be punished
Li Ke snorted lightly and withdrew his spiritual power at the same time as Yuan Jing.
Yuan Jing sat in his seat and sipped his tea slowly, as if nothing had happened just now.
The disciples in the hall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them secretly looked at Li You with admiration in their eyes.
Li You's father is Li Ze, the Second Elder of Yin Chao and the current Clan Leader of Yin Chao. In a few years, the selection process for the next Clan Leader will begin, and Li You is likely to become the next Clan Leader. After all, many in Yin Chao already address Li You directly as Young Clan Leader.
Li Ke smiled faintly and said, "What brings You'er here this time?"
As an elder of the Hidden Tide Law Enforcement Hall, Li Ke possessed a straightforward personality and disliked cunning and deceitful individuals. However, Li You's father, while polite and amiable in public, was actually just that kind of person. Consequently, Li Ke and Li Ze could never reach a consensus within the clan.
Li Ke felt that Li Ze was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, lacking the righteous character of the Yinchao people. Li Ze, on the other hand, thought that Li Ke was too old-fashioned, inflexible, and stubborn.
Fortunately, Li You was not as cruel as his father, quite the opposite. This made Li Ke, although he was not very happy with Li Ze, favor Li You.
Li You glanced at the person kneeling on the ground with his back straight and said, "Of course, he is here for the matter between the Yinchao and Qingya tribes."
Then she looked at Yuan Jing and said calmly, "As far as I know, Li Ling wasn't the only one who set fire to the Qingya Spiritual Tree that day."
Yuan Jing put down his teacup and nodded, "Indeed, there is another one."
Li Ke asked, "Who is it?"
Li Ling replied, "She is the daughter of the leader of the Jinming clan in the Southern Territory."
Everyone understood. No wonder the spiritual tree in Qingya was on fire. It turned out to be someone from Jinming.
"In that case, I wonder where Miss Xing is now?"
Li Ling, also somewhat worried, listened intently. Xing Zhi'er was the only daughter of the Jinming clan leader and had always been a beloved and beloved child. For the sake of friendly relations between the Jinming and Qingya clans, no matter how angry Qingya was, they wouldn't do anything to Xing Zhi'er; at most, they would lock her up.
But...if Qingya doesn't care about feelings, that would be bad.
Before Yuan Jing could answer, a loud bird song rang out from outside the hall, followed by an enraged voice that Li Ling was extremely familiar with: "Li Ling! Get out here!"
It’s true that when you speak of Cao Cao, he appears.
Li Ling's back tensed, feeling a little guilty. After all, he had just cheated someone not long ago. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. From the sound of his full energy, he knew everything was fine.
After a while, two people came out of the hall, one wearing a fiery red robe and the other wearing a golden robe.
The one in red shirt is Xing Zhier, and the one in brocade clothes is Zhu Feng.
"Nanyu Jinming Xing Zhier, I greet all the elders."
"Western Region Zhufeng Li Mingzhe, sorry to bother you."
Seeing this scene, the people of Yinchao couldn't help but murmur, "It's really lively today. The only one missing from the Five Clans is Panqiu."
Li You glanced at Xing Zhier and said, "Miss Xing actually has time to come to my Yinchao."
Jinming practices fire magic, and his temperament is inevitably affected by his own skills, resulting in a generally short temper. Xing Zhier is the most outstanding among Jinming's generation, with a stubborn temper that can easily provoke anger.
A year ago, she heard from others that Yinchao Liyou was the number one of the five tribes in this generation. The young man was full of youthful vigor and went straight to Yinchao to challenge Liyou that day.
Her fire skills were unstable, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and the result was predictable, a miserable defeat.
Li You’s words just now directly aroused Xing Zhier’s memories of that disastrous defeat, and her little face suddenly puffed up with anger.
Xing Zhi'er was secretly unhappy in her heart, and then she thought about the purpose of her coming here, curled her lips and snorted, "Of course I'm here to have sex."
Li Mingzhe opened the folding fan in his hand with a "whoosh" sound, and smiled like a fox: "I came here to watch the fun."
When friends come from afar, we must not be impolite.
Two people were seated.
Xing Zhier originally wanted to take the person away directly, but when she saw that the second elder of Qingya, Yuan Jing, was also there, she immediately gave up the idea.
She might be unruly, but she wasn't clueless. If she let loose a scene without restraint, she'd be in big trouble. Her husband had just spent a fortune to redeem her from Qingya, and she'd already run away secretly. If she caused any more trouble, there was no telling how long she'd be grounded. Thinking of this, she suppressed her temper and sat down obediently.
Being interrupted by the two of them, Li Ling's business was delayed again.
Li Ke saw that Xing Zhier had come to Yinchao, and he thought that the leader of the Jinming tribe must have used something in exchange. Then there was probably room for maneuver in Li Ling's matter.
"Elder Yuan, Li Ling is, after all, a disciple of my Yinchao. It would be inappropriate to rashly hand him over to you. Let's put it this way: I will compensate Qingya for the same amount Jinming paid for the damage."
Li Mingzhe raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Ling with an incomprehensible look in his eyes.
Yuan Jing frowned, somewhat puzzled. Back then, when the Qingya disciples became close with the Hidden Tide Saintess, not only did this damage the Hidden Tide bloodline, but it also prevented the Hidden Tide ritual from being completed, causing a three-year drought in the Five Spirits Sacred Realm and significantly reducing the Hidden Tide's strength.
If it weren’t for the Supreme Elder Yinchao stepping in to end the drought, it would probably have lasted for more than three years.
Logically speaking, Yinchao should hate Li Ling to the extreme, so why is he defending him in every way today?
It's really strange.
Yuan Jing thought for a moment and said, "Is Elder Li really going to do this?"
"Of course." Li Ke's expression remained unchanged, but he felt a pang of pain in his heart.
Li Ke had no other choice. Just now, Li You had secretly told him that the Grand Elder had demanded that Li Ling be saved, no matter the cost. No matter how much he didn't understand the Grand Elder's order, he had no choice but to obey.
Yuan Jing stood up and brushed off the unnecessary dust on his body. "Since Elder Li has said so, I naturally have nothing to say. I just hope that Elder Li will not regret it in the future."
Before leaving, he glanced at Li Ling with an unclear expression.
Li Ke sat on the high seat, looking at Li Ling, his tone flat, "The matter is settled, but you are the one who caused this disaster, and you will inevitably be punished by the Law Enforcement Hall. Go down and receive a hundred lashes, and return the compensation that Yinchao paid to Qingya within one year."
Everyone around gasped. Within a year!
The injuries from a hundred lashes are not serious, and they will take at least three months to heal.
Furthermore, the Qingya Spirit Tree, nourished by the spirit of Qingya's immortals, is the very foundation of Qingya. The treasures that must be used as compensation to Qingya are not so easy to find. Otherwise, it would not be enough to convince the Qingya people to release the prisoners.
"Yes." Li Ling seemed not to hear the discussions of others, and went down to accept the punishment without changing his expression.
When passing by Xing Zhi'er, she grabbed his sleeve and stopped him: "You're leaving just like that? I haven't avenged my revenge yet!"
Li Ling had no intention of escaping. He looked at her seriously and said, "Wait until I have received my punishment, then I will let you deal with me as you wish."
Xing Zhier didn't know what to say for a moment and just stepped aside in a daze.
Li Mingzhe stared at the arm of Li Ling that was held by Xing Zhier. He paused in waving the fan, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and soon returned to normal, looking nonchalant.
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Xing Zhier and Li Mingzhe stayed in Yinchao for half a month. They should have gone back long ago, but Xing Zhier said she wanted to play in Yinchao, otherwise she would be locked up again if she went back, and she didn't know when she could get out.
But after playing for a few days, Xing Zhier became absent-minded.
Li Mingzhe did not expose her little thoughts and accompanied her silently.
In fact, Xing Yan, the leader of the Jinming clan, had already sent a message to Li Mingzhe, telling him that if Xing Zhier didn't return, he would come to Yinchao to arrest her himself. However, Li Mingzhe secretly stopped him from doing so.
It was more than half a month later when Xing Zhier saw Li Ling again.
Li Ling was wearing Yinchao's standard dark blue clothes and holding a food box in his hand. He stood outside Xing Zhier's room, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He raised his hand several times and then put it down again.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Xing Zhier patted Li Ling on the shoulder, scaring Li Ling so much that he trembled and almost dropped the food box in his hand.
Perhaps the movement was too big and pulled the wound, and Li Ling's face turned pale.
Xing Zhier was frightened: "Are you okay..."
Li Ling took a breath and said, "It's okay."
He slowed down and said, "This is a snack made by my sister. She asked me to bring it to you to try."
Li Ling still had a bit of embarrassment on his face, probably because he didn't expect Xing Zhier to stand behind him.
As soon as Xing Zhi'er took it, Li Ling turned around and was about to leave. Xing Zhi'er couldn't let him go, so she immediately stood in front of him and said, "If you don't want to make things worse, don't move."
Because of the injuries on his body, Li Ling couldn't do anything to her and just stood there like a piece of wood.
"How can you give gifts like this? You have no sincerity at all." Xing Zhier complained, and when she touched his pale face, she felt very uncomfortable.
"Hands out."
Li Ling didn't know what she was going to do next, so he didn't move.
Xing Zhier was about to hit him, but Li Ling wisely extended his hand before she could do anything.
Xing Zhier smiled proudly, took out a few porcelain bottles from the space bag and placed them in Li Ling's hand.
She knew Li Ling wouldn't accept it, so she said, "I don't know when your injury will heal, and I don't have the patience to wait for it to heal. What if you refuse to pay after a long time? You still owe me a favor."
Li Ling grabbed the medicine in his hand, and his tone was surprisingly not so cold. "Thank you very much. I will definitely pay you back in the future." He added: "I will never default on my debt, no matter how long it takes."
"That's more like it."
Seeing that she was satisfied, Li Ling couldn't help but smile too.
He found that this person spoke with arrogance and a fierce tone, but seeing through her, he knew that as long as he played along with her, she was very easy to coax and deceive.
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