Without waiting for the three disciples to speak, Luo Mingyue performed the Cleansing Dust Technique to wipe the blood off their faces.
Mu Lingyan shook his head blankly, feeling that his face was almost numbed by the strong wind.
Murong Shi's adaptability was stronger because he had been flattered once when he was in Xuanxing Sect. Now he quickly came to his senses. He took the initiative to say, "Master, is there anything you want to eat? I'll go back and make it for you."
Luo Mingyue said: "I won't eat it. You can cook more spiritual rice to feed the ants."
Murong Shi: "…"
Feeding ants with magical rice is such a luxury.
Besides, he had already cooked so much spiritual rice for Spirit Fox Qianxue, which was enough for the ants to eat for a long time
, right? Murong Shi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but then he remembered that he had misunderstood his master for so many years because of the whip, so he couldn't say anything extra. He nodded and said, "Okay, Master, I will cook all the spiritual rice I have stored when I return."
"Um."
The spirit sword returned at a constant speed and flew safely back to Mingyue Sect.
Luo Mingyue put the three disciples down.
Mu Lingyan called out: "Master..."
But it didn't work.
As soon as the three disciples' feet landed on the ground, Luo Mingyue flew up on his sword at an incredible speed and disappeared from their sight in an instant without even saying a word of goodbye.
Only three disciples were left, looking disheveled in the wind.
Murong Shi whispered: "Big Brother, is Master in a bad mood..."
Mu Lingyan clenched his fist and said, "Perhaps Master is disappointed in us? I will gather everyone together right away."
Mu Lingyan enjoys a high prestige among his disciples. Except for the little junior sister Bai Tian who just came to the mountain, the rest of the disciples were basically raised by him.
When they found out that Mu Lingyan had returned, the other fellow students put down what they were doing and ran over to visit him.
"Big Brother, is the scenery outside nice?"
"Big Brother, I also want to go out, but unfortunately our sect is shrouded by a formation. Without Master's permission, we can't go outside."
"Ever since we joined the Mingyue Sect, we can only rely on the books in the library to imagine what other sects are like. I really envy the independent cultivators in the outside world. They must be very happy."
"Big Brother, you went to participate in the competition, and you must have seen the immortal cultivators outside, right?"
Everyone surrounded Mu Lingyan, talking to each other, their eyes full of longing.
The disciples felt that the Mingyue Sect was a big cage that imprisoned them.
Because Mu Lingyan thought so, he wanted to leave the most, and the other disciples were more or less influenced by him.
Bai Tian, the youngest, didn't have much yearning for the outside world. For one thing, she used to be a maid for a wealthy family in the mortal world. She grew up in a mansion and was accustomed to the struggles in the rear quarters. After coming to the sect, she felt that the atmosphere here was much better than that in the mansion.
Secondly, Bai Tian has not yet entered the first level of Qi Refining Stage and is still an ordinary person. She only wants to practice and doesn't want to go out.
Many of the other disciples grew up in the mountains and had never seen the evil hearts of people in the outside world. They were curious about everything outside.
Murong Shi said, "In fact, we have misunderstood Master before. This time we went to Xuanxing Sect, and the Sect Master and the Red Sun Manor Master begged Master to use the Frozen Soul Whip to beat their disciples."
"No way, is this true?"
"Could it be that they heard that our master is particularly good at beating people, so they asked the master to help them educate their disciples?"
Murong Shi shook his head and said, "No, the whip in Master's hand is actually called the Soul Stealing Whip. It is a magical weapon that can improve one's spiritual roots. It is the only one in the world and is extremely precious. If anyone wants to be beaten by Master, they have to spend spirit stones or exchange it with rare treasures."
"This... How is this possible? Isn't that the way Master punishes us?" The fifth disciple said doubtfully, "I remember that after I went up the mountain, Master taught me a technique. I spent many years but still couldn't learn it. I was still a mortal. Master punished me by whipping me. Then I learned it..."
Another disciple said, "Me too. I was beaten by my master and I was afraid of being beaten again, so I worked hard and soon got the hang of cultivation..."
The other disciples felt something was not right the more they listened. It seemed like everyone had been beaten by their master before they started practicing...
"But it hurts so much, I can't stand it."
"Master, why don't you explain it to us?"
Murong Shi said weakly: "Is it possible that she explained it, but we didn't listen? She said that she beat us for our own good, but... who would believe it? She fainted from the pain..."
"Well, that's true."
"That's not right, but later on, Master also humiliated Senior Brother. She even made Senior Brother get on all fours and then sat on his back..."
At this time, Bai Tian said, "What's this? When I was a maid, it was very hard. Every day, I had to get up before dawn to work. If I made a mistake, I would be beaten with a stick. I was lucky because I served the old lady and didn't suffer much. I heard that the maids in the second young master's yard, as long as they were pretty, would be taken into his room and made concubines. Unfortunately, the second young master was unreliable and often gave his concubines to others... There was also a sister who was the most miserable. She originally had a lover, but was forcibly taken by the second young master. Later, she jumped into the well..."
Bai Tian continued, "Now that I have joined the Mingyue Sect, I can sleep as late as I want every day. The senior brothers will only assign me some easy tasks. Even if I make mistakes, it doesn't matter. The senior brothers will not blame me, but will help me clean up the mess... You all say that Master is vicious, but I have wanted to ask for a long time. Master doesn't seem to show up very often. How can she be vicious? Anyway, I have never seen it..."
The fourth disciple said: "Although what you said makes sense, I am still very afraid of my master and the whip in her hand."
The fifth disciple said, "Among us, only the eldest brother cultivates the fastest. Is it because he gets beaten the most?"
Bai Tian said in distress: "I have never been whipped before, and I am just an ordinary person. What do you think? Can I take the initiative to ask Master to whip me a few times? I really want to cultivate immortality..."
The eighth disciple said, "Believe me, if you get hit once, you will want to die. It is simply unbearable for a human being."
"Yes, Junior Sister, you'd better practice on your own. The Soul-Frozen Whip is really terrifying..."
Mu Lingyan sighed and said, "Swinging the whip is very exhausting for Master. Yesterday at Xuanxing Gate, Master whipped me dozens of times in one breath, and my spiritual power was exhausted. I fainted directly, and my face was extremely pale."
Murong Shi sighed and said, "Yes, if I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that the truth was like this, because Master had intermittent episodes of insanity before, and it looked quite scary..."
"Seeing is believing, hearing is not. How about this, we accompany our junior sister to find the master? If the junior sister quickly cultivates to the first level of Qi Refining after being beaten, it proves that we really misunderstood the master before... If the Frozen Soul Whip is really that magical, I will no longer hate the master, but I will not be able to get close to the master."