Chapter 5: Respecting the Teacher and the

Time, rewind to several days ago...

Emerging from Xianyun Peak, Ye Li looked at the 300 bottles of Yunmeng Brew packed into her storage ring, a satisfied smile playing on her lips.

She didn't have many hobbies, but wine was at the top of the list. Because of this, the Fifth Elder of Xianyun Peak, Jun Wujin, was often bullied by her... cough, she meant, "cared for" by her.

It couldn't be helped. He was the only person in the entire Xuantian Sect who brewed interesting wine.

Besides, overindulgence in wine and lust was harmful to the body. She was doing this for his own good; he should actually be thanking her.

(Jun Wujin: 'But I'm not even into lust?')

Moreover, hadn't she left three bottles for him?

Just as Ye Li was preparing to return to her cave dwelling to taste this newly released brew, she accidentally overheard two outer disciples talking below...

Normally, with Ye Li’s personality, passing outer disciples were no different from two passing dogs. But for some reason, she felt a strange, inexplicable urge to know what they were discussing.

Driven by curiosity, she flew down stealthily...

But the moment she landed, she heard that male disciple say these words...

"This Ye Li has an extremely twisted and perverted heart. She's paranoid and a yandere. She loves making people kneel for no reason, and then she bites them. After biting, she even licks the wounds. She hates cutting her nails but always loves wearing rings... Hmm?"

He clearly hadn't noticed her, continuing to speak as he walked toward her. It wasn't until he was right in front of her that he looked up...

"Hmm? This young lady..."

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Boom!

Ye Li's words were like a bolt of lightning exploding in Luo Xing's brain...

"Tell me..." Ye Li crossed one leg over the other with interest, resting her chin on her hand. "Where did you hear those rumors about me?"

Extremely twisted and perverted heart?

Paranoid and a yandere?

Likes making people kneel for no reason?

Biting people?

Licking the wounds afterward?

Except for the part about not liking to cut her nails and wearing rings, she didn't admit to any of it.

After all, at her level of cultivation, she could freely control things like fingernails. Cutting them was a complete waste of time.

As for the rings...

She was a Supreme Elder. Was there a problem with wearing a few extra storage rings?

'It's over!'

'This woman is here to settle the score!'

Luo Xing was now in a complete state of panic...

Based on the current situation, Ye Li likely hadn't taken a liking to Luo Han yet—at least, she wasn't targeting her. Therefore, she hadn't taken him as a disciple to control his sister.

But that was the biggest problem...

If she were after Luo Han, Luo Xing might at least leave behind a whole corpse.

But if she was here to settle a score...

He would probably be ground into dust right here...

"Uh... this... that..." Cold sweat poured down Luo Xing's face as his legs began to tremble uncontrollably. "Mas... Master... I..."

"Don't worry." Ye Li gave a faint smile. "I am a Supreme Elder, after all, so I am still reasonable. As long as you give up the person who told you, I will have my Senior Brother teach you personally."

Luo Xing: "..."

'Aren't you supposed to be my Master?'

"The... the truth is, no one told me..." Luo Xing thought it over repeatedly and finally gritted his teeth. "I... I saw it in a dream..."

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about shifting the blame onto someone else.

The problem was that such a lie wouldn't stand up to investigation. A single lie would require countless more to cover it up.

If he deceived Ye Li and she found out later, his death might be even more miserable.

It was better to just say it was a dream...

"A dream?" Ye Li arched a shapely eyebrow. With a flick of her finger, she summoned a wine flask through the air. "And what else did you dream about?"

"This... Master... it was just a dream..." Luo Xing tried to brush it off. "Maybe it was just... you know... things in dreams can't be taken seriously..."

Ye Li took a sip of the wine, the emerald liquid moistening her lush, red lips. "Whether it is taken seriously is my business. You only need to tell me the dream you had."

She could tell that Luo Xing was hiding something from her.

"Uh... this... Master... I don't really remember the dream..."

"You spoke quite clearly and in great detail that day."

"This... spring dreams leave no trace..."

"You had a spring dream about me?"

"Huh?! No, no, no! It's not like that!" Before that cold, blade-like gaze could cut him down, Luo Xing waved his hands frantically and explained urgently, "I didn't mean that! Really! It was just a metaphor! A metaphor!"

"So you truly don't remember?" Ye Li's smile gradually became strange. "Or... are you unwilling to say?"

Luo Xing was caught between a rock and a hard place...

If he spoke, what if Ye Li really became interested in Luo Han like in the original story?

If he didn't, she seemed to be taking this seriously...

"Forget it. Since you are unwilling, I, as your Master, will not force you."

Just as Luo Xing was stuck in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, Ye Li suddenly spoke and let him off the hook.

Hearing this, Luo Xing felt a sense of relief, but he couldn't help but feel a bit wary...

According to the setting, this woman, Ye Li, never backed down.

In the original story, she wanted Luo Han to break Luo Xing's legs to prove her loyalty—to show she would never betray Ye Li and would only obey her.

Luo Han naturally refused. After all, he was her only brother and they depended on each other. She cried and begged, wanting Ye Li to let her brother go.

Later, Ye Li did indeed let Luo Xing go...

And then she broke Luo Han's legs instead...

Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Listen to that. Is that something a human would do?

Only a pervert would...

"Luo Xing."

"Present!"

Ye Li's sudden voice startled Luo Xing. "Master..."

"Since you have become my disciple..." Ye Li shook the jade flask, the wine inside making a crisp, pleasant sound. "Then I, as your Master, must naturally teach you diligently."

Luo Xing: "..."

'Then who was the one just now saying the Sect Master should teach me?'

"Yes..." Trapped in a passive position, Luo Xing could only answer whatever she said. "Master... cough... your disciple follows your teachings."

To be honest, rather than Ye Li taking him as a disciple, what Luo Xing was more worried about now was...

How would she teach him?

It wasn't that there were no records of this in the original book, but...

The entire novel *Han Li Jie* was about 1,000,000 words long. The first 100,000 words described the process of Luo Han and Ye Li meeting and their subsequent time as master and disciple. The last 100,000 words were about Ye Li's "chasing the disciple" redemption arc. But the 800,000 words in the middle were entirely about how Ye Li tortured Luo Han!

Luo Xing could hardly imagine what kind of mental state the author was in when writing that novel.

And he himself had never wondered how he had managed to read the entire thing back then!

Even as he pitied Luo Han, he had to admit that this woman was truly hard to kill!

Ye Li tortured her for 800,000 words and she still didn't die!

"Good. In that case..." Ye Li smiled faintly and slowly shifted her sitting posture. "Master will teach you the first lesson today: Respecting the Teacher and the Way."

After saying that, under Luo Xing's shocked gaze, she sat sideways on the edge of the couch, leaning half her body against the armrest while stretching out her long, slender legs. "Come here and massage Master's feet."

Luo Xing: "..."

'Huh?!!'

"Mas... Master?!" Luo Xing's eyes widened in fright. "What... what are you saying?!"

"What's wrong?" Ye Li propped her chin on her hand and smiled. "Is it not right for a disciple to show filial piety to his Master?"

'Is it not right?'

'How could this be right?!'

'No?! Ye Li!'

'You're breaking your character!'

In the original setting, besides being a psychologically twisted and perverted woman, the most important thing was that she also suffered from misandry.

From childhood to adulthood, the man Ye Li had the most contact with was her Senior Brother, the Sect Master.

As for other males...

Never mind men, there probably wasn't even a male mosquito on this Duantian Peak...

That was why Luo Xing had been so terrified after being brought here by her...

But now?!

Ye Li had not only brought a member of the opposite sex like him here, she was also... letting him massage her feet?!

What happened?!

Where is your man-hating persona?!

What about your Ice Fairy setting?

Did you eat it?!

For a moment, Luo Xing didn't know whether to suspect he had read the wrong book or traveled to the wrong world...

"No... no... Master..." Luo Xing stammered, "This... this isn't proper, is it? After all... men and women shouldn't have physical contact... besides..."

Saying that, he looked down at Ye Li's fair, delicate legs. "A woman's feet are... are..."

Although he hadn't read much, he knew that in ancient times, a woman's feet—like a man's waist—were parts that couldn't be touched...

Hearing this, Ye Li snorted. She swung her beautiful legs dismissively. "What you're talking about are the rules of the secular world, the rules of the lower realms."

But here was the Xuantian Sect of Nanling, the cultivation world. There weren't so many rigid conventions here, no concepts of men being superior to women. There was only the law of the jungle.

As long as you had strength, even if you kept 300 male concubines like the Master of the Hehuan Sect, no one would say a word to you.

As long as you had strength, even if you flirted and left a trail of broken hearts everywhere, others would only say you were charming and romantic.

"So... do you understand now?" Ye Li stared into Luo Xing's eyes.

She wanted to subtly tell Luo Xing that in this cultivation world where strength reigned supreme, the only choice for the weak when facing the strong was obedience. And as it happened, she was one of the strongest... in this cultivation world.

Luo Xing's face mirrored his inner struggle, and his lips twitched. "I... I understand..."

'This woman really is a pervert!'

'It doesn't matter if I read the wrong book or arrived in the wrong world!'

'Because no decent Master would ask their disciple to massage their feet on the very first day!'

'On what basis?'

'Just because you're beautiful...'

He stole a glance...

'Damn it!'

'She really is quite beautiful!'