Chapter 119: Charges (600+ new) “I… I plead guilty…
"Master..." Xu Pingsheng turned around suddenly and shook his head pleadingly.
Wu Hanfeng's gaze passed by him and fell elsewhere.
Elder Guo's arrogance grew even more flamboyant, the corners of his lips twitching uncontrollably. He was about to speak words of punishment when Wu Hanfeng suddenly said, "We will investigate this matter thoroughly once we return to Cangqiong Mountain. As for Elder Guo..."
Wu Hanfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold light flashing across his face. "Let's take care of the things at hand first."
Not far away, Xie Wuyang was kneeling on the ground, his breath weak and thready. His long whip stirred up a sharp wind, and was about to fall again, but suddenly froze in the noise.
Xie Wuyang raised his head and squinted his eyes, seeing that the interrogating elder had half turned his head, not knowing who he was looking at.
Who are you looking at? Xie Wuyang thought vaguely. Now that his identity has been made public, who else would stand by him?
A slender white hand came into view, each hair as thin as a scallion, with the sleeves half-rolled up, revealing the fragile wrist bones.
Xie Wuyang was dazed for a moment, and the moment he raised his eyebrows, he met a pair of gentle eyes.
"Junior brother, do you want to test it?" Liu Yuqin opened her pink lips slightly and spoke softly.
The dull pain in his chest eroded Xie Wuyang's sanity, rendering him unable to think. He simply relied on his instinct and subconsciously asked, "Why...why are you helping me?"
Liu Yuqin had tears in her eyes and smiled and shook her head, "I'm not helping you, I'm helping me."
"Help...you?" Xie Wuyang breathed hard.
Even in this situation, he still remembered that his body belonged to someone else.
The name is someone else's, the brothers and sisters are someone else's, even the master... is someone else's.
Is the entanglement between Liu Yuqin and her original body really that deep?
Xie Wuyang was at a loss, but he couldn't remember anything.
"Do you remember? I told you before that before I went up Cangqiong Mountain, I had a younger brother." Liu Yuqin's eyes turned sad and nostalgic, as if she was looking through him at something else. "If he were alive, he would be the same age as you. When he was little, he had the same innocent heart as you, always kind-hearted, and wouldn't even trample on a flower or a plant."
Xie Wuyang's eyes trembled, and he laughed at himself, "I'm afraid Senior Sister isn't talking about me?"
He is the Demon Lord, with countless blood on his hands, and he doesn't even care about human lives. How could he care about mere flowers and plants?
Xie Wuyang knew that the people here who pleaded for him and gave him warmth were all because of the body he occupied. He was just a cuckoo in the magpie's nest.
But when he really heard Liu Yuqin's firm words, he couldn't help but feel shaken and greedy.
People who have been in high positions for too long will inevitably yearn for a handful of fire and a beam of light in the world.
Liu Yuqin shook her head, her voice choking with sobs. "Why would I think that? At least, I still believe in you now. And... and Immortal Yun, he will definitely save you."
Xie Wuyang's eyes flashed with light, and he looked up nervously, "Senior Sister, do you know where my master is now?"
"I don't know." Liu Yuqin lowered her eyes and looked at him distressedly, "But the disciples who went with me have already returned yesterday. The Immortal Master will definitely return to the mountain soon."
Xie Wuyang couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved. He lowered his head and nodded, "I understand. Thank you, Senior Sister."
It’s a pity that the situation is turbulent and I don’t know when I can see Yun Wanzhou again.
Perhaps sensing the disparity in his emotions, Liu Yuqin raised her bare hand and placed the Heart-Seeing Axis in Xie Wuyang's shackled hands, tightly clasping his fingertips. "Junior Brother, the situation is not favorable to you now. You have no evidence. Only the Heart-Seeing Axis can prove your innocence."
"I..." Xie Wuyang's fingertips curled slightly, his throat filled with hesitation and fear.
In his previous life, when he was still the Demon Lord, he could not stand the ways of the Immortal Sect and often made trouble for them. Later, in order to obtain the Nightmare Stone, he sneaked into the sky and accidentally discovered the Immortal Sect's artifact, the Heart-Seeing Axis. Without thinking, he burned the artifact that everyone coveted to ashes.
When we meet again later, it will be like being reborn.
Xie Wuyang's lips trembled. Thinking of the final result, he felt a chill on his spine and cold sweat oozed out.
To this day, he has been tracking the Nightmare Stone for several days, and he only knows that someone is behind it, but he doesn't know who it is or why.
This peek-a-boo axis...
Can you really tell what's in his mind? If you can tell something else...
His thoughts suddenly stopped, and Xie Wuyang didn't dare to think any further.
In front of his sight were Liu Yuqin's eyes filled with hope. Xie Wuyang was not his original self, and he didn't have many memories of this senior sister. He only remembered that this senior sister had a low level of cultivation, was extremely gentle in dealing with people, and took good care of him and Fu Zhitao.
Now he was the target of public criticism, and even Xu Pingsheng, who had spoken for him at the beginning, avoided him. The only one who dared to move forward so rashly was this nominal senior sister.
Xie Wuyang raised the corner of his lips and smiled at Liu Yuqin, "Since it is what Senior Sister wishes, then let's give it a try."
No matter how bad the result is, it won’t be as good as it is now, right?
Liu Yuqin nodded, patted his hand holding the scroll in a comforting manner, stood up and stepped aside.
"Since it's meaningless, let's try this mind-seeing axis." Jiang Shutong raised his hand and gestured to the interrogation elder.
The tortured elder said, "As ordered by the Sect Master."
Elder Guo opened and closed his lips, feeling unwilling but unable to express himself.
The crowd below the stage was crowded, and everyone wanted to get closer to see what the sky artifact could measure.
To prove fairness, the judge set up a Taoist magic circle in the center of the platform, raised his hand and waved it, using spiritual power to connect the mind-seeing axis with the magic circle.
A circular shadow fell on the magic circle, revealing what the Heart-Seeing Axis showed.
"To be fair, I must see into his heart, reveal his thoughts, and observe his intentions. Thank you for being safe. Do you have any suggestions?"
Xie Wuyang lowered his head, his tone weak and calm, "Disciple... no objection."
The judge put two fingers together and lightly tapped twice in the direction of the handcuffs. The handcuffs fell off with a sound. Xie Wuyang's body softened and he fell heavily to the ground.
For a moment, Xie Wuyang lost consciousness. Just before he fell into darkness, Yun Wanzhou's face appeared in front of him.
His nemesis was doomed to die in the flower path.
Having lived two lives, the hatred and love are deep, and in the moment when the heart is clear, they all turn into endless longing and love.
Xie Wuyang had to admit that he seemed to miss that person, his master.
When the Heart-Peeping Axis was unfolded, endless fear surged into his heart again. Xie Wuyang's fingertips trembled, and he held on and then slipped, repeating this several times, before finally giving up the idea of getting up.
He could only lie on the ground in a mess, looking up at the scroll that would determine his fate, letting the anxiety surge in his heart.
The judge's cold voice fell overhead, impartial and impartial, "What are your intentions in sneaking into the Immortal Sect as a demon?"
The blood in his body was rapidly draining away, as if an invisible hand was clutching his heart. Xie Wuyang breathed slowly and spoke with difficulty, "I, I didn't sneak in..."
The judge stared at him quietly, his eyes steady as if he was looking at an inanimate object.
Xie Wuyang took a breath, his eyes red and bloodshot from extreme fatigue, "Master brought me up the mountain... I didn't sneak in..."
He was even a little panicked and could only mutter "no infiltration".
The entire platform was silent except for Xie Wuyang.
Everyone held their breath and looked at the image projected by the peeping axis.
Looking at the axis, heavy snow is falling.
The young Xie Wuyang was curled up on one side, wearing tattered clothes and looking thin.
People came and went, many of them dressed in gorgeous clothes and carrying gold, silver, carriages and horses, but he never had a moment of peace.
Xie Wuyang seemed to be brought into long-forgotten memories by the Heart-Seeing Axis, returning to the time before he reached the summit of the human pole, tearing open those unknown scars, and bleeding again.
Fortunately, his original self was different from him. Xie Wuyang still had hope in his heart. Perhaps he could use these illusory images to see Yun Wanzhou a few more times.
Time passed like flowing water, and Yun Wanzhou's figure still did not appear. The picture on the heart-penetrating axis turned again and again, until the familiar demon palace appeared in it. Xie Wuyang realized it belatedly and was shocked, his eyes filled with astonishment.
This is not the original body's memory.
This is……
The coldness penetrated his bones, and Xie Wuyang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his whole body shivering. Before his thoughts began to flow, his body used all its strength to pounce forward.
Unexpected events occurred.
The image of the Heart-Seeing Axis dropped from the center of the platform suddenly closed. Without waiting for everyone to react, Xie Wuyang grabbed the Heart-Seeing Axis in his hand. Black mist appeared at his fingertips, and a ray of fire ignited and fell on the Heart-Seeing Axis.
"What is he doing?" exclaimed.
The judge came to his senses first and jumped forward to snatch the Heart-Seeing Axis, but Xie Wuyang rolled over and barely avoided it. He then released a ray of light to protect himself and increased the speed of the flames.
Digging out the demon bones had already stripped away most of Xie Wuyang's cultivation. Now that he was forcibly breaking through the restriction, he was already at the end of his strength.
The Heart-Seeing Axis turned into ashes and scattered in the wind, and Xie Wuyang's energy was also lost.
A powerful spiritual power suddenly fell on the protective magic circle, and with a cracking sound, Xie Wuyang's body shook and he was knocked to the ground. He fell several times and his ribs were broken.
Darkness and shadows intertwined in the sight, and a noisy sound of footsteps was heard.
Some people rushed forward and surrounded Xie Wuyang, and drew their sharp blades with a loud sound, pointing them at him.
The head elder who had just been sitting upright stood in front of him. He gritted his teeth in a familiar voice, his voice filled with anger, "Xie Wuyang, you really have other intentions!"
The blood that was blocking his throat could no longer be stopped and gushed out of his mouth. Xie Wuyang struggled to crawl forward and raised his hand to reach the remaining half of the scroll in front of him, but a black boot fell from the sky and stepped on four of his fingers.
The pain is piercing my heart.
Elder Guo said condescendingly, "At this point, you still want to destroy the Sky Divine Artifact. You deserve to be killed."
"I..." Xie Wuyang pulled his arm back, the pain spreading throughout his body. In the end, he could not argue his guilt. "I plead guilty..."
When she looked up, Xu Pingsheng was silent. Liu Yuqin turned her head away, her eyes red from crying. She couldn't bear to look at him anymore and turned away.
Everything returned to the beginning, and no one was around anymore.
The interrogation continued.
The interrogation elder calmly recounted Xie Wuyang's crimes, "Crime one, concealing your demon identity and sneaking into the Immortal Sect. Crime two, colluding with the demons to steal the Nightmare Stone. Crime three, destroying the artifact."
After reading the sins, the interrogation elder turned and asked, "What punishment do you think should be imposed, Sect Leader?"
Jiang Shutong remained silent, his expression ambiguous.
Whether according to Lianwu or the rules of Cangqiong Mountain, just one of these rules is enough to break one's bones and abolish his cultivation.
Now the three major charges are clear and the punishment should be death, regardless of life or death.
Jiang Shutong couldn't say it.
He had tried his best to save Xie Wuyang's life, but he was pushed forward by an invisible hand and ended up in a difficult situation.
"What do you think, Sect Leader Wu?" He turned to look at Wu Hanfeng.
Wu Hanfeng's face was terribly gloomy and he said nothing.
There was dead silence all around.
After a moment, a majestic and cold voice fell into the ears of everyone, "The demon is an alien species, and its crimes deserve to be killed. But Wu believes that this boy is still useful, so the death penalty can be spared."
"Everyone here knows that this boy is a disciple of the Immortal Master Yun from Cangqiong Mountain. Is Sect Leader Wu trying to show favoritism?" Elder Guo asked with narrowed eyes.
Wu Hanfeng said calmly, "I have a clear conscience. Whether I am partial or not is not up to Elder Guo alone."
Someone asked, "But this kid has committed a serious crime, are we just going to let it go like this?"
Wu Hanfeng said, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped."
The interrogating elder asked, "Then, in Sect Leader Wu's opinion, how should the crime be determined?"
Wu Hanfeng's expression was indifferent. "There are seventy-two Wax Mist punishments. Speaking of torture, have you heard of the Thirteen Frost Needles?"
"Thirteen Frost Needles? Are they the Frost Needles left behind by the Fuguang Divine Lord before he ascended to heaven?"
"I've heard of this torture device. I heard that the thirteen ice needles correspond to thirteen acupoints on the human body, gradually sealing the victim's tendons and meridians, causing them to lose all their cultivation and become disabled."
"If a cultivator loses all his cultivation, wouldn't that be worse than death?"
"Isn't it?" The person explaining sighed, "I thought Sect Leader Wu was going to protect his disciples, but now it seems... Sect Leader Wu is truly ruthless."
It is said that before the Lord Fuguang ascended to heaven, he regretted something and punished himself at the border between humans and demons using these Thirteen Frost Needles.
Later, after the God of Fuguang ascended to heaven, the Thirteen Frost Needles were left on earth and after many twists and turns, they were finally obtained by a leader of the Lianwu Sect.
These needles are cold, and there are thirteen of them, divided into thirteen injections. Once inserted into a person, they rapidly radiate chill, freezing the body's spiritual energy before shattering, like a thousand ants piercing the heart. This needle is used every fifteenth day of the full moon, for a total of thirteen injections, until the spiritual veins are completely shattered, the five senses are completely lost, and the pain is unbearable. It is an excellent weapon for punishment, but due to its cruelty, it is rarely used.
The first few monks who were subjected to this punishment all committed suicide shortly afterwards, and no one survived. It was truly tragic.
The people below the stage were talking among themselves, and even the head elders on the stage were all surprised. They looked at each other in silence for a long while, and then asked doubtfully, "Headmaster Wu, are you sure?"
Wu Hanfeng glanced up and asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
The man choked, feeling worried about Wu Hanfeng's ruthlessness. "That's not the case. A spy from the demon clan deserves this torture."
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