Yu Hongchen

As soon as he said these words, everyone in the hall was surprised.Several of them had met him before, looked at his face carefully, and immediately recognized him: "That's right, it's him! Why is he here?"

With the sound of clanging and sword chant, the long sword in Xie Liuchen's hand fell to the ground clangingly.He knelt in the middle, and said calmly: "More than a month ago, I ruthlessly killed fifteen mortals in the mortal world. Now I put down my weapons and am voluntarily bound. Please dispose of me according to the regulations of Silu monks. !"

The casual cultivators were puzzled, and did not dare to take a step forward for a moment: "Didn't this Xie Liuchen flee after murdering? Why did he turn himself in?" "He seems to have a close relationship with the sect master, could it be—?"

Then one person shouted and asked: "Xie Liuchen, you killed innocent mortals, and now you dare to appear here? Who brought you in?"

Xie Liuchen's eyes were dull, he scanned the crowd, and said in a hoarse voice: "I do things alone, and no one brings me in. I came here by myself."

Seeing his mournful expression, the scattered cultivators looked at each other and murmured in a low voice: "No matter what, tie him down first! As for the punishment, we will see what the sect master says tomorrow!"

"No need," Xie Liuchen interjected suddenly, "Execute me now, and don't bother your sect masters anymore."

All the casual cultivators shouted: "Killing people to pay for their lives is a matter of course, but how can we use lynching? It's not so easy to die! Let's take people down first!" Several casual cultivators in charge of punishment looked at each other and went up. The first few steps surrounded Xie Liuchen.

Xie Liuchen's heart was ashamed, and he didn't move at all, allowing Sanxiu to take out the torture tools and trap himself tightly.

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside the door: "Wait a minute!" Immediately there was a sound of gold and jade building together at the door, and a force of wind and thunder came swiftly, impartially, and knocked down Sanxiu's hands. Put on heavy instruments of torture.

Everyone looked at the entrance of the conference hall, but saw Shang Lixing walking in with his hands behind his back, followed by Bai Xuan three steps behind.There was a sudden shock in the hall: "Master!"

Shang Lixing's face sank like water, he walked to Xie Liuchen's side, and looked at him quietly.

Xie Liuchen's eyes turned red, he lowered his head consciously, avoiding his gaze.

Shang Lixing smiled lightly, and he heard his stagnant voice say: "Junior Brother Xie, are you punishing me?"

Xie Liuchen looked down at his bloody palms, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm to blame for everything, Senior Brother Shang, don't worry about me anymore."

Shang Lixing quietly stared at his tightly pressed lower lip, took a deep breath, and spoke again, his tone was much calmer than before: "Have you decided?"

"……Yes."

"Okay, I see."

Xie Liuchen looked up in surprise, only to see that Shang Lixing had already walked towards the middle of the conference hall.When he turned around, Xie Liuchen could clearly see that his hands under the long sleeves were trembling slightly, and his ten fingers were intertwined and tightly strangled.

Intuition told him that Shanglihang would not give up so easily.

Seeing that Shang Li walked step by step, he walked up to the head of the conference hall, faced everyone in the hall, and said word by word: "Xie Liuchen's murder of mortals is a foregone conclusion. According to the rules set by Silu Sect and Qiushui Sect, The monks who kill innocent mortals should pay with their lives, so as not to offend the gods and bring down the punishment of heaven. However, since the establishment of our sect, there have been frequent murders of monks, and some of them have real difficulties. Our sect has always advocated legal principles to advance and retreat. After the truth is revealed, these people are also given a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds."

He wholeheartedly defended Xie Liuchen, so why didn't the casual cultivators understand what they were thinking?Firstly, everyone had no grievances with Xie Liuchen, so they would not kill people, and secondly, they also wanted to give Shang Lixing a bad face, and said: "That's right, the principles of the law are nothing more than human feelings, and saints often have a heart of compassion, as the sect master said Yes, if there is a reason for the murder, there is no need to pay with your life!"

Shang Lixing's expression turned pale, and he looked at Xie Liuchen who bowed his head and said nothing.Bai Xuan finally showed a smile, and said to Xie Liuchen who was beside her, "Junior Brother Xie, talk!"

Xie Liuchen said in a low voice, "Say what?"

Bai Xuan said anxiously: "I said you have a reason!"

Xie Liuchen was in extreme pain, looking at the clean and white floor, he wished he could grab the ground with his head, so that he could die.He still lowered his head and said calmly: "There is nothing more to say. I am indeed the one who killed mortals. I am willing to admit my guilt and I don't need anyone to intercede for me."

Shang Lixing's eyelids twitched heavily, and his lips trembled: "Thank you, Junior Brother..."

Xie Liuchen's breath was faint, and his whole body was stiff, standing still like a rock.

Seeing his stubbornness, Bai Xuan was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot. When her mind was troubled, she heard Shang Lixing speak again in the hall, and her voice became serious: "Xuansi Master entrusted this son to me, and I will act as his teacher." , to teach him how to practice swords, learn martial arts, and how to deal with people. Now that he has committed the crime of murder, it is considered that I have failed to supervise. Shang is incompetent, and I am willing to bear half of the responsibility for him!"

The sonorous and forceful words fell on the entire meeting hall, and the needle could be heard in an instant.For a majestic sect master to bear the punishment for an unknown cultivator, this is something that has never happened in the Silu sect!For a moment, all the casual cultivators in the hall stared at each other in horror.

Xie Liuchen's dead body finally moved.He raised his head suddenly, his eyes were so bright that he almost burned people: "It's none of your business, I deserve what I deserve!"

Shang Lixing looked calm, walked down a few steps, and tried to lift him up.

Xie Liuchen seemed to be scalded, he hurriedly took a few steps back, avoided his hand, and said repeatedly: "Brother Shang, please, please don't treat me like this! I don't want you to do too much for me! "

Shang Lixing used all his strength to lift him up without any refusal.His dry lips trembled slightly, and he said in a harsh voice: "Whether you accept it or not is your business, and whether I want it or not is my business."

Xie Liuchen swayed for a while, and met his resolute gaze.Those eyes were as clear as a stream and as bright as stars, showing that he was in a state of embarrassment.Xie Liuchen deeply engraved those eyes in his heart, and for the rest of his life, he never doubted his sincerity.

All the casual cultivators shouted: "Master, do you really want to be punished for him?"

"Master, this is the rule you personally set back then! Are you going to break the rules for a little monk?"

Shang Lixing turned around and stood shoulder to shoulder with Xie Liuchen, his eyes were full of deep calm like autumn water: "Yes, please do it!"

The casual cultivators were greatly troubled, and faltered and said: "Master, you are—"

Seeing that the situation was deviating in an uncontrollable direction, Bai Xuan frowned, and she was no longer as gentle as before, and urged from the side: "Thank you, brother, hurry up!" The crux all fell on Xie Liuchen, no matter what, Xie Liuchen had to take the initiative to solve the problem in front of him.

Xie Liuchen said blankly: "Say, say——what am I going to say?"

Bai Xuan said anxiously: "Of course it's to explain your motive for killing! Do you want the sect master to be punished with you?"

"The motive for murder...to be punished..." Xie Liuchen murmured these words, and suddenly, as if he was enlightened, his mind, which had been muddled for a long time, began to have some survival ideas at this moment. The lives of Xing and him are all tied to his one thought.

He broke free from Shang Lixing's support slightly, and said loudly: "Okay, I'll say it, I'll say it! I killed people, but I was actually framed!"

Shang Lixing looked in surprise: "Thank you, junior brother, you—"

All the casual cultivators in the hall suddenly saw such unexpected joy, and hurriedly shouted: "What are your difficulties, tell me quickly!"

Xie Liuchen turned his head slightly, and received Shang Lixing's encouraging eyes, he raised his head slightly, and his tone was a bit firm: "I killed only four of the fifteen mortals, and I didn't kill the rest. !"

He paused, recalled a bit, and told the whole story of how he was seduced by the man in black and killed several mortals in a fit of anger that day.

When he heard that the demons deceived him and used him as a pawn that must be sacrificed to perform tasks for the demons, Shang Lixing clenched his hands suddenly, his heart was agitated, and he felt angry; When the plan of the man in black robes was used to kill the mortals, he felt a sudden sense of sadness in his heart.

Xie Liuchen spoke calmly, and narrated the matter between him and the demons. Suddenly, his keen sense sensed the violent fluctuations in Shang Lixing's heart, and he shivered slightly. The matter in the cave was swallowed up, and finally added: "It happened as it happened."

After listening, the casual cultivators thought about it for a while, and asked carefully, "Master, what do you think?"

Shang Lixing breathed out, and said in a calm tone: "Junior Brother Xie and I have always had an affair, in order to avoid suspicion, I shouldn't be the one to make decisions about him."

All the casual cultivators looked dignified, whispered a few words, and ordered people to invite the more dignified and famous casual cultivators in the sect to listen to their opinions, in order to give the best solution, which would neither harm the sect master nor his lover, nor harm the sect master and his lover. He bent the law for favoritism, left a handle, and in the future, he will fall into the truth and tarnish Qiushuimen's reputation.

Looking at their busy figures, Xie Liuchen knew that he didn't have to sacrifice his life for repayment, so he felt something, and glanced at Shang Lixing beside him, and saw Shang Lixing staring at him in a daze.

Xie Liuchen relaxed, and smiled at him, but Shang Lixing didn't know why, when he saw him looking at him, he looked away instead.

Bai Xuan on the side saw this silently, and for a moment didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

In the middle of the night, the discussion among the scattered cultivators was settled, and finally the final disposal result was given: "After the discussion between the few of us, we will give him the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, sect master, what do you think?"

Shang Lixing was well aware of everyone's thoughts, so he was not surprised by the result. He nodded slightly and said, "Don't bother, everything should be done according to what you said."

All the casual cultivators were convinced, and said again: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living penalty cannot be escaped. After all, mortals will die at his hands. In order to comfort the souls of the dead, he must suffer some flesh and blood. I also ask the sect master to do it for him. Sentence, give him nine needles as a punishment."

This "nine needles on the snow top" is a punishment method for punishing guilty monks. The needle giver places nine needles on the victim's body in sequence according to the acupuncture points. Some monks were unable to bear such pain, so their true energy collapsed and their consciousness went mad.This punishment is not too harsh a punishment, but it must not be taken lightly.Shang Lixing knew that this was the best way of punishment at present, so he immediately said: "Oh, then I will take five needles for him—"

The voice didn't stop, but Xie Liuchen interrupted the second half of the sentence: "Senior Brother Shang, I know you treat me well, but this is my sin, please let me bear it myself."

When Shang Lixing heard the words and looked over, he saw Xie Liuchen's face was serene, his brows stretched, and when he saw his gaze, he pursed his lips a little, and then broke into a pure and sincere smile.He has always been gloomy and angry, and has always had a face of bitterness and hatred. Tonight, he smiled twice in this conference hall for the first time. It is obvious that after what happened tonight, his knot has been resolved, and he is no longer the gloomy old man. Sad Xie Liuchen.

Shang Lixing was dazzled by this rare smile in his life, lost his mind for a moment, thought for a moment, and finally fulfilled him: "Okay."

A casual cultivator beside him held a tray and presented nine jade needles to Shang Lixing.Shang Lixing slowly picked up one of them, and said expressionlessly, "Kneel down and take off your clothes."

Xie Liuchen knelt down with a "bang", took off his outer robe, and at the same time secretly let go of his whole body's true energy. Seeing that Shang Lixing's hand holding the needle trembled slightly, he squinted his eyes with a smile: "Quick battle, Brother Shang."

Shang Lixing closed his eyes and inhaled, then opened his eyes again, his eyes became clear again, he saw that his body was motionless, holding a needle, his hand was like a flying flower, and just as the needle touched Xie Liuchen's skin, the tray moved , The next stitch came in succession, and four or five stitches had been applied in the blink of an eye.

Because he moved too fast, Xie Liuchen felt a slight pain after the third needle was inserted into the body, and when the fifth needle was injected, the pain suddenly intensified, the whole body was running wildly with zhenqi, his limbs went numb, and he was temporarily paralyzed That unbearable pain.

But it was only suppressed temporarily, it was not painless, soon the pain multiplied and the paralysis was overwhelmed, the bone-cutting pain was overwhelming, making Xie Liuchen mistakenly think that he was torn into countless pieces , every piece wanted to go back to the void, but couldn't help it, and was dragged into the physical body again, continuing to endure boundless pain.He grunted in pain, clenched his teeth tightly, and blood oozes from the corner of his mouth.

Bai Xuan sighed and turned her head, unable to bear to look any further.The casual cultivators around were one after another, hissing a few times one after another, and several people had already covered their eyes and ran out.

Shang Lixing didn't dare to let him suffer too much pain, his hands kept moving, and administered the sixth and seventh injections one after another. After the seventh injection entered Xie Liuchen's body, he saw Xie Liuchen who was about to fall to the ground, and his thoughts flickered , Suddenly a thought flashed out like a ghost: "If he is stupid and crazy, won't he go, won't leave me?" Beads of sweat poured out: he was terrified that he had such dark thoughts.

Xie Liuchen didn't know the dark thoughts in Shang Lixing's mind. Seeing him sweating and in pain, he still had the strength to smile and said, "Don't worry...it won't hurt...it will be fine in a while...in a while."

Panting out of breath, Shang Lixing quickly drew out the eighth and ninth needles, hitting Xie Liuchen's "Zhongting Point" and "Baihui Point".

When the last injection was injected, Xie Liuchen suddenly let out a frantic roar, his whole body twitched, roaring like a wild beast, his true energy was about to break the embankment.The mysterious power in his body took effect at this time, a soft white light spontaneously generated above his head, piercing through the sky, enveloping him like a cicada chrysalis.Under the comfort of the white light, Xie Liuchen's out-of-control body stopped trembling and gradually settled down.

Where can the people around see that they have already left, those who have covered their eyes have covered their eyes, only Shang Lihang who stood the nearest saw everything, but he had no time to care about what it was, he only half-kneeled on the ground, Xie Liuchen hugged him tightly, but when he saw the person in his arms was in messy clothes, his lips were white, and his eyes were slack, Shang Lixing felt a pain in his heart, so he wiped the sweat off his face and comforted him tremblingly: "It's all right." , It's all right, thank you, Junior Brother."

After the punishment was over, both of them were sweating profusely, Xie Liuchen's hair on the temples and clothes were completely wet with sweat, they were tightly stuck to the nape of his neck and forehead, his chin and front were turned dark red.After a while, his consciousness slowly turned back, and his true energy re-circulated in the original order. He opened his eyes slightly, but saw that Shang Lixing was full of worry, and he was sweating even more than him.

After experiencing the pain of "nine needles on the top of the snow", his soul was shaken, and he felt like he was suddenly reborn and transformed. Not only did the pain gradually disappear, but he smiled narrowly at Shang Lixing: "I'll just say it doesn't hurt." ..."

The casual cultivators around also came back to their senses, and saw that he was unharmed except for his embarrassment. They couldn't help but marvel, and said: "The first severe punishment has been imposed, so let's implement the second severe punishment."

Shang Lixing frowned and said, "What else?"

All the casual cultivators hurriedly said: "Don't worry, master, it's not physical punishment, he can't stand too much! He just said that a man in black robes tempted him to kill mortals. The crime must be borne by this person."

Bai Xuan on the side also nodded and said: "Yes, according to what Junior Brother Xie said, this demon envoy has a special status, and getting rid of him is also a good thing for the human race."

A casual cultivator said: "That's the reason." Then he raised his voice and shouted: "Xie Liuchen obeys!" Xie Liuchen was slightly shocked.Nasan corrected his color and said: "The second severe punishment is to get to know the black-robed man with your own hands, so as to comfort the souls of those fifteen innocent mortals in heaven."

Xie Liuchen nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I will know this person personally and avenge the victim."

The casual cultivator said: "Please trouble the sect master to plant a life talisman on Xie Liuchen, so that we can track his whereabouts inside the sect."

Shang Lixing sighed slightly, knowing that this was the best solution, he took out a talisman, put one hand on Xie Liuchen's heart, and said softly: "Junior Brother Xie, I planted a life talisman on your body, and you can only kill it with your own hands." The life talisman will not be effective until you kill the man in black. Don't worry, it won't have any effect on your cultivation."

Xie Liuchen said with a smile: "Okay." Facing his pale smiling face, Shang Lixing sent the life talisman into his body, and then hugged him tightly.

Such an ending can be regarded as happy for everyone, a casual cultivator said loudly: "Well, from now on, Qiu Shuimen withdraws the order to kill Xie Liuchen, and you will be innocent from now on!"

Xie Liuchen was determined, and tried to show a smile, and then his body went limp, and he passed out.