Chapter 198: 198 Ye Qingxian Has Arrived!

"Mmm!"

Wei Youqing suddenly shuddered violently, her three thousand strands of dark hair swaying slightly along with the amorous movements of her figure.

Accompanied by the Ruler falling swiftly.

Her delicate and charming face was already completely overtaken by a dazzling, eye-catching crimson glow.

Watching her delicate and bashful appearance, a strange feeling surged in Ning Mu's heart.

"It's time for the third strike, hold out your hand."

Waving the Ruler, Ning Mu spoke again with a smile.

"Mmm. Please, please punish me, my lord~"

Wei Youqing whimpered, biting her lip lightly, on the verge of tears, and extended her slender white palm, looking pitiful enough to stir one's heart.

As the Ruler fell once more, Wei Youqing could not help but bite her pearly teeth and knit her delicate brows.

This strike was not like the previous two.

The first two were, after all, on fleshy areas, where the humiliation far outweighed the physical pain.

But the palm was inherently fragile.

Even though Ning Mu held back, the power of the Ruler still made Wei Youqing inevitably recall those red, swollen little hands from the punishments of teachers in the classroom.

"Continue reciting?"

Ning Mu withdrew the Ruler, looking at Wei Youqing with a playful smile.

Wei Youqing let out a soft hum and nodded with glistening eyes; she did not stand up, but remained kneeling on the ground, hurriedly searching her mind to recall the text of the first chapter of *Admonitions for Women*.

After all, the seven chapters of *Admonitions for Women* were divided into a seven-day task.

Today, she had to finish reciting this first chapter, *Humility*! But unexpectedly, even though she knew the memory by heart, she stumbled the moment she tried to speak.

"... Do not decline difficult tasks, what is done must be completed, organize the hand-written records, this is called diligence."

She had made a mistake again!

Wei Youqing immediately grew nervous, and shame flickered in her beautiful eyes.

Seeing that Ning Mu did not speak, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue reciting.

"Maintain a proper demeanor and conduct, to serve one's husband, keep to oneself in purity and quiet, have no fondness for, no fondness for jesting, keep food and drink clean, to offer to the ancestors, this is called, this is called continuing the sacrifices."

"If these three are fulfilled, yet one suffers from a bad reputation, the name is not heard, and disgrace falls upon one's person, this, this has not been seen."

"If these three are lost, how can one's name be heard, and how can disgrace be kept far away!"

"Huu..."

Wei Youqing let out a breath, her flushed, delicate face covered in annoyance and a crimson glow; she raised her head shyly and timidly, looking up at Ning Mu, and said humbly and bashfully: "My lord, I have, I have finished reciting!"

"How many mistakes?"

Ning Mu waved the Ruler and asked indifferently.

"Five... five times!"

Wei Youqing was completely numb.

It wasn't that she couldn't remember, nor did she recite the wrong words.

But her mouth just wouldn't obey, constantly stuttering.

Throughout the entire recitation, it was full of stutters and errors.

Yet according to the system's task requirements, it had to be recited completely, fluently, and in one breath; pauses were also considered mistakes.

She had no choice but to resign herself and lower her head, her eyes full of shyness, humility, and timidity.

"Take off your outer garment!"

Ning Mu narrowed his eyes and said.

Upon hearing this, Wei Youqing's body suddenly jolted violently.

If it were anyone else who dared to say such a thing, she would surely be furious and make them regret coming into this world.

Even at other times, if Ning Mu were so frivolous and rude, she would not accept it either and would leave in anger.

But at this very moment.

Deep in her heart, a sense of relief, as if she had "survived a disaster," actually emerged.

This psychology was like having committed a great mistake and not knowing what kind of punishment one would face, only to suddenly hear a punishment that was completely beyond one's expectations, yet not particularly harsh—a sense of lucky escape.

It was only taking off the outer garment.

Who told her to make mistakes! In her heart, Wei Youqing actually developed this strange feeling, yet she felt it was quite reasonable.

Yet she had not expected that stumbling and stuttering while reciting under pressure was unavoidable; even a master could not avoid it. She was, after all, the dignified Imperial Academy Libationer; why did she have to come to Ning Mu, the Stronghold Master of this small mountain stronghold, to receive punishment?

She hesitated slightly in her heart.

Wei Youqing's flushed, delicate face felt as if it were burning.

Goosebumps broke out all over her body, but she still lowered her head, using her dark hair to cover her pretty face, attempting to hide her shame.

Not long after.

One could see the thin gauze dress slowly fall to the ground.

"Mmm. My lord, this concubine is willing to accept the punishment~"

She shed her clothes.

Revealing a beautiful body that was delicate, smooth, and glowing with a reddish hue amidst the white.

Only a Mysterious Silk Silver Chain Pouch remained, completely unable to conceal its magnificence.

The exquisitely beautiful silver chains connected to each other, setting off that already ample grandeur to be even more graceful and alluring.

The semi-transparent mysterious silk could not cover the beautiful scenery within at all.

Beneath the flat, plain-like abdomen.

Constructed from the same material, a piece of cloth as light and thin as a cicada's wing, the size of a palm, could not fully conceal the beautiful scenery.

The whole look gave off an indescribable style, filled with intense sexiness and desire.

Graceful curves, an exquisite and voluptuous figure.

Everything displayed the enchanting and peerless charm and allure of this Academy Libationer kneeling on the ground.

A cool breeze, coming from the hole above, suddenly made her body tremble slightly.

Immediately.

One could see Wei Youqing, who was hugging her chest, with a rosy glow rising on her face and shame in her eyes, opening her arms, then bending over and prostrating herself, her forehead touching the ground, waiting humbly and submissively for Ning Mu's punishment.

It was just like a believer praying to a deity, waiting for the deity's forgiveness.

Slap! Slap-slap!

Five times in a row.

According to the task requirements, she had made five mistakes and had to be struck five times consecutively with the Ruler.

Moreover, the parts being struck, the force, and so on, were entirely in the hands of Ning Mu, who was acting as the teacher at this moment.

"Mm."

Wei Youqing's body suddenly trembled violently, feeling the punishment arriving upon the curved arc raised behind her, but very quickly.

Wei Youqing noticed something was wrong.

Shouldn't she be punished with the Ruler!

But why.

Was the Ruler in front of her eyes?

Wei Youqing raised her head slightly and saw the Ruler, which should have been in Ning Mu's hand, lying discarded on the dusty ground at some unknown time.

Then...

What was Ning Lang using to strike her?

Wei Youqing could not help but feel a shock in her heart.

And before her inner confusion could fully form, soon, accompanied by those clusters of rising heat, she finally realized something.

Swish.

Her face instantly flushed, as if engorged with blood.

In her pair of shy and timid eyes, layers of spring water welled up, accompanied by the burning flames, gathering into a boiling blur.

"Mm~"

Wei Youqing hurriedly supported herself on the ground with her hands and let out a soft moan.

Then, with her eyes half-closed, she gladly welcomed the punishment.

She kept admonishing herself in her heart.

She had made a mistake, even failing to recite the most basic "Admonitions for Women" correctly; it was only right to face punishment! As long as... as long as he did not continue to press forward.

Did not break through that final layer of resistance.

Whipping her like this would not only help her remember the lesson so she would definitely not recite incorrectly in the next six days.

It would also allow Ning Lang to receive the satisfaction he deserved from her.

Wasn't this just as the sage Ban Jie said in the "Admonitions for Women": 'Maintain a proper demeanor and conduct to serve one's husband'!

She was merely acting according to the "Admonitions for Women" written by the female sage Ban Jie for future generations of women, to please her beloved; even if her Master and the scholars knew, they would be very pleased, right!...

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for completing Task Two: Ingenious Painting. The Host is rewarded with 1000 cultivation points, 100 Heroic Couple Points, an additional one hundred erotic books, and has additionally acquired Painting Mastery!】

The notification for the completion of Task Two rang in his mind. Seeing the scroll that Ning Mu had already put away and placed on the stone platform of the teleportation array, Wei Youqing, with her small face flushed and her eyes blurred, felt a slight sense of relief in her heart.

But Ning Lang behind her was not yet finished.

She had no choice but to bite her teeth and try her best to restrain herself from making strange sounds.

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. Sub-system No. 3 owner Wei Youqing has completed Task Two. Feedback to the Host for the task reward: 150 cultivation points and 4% of Wei Youqing's Loyalty Value!】

【Notification: Sub-system No. 3 owner Wei Youqing's current Loyalty Value is 65%!】

As the system notification rang out.

Ning Mu no longer suppressed himself.

"Hoo~ Ning Lang..."

Feeling the love, Wei Youqing could no longer hold on.

Her elbows went soft immediately.

Then she lay on the ground, her small face flushed and rosy, breathing with blurred eyes.

She even called out the name of the lover in her heart.

Ning Mu did not speak, just sat on the ground, holding her beautiful body.

The two of them leaned against the teleportation array like this, watching the white clouds drifting past the hole in the sky.

A sense of absurdity arose in Ning Mu's heart.

He felt just like the protagonist in those martial arts novels who falls into a cave, gains the favor of the beauty hidden in the cave, finds mutual affection, and achieves great mastery of divine arts.

If he didn't have to consider anything and just lived in this cave like this.

Accompanied by warmth and fragrance all day long.

It would be quite pleasant.

But outside the cave, there was even more beautiful soft jade waiting for him.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Ning Mu lowered his head and looked at Wei Youqing in his arms, who had her eyes slightly closed, her breathing gradually becoming even, but with a rosy glow still remaining on her face, looking bewitching.

"Let's go, it's time to go out. Can you still get up?" Ning Mu asked.

Wei Youqing opened her eyes, which were filled with deep shyness.

Lowering her head, she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's: "Mm~ my legs are a bit numb~"

He looked down.

He saw that at this moment, on Wei Youqing's plump and slender legs, two patches of dark bruises were clustered together at her knees.

This could not help but make Ning Mu's eyes brighten slightly.

A man's vanity always likes to see the redness on his woman's knees, the whiteness on the tip of her tongue, and the tenderness in her eyes...

She was, after all, a Grandmaster.

Wei Youqing released a little of her Cultivation Points, and her numb legs recovered.

But seeing that Ning Mu liked it, she felt happy in her heart, so she did not clear away the bruises on her knees, but let them remain there.

I don't understand, I don't understand.

Why does Ning-lang like having injuries on my knees? "Don't wipe them away."

Wei Youqing tidied herself up and was about to reach out to wipe away the long-dried love on her back.

But her small hand was caught by Ning Mu.

Hearing these words, she could not help but lower her head with a slightly flushed face, rolling her eyes in feigned resentment.

This guy.

He always likes to find ways to torment people.

Yet for some reason.

She actually likes this kind of torment.

It is truly shameful!

Wei Youqing obediently put on her clothes.

She hid Ning Mu's love beneath her clothes, and also deep within her heart.

……

The trees that needed to be cleared on the platform had mostly been cut down through the concerted efforts of the women with deep Cultivation Points.

A large amount of timber was piled together.

It was enough to build several small wooden houses, as well as pavilions and corridors on this platform.

Wei Youqing did not go down the mountain either.

Instead, she joined the busyness on the platform along with Ning Mu and the others; hearing Ning Mu say that in the near future, a hot spring pool, as well as wooden houses, pavilions, and water-side gazebos for resting would be built here, her eyes could not help but brighten.

Is Ning-lang planning to build a cozy nest that belongs solely to him~ Will I also be lucky enough to become a part of it?

Wei Youqing could not help but let her imagination run wild.

And looking at Wei Youqing's shy and moving appearance, Liu Qingmei, Tong Yuyue, and the other women all had strange glints in their eyes.

This made Wei Youqing extremely uncomfortable.

She wanted to flee in shyness.

But thinking that she would have to join sooner or later, she simply stayed, letting them look at her strangely and make some off-color jokes.

Ning Mu spent the whole afternoon working with the group of women.

Until evening.

The setting sun slanted down.

Only then did everyone head down the mountain one after another.

At night.

In the dining room in the backyard.

A room had been cleared out between the backyard and the main hall to be used as a dining room.

As Ning Mu took the main seat.

Liu Qingmei, Tong Yuyue, Liuli Shitai, and the others all sat down.

"Husband, it has been investigated clearly; the people sent to us from Yonghang were all intercepted by Fenglei Stronghold!"

Liuli Shitai reported the results of her investigation from the day.

She even secretly went to Fenglei Stronghold and discovered a group of disaster victims and martial artists imprisoned in the cells of Fenglei Stronghold.

As for the previous batches, they were not found in the Mountain Stronghold, and it is unknown where they were sent by Fenglei Stronghold.

Liuli told Ning Mu everything she had found out without missing a word.

And the little fox Su Youyou, who was curled up at Ning Mu's feet, heard "Fenglei Stronghold," and those foxy eyes of hers immediately brightened.

She then listened with rapt attention.

It seemed she wanted to hear news about her aunt and sister from the conversation between her master and the Shitai sister.

"Fenglei Stronghold!"

Ning Mu raised an eyebrow, turned his gaze, looked at Zhu Yaluan who was sitting at the end with a sorrowful expression, and asked: "Stronghold Master Zhu, how is the strength of this Mountain Stronghold?"

A flash of timidity immediately crossed Zhu Yaluan's eyes, and she hurriedly stood up nervously to answer.

Clearly.

After the fierce wind and heavy rain, and the deep sleep that washed away the lingering wine of the past few days, she had been completely tamed!

However.

Before she could speak.

Suddenly.

A voice filled with surprise came from outside the door.

"Stronghold Master, Madam, this subordinate has an urgent matter to report!"

It was the voice of the guard team's An Xiaoxi.

"Come in!"

Liu Qingmei glanced at Ning Mu, and seeing Ning Mu nod, she immediately summoned An Xiaoxi inside.

Ning Mu reached out and patted under the table, signaling Ning Xiaoxiu, who was huddled together with the little fox, to be quiet for a moment and stop sucking so hard.

Not long after.

An Xiaoxi, looking hurried and with a hint of joy in her expression, stepped into the room.

She saw the ladies at the dining table and the Stronghold Master in the main seat sitting peacefully.

The delicacies on the table were emitting steaming heat.

An Xiaoxi did not linger, but looked directly at Ning Mu and Liu Qingmei, cupped her hands and said, "Reporting to the Stronghold Master and First Madam, Qigu of Cangjian Villa has arrived!"

Hm? Upon hearing this, both Ning Mu and Liu Qingmei were startled.

"Who did you say?" Ning Mu asked, stunned, while simultaneously glancing at Liu Qingmei.

A look of disbelief also hung on Liu Qingmei's face.

"Qigu, Ye Qingxian!"

(End of this chapter)