Chapter 38. Public Trial Begins! Lin Xiao’s Plot! (Request for continued reading!)_1
With Su Mei, the Chief of Phoenix Caw Peak, stating her position, the crowd was stunned.
They looked at each other, whispering and murmuring, the news causing quite a stir.
Even Lin Xiao, at the center of the affair, couldn’t regain his composure for a while.
It turned out that an unspoken rule had been established between the different branches of the Qinglan Sect: cases involving a Chief Disciple of any branch violating sect rules would be judged by their own Peak Chief, in front of the Elders of the Enforcement Hall.
After all, the Chief Disciple represented the dignity of a branch. Having their own Chief handle the trial, regardless of the result, would preserve some decorum.
However, the most important reason was that the Elders of the Enforcement Hall had always been notoriously strict and harsh in their judgments. Therefore, if someone from their own lineage got into trouble, allowing their own Chief to preside over the case could lead to a softer punishment and save more face.
Lin Xiao remembered clearly.
The original story mentioned that Jiang Yuan, the previous Chief Disciple of Dragon Head Peak, had engaged in illicit relations with a demoness from the Demon Sect. According to sect rules, he should have been executed. However, during the public trial, under True Master Ziyun’s lenient interrogation, which glossed over the serious charges, his beloved disciple was merely confined for sixty years.
Alas, it’s this late, and my Master still hasn’t arrived. She must have drunk too much last night...
As expected, a drunkard can’t be relied upon!