Peace in the fairyland (19): Frightened and Furious

The passerby subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, but he saw Cheng Huaiqian holding a sword standing at the alley behind him, blocking his retreat.

“Two, two gentlemen…what do you want?”

The passerby asked in an attempt to maintain a calm tone.

“‘gentlemen’? You should call us ‘Senior Brother’.” Xia Ruize smiled gently, mercilessly breaking the passerby’s wishful thinking, “I remember you, you are Huangfu Lizhuo’s servant, and you came with him to find us. Why, now you pretend not to know us?”

Ha had been recognized!

The passerby was even more panicked and wanted to explain himself, but was interrupted by Xia Ruize’s straightforward question, “Did you give the Wailing pills in the Feng family’s hands to them?”

Hearing the question, the passerby stared into Xia Ruize’s eyes, looking dazed, and stammered, “I… it wasn’t me who wanted to give it, it was my cousin who gave it… No, I don’t know what a ‘Wailing pill’ is…”

Xia Ruize raised his eyebrows. The other party was indeed a cultivator. His mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary people and he was not completely affected by the hypnosis skills.

Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be Huangfu Lizhuo’s cousin. No wonder his demeanor was different from that of an ordinary servant, and he even dared to speak on behalf of Huangfu Lizhuo earlier.

Xia Ruize was not in a hurry and continued to use the [Divine Language Messenger] skill to ask questions patiently, asking the same questions repeatedly in reverse order. The longer the time, the more deeply the passers-by was affected, and the more true information he revealed.

In the end, the collected information was indeed as they had previously speculated: the one who provided the Wailing pills to the Feng family was none other than Huangfu Lizhuo, the outer disciple of Qingyang Sect, and his cousin Huangfu Xingming, who had previously had a conflict with them.

This made sense. The Wailing pills are also a controlled drug in the fairyland. It was not easy for ordinary cultivators to get it. Xia Ruize didn’t believe that the Cheng and Feng families wanted to deal with them and they just happened to meet a merchant with Wailing pills. He rather believed that someone secretly sent Wailing pills to them on purpose.

Knowing what he wanted to know, Cheng Huaiqian reached out and grabbed Huangfu Xingming’s collar, and together with Xia Ruize, they soared into the air with their swords, and flew directly back to Qingyang Sect to visit the outer sect headmaster Dugu Shanhai.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian often went in and out of the courtyards of Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue and his wife, and they were not stopped by the formation, but they still sent out a visiting card outside the courtyard and only flew into the courtyard of the mountain master and his wife after getting permission.

Cheng Huaiqian, who had landed with the sword, let go and threw Huangfu Xingming to the ground, then informed headmaster Dugu about the series of events that had taken place in Qingyang City.

Upon hearing that someone was trying to trick the two young men into taking Wailing pills, Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue’s brows immediately furrowed and they looked coldly at Huangfu Xingming on the ground.

During the flight of the sword, Cheng Huaiqian did not provide a shield for Huangfu Xingming, and was blown by the wind all the way. He was now completely sober and lying on the ground in the headmaster’s courtyard. He felt the strong pressure from the aura and immediately broke out in a cold sweat and could not help shaking all over.

As for Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming, who were also outer disciples of Qingyang Sect, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were not prepared to resolve the issue privately, nor did they have that much time to waste on entanglement with them. Since they were disciples of the same sect, they would handle it according to the sect’s rules.

After listening to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s stories, Headmaster Dugu looked at Huangfu Xingming lying on the ground with a sharp gaze and asked in a cold voice:

“Do you have anything to refute about what your senior brothers just said?”

Huangfu Xingming knew clearly in his heart that he must not admit to the crime of murdering his fellow disciples, but with a Nascent soul’s full power unleashed, he was filled with endless panic and could not lie at all. Instead, he revealed everything he and Huangfu Lizhuo had been planning all along, even in more detail and clarity than what he had revealed to Xia Ruize when he was hypnotized.

Unable to control himself and revealing everything, Huangfu Xingming was completely paralyzed on the ground. He knew clearly that he and his cousin Huangfu Lizhuo were finished…

Soon, Huangfu Lizhuo was summoned to the courtyard of Master Dugu. Huangfu Lizhuo was very happy at first, thinking that he was valued by the master. However, he did not expect that when he arrived at the scene, he saw the stern-faced Dugu Shanhai and the head of the outer gate punishment hall, Wang Teng.

What made Huangfu Lizhuo’s heart beat wildly was that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were sitting next to him, looking indifferent but safe and sound, while the person lying on the ground was his servant and cousin, Huangfu Xingming.

Instantly, Huangfu Lizhuo broke out in a layer of cold sweat, but he knew that he couldn’t panic now, so he forced himself to control himself and bowed to all the immortals and senior brothers.

Unfortunately, no matter how clear-headed Huangfu Lizhuo was, it was of no use. Under the pressure from several powerful men, he could not hold on for long and confessed everything.

Huangfu was the surname of the royal family of the Shenhui Empire, one of the three major secular empires. The Huangfu family was prosperous and had the financial support of a country. As long as one had the surname Huangfu, one could get the opportunity to receive education from an early age, and also had the financial resources to travel around to participate in the entry selection of major sects.

Becoming an outer disciple would be the best scenario, but if one could only barely qualify as a servant, the Huangfu clan would also provide strong support and hand over a large amount of money to allow their descendants to join the sect.

Therefore, many sects in the Immortal Realm had disciples with the surname Huangfu, and the connections between them were relatively close. Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming were able to plot against Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian based on this.

Huangfu Lizhuo had hated Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian since he was severely humiliated by them half a year ago, and had always wanted to teach them a lesson. However, they were too talented, and before he could do anything, they had already left the status of ordinary outer disciples, so he could not even see them on a daily basis.

Huangfu Lizhuo’s original plan to do it himself had to turn to looking for other methods. Coincidentally, at this time, the news broke that Cheng Huaiqian was not in harmony with his family. Huangfu Lizhuo had an idea and prepared to work hard on the families of the two.

The Huangfu family had greater power in the secular world, and they soon found out that Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were both at odds with their families.

The Huangfu family had a junior disciple in the Qingyang Sect who was well versed in alchemy. Huangfu Lizhuo obtained Wailing pills from this disciple and sent someone to reveal the effect of Wailing pills to the Cheng and Feng families. He also inadvertently “sold” Wailing pills to them and revealed the whereabouts of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian…

A series of calculations led to the situation at noon today.

Headmaster Dugu and Immortal master Wang Teng’s faces turned pale when they heard this. This series of plots was really sinister. Who would guard against their own family?

Even if there were some conflicts before, most people would not think that their family was plotting to kill them. Moreover, they would not refuse a toast from their family in the name of repairing the relationship.

If Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had not been alert, after today, all the outer sect immortals of Qingyang Sect would probably have received the news that two promising registered disciples had their cultivation destroyed or even died unexpectedly!

How could this not make people angry!

“Humph, you can disobey the laws of the country in Shenhui, but you cannot disobey the rules of my Qingyang Sect. You have the guts to harm your fellow brothers, I think you are ready to bear the consequences.

I declare that Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming attempted to murder their fellow brothers. As the masterminds, they are sentenced to confinement in the Cliff of Repentance for fifteen years. Huangfu Junyuan was responsible for leaking the Wailing pills without permission and was sentenced to confinement in the Cliff of Repentance for one year! “

After investigating the matter thoroughly, Dugu Shanhai exchanged opinions with Wang Teng, and then Wang Teng, the head of the outer sect’s Punishment Hall, personally announced the punishment results for the three Huangfu.

The Punishment Hall was responsible for supervising the words and deeds of the sect’s disciples, and the Cliff of Repentance was actually the prison of the Qingyang Sect. All disciples who made mistakes would be thrown into the Cliff of Repentance, and would be confined in the Cliff for varying periods of time depending on the severity of their mistakes.

The Cliff of Repentance had no spiritual energy, and it was impossible to cultivate. It was also extremely cold and dangerous all year round. The disciples who were punished to reflect on their mistakes needed to go up and down the mountain for dozens of miles to fetch water and to farm for food. In short, the purpose was to make the disciples reflect on their mistakes in the most difficult environment.

Huangfu Junyuan, who was called here inexplicably, never expected that he would be dragged into this. He panicked immediately and cried loudly that he was wronged. He didn’t know that Huangfu Lizhuo and Huangfu Xingming obtained the Wailing pills from him in order to frame his fellow disciples.

Dugu Shanhai and Immortal Wang Teng did not listen to his excuses any more, because the Wailing pill was too special. It was an elixir designed specifically for cultivators and was usually only used by sects to punish traitors.

Huangfu Junyuan’s lack of knowledge did not change the fact that his behavior of giving Wailing pills away casually was wrong in itself.

Immortal Wang Teng personally escorted the three people to the Cliff of Repentance and locked them in separate caves. The distance between each cave was far from each other, and it was very lonely every day.

After Immortal Wang Teng took the three Huangfu away, Dugu Shanhai and his wife looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

Half a year ago, Qingyang Sect found out that these two children did not have a close relationship with their families, but everyone thought that they were just indifferent to each other. Who could have thought that the relatives who gave birth to them and raised them would actually want to kill them? !

“Ruize, Huaiqian, how was your previous experience?”

After pondering for a moment, Immortal Hua Manyue decided to avoid the sad topic of poisoning and instead asked about Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s first experience that had just ended.

Although they had already learned from the Immortal Song Fengyu that this experience went smoothly, they were still concerned about the children and wanted to hear the two little guys’ own feelings.

“It feels like it’s over before I can figure out the situation.”

Xia Ruize smiled shyly, looking innocent.

The ones who hurt him were not his real relatives, so he naturally would not feel sad. In comparison, it would be more unpleasant to let the invading insects drive away a world.

“Yes, it may take us a few more trials before we can accumulate enough experience.” Cheng Huaiqian agreed.

Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue felt relieved when they saw that the two young guys were not affected by the poisoning incident. They started talking about the miraculous and extraordinary experiences they had encountered in order to comfort Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian.

After a while, they felt the time was right. Dugu Shanhai and Hua Manyue looked at each other and asked:

“What do you two think of your families?”

“We are no longer family!”

Xia Ruize’s expression turned cold, and he cut through the iron road.

Before leaving, he fed those people a pill that would make their bodies gradually weaker. Although it would not kill them immediately, it would make them feel weak and unable to walk, or even unable to move independently.

Because if they had mistakenly consumed the Wailing pill before, it would have destroyed their dantian, weakened their bodies, and in severe cases, led to death. Now, it’s just an eye for an eye, very fair and reasonable.