Tianmen Terrace is located in the south of Xiao Penglai. The terrain is slightly higher than the ground. It is half-natural and half-man-made and is built in the shape of a staircase. Its shape is like a nine-story staircase against the wall.
Each staircase is two feet high, thirty feet long from east to west, and three feet wide.
In addition, there are nine Tianmen execution platforms arranged on each level of stairs, with a support frame standing on both sides of each execution platform.
In addition, there is a large drum at each end of the stairs and a bronze mirror hanging to illuminate it.
In front of the first step of Tianmen Terrace, there is a five-foot-wide aisle paved with blue stones.
At the end of the aisle lamp stands a bronze bar table seven feet long and four feet wide. There are three protruding card slots in the middle of the bar table.
This case is the hub of the entire Tianmen Platform. Countless spiritual lights burst out from under the four feet, and it is closely connected with the eighty-one "Tianmen Beheading Platform" on the nine-story staircase.
On both sides of the aisle, there are nine bronze pillars that are three feet high and surrounded by one person.
The eighteen pillars are covered with blood-colored inscriptions etched with cloud seals, all of which are various precepts of the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect'.
At the entrance to the aisle stands a tall black gatehouse.
The pillars on both sides of the gatehouse are made of black stones, and the sharply angular rock pillars at the corners reveal a rigid and chilling feeling.
Tianmen!
Two dark cloud seal characters are engraved squarely in the middle of the lintel beam of the gate tower.
Opposite the Tianmen Terrace is the dark circular terrace.
At this moment, nearly 20,000 domestic and foreign disciples of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ gathered here.
Above their heads stood nearly eight hundred Jindan immortals.
In fact, the inner disciples of the Southern Sect can also stand in the air with the help of cloud energy, but seeing that the people standing in the air are all Jindan masters, naturally no one will join them in vain.
As early as yesterday, all disciples of Yiqi South Sect had been notified.
From the eighth day of September to the fifteenth day of September, disciples who violate the sect’s precepts will be punished at the ‘Tianmen Terrace’.
All internal and external disciples can adjust their own time to watch at the Tianmen Terrace.
Today is the first day, so there are more disciples here, about 20% of the disciples of the Southern Sect are here.
At this time, more than 20,000 internal and external disciples standing on the circular stairs were looking at the nine-story Tianmen Platform and discussing in low voices.
Hundreds of 'Dharma Protectors' wearing helmets and armor and 'Wind Catcher' disciples wearing black robes were roaming nearby to maintain order.
Since Zhang Ke returned to the sect a month ago, he has directly carried out rectifications inside and outside the sect.
Every day, a large number of sect disciples, disciples of various sects and casual cultivators were captured.
On the highest day, nearly 600 people were arrested.
It is impossible that such a high-profile action would not cause panic among the disciples of the sect and the people of the nine counties of Penglai.
Even if you know that you have not made a mistake, who can guarantee that you have not violated the sect's precepts unintentionally?
It wasn't until yesterday when we received the news of the punishment from 'Tianmentai' that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the arrest operation had been completed.
And once the pressure is gone, curiosity will arise.
'How many people have violated the sect's precepts?'
'What have they done?'
'How does the sect plan to punish these people?'
These three issues are almost the most concerning to the 20,000 disciples at this time.
Shi Zhongxiu stood in the air, frowning and looking at the nine-story Tianmen Tower without saying a word.
‘Tianmen Terrace’ is the sect’s place of punishment, but it was rarely used in the past two hundred years.
In his mind, the last time the Tianmen Terrace was used was more than a hundred years ago.
He remembered clearly that he killed a total of ten disciples that time and only activated the lowest level of the nine-level ladder.
But at this moment, on the Tianmen Terrace, dark golden auras were flashing on each level of the nine-story staircase. It was obvious that the scale of today's punishment was not small.
Shi Zhongxiu was born in a mysterious realm of mist and was not a direct disciple of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Sect’, so he was not very clear about some things.
Seeing such a large scale, I couldn't help but secretly worry about Shi Zhongyu.
While I was thinking about it, I heard someone whispering from around me:
"Hey, it seems like the leader is going to go on a killing spree again this time!"
Shi Zhongxiu was shocked and turned to look at the speaker.
Honghe real person!
Master Honghe was one of the first ninety-six people who took the initiative to follow Zhang Kenan to move south. He had already achieved the Golden Elixir during the 'Xiantian Yiqi Sect'.
Along with Xu Qingzhi, Bai Shi, Chifa, Biluo and others, they are the most trusted group of people by Zhang Ke.
His current cultivation level has reached the realm of dragon and tiger, but he has not yet reached the intersection between dragon and tiger, so he has not taken the final step.
Hearing Master Honghe muttering to himself in a low voice, Shi Zhongxiu's heart skipped a beat and he was about to ask.
Other students have already asked:
"What does Uncle Honghe mean by this?"
In an instant, the eyes of hundreds of Jindan Masters all focused on Honghe Master.
Master Honghe looked around with his eyes, and saw that the disciples around him were either nervous or looking at him curiously. He pondered for a moment and said softly:
"Fellow brothers, most of you have only advanced to the Golden Elixir level in the past hundred years, and some of you were worshipers at the Fengxia Temple and Yunzhan Cave in the past.
So I don’t know much about many things about the leader.
I think back when we were in our sect in Dingzhou, in order to rectify the atmosphere in the sect, the head of the sect, who was the deacon of the "Wind Catching Tower" at that time, went on a killing spree among the sect many times.
The most serious one was when he was in the golden elixir realm and faced off against the True Monarch Yuanshen of the 'original sect'.
He just killed one of his direct disciples on the spot in front of the True Lord Yuanshen.
You don’t know that there was a joke within ‘this sect’ at that time.
It is said that as long as Zhenren Ruyi sits in the door, ants will line up neatly even when going up and down the mountain.
At the time of the ‘original sect’, almost all the disciples’ expressions changed when they mentioned his name.”
Shi Zhongxiu's heart trembled slightly. From the simple words of Master Honghe, another image of Zhang Ke appeared in his mind.
He met Zhang Ke in a mysterious realm of mist. In his impression, Zhang Ke was an extremely powerful person, but also somewhat compassionate and tolerant.
Otherwise Zhang Ke wouldn't have saved those infected Japanese corpses.
Even when he later established Penglai and Penglai in the South China Sea, Zhang Ke never showed a trace of cruelty.
In the hearts of Shi Zhongxiu and most people, Zhang Ke is like a big umbrella that covers all living beings, silently guarding the nine counties of Penglai.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But at this time, when they saw the nine-story ‘Tianmen Terrace’ with flashing spiritual light, everyone suddenly saw another Zhang Ke.
However, neither Master Jindan nor the inner and outer sect disciples on the circular staircase had any idea of the terrible things that were going to happen today.
Even Honghe Zhenren, the man who said "a massive killing spree", did not expect that his words would come true today.
9 a.m.
The blue sky seemed to have been washed by water, without a trace of cloud.
The slightly cooler weather has added a sense of solemnity to the world.
Just as many disciples were whispering, a deep, rich sound of bells resounded throughout the world.
"Boom——!"
In an instant, no one among the 20,000 disciples at the Tianmen Terrace spoke a word, and the scene was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
A few minutes later, two dark clouds rolled rapidly from the direction of 'Haizhi Peak'.
The dark cloud in front is slightly smaller, while the other dark cloud is hundreds of feet in size.
Like the ‘Ben Zong’ in Dingzhou, the ‘Nan Zong’ built a ‘Wind Catching Platform’ on a mountain peak named ‘Xie Zhi’ in Xiao Penglai.
Arrests, interrogations, and prisons are all within this peak.
Shi Zhongxiu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the two dark clouds. On top of the dark clouds in front stood dozens of Jindan Daoist people.
The leader is Xu Qingzhi, deputy head of the 'Xiantian Yiqi Nanzong', and beside him are 'Wind Catcher' Biluo, 'Discipline Academy' Yu Fengtong, 'Elder Academy' Yanchuan, 'Dharma Protector' Yuan Jinting, etc.
people.
A tall pale golden flag stood above everyone's heads.
On the flag, the black and white Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram shimmered with light, casting a halo over everyone's heads.
Behind this dark cloud, on top of another large dark cloud, hundreds of black-clad disciples stood neatly and solemnly.
And in the middle surrounded by these black-clad disciples, there were thousands of unkempt practitioners dressed in white.
Not only were these people's hands and feet bound by golden shackles, but their mouths were also tied with talisman sealing strips, and they could not even think of uttering a word.
"Ss—!"
A sound of inhalation spread around the Tianmen Terrace.
What Shi Zhongxiu could see could naturally be seen by the other disciples. No one expected that there would be so many people above the dark clouds.
'Why are there so many people? Are these all people who have violated the sect's precepts?'
"You don't know something. I heard that among these thousands of people, there are many disciples of various sects who are spying on the secrets of our sect."
'Oh I got it...'
'Hehe, they deserve it. I just don't know how the sect is going to punish them?'
The two dark clouds flew very fast, and in the blink of an eye they were over the Tianmen Terrace.
The first dark cloud where Xu Qingzhi and others were was did not land. It was hovering in the sky, as if waiting for something.
Another dark cloud fell directly to the ground.
'Whoosh-! Whoosh-!'
Amidst the sound of chains, in front of the gate of Tianmen Terrace, disciples of the "Wind Catcher" dressed in black roughly drove the thousands of people trapped together to surround them.
Two thousand gold-armored and silver-armored Dharma Protector Generals appeared and stood neatly near these thousands of people.
During this process, Xu Qingzhi and others stood above the clouds with solemn faces without saying a word.
And those disciples of the "Wind Catcher" who were wearing black "Haizhi" robes all had evil looks on their brows, and they were not polite when they struck.
Shi Zhongxiu saw a trapped Jindan Daoist being kicked down by a 'wind catcher' just because his movement speed was a few minutes slower. A long vermilion staff was thrown to the side with a long vermilion staff on the Jindan Daoist.
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Shi Zhongxiu's eyelids twitched, and suddenly he heard someone beside him whisper:
"Brothers, it seems something is wrong!"
"Yeah, I don't know why, my eyelids keep twitching, I always feel like something big is about to happen."
"..."
Not only them, but also the more than 20,000 sect disciples below felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere.
Some disciples were talking among themselves in low voices.
At this moment, another bell rang.
"Boom——!"
All the disciples shut up and looked up into the clouds.
But he saw ripples appearing in the air like water ripples, and circles of translucent ripples spread out in all directions.
Gradually, a face the size of a hundred feet appeared in the middle of the ripples.
The three-dimensional facial features are as carved as a knife and an axe, the eyes are tightly closed, the eyebrows are as narrow and long as the blades of a knife, and a tower-shaped golden pattern is faintly visible between the eyebrows.
The next second, the eyes of the face in the sky slowly opened, revealing a pair of eyes that seemed to be covered in white mist.
Endless majesty falls in the heart of every disciple like a mountain.
In an instant, all the disciples in front of the Tianmen Platform bowed in the air and saluted.
"Disciple pays homage to the master!"
The sound of tens of thousands of people in unison echoed throughout the heaven and earth here for a long time.
"No gift!"
A low, deep, and slightly magnetic voice sounded in everyone's ears.
After everyone straightened up, the huge face of Zhang Ke appeared in the air and said:
"Wushuang!"
Xu Qingzhi bowed and said:
"The disciple is here!"
Zhang Ke's white mist-like eyes glanced at the tens of thousands of disciples below, and then slowly said:
"Today, you will be in charge of punishing the disciples who violate the sect's precepts. You would rather kill them than let them go!"
The four words "Better kill than indulge" instantly hit the hearts of countless disciples like a heavy hammer.
Xu Qingzhi said respectfully:
"yes!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ke looked solemn and said:
"Today's events are just to reiterate the sect's precepts. I hope that all disciples will take this as a precept in the future so that they can conduct themselves accordingly!"
After saying this, Zhang Ke's huge face disappeared in circles of ripples.
After Zhang Ke's manifested face disappeared, Shi Zhongxiu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
'The pressure from the leader seems to be getting heavier and heavier?'
Xu Qingzhi stood above the clouds and threw a vertical scroll in his hand.
The vertical axis hovered in the air, manifesting a length of a hundred feet, flashing with dark golden light spreading from top to bottom in the air.
Each dark golden font shines brightly in the scroll.
At the top, there are four large characters written in Yunzhuan script.
——Sect’s precepts
Below, there are one hundred and twenty-seven precepts of the sect densely distributed.
Xu Qingzhi stood above the clouds and shouted loudly:
"All disciples, follow me and recite the sect's precepts!"
The clear sound like the cry of a phoenix spread for hundreds of miles nearby.
“Here—!”
Tens of thousands of disciples all bowed and agreed.
"The first rule of the sect is that anyone who betrays the human race must be killed!"
Xu Qingzhi shouted loudly.
"The first rule of the sect is that anyone who betrays the human race must be killed!"
Tens of thousands of people followed the sound at the same time.
On the vertical axis in mid-air, the first line of characters at the top lit up with golden light.
"The second rule of the sect is that anyone who betrays the sect must be killed!"
Xu Qingzhi shouted loudly again, and tens of thousands of disciples below shouted again.
"The second rule of the sect is that those who betray the sect shall be killed..."
The sound was like thunder, resounding through the sky.
"The third sect commandment is to kill anyone who harms fellow sect members!"
"Article 3 of the sect's commandments, those who harm fellow sect members shall be beheaded..."
Among the thousands of people in white clothes who were chained, dozens of them trembled and collapsed on the ground after hearing this commandment.
"..."
"Article 86 of the sect's precepts: Anyone who accepts benefits from others worth more than one thousand gold talismans will be deprived of his current position, punished nine times, and imprisoned for sixty to two hundred years!"
After hearing this sect commandment, several of the men in white suddenly raised their heads.
Red hair and jade in stone are all among these people.
Chifa Zhenren was dissatisfied. Didn't he just accept a few cauldrons and some resources from the 'Hehuan Sect'? Why is this?
He has done so many things for the sect, so what’s the big deal if he just enjoys it.
After struggling twice, a long scarlet staff suddenly hit him hard in the face, knocking his entire body down.
"Snapped--!"
The burning pain on his face made him hate the person who took action. This was not only pain, but also a kind of humiliation.
He cried out "woo woo" twice, but was hit several times in the face with a long stick.
The red-haired master stopped twisting his body. A good man will not suffer the loss in front of him. After this incident is over, he will definitely settle the score with the guy who hit him.
'But... can I still have this opportunity for revenge?'
Anyone who accepts the benefit of a thousand gold talismans will be whipped nine times and sentenced to sixty years of house arrest.
He had received hundreds of thousands of gold talismans and female cultivators from the Hehuan Cult, and even encouraged Shiraishi to compete for the position of acting head.
To say he betrayed the sect is a bit exaggerated, but his actions definitely violated the sect's precepts of death penalty.
Moreover, there is another very important point.
That is when he saw that the disciples of the 'Wind Catcher' were not rude to everyone.
what does that mean?
No need to think too much, the red-haired master already understood the meaning contained in this, and couldn't help but despair.
"Article 127 of the sect's precepts: Anyone who harms the lives of ordinary people for no reason will be punished by being imprisoned for ten years."
"Article 127 of the sect's precepts: Anyone who harms the lives of ordinary people for no reason will be punished by being imprisoned for ten years."
After all the disciples recited all the sect's 127 precepts together, they had an impression of the sect's precepts in their minds for the first time.
While the disciples were still thinking about these sect precepts, Xu Qingzhi raised his hand and threw a luminous vertical scroll again.
The names of eighty-one sect disciples are clearly displayed on the vertical axis.