Chapter 20: Punishment
Everyone stopped, looking up at the sound in the air.
On the second floor, an old man with gray hair and a long beard held a candlestick in his hand, looking down at the group of newcomers who had just made a commotion with an expressionless face. He was holding a few ancient books in his left hand, which he should have been studying carefully, when he was interrupted at this moment, and he looked very dissatisfied.
"It is forbidden to fight noisily in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the violator will be given a rod of thirty to one hundred depending on the severity of the situation. ”
The candidates were either frightened or suspicious, could it be that this old man would really arrest these dozens of people one by one and beat them again? By the time he finished, it would have been dark for a long time, right?
Zhou Sheng and the others made up their minds to kill the Fire Hall in one bite of the Second Hall of Wind and Thunder this time, shirking the responsibility cleanly, and watching Li Ziyang and the others choke.
"...... Uproar"
The white-haired old man ignored the careful thoughts of these people, stretched out his right hand forward, and the candlestick tapped the void, and a wide red energy net spread out in the middle of the air in the Scripture Pavilion, falling smoothly towards the candidates below.
Some people standing on the edge of the hall on the first floor thought carefully, ready to sneak around with the location, but as soon as they moved, they found that their feet were fixed on the bluestone ground, unable to move, but their bodies lost their balance because of excessive force and fell to the ground, which was very embarrassing.
The big net fell on top of their heads, and the arrogant geniuses were like fish fry in the net at this moment, and a sense of powerlessness arose in everyone's hearts.
"Humph......"
"Ah......h
Like a thousand pounds of boulders pressed on their shoulders, everyone let out a light or heavy muffled snort, and the few people who tried to resist with their weak qi machines cried out in pain and were even more oppressed.
I can't have the slightest intention of resisting when I am punished, and this seemingly ordinary old man is also domineering.
"Knock ......"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The pressure on his shoulders increased suddenly, and the strength that was still at the limit of many people just now increased several times, and most of them were unable to support it, kneeling on one knee uncontrollably, and could no longer stand up.
"Huh. ”
A disdainful whisper came, and not far away, several figures stood proudly. Although a few people were either extremely pale, or had cold sweat on their foreheads, or were panting for breath to forcibly support, but in any case, they were still standing at the moment, this is the confidence!
Li Ziyang looked up, Zhou Shengyi, Zhuge Qian, Ye Nianqing, and another person who hadn't paid much attention to it before were all standing in the field, a lot higher than the people kneeling around, that is, this small distance, separating good seedlings from geniuses.
On the other hand, on his side, Ding Yingjie was able to slowly replenish the power of the sun because of the ray of sunshine in the middle of the Scripture Pavilion, and he was still struggling to support it. And Tan Yao and himself were about to fall because their cultivation speed was not as fast as that of the geniuses of the wind, fire and thunder attributes. It's Chu Ling, this guy, has been like a bamboo for a while, and now he can still hold on a little.
Finally, Tan Yao was also unsustainable and collapsed, but she had already prepared, and at this time, she deftly crossed her legs and sat on the ground, which was much better than kneeling on one knee.
Li Ziyang has also reached the limit, because he has just fought with the other party, his few qi engines are almost exhausted, and now he can't even sit cross-legged, but he is struggling with the strong muscles and perseverance tempered for many years.
If you fall down and hit the ground on your knees, you will just face Zhou Sheng and a few people, and you can't imagine how embarrassing the scene will be at that time.
The beads of sweat on his forehead couldn't help but slide down, and his legs were already trembling. The old man upstairs had no intention of stopping, and the strength of the energy net was still increasing.
Several people on the opposite side, especially Zhou Shengyi, seemed to be anxiously waiting for him to fall, Zhou Sheng smiled fiercely, secretly exerted force, and straightened up a little.
That's it!
Li Ziyang secretly swore that this account would be recovered tenfold and hundredfold in the future!
Just as he was about to kneel down with his teeth loosened, the sound of his body hitting the ground suddenly came with a "poof", and then a slender hand rested on his back.
A burst of fiery power was transmitted from the vest, quickly spreading through the body, soaking the limbs and bones, and replenishing its energy.
Li Ziyang gritted his teeth again, clenched his hands into fists, and looked up at the disdainful faces on the opposite side.
Behind him, Chu Ling sat quietly cross-legged on the ground, her forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, her face was pale, her lips were pursed, almost squeezing her own qi, and constantly transmitting energy to Li Ziyang.
Soon, her body began to tremble slightly, swaying from side to side, and she saw that she was about to fall completely.
"Poof. ”
There was another sound of someone sitting cross-legged, and another hand that was not too big but firm and powerful and one of Tan Yao's hands was on Chu Ling's left and right shoulders, making her stabilize her figure.
Li Ziyang endured the severe pain and stretched his whole body muscles and bones, so that his body was straight. He slowly raised his right hand to the front of his chest, and stretched out his index finger to point directly at Zhou Shengyi.
Zhou Shengyi seemed to be angry at his provocation, but soon, a look of disdain was undoubtedly revealed on his face.
I, Zhou Shengyi, have persevered until now on my own, how many people are left behind you Li Ziyang, what is left?
If it weren't for the fact that he was already at the end of the crossbow at this moment, Zhou Shengyi would have laughed out loud.
The old man upstairs didn't seem to want to break all the backbones of this newcomer in one fell swoop, and the strength of the big net no longer increased, and then dissipated out of thin air, without a trace.
Everyone was loosened on their shoulders, and a few fainted directly and fell unconscious.
"The state has national laws, and the temple has its rules. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he glanced at the few people who were still standing, and then turned away.
"This is the end of the selection of secrets, all the secrets must be returned before the year-end assessment, otherwise you will bear the consequences, and you will leave. A voice came from the second floor where the old man had left, very polite but unquestionable.
It's just that this old man, who seemed to be extremely calm, saw Chu Ling who had fainted when he turned to leave, and thought of something, a headache, and a few wrinkles crept up his brows, and it seemed that there would be a lot of trouble next......
A group of people rubbed their sore and numb joints and gradually left the hall by supporting each other, and those who fainted were carried or carried away by their partners in the same hall, knowing nothing about the outside world.
Zhou Sheng and the others glanced coldly at the Fire Hall for a few moments, then turned away.
Li Ziyang turned around and knelt on his knees, stretched out his trembling hand, and gently picked up Chu Ling, who fell to the ground on her side, this girl is usually very aggressive, but this time her actions were beyond everyone's expectations, looking at her who was breathing calmly at the moment, her chest was slightly undulating, Li Ziyang's heart moved.
He stretched out his left hand, brushed her hair behind her ear, and then picked up her delicate body with both hands, and left with Ding Yingjie and the others.
"Ah......h
"Who?"
"Boy, what are you doing?"
"Ah......h
There were several screams at the entrance of the hall. As soon as he went out, Li Ziyang saw Xiao Ling, who had avoided this punishment at some point, and was picking up the spirit stone slab, chasing after the fat and beating the people of the Second Hall of Wind and Thunder who had just shot at them and were already exhausted at this time.
Seeing that he was about to make a move on Zhou Sheng and a few others, Li Ziyang stopped him.
"Don't dwell on it, Xiao Ling, let's go back. ”
Xiao Ling changed his previous laziness and naivety at this moment, his eyes glared at Zhou Sheng and the others viciously, and he swore not to give up.
Hearing Li Ziyang's words, he thought about it, put away the slate, gave up, ran over to support Tan Yao, and left with Li Ziyang and his party, returning to the Fire Palace.
Zhou Sheng's eyes were cloudy, and the thumb of his right hand kept rubbing the nail of his little finger, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Lei Yiming, who didn't participate in it at the beginning, looked at the direction where Li Ziyang and the others left, and fell into deep thought.
On the periphery, the old people talked about this fierce little junior brother and admired him.
In the Fire Palace, Elder Chu and Elder Wu listened to Li Ziyang's narration while conditioning Chu Ling and the others. He was very pleased with their performance today, and as for the actions of the other two halls, he didn't say much.
Tan Yao got the secret she needed early, and Xiao Ling handed over the spirit stone tablet engraved with "The Great Day Rulai Secret" to Ding Yingjie. Chen Han was very satisfied with Xiao Ling's performance, and touched his head for the first time but didn't give him a shock.
Several people got the exercises they needed during this trip, but Xiao Ling, who contributed a lot, was born because of the accident and got nothing.
Chen Han had a lot of opinions about Chu Ling's fainting, if it wasn't for Elder Chu stopping her, she would have gone to the old guy in the Scripture Pavilion to comment.
Elder Wu saw all of this in his eyes.
That night, there was a strange sound in the Scripture Pavilion.
The door of Chu Ling's room was gently pushed open, and Elder Wu's hair was messy and his robe was untidy.
He walked in, placed a candle in the candlestick on the table, and raised his hand to light the fire.
A volume of secrets that was most suitable for Xiao Ling was also lightly rested on the table.
From beginning to end, he didn't say a word.
The door was gently slammed shut again.
Chen Hanyan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and waiting for Chu Ling, smiled, and the country was overwhelmed.