96: Chapter 96 Daring to force a kiss on the host, he must be taken in as a rebellious disciple and properly disciplined! [Bonus Chapter]

By the Spirit River, fireworks still bloomed in the sky.

The sweet taste of candied fruit lingering on Lu Chen's lips hadn't faded when the System's loli voice exploded into a rapid-fire barrage in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Detected host subjected to a forceful kiss attack by a young maiden! Great Emperor's dignity damage value — full gauge!]

[The sole Great Emperor of the current era, the existence who stands alone throughout the ages, was sneak-attacked and kissed on the street by a mere Middle Stage Xiantai Realm brat!]

[Host, do you realize if this gets out, what will become of your Face in the Human Realm?]

The System's loli voice wasn't finished.

[Issuing mandatory discipline and nurturing task —]

[Task Name: How Dares This Bold Rascal Force a Kiss Upon This Emperor!]

[Task Content: Host must forcibly subdue this maiden, take her as a disciple, and properly discipline her in propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame! Make her understand what it means to respect teachers and revere the Dao!]

[Reward: One jar of supreme-grade Dao tea 'Eternal Evergreen,' Divine-Grade Disguise Mastery proficiency raised to Perfection.]

Lu Chen's eyelids twitched. Dao tea was useless to him.

But raising Divine-Grade Disguise Mastery to Perfection... that was the real treasure. Once done, no one in the Central Continent would recognize him.

He was about to nod and accept the task when the System's voice suddenly turned sinister.

[Failure Penalty —]

[Tiny, tiny ding-dong!]

Lu Chen's Face changed color — not pale, but green.

[Listen, what the hell are you saying?]

[Host, you heard correctly. The failure penalty is exactly what it sounds like. Tiny, tiny ding-dong. Permanent, oh~]

[When that happens, you won't be able to satisfy me anymore. This System will run away, and you'll be stuck with a tiny, tiny ding-dong forever!]

Lu Chen took a deep breath. Then another deep breath.

He slowly lowered his head, looking at Ye Qingxian standing before him, still hands on hips, chin lifted, wearing an expression that screamed, 'I've stamped my seal, you're mine now.'

His gaze changed — from a lazy fish to a big bad wolf.

Ye Qingxian was still basking in the excitement of her successful forced kiss, the ribbons on her twin-tails swaying, the corners of her mouth upturned enough to hang a steelyard weight.

She noticed the change in Lu Chen's eyes and blinked her big eyes twice.

"Hey! What are you doing~ looking at me like that?"

Lu Chen didn't speak. He released only one ten-thousandth of his Great Emperor Peak aura, strictly confined within a ten-zhang radius.

But even that one ten-thousandth—

Ye Qingxian's breathing stopped.

Not an exaggeration. It literally stopped.

She felt as if gripped by an invisible hand. Her legs couldn't move, her waist couldn't twist. Her legs went weak, her knees buckled, her body stiffened uncontrollably.

Ye Qingxian's Face flushed red, then turned pale, then green. Beads of sweat streamed down her forehead.

She wanted to move. She couldn't.

This wasn't suppression by cultivation level.

This was an absolute gap in life hierarchy.

Lu Chen walked towards her, step by step.

With each step, Ye Qingxian's body sank lower.

By the time Lu Chen stood before her, Ye Qingxian was half-kneeling on the ground, hands propped on the stone steps, the lower half of her body still rigidly upright, trying to maintain the Ye Family's pride!

"Little brat."

"Force a kiss on me?"

He crouched down, hooked a finger under Ye Qingxian's chin, forcing her to look up at him.

"You've got quite the nerve."

"Today, I'll teach you why flowers are so red."

A flicker of fear appeared in Ye Qingxian's big eyes.

She desperately channeled her spiritual power, trying to activate the Ye Family life-saving jade talisman hidden in her sleeve.

It was an Emperor-grade protective charm her mother had personally given her, capable of tearing space for a forced teleportation in critical moments.

Spiritual power surged towards the talisman — no response.

Tried again — still no response.

The space within the ten-zhang radius was completely sealed.

Not simple spatialblockade. Space itself had solidified. Her spiritual power froze the moment it probed out. The spatial runes on the jade talisman were all nullified.

"Just who are you?"

Ye Qingxian's voice trembled, forcing herself not to cry.

Lu Chen reached out, precisely pinched the collar at the back of her neck, and lifted her up like a kitten.

Ye Qingxian dangled in mid-air, legs kicking wildly, twin-tails swinging back and forth.

"From today onward,"

Lu Chen lifted her to eye level, meeting her gaze.

"you are my third disciple."

Ye Qingxian froze for a moment.

Then she exploded.

"Who wants to be your disciple! Let me go!"

She struggled desperately, her small fists pounding on Lu Chen's arm like tickles.

"My mother is the head of the Ye Family! A Nine-Turn Quasi-Emperor! If you dare force me to be your disciple, my mother will come and kill you!"

Lu Chen dug in his ear.

Then raised his hand and slapped Ye Qingxian's perky butt.

*Smack!*

Crisp, loud. The sound drowned out even the fireworks by the Spirit River.

Ye Qingxian's entire body stiffened, her big eyes widening to their fullest.

She, a Young Miss of the Ye Family, had her butt slapped in public by a 'Loose Cultivator'.

"Your mother wouldn't help even if she came." Lu Chen switched hands holding her, his tone like scolding a puppy.

"Even if your mother came, I'd still tie you up all the same."

Ye Qingxian's eyes instantly reddened. Tears welled up, but stubbornly refused to fall.

She tilted her head back and screamed towards the distant night sky—

"Aunt Qing! Save me! I want my mother!"

Three breaths later, all the fireworks over the Spirit River suddenly extinguished.

Not naturally fading — forcibly snuffed out by an aura.

The person hadn't arrived, but the voice came first.

"Little girl, learned your lesson this time?"

A woman's voice. Low, languid, carrying a hint of amused schadenfreude.

"Got your feelings played, didn't you?"

Lu Chen's gaze shifted slightly to the left.

On the stone railing by the Spirit River, a leg first came into view.

Slender, straight, with not a trace of excess curve from ankle to knee.

The calf was wrapped in a layer of gossamer-thin, bluish-black spiritual gauze, clinging to the skin, faintly revealing the fair complexion beneath. The texture was eerily similar to the black stockings from his previous life, extending from the ankle all the way up to the root of the thigh before disappearing into the hem of her robe.

Three inches above the left knee, a bronze Luan bird leg ring tightly encircled it, shaped like a Luan spreading its wings, the feather patterns sofine every strand wasClear visible.

Then the whole person followed.

A long robe with blue Luan feather patterns, covering only the vital chest area, revealing a firm, flat abdomen and a slender waist.

A bronze-colored featherFeather waist chain hung at her waist, each featherFeather a miniature version of a blue Luan tail feather.

The lower half of her Face was concealed by a bronze Luan bird mask, revealing only a pair of narrow, long Phoenix eyes and her brow bone.

Green light swirled within those Phoenix eyes as they swept over Lu Chen from head to toe.

Ye Qingluan. The Old Ancestor of the Ye Family. Ye Qingxian's personal Dao protector.

She stepped down from the stone railing in one stride. Her long legs took wide steps, the bluish-black spiritual gauze tightening and loosening with her movements.

Her body proportions wereExtremely exaggerated. Her legs accounted for two-thirds of her height. Curvaceous front and back. Every step carried thecalm of a predator.

Seeing her, Ye Qingxian's tears finally fell.

"Aunt Qing! He bullied me! He spanked my butt!"

Ye Qingluan ignored her.

Her Phoenix eyes stared at Lu Chen through the mask. The green lightconvergence, pupilsMiniature.

She was probing.

Her Three-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak Divine Sense fully unleashed, sweeping over Lu Chen from head to toe, then back up again.

She probed nothing.

This young man before her, dressed in brocade cloth and a wooden hairpin, was like a stagnant pond in her Divine Sense — no ripples, no bottom.

Not because his cultivation was too low to detect, but because it was toodeep to fathom.

Ye Qingluan's Phoenix eyes narrowed.

"Which family's expert are you?"

Her voice came from behind the mask, unhurried.

"To possess such strength."

She took a step forward. The distance her long leg covered was precisely controlled to the edge of attack range.

"With my Three-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak cultivation, I actually cannot see through your origins."

Lu Chen, holding Ye Qingxian, looked at this absurdly long-legged woman in the Luan mask before him.

His Phoenix eyesSquinting, the corner of his mouth quirking up.

"Can't see through? That's about right."

He extended Ye Qingxian forward.

"Your family's Young Miss forced a kiss on me."

"By the rules, compensation is owed. But I don't lack money. So, you understand!"

Ye Qingxian shook her head wildly in mid-air: "Aunt Qing, don't listen to him! He seduced me! It's his fault for being so good-looking!"

Ye Qingluan fell silent for two breaths.

Her right hand slowly rose. The Dao runes extending from her thigh up to its root lit up — verdant green, beautiful, even seductive.

The aura of a Three-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak spread along the Spirit River's banks. The ripples on the river's surfaceall froze.

Seeing the situation turn bad, passersby scrambled and fled!

"State your name."

The green light in Ye Qingluan's Phoenix eyesSoaring.

"I am Ye Qingluan of the Ye Family, Three-Turn Quasi-Emperor Peak!"

"Your Excellency, if you don't wish to invite great trouble, kneel down and apologize to my Young Miss, and to me. Then we can let this matter rest!"

The captured Ye Qingxian chimed in:

"Aunt Qing is right! This time, I won't be magnanimous!"

"You must kneel and admit your wrongs, lick my feet in apology, and lick Aunt Qing's too! Only then can this matter be settled!"

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