The Immortal Fire

Chapter 01: Punishment

A 17-year-old teenager was hanging upside down on one of the branches of a tree. On the left and right sides were two men beating the girl on the back with disciplined iron rods, it was predictable that the girl was being punished.

In front of the girl, there appeared an old man standing looking at her sharply.

The old man was Cheng Xi Guan, the leader of the white sect called the Golden Lotus Sect. While the girl who was being beaten was Cheng Liu Ying who was the son of his own biological son named Cheng Ruo Yuan.

However, being the grandson of the Sect Chief did not make Liu Ying a child of affection and praise. Xi Guan did not care at all and never paid attention to his only grandson, even rumors spread among the people that Xi Guan hated his only grandson so much.

All of those things made Liu Ying look down upon and ostracized by his class disciples, they certainly knew that the Sect Chief would not defend Liu Ying.

Liu Ying was already ordinary with all that treatment, he was already invulnerable and memorized by their ill-treatment. Don't think that Liu Ying didn't retaliate. Liu Ying had never stayed silent if oppressed by anyone.

Even today he was punished for trying to put up a resistance to those self-informed disciples in order for him to be acknowledged, unfortunately old Xi Guan instead bestowed blame on Liu Ying as a whole, this is irony.

As of now, Liu Ying was beaten up with a position hung upside down on a tree.

"A useless child! Always making trouble. You really made me lose her face in front of the Elders," Xi Guan pointed his staff at Liu ying.

Liu Ying did not cry, only that his eyes looked red and slightly watery.

"I'm not wrong, I'm just defending myself!" welcome Liu Ying to still be in his position.

Xi Guan's face reddened furiously, "Unknowing yourself, you still haven't noticed your mistake apparently. You've dared to fight me, HUH!?"

"I'm not wrong, they're the ones who bother me first" said Liu Ying, the two men next to him still haven't stopped floating the wand of discipline onto his body.

It could be seen that his back was already covered with bruises and wounds, Xi Guan still did not care, "You have no right, you do not deserve to repay their deeds!"

Liu Ying's head felt heavy, the stick just kept hitting him hard on the back. Liu Ying was already trying hard to keep his legs on the tree branch from being detached, but his leg muscles were no longer able to hold Liu Ying's body weight. Finally Liu Ying collapsed to the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood.

Although Liu Ying had often encountered this kind of punishment before, he was still unable to endure it. The punishment this time was many times worse than before.

How not, his mistake this time was also heavier than before, Liu Ying injured three of his students until one of them broke a bone.

Liu Ying rubbed the seepage of blood from his mouth, his teary eyes trying to hold back the grain from ever spilling.

The old man turned his back to Liu Ying, "Xiao Ming, Gu Hao. Brackets him in the Hall of Silence!"

"Okay, Master" said the two young men at the same time.

After that they passed while tapping Qiu Ying towards the Hall of Silence of the back of the sect.

Xi Guan rested on his wooden stick with trembling hands, but the look on his face was still visible and unfriendly.

The old woman was Zhou Li, one of the elders of the 78 Golden Lotus sect. She is often referred to as the Iron Hand Woman because her martial prowess lies in both her hands that are solid and strong like iron, Zhou Li is even able to break a stone as big as a house in one blow.

Xi Guan did not reply, he was still silent with his hands still trembling.

The old woman furrowed her brows, "You mustn't be too hard on Liu'er, however she is your biological granddaughter. Look how unfortunate that kid is, are you so heartless?"

Xi Guan sighed heavily, "He deserves it, Elder Zhou."

"Aiyya, he's just defending himself. How could that cruel punishment you give him? Liu'er is too young, you should have shown more concern for him as a grandfather. Have you forgotten the fact that she's Ruo'er's daughter?" The old woman surnamed Zhou turned to stare at the drops of blood under the tree earlier.

"I know, but I can't let the sign control it. It's all for his good and the martial world. He mustn't be obsessed by vengeance, I can't let that demonic-power control him." Xi Guan rubbed his beard then passed from that place

Zhou Li shook his head, then walked away from the place.

...***...

Liu Ying was recovering by meditating, he was pouring his profound energy into the wounds all over his body. If only Liu Ying did not have such a high inner strength, perhaps his body would have been no longer shaped as a result of the Discipline Scepter hitting him for the past three hours.

Goddamnit! Now that Liu Ying had to be locked inside the Hall of Silence without food and a blanket, he would be cold all night.

Pissed off? Of course Liu Ying was very upset. He did make a mistake, but the three disciples should also get the same punishment.

If it wasn't for old-fashioned Xi Guan defending them, Liu Ying would have already broken all of their bones.

Liu Ying had no parents, only Xi Guan the grandfather was the only hope to replace the old man's affection for Liu Ying. But Xi Guan could not be expected at all, he even had the heart to punish Liu Ying.

Liu Ying was punished with the 163rd sentence of the Sect's Rule Book of 500 blows with an iron rod and was hung upside down. This punishment is usually given to someone who commits the sin of murder.

Long pondered, Liu Ying was startled by the sound of a fight from outside the Hall of Silence. Liu Ying walked up to the tightly shut window then peeked out from the sidelines.

It was faintly seen that Xi Guan was fighting with a woman, according to Liu Ying's guess that he was about 30 years old.

About twenty senior disciples who were injured ran towards the fight of Xi Guan and the intruder, but were ordered to retreat by Xi Guan with a hand gesture. Liu Ying guessed that at least the woman Xi Guan faced had reached the peak of master, there was no way twenty senior disciples could be defeated just like that by him.

Xi Guan looked a little overwhelmed facing the woman. Although she still looked young, the woman had quite high martial skills. It's just that his movements are a little foreign and strange.

Moreover, the woman used a flute as her main weapon, she played Soul Destroyer music to influence Xi Guan's movements and tried to beat back.

Xi Guan did not give up, he attacked that part of the woman's hand to eliminate the effect of the Tone of the Soul Destroyer. In less than ten moves, Xing Guan managed to make the woman take a few steps back and spew out blackish-colored blood from her mouth.

...Hii! see you again Author Cici, I hope you like the new story....