Chapter 61 Immortal Lord 061%
Xie Qingxun was irritated by Qu Yaoyao.
He was angry that she left as soon as she heard Mo Xuanxiao's flute, angry that she quarreled with him for another man, and even more angry that she dared to take off someone else's clothes in front of him and didn't take him seriously at all.
The consequence of his anger was that he took the book "The Domineering Immortal Fell in Love with Me" to unlock new postures and spent nearly two hours "teaching" her that men's clothes should not be stripped.
"Did you remember everything I just taught you?"
In Chengyu Hall, Qu Yaoyao sat limply on the table. She staggered due to exhaustion and fell into Xie Qingxun's arms.
"Sit down." Xie Qingxun pushed her away mercilessly.
Qu Yaoyao's eyes were tinged with crimson, her long eyelashes wet and pitiful. She raised her bound hands and complained, "How can I sit properly like this?"
The scraps of cloth she had torn from Mo Xuanxiao's clothes were tied around her slender wrists. The length of the cloth was limited, so it was a bit tight around Qu Yaoyao's hands. Coupled with the prolonged struggle and twisting, red marks had begun to appear on her fair wrists. She sniffed and whispered softly, "It hurts."
"Xie Qingxun, my wrist hurts."
Xie Qingxun wrapped his palm around her wrist to prevent her from moving or rubbing against it, and asked, "Do you know you're wrong?"
"I understand." Qu Yaoyao whimpered and wanted to lean into his arms.
Xie Qingxun pushed her away again and asked, "Will you dare to take off other people's clothes again in the future?"
"I don't dare anymore QAQ." Qu Yaoyao felt so wronged. She obviously started to strip other people's clothes because she saw Xie Qingxun stripping her clothes so easily. Before this, no one told her that you can't strip men's clothes.
In order to avoid angering Xie Qingxun again in the future, Qu Yaoyao asked, "Can I still take off your clothes in the future?"
Xie Qingxun: “…”
He was silent for a moment, then replied, "It depends on the situation."
If there is no explicit rejection, then it is okay.
Qu Yaoyao exclaimed, "Why can I pick yours but not others'?"
Trying hard to recall the words he had just 'educated' her, Qu Yaoyao looked down from his handsome face little by little, with innocence and fearlessness in her eyes, "Could it be -"
Her eyes fixed on something, "Aren't you a man?"
Xie Qingxun: “Heh.”
The book "The Domineering Immortal Fell in Love with Me" that was thrown aside was picked up and flipped through again.
“…”
After Qu Yaoyao's tossing and turning, Mo Xuanxiao's kneeling punishment was no longer continued, and Xie Qingxun told him to get as far away as possible.
After returning to his own courtyard, Mo Xuanxiao applied the medicine with great effort, sat on the couch, flipped through the tattered medical book, and began his daily meditation practice.
He was a very serious person, always focused and never distracted. But today, probably because of the incident in Chengyu Palace, he couldn't concentrate for a long time. His mind was full of Qu Yaoyao pulling his arm and trying to pull him up from the ground, telling him seriously that he had done nothing wrong.
He did nothing wrong.
Long ago, he had told himself this countless times, but in return, he received increasingly harsher punishments. Later, Mo Xuanxiao realized that some punishments didn't require any wrongdoing; simply the word "disgust" was enough.
Because he was not liked by his master, he was always the abandoned one among the four disciples and never received his master's favor. Until, he caught a little girl who fell from a tree.
"Qu, Yaoyao." Only when there was no one around did Mo Xuanxiao dare to softly read out this name.
When he thought of how she had just stripped off his clothes, he couldn't help laughing. After laughing, he shook his head and felt confused. The whip marks on his body were obviously very painful, but he didn't feel unbearable at all.
Finally, someone was willing to show him a little preference. At least, he was no longer the one being abandoned.
Thinking of this, Mo Xuanxiao calmed his mind and entered into meditation again. He must not let Qu Yaoyao down and must win the championship of the Fairy Sword Conference.
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A month passed quickly. The first round of competition eliminated almost all the low-level cultivators. From the second month onwards, the leaders of various sects would often sit in the stands to watch the competitions. Occasionally, Xie Qingxun and Pei Ziyi were there too.
The matter of Xu Yuan was suppressed very well by the main sect. Only a few sects knew that someone had died in the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden, but the murderer had not been caught yet.
Putting aside the incident with Honghuzhu, it can be said that the first round of competition went very smoothly. However, in the first game of the second round, some unexpected changes suddenly occurred.
The first match was between He Chen from the Nanhai Sect and the Saint Meng Qin from the Xuanyin Sect.
The Xuanyin Sect was composed entirely of women, and they practiced only Sound Killing. While powerful, Sound Killing had significant limitations, making it easy for opponents to suppress it in combat. Saint Mengqin, however, was one of the Xuanyin Sect's most skilled warriors. She hadn't lost in the first round of battles, and her cultivation far surpassed He Chen's.
What surprised everyone was that the farce between Xu Yuan and the ugly man with two swords was repeated. In this battle, the saint Meng Qin was defeated miserably by He Chen of the Nanhai Sect and was forced out of the competition stage by him with a palm.
Bang--
The gong sounded, and an elder announced loudly: "Nanhai Sect, He Chen wins."
"I don't accept it!" Saint Mengqin was used to being proud, so she immediately flew back onto the competition stage.
"Whoever leaves the competition stage first will lose. Mengqin, why are you dissatisfied?"
Meng Qin said bitterly, "He Chen's cultivation is far below mine. How could he have improved so much in just a few days? His victory was dishonorable!"
For a moment, the audience was talking about it. Someone said, "Losing is losing. How can you be so embarrassed to lose, Saint Mengqin?"
"Yeah, after winning a few games, you think you're invincible. You only allow yourself to have a high level of cultivation, but you don't allow others to practice?"
Some people hesitated and said, "But He Chen's cultivation level is indeed improving too fast. Even if he practices diligently on a daily basis, his cultivation level won't be so much higher than Meng Qin's..."
Those unaware speculated wildly, while those with hidden agendas remained silent. As the first match of the second round, the stands were practically filled with the various sect leaders, including Pei Ziyi and Xie Qingxun.
Xie Qingxun leaned against the main seat, watching the farce unfold before him and said calmly, "A cultivator should first cultivate their mind, then practice cultivation. If one's virtue is deficient, they are unworthy of cultivation."
As soon as he spoke, the noisy competition arena quieted down. Xie Qingxun looked at Meng Qin with his dark eyes, "I have no room for error. Are you willing to take responsibility for your words?"
If it was slanderous, she would be expelled from the world of cultivation.
Meng Qin was sweating profusely, not daring to look directly at the Immortal Venerable's majesty. She gritted her teeth and said, "Meng Qin has evidence to prove what she said!"
As she spoke, she pointed at He Chen and said loudly, "We all saw him pick up the Honghu plant a few days ago. The reason He Chen was able to improve his cultivation in such a short time is because he took the Honghu plant!"
"I'm not! I didn't!" He Chen said in horror, "You can't slander me just because I lost the competition."
Seeing Xie Qingxun looking at him, he fell to his knees and said, "My disciple is innocent. Mengqin is slandering me!"
This was different from Xu Yuan's situation. When Xu Yuan defeated the ugly man with two swords, he didn't consume the entire Honghu plant, but only a single leaf. Many people had seen the plant on him. Meng Qin's words implied that He Chen had consumed the entire plant, which would dissolve as soon as it entered his body, traveling through his bloodstream and transforming into cultivation power. Once it dissolved, no trace of it could be found.
The reason why Mengqin dared to identify He Chen was because she and two fellow Taoists from other sects had witnessed He Chen picking up the Honghu Plant with their own eyes. She had made an appointment with these two people to report it, but she didn't know that these two people had also picked up the Honghu Plant at their doorstep this morning. After tasting the sweetness of the Honghu Plant, they were thinking about winning the competition, so how could they come out to testify for her.
"I didn't see He Chen pick up the Honghu plant. Mengqin used the divine elixir as bait to get me to help her perjure herself."
"I didn't even see He Chen pick up the Honghu plant. Meng Qin is full of slanderous words, she is truly unworthy of being a cultivator!"
The situation reversed, Meng Qin was bitten back by them, and she was stunned where she was, "You, you——"
"Are you crazy?"
Those uninformed wouldn't easily take sides, and those in the know, all holding vested interests in the Honghu plant, would be less inclined to speak up in her defense. Only a few upright cultivators considered the matter suspicious and worthy of further investigation, but the competition wasn't over yet, and there were still participants waiting to take the stage.
"Senior brother, what do you think about this matter?" Xie Qingxun curled the corners of his lips and looked at Pei Ziyi beside him.
Pei Ziyi was just feeling annoyed that Xie Qingxun had stolen the spotlight. Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, he cleared his throat, stood up, and gave an immediate order: "I will get to the bottom of this matter. Before that, Meng Qin will be detained."
Meng Qin struggled, "No, Immortal Venerable, I am the one who was wrongly accused. You can't do this to me!"
Pei Ziyi was annoyed by her noise, so he waved his hand to restrain her spiritual power and had her arrested. At this time, he had not expected Meng Qin to be so stubborn that she would commit suicide in Zhenxu to prove her innocence, and even wrote a blood letter to angrily scold Pei Ziyi for not being able to distinguish between good and evil and being unworthy of being respected.
But how could he know that Mengqin did not commit suicide, nor did she write any blood oath. However, Pei Ziyi was irritated by Mengqin's words "unworthy of being respected", and was annoyed that he could not explain to Xuanyin Sect that someone died in his own territory, so he could only take advantage of the situation and convict Mengqin, saying that she committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
After this incident, the cultivators who possessed the Honghu Plant gradually became bolder and began to refine and consume the Honghu Plant before the competition. Those who lost the competition dared not speak out, as they were afraid that they would end up like Meng Qin.
Just like that, after a group of cultivators used the Honghu plant to greatly improve their cultivation, they were dreaming of winning the championship of the Fairy Sword Conference. Suddenly, a rumor came out that someone had picked up the Quezhu.
The 鸑鷟 is one of the six tribes of phoenixes. It is black and purple all over and is the only water phoenix with the fire attribute.
The cuckoo does not have the ability to achieve nirvana. After death, it transforms into a pool of purple spring water. Those who drink it can be immune to all poisons and improve their cultivation. Those with special abilities can gather the purple spring water into cuckoo water beads, carry them with them, and use them to save their lives when necessary.
As more and more people possessed the Honghu Plant, a certain sect that possessed the Quezhu gradually became restless. After thinking it over again and again, one of the sect leader's direct disciples took the initiative to take out the sect's secret treasure in order to defeat those who possessed the Honghu Plant.
"The Cuckoo Pearl...appeared."
In Chengyu Hall, Xie Qingxun seemed to have sensed something and closed his eyes, feeling a familiar breath emerging.
Di Shu was shocked. According to their plan, the Honghu plant would take at least until the second half of the second month to pull out other treasures of the Phoenix clan. Unexpectedly, they overestimated this group of hypocritical immortal disciples. The plan went much more smoothly than they imagined.
"Master, can you sense the direction?" Di Shu tightened his grip on the sickle at his waist.
Xie Qingxun followed the faint scent and after a long time, he finally locked onto his target, opened his eyes, and whispered a few words: "Longya Mountain."
The sect that possesses the Cuckoo Pearl is Longya Mountain.
“…”
Another person died in the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden. This time it was Sun Zizhen, the eldest disciple of the Dragon Tooth Mountain Master. He died with a horrified look on his face, his bones broken into pieces, and eight bloody characters carved into his back:
The sea of cuckoo corpses, the blood debt must be paid with life.
Longya Mountain is not a small sect like the Cang Lei Sword Sect. The word "dragon" is contained in the name of their sect. It is said that this is because their founding master had a friendship with the ancient dragon clan, so the treasure of the mountain is a dragon tooth.
In recent years, Longya Mountain has been in the limelight in the world of cultivation. The mountain master, Sun Penghai, has a high level of cultivation and a bad temper, and is notoriously difficult to mess with.
His grandson Zhen was his disciple whom he had been training since childhood, and because his youngest daughter loved him deeply, he arranged a marriage for the two. In order to make his grandson Zhen a successful person and a good match for his youngest daughter, he trained him almost as if he were his own son and spent a lot of effort.
Sun Penghai did not come to the Fairy Sword Conference in person. He was waiting for his grandson Zizhen to bring back the champion of the Fairy Sword Conference. However, he did not expect that instead of waiting for the champion, he saw his grandson Zizhen's corpse. His little daughter even fainted from crying when she heard the bad news.
This matter will never end well.
Sun Penghai was unable to rush to the Wanmen Xianzong immediately, so he sent dozens of telepathic messages to Sect Leader Huang. He demanded that the Wanmen Xianzong find the true murderer of his grandson and severely punish several members of the Wanmen Xianzong. He said that the Wanmen Xianzong must be held responsible for the death of his disciple in the Wanmen Xianzong.
If his grandson really died in the Ten-Step Herb Garden, Qu Yaoyao would definitely be implicated. Even when Sun Penghai learned that the manager of the Ten-Step Herb Garden was the Immortal Venerable's wife, he refused to relent and even cursed, "Is there no one left in your Wanmen Immortal Sect?!"
"You actually let a woman manage such an important place as the Ten-Step Herb Garden. No wonder my son died. It's all because you found such a useless woman."
Sun Penghai was being too extreme in his words.
Generally speaking, the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden opens once every sixty years, and only participants in the Fairy Sword Conference are eligible to live there. Specifically speaking, it is a garden for people to live in, and Qu Yaoyao's responsibility is to manage the food, housing, and daily life of this group of cultivators, ensure their comfort, and deal with conflicts and emergencies.
As for security, it is indeed Qu Yaoyao's responsibility, but her authority is to increase or reduce the number of patrol disciples in the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden, and the patrol disciples are all sent by the main sect. The barrier protection here is not under her management.
When Xu Yuan died, Sect Leader Huang asked Qu Yaoyao for the patrol list of the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden. It can be said that Qu Yaoyao was very responsible for this garden. In terms of increasing or decreasing patrols, she specifically asked Mo Xuanxiao and Chong'an, and no mistakes could be found here.
Since Xu Yuan's tragic death, Qu Yaoyao has specially increased patrols in the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden to avoid similar incidents from happening again. His grandson really died in the East Garden, and there was no negligence in the patrols of the East Garden. Sun Penghai's anger towards Qu Yaoyao is completely unfounded.
On one side was Sun Penghai's aggressive attitude, and on the other side was the esteemed Immortal Venerable's wife. Sect Leader Huang was caught in a dilemma, frowning and staying in his room for half a day. At this time, Qu Yaoyao took the initiative to find him.
"My grandson really died in the vanilla garden. As the garden's manager, I am willing to take responsibility for my negligence."
There was Xu Yuan in front and Sun Zizhen in the back. It can be said that the deaths of these two people were a great blow to Qu Yaoyao. Even though people kept comforting her that it was not her fault, Qu Yaoyao could not escape the guilt.
People died in the vanilla garden, and no matter what the reason, she cannot escape responsibility.
Sect Leader Huang was very conflicted. "Madam Yao, you don't have to be like this..."
He began to regret handing the vanilla garden over to Qu Yaoyao for management. It was not that Qu Yaoyao was not good at managing it, but he felt that girls were more meticulous. Although managing the vanilla garden involved trivial issues, it was at least not complicated. It also gave the Immortal Lady an opportunity to take power and left himself a way out.
He only saw that Xie Qingxun doted on his wife, but forgot that there was a big knife hanging behind the doting. He gave Qu Yaoyao rights, but he did not have the right to touch her or punish her.
Now he has not only failed to gain the advantage but also lost the rice. Without a way out, he has forced himself into a dead end.
After much deliberation, Sect Leader Huang decided to save Qu Yaoyao because the Immortal Master Qingxi was standing behind her. If he punished Qu Yaoyao at this time, he would be slapping Xie Qingxun in the face.
Qu Yaoyao shook her head and refused, then asked him, "If the manager of the Ten-Step Herb Garden was someone else instead of me, would the Sect Leader also fall out with Longya Mountain over him?"
Of course not.
If the manager of the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden was not Qu Yaoyao, Sect Leader Huang would definitely be furious and punish her severely, or even report it to the entire sect.
"That's it." Qu Yaoyao didn't care about her status. She just hoped that Sect Leader Huang would handle the matter impartially and not be biased based on anyone's status.
Sect Leader Huang still wanted to refuse, but Pei Ziyi happened to come join in the fun at this moment. He would not miss any opportunity to trip up Xie Qingxun or slap him in the face. He said leisurely: "Since Madam Yao has taken the initiative to accept the punishment, then go to the Du'e Court to receive fifty lashes."
"Immortal Master Zi Cang, you can't..." Sect Leader Huang was horrified when he heard this. You know, the whipping punishment in the Du'e Academy is extremely severe. One whip can make the skin and flesh burst. Even disciples with thick skin and flesh can hardly withstand a few whips.
Fifty lashes were enough to kill an ordinary disciple. However, Xie Qingxun hated Mo Xuanxiao so much that he only gave him twenty lashes.
Pei Ziyi burst out laughing, "It's just a joke, why is Sect Leader Huang so nervous?"
Only he himself knows whether it is a joke or not.
He tilted his head to look at Qu Yaoyao, his black hair falling to cover the scar on the side of his face. He pondered for a moment and said, "Madam Yao is my junior brother's wife after all. We have to give him some face."
"but--"
He paused and said, "With the repeated incidents at the Ten-Step Vanilla Garden, Madam Yao does bear unshirkable responsibility. Why not accept the fifteen lashes?"
Sect Leader Huang frowned. In his opinion, five lashes were already a severe punishment.
Looking at Qu Yaoyao's frail figure, he still thought she was the little girl who knew nothing before, and he deliberately pleaded for her, "Fifteen lashes is still a bit too heavy."
"Is it heavy?" Pei Ziyi blinked and asked Qu Yaoyao, "Madam Yao also thinks these fifteen lashes are heavy?"
The expected expression of fear and tears disappeared. Qu Yaoyao stood straight with no big expression on her face. She just said: "Yaoyao dare not make any rash comments."
Two lives were at stake, and she would accept whatever punishment they gave her. Even if they beat her to death, she wouldn't feel wronged, even if she was afraid. Having said that, she turned and headed back to the Du'e Courtyard.
Sect Leader Huang was extremely anxious. "Immortal Venerable Zi Cang, the law enforcement elder of the Du'e Court is ruthless and impartial. Madam Yao has no cultivation at all. If she gets hurt after these fifteen whips, Immortal Venerable Qing Xi..."
"What can he do?" Pei Ziyi's face turned cold. "Qu Yaoyao should have been punished for mismanaging the herb garden. Could it be that Xie Qingxun is trying to openly cover for her?"
"But fifteen lashes..." It's really too heavy.
Pei Ziyi naturally knew that the punishment was severe.
Fifteen lashes was not his intention, he just wanted to see Qu Yaoyao crying and begging him. He didn't expect Qu Yaoyao to be so stubborn, and he felt annoyed and annoyed, but in fact he was also a little worried that he would hurt her.
If Qu Yaoyao was really beaten to death, it would be extremely disadvantageous to him in every way. Pei Ziyi was in a trance, and he couldn't help but think of someone.
“…”
Qu Yaoyao did not tell Xie Qingxun that she was going to Du'eyuan to be punished. She secretly ran to find Master Huang.
The appearance of the Cuckoo Pearl almost drew away all of Xie Qingxun's attention. He sat in Chengyu Hall for the entire day, recalling many bloody past events and taking out his rarely seen jade bone fan.
The jade fan has a sharp luster and can cut iron like mud. It is extremely bloodthirsty and can scratch people's skin with an accidental touch.
He stroked it again and again, his eyes fading to a red-gold due to his emotions. He lowered his eyes to look at the jade bone fan and whispered, "It's time for you to see blood."
The last time he used the Jade Bone Fan to create a river of blood was ten thousand years ago.
The jade-bone fan emitted an excited light and floated quietly beside Xie Qingxun.
The author has something to say: Rounding off, this chapter is 6,000~
Xiao Xie was a normal person before, but this was the beginning of his crazy behavior.
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