Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 177: Master Chen, I’ll Send You Off

The sun and the moon switched places twice. A day had passed.

The chilling punishment continued in front of the magistrate court.

Master Chen had suffered 1200 slices in the span of a day. In the span of a night, his hair had turned completely white, and his face looked incomparably emaciated.

Yet, there was a breath left in him. He simply wouldn’t die.

The crowd realized that this must have been Fang Chen’s means. He was somehow keeping Master Chen alive, denying him the solace of death.

Zhao Yan watched this sight emotionlessly. The hatred in his heart had vanished, though that didn’t mean that he felt any pity for Master Chen either. Putting aside his personal grudge, he thought that Master Chen deserved this for what he had inflicted on those women.

This is karma!

The civilians around the magistrate court had switched many times by now. Some couldn’t take it and ran off. Some tried squeezing to the front, wanting to see the punishment close up.

However, the Auspicious King and the other officials dared not to leave because of Fang Chen. Fang Chen had spent the last 24 hours slicing Master Chen’s flesh; they spent the last 24 hours watching this cruelty unfold.

The visual and mental turmoil made many officials stagger weakly as they reached their limits. It was almost as if the ones who were being punished weren't Master Chen but them!

Another day passed in a flash.

This was the third day since Master Chen started his punishment. 48 hours had passed in total. Master Chen had taken 2400 slices, and there was just a day left before he completed his 3600 slices.

There were already rumors that Fang Chen was a Living Yama. Some even went so far as to claim that they saw countless hell guards standing around Fang Chen at nightfall.
(Yama is the God of Death and Justice in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.)

These rumors were spoken with such conviction that even the students were gossiping about it.

This should have been a punishment directed at Master Chen, but it brought about inexplicable pressure on most people in the S

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