Chapter 77

While riding outside, Xiaohong sent a text message saying that the monthly ticket count had reached two hundred, urging him to return and update. Upon returning, he saw that the monthly ticket count had already reached three hundred, and he was grateful...

Chen Xun fell down the mountain, but it was not over yet. Several more streams of energy wrapped around his limbs, binding him to a stone pillar in front of the square at the foot of the mountain, leaving him unable to struggle.

"Brat, spouting nonsense, daring to show disrespect to the Canglan Academy. The Canglan Academy is not a place you can enter and leave as you please. You will be hung here for three days as a warning. If you dare to speak a single disrespectful word about the academy in the future, you will be executed without mercy! Ge Yi, you and Lou Jiao will supervise. After three days, release this brat; if anyone dares to save him, they will be bound and displayed as well..."

Su Quan stood atop the mountain, his voice resonating like a great bell.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in the square at the foot of the mountain to witness the grand ceremony for new initiates. They did not know what had just happened atop the mountain, but when they saw a new disciple fall from the peak and be hung on a stone pillar for three days, they all curiously gathered around.

Zong Ya stood in the crowd, his face turning red with anger. How could he stand by and watch Chen Xun be humiliated? He was about to draw his sword and rush out to save Chen Xun, but fortunately, Zuo Qiu was quick to react and held him back.

However, at this moment, apart from Zuo Qiu, who remained calm, the other young disciples from the Northern Mountain tribes were all enraged.

A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.

The Su family was powerful, but they had not yet earned the respect of the Northern Mountain tribes.

Chen Xun had saved their lives and treated talismans and treasures as if they were worthless, giving them to everyone. In the hearts of these Northern Mountain disciples, Chen Xun was more inviolable than the Su family.

Having walked through a bloody path, seeing so many brothers and sisters killed in the struggle for the Su family's bait, only forty or fifty of the thousands of young people who set out from Tianma Lake had survived. How could their resentment towards the Su family not be deep?

They were all teenagers around fourteen or fifteen years old, not understanding the bigger picture. The long-suppressed resentment in their hearts erupted, and they all drew their weapons, which Zuo Qiu alone could not stop.

Chen Xun's limbs were bound, and he could not speak. Seeing this situation, he knew things were about to go badly. His eyes were almost bulging with anxiety, but he could not say a word to stop Zong Ya and the others.

Zong Ya and the others had grown up in the wilderness, their difficult lives forging their resilient and unyielding characters. How could they understand the treachery of human hearts?

Su Quan was a despicable person who would not hesitate to strike at his brother Su Qingfeng if there was the slightest opportunity.

In front of tens of thousands of people, Su Quan could not openly bully the weak and kill Chen Xun on the spot, but if Zong Ya and the others could not control themselves and dozens of them rushed forward with weapons, giving Su Quan an excuse, would he not take drastic action?

Su Tang said that evil cultivators had the ability to steal ancient bloodlines.

The Su family would not dare to openly use such evil techniques to steal ancient bloodlines and plant them in their own descendants, but if the Northern Mountain tribes openly rebelled and gave Su Quan an excuse to kill them all, who would care about the fate of Qianlan?

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Zong Ya and the others were about to rush forward, but Ge Yi leaped down from the mountain peak, grabbing several of them and throwing them into the crowd, shouting angrily:

"Rascals! Is this a place for you to cause trouble?"

Zong Ya and the others were far inferior to Ge Yi in cultivation. They were helpless against his grabs and throws, but their blood was boiling, and they could not understand Ge Yi's good intentions. They got up from the ground and tried to rush forward again.

"North Mountain disciples intend to riot, they must be punished!" Lou Jiao saw an opportunity and followed Ge Yi, leaping down from the mountain peak. He condensed frost blades in his hands and was about to kill Zuo Qiu, Zong Ya, and the others.

Ge Yi drew his sword to block Lou Jiao's attack, his momentum fierce, not giving an inch, and sternly asked:

"Executor Lou, do you want to use your position for personal revenge?"

"These brats intend to riot, everyone can see it. Executor Ge, do you want to protect them?" Su Qingfeng was busy with important matters and was not in Canglan City. All matters in the Su Wuwei Manor were led by the Fourth Master, Su Quan. Lou Jiao believed that Su Quan would not mind using this opportunity to eliminate Ge Yi as well, so he countered.

"Fourth Master clearly said that anyone who causes trouble will be bound and displayed. Executor Lou, do you dare to disobey Fourth Master's orders?" Ge Yi saw the murderous intent in Lou Jiao's eyes and thought that this man was truly capable of killing, but he could not give an inch.

This was not just about the lives of dozens of young people, but also about the prestige of the Thirteenth Master in Canglan and Mangya Ridge. He held his sword in front of him, his aura spreading, and if Lou Jiao really intended to kill, he would die to protect them.

The onlookers were immediately overwhelmed by the intense killing aura, wondering how a peaceful initiation ceremony could turn into a deadly duel between two executors of the Su Wuwei Manor. To avoid being caught in the crossfire, they quickly retreated, leaving a large open space.

Several Canglan warriors then rushed forward, standing beside Ge Yi, and shouted at Lou Jiao: "Executor Lou, Fourth Master has given orders, do you dare to disobey?"

Although Chen Xun could not speak, he was grateful to Ge Yi. Seeing these Canglan warriors stand up to support Ge Yi despite knowing that Su Quan was just looking for an excuse, he realized that Su Qingfeng's reputation in the Su Wuwei Manor was indeed higher than Su Quan's.

He did not know if Su Quan would dare to kill him in front of the elders like the old man in the green robe.

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In front of the elders like Su Fanglong, Su Quan did not dare to eliminate Ge Yi, Su Qingfeng's right-hand man.

Standing atop the mountain, seeing Ge Yi openly protect these Northern Mountain youths and even draw his sword against Lou Jiao, Su Quan was furious and sternly asked:

"Ge Yi, you two rascals, what kind of joke are you trying to make?"

Su Quan's angry shout echoed through the air, like a thunderclap in Ge Yi's ears.

Ge Yi's face flushed red, and he barely managed to swallow the blood in his throat. He knew that the Fourth Master could easily kill him, but using such underhanded tactics to injure him was something he dared not do in front of the elders like Su Fanglong.

Lou Jiao, however, was unaffected. He knew that the Fourth Master did not want the situation to become too ugly, so he moved into the crowd with a strange gait, like an eagle catching a chick, and within a few moves, he had disabled Zong Ya, Zuo Qiu, and the others, handing them over to the Canglan warriors who arrived to bind them and hang them on the stone pillars in the square.

Zong Ling, Nan Xi, Gu Jianfeng, and others were also bound and taken to the foot of the mountain to be hung on the stone pillars.

Qianlan appeared to be sitting cross-legged in meditation atop the mountain, but she was actually restrained by several streams of spiritual pressure, unable to move, her beautiful face twisted in pain.

Seeing this, Chen Xun felt helpless, knowing that Zong Ya and the others had fiery tempers, but how could he blame them for not understanding the principle of "small tolerance leads to great success"?

Chen Xun's heart was filled with righteous indignation, wishing he could die in a glorious battle.

"Chen Xun's heretical words have incited the North Mountain disciples to disrupt the ceremony. Without punishment, it will be difficult to deter others," Su Quan said, seeing that Lou Jiao had controlled the situation at the foot of the mountain. "He will be whipped ten times and expelled from the academy, never to be readmitted! Lou Jiao will carry out the punishment to enforce the law."

With Su Qingfeng absent, all matters in the Su Wuwei Manor were decided by Su Quan. The elders in green robes stood on the mountain peak, only concerned with protecting Qianlan and not interfering in internal matters of the Su Wuwei Manor.

The lives of ordinary disciples were of no concern to them.

Ge Yi felt bitter and helpless, knowing that the current situation was beyond his control. If Lou Jiao personally carried out the punishment, ten lashes would destroy Chen Xun's foundation of cultivation.

"Su Ling, strip him of his robes and armor!" Lou Jiao took a blood-red whip from a warrior behind him. The whip, made of divine patterned cold iron, was about four feet long, black and dull, with protruding iron spikes. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Qingyang realm, let alone a Rebirth realm expert, would suffer broken bones and torn tendons after ten lashes.

However, Lou Jiao knew that Chen Xun was wearing magical robes and armor. Since he had not yet reached the Rebirth realm, it would take three to five lashes to break through the protective aura of the Diamond Armor. He did not want to miss out on three to five lashes, so he had Su Ling strip Chen Xun of his robes and armor before carrying out the punishment.

Su Ling grinned maliciously. The events of the day had been full of twists and turns, and he was eager to urinate on Chen Xun to vent his frustrations.

Chen Xun knew that Lou Jiao would not show mercy during the punishment. He was not worried about his life, but if Lou Jiao intended to harm him, the six-armed giant demon blood would react, and it would not escape the eyes of Su Quan and the elders in green robes.

If his hidden soul sea anomaly was revealed and fell into the hands of the Su family, what would be his fate?

Seeing Su Ling approach with a crazed look, Chen Xun felt the bindings on his body weaken. He knew that Su Quan was using his power from the mountain peak to facilitate Su Ling's humiliation of him.

Having lived for twenty-one years on Earth, Chen Xun's thick skin was beyond imagination. He smiled at Su Ling and said, "Senior Brother Su Ling, can you leave me a pair of underpants?"

"Spit!" Su Ling, seeing Chen Xun smiling at such a moment, felt even more frustrated. Just as he was about to spit on Chen Xun's face, he suddenly felt an overwhelming killing aura invade from the sky.

His limbs were immediately paralyzed by the killing aura, and he felt a hot stream in his crotch, but in his fear, he did not realize he had urinated...

Ge Yi looked up in shock. A cloud had appeared in the sky above the mountain peak, and the overwhelming killing aura was emanating from it.

The killing aura did not target Ge Yi directly, but it was so overwhelming that he was also paralyzed, barely managing to draw his sword.

The elders on the mountain peak, including Su Quan and the old man in the green robe, immediately reacted to the killing aura, assuming that an enemy had silently infiltrated Canglan City. They all drew their weapons and magical tools.

Su Quan and the others also sensed the killing aura targeting Lou Jiao and Su Ling, but they did not know why.

However, if the executors and disciples of the Su Wuwei Manor were killed in front of everyone, the Su Wuwei Manor and the Su family would lose face.

In an instant, the spiritual pressure in Su Quan's soul sea surged, and he released a beam of light that formed a huge halo, enveloping everyone at the foot of the mountain.

Suddenly, a beam of sword light descended from the clouds, seemingly not very powerful but incredibly agile.

It twisted several times, like a butcher dissecting an ox, tearing apart the defensive light shield that Su Quan had set up.

Su Quan was shocked, never expecting his defensive array to be so fragile.

He was about to join forces with Elder Su Fanglong and others to kill the intruder, but he saw that they had all withdrawn their defenses and retracted their magical tools, making him so angry that he wanted to curse.

However, the people at the foot of the mountain did not know what Su Quan and the others saw in the clouds.

They saw the beam of sword light break through Su Quan's light shield and hover above everyone, seemingly ready to cut off anyone's head at any moment.

Su Ling was terrified, his soul shattered by the overwhelming killing aura. If it continued, he would be scared into a vegetative state.

Apart from Su Ling, Lou Jiao, also affected by the killing aura, was barely maintaining his soul, but his limbs were paralyzed, leaving him powerless to resist.

Chen Xun looked up at the clouds and thought of a line: "I believe my true love will come riding on a cloud of seven colors to save me!"

"Spit! Spit! Spit! I'm not a jilted woman!"

Chen Xun spat several times and said, "Su Tang, stop messing around!"

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