Chapter 236 (2/2)

According to Haotian hierarch Lord's and Lanke Temple Elder's childhood memories, the Headmaster of Academy had lived for at least one hundred years . And according to the self-deprecating words the Headmaster of Academy had said, living for a longer time would always be more advantageous, such as seniority . Therefore, in this world, no one had the same seniority with the Headmaster of Academy .

Even those who were contemporary with the Headmaster's disciples had already died . So when Master Yan Se had talked to Second Brother Jun Mo that day in the Back Mountain of the Academy, they had had such a dispute on seniority . Therefore, whether Divine Hall or the real bigwigs of Buddhism Sect, they never called those disciples in the Back Mountain of the Academy with traditional seniority appellations .

The Academy itself also had this problem, as there was a big generation gap between the forecourt and the Back Mountain . In order to avoid such an unspeakable embarra.s.sment, they formed an appellation habit . The forecourt instructors called those in the Back Mountain according to their age, such as Mr . First and Mr . Second . This habit gradually spread outside the Academy . Because the people in the Back Mountain basically did not show up in the secular world, a lot of people gradually forgot it . Probably only the bigwigs of Divine Hall still remembered this rule .

Therefore, Ning Que was Mr . Thirteen .

Whether in Military camps, or in the world of cultivation strongmen .

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Ning Que was not a typical Tang . However, he had joined the army since adolescence . Although now he was no longer the little soldier of a border town, he still retained a lot of habits in this respect . What disgusted him the most in his life, were those jerks who did not help companies but robbed military exploits . Ning Que knew that cavalrymen of Divine Hall had robbed Blue Water Battalion's military exploits at Dongsheng Stockaded Village . After he went into the Wilderness and experienced that b.l.o.o.d.y battle, he did not have any good impression of cavalrymen of Divine Hall . Since he was Mr . Thirteen, he had inevitably developed a temper . So when he clearly knew what kind of answer the Revelation Department Priest wanted to hear, he still did not do as the Priest wished .

The Revelation Department Priest fell into silence .

As an important figure in Divine Hall, he should certainly defend the people of Divine Hall . However, in recent years, there were two celebrities, Tao Addict and Longqing, who came from the Judicial Department that was experiencing a rapid expansion . In addition, Light Department had to keep a low profile owing to a secret matter . So the whole Judicial Department had become extremely arrogant . As the Revelation Department Priest, he had been dissatisfied with its arrogance for a long time . Today Ning Que took the Academy's reputation as a guarantee . So he followed his own meaning and was fearless of being criticized as detrimental to the dignity of Divine Hall and was not afraid of the censures of Tao Addict and other people afterward because it could be regarded as maintaining the Divine Hall's reputation of brightness and fairness .

Since he was determined, he looked at Ning Que and said with a smile, ”The commander of cavalrymen of Divine Hall, Chen Bachi will accept 40 beatings of thorn sticks and will report to the Judicial Department G.o.d for deposition . His cavalries will be punished with hard labor for six months after going back to The Peach Mountain . What do you think of it?”

This penalty did not include Quni Madi, Flower Addict and Revelation Inst.i.tute disciples . But it was also natural, for he could not make any rash decision even if he was the Revelation Department Priest .

Ning Que knew that it was impossible for him to ask for more . So he gently nodded with a mild expression and naturally did not forget to praise the bright side of Divine Hall . At this time he did not show the shyness of the Headmaster's disciples .

General Shu Cheng softly touched his beard and showed his agreement . So this incident had a final conclusion . At the time of deliberation, there was no one who went to ask for Quni Madi's opinion .

Quni Madi sat beside the Revelation Department priest . Her old face looked dark and grim and her old hands tightly holding onto chair rails kept shaking . She was naturally not afraid of anything but could almost not suppress her inner anger .

Upon hearing the 40 beatings of thorn sticks, the commander of cavalrymen of Divine Hall, Chen Bachi's face instantly became very pale .

A thorn stick was a special punishment tool inside Divine Hall . With dark pine wood as a pillar, it was wrapped with miscellaneous steel thorns . There was a rumor that many years ago the first Great Divine Priest of Judgment understood the meaning of Haotian after having carried this thorn stick on his back for twenty years . As a subordinate of Judicial Department, he certainly knew this legend and was aware of how many sufferings such a thorn stick would cause .

In the past years, he had followed Prince Long Qing to supervise around and arrest the Devil's Doctrine survivors, renegades and betrayers . He had used a thorn stick to beat those wretched people and made it worse than death for them . He had seen those blood cuts and messy twisted flesh like linen ropes on their backs . But he never expected that he would have a similar treatment today .

He was a master in the state of Seethrough and had a very important position in the Judicial Department . However, as Divine Hall had a strict hierarchy and the Revelation Department Priest had made such a decision, he dared not to resist or express his objection and protest . He only tightly bit his teeth and allowed the Divine Hall steward to drag him out .

A cultivator in Seethrough was very powerful, but his body was no different from that of ordinary people . Soon after a heavy m.u.f.fled beating sounded outside the tent, the commander of cavalrymen of Divine Hall, Chen Bachi, finally could not help uttering a miserable painful howl . He wanted to bite his teeth so as not to cry out and shame the Judicial Department, but he could not resist that kind of severe pain under the Judicial Department's thorn stick, even if he had gritted his own teeth .

The people in the tent heard the m.u.f.fled sounds as the thorn stick beat his back, the miserable howlings and even faint hissing sound as the thorn stick's fine steel wire hook tore out his flesh . They could not help but have slight chills running inside their bodies .

Upon hearing these sounds, Great River Kingdom girls tightly bit their lips and thought of those dead Younger Brothers under the meadow . They finally felt relieved a bit after having been gloomy for a long time . They could not help looking toward Ning Que and their eyes were full of grat.i.tude .

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