Chapter 24 Immortal Lord 024%
Du'eyuan is the place where the Wanmen Xianzong punishes disciples who have made mistakes. It is filled with various punishment formations and is divided into four gates and four halls.
Di Shu and Qu Yaoyao went through the west gate of the Du'e Courtyard. Most of the disciples punished in this hall were evil-minded or had fallen into the devil's ways. It was the coldest and darkest place among the four gates, and few people went in and out on weekdays.
As soon as the door opened, the first thing Qu Yaoyao saw was a strong light heading straight for the clear moon.
On the majestic jade-white high-level terrace, there are five stone pillars, four of which occupy the four directions of east, south, west and north, and are carved with lifelike dragons. A thick black chain hangs from the mouth of each dragon, and the chain winds all the way into the ground, leading to an unknown place.
Where is Xie Qingxun?
Because the light from the magic circle was too strong, Qu Yaoyao could not see the central stone pillar while standing at the door of the hall, nor could she find Xie Qingxun.
Bang.
While he was in doubt, the heavy palace door closed behind him and Di Shu was guarding outside the west palace.
Knowing there was no turning back, Qu Yaoyao could only grit her teeth and move forward. Due to the powerful killing intent of the magic array, the West Palace was desolate and withered, resembling an abandoned palace.
The West Hall was very large, and Qu Yaoyao slowed down her pace out of caution. It took her a while to reach the terrace.
She walked up the stairs step by step, and soon she saw the intricate glowing array totems on the terrace. The colors of those totems were as strange as blood red, and they were flowing and changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Qu Yaoyao felt something was odd, so she followed the totem to look towards the center of the formation. When she saw the situation in front of the central stone pillar, she was stunned.
"You..." Qu Yaoyao was speechless.
She saw Xie Qingxun, bound by chains in front of a stone pillar, his hands and feet trapped. His snow-white robe contrasted with the dark red totem on the ground. His dark hair hung down, his face downcast, as he stood quietly and motionless in the center of the formation, as if he had lost his soul.
As Qu Yaoyao spoke, Xie Qingxun's eyelashes trembled and he slowly raised his face.
His already fair complexion became even paler. He looked at the silly girl outside the formation with an expressionless face, his dark pupils gloomy in the rich night.
"How?" Xie Qingxun moved slightly, causing the chains on his body to rattle.
He heard Qu Yaoyao's conversation with Di Shu at the palace gate and asked calmly, "Are you satisfied with what you saw?"
Qu Yaoyao was speechless. Her eyes were attracted by the chains on both sides of Xie Qingxun's shoulder blades. If she was not mistaken, the two chains had directly penetrated his body. The blood dripped along the chains and slowly gathered in the totem on the ground.
It turns out that the circulation of those totems was due to absorbing Xie Qingxun's blood!
Qu Yaoyao had never seen this kind of punishment before. Having been frightened once during the day, her legs went weak again.
Trying to remain calm, she regained her voice, looking away from the withered grass beneath the steps. "It's pretty much what I imagined. Just barely satisfactory."
"Mian, Qiang." Xie Qingxun repeated these two words in a low voice, and said in a cold voice: "You really hate me."
Qu Yaoyao felt uncomfortable and whispered back, "You deserve it."
He was the one who killed people first, and then slandered and found someone to take the blame. She couldn't say she hated him, but Qu Yaoyao felt that a bad person like him must be punished. If every cultivator was as cruel as him, the entire upper realm would be destroyed.
Xie Qingxun was not angry after hearing this, or perhaps he concealed his emotions very well, so even if he was angry, Qu Yaoyao didn't see it.
He moved his neck, probably feeling a little tired from standing for too long, and raised his hand to pull out the chain that pierced his shoulder blade.
Crash——
Under Qu Yaoyao's shocked gaze, he dragged the chains and sat down cross-legged, leaving a glaring bloodstain. His originally clean white robe was quickly stained with blood due to his violent movements, and the bloodstains on both sides of his shoulder blades were extremely glaring, causing Qu Yaoyao's shoulders to ache.
Unable to help but touch her own shoulder, Qu Yaoyao simply squatted down outside the formation.
"What do you want me to do?" She was not tall, and when she squatted down, she looked very well-behaved, but what she said was not pleasing.
She couldn't see Xie Qingxun's intention and asked in confusion, "You didn't come here just to show me how miserable you are, did you?"
Xie Qingxun didn't expect Qu Yaoyao to squat down. His cold and clear eyes raised with a haughty smile, and he asked with a light curl of his lips: "Is it not possible?"
"You made such a fuss during the day, didn't you just want to make life easier for me?"
In addition to the seven-day magic subduing formation, Xie Qingxun will have to endure eighty-one dragon bone whips after he gets out. Thanks to Qu Yaoyao's last few words, the person in charge of punishment is directly changed from the punishment elder of Wanmen Xianzong to Pei Ziyi, and even the soul-catching lock of the magic subduing formation is from his instruction.
Qu Yaoyao was soft-hearted and was almost accused of guilt by Xie Qingxun.
Chong'an hadn't spoken for a long time since entering the Du'e Courtyard. Now, he couldn't stand it any longer and reminded him, "Think about how he treated you in the underground palace."
"Yaoyao, don't be fooled by him. He is setting a trap for you." He deliberately made Qu Yaoyao feel soft-hearted and guilty.
Qu Yaoyao's suffocated expression instantly turned fierce. After hearing Chong'an's reminder, she straightened her body and retorted, "So what if I don't want you to have a good life?"
"You deserve it, you deserve it, you deserve it!" Qu Yaoyao said it several times in a row. She was angry at Xie Qingxun and also warned herself.
Standing up, she raised her chin and asked, "Do you remember what you were doing when I was bullied by Di Shu in the underground palace?"
Xie Qingxun narrowed his eyes.
Under his cold gaze, Qu Yaoyao waved her hand in an attempt to conjure up a majestic throne, but her spiritual power wasn't enough and she only managed a small stool. Anxiously trying to retrieve the small stool, Qu Yaoyao tried again, but this time, the throne still didn't appear, and the small stool became a large one.
Never mind!
Qu Yaoyao plopped down on the bench, legs together and hands flat on the ground, looking like a little docile. She wasn't yet able to conjure up fresh snacks with her bare hands, so she could only sit there and stare blankly at Xie Qingxun.
Xie Qingxun was amused by her, "Are you taking revenge on me?"
"Did I succeed?" She straightened her back and sat up straighter.
Xie Qingxun laughed again, his annoyance somewhat dispelled. He pressed his forehead and returned the two words to Qu Yaoyao, very noble and cold, "Barely."
Chong'an sighed in her ear, "You'd better stand up."
Qu Yaoyao felt like she was being rejected QAQ.
“…”
When it was just getting light, Di Shu opened the door and let Qu Yaoyao out.
Qu Yaoyao was yawning and very sleepy. She didn't know why Xie Qingxun asked her to come to the Du'eyuan until she left. After being locked up in the palace again, Qu Yaoyao ate and slept until noon. After waking up, she was summoned into the pendant by Chong'an.
"Does it still hurt?" Chong'an first helped her treat the injury on her shoulder.
Because of the incident when Xie Qingxun entered the magic circle, Chong'an simply healed her injuries all at once. Then he helped her force out Longquan. Qu Yaoyao moved her arms and felt a lot lighter. She shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
Inexplicably, she thought of the chain on Xie Qingxun's shoulder blade and couldn't help asking, "Would it hurt more to have the chain pierce through my shoulder?"
Qu Yaoyao could not forget the feeling of helping Xie Qingxun block the ice spike. Even though the ice spike had not pierced her body yet, the pain made her soul tremble as if she could not bear it. She could not imagine how painful it would be to have her body pierced.
Chong'an didn't expect that she was still thinking about Xie Qingxun. After a brief silence, he replied: "For him, this is nothing."
"Why wouldn't it count?" Qu Yaoyao thought Chong'an hadn't seen Xie Qingxun's miserable condition, so she gestured and described: "He was directly pierced by the chain here, and it's all bloody and mangled. It must be painful to see."
Chong'an responded perfunctorily and was unwilling to continue discussing this topic with her, as if he didn't care at all about Xie Qingxun's life or death.
"Sit down." He changed the subject, thinking about the small stool Qu Yaoyao had conjured up last night, "I'll teach you some basic techniques."
Qu Yaoyao quickly sat down and quickly put Xie Qingxun's matter behind her.
Maybe Chong'an had anticipated this, but he spent an entire afternoon teaching Qu Yaoyao how to transform into a chair. That evening, Di Shu opened the bedroom door and took her to Du'eyuan to see Xie Qingxun.
This time when Qu Yaoyao went there, she casually picked up a handful of melon seeds, pinched out a small golden chair and sat opposite Xie Qingxun. She looked at him while eating melon seeds, and carried out her "revenge" to the end.
Xie Qingxun ignored her and sat alone in the center of the magic circle to meditate.
This situation lasted for four days. Qu Yaoyao watched as Xie Qingxun's face became paler and paler, and he gradually showed signs of weakness.
On the fifth day, Qu Yaoyao had gotten used to this situation, so she simply placed a recliner outside the magic circle and dozed off due to sleepiness.
Half asleep and half awake, Qu Yaoyao suddenly heard the sound of chains colliding. She opened her eyes with a start and saw Xie Qingxun at the center of the formation spitting out blood, half supporting himself with his arms and breathing softly.
"What's wrong with you?" Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes and woke up.
Xie Qingxun sat up straight when he heard the sound, raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips, still without saying a word, completely ignoring Qu Yaoyao.
He didn't say anything, so Chong'an explained, "The magic array is designed to kill evil demons within seven days, but most demons can't survive seven days. The demon that has survived the longest in this array only lived to the fifth day at most."
This formation only slew demons and had no harm to the immortal fetus's spirit body. Originally, Xie Qingxun could easily have survived until the seventh day. However, Pei Ziyi, determined to prevent Xie Qingxun from having an easy time, used the fact that the immortal was truly unpredictable and demonic, and forcibly placed a soul-binding lock on him.
Under this lock, even an immortal body would be affected. Xie Qingxun was already injured in the Longyun Tower. Now that he had reached his limit, he naturally couldn't hold on any longer, so it was normal for him to vomit blood.
It turned out that he was being checked and balanced by Pei Ziyi.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't tell what she was feeling at the moment, and she wasn't sleepy anymore. Thinking about the dragon bone whip that Pei Ziyi would have to bear later, she couldn't describe her feelings. She looked at him and asked, "Can you still hold on?
Xie Qingxun finally raised his eyes to look at her, his pale complexion softening his delicate features as he said coldly, "You won't die."
Qu Yaoyao scratched the crack in the ground and felt that his tone was a bit fierce, so she lowered her head and said nothing more.
After a long while, she asked again: "You don't like me anyway, so when are you going to let me go?"
It was not that she could not see that Xie Qingxun disliked her, but she just couldn't understand why, if he didn't like her, he wanted her to accompany him every day and locked her up in his bedroom and wouldn't let her leave.
Xie Qingxun seemed to have heard a joke, and suddenly curled the corners of his lips into a smile, "Yaoyao."
For the first time, he called her so intimately, looked at her with his beautiful phoenix eyes and said, "Have you forgotten that you are still engaged to me?"
How could he let her go? It was Qu Yaoyao herself who spread the news of their marriage throughout the Wanmen Xian Sect, allowing Pei Ziyi to take advantage of the situation and make things difficult for him.
Qu Yaoyao had indeed forgotten about this. She refuted blankly: "The real Qu Yaoyao is dead. Don't you know everything?"
"Do you want me to make your identity known to the public?"
Qu Yaoyao opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. She continued to dig at the ground, squatting with her head down, looking both pitiful and adorable. She replied muffledly, "What should I do then?"
"Are you really going to marry me?"
Xie Qingxun didn't answer directly, but said leisurely: "How dare I not marry such a good match personally predicted by the Wanfa Emperor?"
He really had no plans to marry her before, but now he has changed his mind.
Calculating the time, there is only one month left until the wedding date set by the group of people from the main sect.
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Xie Qingxun stayed in the magic circle for seven days, and Qu Yaoyao was forced to sleep outside the circle for six days.
On the seventh day, Pei Ziyi personally led the leaders of all the sects to the Du'e Courtyard. Qu Yaoyao was dragged there unwillingly by Di Shu. She went a little late, and when she arrived, the magic circle had been opened, and Xie Qingxun was raising his hand to pull out the chain that pierced his shoulder blade.
"Hiss..." Qu Yaoyao felt uncomfortable watching the crackling of chains and raised her hands to block it.
After Xie Qingxun threw the Soul-Snatching Lock to the ground, Pei Ziyi went forward and patted his arm hypocritically, "Qingxi, don't blame me, I have no choice."
Xie Qingxun moved away from his touch, and said with a forced smile, "Junior brother, you all understand."
"If senior brother makes a mistake one day, Qingxi will handle it impartially and will not show favoritism." The implication is that you'd better not fall into my hands.
Pei Ziyi was deliberately trying to make things difficult for Xie Qingxun. He had just let him out of the magic-subduing circle and was about to go to the East Hall to receive another eighty-one dragon bone whips.
As the name suggests, the Dragon Bone Whip is made of dragon bones and is one of the highest levels of punishment in the Wanmen Immortal Sect.
In the lower realms, it's said that even the emperor who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as the common people. In the upper realms, even Immortal Lords are subject to punishment for their mistakes. Xie Qingxun achieved fame at a young age, and since his ascension to Immortal Lord, he's never made a mistake, let alone been subjected to the Dragon Bone Whip.
Now he was punished for the first time, and it was because he helped Qu Yaoyao clear suspicion. The funny thing was that this suspicion was bestowed by him personally, which really proved Qu Yaoyao's words "you deserve it".
"Let's begin." Stepping onto the execution platform step by step, Xie Qingxun was about to be punished under the gaze of thousands of disciples.
Glancing around the crowd, he quickly locked onto the corner of the East Hall. Qu Yaoyao was squatting on the ground, holding her chin and looking up at the platform. Her whole face was squeezed and deformed, and she never expected that Xie Qingxun would suddenly look at her.
He quickly let go, feeling somewhat guilty for some reason, and looked towards Di Shu standing beside him.
Di Shu was looking at the platform with a tense expression. When he noticed Qu Yaoyao's gaze, he warned her coldly, "Don't look at me, look at my Master."
Qu Yaoyao: “…”
She wants to see who is her freedom, right?
The author has something to say: I’m here, and in the next chapter the hero will be beaten by society.
I really like the scenes where the handsome male protagonist is imprisoned and tortured.
Today I am still thinking about the young man who sent me out yesterday. He was really handsome.
Yesterday, I first picked up his takeaway in the elevator, and then he came knocking on the door to ask for the pick-up code. My sister opened the door for him. Later, my sister said she regretted it and should have dragged him into the house and locked the door after opening it hhhhhh.
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