Great Li Martial God

At those words, the short old man shook his head firmly, his face darkening as he spoke with righteous indignation, "These two unworthy disciples went out and caused trouble, bringing such disaster upon the sect. If they are not properly punished, how do I answer to everyone here?"

As he spoke, the short old man reached out and produced a long whip from somewhere, then sent it cracking through the air directly down toward the bound and kneeling Shangguan Qingqing and Qin Hao.

At the same time, as the sharp whistle of the whip cutting through the air reached him, Qin Hao's ears twitched. He quietly passed a message to Shangguan Qingqing beside him, "Didn't Master say this was just a performance? Why is he going through with it for real?"

At those words, Shangguan Qingqing kept her head down and her eyes straight ahead, and passed back, "I don't know. He didn't say anything beforehand about actually taking the pain."

Qin Hao breathed out through his teeth, a disgruntled look flashing in his eyes, "He said we'd finish the act quickly and then go give those Alliance Under Heaven people a good fight. Now with these lashes, won't this waste a lot of time?"

But right at that moment, just as Bai Zihua's whip was about to reach the two of them, it was cut to nothing by an invisible surge of blade energy.

"Bai Zihua, are you actually going through with it? Does even my word as Sect Leader count for nothing anymore?"

The Celestial River Blade Sect leader's eye twitched slightly. After flicking his finger to destroy the whip, he drew his hand through the air and sliced through the ropes binding Shangguan Qingqing and Qin Hao in one clean pass.

Then he looked at Bai Zihua with a less than pleased expression, "You have the nerve to come back here and punish two young disciples. Why not go up front and trade a few hundred exchanges with the Alliance Under Heaven people instead?"