The heart's blood was slowly taken out and floated on Shen Qing's right hand.
Real Man Honghua could sense that Shen Qing was just holding on now. Without daring to waste a single second, he quickly took the drop of heart's blood that glistened with light and was entwined with Shen Qing's spiritual power.
A pang of pain flashed through Real Man Hengling's heart. The words he wanted to say to redeem the situation changed their flavor when he saw Lin Yibai's pitiful eyes.
"Rebellious disciple! Where in the world is there a disciple who abandons their sect? It's simply unreasonable!"
"If it weren't for me, how could you have lived in peace in the Qingyun Sword Sect all these years? You would probably have gotten married in the mortal world long ago. You want to sever our relationship, but I won't allow it!"
Real Man Hengling had a gloomy face. Although he was tied up, he still maintained that lofty and otherworldly appearance.
Shen Qing didn't want to say much to him. She was seeing stars now and was afraid she couldn't hold on for long.
"Master... please..."
Real Man Honghua immediately began chanting two incantations. A golden ice - crystal - shaped pattern emerged from between Real Man Hengling's eyebrows.
Seeing this, everyone immediately understood that it was the mark that had fallen into Real Man Hengling's spiritual sea when Shen Qing had apprenticed to him.
Similarly, a golden short - sword - shaped pattern appeared between Shen Qing's eyebrows.
When a disciple of the Qingyun Sword Sect apprentices to a master, both the master and the disciple must drip a drop of blood containing spiritual power from their fingertips. Then, the sect master would use a special method to immerse the two drops of blood into each other's eyebrows.
The other's spiritual power would slowly be branded in each other's spiritual sea.
From then on, the two would form a bond between master and disciple. As time passed, there would be some tacit understanding between them, or they could sense each other's situation when danger approached.
But in the previous life, even with such a mark, Real Man Hengling had never wasted a single bit of effort on Shen Qing, nor had he ever trusted her.
The existence of such a mark in Shen Qing's spiritual sea only made her feel extremely nauseous.
The spiritual power in Real Man Honghua's hand flipped with the drop of blood. When the incantation ended, Shen Qing's drop of heart's blood instantly scattered and disappeared into the world.
And the marks belonging to each other between Shen Qing's and Real Man Hengling's eyebrows also dissipated as the heart's blood disappeared.
Feeling that bond break, Shen Qing relaxed her brows. The feeling of that禁锢 disappearing was really great!
Real Man Hengling gritted his teeth, and his eyes gradually turned blood - red. His originally handsome jade - like face became somewhat distorted because of anger.
"Shen Qing... You're really something!"
Shen Qing's eyes were full of relief. She looked at Real Man Honghua and silently thanked him. Then, her vision went black, and she fainted directly.
"Shen Qing!"
Qi Nian covered her mouth, and tears fell.
And Hong Chaoyang was still standing there stupidly, watching Shen Qing gradually lose consciousness. She wanted to step forward to help Shen Qing up, but when her gaze touched the blood on her hands, she suddenly felt dizzy.
Those glaring red colors made Hong Chaoyang recall the blazing fire and the shrill screams from her childhood...
"Chaoyang! Don't just stand there. I'm taking Shen Qing back. Hurry up and send a message to your Uncle Yaoyue to tell her to come back quickly..."
Amid the "buzzing" tinnitus, Real Man Hongdie's anxious voice reached Hong Chaoyang's ears.
The terrifying scenes in front of her dissipated. All Hong Chaoyang could see was Shen Qing's bloodless face. Her hands and feet were ice - cold, but in an instant, she came to her senses and panicked out.
After she sent a message to Elder Yaoyue with a message - talisman, when she looked back, Real Man Hongdie and Shen Qing were no longer in the Law Enforcement Hall. Only then did she rush to Real Man Hongdie's Zhixing Peak in a hurry.
After Shen Qing left, there was still a large patch of bloodstain where she had fainted. When Real Man Honghua saw it, a hint of不忍 flashed in his eyes. He waved his hand and used a spell to restore the mess in the Law Enforcement Hall to its original state.
He looked at Real Man Hengling kneeling on the ground. He really didn't understand why that young man who used to hold a sword and constantly talk about the hardships of the Great Dao but the boundless opportunities had turned into this.
Real Man Honghua felt sorry in his heart. If Ling Zhou were still alive, would Hengling still be like this...
"Disciple Shen Chuyun of Nianbai Peak framed his fellow disciples for his own self - interest and resorted to unscrupulous means. Order Shen Chuyun to leave Nianbai Peak and become an outer - sect disciple in the outer - sect peak."
"As for Lin Yibai..."
Real Man Honghua had an intuition that there might be some secrets hidden on Lin Yibai, but he had no solid evidence.
He originally planned to let Lin Yibai go to the outer - sect peak with Shen Chuyun, but before he could say the words, Real Man Hengling looked like he was going to fight him.
There were also Pei Xuanjing and He Yu. They directly knelt in front of Real Man Honghua and kowtowed heavily.
"Master, Junior Sister Xiaobai was bewitched. She made a mistake, and as the senior brother of Nianbai Peak, I am also responsible. Please spare Junior Sister Xiaobai. Let me take all the blame!"
"Master! As the second disciple of Nianbai Peak, I didn't restrain the words and deeds of my junior brothers and sisters well. I also have faults. I'm willing to share the punishment for Junior Sister Xiaobai!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Real Man Honghua's eyes. After a moment of silence, he nodded.
"Lin Yibai, Pei Xuanjing, and He Yu, the three of you will go to the Cliff of Reflection to reflect for three years. During this period, you must make up for all of Shen Qing's losses. The sect's resources will not be given to Nianbai Peak for ten years. You should take care of yourselves."
"Oh, and that Nan Zhijin. When he returns to the Qingyun Sword Sect, his punishment will be the same as yours."
Real Man Honghua stroked his beard and watched as the few people let out a sigh of relief.
He knew there were secrets hidden on Lin Yibai. Otherwise, how could the people of Nianbai Peak be like lost souls.
It was good to keep Lin Yibai. He also wanted to see what kind of storm Nianbai Peak would stir up in the future.
Before leaving, Real Man Honghua took a deep look at Real Man Hengling, his eyes full of helplessness and pity.
Forget it. Even if a genius falls, there will be millions of other geniuses. Shen Qing, this time you've successfully left Nianbai Peak. Considering the efforts he's made to help you, please don't bring your resentment towards Nianbai Peak to the Qingyun Sword Sect.
The competition among the sects is too fierce now. If there aren't a few rising stars to support it, I'm afraid the Qingyun Sword Sect will lose its second - ranked position among the sects!
Real Man Honghua didn't pay any more attention to the people in the Law Enforcement Hall. He stepped on the wind and led Elder Feiyun and others towards Zhixing Peak.
Not long after Shen Qing fainted, she woke up in the small space.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Ling Zhou's tear - streaked face appeared in front of Shen Qing, almost scaring her.
"Master! What's wrong with you? Didn't Real Man Hongdie hurt you during the soul - searching just now?!"
After all, Ling Zhou usually hid in Shen Qing's spiritual sea. When Real Man Hongdie was searching for souls, Shen Qing was very afraid that Real Man Hongdie would hurt Ling Zhou's fragile soul.
Ling Zhou wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said in a light tone, "I'm not that easy to be hurt. For Hongdie to hurt me, she's far from capable."
Shen Qing looked at Ling Zhou's narcissism speechlessly and asked, "How did I get here?"
Ling Zhou shrugged and said indifferently, "Oh, maybe it's because you were about to die."