Ji Xiu crossed his arms, with murderous intent hidden in his eyes, "Come on, this is my last chance, I'll ask you again, you can't leave!"
No one spoke. Those disciples who came back from the Fallen Immortal Realm knew that this reckoning was not for them, but they also gave those white-eyed wolves a chance to mix in their voices, expressing their consciences that they knew how to rot into.
"Okay, very good." A sly smile appeared on Hong Jie's lips, "You're not leaving, right? It's very good. Then let's come one by one!"
Hong Jie stood on the steps and took two steps. His eyes wandered over the kneeling disciples below. Some of them shivered under his gaze, fearing that Hong Jie would be the first to attack him.
But unexpectedly, Hong Jie suddenly shouted, "Shao Jun!"
Shao Jun was not surprised, and his expression did not change. He quickly walked to the steps and knelt in front of all the disciples, "Shao Jun knows he was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Shao Jun made every word clear, "The mistake was that I didn't understand the difficulties of the sect and the calamity of Kunxu, and I only judged the results based on selfishness. In fact, I was selfish, self-willed, insensitive, incompetent. As the elder of Qingxiao Sect, the first When one returned, Ben Yin properly guided his disciples and calmed their emotions, but he was deeply involved in his emotions. He was even more distracted by other sects and Bi Lingyan's words. Complaints in his heart were more important than responsibility! Later, when the first one returned, he was still I have some resentment towards the leader, question the leader, and blame the leader. Shirking responsibility, not knowing the overall situation, not knowing the long term, only knowing small profits and short-sightedness!"
He kowtowed violently and hit his forehead heavily on the white jade floor tiles. He kowtowed three times and there was a blood stain on his forehead.
Shao Jun said that he claimed to have all the cultivation skills he had, and solemnly said, "Shao Jun is willing to be punished. Please punish me, the sect master."
Zhao Ning glanced at him, and she knew that this man was actually the only one of the remaining Jindan masters who seemed to be sane. He just had emotions that had been suppressed for decades. He could be so calm and take responsibility for himself as a master. , it is not surprising that he repented at the moment when he became famous.
She landed in front of the Qingxiao Hall. Hong Jie, Ji Xiu and others were extremely excited when they saw her, and a few of the disciples seemed to want to kneel down to ask.
Ji Xiu ran to Zhao Ning and said, "Zhao Ning, are you okay, senior brother?"
Hong Jie asked nervously, "Sir, is he...how is he?"
Zhao Ning looked at them, then at the disciples who looked at her awkwardly and fearfully, turned her eyes away, and slowly shook her head.
"Senior brother!!!" Ji Xiu's heart seemed to collapse on the spot, and he knelt down directly, "Senior brother, it's Ji Xiu who is useless."
Ji Xiu cried loudly, "If I had not only focused on conquering human demons back then, but sent a team of disciples back, I would not be where I am today."
Hong Jie and others knelt down.
Hong Jie closed his eyes tightly, as if he wanted to squeeze back the tears, but he couldn't hold them back in the end, and the tears still rolled down.
Ai Bai walked to the entrance of the main hall on his knees, and repeated that Qin Keyuan still wanted to sit cross-legged in the main hall as he did a few days ago. He cried, "First seat, we are useless. We have been trapped in the Fallen Immortal Realm for decades and have no way to come back. How can we come back?" We have to rely on you and Fairy Zhao Ning to save us! If we could find a way out earlier, how could this sect disciple be so alienated!"
Many of the disciples who came out of Fallen Immortal Realm cried, out of regret and self-blame.
At this moment, Shao Jun suddenly woke up as if he was seriously injured, his face was completely pale, "How could it be, how could it be..."
He said, "Sect Master, several elders, this is none of your business. We are the bastards who stayed behind in the Qingxiao Sect. It is our fault that we have pushed the leader to this level."
He kowtowed heavily again. Some of the Qingxiao Sect disciples who stayed behind had already followed Hong Jie and others in crying, and some waited until Shao Jun kowtowed before following him. There were also a few disciples with Zhangtou Mouse Eyes, looking around. He glanced at it and followed after a moment's delay.
Zhao Ning's eyes passed over these disciples.
But I heard Shao Jun say again, "I, Shao Jun, am willing to die to apologize!"
As soon as he said this, some of the left-behind disciples who kowtowed to Shao Jun were stunned, and Zhao Ning snorted coldly in his heart.
She bent down to help Ji Xiu, who seemed to be crying and collapsed on the ground. Zhao Ning went to help him for the first time, but she didn't help him up until Zhao Ning silently shined a clear light in his ear.
Ji Xiu paused and raised his eyes blankly to look at Zhao Ning, whose expression remained unchanged.
He suddenly realized something, his eyes widened, and he swallowed the cry that reached his mouth.
Ji Xiu opened his mouth to ask something, but when he turned to look at the many disciples below, he saw that Shao Jun had already taken out a dagger. He was now claiming to be a cultivator. Once this spiritual weapon penetrated his body, it would kill him. .
Seeing how determined he really was, Ji Xiu interrupted Shao Jun with a wave of his sleeves, stood up, and said coldly, "You don't need to die, so as not to stain the hall that my senior brother rebuilt brick by brick."
Shao Jun leaned down very low, closed his eyes, and finally couldn't hold back his tears. These were tears of true regret.
Taking advantage of this moment, Ji Xiu kicked Hong Jie who was kneeling next to him with his toes. Hong Jie paused, and Zhao Ning reminded Ji Xiu of the look on his face. For a moment, the sadness on his face was almost distorted by the sudden joy. .
Hong Jie reacted faster than Ji Xiu. He stood up, with the sad and fierce expression on his face again, and then helped Ai Bai up.
Hong Jie looked at Shao Jun with cold eyes and said, "I don't need your confession, I will punish you today in the name of Qingxiao Sect."
"Amber!"
Ai Bai instantly walked to the foot of Yunhe's steps and said, "Sect Master!"
"With ninety lashes, I'll throw away the state of my mind and save myself from the pain of betrayal and separation from the reincarnation in seven generations!"
"yes!"
Ai Bai responded, and a long whip that was more than a foot long and as wide as a child's arm appeared in his hand. He said, "Elder Shao, please."
Shao Jun already regretted it and took off his cassock without any hesitation.
There was only a crisp "snap", and the first whip was the skin and flesh split open.
This whip is the sacred whip of the Qingxiao Sect's inner sect spiritual treasure. It is offered in the punishment hall of the Qingxiao sect's inner sect. It will only be brought out when someone rebels against the sect. The strength of this spiritual treasure is such that even Jindan Zhenren can't resist it.
Shao Jun endured a cry of pain and breathed firmly, "Shao Jun is guilty!"
The second whip was struck without mercy. Shao Jun was shaken, but he still said, "Shao Jun was at fault!"
This was followed by dozens of lashes, and with each lash, he would shout that he was guilty or wrong.
Until the last of the ninety lashes was left, a pool of blood had gathered under Shao Jun's body, and several bones on his body seemed to be broken. These were only physical injuries and would not hurt the soul, but the heartbreaking pain was beyond what the ordinary will can endure.
The group of remaining disciples at the rear, seeing such a shocking punishment, some crouched lower and some shivered, but there were still a few of them. They glanced left and right without leaving a trace, and then slowly moved back.
But their little movements were clearly visible to the eyes above the step stones.
Zhao Ning, Hong Jie and others did not move for the time being, and just watched quietly as Shao Jun received the last blow of the whip.
With this whip, Shao Jun spurted out a mouthful of blood, threw himself forward, paused for a moment, and said the last sentence with gritted teeth, "Shao Jun has committed both sins and mistakes, and I thank the sect for punishing him."
The three people on the steps and Ai Bai, who was in charge of the punishment, were all indifferent.
Hong Jie signaled, "Send him to a state of mind."
Ji Xiu raised his hand, unfolded the folding fan in his hand, and once again, Shao Jun disappeared from the spot.
Ai Bai stood there without moving. Hong Jie's eyes swept around and finally landed on Luo Mi. "Master Luo, it's your turn."
Everyone's eyes fell on him, and Luo Mi hesitated. He looked around, then looked at the Qingxiao Hall, and glanced at it from a distance, seeming to see the shadow of the disappeared ancestor behind the Qingxiao Hall.
After a moment, as if he had convinced himself, he stood in front of the pool of blood and frowned slightly. He raised his eyes and looked at Ai Bai, as if he was asking why the pool of blood was not cleaned up. Could it be that he wanted me to kneel on top of the pool of blood?
But what answered him was Aibo's cold eyes.
"Why, Master Luo, do you still dislike it?" The three people on the steps also noticed his little movements, and Ji Xiu sneered.
"No, just do whatever you want..." Luo Mi seemed to want to just endure it.
But Ji Xiu's cynicism did not stop at all, "Not only will this blood be left today, but in the future, we will also use this blood to dye the Yunhe stepstones red, so that the Qingxiao Sect will always remember the grief of the restoration ceremony, and remember the five of you." Ten years of absurdity and selfishness!”
Luo Mi paused, tightened his hands in his robe sleeves, and stopped talking.
Zhao Ning looked at him, Luo Mi seemed to be holding back by acting like this.
Hong Jie looked coldly and asked directly, "Luo Mi, do you know you were wrong?"
Luo Mi cupped his hands and bowed slightly, "I know I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"The mistake was not protecting the Qingxiao Sect's orthodoxy, and allowing the Qingxiao Sect's disciples to become disloyal and inactive."
He only said two sentences, and Ji Xiu scolded, "Luo Mi, it must be more than these two sentences."
Luo Mi raised his eyes and glanced at Ji Xiu, then lowered his eyes, and then added, "The mistake is that I shouldn't question Qin Keyuan as a devil."
"Did you yell the leader's name in such a disrespectful manner?" Ai Bai scolded, raising his hand to hit the divine whip, but he didn't want to be caught by Luo Mi before the whip fell.
"Ai Bai, you are so bold!" Based on his previous status, Ai Bai was just an inner disciple, and Luo Mi was the third elder of the Qingxiao Sect. He frowned and glanced at a few people, "That's enough for you. You already know your mistake, but you still want to humiliate and force me like this, I am not that Shao Jun guy."
"Oh, really?" Zhao Ning answered, standing on the Yunhe steps and looking down from above, "Then let me tell Elder Luo, where did you go wrong?"
"As an elder of the Qingxiao Sect, you did not notice when the disciples of the Qingxiao Sect were impetuous. When you returned from abroad, you did not comfort the remaining disciples of the Qingxiao Sect and instead took the lead in shouting 'devil'. The disciples of the Qingxiao Sect have since When I asked you to drive away the sect, you looked on coldly and did nothing, which led to the decline of the Qingxiao sect's orthodoxy..."
When it came to the word "Tao Tong", Luo Mi seemed to have deeper emotions and seemed to want to refute, but under the pressure of the Great Perfection of Zhao Ning Jin Dan, he suppressed it.
Zhao Ning's voice could only be heard floating around the square, "...you have different intentions and have wanted to betray the sect many times and defect to the Yuhua Sect. Everyone knows your intention to rebel against the sect; you don't follow your own rules and have moral integrity in your heart. But you don't accept the Taoism, you only follow your own inheritance, not the sect's inheritance; you don't correct the disciples' evil thoughts, but go with them, aggravating the negative grievances of the sect disciples; when you return from the first seat, you don't blame yourself, but criticize yourself many times. First of all, this is disrespectful and unjust; you are the protector of the Qingxiao Sect's orthodoxy, and you did not accept the orthodoxy when you reestablished the sect, but you were influenced by the phrase and broke away from the formation on your own, almost destroying the shadow of the ancestor."
"Luo Mi, you have never admitted your mistakes, never introspected, never thought about it!"
The words struck his heart like a bell, but Luo Mi frowned and realized that he seemed to be finally able to speak.
He suddenly scolded, "You are forcing guilt on me. As long as I focus on the inheritance of Qingxiao Sect, the rest will be nothing more than trivial flaws."
Zhao Ning was not surprised at all that this man retorted to her like this. This Luo Mi... She turned her eyes away and disdained to look at him. What was he thinking about Taoism? What remains is the status, reputation, strength and prestige given to him by the Taoist tradition.
"Luo Mi, you are simply stubborn!" Ji Xiu yelled.
Hong Jie even said angrily, "You don't think about your own mistakes so much, and you are still making sophistry! How is your behavior different from betraying the sect?! Your heart is no longer the heart of respecting the sect that was under the Tiandao Divine Monument back then! I The Qingxiao Sect cannot accommodate a Jindan Daoist like you!"
Luo Mi narrowed his eyes, "Why, Hong Jie, you just took office and you want to use me to make you your sect leader?!"
"You!" Hong Jie was furious.
At this moment, Zhao Ning suddenly made a move, and saw the Dragon Roar Whip flashing behind her. She heard a dragon roar, and the Dragon Roar Whip transformed into eight ancient giant dragons.
Luo Mi was startled and was about to use his magic to resist, but he didn't expect the majestic momentum carried by the shadows of the eight ancient dragons.
He was startled, "High-quality golden elixir!"
The next moment, he gave up resistance and took off to escape.
But he didn't expect that the shadows of the eight ancient dragons were so fast that they were scattered in an instant, and he was dragged down from mid-air.
He was tied up by eight ancient dragons and fell to the ground. Waves of divine light appeared on his body to resist. He rolled his body and tried to break free in this way, but it was useless.
The disciples kneeling behind them all moved back two or three feet in tacit agreement.
Zhao Ning was indifferent and just said, "Ai Bo, fight."
Aibo responded, raised the whip, and struck him one after another. At first, the whip collided with the divine light and splashed layers of spiritual light, but it did not hurt him at all. He could only roll back and forth and curse.
Zhao Ning and others looked on coldly, and the disciples behind them even lowered their heads and covered their ears as if they didn't hear anything.
As the divine whip was struck one after another, the divine light on Luo Mi's body finally shattered, and the next whips hit him one after another. Aibo did not hold back at all, each whip would hit Luo Mi. The skin and flesh were broken together with the bones.
Luo Mi's curses turned into screams of pain.
Until the 300th lash was struck, Luo Mi's consciousness seemed to be in a trance, and the white jade square was filled with blood.
His mouth moved, as if he was still scolding.
Ji Xiu raised his hand and pulled out Luo Mi's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, touch and five senses, and then crushed Hou Shengsheng into pieces in his hands.
