crazed obsession.
‘So that’s how it is…’
Hua Lingyue murmured in a low voice, and then, she laughed.
The laughter echoed within the empty cave dwelling, carrying a hint of sickness.
She looked up, her vivid eyes staring intently at Lu Ning.
The light within them caused Lu Ning’s heart to skip a beat.
“My Master… I haven’t even touched her yet. She hasn’t even let me hold her hand.”
“To think, she was actually beaten to the punch by a great devil like you.”
Hua Lingyue’s voice carried a hint of grievance, but even more so, it held a nearly frantic excitement.
“Since that’s the case…”
The corners of Hua Lingyue’s mouth curled into a wicked arc.
“Then I definitely can’t let you go now.”
“The ‘pleasure’ that Master didn’t get to enjoy… as her disciple, I shall experience it thoroughly on her behalf.”
“You defiled my Master, and that world-famous disciple of yours humiliated me not long ago.”
“Sect Master Lu, for these double sins, you must ‘atone’ to me twice over…”
Lu Ning: “???”
Hearing this, Lu Ning was shocked by Hua Lingyue’s outrageous logic.
Ignoring Lu Ning’s terrified gaze, Hua Lingyue picked her up in a bridal carry and walked toward the medicinal pool that radiated a five-colored light.
Splash!
Lu Ning was thrown directly into the medicinal pool.
The warm medicinal liquid, which carried a trace of strange power, instantly enveloped her entire body.
The medicinal strength contained within the pool allowed Lu Ning to recover significantly, and her cultivation even restored to the Golden Core stage.
Before Lu Ning could think further, an indescribable sense of burning heat slowly emerged from within her body.
This pool… there was something wrong with it!
Lu Ning realized it instantly.
“Hua Lingyue! You… what did you do to this pool…”
Due to the influence of the medicine, Lu Ning’s voice carried a hint of soft sweetness and a tremor.
“Oh? I didn’t expect Sect Master Lu to notice so quickly.”
Hua Lingyue followed her into the medicinal pool.
She walked up to Lu Ning, her pretty face full of a proud smile.
“Sect Master Lu, I prepared this medicinal pool specifically for you.”
“Not only can it repair some of your injuries…”
“It can also allow you… to experience the most extreme joy in this world.”
As she spoke, she reached out and gently stroked Lu Ning’s skin, which had become sensitive due to the medicine.
“Ngh…”
Lu Ning’s body trembled slightly.
She felt as if her body no longer belonged to her.
The burning heat became more and more intense, leaving her mind a complete blank.
“It seems the effects of the medicinal pool are starting to kick in.”
Hua Lingyue looked at Lu Ning’s watery eyes and her slightly flushed cheeks, and the sense of revenge in her heart reached its peak.
She no longer hesitated and suddenly lowered her head, capturing Lu Ning’s red lips—the very ones she had coveted for a long time.
Lu Ning never expected that after bringing up Su Yuexi to intimidate the other girl, she would still be treated this way.
Her eyes widened as she looked at the pretty face inches away from her, but her body could not muster a single ounce of strength to resist.
Meanwhile, Hua Lingyue’s hands began to roam restlessly, accurately finding Lu Ning’s weak spots.
A moment later, Hua Lingyue separated from Lu Ning and looked at her playfully.
“Sect Master Lu, do you feel very uncomfortable right now?”
Hua Lingyue’s voice sounded like a devil’s whisper in Lu Ning’s ear.
“Do you really want me to… use a bit more force?”
“Beg me.”
“Beg me to help you.”
“You should properly ‘atone’ for the sins of your disciple and for defiling my Master.”
Lu Ning was completely stunned.
She never expected that her previous actions would actually cause Hua Lingyue to turn so dark.
She bit her lip tightly, refusing to let out a single sound.
However, the increasingly intense desire was constantly battering her final line of rational defense.
She knew she was about to break.
“Please… I beg you…”
Under the torture of extreme shame and desire, Lu Ning eventually chose to yield.
In a voice nearly as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, she struggled to force out a few words.
“I’m… I’m sorry…”
“I apologize to you on behalf of my disciple…”
Hearing these words of apology, a flash of successful mischief crossed Hua Lingyue’s eyes.
She knew she had completely destroyed the final defense of this proud woman.
Just as she was preparing to go a step further and enjoy her hard-won “trophy,” a gentle yet slightly cool voice echoed leisurely from outside the cave dwelling.
“Lingyue, Master is back.”
“By the way, what is with this thick medicinal fragrance inside your cave?”
Inside the cave dwelling, the water rippled slightly as the atmosphere instantly froze.
To Lu Ning and Hua Lingyue, that voice—which was as gentle as heavenly music—sounded no different from a death knell at this moment.
Especially for Hua Lingyue; the moment she heard the words “Master is back,” she froze as if a Paralyzing Spell had been cast on her.
All her movements stopped.
The proud smile that had been hanging on her face also solidified.
‘Ma… Master?’
‘Why would she come back so suddenly?’
‘According to the usual routine, every time Master returns from a trip, shouldn’t she go back to her Jingxin Pavilion first? Why would she come directly to my remote cave dwelling?’
‘Could it be…’
A terrifying thought rose uncontrollably in Hua Lingyue’s mind.
‘Is everything that great devil said true?’
‘Does Master really… toward this woman…’
At the thought of this possibility, Hua Lingyue’s entire body trembled slightly.
She subconsciously looked down at Lu Ning, whose eyes were blurry from the medicine, and then looked at her own hand, which was still placed where it shouldn’t be.
‘It’s over!’
‘I’m really finished this time!’
‘If Master sees this, I’ll definitely be purged from the sect on the spot!’
“Lingyue, why aren’t you speaking?”
Su Yuexi’s voice rang out again from outside the cave, her tone still gentle.
Hua Lingyue jolted in fear and hurriedly released her hold on Lu Ning.
Immediately, she responded to the outside of the cave, “Master, please wait a moment! I… I was just refining medicine and I’m a bit of a mess. I’ll come out to greet you immediately!”
On the other hand, she didn’t know how to hide Lu Ning on such short notice, so she could only make her hold her breath.
Then, she hid Lu Ning at the bottom of the medicinal pool.
To prevent Lu Ning from coming out to tell on her, she even used her own body to suppress the other woman’s attempt to rise.
However, just as Hua Lingyue finished speaking, the powerful barrier covering the entire cave dwelling was breached as easily as if it were made of paper, and a rift appeared silently.
A beautiful figure dressed in a pale green silken dress slowly stepped through the rift and walked inside.