On the other side, after enduring nearly a whole night of auditory torment while stuffed inside a sack, Hua Lingyue’s spirit had completely collapsed.
“Master… Master…”
Hua Lingyue’s voice carried a sob, filled with endless grievance.
“I beg you… please take the thing covering my eyes off and let me see… Just let me look once, and I will do whatever you ask…”
She was truly on the verge of going mad.
This feeling of only being able to hear but not see was more agonizing than being killed.
Su Yuexi glanced at the sack constantly squirming beneath the bed, a helpless smile appearing on her gentle face.
“Lingyue, you are still too immature.”
Su Yuexi’s voice was light, yet it carried an indisputable authority.
“Your master is doing this to temper your state of mind. When you can achieve a heart as still as water, I will let you out.”
After she finished speaking, she ignored Hua Lingyue’s pleas.
She raised her foot and gently kicked the sack further under the bed.
Having finished this, Su Yuexi’s gaze fell back upon Lu Ning, who lay on the jade bed.
A trace of contemplation flashed in her eyes.
Conquering her just once was probably not enough.
Given the proud nature of this great devil, she might have yielded for now, but once she recovered, she would likely remain stubborn and refuse to admit to anything.
She had to find a way to ensure she could never turn things around.
At this thought, the corners of Su Yuexi’s mouth slowly curled into a meaningful arc.
With a flick of her wrist, a piece of crystal-clear jade that emitted a faint shimmer appeared in her palm.
A Recording Stone!
Su Yuexi secretly injected a trace of spiritual energy into the Recording Stone.
The stone instantly erupted with a brilliant light, and an invisible beam of light enveloped the entire jade bed.
Then, she inconspicuously placed the Recording Stone in an unremarkable corner at the head of the bed.
Only after completing all this did Su Yuexi turn her gaze back to Lu Ning.
At that moment, Lu Ning happened to wake up from her hazy state.
She immediately noticed the faint shimmer of the Recording Stone at the head of the bed and the beam of light enveloping her.
Her face turned pale instantly.
“Su Yuexi! What… what do you think you’re doing!”
Lu Ning’s voice was filled with terror and anger.
She never expected that Su Yuexi would actually use such a thing!
In the cultivation world, Recording Stones were usually used to record technique inheritances or important events.
But now, Su Yuexi was actually using it for this!
Who… who exactly was the one from the demonic path here?
Lu Ning felt as though her worldview was being refreshed once again.
Compared to Su Yuexi, those two women, Gu Qinghuan and Jing Linglong, were practically pure little white flowers.
“What am I doing?”
Su Yuexi looked at Lu Ning’s panicked expression, her smile becoming even more radiant.
“Naturally, I am doing it to leave behind some beautiful memories. Sect Master Lu, you know that you are a stubborn person. I was afraid you would refuse to admit to this in the future, so I wanted to keep some evidence. This way, whenever we want to reminisce about today’s fun, we can take it out and watch it at any time, can’t we?”
Su Yuexi’s voice sounded incredibly sincere, but it sent shivers down Lu Ning’s spine.
‘No! I absolutely cannot let her succeed!’
Lu Ning screamed in her mind.
She knew that once Su Yuexi recorded everything that happened today with that Recording Stone, her life would truly be over.
From then on, she would have no secrets or dignity left in front of Su Yuexi.
She would be held firmly in this woman’s grasp, never to rise again.
‘I have to find a way to make her put that thing away!’
Lu Ning took a deep breath and forced down the fear in her heart.
She knew that going head-to-head with Su Yuexi would be useless right now.
After all, this woman clearly responded to soft approaches rather than hard ones.
She had to show weakness and compromise.
“Master… Sect Master Su…”
Lu Ning’s voice carried a hint of trembling and pleading.
“I… I know I was wrong. I was blind before to have missed a demonic genius like you… I won’t dare do it again. I beg you… please put that thing away, okay? I’ll listen to whatever you say from now on…”
Lu Ning lowered her posture to the absolute minimum.
Her clear eyes were brimming with tears, making her look pitiable and lovely.
Looking at her like this, the sense of satisfaction in Su Yuexi’s heart reached its peak.
However, she did not agree immediately.
After all, this bit of sincerity was far from enough in her eyes.
“Oh? You’ll really listen to everything?”
Su Yuexi arched an eyebrow, her gentle eyes sparkling with a cunning light.
“Yes, yes!”
Lu Ning nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at grain.
“Very well.”
The corners of Su Yuexi’s mouth curled into a playful arc.
“Then let me ask you one more time. Between the three of us, who is the most powerful?”
Faced with this deadly question, Lu Ning did not hesitate for a second this time.
She blurted out immediately.
“It is you! It is you, Sect Master Su, who is the most powerful! No one else can even compare to you! You are the strongest person in this world…”
Lu Ning had cast everything aside now.
To make Su Yuexi put away that Recording Stone, she was willing to say any kind of praise.
Sure enough, after hearing this “heartfelt” praise, Su Yuexi felt a bit lightheaded.
Although she knew Lu Ning was intentionally flattering her, hearing such words from the mouth of this once high-and-mighty great devil still gave her a surge of physical and mental pleasure.
“At least you are sensible.”
Su Yuexi nodded in satisfaction. “However…”
She changed her tone, and a mysterious smile appeared on her face.
“By the way, I have something even more powerful. Sect Master Lu, would you like to see it?”
Lu Ning: “…”
Looking at Su Yuexi’s malicious smile, an ominous premonition rose in Lu Ning’s heart.
“Sect Master Su, what… what other requirements do you have? Just say them.”
Lu Ning’s voice carried a hint of despair.
“As long as you put that thing away, I am willing to cooperate with anything.”
“That is what you said…”
A triumphant glint flashed in Su Yuexi’s eyes.
She slowly leaned close to Lu Ning’s ear and said in a voice that was almost like a dream, “Actually, Sect Master Lu, you don’t need to be so nervous. I stopped hating you long ago. But there has always been an obsession in my heart. If this obsession is not eliminated, I fear my cultivation will never progress further. And only you can help me with this obsession.”
Lu Ning’s heart stirred upon hearing this, and she quickly asked, “What obsession?”
Su Yuexi looked at her, her gentle eyes shining with a strange light.
“I hope… that for what comes next, you can temporarily forget your identity as the Sect Master of the Tianmo Sect. Right now, you are just a disciple who has done something wrong and needs to be punished. And I am your master. You need to kneel before me, your ‘Master,’ and sincerely repent and beg for mercy. And I will properly guide you, punish you, and reward you. Are you willing, my dear disciple?”
As Su Yuexi’s words fell, the entire cave dwelling instantly fell into a dead silence.
Lu Ning was completely stunned.
She widened her eyes and looked at the smiling woman before her in disbelief.
Role-play?
This woman actually wanted to play this kind of game with her?
What happened to “not hating her anymore”?
Beneath the bed, inside the sack, Hua Lingyue’s little head became instantly excited upon hearing Su Yuexi’s words.
If this great devil really played the role of Master’s disciple and begged for mercy… then with her, the real disciple, listening right there… the immersion would be way too strong!
‘I finally get to have a sense of participation!’
Hua Lingyue felt her breathing grow rapid.
Lu Ning, the person directly involved, felt her internal world collapsing.
She looked at the expectant look in Su Yuexi’s eyes and then at the Recording Stone still shimmering at the head of the bed.
Finally, she chose to yield in resignation.
She slowly sat up from the jade bed and then, under Su Yuexi’s gaze, knelt halfway before her.
She lowered her head, her voice weak and filled with endless shame and trembling.
“Dis… Disciple Lu Ning… greets… greets Master…”
When the word “Master” struggled out of Lu Ning’s mouth, Su Yuexi’s body shuddered violently.
A morbid flush instantly appeared on her gentle and pretty face.
She reached out and gently tilted Lu Ning’s chin, forcing her to meet her eyes.
Her gaze was now full of mockery and playfulness.
“Not bad. You entered your new identity very quickly. So, my dear disciple, do you know your mistake?”