46 Chapter 46
◎Confined in a Secret Chamber◎
Jiang Qiye immediately got up and went outside. Looking up, he saw his master and Pei Xueyan entangled in the distance. Fearing that Pei Xueyan was in grave danger, he immediately went down the mountain and left Jingxin Cliff.
My master is unpredictable; if I accidentally kill her or something unforeseen happens, my sins will be even greater.
Master Wangyu walked into the secret chamber, dressed in a long black robe, and looked down at her.
This time she finally saw what he looked like. He was in his fifties, with a long beard, a fierce appearance, and his eyes were glaring at her menacingly.
For the first time, Pei Xueyan felt oppressed and fearful.
"You little vixen, you deceived my disciple about his cultivation, tricked him into marriage, and even tried to take his life. Now you dare to trespass into my Qing Sect to die! I'll grant your wish!"
Pei Xueyan knew she had no chance of winning. Even if she fully comprehended Jiang Qiye's cultivation, she might still be no match for him.
She instinctively concealed all her sharpness, her eyes reddened, and she sobbed softly, "Master, you have wronged me."
Wang Yu sternly rebuked, "You brat, don't try to act tough in front of me! My disciple has been aloof and proud since childhood, with a firm will. He would never be seduced by lust. It must be that you used some sinister trick to bewitch him, and he is still so deluded! I will kill you today, firstly to act on behalf of Heaven and eliminate you, a remnant of the Ye Clan; secondly, to teach your master, Ye Xiuluo, a good lesson for your unworthy disciple!"
Without any mercy, he unleashed a deadly talisman.
Pei Xueyan hastily circulated her spiritual power to resist, but her cultivation was not yet stable, and she was also imprisoned by the net. In just a few moments, she was blown away by the impact of the talisman and crashed heavily into the stone wall of the secret chamber.
"Pfft--" A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted from her mouth, splashing onto the cold ground.
Wang Yu raised his hand and conjured a thick cloud of black smoke, which contained sharp spiritual power. It hovered in front of Pei Xueyan but did not fall immediately.
"You are a junior, and a woman. If I kill you directly, it will likely cause controversy within the cultivation world. Let your master come out and see how she saves you!"
As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a surge of spiritual energy swept towards Pei Xueyan's neck, tearing off the Ye family's special chain that was hanging there.
The stone door to the secret chamber slammed shut, and then a thick barrier enveloped it, completely isolating the inside from the outside.
Pei Xueyan slumped helplessly onto the cold stone floor.
She looked up at the tightly closed stone door, her mind a complete mess.
Is Wang Yu trying to lure his master here? What is he really planning? Does he want to use his master to kill him, or does he want to take the opportunity to get rid of his master?
My master has been missing for several months. Will she come?
My master passed on all his cultivation to me, but now I not only failed to protect it properly, but I've also been drawn into this conflict.
If Master knew that his painstaking cultivation had ended up like this, I wonder how disappointed and heartbroken he would be.
The injuries Wang Yu inflicted on her were not serious, especially for someone with Jiang Qiye's cultivation level; they were merely minor injuries involving skin, flesh, and spiritual energy fluctuations.
She sat down cross-legged and tried to circulate her inner energy to heal her injuries.
This scoundrel's training foundation is indeed exceptionally solid. For the first time, Pei Xueyan felt that exercise could heal injuries so easily.
It seems that what he said about getting up early and going to bed late from a young age, studying scriptures day and night, and mastering the scriptures and their formulas is mostly true.
She had only been sitting down for less than half an hour when she heard a noisy commotion coming from outside the secret room.
Pei Xueyan focused her senses and found that she was no longer in any danger. With Jiang Qiye's cultivation level, finding a flaw in the barrier and breaking through would have been an easy task.
Just as he was about to finish circulating his energy, he heard Master Wangyu's voice ring out from outside the secret chamber, carrying an undisguised aura of power: "You brat! Don't think you can act arrogantly here just because you stole my disciple's cultivation! I taught him his cultivation bit by bit. If I can pass it on to him, I can naturally break through yours too!"
Pei Xueyan stopped practicing her internal energy. The secret chamber was pitch black, without a single ray of light, making it impossible to tell whether the sound was coming from above or from the direction of the distant stone gate.
She believed him without hesitation and immediately knelt on the ground, her voice deliberately amplified with sobs: "Master, I know you are incredibly powerful and the best in the world in martial arts, so I am certainly no match for you! But you are an elder of the immortal sect and a role model in the immortal realm. How could you secretly lock a young woman up in this dark and sunless place? I am, after all, your disciple's wife. If this gets out, it will be terrible for your reputation!"
Her words were pointed, ostensibly showing weakness but subtly hitting Wang Yu's sore spot.
Master Wangyu was an eccentric man who cared a great deal about these moral rules and hierarchy. His angry gritted teeth even caused his spiritual energy to fluctuate.
"Little vixen, stop spouting nonsense and trying to confuse the public!"
“Master, I’m not lying! It’s pitch black here, I can’t see anything. You’ve trapped me here without even explaining why. I don’t know where you are, whether you’re in front of me or behind me, whether you’re alone or with a group of people watching. I’m just telling the truth!”
"presumptuous!"
Wang Yu shouted angrily, and a fierce-looking face suddenly appeared out of thin air in the dark room.
Well, that's when I realized how big and tall this dark room was, like a deep cave with ceilings so high you couldn't see the end.
Wang Yu was born with a rugged appearance, and his eyes were full of ferocity. Now, he deliberately darkened his face, making him look even more fierce. He deliberately showed his face to scare her.
Pei Xueyan continued, her voice choked with sobs, each word filled with grievance: "Master, I am still your disciple's wife! Can't you at least show some respect? I risked everything to go to Jingxin Cliff just to see how Brother Qiye was doing, but instead of seeing him, you imprisoned me here. Now I'm helpless, with no one to turn to. If I'm trapped in this dark and hopeless place for the rest of my life, I might as well die! Tell my damned husband that he's become a widower at such a young age, and also tell my master not to seek revenge for me, but to let me die in peace..."
Standing beside Wang Yu, Jiang Qiye heard the address "Brother Qiye" and listened to her tearful lament, his beloved disciple's emotions surged again.
He had barely moved his lips when Wang Yu sealed his mouth with a silencing spell.
What a cunning little vixen! She even dared to fabricate lies to sow discord! He originally wanted his disciple to see the woman's true colors with his own eyes and give up completely, but he never expected to be betrayed by her.
Master Wangyu was not fond of beating around the bush, especially when it came to matters of the heart, which he did not understand very well.
They are even more straightforward.
Just moments ago, he was confidently pulling his disciple along to expose the true nature of this little vixen, but unexpectedly, Pei Xueyan's tearful plea only deepened Jiang Qiye's affection for her.
Wang Yu refused to believe it; he could clearly see through Pei Xueyan's lies and deception at a glance, and he was determined to force her to tell the truth today.
"Very well, since you've secretly married my disciple, I won't say anything more. You can stay here and get married, and I'll send out invitations to your master and all the immortal sects to come and celebrate. The Qing Sect hasn't had a happy occasion in a long time, and since you're willing to marry into the sect, I have no choice but to grant your wish."
Pei Xueyan couldn't tell whether he was telling the truth or not. After all, Jiang Qiye was easy to fool, and Master Wangyu had always been very prejudiced against her. Moreover, he was so prejudiced and extreme towards his master. There must be some kind of ambush.
"Master, why go through all that trouble? We already have the marriage certificate and have formally completed the wedding ceremony, so there's no need for further formalities."
"A wedding ceremony isn't enough! You two also need to consummate your marriage and give me a fine grand-disciple next year!"
"Pah!" Pei Xueyan couldn't help but blurt out, "Who wants to give it to your little grand-disciple!"
Pei Xueyan had experienced romantic relationships with men, although it happened in a dream, the feelings and experiences were real.
It's not fun. That thing is really scary. It almost makes you fly away, like a bed falling apart.
He watched Jiang Qiye work excitedly and energetically, but he didn't experience any joy at all.
Master Wangyu was overjoyed to hear her lose her temper. Looking at his beloved disciple's expression, he began to probe Pei Xueyan: "So you don't want to marry my disciple? Then why did you marry him? Tell me quickly! Tell the truth and I'll spare you, otherwise I'll sever your tendons!"
Pei Xueyan immediately retorted, "If I want to marry him, he has to be willing! Back then, I had no cultivation or martial arts skills; I was just a weak little woman. How could I possibly force someone with such high magical cultivation? How can you be so biased in your words, Master?"
"So, you're not happy about it? It's my disciple who's unilaterally insisting that you get married?"
Pei Xueyan didn't know what he wanted to ask, nor could she guess what answer he wanted to get, so she hesitated for a moment.
I'm trying to figure out how to answer.
He then said, "If you don't want to continue being husband and wife with my disciple, I can decide to cancel the marriage invitations and let you go."
Pei Xueyan's eyes lit up, but she still didn't dare to believe it: "Master, which of your words are true? You were threatening me just now, and now you're saying you'll let me go. You even tried to lure my master here. I can't believe you."
“My foolish disciple has been healing and trying to stay alive for over a month since he returned from Yuanhua Mountain. He barely made it back to life. Compared to his cultivation level, I am more concerned about his future plans. If you promise never to see him again from now on, I will spare your life, and we will have no further connection and I will not pursue the matter of right and wrong.”
Pei Xueyan's face immediately lit up with excitement, and she pressed, "Really? You mean what you say?"
"A promise is a promise!" Wang Yu said firmly, then turned to look at his pale-faced, pitiful disciple, and emphasized again, "From this day forward, you and my disciple are severed completely. You are not allowed to come to Qingzong Sect or Jingxin Cliff on your own, and I will not allow him to go to Yishui Manor. If we meet again in the future, we will be strangers. Tomorrow I will have someone go to the Old Man of the Moon to cancel the marriage contract."
Pei Xueyan noticed that he was speaking seriously, not jokingly. She thought that important people wouldn't lie.
Now that Jiang Qiye has recovered, and the Qingzong Sect has countless secret manuals and cultivation methods, he should be able to return to the right path in a few years. There is no need for her to worry about him, let alone feel guilty.
“Alright, I believe you.” She stood up. “Please release the barrier, Master, and I will leave immediately. I will never see Daoist Jiang again. However, if he insists on seeing me, or if we happen to meet at the Immortal Sect Assembly, I have no way to deliberately avoid him.”
Wang Yu calmly replied, "If you have no feelings for him, even if he stands in front of you, you will only feel bored."
Pei Xueyan immediately clapped her hands in agreement: "Great! Great! If I ever run into him again, I'll pretend I don't know him. If he chases after me, I'll say, 'You shameless scoundrel, all you ever think about are men and women. Don't you know everyone else is diligently practicing their martial arts and studying? Get out of my way and don't bother me!'"
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