66: Master, if you lose, you have to stay with me for a month.

"Look, Revered Master."

Ye You's voice carried the triumph of a long-awaited reunion. "Now, you are in my arms. I just want to hold you like this, not letting go for a single moment."

Su Lin didn't struggle.

He looked up, calmly gazing at her exquisitely beautiful face. "When you've held enough, let go."

"Not enough."

Ye You immediately retorted, her tail tightening another circle. "I haven't held you for a hundred years. Just the interest alone will keep me collecting for quite a while."

Outside the barrier, Mu Qingxue had already summoned her Natal Ice Sword, its tip pointing at a spot on the barrier.

Ice shards flew, but the barrier remained completely unmoved.

Luo Ximei sneered, "Fourth Senior Sister, what do you mean by this? Forcibly snatching Revered Master?

You haven't even asked Revered Master if he needs your protection! A twisted melon isn't sweet!"

"As long as it quenches thirst," she said with an air of indifference, adding to the provocation.

"Ye You!" Mu Qingxue's voice was laced with ice. "If you don't let go of Revered Master, don't blame me for using my Origin Cold Qi!"

Ye You finally lazily lifted her eyes, glancing outside the barrier.

"Junior Sister, listen to a word of advice from your Senior Sister. You should save your precious Origin Cold Qi to calm your own inner fire."

Her tail tip swayed proudly, almost flirtatiously. "As for Revered Master... right now, he belongs to me."

These words completely ignited the powder keg.

Su Lin sighed.

He couldn't let them truly fight.

He raised his hand, not to push Ye You away, but to gently place it at the base of the tail wrapped around his waist.

Her body instinctively stiffened for a moment.

"Xiao You," Su Lin's voice deepened slightly. "Let go first."

Ye You narrowed her eyes, a hint of danger appearing in her pupils.

"What does Revered Master intend to do?"

Not only did she not loosen her grip, but she buried her face in his neck. "Will you punish me with Revered Master's current Late Nascent Soul Stage cultivation?"

Her tone was full of provocation, and the Qi around her grew sharper, like invisible threads entwining around Su Lin, slowly moving along his Spiritual Veins.

Su Lin's fingertip condensed a point of spiritual light, gently touching it above her Qi Sea.

Ye You let out a muffled grunt, and the Qi entwined around her body fluctuated for a moment, but immediately stabilized as before.

"You..."

She looked up, her eyes a little astonished, and a little annoyed.

"Where did you touch?"

"I am your Revered Master."

Su Lin looked at her calmly, the spiritual light on his fingertip not yet dispersed. "Does disciplining disciple require choosing a specific place?"

The three outside the barrier also noticed the change in atmosphere inside, and their attacks slowed slightly.

"Revered Master..." Mu Qingxue called out worriedly.

Su Lin didn't turn around, his gaze still fixed on Ye You.

"I'm handling it. You all calm down."

His composure infected them, and the three temporarily stopped their attacks, but their nerves remained taut.

Ye You suddenly smiled, with a hint of wickedness.

"Alright, then how does Revered Master want to discipline me?"

She leaned closer, their noses touching again. "Like lecturing me as before? Or... try something new?"

Ye You's tail tip slid in front of Su Lin.

"Here?"

She whispered, "Or here?"

The tail fur moved down a few more inches.

Su Lin grabbed her restless tail. "Enough."

"Not enough."

Ye You reversed her grip, holding his wrist with just the right amount of force, making it impossible to break free but not hurting him.

"Revered Master used to teach me that what you want, you have to fight for yourself."

"I didn't teach you to fight for me."

"Then you missed that lesson."

Ye You said righteously, "Let's make up for it now."

"It's my turn to teach you properly."

Before her words finished, Ye You's tail suddenly exerted force, pulling Su Lin even tighter into her embrace.

Their bodies were almost perfectly aligned; she could clearly feel Su Lin's Late Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power flowing through his Meridians.

"What? Does Revered Master really want to fight me?"

Ye You's words made the air suddenly freeze.

Mu Qingxue's body exploded with cold Qi, and the ground was instantly covered in white frost.

"Ye You! How dare you!"

Luo Ximei's fingertips pulsed with Devilish Qi, but her face showed a strange excitement: "Fight? Interesting, Revered Master, teach her a lesson!"

"Uh... Fifth Senior Sister, Revered Master is currently at the Nascent Soul Stage, and Fourth Senior Sister is at the Late Body Integration Stage. Even if all of us go together, we're not her match.

You want Revered Master to teach her a lesson?"

Gu Qiuyue looked at Luo Ximei. "Is that reasonable?"

Ye You scoffed, "What, are you scared?"

She loosened her tail slightly. "If Revered Master is afraid, just admit defeat."

Su Lin calmly said, "How do we determine victory or defeat?"

"Very simple. I will stand right here. As long as one of Revered Master's attacks lands on me, you win."

"What happens if I win, and what happens if I lose?"

"If Revered Master wins, I will obediently listen to you and let you do as you please."

Ye You's golden pupils narrowed slightly. "If you lose... for the next month, Revered Master belongs to me."

"No!" Mu Qingxue immediately objected. "Absolutely not!"

"Fourth Senior Sister is quite calculating. It seems you benefit no matter if you win or lose," Gu Qiuyue said.

She ignored the varying expressions of her three Junior Sisters outside the barrier, her eyes only on Su Lin's figure.

"Does Revered Master want to go to a room with your disciple? It's also very spacious there, and perhaps I can go easy on you a bit."

"Ye You, you are presumptuous!"

The three of them shouted this almost simultaneously.

Su Lin, however, raised his hand at this moment, stopping her.

"That won't be necessary."

Su Lin interrupted her.

He looked at Ye You. "Right here."

Ye You's smile widened a bit more.

"Revered Master is straightforward."

She took a few steps back, and the Demonic Qi barrier behind her disappeared.

Mu Qingxue, Luo Ximei, and Gu Qiuyue immediately stepped forward, surrounding Su Lin.

"Revered Master, no!"

Mu Qingxue said anxiously, "Your current cultivation..."

"It's alright." Su Lin shook his head, motioning for them to step back.

His gaze was calm, not wavering in the slightest due to the disparity in strength.

Seeing that his mind was made up, the three disciple reluctantly retreated to a distance, their expressions tense.

"Revered Master, please."

Ye You stood firm, her bare feet lightly touching the Void Realm, her hands crossed over her chest, not adopting any defensive posture.

Her tail swayed leisurely behind her.

Su Lin didn't act immediately.

The spiritual power within his body began to circulate, his Late Nascent Soul Stage aura spreading without reservation.

But how weak was this aura in front of a Body Integration Stage disciple?

He extended his right hand, forming a sword-finger gesture.

A faint, soft light condensed at his fingertip.

The next moment, Su Lin's figure disappeared from its original spot.

Instantly, he appeared to Ye You's left, his sword-finger thrusting directly at her ribs.

That was a tiny node where Demonic Qi flowed.

His speed of attack had already exceeded the limits expected of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

Ye You didn't move.

Only a 'ding' sound was heard.

Su Lin's fingertip stopped half an inch from her leather armor, unable to advance further.

A nearly invisible film of Demonic Qi blocked the attack.

"Too slow, Revered Master." Ye You's voice carried a smile.

"With this speed, you can't break my defense."