Chapter 172: Judgment

"Sect Leader, how should these people be dealt with?"

After Zhang Jie formally took office as Beggar Sect Leader, Beggar Sect disciples brought up Bai Shijing,

Quan Guanqing, and Kang Min, the chief culprits who framed and forced Qiao Feng away.

They had been busy with the handover between the old and new leaders and hadn't had time to deal with them,

but now that there was a new leader, it was time to judge them.

Bai Shijing felt guilty toward Qiao Feng and stayed behind voluntarily.

Kang Min was a weak woman with no great ability to resist.

Only Quan Guanqing, blinded by greed and a nine-bag elder of the Beggar Sect, attempted to resist,

wanting to escape and lie low for a while, waiting for a day to make a comeback.

Regrettably, even without Zhang Jie making a move, he was no match for the combined efforts of the four great elders—Song, Xi, Chen, and Wu—even with all his might.

After all, Quan Guanqing was a nine-bag elder, and the four great elders were also nine-bag elders, and they were more than ten years older than him.

In a world with supernatural powers like internal energy, unless one was truly too old and about to die,

the longer an old senior lived, the higher their martial arts would be.

"Quan Guanqing, as a nine-bag elder of our Beggar Sect,

not only were you not loyal and devoted, striving for the development and growth of our Beggar Sect,

but you also colluded with outsiders to frame our former Beggar Sect leader, nearly destroying the great situation of our Beggar Sect.

Today, in the name of the 10th Beggar Sect Leader, I sentence you to death!"

Zhang Jie delivered the judgment on Quan Guanqing with an expressionless face.

"I refuse to accept this!

You have not yet formally become the Beggar Sect Leader; you have no qualification to judge me!"

Suddenly learning he had been sentenced to death, Quan Guanqing struggled violently.

At this moment, his face was twisted in the fear of death; where was any of the demeanor of the "Scholar of Ten Directions"?

The so-called Scholar of Ten Directions was nothing more than a ridiculous clown in the face of death.

Hmm, what he said also had some truth: as the number one sect in the world, the Beggar Sect,

the inauguration of a leader naturally required holding a grand ceremony, sending out hero invitations far and wide,

and inviting major Wu Lin factions like Shaolin and Kongdong, as well as Wu Lin families like the Gusu Murong family

and the Luoyang Golden Blade Wang family to act as witnesses and announce it to the world.

Facing Quan Guanqing's sophistry, Elder Chen Guyan smiled disdainfully:

"Quan Guanqing, stop struggling. The Sect Leader has obtained the unanimous support of us elders

and the disciples; he is naturally the undisputed new leader of our Beggar Sect."

"Elder Chen is absolutely right!"

Whether it was the other Beggar Sect elders or the Beggar Sect disciples, they all agreed with Chen Guyan's words.

Coming from the Beggar Sect, with high martial arts, graceful demeanor, handsome and dashing,

and also knowing the "Dragon-Subduing Twenty-Eight Palms" that their Beggar Sect only passes to the leader,

with such authentic roots, if Zhang Jie isn't allowed to be the leader,

should Quan Guanqing, this greedy guy who showed such ugly behavior in the face of death, be the one?

Their eyes were not blind yet!

'What's up?

Quan Guanqing, do you still want to pull all the village dogs from your village into the Beggar Sect to eat public grain?'

Hearing these words from Quan Guanqing, which had the same effect as those of Director Qi who thought he could "beat the heavens by half a move," Zhang Jie muttered to himself.

But even Director Qi's "beating the heavens by half a move" came at the cost of his life!

He, Quan Guanqing, didn't want to pay anything, yet still wanted to beat the heavens by half a move?

"Protest invalid!"

For a clown like Quan Guanqing, Zhang Jie didn't want to argue anything with him,

directly flashed his figure, arrived in front of him, and struck his palm on his crown.

"Ugh..."

Although Zhang Jie's palm was light and without any strange phenomena,

his Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms had already reached the realm of returning to simplicity.

Under the force capable of splitting monuments and cracking stones,

Quan Guanqing only had time to emit half a groan before bleeding from his seven orifices and returning his soul to the underworld.

Now, this guy had no possibility of lording over the Beggar Sect after forcing Qiao Feng away,

or even supporting the foundationless Zhuang Juxian to the top,

while he himself acted as the puppet master, secretly holding the power of the Beggar Sect.

"Such fast speed, such high-level light-body technique, such ruthless palm technique!"

Seeing Zhang Jie's unfathomable martial arts again, the Beggar Sect members were even more convinced.

They suspected that if Zhang Jie had murderous intent toward them, he could kill them all by himself!

"Kang Min, you..."

After executing the greedy Quan Guanqing,

Zhang Jie turned his gaze to Kang Min, the chief culprit of all today's changes.

"Sect Leader~"

Feeling Zhang Jie's gaze filled with murderous intent, Kang Min revealed a charming smile, posing and posturing,

attempting to repeat the tricks she had used on Bai Shijing and Quan Guanqing on Zhang Jie:

"Sect Leader, as long as you spare my life, no matter what conditions you have, I will agree to them!"

As she spoke, she seemed to accidentally pull down a bit of her plain robe,

half-exposing her fragrant shoulder, revealing a touch of alluring, smooth whiteness,

especially a certain unfathomable, partially hidden Mariana Trench, making one involuntarily feel the desire to explore.

"Gulp!"

Kang Min's appearance of being ready to be plucked made many Beggar Sect disciples' Adam's apples move rapidly up and down,

swallowing saliva one mouthful after another; how could they, full of vigor, resist such temptation?

While the four great elders and others looked at Kang Min, the chief culprit, with full hatred.

"Kang Min, as the wife of our Beggar Sect's Deputy Leader Ma,

not only did you not keep your wifely duties, seducing other men, but you also didn't hesitate to murder your husband to frame our Beggar Sect leader;

you are simply extremely sinful and intolerable to heaven and reason!

In the name of the new Beggar Sect Leader, I sentence you to death!"

Zhang Jie didn't even look at the posturing Kang Min, coldly delivering the verdict.

Swish!

After finishing the verdict, without waiting for Kang Min to argue, he struck his palm on her head.

"Don't waste a bad woman" was ultimately just a joke.

For a woman like Kang Min, who had already carved evil into her bones,

Zhang Jie had no interest in playing any game of persuading the fallen to turn over a new leaf.

Forgiving her was the business of the victim, Ma Dayuan; Zhang Jie was only responsible for sending Kang Min to see him.

"He, he really wants to kill me, he really dares to kill me!

How could he bear to kill me?"

The last thought in Kang Min's heart was full of disbelief.

From childhood to adulthood, relying on this beautiful and alluring body and appearance, she had always been successful!

The handsome and refined nine-bag elder Quan Guanqing, the impartial Law Enforcement Elder,

Bai Shijing and others—didn't they all fall under her pomegranate skirt?

Even when she showed undisguised hostility toward Qiao Feng,

and peeked at the letter Wang Jiantong left behind, Ma Dayuan still didn't punish her.

He didn't even have a shred of vigilance toward her; otherwise, how could a dignified first-class Wu Lin expert,

the deputy leader of the number one sect in the world, die so easily at the hands of a weak woman like her?

'Duan Zhengchun!'

Somehow, looking at Zhang Jie, she couldn't help but think of that scumbag who cheated her of her body,

made her secretly promise her heart, and secretly conceive a child, only to discard her like worn-out shoes,

making her eventually become what she was today.

'So, I still couldn't forget you after all...'

Kang Min fell into deep and boundless darkness,

while in reality, she was bleeding from her seven orifices, looking like an evil ghost.

"A pink skull is nothing more than this!"

Calmly watching Kang Min's corpse, which no longer had any beauty, Zhang Jie sighed.

Who in the world can avoid death?

Whether you are an emperor with power over the world, a peerless beauty,

or a peerless expert invincible in the world, you will eventually turn into a handful of yellow soil.

Somehow, Zhang Jie felt a bit of sadness for a moment.

'Wait, I seem to already have the key to longevity.'

Suddenly, Zhang Jie realized.

Not to mention the shared space that can freely travel through worlds, anchor time, and is clearly superior to space-time,

nor talking about the High-Martial, God-Martial, Xianxia, and Super-Xuanhuan Zhang Jies that might come later,

just the ones they were now would have already touched the edge of longevity:

"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" itself has the "Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, I Alone Am Honored Technique" that can almost return one to youth,

the Pirate world has the Op-Op Fruit that can complete the immortality surgery, the Revive-Revive Fruit that can bring the dead back to life,

and there is also the Pure Gold that appeared in the theatrical version—it is unknown if it exists in the real world—

which, with long-term contact, can delay aging and suppress diseases with almost no side effects;

it allowed Olga and her father to live to over 200 years old while their appearance remained unchanged.

Although none of them were in hand yet, longevity for Zhang Jie was no longer a dream snow or

a moon in the mirror that was out of reach, but something with real hope of being touched.

"Sect Leader, how should he be dealt with?"

While Zhang Jie was thinking, Wu Zhanglao and the others brought Bai Shijing, who had surrendered, over.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Zhang Jie, having withdrawn his wandering thoughts, looked directly at Bai Shijing and asked.

Compared to the unforgivable Quan Guanqing and Kang Min, Bai Shijing, who had remorse

and did not resist, was someone he was willing to give a chance to defend himself.

With disheveled hair, Bai Shijing smiled miserably:

"As a Law Enforcement Elder, I broke the law I was supposed to enforce, couldn't resist temptation,

and even framed Sect Leader Qiao; I know my crimes are unforgivable, I only ask for death!"

Zhang Jie looked around at the Beggar Sect members: "What do you all think?"

Everyone showed expressions of unbearable pity.

Wu Zhanglao couldn't help but step out to plead for Bai Shijing, bowing:

"Sect Leader, during Bai Zhanglao's tenure as Law Enforcement Elder, he was impartial,

and could give appropriate punishments for various mistakes.

From the disciples of our Beggar Sect up to Sect Leader Qiao, everyone was convinced.

Today, he made a mistake; I hope the Sect Leader can look at the fact that he had no merit,

but at least had hard work, and show mercy, sparing his life!"

"What about you all?"

Zhang Jie looked at the other three great elders.

Elders Chen, Xi, and Song looked at each other and bowed in unison:

"We hope the Sect Leader will give Bai Zhanglao a chance to atone for his crimes!"

"Hmm..."

Zhang Jie fell into thought.

Although he could directly order Bai Shijing's execution, that would inevitably have the suspicion of being a dictator.

If that were the case, although it wouldn't cause the Beggar Sect disciples to turn against him, it would create a rift;

after all, few people hope that their superior is an absolute dictator who cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in their eyes.

Moreover, apart from climbing into Kang Min's bed because he had been single for too long,

Bai Shijing's other mistakes didn't lead to any major disasters,

and after framing Qiao Feng, he was able to pull back from the brink in time, not going all the way to the dark like Quan Guanqing.

"Very well."

Zhang Jie sighed and delivered the judgment on Bai Shijing:

"In view of the fact that Bai Shijing pulled back from the brink in time and did not cause any major disaster, the death penalty is specially exempted.

But while the death penalty can be avoided, the living penalty is hard to escape; Bai Shijing is hereby dismissed from his position as Law Enforcement Elder,

demoted to an ordinary disciple for service, and from now on, without the order of this Sect Leader, he shall not leave our Beggar Sect headquarters!"

For Bai Shijing, who had a criminal record, Zhang Jie decided to keep him under house arrest.

"Sect Leader is wise!"

The four great elders shouted that the Sect Leader was wise.

"Thank you, Sect Leader, for the grace of not killing me, thank you, Sect Leader, for the grace of not killing me!"

Bai Shijing, who thought he was doomed, was overjoyed and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.

Although he had prepared himself for death and didn't expect Zhang Jie, who hated evil as much as he hated his enemies, to show mercy,

after all, there were already Quan Guanqing and Kang Min as examples,

but now that he had received Zhang Jie's pardon and could continue to live, how could he not be surprised and happy?

Although he was under house arrest at the Beggar Sect headquarters, it's better to live a miserable life than to die!

Unless it was truly a last resort, who would want to die?

There was also the Transmission Elder Xu Chongxiao; because he was truly too old,

and didn't have many years left to live, Zhang Jie didn't pursue it too much,

just stripped him of his position as Transmission Elder and let him go home to retire.

After judging a batch, pardoning a batch, killing a few chief culprits severely and quickly,

and dealing lightly with a few accomplices, Zhang Jie ended this internal chaos of the Beggar Sect,

established his prestige, and could formally control this behemoth with hundreds of thousands of members. ===== CHAPTER 173 =====