Chapter 4: Master, you're not allowed to escape—I'm insanely jealous.

"Master!"

"Gu Shanshan!"

Gong Ling was surprised, and Gong Ye was furious.

The moment the whip lashed out, Gong Ye's arm twisted, and the whip struck a nearby tree, splitting a large tree in two.

In an instant, Gong Ling's body also burst forth with power, tightly embracing Gu Shanshan and knocking her down.

Trees exploded nearby, and wood chips flew over, which Gong Ling quickly blocked.

"hiss......"

Flying sawdust scraped against his face and neck, causing a large pool of blood to flow.

Gong Ling looked at the shattered tree lying beside her, and her heart tightened.

Her eyes widened in shock and anger as she glared at Gong Ye, shouting, "Gong Ye, what's wrong with you! Take your anger out on me! Why did you hurt Master? Do you know that this whip could have..."

At this point, Gong Ling felt it was an ominous sign and stopped talking.

However, his eyes were still filled with anger as he glared fiercely at Gong Ye.

If that whip had struck Gu Shanshan, even if she was lucky enough not to die, she would have been badly injured.

Smelling the blood, Gu Shanshan quickly struggled out of Gong Ling's arms.

Her tone was urgent and flustered, "Gong Ling, are you alright? Let me see."

As he spoke, he reached out to touch the blood-stained wound on Gong Ling's neck.

In this world, Gong Ling is his protection target; he can't let anything happen to Gong Ling, even if something happens to him.

He watched with his own eyes as Gu Shanshan took great care of Gong Ling right in front of him, treating him as if he were nothing.

Gong Ye was so angry he almost vomited blood.

His icy gaze, like a knife, almost sliced ​​Gu Shanshan to pieces.

A strong killing intent surged within Gong Ye. Without thinking, he lashed out with his whip, wrapping it around Gu Shanshan's body and forbidding him from touching Gong Ling even slightly.

Gu Shanshan was focused on protecting Gong Ling's life and had no spare thoughts for Gong Ye, so she didn't notice Gong Ye's sinister gaze.

Before Gu Shanshan's hand could even touch Gong Ling's body, she felt a sharp pain in her waist.

A powerful force wrapped around his waist and pulled him backward sharply.

It was Gong Ye's all-black whip.

"ah!"

Gu Shanshan fell and hit the ground, hitting a stone. Her knees and elbows bled, and she cried out in pain.

"Master!"

Gong Ling's face turned pale, and she was about to rush forward.

Before it could even touch Gu Shanshan's body, another whip lashed down, striking the ground between Gu Shanshan and Gong Ling, splitting the ground in two.

This shows just how terrifying that force was.

Gong Ye roared angrily at Gong Ling, "Get out!"

"Gong Ye, what's wrong with you!" Gong Ling shouted angrily.

He had just returned from a trip sent out by his master when the entire Green Mountain Sect seemed to have suffered a calamity. The mountains and fields were covered with severed limbs and the streams were dyed red.

He was able to track them here using the spirit-tracking talisman left on him by his master.

Gong Ye's face was icy cold as he said, "Don't touch him!"

Master belongs to him alone; no one else can touch him.

Gong Ling was frightened by Gong Ye's gloomy gaze. He couldn't understand why Gong Ye had suddenly changed his temperament.

In the past, although Gong Ye was aloof and didn't like to associate with them, often keeping to himself, he wasn't as terrifying as he is now.

His aura of killing and bloodlust was so intense that just one glance was enough to instill fear in anyone.

Gong Ling looked away and gazed at Gu Shanshan, who was lying on the ground bleeding, and asked with concern and anxiety.

"Master, you..."

Before he could finish his question, Gong Ye angrily interrupted him.

"Don't call him! If you call him again, I'll kill you right now!"

After speaking, the black whip lashed a tree again, causing it to crack and fall to the ground.

Its eerie appearance resembled that of a vengeful ghost.

Gu Shanshan was terrified that something might happen to Gong Ling, so she hurriedly spoke up when Gong Ling was about to refute Gong Ye.

"Gong Ling, don't speak, just stay put."

"Shut up!"

Gong Ye turned around and angrily shouted at Gu Shanshan, "Gu Shanshan, I won't allow you to say another word to him, or I'll beat you up right in front of him!"

Upon hearing Gong Ye's words, Gong Ling's face turned even paler.

She looked at Gu Shanshan, then at Gong Ye.

His eyes widened in disbelief, blazing with rage. "Gong Ye, how dare you force Master! Do you know what you're doing...?"

Gong Ling bit her lip hard, her eyes filled with hatred that made her want to kill Gong Ye.

That's... a sin of betraying one's master and ancestors, it's outrageous!

Gong Ye, that beast, how could he do this!

Gong Ye seemed intrigued, glancing at Gong Ling with a sinister expression.

"Heh, what is it, Gong Ling? Keep talking, why did you stop?"

The tone was aggressive.

Gong Ling had always been a gentle and refined gentleman, and he simply couldn't accept such a thing.

I felt only anger and heartache, but I was helpless in the face of Gong Ye's condition.

"Ha, you hypocrite, you're just too embarrassed to say it, aren't you? No problem, I'll tell you."

Gong Ye leaned down and whispered in Gong Ling's ear, "Gong Ling, you just want to say that I'm bullying my master, right? Let me tell you, I'm going to bully our master, I'm going to drag our high and mighty master down from that altar and trample him into the mud."

"By the way, didn't you look down on me? Didn't you dislike me? Didn't you think I was dirty? But so what? Now, who among you is my match? You're all still being trampled under my feet, crushed to death like ants."

"Furthermore, I want to tear off Gu Shanshan's hypocritical and aloof mask, make him cry and beg for mercy, kneel on the ground, and cry and shout."

The words that came out of the man's thin lips were full of malice.

Each word was more vicious than the last.

"Gong Ling, if you're not blind, you should be able to see it, right? Our aloof master is covered in marks left by this filthy person like me..."

"Shut up, don't say another word!"

Gong Ling's face was deathly pale, and she covered her ears, her expression one of pain and embarrassment.

He didn't dare look at Gu Shanshan anymore.

He couldn't accept that his proud, aloof, and superior master was being treated so humiliatingly.

Gong Ling angrily pointed at Gong Ye's nose and cursed, "Gong Ye, you bastard, you beast!"

"Hahaha......"

Gong Ye paid no attention to Gong Ling's insults and laughed wickedly.

Looking at Gong Ling, his eyes were full of mockery, and his words were domineering and arrogant, like those of a bandit.

"Yes, Gong Ling, you're right. I, Gong Ye, am a beast, but what can you do to me? What can you possibly do about it?"

Ha, overestimating himself, he's just like a dead dog, getting beaten up but unable to fight back.

Gong Ling was so angry that she wanted to kill Gong Ye, but she found that her body was bound by vines that had somehow wrapped around her on the ground, and she could not move at all.

Gong Ye is right. Faced with Gong Ye's absolute power, he can do nothing.

For the first time in many years, he regretted that he had studied medicine instead of a brutal art of attack and killing.

Otherwise, when his master was insulted, he wouldn't be acting like a coward like he is now.

"Tsk, don't glare."

Gong Ye sneered and kicked Gong Ling away.

"Cough cough cough..."

Gong Ling was kicked to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood. The vines had almost strangled his limbs.

"Gong Ye, stop!"

Gu Shanshan scolded angrily, then glanced worriedly at the pitiful Gong Ling.

He was so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood. He never imagined that the target of his strategy in this world would be so much like a madman.

Hearing Gu Shanshan's expression, Gong Ye, who was about to stomp on Gong Ling's foot, stopped in his tracks.

With his back to Gu Shanshan, his expression was unpredictable.

After a long while, he turned his head and looked at Gu Shanshan expressionlessly.

“Master, you’re protecting him again. Have you ever counted how many times you’ve protected him and how many times you’ve given me the cold shoulder since you joined the sect?”

He was the one who joined the sect first, and he was the one who met Gu Shanshan first.

Why did Gong Ling surpass Gu Shanshan? Why did Gu Shanshan always like Gong Ling and take her with her in everything she did, unwilling to let Gong Ling suffer even a little bit?

Why should Gong Ling enjoy all the good things about Gu Shanshan, while Gong Ye can't?

He was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, and wanted to destroy the whole world!

Gong Ye's voice was calm and even, indifferent, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

Gu Shanshan knew very well that Gong Ye's heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Before Gu Shanshan could say anything, Gong Ye suddenly stepped forward and helped Gu Shanshan up from the ground.

He gently pulled her into his arms, tilting Gu Shanshan's chin so that she faced the direction of Gong Ling, who was tied to a tree with vines.

With a serious expression, he asked, "Master, tell me the truth, all these years, have I disturbed your time together?"

"If it weren't for me, you two would have been together long ago."

The questions came at Gu Shanshan like a barrage of bullets.

Gong Ye's words caused both Gu Shanshan and Gong Ling's expressions to change.

Gu Shanshan's face turned pale and then flushed, and she angrily shouted, her breath unsteady, "Gong Ye, what nonsense are you spouting!"

What kind of nonsense is this? It's amazing that Gong Ye would even dare to say it.

That's utterly outrageous!

Gong Ling's expression turned even more unpleasant after hearing Gong Ye's words.

As if his thoughts had been exposed, he lowered his head and dared not look at Gu Shanshan again.

Gu Shanshan wasn't stupid; seeing Gong Ling's expression, she instantly understood what was going on.

For a moment, a million curses ran through my mind.

Damn it! What kind of lousy master did he become? How unlucky!

Seeing Gong Ling's expression, Gong Ye's face grew even colder.

He leaned down and whispered intimately in Gu Shanshan's ear, "Master, let me tell you, I'm still the best. I'm a million times better than Gong Ling."

At this point, Gong Ye bit Gu Shanshan's face hard.

With a ring of teeth marks on his fair cheek, Gong Ye continued, satisfied.

"Master, only I, only I, Gong Ye, can make you unwilling to leave me."

His arrogant, wicked, and presumptuous demeanor made him look like a thug.

"Master, you are my possession, and no one can take you away. In this lifetime, if anyone dares to try to take you from me again, I will kill them!"

When Gong Ye said this, his tone was fierce, and his gaze at Gu Shanshan was even more ruthless.

That bizarre and perverted appearance sent chills down one's spine.

While Gu Shanshan was so frightened that her legs went weak, she heard Gong Ye whisper a blasphemous curse in her ear.

Those words were like a bolt from the blue, striking Gu Shanshan so hard that her soul seemed to leave her body.