With a loud bang, the broadsword that was slashing down at lightning speed was blasted away by Yi Boqi's punch.
But along with the broadsword with its handle, the man with the icy, murderous look on his face also disappeared.
At that very moment, the scene before them suddenly changed.
The town's streets disappeared, and Zhang Youdao and Zhang Youchui, who had been following him, also disappeared.
I am currently standing at the entrance of an academy.
Above the tall gate of the academy is a large plaque that reads "Kongtong Academy".
When he saw the name of the academy, Xiao Boqi was slightly taken aback.
Just as he was about to turn his gaze away from the large plaque, a figure appeared in front of him.
She was a very beautiful woman.
The woman was wearing ordinary clothes, her hands tucked into her sleeves, and she was walking with her head down.
Her tightly pursed lips and the redness and swelling on her face clearly showed that she had been humiliated.
Such things are common in the Great Yang Kingdom, and the woman's attire clearly shows that she is not from the capital, nor is she someone with a powerful background.
The woman walked with her head down, as if afraid that someone would see the redness and swelling on her face, or perhaps afraid that someone would recognize her.
But just as she was about to step onto the street, a lavishly decorated carriage stopped.
"stop."
A woman's cold shout rang out, and the woman who was walking with her head down suddenly trembled and stopped in front of the carriage.
Their heads, already bowed, drooped even lower.
"I told you, someone of your lowly birth has no right to walk through the academy's main gate. If you dare to walk through it even once, I'll teach you a lesson."
After the woman got off the carriage, she slapped the woman who had her head down hard without saying a word.
As the woman appeared in the carriage, the people around her began to murmur amongst themselves.
"That's Zhou Qingqing, the daughter of the deputy commander of the capital's city guard. She has always been fond of using her status to bully those from other places who come to the capital to study."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Although her father's status is nothing in the capital, it's obvious that the oppressed woman has no backing."
"Moreover, Kongtong Academy is the most prestigious academy in the capital. Those with real background and talent all go to Cangqiong Academy, which is why Zhou Qingqing is all-powerful and no one dares to mess with her within Kongtong Academy."
Zhou Qingqing slapped the woman to the ground, then took out a horsewhip and pointed it at the fallen woman.
"Playing the victim to gain sympathy?"
"Don't you know who you are? How dare you show off in front of Senior Liu Gan? Today I'll slap your face in public and see how you can still show off your pitiful appearance."
The sound falls.
Snap snap snap...
The whip rained down on the fallen woman, who screamed in agony as she was covered in blood.
More and more people gathered at the entrance of Kongtong Academy, but no one dared to step forward to stop them.
Because within this prestigious academy, Zhou Qingqing's status is something they cannot afford to offend.
With a crack, the whip fell, and the woman's clothes were soaked with blood. Her ordinary dress was torn open by the whip, revealing large areas of her skin.
Even though the woman no longer had the strength to scream, Zhou Qingqing still had no intention of letting her go.
"Playing dead?"
“Let me tell you, with your lowly status, even if I beat you to death in the street, no one would dare to pursue the matter. Now I order you to kneel down and raise your head.”
She is the daughter of the deputy commander of the city guards, and she holds the most prestigious position in the Kongtong Academy.
She said she would disfigure the woman's face with a horsewhip, and she was determined to do it.
What enraged Zhou Qingqing was that the woman lying in the pool of blood remained motionless and did not kneel there as she had ordered.
After kicking her hard, the woman still didn't make a sound.
This made Zhou Qingqing even angrier.
He waved to the Zhou family attendants beside the carriage.
"I want her to kneel down."
Two Zhou family servants stepped forward on orders, roughly pulled the woman lying in a pool of blood to her knees, and then grabbed her hair and pulled her back sharply.
The woman's face appeared before everyone, and even Xiao Boqi's heart skipped a beat the moment he saw her face clearly.
It was a face that could be described as perfect, the perfection of its features clearly embodying all the praises for women in poetry.
But now, this perfect face is violently impacting Xiao Boqi's heart.
Blood flowed from her hair, tracing her perfect profile, lingering briefly on her beautifully curved chin, and finally dripping onto the front of her clothes.
It formed a glaring scarlet color.
Her loose hair covered her left eye, and a large tear quietly slid down from the corner of her eye.
It was as if all the sorrow and grief in the woman's heart had been condensed and finally displayed to the world as tears.
Such a beautiful and pitiful woman only fueled Zhou Qingqing's anger.
"Even on the verge of death, you still dare to flaunt your charms. Today, I will destroy your seductive allure."
As soon as the words left his lips, he swung his arm, and the whip, with a sharp crack, lashed out at the woman's perfect cheek.
This scene made many people around close their eyes in unbearable pain; with the sharpness of that whip, the woman's face would surely have been lacerated by that lash.
Judging from the angle at which Zhou Qingqing's whip struck, she not only wanted to ruin the woman's face, but also to blew out her eyeballs.
What a cruel heart!
He wanted to save her but was powerless to do so, and could only watch helplessly as this pitiful woman, who had come from afar to study in the capital, died here.
How unfair the world is!
But just as the whip was less than a foot from the woman's cheek, it suddenly stopped.
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