47: Chapter 47 Indefinite Sentence

Before turning himself in, Xia Shaoxin went to pluck a large pile of bamboo leaves.

The most severe punishment the Chiyan Sect could give him was a life for a life.

But he believed that as long as he explained the actions of Nangong Yi and Cai Ke clearly, there was a certain probability that the Chiyan Sect would not treat it that way.

After all, a sneak attack on someone who is Cultivating is a huge threat.

This kind of matter is far more serious than fighting between fellow Disciples.

Therefore, he faced roughly two possible punishments, the best of which would be expulsion from the mountain.

The second is confinement.

If it were the latter, it would likely be for many years, in which case he would have to achieve a Breakthrough in Qi Refining while in prison.

According to Senior Brother Liang Ruoran, the Sect Head of the Chiyan Sect was only at the Qi Refining Upper Stage, the ninth level of strength.

As long as he achieved a Breakthrough to Qi Refining, things would definitely be smoothed over.

At this time, he absolutely could not run away; otherwise, no one would care about the truth, and all the blame would be dumped on his head.

He quickly left the forest and ran behind the main hall of Xueyan Cliff, finding the Deacon on duty, who happened to be Wang Xinhao, and bowed deeply.

He wanted to put on a face full of sorrow, but his tone was still a bit stiff as he asked:

"Deacon Wang, I Cultivate in the forest every day; you should have heard about this, right?"

Wang Xinhao was baffled: "Why ask about this? I heard you don't get along with the others, and that you've been avoiding them, running off to that place full of insects and ants to Cultivate."

"Just now, while I was Cultivating, Nangong Yi and Cai Ke suddenly attacked me with stones, attempting to interfere with my circulation of Spiritual Qi."

Wang Xinhao was stunned for a moment. Hiss, that could easily cause the Meridians to go into reverse.

"Yes, I don't know why they would do that."

Wang Xinhao's face twitched, and he said angrily: "You come from a different background than them, and they have always looked down on you. Doing this is too much!"

Xia Shaoxin felt slightly relieved.

This Wang Xinhao was not foolish; he shouldn't be willing to go against his conscience and stand on Nangong Yi's side.

"I remember someone once suggested to me that I transfer you to another group, but I didn't think it was necessary, and you were only staying for a year anyway."

Xia Shaoxin cursed inwardly: 'Wouldn't it have been better if you had transferred me away earlier?'

'What a bureaucratic fool!'

'As long as there isn't a huge mess, just muddling through is fine, right.'

"Hiss, why would they still do this to you when you're about to leave?" Wang Xinhao's tone suddenly softened.

"Call the two of them over; I want to give them a good scolding."

It seemed like he wanted to criticize Nangong Yi and the other, but in reality, he intended to handle it lightly.

Xia Shaoxin said softly: "I fought with them; they couldn't beat me, so they lay on the ground feigning death."

Wang Xinhao's eyebrows immediately stood up.

"What? You fought? Don't cause trouble for me! If you annoy me, I'll drive you all down the mountain!"

Suddenly, he felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart.

"No, if you were fighting, that Nangong Yi would have run over to complain long ago. Why didn't he come, and you came first?"

"Didn't I just say? They are both lying on the ground feigning death."

Wang Xinhao shook his head. No, that's not right. Are they still lying there?

Xia Shaoxin took a deep breath: "Actually, I might have already beaten them to death."

What?

Wang Xinhao's eyes nearly popped out, and he grabbed Xia Shaoxin by the neck: "Where are they? Lead the way quickly!"

The Disciples inside and outside the Deacon's room were in an uproar. Dragging Xia Shaoxin along, they rushed toward the forest halfway up the mountain.

Several young Disciples ran the fastest, and from afar, they indeed saw two people lying on the ground, their postures full of an ominous aura.

They couldn't help but exclaim: "Look, they are there."

Everyone saw Nangong Yi first and didn't dare to move. Wang Xinhao walked over and reached out to check their breath; it wasn't feigned death, they were truly dead.

Their mouths were swollen, but that wasn't a fatal wound.

Lifting their clothes to look, their chests were sunken in. What immense strength!

"You did this?"

Xia Shaoxin nodded.

"With rocks? You were truly ruthless!"

No one dared to believe it was done with fists; only smashing them with big rocks made sense.

They went to look at Cai Ke; there were no wounds on his face, the injuries were all on his chest and back.

Struck by a heavy object, bones broken.

Seeing the state of the two corpses, Xia Shaoxin was also secretly shocked.

Recalling his state of mind at the time, while there was the long-accumulated anger, he was also worried about his secret being leaked, so he had been extremely heavy-handed.

When he killed Liu Xinglong and Zhang Yan last year, he hadn't been this ruthless.

"Seize him! This matter must be reported to the Elder; I don't have the authority to handle it." Wang Xinhao gave the order, and all the Disciples surrounded Xia Shaoxin.

"I didn't intend to run, Deacon Wang; there is no need for this. Can you count this as me turning myself in?"

Xia Shaoxin followed obediently and was put into a room next to the Deacon's, with Deacon Wang personally watching over him.

A case of murder among fellow Disciples was no small matter and alarmed the Sect Head.

Although they were Utility Disciples, whom the Sect never paid attention to, it did concern the Sect's reputation.

He ordered the Elder of Xueyan Cliff to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The Elder naturally wouldn't take action personally; he ordered several Deacons of Xueyan Cliff to be jointly responsible, with a deadline of three days to provide a result.

The Deacons acted separately, inevitably sealing off the Nanxiang Courtyard and recording statements one by one.

They examined the corpses of the deceased in detail.

At the same time, they interrogated Xia Shaoxin.

This case was not complicated, and the Deacons acted swiftly, quickly finding out the sequence of events.

Three days later, the punishment was announced: Xia Shaoxin was to be imprisoned until death.

Hearing this result, Xia Shaoxin was a little disappointed.

However, this was among the results he had anticipated; it wasn't the worst, nor the best.

He secretly rejoiced that fortunately, he had plucked many bamboo leaves, which would definitely be enough to last him until a Breakthrough in Qi Refining.

This verdict might have made Nangong Yi die with eyes wide open in resentment.

Nangong Yi had always thought that since he was originally an official Outer Sect Disciple, he would receive favoritism from the Deacons.

In reality, he had thought too much; trash like them who hadn't achieved Qi Refining by eighteen should have been swept out the door. The Sect kept them mainly because they lacked Utility Disciples.

The jade bamboo spirit leaf was useless to Inner Sect Disciples and couldn't be used to refine Medicinal Pills, so giving it to Utility Disciples was just making good use of it.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Deacons, this case was just a brawl between Utility Disciples.

Two Utility Disciples sought revenge for personal grievances, and another Utility Disciple caused excessive harm.

For the sake of the Sect's face, the one who didn't die shouldn't go out either; let him die in prison!

"Since it wasn't a death sentence, there is still hope." Xia Shaoxin also breathed a sigh of relief.

He even felt that a large Sect like the Chiyan Sect was much more orderly than the Gu Bureau.

Soon, Xia Shaoxin was sent into a mountain cave.

He had finally left that cesspit of the Nanxiang Courtyard for good and gained a rare large single room.

The entrance to the cave was not large, but inside it was several zhang deep.

The heavy stone door at the entrance was covered with a Spirit Talisman, so no one needed to guard it.

Someone delivered food every day without needing to open the stone door; there seemed to be a Formation that could transmit the basket containing the food directly inside.

"I think if I successfully achieve Qi Refining, the Chiyan Sect will definitely make an exception."

From then on, he Cultivated day and night.

With no distractions, his heart was at peace.

With no one to disturb him, the outside was silent.

In this life, he had never had such quiet days.

The light inside the cave was very dim, making it hard to distinguish day from night.

He ate and slept, slept and Cultivated; whenever he felt his body was comfortable, he would eat a piece of the high-imitation jade bamboo spirit leaf.

He didn't know how much time had passed; all the bamboo leaves he had brought were eaten, yet he still hadn't managed to step into Qi Refining. Just when he was at his wit's end, the voice of Liang Ruoran came from the entrance of the cave:

"Junior Brother Xia, we have come to see you."