After the elders got the photo-taking balls, they made this space invisible to avoid interference from outside. Therefore, only a few people present saw Shen Qingmang kneeling, and everyone could not hide the surprise on their faces.
Shen Qingmang's face remained calm. "If the elders must punish him, please impose the same punishment on Qiongju and allow me to share the same crime with him."
"You've just recovered from a serious illness, why are you so upset?" Yun Xuzhou turned half a circle on the spot and said to Elder Wu Jiu, "I'm not speaking as the head of the sect, but as a teacher. Junior Brother An, there are very few cultivators who have lived a life without fault. Even you and I, when we were young, secretly learned forbidden techniques and almost burned down the Wentian Tower. Admitting one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue. Punishment should be imposed, but firstly, the forbidden techniques used by Gu Sui Han did not cause serious consequences, and secondly, he is still a child. We, as teachers, have also failed in our duties. I think we should not use severe punishment."
"In the past two hundred years of my Taichu era, no one has dared to use forbidden techniques. If we raise it high this time and put it down gently, tomorrow more cultivators will take risks and use forbidden techniques for their own selfish interests. Do you think such consequences are acceptable, Sect Leader?" Elder Wujiu said lightly.
"Qiongju is willing to be punished." Shen Qingmang said.
"Performing forbidden techniques on a fellow disciple is punishable by lightning," Elder Wujiu said. "Since Master Qiongju wishes to share the same crime with his disciple, we will enter the Thunder Chamber together."
"Thank you, Elder Wujiu, for your help."
The so-called "thunderbolt" is a fatal lightning strike. Although this "death" is for mortals, cultivators who suffer this punishment will also suffer serious injuries. Shen Qingmang does not like self-torture, but she cannot bear to see Gu Suihan endure this pain alone just because he obeyed her request.
His body was weak to begin with, and he had taken on the responsibility of being her teacher for twenty years. He also made it all the way to the end in the sect competition. The hardships he endured were innumerable, and the guilt in her heart was beyond words.
After everyone finished their discussion and removed the invisible barrier, the leader announced the results. The stands erupted in an uproar. Hao Xin, having achieved his wish and taken first place, held the tripod high in his hands, smiling brightly. Gu Suihan, using his sword as a crutch, staggered off the stage and was caught by Shen Qingmang, who had rushed over.
"Master, I'm sorry. It's because I'm not strong enough that I have to resort to this extraordinary method. I must have disappointed you, Master." Gu Sui Han said with a wry smile.
Shen Qingmang looked at his thin face and reached out to hug him. "I should be the one to apologize, Sui Han. You've suffered so much over the years."
Gu Sui Han froze in place, so awkward that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. The sword in his hand hummed and almost fell to the ground again.
Fortunately, Shen Qingmang only hugged her lightly before letting her go. "Go home first."
However, before she could pull him away, a deputy elder from the Discipline Hall appeared before them. "Elder Wujiu said the punishment must be carried out immediately."
"He just finished the competition and is still so weak!" Shen Qingmang asked anxiously, "Can't you give him a day or two?"
"No, this is the rule."
"Master, don't worry. I'll be fine." Gu Suihan smiled at her. "I've just taken the medicine and have recovered a lot."
"Then why don't you take 'Qionglin' back and walk again! Take a few steps without being sick." Shen Qingmang glared at him. "Forget it, let's go."
She and Gu Suihan came to the Thunder Room together. The elder cast a spell to open the door. Gu Suihan turned around and said to Shen Qingmang, "Master, go back and rest. I will be back soon."
Shen Qingmang grabbed his wrist and pulled him through the door. "Master, I'm afraid you won't come back. Follow me."
"Master? Master, please get out!" Gu Sui Han tried to break free from her, but he was seriously injured and his strength was completely inferior to Shen Qingmang, who had rested for twenty years.
The Thunder Room was not a room, but a space covered with formations. As soon as the two entered, the door behind them disappeared. A bolt of thunder fell at Shen Qingmang's feet, like a show of force. The earth trembled and the sky was covered with dark clouds.
Gu Suihan looked for a door everywhere.
"How could it close? This is the punishment that a disciple deserves. Master clearly entered by mistake, how could it..."
"This isn't your fault alone." Shen Qingmang looked at him gently. "I put too much pressure on you, Sui Han. If it weren't for my order, you wouldn't have made this mistake."
Gu Suihan showed a panicked expression. "No, it's not your fault. I'm the disciple's fault. I'm the one with bad intentions, deliberately harming my junior brother. I hate him for killing our master in his past life. It had nothing to do with our master's orders. It was me..."
Before he could finish his words, Shen Qingmang tapped his forehead lightly and he fell down softly.
"I'm sorry, Sui Han, I used the dream-weaving technique on you. Have a good dream, everything will be over when you wake up." Shen Qingmang laid his body flat, bit his fingertips, and drew a talisman in the air.
"If I am guilty, I cannot blame the others; if the others are guilty, the blame lies with me."
This is the highest level of damage-bearing spells, called "personal injury", which completely transfers the damage suffered by another person to oneself.
Thunderbolts from the sky struck down one after another. At first, Shen Qingmang could still stand in place, but later his waist became more and more bent. Finally, he could not bear it anymore and knelt on the ground. Big beads of cold sweat moistened the barren land where no grass grew.
To distract herself, she began talking to herself.
"It's okay. This isn't as painful as the fireworks Li Shutong set off."
"Shh…should I sprinkle some cumin on myself? Or maybe wrap myself in lettuce?"
"You can't swear, I'm a teacher, teacher... Fuck, it hurts!"
"Gu Suihan, this kid, why is he so stubborn? If he can't do it, he should just give up strategically. Hiss...why doesn't he think about the fact that Hao Xin's last competition wasn't against him at all. The fact that he can stand on the stage has already changed the past."
"If I criticize him directly, he probably won't take it to heart. But this kid seems to be quite afraid of others being implicated by him."
"Well, this isn't really an implicature. It was my fault for not considering it carefully."
"Why the hell isn't it over yet? A mortal would be charred on the outside by a single bolt of lightning, but this one's endless. Could it be a 'thunderbolt' targeting cultivators? That would be too unfair to me. But I shouldn't be the first teacher to be killed by a student, right? Did the ancient extermination of nine clans also involve teachers?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening thunder sounded, and another bolt of lightning fell. Shen Qingmang fell to the ground, unable to speak in pain, and felt as if all his internal organs had shifted.
However, she waited for a long time, but there was no next thunder, and then she realized that the last one was the last one.
She gritted her teeth and staggered to her feet. She sat for a while, waiting for the numbness in her hands and feet to pass. She walked to Gu Suihan and wanted to pick him up, but she had no strength in her hands and fell directly on him.
She gave a wry smile, paused for a moment, looked at the gate that had reappeared not far away, and whispered "Excuse me".
When the elder of the Discipline Hall saw Shen Qingmang dragging her apprentice out, he was so surprised that his jaw almost dislocated.
Didn't they say that Master Qiongju took the initiative to accept punishment for her disciple? Why does this scene look like she's deliberately punishing her disciple?
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