55: Wu Yang was placed in solitary confinement

Wu Yang felt completely dazed, his head buzzing.

One side of his cheek burned with a stinging pain.

Clutching his face, he struggled to crawl up from the ground, his expression one of utter disbelief.

From childhood until now, he had never seen his Revered Master... fly into such a massive rage.

Moreover, in the past, even if Revered Master was angry with him, she would at most scold him harshly with a cold face for a few sentences.

When had she ever struck him so heavily?

He held his already high-swollen cheek; due to the pain and shock, even his speech had become somewhat slurred.

He looked at Leng Ningshuang blankly and inquired:

"Revered Master... why... why did you hit me?"

"Even if someone needs to be hit, it should be that despicable Lu Yi! It wasn't me who went out to philander!"

"If Revered Master doesn't believe me, you can go to the Drunken Immortal Tower right now and see! Maybe... maybe you can even catch the two of them in bed..."

"Shut up!"

Leng Ningshuang listened as he continued to prattle on with those foul words.

Originally, she was still wondering if her slap just now had been too heavy.

But now, she immediately changed her mind.

Indeed, she had struck too lightly!

She gave a loud shout, interrupting Wu Yang's reckless "advice."

Then, with a flash of her figure, she appeared directly in front of Wu Yang.

Under his terrified gaze, she grabbed him by the back of his collar.

"Revered Master... what... what are you going to do?"

Leng Ningshuang did not answer him. Instead, she carried him all the way from the main hall of her courtyard to the door of Wu Yang's own living quarters.

With a sudden flick of her hand, she threw Wu Yang directly into the room.

Then she closed the door behind her and placed a powerful Restriction on it.

"Stay in this room and Cultivate in seclusion for me!"

Leng Ningshuang stood outside the door, her cold voice suppressed with anger.

"Without my permission, you are not allowed to step a single foot out of this room! Don't come out until you've broken through to the Cave Heaven Realm!"

"At the same time, reflect well on your own problems while you're in there!"

Inside the room, Wu Yang, who had been thrown to the floor, felt both aggrieved and bewildered.

His own problems?

What problems did he have?

He had worked so hard to expose Lu Yi's true face to his Revered Master.

To prevent her from being deceived by that playboy—could this really be wrong?

Just what kind of bewitching potion had Lu Yi given Revered Master?

She would actually rather hit him and use this self-deceiving method than believe his words!

The more he thought about it, the angrier and more unreconciled he felt.

He scrambled up from the ground, rushed to the door, and pounded on it forcefully, pleading:

"Revered Master! Let me out! You must not believe Lu Yi's words! He is not a good person!"

However, after hearing his stubborn words, Leng Ningshuang outside the room...

Only gave a cold snort. No longer wanting to pay attention to this "vile disciple," she turned and left.

At this moment, the furious Leng Ningshuang had a belly full of fire with nowhere to vent.

Just as she stepped out of Wu Yang's courtyard, she ran head-on into Lu Yi, who had just returned from outside.

Lu Yi hadn't expected to run into Leng Ningshuang here either.

He looked at her lingering anger and her pale, grim face.

He was also a bit surprised and subconsciously greeted her with a smile:

"Sister Ningshuang, what's wrong? Who provoked you to be so angry..."

Leng Ningshuang slightly suppressed the anger on her face, but her tone remained icy as she questioned coldly:

"Where have you been? Why did you come back so late?"

Lu Yi was momentarily stunned by her sudden interrogation.

Then he looked up at the sky.

Isn't it still midday with the sun shining high?

How is it late?

Besides, from the time he left the Drunken Immortal Tower to his return to the State Preceptor's Residence, it had only been less than fifteen minutes.

But seeing Leng Ningshuang's clearly still-furious state...

Lu Yi was sensible enough not to argue with her.

He simply answered truthfully:

"Oh, on my way back, I happened to run into Wu Mingxu, so I chatted with him for a bit. I also told him about Mingyue's recent situation."

However, in her fit of rage, how could Leng Ningshuang care about all that?

As soon as she saw Lu Yi's face, she thought of Wu Yang's foul words from earlier, and her heart filled with irritation.

She only coldly dropped a sentence:

"In the future, if there's nothing important, don't wander around outside so much!"

Then, she turned her head and left directly, leaving behind only a furious silhouette.

Lu Yi stood in place, rubbed his nose, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"Did this woman... eat gunpowder? Why is her temper suddenly so explosive?"

However, he didn't think much of it and went straight back to the courtyard where he lived.

What he didn't tell Leng Ningshuang was that he hadn't just "run into" Wu Mingxu; rather, Wu Mingxu had sent someone to invite him to the palace for a talk.

Of course, it was mainly for Wu Mingxi to inquire about Mingyue's recent situation.

At the same time, Lu Yi also asked Wu Mingxu what exactly Leng Ningshuang was after by staying here.

Wu Mingxi told him it was a treasure called the "mystic yin cold soul."

It was something the Old Ancestor of the Xuanwu Kingdom had accidentally obtained from an extremely cold and perilous land during his travels years ago.

This item's cold nature was extremely heavy, and no one in the royal family could refine it, so it had been stored in the palace.

But for someone like the State Preceptor with an extreme cold fiend physique, it was a long-coveted treasure.

With this item, she could suppress the cold Qi in her body and further improve her Physique.

Back then, Wu Changfeng relied on this item, along with his kindness to the Leng family, to have her establish that Ten-Year State Preceptor Agreement.

Lu Yi thought to himself that if he could solve her Physique problem by then, she probably wouldn't need this thing anymore.

So, he had to hurry up and win her over.

Thinking this, he soon returned to the courtyard.

As soon as he entered, he saw Ling'er sitting obediently by the stone table, intently studying the Cultivation Techniques and Secret Manuals left by Chu Qianqian.

Seeing her serious "diligent student" look, Lu Yi nodded with satisfaction.

He quietly approached, picked up the scroll Ling'er was studying, and glanced at the content.

Then, in a tone full of "scholarly" air, he slowly said to Ling'er:

"As the saying goes, what is learned from books is superficial; to truly understand, one must practice it personally."

Ling'er was startled by the sudden voice.

She looked up and stared blankly at her Revered Master.

Lu Yi gave her a meaningful smile.

"Come, let's go inside."

"Let me check properly how well you've studied this afternoon."