Other than the broken bead curtain that day, the Divine Hall of Judgment had been free of dust for many years. Of course, that did not include the fine sand in the depths of the stone cracks, which could only be forced out by the horrible aura of the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade. But at least kneeling on the ground for a while would not touch any dirt.
That was why Commander Zi Mo stood up and patted his knees. He did not really want to get rid of any dust. He just wanted to express his contempt for the girl on the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade to regain his confidence, so that he would not be crushed by the majesty of the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade again.
There were ten teams of cavalrymen from the Divine Hall of West-Hill. Each team had a commander. Commander Zi Mo had long entered the upper state of Seethrough and was as famous as Chen Bachi. Of course, he knew that he was no match for Ye Hongyu. But he had to stand up because he did not want to die.
Ye Hongyu blinked and slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the man in front of the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade without any expression on her face. Before she could speak, she frowned and coughed painfully.
A maidservant nervously walked to the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade and handed her a silk handkerchief that was as white as snow. Ye Hongyu took the handkerchief and gently wiped her lips. Two red plum blossoms appeared on the white handkerchief.
Everyone in the Divine Hall of West-Hill knew that Ye Hongyu was seriously injured, including these powerful commanders. But even though the Judicial Department had always followed the law of the jungle, no one dared to take advantage of her injury because no one had the confidence.
When Ye Hongyu broke the bead curtain and killed the former Great Divine Priest of Judgment, everyone in the Divine Hall thought that she would take over the position of Great Divine Priest of Judgment.
But to everyone's surprise, after closing her eyes and resting for a moment, she walked down from the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade and walked towards the white divine temple at the highest point of Peach Mountain. Under the astonished gazes of countless people, she severely injured Luo Kedi, the Commander of the divine guards, with one strike. If not for the Hierarch's order, she would have killed that person.
Few people in the world could kill the Great Divine Priest of Judgment and then the Commander of the divine guards. Even if they could do it, they probably wouldn't dare to do it. Logically speaking, even if Ye Hongyu broke through to the Knowing Destiny State, she wouldn't be able to do it. But she dared to do it and actually succeeded.
The image of the indigo robe flying on the Peach Mountain would forever remain in the memory of everyone in the Divine Hall. That battle had completely established the status of the indigo robe girl in the Divine Hall. From that day on, no one in the Divine Hall of Judgment would dare to challenge her majesty.
Zi Mo did not dare to be picky, even if he saw her coughing up blood and knew that she was seriously injured at this time. After defeating the terrifying Great Divine Priest of Judgment and the powerful commander Luo Kedi, the girl on the throne did not die and only suffered some injuries. This definitely did not mean that she was weak, it only meant that she was indescribably powerful.
Ye Hongyu held her chin and looked at him quietly. She said softly, "Kneel."
At this time, the priests and deacons who were still kneeling on the ground of the Divine Hall couldn't help but look at each other when they heard these two words. They naturally remembered the scene when the Great Divine Priest walked into the Divine Hall that day, and recalled that they had once enthusiastically shouted for him to kneel down, and their expressions suddenly became extremely strange.
The divine priests and deacons understood the fear and thoughts in each other's eyes. They raised their heads and pointed to the only standing commander Zi Mo. They shouted angrily, "Kneel!"
"Kneel!"
"Kneel!"
Hundreds of people shouted in unison, their voices rumbling like thunder, echoing in the empty Divine Hall of Judgement. Their expressions were so angry that their spittle flew everywhere. Their voices were a little hoarse, and their facial features were distorted. They looked like a group of fanatical lunatics.
Ye Hongyu looked at them calmly. She was a little satisfied and a little tired.
Zi Mo's face became paler and paler, and his body became stiffer and stiffer. He couldn't even maintain his balance and swayed like a weak patient. Hearing the thunderous scolding coming from beside him, Zi Mo looked at his colleagues who were usually gentle and even flattering but now had become so cold and angry.
"Why?"
He asked the question again, but he was not as calm as before. He even deliberately had a trace of disrespect, and his eyes were full of a pitiful look.
The divine priest closed the thick file and looked at Zi Mo and the cavalry commanders who were kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. He scolded them coldly, "How dare you! You are the generals of the Divine Hall, but you have fallen so low. The Great Divine Priest thought that you have made some small contributions to the Judicial Department and showed mercy. He did not take your bodies, but only stripped you of your duties and cultivation and demoted you to commoners. You are not grateful for God's grace, but how dare you talk here! "
If they were not stripped of their bodies, they would not be beheaded. However, as the cavalry commanders of the West-Hill Divine Hall, Zi Mo and the others had helped the Judicial Department hunt down the remnants of the Devil's Doctrine and search for heresy. They had done many things and many people wanted them dead. If they were really stripped of their cultivation and chased out of Peach Mountain, they would lose the protection of the West-Hill Divine Hall. What kind of miserable ending would they face?
Hearing this, Zi Mo's body shook even more and he almost fell to the ground. He looked at the girl on the throne and shouted in horror, "Only Commander Luo has the authority to punish us … Great Divine Priest, you have overstepped your authority. Aren't you worried that the Hierarch Lord will be angry?"
Ye Hongyu slowly sat up and looked at him expressionlessly. She said, "Commander Luo Kedi is now sick in bed, so the Hierarch Lord has returned your authority to me."
Luo Kedi, the commander of the West-Hill Divine Hall Divine Guards, was a Grand Cultivator who had entered the Knowing Destiny State many years ago. How could such a person be sick? Everyone knew that the real reason Commander Luo Kedi was sick in bed was not because of illness, but because he was seriously injured by Ye Hongyu. Thinking of this, the people of the Judicial Department felt a chill in their hearts.
The thunderous scolding in the Divine Hall gradually disappeared. Zi Mo's face became paler and paler. He stood there in a daze and said in a hoarse voice, "Great Divine Priest, please tell us what sins we have committed."
The divine priest looked serious and was about to scold him again. At this moment, Ye Hongyu raised her hand. The divine priest immediately shut up and humbly retreated to the side of the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade.
Ye Hongyu quietly looked at Zi Mo and the cavalry commanders for a long time.
There was dead silence in the Divine Hall of Judgment.
Ye Hongyu suddenly smiled and said calmly, "You know very well that all sins are fake. The reason why I want to expel you from the Divine Hall is very simple. It is because you once looked at me in that way, so I don't want to see you again."
Zi Mo suddenly understood.
Last spring, Ye Hongyu was weak because she had fallen into a lower realm. The whole Divine Hall was rumored that Commander Luo Kedi had obtained the approval of the Hierarch Lord and was ready to propose marriage to her. Under such circumstances, the cavalry commanders led by Chen Bachi gradually looked at her differently. Some of them showed greed like Chen Bachi, some showed pity as if they were admiring a weak beauty, and some looked at her as if she were their sister-in-law.
There was no hostility in these gazes, and not all of them were malicious. However, when those gazes fell on the Great Divine Priest of Judgment, then they all deserved to die.
Zi Mo was desperate. He looked down at the smooth floor of the Divine Hall and said with a faint smile, "We have made so many contributions to the Divine Hall. Do we have to die just because we looked at her a few more times?"
"We deserve to die just because we looked at her a few more times."
Ye Hongyu said with a smile, "If you had not made some contributions to the Judicial Department, do you think I would let you leave Peach Mountain alive?"
Zi Mo looked at her on the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade and said in a trembling voice with the last glimmer of hope, "Great Divine Priest, we are still of some use. Our cultivation can still help the Divine Hall … No, help you do something. It is a pity that we are crippled like this. Please give us a chance to atone for our crimes."
Ye Hongyu was a little tired. She rested her chin on her hand and said, "I have said that you are not guilty. How can you atone for your crimes? I just don't want to see you. "
The priest walked forward again and looked at the cavalry commanders. He said calmly, "You will receive your punishment later. Great Divine Priest has compassion on you and has specially given you an old horse to plow the fields and a hundred taels of silver to settle down."
Inside the Divine Hall of Judgment, hundreds of people knelt on the ground, trembling. No one dared to obey. Zi Mo slowly clenched his fists, and the commanders beside him could not help but look up.
Ye Hongyu did not even look at them.
The priest looked at them as if he did not see their emotional changes. He continued to say expressionlessly, "In the future, if you step into the West-Hill Divine Kingdom, you will die. If you dare to mention that you have served the Divine Hall, you will die. If you hold a grudge and speak nonsense, you will die. "
Zi Mo looked around. It was silent. After the commanders heard the cruel verdict, they did not dare to look him in the eye. After a long time, the struggling expression on his face turned into a strong self-mockery. He sighed sadly and slowly knelt on the ground, accepting the cruel punishment in pain and speechlessness.
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The side of the Divine Hall of Judgment lit up with a holy and cold light. Zi Mo's painful and angry beast-like howls and the cavalry commanders' painful cries rose one after another.
They had worked hard for half of their lives and finally entered the Seethrough Realm. They had become real powerhouses. But today, their cultivation was destroyed, and they became ordinary people who were even worse than ordinary people.
Gradually, the black Divine Hall of Judgment became calm and even colder and scarier.
The empty Divine Hall was so quiet that it did not seem to belong to the human world.
Ye Hongyu sat on the blood-colored Seat of Heavenly Black Jade, looking calm.
The Seat of Heavenly Black Jade was very big, and it should not be comfortable to sit on it.
But she was very comfortable sitting on it.
The trusted priest knelt in front of the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade and advised in a low voice, "Great Divine Priest, Zi Mo and the others are indeed very powerful. And from their previous performance, you can look forward to their loyalty to you. It would be a pity to cripple them and expel them from the Divine Hall. And Commander Luo …"
Ye Hongyu slightly lowered her head on the Seat of Heavenly Black Jade. She rested her chin on her hand, as if she had fallen asleep.
"Luo Kedi is just a loser. One day, I will kill him. Since that is the case, why should I care about his feelings?"
"And no one can see that the world is changing. It will change into a world that many people are unfamiliar with. In that world, even Grand Cultivators in the Knowing Destiny State can be killed at any time. Any idea of relying on cultivators in the Seethrough State is so ridiculous."
In the late spring of the 16th year of the Tianqi era of the Tang Empire and the 3447th year of the Great Rule of West-Hill, seven commanders of the cavalrymen of the Divine Hall were destroyed by the new Great Divine Priest of Judgment, Ye Hongyu, and were expelled from the Divine Hall. They were forbidden to step into the West-Hill Divine Kingdom again. These once glorious commanders led an old and skinny horse, with a hundred taels of silver in their pockets, and walked down the Peach Mountain with their squires like stray dogs.
In the records of the West-Hill Divine Palace, the crimes of these seven cavalrymen were very vague. There was only one word: depravity. Therefore, they had a shameful nickname: Fallen Knights.
And people in the West-Hill Divine Palace knew very well that the reason why these cavalrymen were so severely punished was because they took an extra glance at the girl in the crowd last spring.
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