All those present, except for those from the Nianbai Peak, stood up and surrounded Shen Qing.
Especially the True Person Honghua and Elder Feiyun. Their excitement was palpable.
After the long - lasting soul - searching, Shen Qing's body was extremely weak. If it weren't for the True Person Hongdie holding her and channeling spiritual energy into her from behind to keep her awake, Shen Qing might have fainted long ago.
Compared to Shen Chuyun's sickly pale complexion, Shen Qing's paleness was even more pitiful.
"I know you still have things to do. I can only help you to this extent," the True Person Hongdie whispered in Shen Qing's ear. There was a hint of clarity in her eyes besides the complexity.
When Shen Qing fell, Hong Chaoyang and Qi Nian, who rushed to Shen Qing's side immediately, also heard this sentence from the True Person Hongdie. They both looked at her in surprise, not understanding what the "help" in her words meant.
Hong Chaoyang looked at the True Person Hongdie warily. Her nervous look seemed to be afraid that the True Person Hongdie would do something bad to Shen Qing.
Seeing her daughter being so estranged from her, the True Person Hongdie felt a strange sense of discomfort for the first time.
Was her previous educational method really wrong?
After taking a short rest, Shen Qing stood up with the support of Hong Chaoyang and Qi Nian.
Gritting her teeth, she endured the discomfort constantly coming from her spiritual sea and stood firmly in the hall.
After the True Person Honghua knew that Shen Qing was the genius he was looking for who could withstand the Nine Heavenly Thunderbolts, he felt a sense of cherishing talent for her. But then he belatedly remembered why he was here today.
So, he sighed. Under Shen Qing's affirmative gaze, he patted Elder Feiyun on the shoulder and then sat back on the high platform. The True Person Hongdie also returned to her seat.
The seats on the high platform were filled with judges. The True Person Honghua put away his excitement and became serious and upright.
Shen Qing forced a faint smile and said to Hong Chaoyang and Qi Nian, "Let me handle the following things by myself."
Hong Chaoyang couldn't bear to look into Shen Qing's eyes. Only under Qi Nian's tugging did she slowly stand behind her master.
It was only then that Shen Qing knew that Qi Nian's master was Elder Feiyun.
"The soul - searching is over. In this way, Shen Qing can prove her innocence. Shen Chuyun and Lin Yibai, do you two have anything else to say?"
When the Elder Honghua spoke, he exerted a bit of pressure. The pressure of a Fusion Realm Venerable instantly made all the on - looking disciples kneel on the ground.
Because he was afraid of hurting Shen Qing, the True Person Honghua carefully avoided her. So, among the low - level disciples, only Shen Qing was still standing upright.
Out of partiality, after seeing Shen Qing's memories, the True Person Honghua was not so gentle with Shen Chuyun and Lin Yibai.
The moment the True Person Honghua exerted his pressure, Shen Chuyun and Lin Yibai suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Then they were pressed to the ground by the pressure and couldn't even lift their heads.
Before seeing Shen Qing's memories, the True Person Hengling didn't think there was anything wrong with what he had done.
But after seeing the memories, he found that he still couldn't be kind to anyone other than Lin Yibai. His love for Xiaobai was clearly shown in Shen Qing's memories.
He even had a glimmer of expectation and always paid attention to Xiaobai. He both hoped that Xiaobai could understand his feelings and was afraid that she would reject him after understanding.
In this situation, the only thing the True Person Hengling cared about was Lin Yibai's thoughts.
When he saw Lin Yibai being injured by the True Person Honghua's pressure, he almost couldn't help but rush down to protect his Xiaobai, but was stopped by the True Person Honghua's fierce look.
Lin Yibai looked at the True Person Hengling pitifully, hoping that he could stand up to protect her.
But she just happened to see the True Person Hengling being intimidated by a single look from the True Person Honghua. She instantly cursed the True Person Honghua hundreds of times in her heart and was also angry at the True Person Hengling's inaction.
The pain on Lin Yibai's body and the surging blood in her body told her that a powerful cultivator in the cultivation world could kill her instantly with just a flick of a finger.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Lin Yibai's back. Besides the awe and fear of the powerful, her heart was also filled with a strong desire for power.
She must do whatever it takes to become the strongest in this world!
Ascend and then become a god!
"Disciple is wronged!"
Lin Yibai shouted out this sentence with all her strength. She almost lost her breath, and a sweet and bloody taste came from her throat.
"Oh?" Although the True Person Honghua had already convicted Lin Yibai in his heart, since she claimed to be wronged, as the sect master, he couldn't just ignore it. "What's your grievance?"
The True Person Honghua wanted to hear how Lin Yibai would still try to defend herself, so he withdrew a part of the pressure on Lin Yibai to let her catch her breath.
Looking at Lin Yibai's disgraceful appearance, the True Person Honghua really couldn't understand how the True Person Hengling was so blind.
He didn't want a pearl like Shen Qing but doted on Lin Yibai, a fish - eye.
"If you still keep lying, there's no need for you to stay in the Qingyun Sword Sect anymore."
There was a strong threat in the True Person Honghua's words, which made Lin Yibai subconsciously swallow her saliva. But she could only suppress her inner panic and quickly rack her brains.
Then, she looked at Shen Chuyun, who was about to faint beside her, and made up her mind.
"It was all Senior Brother Shen who forced me to do this!"
As soon as the words were out, Lin Yibai was forced to lie prostrate on the ground in a full - length bow posture by the True Person Honghua's pressure. Her head hit the hard floor, making a clear sound of impact.
"Hiss—"
All the disciples present gasped.
It sounded painful. It seemed that the True Person Honghua was really angry...
"Lying through your teeth! Not a single word of truth!"
"We've seen all your actions. You say you were forced. Do you have any evidence?!!!"
"You're simply unworthy to be a disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect!!"
The True Person Honghua's words were extremely harsh and loud. Not only the people inside and outside the Law Enforcement Hall but probably the entire Qingyun Sword Sect could hear them.
"Uncle - Master!!!"
Seeing Lin Yibai being pinned to the ground by the True Person Honghua and unable to move, the True Person Hengling was so heart - broken that he forgot everything.
He rushed to Lin Yibai's side, waved his sleeve, and directly set up a barrier around Lin Yibai to block the True Person Honghua's attack.
The True Person Hengling rarely called the True Person Honghua Uncle - Master in public, which almost made others forget their relationship.
He helped Lin Yibai up from the ground. When he met Lin Yibai's tear - filled eyes, the True Person Hengling's heart suddenly felt as if it was being wrapped by something, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Just when everyone thought he was going to confront the True Person Honghua for Lin Yibai, the True Person Hengling turned his head and glared at Shen Qing angrily.
There was real killing intent in his eyes. The veins on his forehead bulged, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Rebellious disciple! It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Xiaobai wouldn't have been injured. I'll cripple you now!!"
After saying that, the True Person Hengling summoned his natal sword. After gathering his energy with the sword in hand, dozens of sword qi full of killing intent shot straight towards Shen Qing.