Heart Protection (Back from the Brink)

CHAPTER 69

When Yan Hui woke up, she breathed in air that wasn't the stifling air in the Southwest.

The air here was fresh and crisp. It was the familiar air she breathed as she grew up.

Chen Xing Mountain.......

Yan Hui immediately knew where she was, but her surroundings were dark and quiet. There was one solitary ray of light shining in from the top, casting muted and dappled shadows.

Yan Hui looked around with slitted eyes. The sunlight somewhat dazzled her. She didn't know exactly where she was in Chen Xing Mountain.

She wanted to get up and walk a couple steps but discovered each of her limbs were shackled by heavy chains. When she moved her head, it felt like her neck was bound by heavy metal. She reached up a hand to touch it. Yep, it was a metal chain. She looked up. The five chains were fastened to the rim of the hole. There were also seals placed there too.

Yan Hui tried to assess the magic in her body. As expected, she couldn't sense her inner breath. It was probably sealed off. Using magic to fly out wasn't an option. Fortunately, the chains were long and didn't prevent Yan Hui from walking around in the prison.

Yan Hui sat cross-legged. As matters stood, she didn't know what Ling Xiao intended by bringing her back to Chen Xing Mountain.

There was also Tian Yao who had been left in the lava. Was he really melted into dragon soup.........

"Shifu!" Yan Hui was still lost in thought when Zi Chen's voice was suddenly heard beyond the hole. His voice was rushed and anxious. "Shifu! The whipping punishment is too severe! Yan Hui is no longer Chen Xing Mountain's disciple. Why don't you let her go?"

"How is it too severe?"

When Yan Hui heard Ling Fei's voice, she raised a brow. It sounded like there were quite a few people outside. Were a lot of people invited because Ling Xiao was going to whip her?

"Yan Hui has already cultivated demon magic at an alarming rate. She even willingly helped the demon clans. If we allow this to continue, it will have harmful repercussions to the world. Since she came from Chen Xing Mountain, how is it inappropriate for Senior Brother to remove this harm?"

It sounded quite reasonable.

Yan Hui didn't hear another sound from Xi Chen. He naturally wasn't an eloquent speaker and didn't know how to verbally spar with others.

It was already quite a feat for him to speak out this far.

It was silent for only a brief moment before Ling Xiao spoke: "It's noon. Time for the punishment."

When Ling Xiao said those words, Yan Hui felt the chains around her limbs suddenly tighten. They pulled her up to the hole in the ceiling. Link by link, she was hoisted upwards until the chains were pulled taut. When it stopped, she was left suspended within the hole's mouth.

When she looked down, Yan Hui couldn't help raising an eyebrow. All of Chen Xing Mountain's shifus were present. Even the peak's top disciples were lined up there.

At the very front was Ling Xiao, Zi Chen, Zi Yue, and all the fellow disciples she studied with.

Quite an attendance.........

Yan Hui all of a sudden understood why everyone was standing there when she saw the whip in Ling Xiao's hand.

The soul-destroying whip breaks bones and muscle, destroys the meridians for cultivation, and severely injuries the soul. There will be no possibility of cultivating again in this lifetime. It may even cripple her.