Volume 3, Chapter 135 – Little Lamb, You Can’t Escape My Grasp

“Wah!”

The villagers from both villages were so startled that they froze in place, unsure of what to do.

“Sect Leader Lin truly has noble character—knowing his mistakes and correcting them. I have high hopes for the Heyi Sect’s future!”

Qi Huang’s words dripped with sarcasm.

Of course, if Lin Feng had knelt willingly, she would have spoken differently. After all, a sect leader willing to go this far for his sect was worthy of respect.

“We were ready to fight to the death! Why did our leader suddenly kneel?”

The Heyi Sect disciples, unable to perceive divine sense, were overcome with grief and indignation.

Lin Feng couldn’t explain. His eyes burned with fury as he trembled and forced himself to stand.

The Honghua Sect members tensed, their hands silently gripping their sword hilts, ready for any sudden conflict.

Cheng Hongling, however, remained calm. Now at the seventh layer of the Unity Realm, she was only one step behind Lin Feng. With her doppelgänger’s help, she was confident of victory.

The Heyi Sect disciples, seeing their leader humiliated, had already drawn their swords.

“Let’s go!”

Lin Feng took a deep breath and, with great restraint, led his disciples out of the Honghua Sect.

With the matter settled, Qin Quan stepped forward to distribute the compensation to the villagers.

“Take this money and buy houses in the prefecture. Don’t return to your old villages—it’s not safe.”

The villagers weren’t fools. They thanked him profusely.

“Qi Huang, what you did today completely burned bridges with Lin Feng. Be careful of his revenge.”

Xu Mei approached with a well-meaning warning.

“Don’t worry, Master. If he can’t handle me now, what chance does he have later? He’d better behave—otherwise, wiping out the Heyi Sect won’t just be empty talk.”

Qi Huang’s confidence was unshakable.

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“Where is this confidence coming from?”

Cheng Hongling frowned as she walked over. Seeing her doppelgänger boast so shamelessly made her skin crawl.

“Acting! Acting gives me confidence!”

Qi Huang pondered deeply before giving this “reasonable” answer.

“You’re still going to act?”

Cheng Hongling was stunned, her tone suddenly sharp.

“Of course! As long as I live, I’ll never stop acting!”

Qi Huang clenched her small fist, psyching herself up.

Cheng Hongling shook her head in frustration. She couldn’t understand why her cultivation had produced such a shameless doppelgänger—one that tarnished her own “pure and flawless” reputation.

With the matter resolved, Qi Huang returned to Orchid Courtyard to tend to her vegetables—watering, weeding, and even purchasing a temperature-measuring “water bottle” for precision farming.

Meanwhile, Cheng Hongling continued her closed-door cultivation, grinding her teeth at the sight of her doppelgänger’s laziness.

Qi Huang, however, was as stubborn as a “dead pig unafraid of boiling water”. Soon, news of her farming obsession spread, causing quite a stir.

Before long, Xu Mei dragged her to Qin Quan for a stern lecture.

“Ahem… Qi Huang, we elders aren’t slacking—we’ve just reached our limits. The future of the Honghua Sect rests on you. Do you understand?”

Qin Quan spoke with earnest concern.

“I understand! I absolutely do!”

Qi Huang nodded like a pecking chick.

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“Good. Your main body trains diligently—we’ve all seen it. But you spend all day farming in that greenhouse. That’s not appropriate, is it?”

Qin Quan adopted a firm tone after his initial politeness.

“I think it’s fine! We each have our roles—she cultivates, I farm. Farming is a respectable skill.”

Qi Huang played dumb.

“True, farming is respectable, especially with the heavy yin energy these days. Growing crops isn’t easy!”

Qin Quan pretended to agree before pressing on. “But the Honghua Sect doesn’t lack farmers—it lacks cultivation geniuses! You and Cheng Hongling are technically the same person. You can’t just ‘each have your roles’.”

He paused, then added, “First, you’re impersonating your main body—that’s a bad influence! Second, if someone wants to target her, they’ll go after you first. If you’re weak, you’ll drag her down.”

“Don’t worry! I won’t hold her back!”

Qi Huang vowed confidently.

Qin Quan and Xu Mei exchanged doubtful glances.

Back at her quarters, Qi Huang found Cheng Hongling waiting at the door.

“Well? Got scolded, didn’t you? Serves you right for not listening.”

Cheng Hongling crossed her arms, smirking.

“Yep!”

Qi Huang’s face fell, but she quickly recovered. “But so what? I didn’t listen. He can lecture all he wants—I’ll keep farming.”

Xu Mei’s expression twisted in disbelief. Had this girl absorbed nothing?

“You really need a spanking.”

Cheng Hongling gritted her teeth and turned to Xu Mei. “I told you—some people only learn through pain. Words are wasted on her.”

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“That… that’s not appropriate, is it?”

Xu Mei forced an awkward smile.

“Why not? Not every fifteen-year-old is as obedient as me. She’s clearly immature—she needs a proper childhood.”

Cheng Hongling’s logic was flawless.

“Now that you mention it, you two are only fifteen. Technically, you’re still children.”

Xu Mei suddenly understood. “Could her disobedience and odd temper be because she’s too young?”

“Yes! That must be it! Why didn’t I think of that?”

She nodded to herself.

“Master! No! That’s not it at all!”

Qi Huang protested frantically—her real age was nearly twice her main body’s!

“Doesn’t matter. A beating first, questions later.”

Cheng Hongling wasted no time, activating the Soul Tether.

“Hah! You think I’d fall for the same trick twice?”

Qi Huang scoffed, immediately closing her eyes and bolting while using her divine sense to block the tether.

Cheng Hongling remained unfazed, sending out the Registry of Slaughter with her divine sense.

“Master, close your eyes!”

Though confused, Xu Mei trusted her disciple and obeyed.

The Registry unfurled, its killing intent spreading like a suffocating mist—even Cheng Hongling felt its oppressive weight.

“Heh, my eyes are closed. If my divine sense doesn’t scan the Registry, your killing intent is useless!”

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Qi Huang gloated inwardly—until a sudden, violent palpitation struck her chest.

Her concentration shattered.

She plummeted from the sky.

Cheng Hongling blinked in surprise, then grinned and flew out to catch her mid-fall.

“Why?! My divine sense didn’t even touch the Registry!”

Qi Huang was limp with despair.

‘If she was affected despite closing her eyes and avoiding divine sense, wouldn’t Master have suffered worse?’

Cheng Hongling quickly stored the Registry away, then glanced worriedly at Xu Mei.

But Xu Mei opened her eyes calmly. “What happened?”

“Huh? Why was she the only one affected? Without sunlight, the Registry shouldn’t lock onto targets!”

Cheng Hongling was baffled. After experimenting, she had deduced the Registry’s mechanics:

Without sunlight, its killing intent was indiscriminate and weaker.

Closing one’s eyes should nullify its effect.

Under sunlight, reflected light could bypass closed eyelids, and its weapons would materialize for attack.

Yet Qi Huang had been struck despite all precautions.

“Unless…”

Cheng Hongling’s eyes gleamed with realization.

She gazed hungrily at the doppelgänger in her arms, then smirked.

“Hehe… little lamb, it seems you can’t escape my grasp anymore.”