Chapter 276 - 275 Reflections Against the Wall
Chapter 276 - 275 Reflections Against the Wall
Song Qingfeng waved his hand, "Take it slow, don't get angry. Tell me, how did Gao Fei offend you?" As he said this, Song Qingfeng added another sentence, "Rest assured, if Gao Fei truly did something wrong, I will certainly punish him!"
Jia Yunfeng calmed his emotions and said, "Just now, Gao Fei forcefully entered the Artifact Refining Pavilion, injured a disciple, then stormed into the back courtyard, and tried to seduce my daughter..."
"Is this true?" Song Qingfeng's face darkened.
"Every word is true, if the Sect Leader doesn't believe it, you can investigate," Jia Yunfeng said with a stiff neck.
"This Gao Fei, he is really too much," Song Qingfeng huffed, "Don't worry, I will handle this seriously."
"What does the Sect Leader plan to do to punish Gao Fei?" Jia Yunfeng pressed.
"This..." Song Qingfeng pondered for a moment, "A serious warning, and then make him go to Repentance Cliff to reflect on his actions."
Jia Yunfeng's eyes widened, "That's it?"
"What? You're still not satisfied?" Song Qingfeng frowned.
"Of course, I'm not satisfied!" Jia Yunfeng said loudly, "Sect Leader! Your way of handling this is unfair! It's too unfair! Every time Gao Fei makes a mistake, you always protect him. A light punishment is not enough. This is really disheartening!" Jia Yunfeng was laying it all out there today, holding nothing back.
"Presumptuous!"
Song Qingfeng slapped the table, causing the teacup to rattle, "You dare to talk to me with this attitude and question my decision! You really have a lot of nerve!"
"I..." Jia Yunfeng began to feel apprehensive as he saw Song Qingfeng getting angry, "I'm not questioning... I'm just asking for fairness..."
"Bang!"
Song Qingfeng slammed the table again, "Am I being unfair in my decisions?"
"..." Jia Yunfeng didn't speak, using his silence to convey his thoughts, You are being unfair!
Pointing his finger at Jia Yunfeng, Song Qingfeng said angrily, "I just don't understand, why must you be so against Gao Fei? You are an elder, Gao Fei is a junior, can't you just be a little more tolerant?"
"Tolerant? Why should I be tolerant?" Jia Yunfeng's face was red with frustration, "It's not that I want to oppose Gao Fei, but that bastard Gao Fei is inviting trouble! I'm the victim here!"
"Speak without using foul language!" Song Qingfeng scolded, "It takes two to tango! Don't push all the blame onto Gao Fei!"
"Sect Leader, you..." Fuming, Jia Yunfeng became somewhat incoherent, "It's clearly Gao Fei's fault, yet you reprimand me. I won't accept this, I won't..."
"What did I do wrong?" Gao Fei swaggered in, glancing at Jia Yunfeng from the corner of his eye, "Spit it out. Where did I go wrong?"
"Gao Fei! You actually have the nerve to show your face!" Jia Yunfeng's eyes instantly turned red.
"Why shouldn't I?" Gao Fei scoffed, "I haven't done anything disgraceful! On the other hand, you... having committed misdeeds... Instead of hiding in your house like a turtle, you come out to show your face."
"What misdeeds have I done!" Jia Yunfeng roared, "Don't falsely accuse me here!"
"Oh? Still won't admit it?" Gao Fei sneered, "You become more shameless as you age! To suck up to Jin Dalong's father, you offered your own daughter as a gift! Someone like you doesn't deserve to be a father! Poor Jia Xue, how could she have ended up with a shameless father like you! I feel sad for her!
It's so sad! Truly the saddest in the world!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Jia Yunfeng was so angry he felt like his lungs would explode, "I didn't betroth my daughter to Jin Dalong just to curry favor with Elder Jin..."
"Then who are you trying to curry favor with?"
"I want to curry favor with... bah! I don't want to curry favor with anyone! I see potential in Jin Dalong, and my daughter will be happy married to him!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Gao Fei waved his hand dismissively, "Everyone knows what Jin Dalong is like! Causing trouble, making unreasonable demands, worth less than a fart, and he has terrible talent in cultivation... To sum it up, Jin Dalong is a good-for-nothing! How can your daughter be happy marrying a good-for-nothing?"
"You're the good-for-nothing!"
"I'm a good-for-nothing? If I'm a good-for-nothing, then what are you? A trash can? Garbage?"
"You dare to insult me!?"
"You're allowed to insult me, but I'm not allowed to insult you?"
"Argh, you're making me so angry!!!"
"Why don't you go ahead and die, then there will be peace."
The two began to argue loudly in the hall, their voices growing louder and louder.
...
"Silence, both of you!" Song Qingfeng shouted angrily, "One is the master of the Artifact Refining Pavilion, and the other is an elite disciple; arguing like fishwives in the hall, what kind of example are you setting! You may have no shame, but I still do!" Song Qingfeng was genuinely angry.
"Sect Leader, it's not that I want to argue, but Gao Fei, this bastard, is too infuriating!" Jia Yunfeng clamored.
"You're the real bastard! A complete and utter old bastard!" Gao Fei cursed.
"You..."
"What you? You are a bastard!"
"I..."
"What me? You are a bastard!"
"I'm so angry, I'm really so angry!" Jia Yunfeng was shaking with rage, his face turning blue, "I can't take it anymore, I just can't..." Jia Yunfeng stepped forward and reached out to grab Gao Fei's throat.
"What are you doing!" Song Qingfeng yelled, "You dare to make a move in front of me? Have you lost your mind?" While speaking, Song Qingfeng waved his sleeve and a gust of wind appeared out of thin air, roaring towards Jia Yunfeng and enveloping him.
"Swoosh!"
"Bang!"
Jia Yunfeng was swept up by a gust of wind, then slammed heavily onto the ground, his body seemingly falling apart, the pain excruciating.
"Well hit!" Gao Fei shouted in approval, "Scum like him deserves a beating!"
"You shut your mouth!" Song Qingfeng glared fiercely at Gao Fei, "Jia Yunfeng is at fault, but so are you! Let me ask you, did you not just force your way into the Artifact Refining Pavilion? And injured a disciple of the pavilion, and then even led on Jia Yunfeng's daughter?"
"Er… this matter… was a misunderstanding! Jia Xue and I are friends, I went to see her, the gatekeeper disciples wouldn't let me in and were extremely rude, so I pushed him in a fit of anger… I just pushed him lightly and didn't hit him…," Gao Fei defended himself, "As for seducing Jia Xue… That's utterly baseless. Jia Xue and I are very good friends.
I heard she was grounded, and out of concern, I went over to check on her… We exchanged a few words and then I left."
"Enough of your excuses," Song Qingfeng waved his hand, "You've done something wrong, you must face punishment! I sentence you to face the wall in Repentance Cliff, without my permission, you are not to leave the mountain."
"What?" Gao Fei's mouth twitched, "Go to Repentance Cliff? To face the wall for reflection? I won't go!" Gao Fei shook his head vigorously, "No way, I refuse!"
"You must go," Song Qingfeng snorted, "Now you have two options to choose from, first, I send you over, second, you go by yourself, choose."
"I choose the third option, to return to my own cave to cultivate," Gao Fei turned around, intending to leave.
"Come back." Song Qingfeng reached out and grabbed him, a pulling force surged from his palm, sucking back Gao Fei who had reached the doorway.
"Sect Leader… you can't do this…"
"I'm sending you to Repentance Cliff now!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes!"
"Jia Yunfeng made a mistake too, you can't just punish me alone!"
"Don't worry, I will also punish him!"
"I…" Gao Fei wanted to say more, but Song Qingfeng did not give him the chance.
Song Qingfeng carried Gao Fei away with large strides.
…
On top of a steep cliff.
Gao Fei sat cross-legged on the ground, staring absent-mindedly at the characters on the stone wall…
Two lines were carved on the rock, "To recognize one's mistake and correct it, is the greatest virtue!"
"Who wrote these characters?" After staring blankly for a moment, Gao Fei cursed loudly, "They're hideous! They look like a dog's scratchings! What garbage!"
These characters were written by an Ancestral Master of the Tianyang Sect, and if that Ancestral Master heard these words, who knows how they would feel? They would probably go mad with rage!
"Feeling humbled now, aren't we?" the voice of Xuan Jizi echoed in his mind, teeming with schadenfreude, "This is the consequence of causing trouble! Let's see if you'll dare to stir up trouble in the future!"
"Consequence? What consequence?" Gao Fei scoffed, "How quiet is it here? How suitable for cultivation?"
"You've got that right," Xuan Jizi nodded, "This place is indeed very quiet and free from disturbances; it's perfect for cultivation." After a pause, Xuan Jizi added, "Now I see clearly, on the surface, it's a punishment for you, but in reality, it's a tranquil place arranged for your cultivation. Song Qingfeng really treats you well."
"But I can't sit easy," Gao Fei sighed.
"What can't you sit easy about?"
"Jia Xue! In a few days, she will be married off to that bastard Jin Dalong!"
"Have you fallen for Jia Xue?"
"No."
"No? Then why do you care about her so much?"
"She's my friend! Even though she quarrels with me and drives me crazy, I… truly regard her as a friend. I can't just sit idly by while my friend is in trouble…"
"How can you help? You can't help her at all!"
"Let me think, think…," Gao Fei tapped his head, mumbling to himself, "There must be a way."
After ruminating over it back and forth, Gao Fei finally conceived a scheme, a particularly cunning one!
"Hehe! I'm a genius! To come up with such a brilliant plan!" Gao Fei laughed loudly, "Genius! An absolute genius! Haha…"
"What plan have you thought of?" Xuan Jizi asked curiously.
"You want to know?"
"Yes."
"Really want to know?"
"Yes!"
"Then I'll tell you… it's a secret!"
"You…"
"I'm going to sleep first. Once I wake up, I'll go rescue Jia Xue!" Gao Fei lay down on the ground, using his arms as a pillow, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep in no time.
On a cliff thousands of meters high, where the wild wind howled and the temperature was extremely low, sleeping in such conditions was truly bliss!
When Gao Fei awoke, it was the middle of the night.
"Slept so soundly!" Gao Fei stretched his arms wide and yawned. Looking up at the sky, he said, "Hm, the timing is just right! Time to act!" Gao Fei stood up, dusted off his clothes, and swaggered down the mountain.
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