Chapter 8 [008] Punishment (2)

Shi Yue's hand holding the whisk trembled, he gritted his teeth slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, he approached Shi Qing and said to her: "My dear disciple, isn't it better for you to keep this kind of thing in your heart? Why do you have to speak it out and go to the Punishment Pavilion? It's not a big deal that really disturbed Elder Yuxu's retreat."

Shi Qing looked impartial and selfless, lowered his head, and said righteously: "It's wrong!"

"I accept the punishment!"

Beating with sticks or whipping is fine, even solitary confinement is fine!
Shi Yue: “…”

Row.

He laughed angrily, took a deep breath, raised his hand, and lovingly stroked Shi Qing's head, smiling - "In that case, I'll teach you a lesson."

"..." Shi Qing looked at his smiling face and suddenly felt uneasy.

Sure enough, the next second, she heard the head master speak gently, word by word: "After the morning class is over, you will take our Sanqing Mountain sect rules and go to the entrance of the Yuhua Peak cafeteria to recite them aloud."

The last few words were said with some gnashing of teeth: "Read. Finish. Come. Back. "

Shi Qing: “…”

Not only her face, but even the bandages wrapped around her body trembled three times in shock.

*
"What happened to Senior Sister Shi Qing? Why did you go to the Punishment Pavilion early this morning, saying that you violated the rules last night and must accept punishment?"

"After this full set of punishment, you will need to recuperate for several days, right?"

"Of course. I don't know what Senior Sister Shi Qing thinks. Isn't it better to keep this kind of thing to yourself? Who else would know?"

"Stop talking, she's just a stubborn person!" Cangying interrupted their conversation with red eyes and said, "Let's all go make pills! Don't bother with her!"

"..."Early in the morning, Zhongli Jin heard the senior brothers and sisters from Baicao Pavilion gossiping again.

I was whipped three times last night, but after taking the resurrection pill, I felt better overnight.

The young man approached Cangying and asked politely, "Senior Sister Cangying, what are people talking about today?"

Cangying was pounding medicine, and her voice was no longer shrill. She gritted her teeth and said directly, "Your idiot Senior Sister Shiqing said that she accidentally crossed the line while patrolling the mountain last night. She should have been patrolling the surrounding area, but she stepped into the forbidden area of ​​Giant Python Peak. She must be punished."

Zhong Lijin: "...This kind of thing is only known to her, there is no need to mention it to anyone else."

"Yes," Cangying laughed angrily, and even the movement of pounding the medicine in her hand became heavier: "She insisted on going to the Punishment Pavilion, saying that violations must be punished. She didn't suffer any serious injuries after grinding in the Wind and Thunder Tower for ten days or half a month, but she went to the Punishment Pavilion to suffer!"

Zhongli Jin: “…”

Old man: […This girl…is quite serious.]

He had only said those words to provoke Shi Qing, and he did not take the girl's words "I will" seriously at first.

Who would have thought that what that guy meant - he actually took it seriously?
That's... really stupid.

"What is the punishment of the Punishment Pavilion?"

Cangying said: "Thirty lashes for trespassing into Giant Python Peak."

Zhongli Jin: “…”

elder:【……】

But last night, Shi Qing only whipped him three times.

Moreover, the audience was only discussing Shi Qing today. That guy didn't seem to have told anyone about the young man's trespassing into the Giant Python Peak last night.

As they were chatting, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the gate of Baicao Pavilion.

The disciples who were preparing to make pills were a little surprised when they saw her: "Senior Sister Shi Qing?"

"Didn't you go to the Punishment Pavilion to receive your punishment?"

Hearing the voice, Cangying and Zhongli Jin looked towards the door at the same time.

The girl in a short skirt and pants with her limbs wrapped in bandages was undoubtedly Shi Qing.

She stood with her back straight and her posture valiant, her expression as calm as ever, except that her face was a little pale. It didn't look like she had been severely punished, but more like a blow.

Shi Qing's gaze fell on Zhongli Jin, then glanced over and looked at Cangying.

The young man loosened his clenched fists, and when she came over, he bowed and said, "Senior Sister Shi Qing."

"Yeah," Shi Qing responded without looking at him, and then said to Cangying, "Come and get the medicine."

She came here to get today's portion of pills.

Cangying looked her up and down and frowned slightly: "You weren't punished?"

"You have to accept it," Shi Qing's tone seemed to be a little sad: "Master's."

"Get the medicine first."

Prepare to be punished by your master. Come here and get the medicine before the punishment begins.

Cangying raised her eyebrows. It seemed that the Punishment Pavilion had sent the person directly to the Sect Master.

She said, "How could the master bear to punish you?" Shi Qing closed her eyes, and for the first time, a slightly painful expression appeared on her indifferent face: "He really punished you."

"What's the punishment?"

"read."

Cangying: “…”

Zhongli Jin: “…”

read?

*
Shi Qing was holding the sect rules and standing next to the cafeteria of Yuhua Peak. He was asked to read them out loud so that all the disciples coming and going could hear them.

So after the morning class, during the breakfast time, the entire cafeteria could hear the stumbling and extremely difficult voice of a young girl reading aloud -

"The first rule of the sect! You are not allowed to stay out late at night!"

"Sect rules, Article 2! You are not allowed to disobey the ban!"

This year's new visiting students and Zhong Lijin: "..."

The boy never expected this.

Shi Qing never speaks more than three words, it turns out it's because.

——She is a stutterer.

*
Shi Qing is not afraid of whipping or beating.

The only thing I am afraid of is reading.

She likes to read quietly, but it will be painful if she is asked to read aloud.

She has had this stuttering problem since she was a child, and it became more serious after her family broke up.

In the past, Master wanted her to overcome it, so he took her to read every day.

As a result, three years passed, and even though she practiced every day, she still hadn't changed at all.

Shi Yue gave up.

So the best way now is to say less and express your meaning in simpler words.

It was a pity that the master sometimes had a bad taste and always liked to hit people’s sore spots when punishing her.

But I have to say, it's very useful.

After reading the sect rules, the disciples had basically finished their breakfast. Shi Qing closed the book and returned to the Three Pure Ones Blessed Land.

The head of the sect, Shi Yue, was standing beside the alchemy furnace. When he heard the sound of the flying sword falling to the ground, he turned his head and glanced at her. With a teasing look on his handsome face, he smiled and said, "Have you finished reading?"

Shi Qing nodded: "Yeah."

He spent ten days or half a month in the Wind and Thunder Tower without any change in expression, but after reading for a while, he had a mask of pain on his face.

"Have you punished those who broke into the Giant Python Peak last night?" Shi Yue asked.

"I'll punish you," Shi Qing said, "Three lashes."

Shi Yue raised an eyebrow, "Trespassing into the Giant Python Peak is punishable by thirty lashes, why did you only lash him three times?"

Shi Qing said: "Zhongli Jin."

"So it's this kid..." Shi Yue lowered his voice, seeming to be thinking about something.

Zhongli Jin grew up under his care. Of course, the boy didn't know that he often secretly watched him in the past.

Shi Yue was a rare genius in cultivation that only appears once in a million years. He did have selfish motives at the time and arranged a child marriage with Zhongli Zhen, hoping that his daughter Shi Xiang would become his Taoist partner and ascend to heaven together.

Shi Xiang was happy when she first learned about this. She had liked strong men since she was a child and had even secretly gone to see the young man. But later, when she saw that Zhongli Jin was deposed, she was unwilling to marry again, so she asked Shi Qing to help her cancel the engagement under her own name.

Shi Qing actually went there.

It was also seen by disciples from other sects.

So everyone thought that Shi Qing was engaged to Zhongli Jin, but broke off the engagement immediately after the boy was crippled.

Shi Yue was furious about this and punished Shi Xiang to go down the mountain to train for two years. He did not allow any fellow disciples to follow her. He also busied himself trying to repair his relationship with Zhong Li Zhen and maintain the reputation of Sanqing Mountain.

Whenever a secret realm was opened and precious medicinal herbs appeared, he would take Shi Qing with him to search and collect them, and ask Elder Cangyan to help refine some pills and send them to Zhong Li Zhen. Otherwise, with the current strength of Xuanxiao Sect, it would be absolutely impossible to obtain so many rare treasures.

Over the past two years, their relationship with Zhongli Zhen finally eased, and with their efforts, Zhongli Jin's spiritual roots were gradually restored.

After that, Shi Yue strictly emphasized to Shi Qing that if he had any requests or orders, he would tell her personally and would never ask others to do it for him.

Otherwise, that little girl Shi Xiang would forge the imperial edict for her own benefit, and there's no telling what she would ask Shi Qing to do for her.

(End of this chapter)