Chapter 888: Punishment Hall

Feeling the disciples’ fiery gazes, Liu Zixuan playfully looked at the beauty in his arms: "Senior Sister, what do you think of my proposal just now?"

The tall beauty was momentarily caught off guard and subconsciously asked: "What proposal?"

"To let me woo you!" Liu Zixuan said with a mischievous grin.

Watching this rascal’s face come closer, the tall beauty’s cheeks instantly flushed red, unsure whether out of embarrassment or anger.

She quickly struggled free from Liu Zixuan’s embrace and raised the short sword in her hand: "How dare you take advantage of me in front of so many people!"

"You came to me on your own, it’s not like I begged you to come find me!" Liu Zixuan shrugged and said with an innocent smile.

"Gu Huaqiu!"

In her anger, the beauty stomped her foot and shouted.

Gu Huaqiu hurriedly came forward: "What’s wrong, Junior Sister?"

"I want you, as the Steward of Sword Dao Hall, to take him to the Punishment Hall!" the beauty demanded angrily.

"Take... take him to the Punishment Hall?" Gu Huaqiu’s expression changed: "But on what grounds?"

Gu Huaqiu was certainly willing to send Liu Zixuan to the Punishment Hall for punishment, but the Punishment Hall was the most solemn place in Profound Sword Sect; he couldn’t just take him there based on his word alone.

He had to find a suitable reason!

The tall beauty paused: "Didn’t you just say his intentions in coming to Profound Sword Sect weren’t pure? Use that as the reason!"

"But..."

"No buts, if anything goes wrong, I’ll take full responsibility!" The tall beauty immediately dispelled Gu Huaqiu’s concerns.

Hearing this, Gu Huaqiu, as if energized, suddenly became full of confidence.

Liu Zixuan noticed something was off, suspecting that this little senior sister had an unusual identity, otherwise she wouldn’t dare to speak so boldly.

Just as he was pondering, Gu Huaqiu smugly stepped forward and took the Steward Token from his pocket: "Liu Zixuan, I know I can’t beat you, but in front of a steward, even elders can’t defy the order. You must now come with me to the Punishment Hall and accept punishment from the two Elders Yangming!"

Liu Zixuan glanced at Gu Huaqiu, then looked peculiarly at the tall beauty, sighed deeply as if knowing something mysterious.

He said slowly: "Since this Steward Token is so powerful, I’ll go with you then!"

"Let’s go!" Gu Huaqiu was immediately delighted to hear Liu Zixuan was going to the Punishment Hall.

He understood that with his strength, it was already impossible to take revenge on Liu Zixuan. Now, his only pleasure could be seeing Liu Zixuan punished in the Punishment Hall!

But just as he was about to take a step, the tall beauty blocked Liu Zixuan again, frowning and asking: "What was the meaning of your sigh just now?"

"Nothing, I just felt sorry for someone!" Liu Zixuan maintained his mysterious demeanor.

This only aroused the tall beauty’s curiosity further, prompting her to ask: "Explain it to me clearly!"

"Well, if I do, you can’t be mad!" Liu Zixuan said earnestly.

The tall beauty thought for a moment: "Go on, I won’t get angry!"

"I sighed because you’re all brawn and no brains!"

"You!" Upon hearing Liu Zixuan’s words, the tall beauty immediately got angry, but as she was about to scold him, she saw Liu Zixuan proactively walking towards the Punishment Hall.

Gu Huaqiu quickly said: "Junior Sister, don’t listen to him. This Liu Zixuan guy can talk his way out of anything, having been adept at deceiving people back in the Martial Realm."

Now the tall beauty was filled with images of Liu Zixuan’s shameless face, not overthinking the matter: "Take him to the Punishment Hall. I want him to suffer the most terrifying punishment since the founding of the Profound Sword Sect!"

Seeing the tall beauty so angry, Gu Huaqiu was even more pleased. It seemed bringing Junior Sister here today was the best decision he had made!

Leading the group over, he secretly thought to himself: Liu Zixuan, this time I will see you in a completely disgraced state! Hmph, that’s what you get for going against me!

...

A moment later, everyone had arrived inside the Punishment Hall.

The two Elders Yangming rose together, frowning at the crowd, murmuring in confusion: "Normally, you’d all avoid the Punishment Hall if possible. Why are there so many people today?"

"Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder." Gu Huaqiu stepped forward and spoke loudly: "We suspect Liu Zixuan’s visit to Profound Sword Sect is with impure intentions, but we lack the strength to compete with him, so we had to bring him to you two to decide!"

"Visiting Profound Sword Sect with impure intentions?"

The two Yangming Elders exchanged glances before looking at Liu Zixuan: "Is what Gu Huaqiu said true?"

"He’s dumb, are you two elders dumb too?" Liu Zixuan grumbled irritably.

"It’s one thing to bully us, but daring to openly insult the elders here in the Punishment Hall, Liu Zixuan, do you have a death wish?" Gu Huaqiu scolded.

Liu Zixuan cracked a smile, then suddenly disappeared from the spot like a phantom.

In an instant, he appeared in front of Gu Huaqiu, raising his hand to slap him directly.

"You’re still daring to hit me?" Gu Huaqiu shouted, covering his left cheek and glaring.

Slap!

Liu Zixuan swung another slap at him: "If you keep chattering, I’ll hit you again!"

"I..." Gu Huaqiu wanted to say something, but remembering the two slaps, he quickly closed his mouth, looking directly at the tall beauty and the two Yangming Elders.

Before the two elders could question him, Liu Zixuan playfully chuckled: "There are two ways to enter Profound Sword Sect: either by winning first place in the martial arts tournament and choosing a sect, or by invitation from Profound Sword Sect itself. Am I wrong?"

"Correct!" The two Yangming Elders nodded.

"And I came here because you invited me. Since you invited me, what motive do you think I have?" Liu Zixuan mockingly asked.

The two Yangming Elders exchanged another glance, both showing a helpless expression, instantly understanding the situation.

Accusatorily, they said to Gu Huaqiu: "It must be your dissatisfaction with Liu Zixuan’s previous actions that led to this false accusation, right?"

"No, he does have ulterior motives!" Gu Huaqiu said, face reddening.

"Indeed, he has motives for joining the sect, just like you all do, namely to break into the Emperor Realm." Elder Yang huffed coldly: "He was our invited guest, so if there were any other motives, would Elder Ming and I be his accomplices?"

"I!" Gu Huaqiu was immediately speechless.

"Even if he has no other motives, he just committed an unforgivable act, so you must punish him!" Seeing Gu Huaqiu at a loss for words, the tall beauty intervened.

"Unforgivable act? What exactly did he do?" The Yangming Elders anxiously asked.

"He flirted with me! Isn’t that unforgivable?"