Chapter 13 (Thirteen) Punishment
Yan Moying and Gao Cai in the innermost dormitory had already fallen asleep. Although their room was far away from the hall, the bell still woke them up.
"What's the matter? It's so late and still ringing the bell..." Gao Cai complained with sleepy eyes.
"Junior sister, hurry up!"
"We are called together so late at night, there must be something important!"
Yan Moying heard the voices of two Jiulanmen disciples outside and said to Gao Cai, "It should be the bell for the disciples to gather."
“Oh, other sect’s gathering is none of our business, just continue sleeping… Just don’t ring the bell after the meeting…” Gao Cai said in a half-awake state and fell into a deep sleep again.
Near the beginning of the hour of Hai, all the disciples had gathered in the main hall of Jiulan Gate, standing on the west, south and east sides. Yin Ruchen knelt in the middle of the hall, facing the seated leader Rongyu.
Rong Yu announced to all the disciples: "Yin Ruchen, a disciple of Jiulan Sect, brought a non-member into the sect on the 17th, violating the sect rules. Now Yin Ruchen is ordered to kneel in front of Jiulan Bi from the beginning of the twelfth day ...
Most of the women in white were reluctant to let him go, and they just sighed in their hearts. After all, the mistake made by Yin Ruchen was too serious in the eyes of any Jiulan Sect disciple. No matter how sorry they were emotionally, they supported Rong Yu's approach rationally. Most of them were women who were used to being rational after being taught by Rong Yu, so no one showed anything in the hall. At this time, Kun Yu's mouth slightly raised, and she was so happy that she wanted to laugh, but she held it back in front of all the sisters and master.
Yin Ruchen walked out of the hall from the southeast entrance in full view of everyone. She looked up and saw that the thick fog was just like her mood, unclear and chaotic. The night wind was biting cold and the snow under her feet had not melted. She walked forward quietly without complaint. She felt that all these punishments were normal.
Soon she came to the Jiuhuang Garden in the east, where a huge jade stone appeared with the three characters "Jiulanbi" engraved on it. She pushed aside the snow on the ground, revealing a large open space, and the flowers blooming under the snow were also exposed. The closer to Jiulanbi, the fewer flowers there were. In order not to crush the flowers, she knelt very close to Jiulanbi. The cold wind blew, and the petals of the bowl-sized flowers on the ground swayed, as if they wanted to fly up with the wind. Yin Ruchen knelt there, and had to rely on his inner strength to resist the cold.
All the disciples went back to the dormitory to rest. Rong Yu stood aside and looked straight at Yin Ruchen for a long time. After several attempts to speak, she sighed deeply, then slowly turned around and walked slowly towards the dormitory. Rong Yu turned her head back every one or two steps to look at Yin Ruchen kneeling in front of Jiu Lan Bi. After several times, she stopped looking back and walked quickly back to the dormitory.
Chapter 8
On the morning of the 18th, after a good rest, Gao Cai was in high spirits and almost back to normal. The signs of internal injuries were completely gone, and the external injuries on his body were much better. The wound on his arm was almost healed. He couldn't help but sigh: "Jiulanmen's medicine is really magical!"
Seeing Gao Cai looking radiant, Yan Moying was also very happy.
Gao Cai asked Yan Moying: "We are here for the Dihu Flower. What does the Dihu Flower look like?"
(End of this chapter)
