Chapter 187 How could you kneel before me...?
Si Yao pushed through the crowd and ran away without looking back.
Besides not wanting to be entangled with those cultivators, she had just seen the words of her senior scrolling past her.
The senior told her to hurry back, and although Si Yao didn't understand what had happened, she still rushed back to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
"Senior, what exactly happened?"
I'm worried that your master and the others will discover that the person you were in the Cliff of Repentance is an imposter.
The dummy can communicate normally without any problem, but Daoist Chongming is not very bright and often starts to attack while talking. The dummy can't withstand his palm strikes, and it would be even more troublesome if it were exposed.
Si Yao listened to Xiang Bei's analysis and nodded vigorously, "Senior, what you said makes a lot of sense."
Her master was indeed quick to resort to violence at the slightest provocation. She had never known before that her master could have such a volatile side.
Fortunately, she can now skillfully suppress her cultivation level, so she doesn't have to worry about others discovering her true cultivation level.
While staying on the Cliff of Repentance, she appeared to be cultivating with her eyes closed, but she was able to open her mind and pay attention to the movements of her master, Lord Mingdao.
Although he was struck by Si Yao's palm in front of the secret realm, Daoist Chongming was not seriously injured. He is currently venting his anger on his disciples in his main hall.
The medical practitioners of the Heavenly Sword Sect examined Wen Yin's injuries and concluded that her spiritual root was completely destroyed and could not be repaired, nor could she continue cultivating. She could only live as an ordinary person in the future.
With bloodshot eyes, Daoist Chongming grabbed the healer's neck from a distance, saying, "You must repair her spiritual root, or I will make you pay with your lives."
The healer was being choked and couldn't break free no matter what he did. His legs kicked in mid-air for a long time, but the hand choking his neck tightened more and more.
Si Yao was stunned. She only knew that her master was sick, but she did not know that his illness was so unusual. Wen Yin's spiritual root was destroyed, and she actually wanted the medical cultivator to be buried with Wen Yin. What kind of logic was that?
Seeing that something was wrong, the elders nearby rushed forward to dissuade them, but were sent flying by Chongming Daojun's palm.
Si Yao shook her head. "If I were there, I'm afraid I would be the first one to blame this on me."
Xiang Bei wants to say that even if you weren't there, according to the plot, they wouldn't let you off the hook.
The healer was nearly strangled to death by Daoist Chongming, and was on the verge of death. Perhaps due to his strong will to live, he was still able to speak, "There is indeed a way."
Daoist Chongming released his grip, and the healer fell directly to the ground.
The healer was panting heavily, and just as he was about to catch his breath, the oppressive feeling from above swept over him again. "Hurry up and speak."
The suppressed healer felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and hurriedly said, "There is no way to restore the spiritual root. We can only take a new spiritual root and replace it for Fairy Wenyin."
Should we replace it with a new spiritual root?
The healer bowed again and asked, "May I ask how Fairy Wenyin's spiritual root was damaged?"
Daoist Chongming swept his gaze over the disciples. “Tell me everything. If you dare to conceal anything, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
As the senior brother leading the team, Li Huang, under the watchful eyes of Daoist Chongming and his fellow disciples, mustered his courage and stepped forward to explain the cause and effect of the matter.
Daoist Chongming looked at him with a gloomy gaze, raised his hand and grabbed his neck, "As the senior brother, you failed to protect your junior sister, which is your dereliction of duty. I think you should compensate Yinyin with your spiritual root."
Li Huang's eyes widened as he vehemently protested, "No, it was Junior Sister who ran off on her own whim, we..."
Unfortunately, Daoist Chongming ignored his explanations and directly took away his spiritual root.
Li Huang was completely unprepared when his spiritual root was forcibly removed, causing him to let out a scream.
"Change Yinyin's clothes." Daoist Chongming tossed Li Huang aside as if he were a rag.
The healer stared wide-eyed at Daoist Chongming, momentarily forgetting to retrieve the spiritual root. He hadn't expected that Daoist Chongming would simply take out his disciple's spiritual root like that.
"What are you standing there for? Do you want to die?"
The healer quickly regained his senses, took the spiritual root, and went into the room to change Wen Yin's clothes.
Li Huang lay on the ground, watching helplessly as his spiritual root was taken away, and he became a cripple.
He was very indignant. It was clearly his junior sister who lost her spiritual root because she ran around recklessly, so why should his spiritual root be taken and given to her instead?
Only now did Li Huang understand why Senior Sister Si Yao had looked at them with such disappointment, and why she had preferred to go to the Cliff of Contemplation rather than descend the mountain with them.
It turns out that he saw through the true nature of Master Zunming Daojun, who indiscriminately protected Wen Yin.
He was willing to destroy the spiritual roots of other disciples in order to save Wen Yin.
The master clearly favored Wen Yin, yet he still kept saying that his relationship with Wen Yin was only that of master and disciple.
It's all a lie, a complete lie! Master has lost his mind time and time again because of Wen Yin. Whenever Wen Yin says even a few words, the devoted Senior Sister has been repeatedly confined to her courtyard, and now she's even been forced to the Cliff of Repentance.
Now even he has followed in his senior sister's footsteps.
Before this, he and his fellow junior brothers had accused their senior sister, Wen Yin, of deliberately making things difficult for her.
Li Huang forced a self-deprecating laugh, but he realized it too late; it was all too late. As a cripple, his fate was predictable.
After the healer repaired Wen Yin's spiritual root, she had a severe reaction, vomiting blood continuously and appearing to be on the verge of death. This startled the healer, who had repaired his disciple's damaged spiritual root before, but this was indeed the first time he had done something like transferring a spiritual root to someone else.
Wen Yin's reaction clearly indicates that her body is rejecting this spiritual root.
"What's going on?" Upon hearing the commotion, Daoist Chongming rushed into the room.
The healer could only remove the spiritual root and shook his head and sighed at Daoist Chongming, "Fairy Wenyin originally had a water spiritual root, which is incompatible with this fire spiritual root. The best thing to replace it with is a water spiritual root so that she can cultivate normally in the future."
It's best if this spiritual root is compatible with the original spiritual root; otherwise, it will be rejected by the body, which will cause problems.
Wen Yin's damaged elemental root is water; if she wants to replace it, it's best to replace it with a water elemental root.
Daoist Chongming's face was gloomy as he glanced at the disciples standing below, searching for those who also had water spiritual roots.
Li Huang looked over expectantly. He had a fire spirit root, so since Wen Yin couldn't use it, could it be returned to him? As long as the spirit root was taken back, he could continue cultivating as before.
However, upon hearing Li Huang's words, Daoist Chongming sneered, raised the hand holding the fire spirit root, and destroyed it right in front of Li Huang.
“Even if your spiritual root cannot be used by Yin Yin, you, as her senior brother, still bear responsibility for her injury.”
Li Huang's gaze instantly turned ashen, and his Dao heart shattered completely. He staggered to his feet, looking in the direction of Dao Lord Chongming, his eyes bloodshot, and tears of blood even flowed from them.
He pointed at Daoist Chongming and launched into a tirade of insults, leaving the disciples nearby speechless.
"Chongming, you are not worthy of being a Dao Lord, much less a teacher. Even if you are a complete scoundrel, don't you know what you have done? As a master, you have different feelings for your disciple. Your eldest sister is in love, and you, as her master, do not guide her, but accept her kindness and tacitly agree that your disciple has fallen in love with you."
Seeing this, Si Yao couldn't help but twitch her lips. "What does this have to do with me?"
Her previous goodwill towards Daoist Chongming had long since vanished, and she never expected that these people would actually see it all, which has now become a dark chapter in her life.
Si Yao didn't pity Li Huang. He knew all this, yet he sided with Wen Yin and blamed her. Now that things have happened to him, he's suddenly clear-headed. Where was he before?
Li Huang continued his tirade, "You refused Senior Sister's kindness, so you found Wen Yin. When you and Wen Yin crossed the line, why didn't you remember that you were a master? Such a person who can't distinguish right from wrong is actually revered as a Dao Lord by my Heavenly Sword Sect! The Heavenly Sword Sect is doomed!"
"Insolence!" Daoist Chongming shouted angrily and struck out with his palm, but was stopped by the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Seeing that Li Huang had lost his spiritual root, and that it was his own junior brother who had done it, he was both angry and anxious.
"Junior brother, how could you be so foolish?"
Is digging out someone's spiritual roots something that the righteous path should do?
News of the secret realm had already reached the sect. Judging from Chongming Daojun's various actions, he actually did have different feelings for that little disciple.
How can this be? They are master and apprentice.
And Si Yao actually harbors ulterior motives towards Chongming. What a misfortune for the sect! What a great misfortune for the sect!
Why destroy something that was removed from a spiritual root and replaced with something else, only to find it unsuitable?
“Junior Brother Chongming, how have you become so terrifying? Do you even know what you're doing? You've disappointed me so much.”
Daoist Chongming ignored the sect leader and looked at the unconscious Wen Yin. He suddenly thought of someone who also had a water spirit root.
Her spiritual root can definitely be replaced by Yin Yin's.
Upon thinking of Si Yao, Daoist Chongming immediately went to the Cliff of Contemplation, and even the sect leader couldn't stop him.
Outside the barrier, Daoist Chongming stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Si Yao, who was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed inside the barrier.
"come out!"
Si Yao knew he had come and heard his words, but she still closed her eyes and pretended not to hear.
Seeing that she didn't move, Daoist Chongming was also a little embarrassed. "Si Yao, I know you can hear me. Don't make me say it a second time."
Si Yao remained motionless, as if in a meditative state.
Her master was willing to take the spiritual roots of other disciples for his beloved little disciple. She wanted to see if her master would be willing to sacrifice his own cultivation to break the barrier left by the sect's ancestor for Wen Yin.
Seeing that Si Yao had no reaction, Lord Chongming's face turned ashen.
Besides the formation left by the ancestor, the Cliff of Repentance also has the blessing of successive sect leaders. If the Cliff of Repentance can't even trap disciples who have made mistakes, then this place is useless.
Breaking this barrier and freeing Si Yao will not be easy. But Wen Yin can't wait any longer. If her spiritual root cannot be reconnected today, she will become a complete cripple.
Thinking of that outcome, Daoist Chongming felt an uncontrollable surge of anger.
He felt that it was all Si Yao's fault. As the senior disciple of the sect, if she had been willing to take her junior brothers and sisters on training trips, Wen Yin would not have suffered such serious injuries.
Even the usually sensible Si Yao has started to rebel, and Chongming Daojun feels that he has nowhere to vent his anger.
As if finding a reason to convince himself, Daoist Chongming looked at Si Yao and said, "All of this is what you owe Yin Yin, A Yao. If you hadn't targeted Yin Yin time and time again, I wouldn't have punished you. I can't let you continue to make mistakes. If you can admit your mistakes and correct them, you are still my good disciple. Give your spiritual root to Yin Yin as compensation."
With a determined gaze, Daoist Chongming walked towards where Si Yao was, his hands imbued with spiritual power, and slammed them onto the barrier with all his might.
Unfortunately, the barrier remained completely unmoved.
He even coughed up blood.
He then remembered that he had been struck by that rogue cultivator's palm earlier. Although the injury wasn't serious, it was still a wound. Now, being bounced back by the force of this barrier had actually aggravated his internal injuries.
Chongming Daojun coughed up another mouthful of blood. Undeterred, he called out again, "Si Yao, come out."
But no matter how many times she called, Si Yao didn't respond.
When the sect leader caught up, he was shocked to see Chongming's frenzied state.
"Junior Brother Chongming, have you gone mad? Do you think you can break through the barrier of the Cliff of Contemplation?"
Daoist Chongming completely ignored the sect leader, gathered his strength again, and slammed it down with all his might, finally causing a crack to appear in the barrier.
However, Daoist Chongming was also severely affected by the backlash, vomiting a large pool of blood in front of him. Just as he was about to break through the barrier again to drag Si Yao out, the barrier unexpectedly repaired itself.
"Why is this happening?" Daoist Chongming asked in disbelief.
The sect leader looked at him with disapproval, "Si Yao made a vow to repent at the Cliff of Repentance for three years. Either wait for three years, or she will repent and wake up on her own. Otherwise, you will not be able to break the barrier here."
Furthermore, it was none other than Junior Brother Chongming himself who forced Si Yao to this Cliff of Contemplation. Now that he is in this state, one has to say that karma is a cycle.
Wen Yin's spiritual root is average, so she is destined to achieve nothing in cultivation. She is completely inferior to Si Yao's mutated water spiritual root. I don't know why Junior Brother Chongming is so confused.
She is now relatively safe at the Cliff of Contemplation.
Otherwise, given Junior Brother Chongming's current madness, most people really wouldn't be able to stop him.
"Junior Brother Chongming, what exactly do you want to do? Wen Yin's talent is already mediocre, yet you're going to harm your own disciple for her sake," another elder couldn't help but ask.
Li Huang's spiritual root is also quite good. It can be said that any inner disciple you pick out would be stronger than Wen Yin in terms of both spiritual root and talent.
Daoist Chongming insisted on taking Wen Yin as his disciple, despite their objections, but to no avail.
The elder and sect leader exchanged a glance. They both felt that the idea that Si Yao and Chongming had feelings for each other was utter nonsense. Chongming treated Wen Yin so differently; the biggest problem was that there was no issue between them.
"Sect Master, we can't let him continue like this."
At the entrance to the secret realm, news spread that Chongming treated Wenyin differently from others. If people were to find out that the master and disciple had an incestuous relationship, the reputation that the Heavenly Sword Sect had painstakingly built over the years would be ruined.
Si Yao closed her eyes and silently praised the barrier in her heart. Chongming Daojun's all-out attack had actually broken the barrier. However, the senior had been repairing it from behind, so no matter how much Chongming Daojun broke the barrier, it would be immediately restored.
But continuing like this can't go on forever.
Si Yao felt that it was better to leave the Heavenly Sword Sect as soon as possible. She would follow the example of her seniors and become a rogue cultivator. Having such a crazy master would not be good for her reputation if word got out.
No, her reputation isn't great right now either. It's better to cut her losses now and salvage her already precarious reputation.
Chongming Daojun tried to destroy the barrier many times, but he couldn't break it. Looking at the barrier, he said unwillingly, "Yinyin can't wait three years, Siyao. I forgive you for everything you did to Yinyin. Wake up quickly, do you hear me?"
Seeing that Chongming still refused to give up, the elder became somewhat angry and said, "Don't you know that Siyao's spiritual root is more suitable for cultivation than Wenyin's? Junior Brother Chongming, you will ruin Siyao if you do this."
"So what? She owes Yin Yin in the first place, it's because she always targets Yin Yin."
"Junior brother, I think you've gone mad."
Seeing the situation was turning bad, the sect leader quickly spoke up, "Junior brother, you mustn't!"
Si Yao is the senior disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and also possesses a rare mutated water spiritual root. Wen Yin, on the other hand, has an ordinary water spiritual root, and her cultivation is much slower than others. If it weren't for Junior Brother Chongming's insistence on taking Wen Yin as his disciple, she wouldn't even be qualified to enter the inner sect.
They had heard of the idea of changing spiritual roots, but no one had ever seen it with their own eyes throughout history. This was a method used by evil cultivators, so how could they guarantee that Si Yao's spiritual roots wouldn't change when they were transferred to Wen Yin's body?
Why would Junior Brother Chongming disregard everything for Wen Yin? Could it be that he has really fallen in love with his disciple?
The sect leader would never agree to this, and might even have fought with Daoist Chongming. She could take this opportunity to expel Wen Yin from the sect, preventing her from staying by Junior Brother Chongming's side and causing him to do so many irrational things.
He wanted to knock Chongming unconscious and then have someone take him away. His junior brother was indeed a rare genius in the sect and the one with the best chance of ascending to immortality; he couldn't let him be ruined here.
Especially now, Chongming looks like he's suffered a lot of backlash from the barrier and is badly injured. It shouldn't be a problem for the elders to hold him down.
The sect leader planned to lock Chongming up first, and then send Wen Yin away. As long as Wen Yin didn't appear in front of Chongming, he wouldn't lose his mind again.
But none of them expected that Daoist Chongming would risk burning his own soul power to desperately break through the barrier.
Even the sect leader and the others were blasted away by their remaining strength.
"Junior brother, wake up!" The sect leader shouted at Daoist Chongming before flying away.
Chongming Daojun's all-out attack finally broke the barrier.
Actually, Si Yao had figured out how to leave the Heavenly Sword Sect and asked the senior to take back his power. Just then, Chongming used his ultimate move, which he couldn't take back once it was released.
Si Yao pretended to be hit, spitting out a mouthful of black blood, and then opened her eyes in a daze.
Looking up, he saw Chongming Daojun covered in blood. He staggered to her side and knelt down before her with a thud.
Si Yao looked startled and quickly stood up and backed away. "Master, I am your disciple! How can you kneel before me?"
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