Gu Changqing remained silent, watching them with great interest, as if observing ants struggling before their death.
"Is there such a thing? Why haven't I heard about it? Have you heard about it?" The sect leader of the Hun Tian Sect asked the others.
Faced with the sect leader's question, none of them spoke up. They were all afraid. If they said yes, they would definitely displease the sect leader. If they said no, it would be even worse. They might even lose their lives. So they simply chose to remain silent.
"Are you all mute? I'm asking you a question. You won't answer? Believe me, I'll teach you a lesson!" The sect leader of the Hun Tian Sect was furious. Nobody was paying attention to him. Didn't he have any dignity?
At this moment, a man dressed in a bright red robe knelt directly in front of the sect leader, weeping bitterly and kowtowing to admit his mistakes.
The red-clad man weeping bitterly is one of the elders of the Hun Tian Sect.
"Sect Master, it's all my fault for failing to properly teach them. My disciples accidentally injured the people of the Qingyun Sect, which led them to attack the sect. I have brought misfortune upon the sect. I am willing to admit my mistake, and I will accept any punishment from the Sect Master without complaint." The red-robed elder had no choice but to take the initiative to admit his mistake in order to see if the Sect Master would be angry. The result might be better if he did so. If someone else were to say this, it would probably be very disadvantageous for him.
Bang bang bang!!!
Elder Shen, dressed in red, kowtowed violently, again and again, hoping that the sect leader would show mercy.
He kowtowed countless times before the sect leader's anger finally subsided somewhat. He couldn't help but yell, "Get out of here! Don't embarrass yourself here. I'll settle the score with you later!" The sect leader's face was icy as he scolded him irritably.
Upon hearing this, the red-robed elder's face lit up with joy and excitement. The sect leader was planning to let him off the hook for the time being. Without saying a word, he immediately stood up.
"Wait a minute, just because your sect leader isn't pursuing this doesn't mean I, Gu, won't either," Gu Changqing shouted, speaking in an extremely cold tone.
The red-robed elder had just stood up when he suddenly knelt down again, looking utterly hopeless. He cursed his disciples inwardly, thinking that if it weren't for them, he wouldn't have ended up in this state.
"You think kneeling is enough? No, that's not enough. Give gifts and kowtow to atone for your sins." Gu Changqing stared at him and ordered impatiently.
The elder in red dared not speak, so he had no choice but to do as he was told and continue kowtowing.
This scene baffled the sect leader. He wondered if this person was possessed by an evil spirit, why would he listen to an outsider?
"I'm telling you, what's wrong with you? I'm not even going to hold it against you, so why aren't you getting up? When did you become so easy to talk to? Do you just kneel down when someone tells you to?" The sect leader glared at him and said, clearly displeased.
"Sect Master, I'd better keep kneeling and kowtowing. Just leave me alone. Maybe if I kowtow a few more times, I can save my life," the red-robed elder said helplessly.
Ultimately, it was just bad luck on his part. The sect had dealt with similar incidents many times before without any problems, but this time it happened to him.
The sect leader was speechless for a moment. He felt that he was losing face and said to the people of Qingyun Sect, "Why are you making things difficult for the elders of my Huntian Sect? He didn't kill the person. Strictly speaking, it has little to do with him!"
"Did I make things difficult for him? I was just saying it casually, but he took it seriously and insisted on kneeling and kowtowing. I couldn't stop him. How can you blame me for that? Besides, I don't think this matter has nothing to do with him. After all, it was his disciple who caused this trouble. Who else should I blame but him? If the sect leader insists that it has nothing to do with him, then it's not unrelated to the sect leader. After all, you are the sect leader, and they are all your people." Gu Changqing smiled contemptuously and said seriously.
Gu Changqing's words were reasonable and well-founded, leaving no room for criticism.
Knowing he was in the wrong, the sect leader's tone softened, and he said calmly, "We are indeed in the wrong in this matter. I am not one to protect my own or to act indiscriminately. I will punish them severely and also compensate your Qingyun Sect with one hundred million top-grade spirit stones. Is that acceptable to you?"
"I've accepted the spirit stones, but it's not enough. At least one billion is needed. I'm still not satisfied with this result," Gu Changqing said with a faint smile.
"You're asking for too much, but I can barely agree to it. Is there anything else you're not satisfied with?" The sect master of the Hun Tian Sect asked with a puzzled look.
"Of course, it's a matter of paying with one's life for a murderer. My Qingyun Sect's disciples can't have died in vain, can they?" Gu Changqing sneered and said in a deep voice.
The sect leader thought for a moment and then asked the red-robed elder, "Who killed the people from the Qingyun Sect?"
"Reporting to the Sect Master, it was Xu Yitao. He accidentally severely injured a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, who later died from his injuries," the red-robed elder said calmly.
He realized he couldn't hide it any longer, so he had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Bring Xu Yitao up here," the sect leader shouted.
A moment later, the disciple named Xu Yitao was brought up.
"Sect Master, what instructions do you have for me?" Xu Yitao asked with a smile.
At this moment, he had no idea what had happened that had led to his summons.
"Don't you know what you've done? The people from the Qingyun Sect have come to our door, and you still have the nerve to ask?" the sect leader scolded angrily.
Xu Yitao's expression changed drastically, and he knelt on the ground, begging for mercy: "Disciple didn't mean it, Sect Master, please forgive me this time!"
"Spare you? I do have that thought, but the Qingyun Sect is unwilling, so there's nothing I can do," the Huntian Sect Master said helplessly.
At this moment, Gu Changqing spoke up, calmly saying, "You are the one who killed my Qingyun Sect disciple?"
"Yes, no... I didn't mean to," Xu Yitao stammered, lacking confidence and answering in a flustered manner.
He didn't know why, but he felt an invisible, intense sense of oppression, as if he couldn't breathe.
"Fine, you have the guts to admit it. Not bad. Since you've admitted it, I'll send you on your way now." Gu Changqing said with a cold smile and nonchalant tone.
"No, no, please let me explain!" Xu Yitao was shocked and incredulous. He never expected that he was here to die.
"Explain what? Explain how you bullied my Qingyun Sect disciple, how you beat him to death? There's nothing to explain. All I need to know is that it was you," Gu Changqing said expressionlessly, his tone unfriendly.
"Chief Gu, why waste words with him? Just finish him off with one punch, so that my Qingyun Sect disciples can know this in the afterlife," Liu Qianqian urged upon seeing this.
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