"Your Majesty, fifty lashes have been completed!"
On the square in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Cao Jie's whipping had finally ended.
While it was a form of torture for the person being tortured, it was also a form of terror for the people who were watching the torture!
At this moment, the two Lords kneeling on the ground had the same deathly pale complexion. His bare upper body was also covered in intertwined purple whip scars, looking as ferocious as a snake mark.
There were five levels of whipping, and fifty was the highest. In principle, this was the lightest punishment. However, if the executioner wanted to do it, it was not difficult to whip the victim to death!
Cao Jie stretched out his right hand and waited for the eunuch to take the whip away before returning to the platform.
Emperor Qi said, "Rise."
Tian Xili and Yoo Young-ki put on their clothes and stood up shakily.
Their cultivation was not equal. As the executioner of the whipping, Cao Jie controlled his strength well. The whip on their bodies was also limited to the level of the God Descends and the Outer Tower.
Therefore, both of them were on the verge of collapsing.
The Emperor said, "If you can't stand properly, you can go and rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tian Xili cupped his hands and said, "I … can stand properly!"
Yoo Young-ki also said, "I … I also …"
Plop.
Before he could finish his sentence, he had already fallen to the ground.
However, it was as if the ground was stabbed with a knife. The moment he fell, he immediately bounced back up. It was unknown where the strength came from.
"I can stand properly!" He gritted his teeth and said.
Qing Yangzi went to get Liu Xiao and had yet to return.
The matter between the Tian family and the Ryu family was not over yet.
At this moment, no one was willing to leave. If they stayed, they still had a chance to fight. If they left, they could only wait for fate!
The Emperor did not say anything else.
The officials were also silent.
In front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, everyone was waiting for the result.
Not long after, a eunuch walked to the platform where the commoners were and whispered something.
Most of the commoners left on the spot, probably because it was time to leave. There were also some who stayed.
The officials were not so lucky. They had to wait here for the result.
The sun gradually shifted. This process was simply too slow.
Until …
That green-clothed and sword-wielding figure slowly walked into the square while carrying a person.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. No matter what the result was, there was finally a result.
The anxious people first noticed Qing Yangzi, and then they noticed the person in his hand — the person was facing down, his long hair hanging loosely, and his hands were tied together by a broken rope.
Jiang Wang carried him by the belt at the back of his waist and walked over.
Some people couldn't help but frown.
No matter what, Liu Xiao was still a Divinity Ascension Stage expert. Experts needed to have dignity.
Don't you know how Jiang Wang is going to capture Liu Xiao? Did he really think that he could look down on Shenlin just because he was the best in the world?
Liu Xiao, a grand Ascension cultivator, was lifted up like a chicken. This was truly displeasing.
Xuan Huaibo and Yoo Young-ki also felt a great sense of humiliation.
Today, he was naked and whipped. He was a Divinity Ascension Stage expert of the Ryu clan, and yet he was being held up like this. The face of the Ryu clan had been trampled into the mud!
However, when he looked at Jiang Wang, he realized that he wasn't angry.
It wasn't that this matter wasn't worth his anger. It wasn't that he didn't dare to be angry because of Jiang Wang, who was in the limelight today, but he suddenly realized that he couldn't be angry.
The Ryu clan was already like this …
The Ryu clan was already like this!
It was normal to be trampled on a few times.
He thought that he should accept his fate.
Marquis Gaochang, Tian Xili's gaze was completely different. However, his gaze didn't fall on Jiang Wang. Instead, he stared at Liu Xiao with intense killing intent. He wanted to drink Liu Xiao's blood and eat his flesh.
Jiang Wang didn't care about how others looked at him.
He walked calmly in the huge square.
His sword was still in its scabbard.
Before entering the city, he had already sheathed his sword.
This was his attitude.
He could've entered the city with his sword and shown that he had confronted Tian Anping.
If the Emperor asked, it wouldn't have been difficult to give Tian Anping some trouble.
However, would the Emperor be happy to see this?
Secondly, he didn't have any enmity with the Tian Family, regardless of what happened on Planet Yin.
The confrontation at the city gate was due to the imperial edict. He had no reason to act as Tian Anping's opponent.
He didn't need to, nor was he willing to, become enemies with a first-rate aristocratic family.
He walked to the center of the square, put Liu Xiao down, and helped him stand up. Liu Xiao stood there in a daze.
At this moment, everyone could see that Liu Xiao's condition wasn't right.
Jiang Qingyang wasn't deliberately humiliating him. Liu Xiao couldn't do anything about it and could only be carried away!
Liu Yingqi, whose aura was very weak, suddenly took a step forward, but stopped abruptly.
He didn't dare to make any more offensive moves.
Jiang Wang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Jiang Wang didn't disappoint you!"
"Qing Yangzi," Jiang Rumo asked, "What happened to Liu Xiao?"
Of course, he could see Liu Xiao's condition. Therefore, he was asking how Liu Xiao had become like this.
"I don't know either." Jiang Wang said, "When I rushed to Ji City, Liu Xiao was already like this, hanging from the city gate. I untied him and brought him back to Linzi without any delay. "
All the nobles and officials present were moved!
Liu Xiao hadn't tied himself up. Instead, he'd been subdued before Jiang Wang had arrived! Moreover, his mind seemed to have been damaged!
"Then, what about Tian Anping?" Jiang Rumo asked.
Jiang Wang said, "Unharmed."
Tian Xili's eyes burst with extreme joy. It was unknown whether it was genuine or just a facade.
Yoo Young-ki immediately turned around and bowed to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, the Tian Family broke the agreement. Tian Anping dared to disobey orders and break through!"
His reaction could be said to be fast, but it was already too slow.
From the beginning, Liu Xiao had made a mistake by forcing his way into Ji City!
Yoo Young-ki's struggles at the ceremony today were like a miniature version of his struggles in the past ten years. He had exhausted his not-so-outstanding talents to restore the glory of the Ryu clan. However, the death of Grandpa Liu and Liu Shentong had already broken the foundation of the Ryu clan.
No matter how he struggled, he was powerless.
The Emperor asked, "Qingyangzi, in your opinion, what is Tian Anping's cultivation level?"
Jiang Wang said impartially, "He should still be in the Inner Mansion Realm. However, it has exceeded my understanding of the Inner Mansion Realm. In my opinion, he seems to have refined the Inner Mansion Room into Ji City! "
In fact, the scene of the Inner Mansion Room being emptied was also shown to him by Tian Anping. It seemed to be for his explanation in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
In this regard, Tian Anping wasn't completely crazy.
The nobles and officials in the square were shocked beyond words.
Tian Anping's Golden Body Jade Marrow was broken, the Saint Tower was destroyed, and he was suppressed for ten years. However, he was still able to develop new tricks in the Inner Mansion Realm!
There were so many talents in the world. If one only wanted to be "new", it wasn't difficult.
The difficult thing was to be "new" and strong enough!
How could Tian Anping not be strong to be able to defeat Liu Xiao, who was in the Immortal Descent Realm?
Starting from the Inner Mansion, Outer Mansion, and Immortal Descent was the cultivation path that the ancestors of the human race had forged for countless years.
In Jiang Rumo's opinion.
Tian Anping didn't develop a new path. It was more like he was limited by the Inner Mansion Realm and skipped the limit of cultivation to increase his combat strength in advance. Considering that he had achieved the Immortal Descent Realm and was peerless, it was possible for him to do this.
As for the specific situation, he couldn't judge because he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
It was just that the methods used in the Inner Mansion Realm were indeed incredible …
Above the Pill Emperor, the Emperor said, "You came on behalf of me. Since Tian Anping didn't break through, he didn't go against the order. As for Liu Xiao … "
Yoo Young-ki looked over in confusion and pleading.
At this moment, Liu Xiao stood there in a daze. His mouth was slightly open and his eyes were wide open. It was as if he was still trapped in some kind of fear.
As a cultivator in the Immortal Descent Realm, he didn't know who he should be afraid of.
It was truly a tragedy!
"Bring Xuan Huaibo back and take care of him."
The Emperor sighed imperceptibly. He stood up and left his seat.
Han Ling, who had been standing silently, quickly chased after him and announced —
"Let's go!"
Yoo Young-ki knelt down again and kowtowed heavily on the ground, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
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