Please Whip Me to Your Heart's Content!

"Brother Bai Ze, that was how it happened. Your big brother here had racked his brains to get you accepted into the sect.

"As for being punished for ten years, there was no need to worry. With my master's rotten temper, that was perfectly normal.

"Besides, ten years of time was but the flick of a finger to people like us. It would pass in the blink of an eye.

"Rather than worry, you might as well drift through these ten years happily, just like your big brother here."

Seeing Duobao's carefree expression, Bai Ze smiled helplessly to himself. Still, after hearing Duobao's explanation, he felt somewhat reassured.

Even the sight of Duobao swinging as if on a swing scattered much of the worry in his heart beneath that cheerful atmosphere.

Ten years of sorrow were still ten years, and ten years of happiness were still ten years. Why keep one's brows tightly furrowed?

With that thought, he began trying the swing as well. At first, he felt nothing, but gradually, a long-lost joy welled up in his heart.

It made him recall the fun of fighting his childhood companions over that single swing.

Duobao, watching from the side, raised his brows and chuckled. "That's more like it! Let's see who can swing higher!"

Bai Ze smiled as well. "All right!"

"Heh, you two seem to be having quite a good time!"

Duobao said, "Of course!"

Bai Ze said, "Not bad!"

After speaking, the two stared at each other in confusion.

"You said that?"

"I thought you said it!"

The moment they heard that, both realized something. Stiffly, they turned toward the source of the voice.

There stood a young Daoist, his entire body shrouded in azure light, smiling at the two of them. Yet his gaze was cold enough to freeze one's bones!

"Master—Venerable—why are you here?"

Venerable Lingbao chuckled. With a flick of his hand, a whip covered in thunder and lightning appeared in his grasp.

"Nothing much. Your master merely heard that you missed my whip, so I hurried over."

Duobao's expression darkened. "Master, is there something wrong with your ears? When did I ever say I wanted to eat whip?

"I clearly said that your whip was limp and weak."

Bai Ze's pupils contracted at those words.

Was he really that bold?

Was it Lin Jingru who gave you such courage, idol?

Hearing Duobao speak so bluntly, Venerable Lingbao let out a series of cold, angry chuckles.

"Since you admitted it, that settles it!"

The next moment, Bai Ze saw a flash of blue light before his eyes. Immediately afterward, a burst of crackling sounds mixed with wails entered his ears.

His heart jolted in alarm.

Too brutal!

Still, he felt that Venerable Lingbao had every reason to strike so ruthlessly.

At the same time, he understood that when Duobao had explained things to him earlier, that loose-tongued fellow had definitely mixed in some personal embellishments!

He could not help sighing inwardly. Brother Duobao, go in peace...

As he sighed, he fully unleashed his Concealment Divine Ability, plunging himself into absolute silence like a stone.

He was terrified of being caught in the blast.

Yet Venerable Lingbao noticed his reaction. He released the lightning whip in his hand, allowing it to whip Duobao on its own.

Then he drew another whip from behind his waist and looked at Bai Ze with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

Seeing this, Bai Ze hurriedly pulled back his head and played dead like a quail.

Venerable Lingbao sneered when he saw that.

"If that brat Duobao is like a foolish dragon-phoenix, then you, brat, are like a rat living in a burrow!

"Rats love hoarding things. They might not use them, but they cannot be without them. Without them, they cannot rest at ease.

"Rats never see the light. They only like watching others in secret, but they do not like being watched themselves.

"You studied formations for thousands of years, passed the gate twice without entering, and even secretly stirred up trouble, trying to turn this Venerable's Mountain-Guarding Forbidden Formation into your own. Did you truly think this Daoist was blind?!"

Bai Ze's pupils shook. He was utterly astonished. He had not even started yet—how had he already been discovered?

But how could he dare admit it? He hurriedly defended himself. "Venerable, please see clearly! This junior absolutely had no such intentions!"

Venerable Lingbao snorted coldly, paying no heed to Bai Ze's explanation. He raised his hand to whip him!

Just then, Duobao suddenly shouted, "Master, our rat clan does not make its home in sewers!"

"Get lost!"

"What does this have to do with you? It seems one whip is no longer enough to satisfy you!"

With a reprimand, Venerable Lingbao pointed a finger. The whip lashing Duobao instantly became two.

In an instant, Duobao's screams were completely drowned out by the crackling of the whips.

Seeing this, Bai Ze hurriedly shut his mouth. If he did not argue, he would only suffer one whip. If he talked too much, it would become two.

One whip was better!

Venerable Lingbao looked at Bai Ze with a teasing smile. "What did you want to say just now?"

Bai Ze shook his head repeatedly and kept his mouth shut.

Venerable Lingbao gave a soft laugh, then swung his whip.

In an instant, a scream swept through the entire small courtyard.

It hurt like hell!

By the pond in the front courtyard.

Guang Chengzi casually scattered spirit crystals, feeding the red koi in the pond.

As he listened to the wails drifting from the rear courtyard, his expression remained utterly unchanged.

Over the tens of thousands of years since entering the sect, he had long grown accustomed to those familiar cries.

Only now, there was one more person.

What had once been Duobao's solo had become a duet between two people.

Still, Bai Ze truly was clever. On his first time, he already knew to scream that loudly.

With his junior uncle's temperament, he would probably calm down before long after hearing it.

As Guang Chengzi fed the fish, he also kept watch over Huanglong, who was cultivating. He was completely unaffected by the heartrending wails from the rear courtyard.

Huanglong, however, had clearly not adapted to them.

His brows were twisted into a knot. While cultivating, he repeatedly lifted his head to look toward the rear courtyard.

His heart inevitably grew restless, but when he saw Guang Chengzi sitting there as steady as an old god, wholly unaffected, the words he wanted to say died in his throat.

"What is it?" Guang Chengzi asked softly.

Naturally, Huanglong's behavior had not escaped his notice.

Still, this was only human nature. After all, few could do as he did and weave the wails entering their ears into music.

"Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, doesn't listening to that make you feel irritated?"

Seeing Guang Chengzi ask, Huanglong timidly voiced his question.

Guang Chengzi shook his head and smiled lightly. "Cultivating amid a bustling market can temper one's will and strengthen one's heart toward the Dao.

"Only then, when traveling abroad, can one remain unaffected by the wicked thoughts of those Chaos Fiendgods.

"Your foundation is weak, your comprehension poor, and you were not born innate, so you are easily tainted by worldly dust.

"The noise here exceeds even a bustling market severalfold. It benefits your cultivation."

Huanglong nodded with a resolute expression. "I understand, Senior Brother."

He then resumed cultivating.

But before long, a cry even louder than Bai Ze's pierced the heavens.

Huanglong helplessly opened his eyes and looked at Guang Chengzi.

"Senior Brother, do Senior Brother Duobao and Bai Ze really hurt that much?

"Why does it sound a little fake?"

"Do you want to try Junior Uncle's whip too?" Guang Chengzi lowered his head and smiled gently at Huanglong.

Huanglong shook his head repeatedly. "I wouldn't dare. Junior Uncle's whip must hurt terribly when it hits someone!"

Guang Chengzi shook his head with a laugh. "That whip is an innate spiritual treasure, and it is empowered by Junior Uncle's cultivation. Naturally, it hurts terribly when it strikes someone.

"But it is not entirely as you see it—not merely punishment for the two of them."

At this point, Guang Chengzi paused.