Meanwhile, elsewhere, after the time it took to burn an incense stick, Meng Yutong dragged the soundly sleeping Show-off back to her own cave abode.
Not long after, Lin Heng woke up, still sprawled on the floor.
When he looked up, he saw Lazy Master seated in the chair of honor, her legs crossed, her beautiful legs half-hidden beneath the slit in her white dress. Her face was cold, and she wore the bearing of a stern master producing outstanding disciples as she stared straight at him.
"Awake, are you? Rebel Disciple!"
For a moment, it felt as though he had returned to Thousand Cloud Peak, to the first time master and disciple had met.
Back then, Lin Heng had been nothing more than a tiny Qi Refinement ant. Before his great master, he could only be respectful and deferential.
Lin Heng rose to his feet and walked properly up to her. "Master, this disciple knows his mistake and accepts punishment. Please punish me as you please."
"Oh? You're accepting punishment so quickly? Your master had been planning to give you a proper lecture first."
"Since that is the case, remember this from now on: the authority to manage the Inner Court belongs to me.
"I don't care how high your cultivation is or how powerful your realm may be. Before your master, you will always be that little brat who needs to obey."
"Master, where did you invent the term 'little brat'?"
"You have an objection?"
"Ah~ I wouldn't dare! I'm just a Show-off beneath Master—how could I possibly object?"
Meng Yutong nodded in satisfaction, yet doubts began to stir in her heart.
Strange, what's going on?
This Rebel Disciple is standing right here, yet there isn't the slightest reaction in his heart.
Whenever they had encountered a scene