A Startling Revelation and Desperate Measures

Inside the stone cave, candlelight flickered, casting the graceful silhouettes of two figures dancing softly on the rock wall.

Zhang Xiaocha’s small body, curled on the stone bed, repeatedly wriggled and stretched like a caterpillar. Tears welled in her eyes as she struggled to free herself from the woman pressing down on her lower abdomen.

[Wuwuwu…]
[Chacha… Chacha hurts so much…]
[That hateful Luo Bingning, how could she… how could she dare to bite Chacha there…]
[Wuwuwu…]

The soft, weak voice, tinged with a subtle allure, made Luo Bingning’s cheeks burn. Her delicate body involuntarily softened, causing her to lean sharply forward. Her hands instinctively braced themselves on the bedding on either side of Zhang Xiaocha’s small head.

Her long, raven hair cascaded like a waterfall, strands falling across Zhang Xiaocha’s small face. A faint, clean fragrance wafted around her nose.

Their eyes met.

In each other’s gaze, they could both see the other’s unclad form.

Luo Bingning’s throat bobbed. Her long lashes fluttered, revealing a fleeting flicker of panic, and her gaze instinctively darted away.

Her heart,
was pounding fiercely within her chest. The recent intimate moments replayed like a kaleidoscope in her mind. A blush rapidly spread from her earlobes across her entire beautiful face, even tinging her neck a delicate pink.

‘How could I have… with Little Tea…’
‘What exactly happened?’
‘Wasn’t I just lecturing my junior sister? How did things turn out like this?’

Extending her divine sense,
she saw Ye Wanrou safe outside the stone cave and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Her original intention today was to use Ye Wanrou, who had been following her, to see if everyone could hear Little Tea’s inner voice. Unexpectedly, a twist of fate had led to her saving both herself and Little Tea.

Suddenly, a sorrowful, indignant, and terrified inner voice broke through Luo Bingning’s thoughts.

[No, not again?!]
[Aaaah… just end it all!]
[You hateful Senior Sister, you forced me into this! Chacha will fight you!]
[I’ll make you pay for bullying Chacha with such a self-destructive method!]

With a sudden carp flip, she launched herself forward. Her forehead collided forcefully with Luo Bingning’s jaw.

Thump—

Luo Bingning remained completely unharmed. A smile, one she didn’t even realize she possessed, curved her lips.

[Aaaah… so painful, so painful…]
[Wuwuwu…]
[Isn’t the jaw a really fragile part of the body? She hasn’t even cultivated her body, how can it be so hard…]
[Wuwuwu… Chacha is going to die from the pain…]
[Senior Sister must have done it on purpose. She knew her jaw was hard and still let Chacha ram into it…]
[Wuwuwu…]

Zhang Xiaocha, bound like a zongzi by the Immortal Binding Rope, writhed faintly on the stone bed. Teardrops, large as beans, swirled in her eyes.

Her once rosy face instantly turned stark white. Her small mouth parted as if to speak, but the intense pain choked her throat. She could only manage a few indistinct sounds.

“Mgh…”
“Hah…”
“Ah…”

Suddenly!

A cool sensation spread across her forehead. Her tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

Luo Bingning wore a doting smile. Her slender finger gently tapped Zhang Xiaocha’s slightly reddened forehead, circulating spiritual energy to dissipate the bruise.

[Mmm~]
[So comfy~]

Her inner voice was sweet and soft. Zhang Xiaocha’s eyes curved into crescents, and her lips uncontrollably lifted, revealing a row of pearly white, glutinous rice-like teeth.

Just as Luo Bingning was about to lift her hand, the sweet inner voice of the little one echoed in her Sea of Consciousness.

[Aha!]
[Good opportunity!]
[Behold, Lord Chacha’s fart attack~ Hehehehe~]
[That’ll teach you for bullying Chacha! Don’t think for a second that helping Chacha with her bruise will make Chacha forgive your actions!]
[How dare you forcibly pin Lord Chacha, who is a boy, beneath you, and even make Chacha take off her clothes! Hmph~]

Zhang Xiaocha’s nose twitched slightly. Just as she was about to roll over and stick out her little butt, aiming it at Luo Bingning’s beautiful face, she saw her brows furrow. Her fair wrist shot up, imbued with spiritual energy, and swiftly struck towards her.

She paused, momentarily stunned. Her big, dark eyes darted around, and as if realizing something, she desperately tried to suppress the smile tugging at her lips. “Mh-oh…”

[Hohahaha~]
[You hateful Senior Sister, you finally can’t keep up the act, can you?!]
[In the end, Chacha still won this fight, hehe~]
[I’ll disgust you to death!]

The childish, soft inner voice echoed in Luo Bingning’s Sea of Consciousness. Her eyes held a smile as she murmured inwardly, ‘What a little fool…’

With a single palm strike to Zhang Xiaocha’s nape, she rendered her unconscious. A faint trace of her suppressed smile from moments ago still lingered at the corners of her lips.

Luo Bingning nodded slightly. Then, as if possessed, she leaned down and pressed her lips to hers, which were still moist.

The kiss descended. She suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing the implications of her actions. A deep blush instantly flooded her face. Slowly, she pulled a nearby quilt over Zhang Xiaocha, her movements incredibly gentle.

Swiftly, she gathered the scattered clothes from the floor and dressed herself neatly. Then, her figure flashed, and she darted towards the entrance of the stone cave.

At the cave entrance.

Ye Wanrou, clad in a sky-blue silk dress and draped in an ice-blue spider-silk shawl, gazed at the restriction behind her. A mischievous smile played on her lips. “Good thing this young lady secretly took Grandma’s Jade Glaze Celestial Robe, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have been able to get in!”

Her divine sense slowly unfurled.

Feeling the graceful figure rapidly approaching her, she raised a delicate fist and lightly waved it in front of her. “Hehehe~”

“Luo Bingning, you rejected me so many times before. This time, I’d like to see how you escape my grasp~”

The image of that supremely cold, ethereal face automatically appeared in her mind. Her throat bobbed, a blush subtly crept up her cheeks, and she nodded slightly, murmuring softly, “Don’t worry, I’ll treat you well from now on~”

She then pulled the Jade Glaze Celestial Robe around herself, wrapping it tightly. Slowly, she crouched in the corner, and in an instant, her entire figure vanished.

Meanwhile.

Luo Bingning’s figure darted swiftly through the passageway. Her wide-sleeved flowing immortal gown rustled loudly in the wind.

Her willow-like brows furrowed slightly. ‘Ye Wanrou is only at the Qi Condensation realm; how could she have broken through my restriction and entered the stone cave?’

She had once measured the maximum range of Little Tea’s inner voice, which was about a hundred meters. This placed it half a meter from the cave entrance, still inside the cave! If everyone could hear Little Tea’s inner voice, then Ye Wanrou must have heard it just now.

With even a little deduction, she would certainly conclude that Little Tea’s soul was male!

Just then,
from the area covered by her divine sense, Ye Wanrou’s figure suddenly vanished, as if she had never been there.

Luo Bingning’s expression grew solemn. “How could this be…”

‘Could she have used a spatial displacement talisman to teleport tens of thousands of miles away immediately after learning that Little Tea’s soul is male? Just to escape me and deliver the news?’

In an instant,
her originally shimmering eyes were now covered with a thin layer of ice. She clenched her hands, her fingers curling tightly, nails unconsciously digging into her palms, leaving crescent-shaped marks.

For some reason, Zhang Xiaocha’s image relentlessly surfaced in her mind. Her vermilion lips parted, her pearly teeth gently biting her lower lip. “L-Little Tea…”

Her voice trembled.

At the cave entrance.

Gazing at the empty passageway, Luo Bingning’s face was ashen. Her divine sense repeatedly swept over the last spot where Ye Wanrou had appeared, searching for any trace of an invisibility talisman. She murmured, “Nothing…”

“There’s truly nothing…”

Her body swayed, and she nearly stumbled. “Little Tea…”

Her once cold eyes softened instantly, and hot tears silently streamed down her cheeks. Her breathing became erratic.

The thought of Little Tea becoming a tool for dual cultivation, forever losing her freedom, caused her heart to clench painfully.

Cold sweat continuously beaded on her palms, fine droplets emerging from her skin. Her expression was distraught as she murmured repeatedly, “Take Little Tea away… Yes! Take her away…”

With that, her figure prepared to flash back into the stone cave.

Just then,
Ye Wanrou, who had been hiding in the corner, suddenly rose. She flung a handful of aphrodisiac powder directly at Luo Bingning’s nose and mouth.

In a single instant,
Luo Bingning’s once fair complexion was suffused with a deep blush. Her eyes grew hazy, her breathing became rapid and disordered, and her chest rose and fell dramatically.

Luo Bingning instinctively circulated the Supreme Purity Heart Cleansing Art, attempting to quell the surging heat within her body. However, Ye Wanrou, her face slightly flushed and her expression coy, giggled, “Hehe~ Senior Sister Luo, don’t struggle! To take you down, I used a full ten times the usual amount this time~”

“But don’t worry, after we… you know, I’ll definitely treat you well~”

“I swear!”