Chapter 997: Full Sect Assembly
"Ah?" Yun Che quickly shook his head: "No, no, no... this... it's all because Senior Sister is just too beautiful, every time I... I... can't help but talk nonsense..."
The enchantress narrowed her beautiful eyes, the smile at the corner of her lips both alluring beyond compare and carrying a hint of strangeness: "I heard that you will soon become the Sect Master's personal disciple. How enviable."
"Ahaha, so you already know, Senior Sister. This is just a stroke of luck." Yun Che tried to smile, but his heart was pounding in utter chaos. He could only keep taking deep breaths inwardly... This woman is deadly... Is this what they call a naturally born seductive bone?
The enchantress gave a charming smile. Suddenly, she took light steps and swayed gracefully toward Yun Che... It seemed like she only took two steps, but before Yun Che's eyes, a demon-like, enchanting figure was already right in front of him.
She was suddenly this close, and Yun Che was stunned for a long time, just standing there blankly. Before him was the face of a woman who could bewitch the entire world. Her watery phoenix eyes sparkled with charm, exceptionally seductive. It was as if she was about to throw herself into his arms, exuding full allure.
His gaze unconsciously dropped... so close, he realized that the Ice Phoenix emblem on her chest wasn't just stretched and deformed—it was on the verge of bursting. Under the snow-white robe, her peaks were round and full, like two enormous, snowy white jade orbs. Despite their astonishing size, they showed no sign of sagging but stood proudly, haughtily erect.
He could even faintly catch a whiff of an overly rich milky fragrance.
In Yun Che's daze, the enchantress slowly raised a delicate, tender hand. Her crystal-clear, jade-like fingertips, as slender as young bamboo shoots, gently touched Yun Che's chest:
"Then you must listen carefully to the Sect Master, alright? The Sect Master likes obedient children best."
Yun Che: "..."
The bewitching voice, penetrating to the bone, instantly made Yun Che feel a sense of weakness. An intense numbness spread from his heart to his entire body.
The jade finger resting on his chest only made the lightest contact, yet it felt as if it had instantly ignited the blood in his chest. A burning sensation, accompanied by boiling blood, rapidly spread throughout his body. For a brief moment, he lost control—a feeling so strong it startled him. In just one breath, he had more than a dozen impulses to throw the enchantress to the ground and ravish her thoroughly.
"Master, I'm back!"
Mu Xiaolan's cheerful voice came from outside, quickly jolting Yun Che awake.
Mu Xiaolan was obviously in a good mood, practically skipping into the main hall. The moment she saw Yun Che and the woman standing very close to him, obscuring most of her figure, she blurted out: "Eh? Which senior or senior sister has come to visit..."
Before she could even finish the last syllable, Mu Xiaolan suddenly froze in place. Her icy pupils contracted sharply as if pricked by needles...
Thud!
Mu Xiaolan fell heavily to her knees, her head bowed deeply, her whole body trembling in fear: "S-S-S-S-S-S... Sect Master!"
Yun Che had just turned around at that moment and looked at Mu Xiaolan with a bewildered expression: "What Sect Master? Have you lost your mind..."
His voice faltered. Yun Che's heart suddenly jolted, and he spun around sharply.
In front of him was still that "enchantress," even her finger still gently touching his chest, not having moved away. But her aura had changed... completely changed...
The fatal allure was gone, utterly gone. In its place was a majesty that crushed his soul like a towering mountain. Her previously slightly curved eyes now slanted, outlining a dignity that sent chills down one's spine. The charm in them had turned into a cold light that could freeze a soul with a single glance.
The jade finger resting on his chest no longer transmitted a heat that boiled his blood, but instead a chill that instantly froze his just-boiling blood and spread quickly through his body, plunging him into an icy abyss.
"..." Yun Che's mouth opened wider and wider. His pupils trembled chaotically. Something seemed lodged in his throat, unable to utter a single word.
This terrifying, overwhelming pressure—he had personally experienced it just today.
It was clearly... clearly the aura of the Yinxue Realm King!!
Her finger gently withdrew from Yun Che's chest. Mu Xuanyin's figure slowly passed by a dazed Yun Che, each step radiating authority.
"Don't forget what I said to you!"
Her voice no longer had any trace of its earlier softness and charm. It was cold as the wind of the North Pole, every word like a divine decree.
"P-Please see the Sect Master off!"
Her snow-white figure blurred and was already a hundred zhang away. Mu Xiaolan's body was still trembling. She waited until the Sect Master had been gone for a long time before carefully rising from the ground, but the color had not yet returned to her little face—clearly, she had been terrified.
"Wuu..." Mu Xiaolan let out a fearful whimper. "The Sect Master was actually here! Scared me to death! I almost lost my composure just now. Yun Che, did the Sect Master come specifically to see you?"
As Mu Xiaolan's voice fell, Yun Che, who had his back to her, remained motionless like a wooden post. Mu Xiaolan took three quick steps to his front and found that his face was frozen in an exaggerated expression of extreme terror.
"Hey? Yun Che? What's wrong?" Mu Xiaolan was startled by his appearance and quickly waved her hand in front of his face: "Hey! Hey!"
"..." Yun Che slowly raised his hand, and with a stiff motion, he cupped his completely dropped jaw and pushed it upward bit by bit.
With a "crack," the jaw that had been hanging for a long time finally closed... though it was a bit crooked.
His other hand also rose slowly and pressed against his left cheek. Another "crack" sound, and it was finally straightened.
"Y-y-y... you're not... scared silly by the Sect Master, are you?" Mu Xiaolan asked nervously.
"Hoo..." Yun Che slowly exhaled and asked softly: "What is the Sect Master's... real name?"
"Uh, well..." Mu Xiaolan moved closer and said in a very, very low voice: "The Sect Master's real name is Mu Xuanyin. But! Even if you are the Sect Master's personal disciple, you must never address her by her real name directly. That would be a great disrespect."
Yun Che: "~!@#$%^&*"
"Why... didn't you... tell me sooner?" Yun Che's gaze was full of resentment.
"You never asked me," Mu Xiaolan blinked her innocent and confused eyes.
Yun Che: "..."
"Are... you okay?" Mu Xiaolan asked timidly with worry. She had never seen Yun Che like this. Today at Minghan Heavenly Lake, he had been bold enough to talk back to the Sect Master, and now he looked like he had been scared silly.
"Do I look like I'm okay?" Yun Che covered his face with his hand and muttered in a confused daze: "I'm actually still alive... it's practically a miracle..."
After speaking, his body swayed and he fell straight toward Mu Xiaolan.
"Ah?" Mu Xiaolan let out a light cry and instinctively stepped forward to catch Yun Che. But then, her whole body went numb as if struck by lightning. After a brief moment of stiffness, she let out a long scream.
"Ahhh——!!"
Because Yun Che's head had landed solidly on her chest.
Mu Xiaolan scrambled to pull away, her small face flushing all the way down to her neck: "You... you... you did that on purpose!"
With that, she stomped her foot hard, no longer caring about Yun Che, and ran away in a fluster.
"..." Yun Che sat on the ground for a long time without getting up, silently contemplating life.
She... the Sect Master... the Yinxue Realm King!?
What is this... how could they be the same person... how is that possible!?
But just now, in the time it took for him to turn around, the enchantress had become the Yinxue Realm King... Throughout that process, her finger had been touching his chest. Not even an identical twin swap could have happened.
Now, comparing the "two" voices, there was indeed a great similarity in timbre... but one was soft, sweet, and bewitching to the bone, while the other was majestic, soul-stunning, and chilling to the heart. No matter what, they couldn't be linked to the same person!!
No! They couldn't possibly belong to the same person, no matter what!
The point is... if she really is the Yinxue Realm King, who can destroy everything in a radius of ten thousand miles with a single rage, then given what I said to her...
I'm still alive!?
And I've become her personal disciple?
And as the Yinxue Realm King, just a few days ago, she personally came to deliver Fuyun Cold Dew to me and Mu Xiaolan?
Wait! That day she came to deliver the Fuyun Cold Dew, she said it was to see someone... Could it be that the person she wanted to see was...
Damn it!!
Yun Che slapped his forehead. He finally understood. That day, Mu Xuanyin had personally come here to see him—it was obviously him!
It must have been that, when Mu Bingyun discovered the extraordinary aspects of Yun Che, she told Mu Xuanyin everything about him without holding back... ah, the Yinxue Realm King. And at that time, the Yinxue Realm King, combining everything she knew, must have vaguely guessed that he might possess the inheritance of the ancient Evil God. Hence, she came personally to see for herself.
And that day, Mu Xiaolan had no awareness of what was happening outside because Mu Xuanyin had sealed off the cultivation room where Mu Xiaolan was. With her power, it was effortless.
"My master... is truly more terrifying than I thought." Yun Che lightly exhaled. In his mind, scenes from the early days with Mo Li surfaced. Back then, Mo Li's every word to him was filled with contempt, disgust, and scolding... After all, from her height, not to mention the useless person he was then, even the strongest on the Tian Xuan Continent was nothing but a tiny insect in her eyes. She had to rely on him and accept him as a disciple only out of necessity.
Now, thinking back, even that period which was somewhat "humiliating" seemed as beautiful as a dream.
"Mo Li, I will definitely see you again..."
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Seven days later, the Holy Temple of the Binghuang Realm.
The Holy Temple was located in the far north of the Binghuang Realm, the closest place to Minghan Heavenly Lake. It was also where the Sect Master resided, the most sacred place in the Binghuang Realm, and indeed in the entire Yinxue Realm. No one dared approach unless summoned.
Today, the Bing Huang God Sect was holding a Full Sect Assembly, something that hadn't happened in a thousand years. Yet such a massive gathering had only one simple purpose—the ceremony for accepting a personal disciple!
Though the hour was still early, the vast square before the Holy Temple was already filled with a million disciples standing in neat rows. Most of the elders, palace masters, deputy palace masters, stewards, hall masters, and others had also arrived. The vast crowd was utterly silent—so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.