Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 28 I killed Chen Ming, and I did not make a mistake.

Inside the mission house, a sudden silence fell, not a sound could be heard.

Ruan San Niang opened her mouth and retorted, "Senior Sister Ning is not that kind of person!"

"How old was she three years ago? How could she possibly kill someone, especially her own classmate? I lived in the same courtyard as Senior Sister Ning and spent every day with her. I know she is not such a cold-hearted person!"

Ruan San Niang's voice trembled, and her body shook uncontrollably from anger and rage. Jiang Xin wanted to persuade her, but didn't know where to begin.

She lowered her eyes, her heart wavering slightly. Was Senior Sister Ning really not that kind of person? Jiang Xin recalled Ning Fusang's usual way of doing things, and she felt that what Wu Zhong said, while true, wasn't actually that surprising.

However, since Third Sister and Senior Sister Ning were close friends, saying such things would hurt their relationship. Jiang thought it best to remain silent.

"Yes, Wu Chong, have you heard some rumors? Although Senior Sister Ning is cold-hearted, she wouldn't be so ruthless as to kill her own classmate, would she?"

If this were true, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine and his hair stand on end.

Wu Chong was furious at being questioned: "How could I fabricate this story? Many people in the Southern Star Sword Sect know about it. If you are interested, you can go and ask around."

"It was because she killed Chen Ming that her outer disciple identity token was taken away, she was demoted to a menial servant, and she spent three years washing swords in the Sword Washing Pool!"

Wu Chongyue became more and more excited as he spoke: "She and Chen Ming were both students of Elder Yu. After this incident, Elder Yu loathed her to the extreme. It was Elder Yu who suggested that Ning Fusang be punished by being sent to the Sword Washing Pool to do hard labor."

The cold wind at night chilled everyone to the bone. Ruan Sanniang was speechless, not knowing how to defend Ning Fusang.

She didn't believe that Senior Sister Ning was that kind of person.

Three years ago, she was only eleven years old. Could she really have killed her classmate?

Ruan San Niang asked herself honestly, even though she had lived for twenty-four years, she would never dare to kill anyone.

"Senior Sister Ning..."

Suddenly someone shouted as if they had seen a ghost. Everyone was startled and turned their heads with difficulty. They saw a girl in a blue dress and white clothes, with a cold and aloof look, leaning lazily against the doorpost with her arms crossed.

Yang Ruo and Ning Fusang came together. Standing outside the preaching hall, they were like quails, not daring to make a sound, only secretly glancing at Ning Fusang's expression.

Her gaze was calm, her expression composed, as if she hadn't heard anything.

Wu Chong felt extremely guilty and stammered, "Senior Sister Ning, when did you arrive?"

Ning Fusang glanced at him, which made Wu Chong feel so guilty that his legs went weak and he almost couldn't stand. What sent a chill down his spine was what Ning Fusang said:

"I arrived when you mentioned Chen Ming."

To be precise, she happened to be not far from the preaching house when she overheard the words, "She killed Chen Ming."

Ning Fusang had almost forgotten what Chen Ming looked like, but recently people kept mentioning him, which annoyed her.

Wu Zhong's face stiffened, his lips seemed to be sewn shut, and he couldn't open them no matter what he did. Any words he could say at this moment seemed particularly pale.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Yang Ruo stepped in to smooth things over: "Chen Ming's matter was not entirely Ning Shimei's fault. No one is allowed to mention it again in the future!"

He was young and inexperienced, his face full of innocent naivety, but when he put on a stern face and reprimanded people in a solemn voice, he also had an unassailable authority that intimidated everyone.

"It's time to cultivate. Those who need to cultivate should do so. No more gossip or disputes are allowed."

Yang Ruo turned his head and adopted the demeanor of a substitute senior brother, saying, "Junior Sister Ning, you should also go into the Preaching Hall to cultivate." Ning Fusang gave him a deep look, and Yang Ruo's eyes darted away, not daring to meet his gaze. Fortunately, after he finished speaking, the girl finally moved, leaving the door and stepping into the Preaching Hall.

Yang Ruo breathed a sigh of relief and followed her inside. Ning Fusang suddenly stopped, her voice clear and cold, like a spring flowing over a mountain rock. She said:
"Senior brother, you just said something wrong."

Yang Ruo was taken aback, unsure which sentence she was referring to, and he felt that he hadn't said anything wrong.

Ning Fusang slowly said, "I did not do anything wrong by killing Chen Ming."

The people in the preaching house stared wide-eyed, touching their ears in disbelief.

Senior Sister Ning confessed to killing Chen Ming?
Most importantly, she actually claimed that she was not at fault?
At that moment, almost everyone's gaze became incredibly complex.

Xiao Qiu stared directly at Ning Fusang with her eyes open, without the same avoidance and apprehension that others showed.

Xu Jianjia's lips curled up slightly, as if she had discovered something interesting. Large drops of ink dripped from the pen in her hand, spreading across the paper, but she didn't seem to care.

Upon hearing these eight words, Yang Ruo finally understood what Ning Fusang meant when he said that Ning Fusang had said something wrong.

He was saying that Chen Ming's death was not entirely Ning Fusang's fault.

Yang Ruo had no intention of arguing with Ning Fusang; he just wanted to gloss over the matter as quickly as possible, and simply ignore her.

At this moment, Yang Ruo's mood had undergone a complete change compared to the daytime. He no longer felt that teaching as a substitute teacher was an easy task.

He just wished these three days could fly by in a flash.

Ning Fusang completely ignored those gazes and stares. After sitting cross-legged on the futon, she began to cultivate by circulating the method of the "Spirit Refining Technique".

Clearing the fire poison from the pear blossom jade consumed almost all of her spiritual power. She needed to restore her spiritual power to the level required for the peak of the first realm before she could attempt to break through to the second realm.

This turmoil did not disturb Ning Fusang's state of mind. The moment she closed her eyes, she calmed down, drew spiritual energy into her body, circulated it through the microcosmic orbit, and finally compressed it into clear and transparent spiritual power.

Others, however, found it difficult to calm down and were slow to get into the zone.

Yang Ruo sat at the head of the table, his gaze wandering.

Three years ago, he had just been led into the sect by his master when he happened to pass by a sword-testing platform and witnessed Ning Fusang killing Chen Ming.

Blood splattered, and though it was so far away, it seemed to fall into his eyes, leaving a lasting impression on young Yang Ruo.

After returning to Songhan Peak, he developed a high fever and fell seriously ill. During his illness, he asked Gu Pingsheng how the sect would deal with the girl who killed someone. Would they take a life for a life?

Gu Pingsheng said that the sect was still discussing whether or not to punish her.

Young Yang Ruo stared wide-eyed. But she had killed someone! Were human lives in the cultivation world so worthless?
Gu Pingsheng explained to Yang Ruo that the Sword-Questioning Platform also had another name, the Life-and-Death Platform. Disciples within the sect who had irreconcilable conflicts could go to the Life-and-Death Platform to fight.

However, since the Nanxing Sword Sect established the Life and Death Arena, as long as the opponent admits defeat, they will be spared their life out of consideration for fellow disciples.

This is a conventional rule.

But Ning Fusang, without the slightest hesitation, beheaded Chen Ming when Chen Ming admitted defeat and the teacher ordered him to be spared.

(End of this chapter)