When Xia Lin woke up again, it was already getting dark. His stomach was growling, and he was glad that he could have a good meal as soon as he woke up.
However, Jiang Yun was nowhere to be found. Xia Lin asked the servants and the young handyman, but none of them knew where he was.
Just as Xia Lin was feeling puzzled, the system gave him the answer. [Ding, new mission: Stop Jiang Yun from flogging the disciples of the elders led by Pei Tong. Mission reward: Reduce Jiang Yun's blackening value by 6 points. Failure penalty: No longer be able to be Jiang Yun's disciple.]
No way! When Xia Lin heard the penalty for this mission, he was about to explode. If he left Jiang Yun, he wouldn't be able to complete the subsequent missions. Moreover, going back like a loser would surely be embarrassing!
Xia Lin got out of bed. Fortunately, his legs were okay and he could still walk. The servants and the handyman couldn't stop him, so they had to follow him to look for Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun and the elders were sitting in a public hall of the sect. The door was wide open. Outside the door, several disciples were tied to benches. Their mouths were gagged, but they were still struggling to make sounds. When they saw Xia Lin, they were so anxious that the veins on their necks were about to pop out. Their gazes fixed on Xia Lin were filled with jealousy, resentment, and pleading.
Inside the room, several elders were still "advising" Jiang Yun earnestly. "Sect Master, these kids were just being reckless. Please forgive them this time. We will definitely discipline them strictly when we get back."
Before Jiang Yun could say anything, several elders who were on Jiang Yun's side retorted on his behalf. "Second Elder, what you're saying is wrong. Your disciple is already sixteen this year. At this age, you still have the nerve to call him a kid? Moreover, your disciple beat the Sect Master's disciple so severely. Can we just let it go like this? And you, you, and you. You usually indulge your own disciples to bully others. Now, they even dared to bully the Sect Master's only disciple. What's wrong with the Sect Master punishing these rascals? Are your disciples more precious than the Sect Master's only disciple, the legitimate son of the current first - rank general? I think you..."
As soon as Xia Lin arrived, he heard this old man with gray hair but full of energy scolding the other elders non - stop. (Although they were called old men, some of them were only nearly forty. Jiang Yun was the youngest disciple of the previous sect master.)
This old man was really amazing. He was scolding five people on his own, and the two old men sitting next to him didn't even need to step in.
Seeing Xia Lin, whose face was still covered in bruises, limping over, Jiang Yun frowned. He personally fetched a chair and placed it behind Xia Lin for him to sit on. "Why aren't you lying in bed properly? Why are you running around?"
Xia Lin shook his head. "Master, I'm not running around. I have something important to talk to you about. How do you plan to punish those villains outside the door?"
Jiang Yun said, "Seal their inner energy and flog them with two hundred boards."
Xia Lin was speechless. No wonder those elders were so anxious. If those little rascals outside had their inner energy sealed and were flogged with two hundred boards, even if they didn't die, their legs would be crippled.
This was too harsh. Although Xia Lin also hated these rascals and wished he could immediately recover and kick them dozens of times and punch them hard in the face, it didn't mean that he wanted to take their lives or cripple their legs.
"Master, isn't the punishment of two hundred boards a bit too severe? How about you change the punishment?"
Everyone stared at Xia Lin in surprise. No one had expected that Xia Lin would plead for the people who had beaten him.