he heavy atmosphere was unbearable for everyone else, the man stepped forward, lowered his eyes and said, "Who is your mother"Xiao Che stared at him for a while, but didn't answer. He just pursed his...But Ning Shu remained silent, her lips pressed tightly together.

He glared, truly furious this time.

Even his choked sobs were laced with a hint of grievance. He had never imagined that his revered master would treat him this way, deceiving him. The young man turned his face slightly away and said, "...I don't want to see Master's face."

Si Kong Heng's eyes darkened slightly. He reached out, his slender fingers lifting the boy's face. Making him look directly at himself, he lowered his gaze and said, "If you don't want to see your master's face, then whose face do you want to see"

Ning Shu didn't speak, he silently crawled forward a little: "...let me go, is there any master in the world who would treat their disciples like this"

The man remained silent, only to press his body down on the youth once more. He pinned the young man's body and whispered, "You haven't answered Master's question yet. Whose face do you want to see"

Ning Shu hesitated for a moment, then shrank back in shame.

"Scattered intermittently, he said: "...I don't want to see my master's face now. Anyone will do."

Si Kong Hengyu remained silent for a while before saying, “You’re making me angry again.”

Ning Shu stared wide-eyed, her voice choked with tears: "Could it be that all this time, the one deceiving me has been my master" She thought for a moment and said, "It's never been Cang Ming...it's always been Master alone...Why would you deceive me"

Even just now.

He was heartbroken. He almost thought the one who cultivated with him was really Cang Ming.

Si Kong Heng looked down at the boy's tears rolling from the corner of his eyes. He stared intently, his own eyelashes were wet, trembling slightly when he mentioned Cang Ming.

He remained silent, only pinching the youth's soft flesh and saying, "It was wrong of your Shizun to deceive you..."

"Do you think Cang Ming is fundamentally different from your master Or do you think your master and he are simply not the same person"

"Guilty conscience"

Ning Shu stiffened, averting his gaze. As if struck at the heart, a confused thought flashed through him: Indeed, why did he mind it being Cang Ming instead of his master

The boy's heart was beating fast with anxiety.

Ning Shu's heart was in turmoil, he gripped his hands tightly, as if he had glimpsed something at the source. Faced with his master's cold and clear gaze, he couldn't even bear to meet his eyes for a moment.

Falling into Si Kong Hengyu's eyes, it was a completely different matter.

Although he and Cang Ming were the same person, Cang Ming was merely a strand of his emotions drawn out. For at least a hundred years, Cang Ming resembled him during his Jindan stage, yet also bore traces of his ruthless nature cultivated through the practice of Wuqing Dao.

< > Cang Ming didn't dare to do it, he was just persuaded by Si Kong Hengyu. < >

But in the eyes of youth, Cang Ming was different from his master. Perhaps, he would even think that his master, who was originally high above, had fallen from grace and become hypocritical and loathsome.

Ning Shu did not notice the gradually cold expression in Shen Zun's eyes.

He just stared blankly, thinking to himself, "Why would I care if it was Cang Ming instead of my master"

But Ning Shu hadn't had time to figure it out yet.

One hand pressed against his body, Si Kong Heng's voice was icy cold: "Not Cang Ming, but your master. Are you disappointed"

Ning Shu was startled and flustered.

Si Kong Hengyu seemed to have returned to his position as a god, looking down from above. But the things his subordinates did were clearly things that demon cultivators would do, such unruly acts.

His kiss came upon her, and he murmured in a low voice, "Is this not what you wished to see of your master in his youth"

"Have you been well"

"Shuer, my good disciple."

"Open your eyes and look at your master, are you still pleased"

......

Ning Shu cried so hard she almost passed out. She had been tricked into unconsciousness twice by Si Kong Hengyu.

Master kissed his earlobe, his eyes cold and indifferent: "Good boy, don't say these things that make Master angry anymore." He touched the youth's finger: "If you like Cang Ming, then Master will let 'him' come out to see you often, alright"

Now whenever Ning Shu heard Cang Ming's name, her body would instinctively shrink back.

He shook his head.

He no longer wanted to see Shizun's Cang Ming. Ning Shu finally fell asleep with a hoarse voice. The young man's pitiful appearance with slightly red eyes made Shen Wuzun stare at him for a long time.

He bent down and kissed him.

....

Ning Shu felt that Si Kong Heng Yu wouldn't let him go, so when Ling Ling was speaking to him, he said: "Master truly wants to be Dao companions with me"

Lingling also felt that the host was pitiful, being confined and forced into double cultivation by their own master.

"It's just that Lingling is helpless, too. She couldn't help but say, “......Sikong Henger's cultivation base is too terrifying, host. Even if you run away, you will be caught back, and maybe even suffer worse.”

Ning Shu pursed her lips and said nothing.

He said blankly, "...I haven't been out for a long time..."

Ning Shu wanted to go out, but didn't want to be confined. But his master this time was determined, wanting to cultivate with him in a double cultivation ritual, allowing him to form the golden core and then hold a grand double cultivation ceremony.

Lingling started coming up with ideas: "Host, you should just act cute and make Sikuohengyu let you out of Tianqifeng..." It felt so sorry for the host.

Ning Shu was startled for a moment before replying after a while, “Master's temperament... wouldn't be useful.”

He shook his head and said.

Master was cold and merciless. When he was on the bed, he cried and begged, but Master never agreed, let alone these../..

Lingling said: “It’s different, Host. When you act cute with Si Kong Hengyu, it will definitely work.”

It patted its chest and assured, "Don't you want to go out, host Just act a little coquettish."

Ning Shu didn't speak, but her heart was shaken nonetheless.

But he still thought Zero's idea... wouldn't work. He hesitated for a moment, then decided to put it out of his mind for now.

It has been a long time since I last practiced swordsmanship.

Ning Shu these days has once again picked up her sword, but it's just not as easy as it used to be.

Tianqifeng was relatively secluded, with few visitors and no one to keep him company except his master. However, Ning Shu was a normal person who also needed normal social interaction. While he only had Zhou Wu Chang as a close friend in his daily life, when he left Tianqifeng, many disciples would still greet him and talk to him.

Ning Shu stared for a while, blinking her eyes.

Only then did I discover that, unbeknownst to me, Master had also arrived.

The other party didn't know how long they had been watching him, they just waved and said, "Come here."

The young boy walked past, politely saying, "Master..."

Sīkōng Hényù saw him standing there, his pale face slightly drooping. He raised his eyes and said, "Are you still blaming your master" He whispered, "Master will never deceive you like that again."

Ning Shu didn't speak. He just said, "Master, can I go down the mountain"

Sīkōng Hénɡyù heard this and said calmly, "Why do you want to go down the mountain Are you tired of staying with your master"

Ning Shu thought of Ling Ling's words, and he lowered his eyes. Seeing the snow-white clothes, he hesitated for a moment and took a step forward. Si Kong Hengyu didn't show any surprised expression, but he did look over, as if waiting for something.

The young boy's cheeks flushed, and he took another step closer.

Si Kong Hengyu remained silent, but he extended his hand. He embraced the person and said, "If you hadn't told your master, how would I have known"

The tone softened slightly, obviously pleased by the boy's initiative.

Ning Shu's body gradually relaxed, sitting in his master's embrace and whispering, "Master, I haven't gone out for a long time..." He paused and continued, "I want to be like before... practicing sword every day, occasionally going out, and then coming back to you, Master..."

After he finished speaking, he felt a bit ashamed: "To ask Master... for guidance..."

Previously, I asked Sikong Hengyu for advice on cultivation. But now, whenever he closes his eyes, he sees his master pressing down on him, bullying him.

Ning Shu hesitated, unable to continue.

Si Kong Hengyu pinched his fingers, his light-colored eyes gazed at the young man for a while, and then said: "Is Master so frightening"

Ning Shu fell silent, he looked over. His eyelashes trembled slightly, then he said softly, "Master, I want to go out."

Si Kong Hengyu stared at him for a long time, then went to caress that jade-like fingertip: "Hmm."

....

Ning Shu hadn't expected that just by mentioning it to his master, his master would agree to take him out of Tianqi Peak.

He had not gone out for a long time, and when he went to Tianqifeng, his mind was still a little dazed.

Those disciples, however, saw the youth as if they had seen a ghost and hurriedly bowed their heads.

At first, Ning Shu didn't pay attention to their appearances. But along the way, seeing nothing but this, she suddenly felt that those gazes seemed to hold a deeper meaning.

Even Zhou Wu, upon seeing him, hesitated to speak.

Ning Shu couldn't help but say, "What happened Why are they... looking at me with those eyes"

Zhou Wu Chang also wore a look of embarrassment, with a hint of anger in his voice: “It's just that last time you were taken away by the demon cultivators, and then the Divine Venerable went to the Demon Realm to get you back, causing quite a stir. Those demon cultivators started spreading rumors, slandering the Divine Venerable, saying..."

Ning Shu was startled, and then her heart tightened: "Demon cultivator"

Zhou Wuchang angrily said, "Yes! Those demon cultivators even dared to say that the Divine Venerable and you, although teacher and student, were secretly intimate!"

....

At this time, the masters and elders of Tianzongmen were gathered together. After a while, with a wave of pressure...

Everyone chorused, "Venerable Deity."

Sīkōng Héng yù dào: “Zhǎo wǒ hé shì” Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

They looked at each other, then spoke, “The Divine Lord has been in seclusion the whole time and may not know that there are rumors circulating...that insult the Heavenly Sect and besmirch the Divine Lord's reputation!”

"That demon cultivator is bad enough... but now even well-intentioned people are sullying the Divine Lord's reputation. How truly despicable!"

One elder retorted angrily, "To say that the Divine Venerable's relationship with his disciples is improper isn't quite right. While the Divine Venerable appears righteous and noble on the surface, he harbors such thoughts for his disciples in secret. Compared to a demon cultivator, the Divine Venerable is just a hypocritical hypocrite!" struck him, he would...But he mentally prepared himself, to... when the time came, the prince had him go to bed earlier.Ning Shu nodded.When the prince bathed, he closed his eyes and loosened his gri...