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Chapter 4591: 5.0343 Medicine-Human Bomb

"Crack, snap!" The sounds of heavy whips continuously rang out.

On the ship's deck, all onlookers were silent, cowering in fear, not daring to utter a word.

Mu Xiaoxue clutched the corner of her clothes, her head bowed, standing beside Mu Qingya, trembling so much she could barely stand still.

"S-sister," she whimpered pitifully.

That whisper, faint as a mosquito's buzz, was shattered and revealed a taste of utter heartbreak.

As if she were truly in such agony now.

Zhao Yi desperately wanted to step forward, gently embrace his junior sister, and tenderly tell her, "Don't be afraid."

But with many Heaven's Will disciples standing around, guarding their group, Zhao Yi and Gu Yixuan could only remain in place, unable to move freely on the deck.

"Sister," Mu Xiaoxue whispered, "Just yield, please, sister. Beg for mercy."

Mu Rouhuan was tied to a wooden mast at the ship's bow.

Due to the whipping, her clothes were almost completely shredded.

She had already lost her cultivation, unlike ordinary cultivators who could use their powers for defense.

Each whip lash landed on her, wounding her more and more deeply.

After fifty lashes, Mu Rouhuan vomited fresh blood, her mind unclear, on the verge of fainting.

"Rouhuan," Mu Qingya finally brought herself to move from her stool and stood up.

"Enough," she said sternly, her voice filled with anger, to the red-robed figure wielding the whip. "Stop hitting her!"

"Hall Master Gong, Rouhuan already knows her mistake. Can you please let her go?"

"Keep hitting her," Gong Songfeng coldly interrupted Mu Qingya, his gaze chillingly fixed on Mu Rouhuan. "Or, is Hall Master Mu willing to personally step forward and take the punishment on behalf of her daughter?"

Mu Qingya was silent for a moment and did not speak.

Gong Songfeng couldn't help but sneer at her reaction. "It seems Hall Master Mu doesn't care for her beloved daughter as much as I thought."

Mu Qingya sneered. "Hall Master Gong certainly knows how to joke. Qingya is just an ordinary person; how could I endure a hundred lashes from Hall Master Gong's elite disciples?"

The red-robed figure smirked and cracked another whip, then turned to Mu Qingya. "Since your mother-daughter bond is so deep, why not take the punishment for your daughter? How about Hall Master Mu takes the remaining fifty lashes?"

Mu Qingya's lips twitched in a forced, unnatural smile. "Hongyi certainly knows how to joke."

"It seems you're unwilling," the red-robed figure said, smiling and winking, then clucked twice. "I never thought Hall Master Mu would be such a heartless person!"

Mu Qingya clenched her fists, suppressing all the dissatisfaction and anger within her, and forced a smile. "Hall Master Gong, my daughter did wrong this time. But she is, after all, young and ignorant. I ask Hall Master Gong and Deputy Hall Master Meng to please, for my sake, forgive her this once."

"Rules are rules," Gong Songfeng said with a cold laugh. "Since she has joined our Heaven's Will, she should abide by the organization's rules."

"Orders from superiors must be obeyed, and things that are not your business, you should never touch."

Mu Qingya's face twisted slightly. "But..."

"Since Mu Rouhuan dared to make her own decision and release the medicine-human bomb privately," Gong Songfeng said, looking coldly at Mu Qingya. "Then she must bear full responsibility for this matter, and be accountable to the very end."

"You think it's over after this punishment?"

"Resources like the medicine-human bomb are so rare; the organization has only successfully developed ten of them to this day."