Public Execution

As the night comes, one of the Qi Clan's elders came back to the Chu Clan to deliver the message to Sect Master Qi Yu.

"Elder Qi Niu, we thought the prime elder is going to come back here. What happened?" Qi Yu asked curiously.

"Sect master, the prime elder had asked me to deliver the message in his stead about the forefather and ancestor's decision on the situation." Elder Qi Niu replied sadly.

Hesitating, Qi Niu continued to speak.

"The clan's final verdict is that Elder Qi Du is to be brought back tonight to the clan and will be imprisoned while waiting for his public execution. The public execution will take place in a weeks time." Qi Niu sighed deeply.

"As for Elder Qi Du's family, they will need to leave the clan after the public execution and Elder Qi Du's remains have been cremated the following day." Qi Niu sadly stated.

Qi Yu sighed in his heart. He knew that is going to happen but he still hope for the best. This is the first time that their clan is doing a public execution as there was no precedent.

"Alright, then let us prepare and we shall go back in half an hour." Qi Yu instructed the elder.

Qi Niu slightly bowed and took his leave to prepare in going back.

Qi Yu went to Sect Master Chu Hao's courtyard and bid them farewell.

"It was so sudden and it is also shocking for us. Our forefather and ancestors also came up with the same decision about Chu Yun and his family."

"We have also released the Zhao elder as to not invite war with the Zhao clan. We can still deal with them in the future when we have enough strength."

Sect Master Chu Hao said as he sighed and also waved good bye to the Qi Clan.

Later that night, the Qi Clan arrived at their clan and Qi Du was put in a cell at the Palace dungeon.

The night was so quiet and calm.

By now, all of the clan members had already received the news about the public execution.

Inside Elder Qi Du's courtyard, his wife and 2 sons are still in the living room discussing about their fate. As they were not allowed to see Qi Du at the moment, they felt more miserable.

"This is all my fault, I should have not encouraged your father in doing such a thing. But what can I do? I am just a mother and a wife who cares about all of you." Qi Ling'er cried while hugging both of her sons in her arms.

The 2 boys were silent all the while. They cannot understand why everything took a sudden turn. They don't know how to react to the situation. They just felt lonely but no tears can be seen dropping.

The both of them had just one thought on their minds. They need to get stronger than ever as to survive outside the clan and must not let their beloved mother to weep again the way she is doing right now. They truly love and care for their mother. They felt pain seeing her as she is now.

However, they don't feel mourning for their father which is rather strange. Maybe, Elder Qi Du was too busy in elevating his cultivation realm and had not spent more time with them.

The 3 of them felt that the night was too long. Maybe this was the longest night they had.

At another courtyard, a cute little baby is sitting in meditation form cultivating. Qi Meng is now at the Dao Adept realm. He makes sure to nor rush his cultivation and solidify his foundation. He had planned to break through to the mid stage realm in 3 months time.

Everything went well and the night had passed.

The sun has now risen to the sky while Qi Meng is still asleep.

At the back of their courtyard, while Qi Yu is meditating and cultivating, a knock was heard at their door. Qi Yu stood up and went in front to check on it.

"Sect master, the elders had requested for a meeting and is waiting for you at the palace hall." The disciple slightly bowed doing the proper obeisance for a senior.

Qi Yu nodded and went with the disciple to the palace hall.

As Qi Yu reached the hall, all the elders are sitting at the long table. Obviously, 1 elder is missing which made Qi Yu to sigh. This is the reality and eventually they will have to face and get over with it.

"Sect master, good morning." All the elders stood up and bowed slightly as they greeted Qi Yu.

Qi Yu greeted them in return and sat down.

"What is the agenda of today'smeeting?" Qi Yu already had some ideas but he still asked anyway.

"Well, as we all know, Elder Qi Du's public execution will happen next week. Right now we have 1 less elder which is not a good thing."

"The forefather and the ancestors decided to expend some of the clan's resources and nurture 2 clan members at the peak stage of the Dao Paragon realm. They have to expedite their break through and then be promoted as elders."

Prime Elder Qi Mu stated the facts.

"Right now, we only have 2 clan members at the peak stage of the Dao Paragon realm while we have more members at the late stage Dao Paragon."

"At the peak stage Dao Paragon Realm, we have Qi Hua, the prime elder's younger sister and Qi Zi, my wife." Qi Yu replied.

"Let us hope for them to have their break through as soon as possible. But my wife may take more time compared to Qi Hua as she needed to attend to Qi Meng as well while cultivating." Qi Yu said with a smile.

The meeting ended quickly and Qi Yu went home immediately to deliver the good news to his wife.

"Dear, I have a brought back a good news. Guess what?" Qi Yu said excitedly.

"What is it? Just tell it." Qi Zi busily replied as she is feeding Qi Meng.

"Well, the forefather and the ancestors decided to expend some resources on 2 members of our clan at the peak stage of the Dao Emperor realm. You and Qi Hua are the only clan members at the said realm. Once you broke through to the next realm, you will be promoted as an elder." Qi Yu cheerfully spoke.

"That is wonderful." Qi Zi had a big smile on her face as she move forward to hug her husband.

Qi Zi had been working hard on her cultivation while still devoting half of her time in taking care of Qi Meng. When Qi Meng is asleep at day, she would take the chance to cultivate. Well, as you may not know, Qi Meng loves to sleep during the day as he is cultivating at night.

Qi Zi is very thankful to the clan for supporting her as she always wanted to catch up to Qi Yu in terms of cultivation strength since they were very young.

She laid down Qi Meng on his crib and started cultivating.

Qi Yu saw the bright smile on his wife's face. He also followed her and started cultivating.

Qi Yu and Qi Zi understood that they need to raise up their cultivation levels as much as they can so others will not look down and step over them. This applies to everyone else on the clan.

The sky had darkened, after dinner, Qi Zi let Qi Meng feed.

During the silent and calm night, everyone has already fallen asleep. Of course with the exception of Qi Meng, who is arduously cultivating. Qi Meng continued to cultivate until dawn.

Before he went to sleep, Qi Meng threw out some elixirs and pills which have better quality than the ones he secretly gave to the clan. As he heard that the clan had decided to help her mother to break through as soon as possible, he also in return gave more to the clan. This is his way to help her mother on her cultivation.

When Qi Yu woke up, he went outside for a fresh air and is surprised to see a treasure chest at teh the center of their garden.

He then took it and went to the palace hall and had summoned all the elders.

This time, he has been more careful and only told the prime elder how much elixirs and pills they actually obtained. Qi Yu segregated those with better quality and informed the prime elder after the other elders took their leave.

On the surface, the elders only knew that they obtained 2 thousand bottles of pills and elixirs with better quality than before. But in actual, another thousand bottles of pills and elixirs are 2 grades higher which the sect master intended to allocate to Qi Zi and Qi Hua equally.

Due to the clan's urgent need to raise their strength, the thousand bottles of pills and elixirs were equally divided to the elders, the prime elder and the sect master.

Apart from this, nothing out of the usual within the clan.

The days passed quietly and the execution day arrived quickly.

Everyone in the clan are gathered around the battle arena. A huge guillotine can be seen placed at the center of the battle arena.

A while later, all the elders came escorting Qi Du to the center.

"A pleasant morning to everyone. We are gathered all here to witness the crime sentence of a member of the clan who not only betrayed the public interest of the clan, but opposed as well the clan's rules and morality."

"It is unfortunate that we have to see our fellow clan member to fall in such fate, but, the clan's rules and decree are strictly to be followed with no excuses."

"We hope that this will serve as a warning to everyone present here including myself."

"Commence!"

Sect Master Qi Yu ordered strictly.

Qi Du had his knees on the ground and his neck under the guillotine. Prime Elder Qi Mu placed both his hands onto Qi Du's dantian and immediately Qi Du's dao palaces were destroyed as he coughed out a fair amount of blood.

Qi Du's hair and eyes then turned from black to grey. He is now as weak as a dying mortal.

"Please forgive me! Please forgive me!" Qi Du shouted as hard as he can but his voice just sounded hoarse and soft like a beast's whispher.

At the sight of this, everyone felt sad in their hearts especially Qi Du's wife who is crying out loud and bursting in tears. While his 2 sons, Qi Ren and Qi Han, have stream of tears flowing on their cheeks. Eventually, they still cannot bear to see their father's death in front of their very eyes.

Qi Du felt miserable. How did it turn out like this, he thought. This was not what he wished for but only regret was the last thing on his mind as the guillotine blade dropped from the top.

Everyone had their mouths wide open as Qi Du's head was chopped off the guillotine and rolled to the ground while a spray of blood is coming out from the severed head and his neck.