Chapter 718: Don’t disappoint Long Feiye (2/2)

She couldn’t accept it!

Long Feiye simply patted her hand to tell her to calm down. Despite the stifled feeling in her chest, she still ended up listening to him.

“Junior sister, what is the punishment according to sect rules?” the sword sect master asked.

Granny You’s eyes took on a complicated look as she paused. Finally she spoke. “According to sect rules, a minor punishment means one is to face the wall at Abstinence Courtyard for three years. A major one is expulsion from Celestial Mountain Sword Sect.”

Han Yunxi sucked in a cold breath. If they punished Long Feiye like that today, they might as well have a life-and-death struggle! She was seriously disappointed with the sword sect elder for being so unreasonable.

“Since it’s the first offense and done without intention, lighten it to facing the wall for a month,” the sword sect master said before waving a hand to dismiss everyone.

Cang Qiuzi was thrilled. Although he’d been poisoned, at least the queries for Grand Concubine Yi’s kidnapping had stopped. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi would be unable to publicly expose his lies either, so he’d escaped this time. Enduring the pain in his gut, he waited. Senior brother would definitely help him get the antidote.

As the crowd broke up, Long Feiye stood with his hooded eyes in silence. Han Yunxi couldn’t take it. Face the wall for a month? That’ll only delay Long Feiye’s plans on Celestial Mountain! Even if it doesn’t, why does he have to accept this punishment? This is so oppressive!

We could’ve proved that Cang Qiuzi was lying and working together with Duanmu Yao to kidnap Grand Concubine Yi! She’d poisoned him to prove that he couldn’t cute the toxin himself. How could he have ever gone past the maze pathway then? After all, she’d poisoned the way herself. When Lady Leng Yue escaped with Leng Shuangshuang and Cang Qiuzi rescued Duanmu Yao, she had wanted to stop them with poison fog, but the mysterious poisons expert had dispelled her toxins. Otherwise, neither party could have escaped.

It was obvious that Cang Qiuzi didn’t understand poisons at all, or that someone had saved him during his escape. That’s why his final account had this mistake. It was a huge hole in his story! Like Duanmu Yao, he’d been hiding by the lake the entire time, which was how he’d avoided getting poisoned in the matrix pathway. Everything he and Duanmu Yao blabbed just then, along with the servant girl’s testimony, were all lies!

Han Yunxi didn’t understand why Long Feiye wasn’t saying all this? As long as he did, her poisoning would be forgiven and Cang Qiuzi’s reputation, ruined. Moreover, they could take back the punishment from the Abstinence Courtyard. Seeing Long Feiye standing still, she coldly declared, “Each person should shoulder their own responsibilities! If you have to punish anyone, punish me! I was the one who set the poison and the Duke of Qin has no antidote. Elder sword sect master, it’s no use even if you penalize him!”

Most of the crowd had gone far by now, but were still shooting looks back. However, the sword sect master ignored her and told Granny You, “I’ll bring him over tonight. It’s been ages since this child came back, so this grandmaster would like to have a good talk with him.”

Hearing this, everyone knew the matter had been concluded. Grand Concubine Yi’s kidnapping must have been nothing more than old scores between Long Feiye and Duanmu Yao as martial siblings and nothing so severe. Once Elder Cang’s poison was cured and Long Feiye’s punishment ended, the sword sect master would wrap up the issues himself. What was going to be a good show had ended as soon as the old man showed up. Many people who had come to gloat over the unfortunate felt very dissatisfied by the results, especially Second and Third Elder.

“Long Feiye!” Han Yunxi grew desperate enough to take his hand and murmur, “You’re going to admit defeat just like that?”

“Don’t worry. Master has his reasons for acting this way,” Long Feiye muttered back.

“Are you sure?” Han Yunxi didn’t trust the sword sect master at all.

“Certain,” Long Feiye was steadfast.

Han Yunxi knitted her brows and stared at him, unable to accept such a reality. But in the end, she chose to believe him. She was certain that Long Feiye wouldn’t disappoint her, so she could only hope that the sword sect master wouldn’t disappoint Long Feiye, either.

Once everyone was completely gone, the sword sect master overlooked Han Yunxi and spoke directly to Long Feiye. “Come, over here.”

As he finished, he pushed off the ground and took lightly to the skies like a swallow heading for the peak.

“Senior brother, my antidote…” Cang Qiuzi yelled.

When the grandmaster didn’t reply, Cang Qiuzi shot a hateful glare towards Han Yunxi, who returned it with one of her own.

“This isn’t over!”

Long Feiye picked up Han Yunxi and went to chase after the sword sect master. Although the grandmaster hadn’t told Cang Qiuzi to join him, the man had no choice but to scale the peak if he wanted his poison cured. He didn’t complain about the pain, but his stomach was in such agony that even the slightest movement became unbearable. He could only let Cang Xiaoying support him and fly up. Cang Xiaoying didn’t know the true relationship between her father and Duanmu Yao, but she knew they had to have colluded together on the Grand Concubine Yi kidnapping.

“Father,” she said in a low voice, “What does…the grandmaster mean by this?”

“Heheh…even though he’s stopped overseeing things for years, he’s still so astute when it comes to taking charge… This isn’t over,” Cang Qiuzi muttered back. “Once you deliver me there, leave immediately. Go find your eldest senior brother and tell him to prepare everything.”

“What’s he preparing?” Cang Xiaoying didn’t know.

“Your eldest senior brother will understand,” Cang Qiuzi murmured back.