Whip Punishment (Second Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Whip Punishment (Second Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Idiot!

The cultivators present all gave Mu Zhengfeng a very fair assessment upon hearing that—this guy was simply an idiot!

Everyone knew Hu Donghan was doomed, yet not one of them said it aloud. Why? Wasn't it to preserve the authority of the Enforcement Hall disciples? This fellow would definitely receive some special "care" from them in the future!

The Enforcement Hall disciple handling the questioning could not even be bothered to acknowledge Mu Zhengfeng. Instead, he turned to Mu Ming and asked, "Junior Brother Mu, Mu Zhengfeng asked you for spiritual medicine. Is that true?"

In Mu Ming's eyes, the overall situation had already been decided. Hu Donghan would certainly be dealt with by the Enforcement Hall disciples. Once this matter was settled, he would no longer have any connection to the Mu Household. Under such circumstances, Mu Ming naturally did not mind giving things another push. He nodded. "That's right. Three days ago, Mu Zhengfeng did indeed ask me for medicine for injuries. I only found it strange at the time; I never imagined it had been this disciple who beat him."

"Good." The Enforcement Hall disciple responded, then turned back to Hu Donghan and asked in an icy tone, "Nephew-disciple, I have questioned everyone who needed questioning. You should be satisfied now, shouldn't you?"

Hu Donghan swept his gaze around and spotted a familiar figure in the crowd. He could not help smiling slightly as he nodded. "Satisfied. Very satisfied. If Uncle-Master has the guts, then continue."

"Hahaha!"

The Enforcement Hall disciple was practically angered into laughter—what did this brat think he was? Even in such circumstances, he still dared to speak like that?

Once the disciples of the Enforcement Hall were dispatched, even Golden Core Realm ancestors throughout the Yin Soul Sect had to show them some respect. If a matter was serious enough, even Nascent Soul Realm ancestors would not dare interfere rashly. Once Soul-Devouring Ancestor, the Spirit Transformation expert in charge of the Enforcement Hall, flew into a rage, the other two Spirit Transformation ancestors of the sect would not wish to cross blades with him! It was precisely because such an ancestor oversaw the Enforcement Hall that they possessed such imposing authority today!

Once he announced Hu Donghan's punishment, even if Mad Demon Ancestor of Overlapping Peaks stepped forward, he would not be able to stop it!

But would Mad Demon Ancestor step forward for Hu Donghan? The possibility was zero!

The Enforcement Hall disciple sneered twice more, thinking to himself, Let's see whether this brat can still keep acting tough later.

Afterward, the Enforcement Hall disciple took a thick Sect Law Code from his storage ring and said coldly, "Hu Donghan, an outer disciple of Overlapping Peaks in the Yin Soul Sect, used a spell at Lonely Soul Ridge to launch a surprise attack on Wang Linshu, an outer disciple of Overlapping Peaks. As there were no casualties, the Sect Law Code decrees fifteen lashes. Afterward, within Overlapping Peaks, he provoked and beat Mu Zhengfeng, an outer disciple, causing him injury. The Sect Law Code decrees twenty lashes. After his crimes were discovered by the Enforcement Hall, he stubbornly refused to admit guilt, attempted to resist, and displayed an atrocious attitude. He should therefore receive a heavier punishment. Thus, his whipping shall be doubled, for a total of seventy lashes. Hu Donghan, do you accept this?"

The surrounding disciples watching the spectacle were all aghast, breaking into heated discussion.

The Enforcement Hall's whipping punishment was nothing like the so-called whipping punishment of the mortal world. It was carried out using the Enforcement Hall's specialized Discipline Whip!

The Discipline Whip was a low-grade spirit artifact, and every disciple who joined the Enforcement Hall could receive one. However, the whip was absolutely forbidden from ordinary use and could only be used during executions.

The Discipline Whip was refined from Ghost Shark Soul Sinew taken from the Ghost Shark Grotto in the Soulbreak Mountains. Once spiritual power was channeled into it, a single lash could tear even a Golden Core Realm cultivator's skin and flesh apart, making every sinew and bone in their body feel as though it had been whipped. According to the Yin Soul Sect's private statistics, a Qi Refining Stage cultivator would faint after five lashes and truly die after ten. Hu Donghan was only at the Qi Refining First Layer. By all rights, he likely could not even endure a single lash! These full seventy lashes were plainly meant to beat Hu Donghan to death!

Seventy lashes—even a cultivator at the Qi Refining Peak would become nothing more than a whipped corpse after the tenth lash. Not to mention Hu Donghan, who was only at the Qi Refining First Layer!

"Of course I do not accept it. Uncle-Master's handling of this matter is unfair." Hu Donghan naturally had no intention of obediently taking the lashes.

"You refuse? Then you refuse the ruling! According to the Yin Soul Sect's Sect Law Code, those who resist the code shall have their punishment doubled. Hu Donghan is to receive one hundred and forty lashes. Enforcement Hall disciples, carry out the punishment with me!" As the Enforcement Hall disciple spoke, the smile on his face had already turned savage. He signaled the two Enforcement Hall disciples who had come with him, telling them to step forward.

Because Hu Donghan had previously provoked the Enforcement Hall, the two men were already furious and naturally did not refuse. They sneered as they stepped forward and seized Hu Donghan—Enforcement Hall disciples could only join after reaching at least the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Most were at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage or even the Golden Core Realm. These three Enforcement Hall disciples were all at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, so capturing Hu Donghan was effortless.

The moment Hu Donghan was seized, he called toward that familiar figure beyond the crowd, "Girl, are you really going to watch them beat me to death?"

As soon as Hu Donghan's words fell, a burst of tinkling laughter suddenly rang out from behind the crowd.

A beautiful figure suddenly soared into the air before landing in front of Hu Donghan. Smiling sweetly, she said, "Little brat, how could I let anyone touch you so casually? In this world, I'm the only one allowed to bully you!"

Only then did everyone see clearly that the speaker was a woman beautiful enough to make celestial maidens ashamed.

The woman was slender and wore a plain white long dress, with only a pair of white fleece socks on her feet. Above her graceful neck, her face looked as though it had been carved by the hand of a master craftsman. Willow-leaf brows, fox-like eyes, and vivid azure pupils that turned and shifted with spirit—the sight was exceptionally soul-snaring.

This woman was none other than Hu Donghan's child bride, Hu Meier.

Nearly every cultivator present was bewitched by the woman. Only Hu Donghan's expression remained unchanged. He gave a sharp shout and said, "Girl, put that act away! I was fine when I was little, and I'm naturally fine now!"

After speaking, Hu Donghan could not help sighing inwardly—although Hu Meier had been alluring when she was young, she had been nowhere near what she was now. The girl was eighteen now; just one laugh from her could hook away who knew how many people's souls.

Hu Donghan's sharp shout jolted everyone awake, but they continued staring at Hu Meier.

In the end, the three Enforcement Hall disciples were the first to speak. "Junior Sister, please move back a little. We Enforcement Hall disciples are carrying out a whipping punishment here today. You are standing too close; be careful not to get splashed with blood." Hu Meier was exquisitely beautiful, and although she was only in the Qi Refining Stage, the Enforcement Hall disciples still addressed her as Junior Sister.

"Whipping punishment? I've never seen one before! Can I watch from the side?" Hu Meier spoke, her bewitching fox-like eyes turning pitiful and plaintive.

"Of... of course you can, as long as Junior Sister does not interfere with us." That Enforcement Hall disciple felt as though something had suddenly shocked him, leaving him dazed. Even his speech became stammering.

(End of Chapter)