Chapter 89 Atonement
These two sentences are like the roar of a golden bell in the sky, which is deafening.
Shang Youqing's eardrums were buzzing from the vibrations, and he felt as if he were nailed to the Lingmen Sacred Tree. He had no way to defend himself.
And he was unwilling to acknowledge the last two words at all.
The fingertips under the cuffs were all covered with blood marks from pinching himself, and the bright red blood beads stained the pure and flawless sleeves, rustling in the wind.
"I--"
Shang Youqing raised his head slowly, swallowed the words deep in his throat, and came to his lips with difficulty.
However, just as she opened her mouth.
The back of the high-ranking Nine Heavens Spiritual Sect master, who was so thin that he seemed to be about to fall at any time, was firmly supported from behind.
Shang Youqing's shoulders stiffened slightly, and she wanted to turn around to look, but the warm hand pressed on her shoulder, preventing her from looking back.
Immediately afterwards, the priest's compassionate voice sounded above his head.
"Since Heaven knows that the fault in this matter does not lie entirely with Phoenix, why should it accuse Phoenix of such a serious crime?"
Shang Youqing said hoarsely, "Father..."
The priest patted her shoulder lightly, signaling her not to speak.
Shang Youqing pursed his lips and lowered his head, but felt even more embarrassed.
She felt totally inappropriate.
Originally, it was just an ordinary thing for anyone, but because the other half of the blood of the two phoenix chicks had dragon blood flowing in their veins - that was a heavenly rule that was strictly nailed to the way of heaven and could not be tolerated.
So, she had to kneel here and accept the cold disciplinary trial.
She was mentally prepared and would accept whatever punishment was waiting for her.
But now, she made the priest follow her and become inappropriate.
In the past, the priest who was revered by the nine heavens came here for her.
It is even very likely that the priest's past achievements will be affected because of the mistakes she made.
Shang Youqing heard the heavenly sound falling coldly from the falling golden leaves again—
"Shang Que, Heaven understands your desire to protect the Phoenix, but being wrong is being wrong. You should understand the principles that the Phoenix doesn't understand."
The priest calmly waved his sleeves, and a phoenix token transformed from divine feathers was hung on the branches of the divine tree.
"Since she was wrong, it was also my fault for not disciplining her properly. I beg Heaven to forgive her for her young age."
Shang Youqing looked up in disbelief. When she saw the priest handing over the Phoenix Token that summoned the divine power of the birds of heaven and earth, her hands went numb and her vision became blurry.
The sacred tree above was silent for a long time this time, and the heavenly sound finally floated down.
"Phoenix, Heaven grants you a chance to atone for your sins."
Four golden leaves slowly fell in front of Shang Youqing's knees.
On each golden leaf, the shape and information of the spiritual weapon are engraved with golden light.
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Cheng Huang was snoring soundly in Yuntuan, who was lying outside the Lingmen. He smelled the breath of the priest, opened his eyes and saw the priest coming down the long steps with Fenghuang on his back.
Cheng Huang didn't know what happened in front of Lingmen. He saw Fenghuang lying on the priest's back, unconscious, tears on her face, and her hands hanging around the priest's neck were stained with blood. He walked forward worriedly.
"Father, what happened to Phoenix..."
The priest tilted his head slightly, looked at the tear-stained pale face lying beside his shoulder, and whispered meaningfully, "The injury is too severe."
After returning to the Kunlun Mountain Temple, Shang Youqing lay down for two full days before he fully woke up.
Moreover, after waking up this time, compared to her previous passive treatment, Shang Youqing took the initiative to change her dressings every day. She no longer curled up her scarred tail feathers in self-loathing as before. She began to comb her tail feathers neatly and forced herself to strengthen her recovery training.
Every day he had to switch back to his true form and fly down from Kunlun Mountain over and over again.
Cheng Huang followed closely behind in fear, fearing that if he was not careful the Phoenix would be smashed to pieces.
When Shang Youqing first started to fly again, she would always stumble and fall on the rocks on the cliff. She did not let Cheng Huang come to pick her up, but insisted on climbing up from the broken wall and flying again.
Every day he would fall and get bruised all over, and then go back to the yard to change the dressing.
The priest saw it but did not stop her.
That day, Shang Youqing flew back from the other side of Kunlun Mountain. As soon as she switched back to human form and returned to the yard, the priest was decocting medicine in the pharmacy. As soon as she entered the door, he handed her a bowl of medicine.
"Drink the medicine."
Shang Youqing took it and drank it in one gulp, then said to the priest, "Father, I'm going down the mountain."
The priest washed the dishes slowly and said, "No hurry, just rest for a while."
Shang Youqing walked around to the priest with a stern face and said, "It's urgent."
"There's no point in being anxious."
"Father, my tail feathers have recovered, and my heart meridians have also recovered."
Shang Youqing wanted to release his spiritual power to show the priest, but the priest shook his head and smiled, "Xiaoqing, I know what you are thinking, but this matter needs to be considered carefully."
Shang Youqing was silent for a moment, then couldn't help but reach out to stop the priest. "During this period of recuperation, I've been thinking about going down the mountain every day. Father, this isn't an impulsive move; I'm truly prepared."
Hearing this, the priest lowered his eyes and paused, then finally raised them again, "Have you thought it through?"
Shang Youqing nodded calmly.
The priest stared at her for a moment, sighed helplessly, slowly wiped his hands clean, turned around and walked towards his room, "Come with me."
The priest took out a translucent spiritual bracelet from the treasure house, took Shang Youqing's hand, and slipped it into her slender wrist. "I should have given this magical tool to Xiaoqing when she was molting."
Shang Youqing looked down in a daze. The jade bracelet on his wrist was warm and smooth. Through the clear bracelet surface, he could clearly see the moonlight spiritual energy condensed inside, and fairy mist was lingering, as if there was a pure world inside the bracelet.
"Father knows that it won't be easy for you to come back from the mountain this time. The spiritual bracelet can protect you when necessary. Remember not to take it off at will."
Shang You cleared his throat, silently hugged the priest, closed his eyes, and laid his head on his shoulder. After a long while, he managed to utter a word, "I know it's all my fault. I've caused trouble for the priest. I'll be back as soon as possible and get the priest's Phoenix Token back from Tiandao."
The priest lowered his head and patted Little Phoenix on the back, smiling softly, "The priest believes in Xiaoqing."
Shang Youqing simply packed his luggage, said goodbye to the priest, and left Kunlun Mountain with Cheng Huang.
"Phoenix, where should we go first?"
"Go find the descendant of Fengbo Yushi and borrow something from him."
According to the information on the first golden leaf, the spiritual weapon is now in the hands of the descendants of Feng Bo and Yu Shi.
However, that descendant has not yet completed his cultivation and is still stationed on the southern islands.
Before Shang Youqing and Cheng Huang went there, they also specifically looked up his identity information in the human realm.
Cheng Huang transformed back into his youthful form, and after obtaining the data files, his eyes lit up when he saw them.
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