Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 333 The Law Enforcement Hall: The Unpredictable Judgement

"Upon arriving in Immortal City, he defied the rules and committed fraud, attempting to harm the kind-hearted cultivators within our city. Such a person has no place in Wanghai City and must be expelled!"

Inside the Law Enforcement Hall of Wanghai City Immortal City, Su Qing, who had spent several spirit stones to smooth things over thanks to Rao Tingshan's influence, finally met the Law Enforcement Hall Chief, who was known for his black face and impartiality, and who was also a third-tier body cultivator who had raised a Xie Zhi furnace lid—Black Qingtian, Lord Black!
Lord Hei possesses the bloodline of the Xie Zhi, has lived for over a thousand years, and has served Wanghai City for nearly a thousand years. He has upheld justice and fairness for countless Wanghai cultivators, and enjoys extremely high prestige in Wanghai City.

Yesterday, Lord Hei patrolled the city. The street vendors who roamed around the city were already experienced and fled at the mere sight of him, not daring to fall into his hands.

Originally a tomb raider, Feng Bo'e, who recently transitioned into a street vendor, not only lacks proper street vendor etiquette but has also been spending money at the Red Sleeve Pavilion multiple times in recent days, causing his body to become somewhat malnourished.

So much so that when he realized something was wrong and tried to escape with the main group, he was so overwhelmed by the righteous aura that Hei Qingtian had cultivated over many years that he was dizzy and his hands and feet trembled. With nowhere to escape, he was caught red-handed on the spot!
The turmoil of venturing alone into the Immortal City left him with few friends. He was imprisoned for three days without anyone coming to redeem him. Until today, when Su Qing brought Rao Tingshan into the Hall of Law Enforcement to rescue him, he was so overjoyed that he almost cried.

Hei Qingtian and Rao Tingshan were acquainted, but he was intolerant of any wrongdoing, and Rao Tingshan's influence didn't hold much sway over him.

After welcoming Su Qing and the others in, he began to verbally attack Feng Bo'e, making Feng Bo'e look ashamed. He even felt that his sins of setting up a stall in Wanghai City for a few days were greater than those of digging up graves in the Dizang Buddhist Kingdom for a hundred years.

As they listened, they even began to think that Lord Hei was absolutely right. How could such a sinner and villain have the face to linger in Wanghai City? He should go back, he should go back!
"Lord Hei, please restrain your supernatural powers. With the lid of the Xiezhi furnace, you condense righteous qi and Dao patterns, your words are filled with righteous qi, and your voice is terrifying. This fellow Daoist Feng, despite his past as a tomb raider, is not very brave. Don't frighten him!"

Su Qing frowned and spoke, feeling that the man in front of her, with his dark complexion, might not be as upright and outspoken as rumored.

Even if he manages to deceive heaven and earth, gain their approval, and condense the Nine Luminaries Dao Pattern and Righteous Qi Dao Pattern, since he is in the great dyeing vat of the cultivation world, he will never be spotless, like a saint!

At least, if he were a saint, he would not use the power of Dao patterns to affect Feng Bo'e's consciousness and soul.

"What? Did the old Taoist priest wrong him?"

The Taoist name Fengbo E is so offensive; what kind of good person would choose such a name?

Professional tomb raiders, nine out of ten deserve to die!

The stall sold 103 items in total. 56 of them were of inferior quality, 31 were fake antiques, and 14 were counterfeit. The only two items that were genuine were overpriced, raising suspicions of ripping people off.

Such unhealthy trends from outside must be detected and curbed as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they corrupt the atmosphere of Wangxian City and damage its reputation, the loss will be so great that even killing them would not be enough to compensate for it!
You outsider, you seem quite unfamiliar with him. Since you have a past connection with this person, you're probably in cahoots with him, all those swindlers and wicked villains!"

Hei Qingtian became even angrier after Su Qing's words. His energy emanated from his body and condensed into a phantom image of a calf-sized, unicorn-like creature with a single horn on its head and bright eyes.

The Xie Zhi lunged forward, exuding an aura of righteous indignation, intending to interrogate Su Qing from its elevated position to discern loyalty from treachery and good from evil.

Su Qing wasn't about to tolerate this old man. With a cold snort, the winged Qiongqi in front of her flashed away, mercilessly smashing the phantom of the Xie Zhi into pieces.

Seeing this, Hei Qingtian's eyes narrowed, his anger intensified, and he shouted in a deep voice:
"The furnace lid of the ferocious beast, the Dao patterns of Qiongqi? To condense such Dao patterns, only a vicious person who has killed countless people and emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of fire can gain the approval of Qiongqi."

"Fellow Daoist, being able to condense such a Dao pattern, you are indeed no benevolent person. Today, this old Daoist will take advantage of the situation and suppress both of you here!"

"To judge a person's good and evil based solely on Dao patterns, Lord Hei, you have quite the arrogance of an official!"

Su Qing shouted again and patted his storage bag. The two-headed mirage dragon, the flying golden lion, and a group of puppets surrounded him on both sides. Judging from his posture, he really seemed unafraid of this Black Master and wanted to have a fight with him.

"Stop fighting! Please stop fighting!"

Rao Tingshan landed between the two with a bitter expression, urging them to stop immediately. He said they had no deep-seated hatred for each other, so why were they acting so impulsively?
"For your sake, I'll let you off the hook today. But remember this, kid: I've got my eye on you. Don't cause any trouble in the Immortal City. If you ever fall into my hands, I'll make sure you know how many eyes I have!"

Hei Qingtian was secretly shocked as he looked at the several third-tier puppets surrounding Su Qing. He had originally planned to bully these outsiders, but he did not expect them to be such tough guys. Not only was Su Qing a third-tier body cultivator who had condensed a superior-grade furnace lid, but he was also a third-tier puppeteer with an unusually large number of puppets.

Let's tolerate him for now and deal with him later!

"I am young and impetuous, and my cultivation is not yet refined, so I am unable to control my strength. When I was stimulated by Lord Hei's surging strength, I inevitably had a bit of an overreaction. If there was any offense, please do not blame me, Lord Hei!"

A third-tier body cultivator who has condensed his natal Dao pattern is no ordinary person. In addition, Lord Hei has been operating in Wanghai City for a long time, so Su Qing did not dare to offend him too much. Seeing that he withdrew his strength, he also stopped and apologized with his hands clasped.

"Lord Hei, we've known each other for a long time. Let's not beat around the bush. How many spirit stones will it cost to redeem this Fellow Daoist Feng?"

Raoting Mountain opens directly onto the mountain path.

Just as Su Qing had predicted, in the eyes of those lower-level cultivators and delusional people, this Black Azure Sky was the Heavenly Emperor who upheld justice and protected the Immortal City.

Little did they know that even the heavens need to eat. This person was able to develop the law enforcement team into a powerful institution independent of the three forces that jointly controlled Wanghai City: Hongxiu Tower, Huanghun Society, and Yuanlai Tower. To support the many skilled people within the organization, he naturally needed a way to make money.

Who can be arrested, who can be left unarrested, whether to turn a blind eye or a blind eye—there are many intricacies involved, requiring various parties to use spirit stones to smooth things over.

Besides the unspoken tributes from shop owners and stallholders within the Immortal City.

It was common for outsiders like Feng Bo'e, who were without support, sect, or faction, to be kidnapped and extorted.

Unfortunately, this evil man had been rummaging through corpses underground for so long that he knew nothing about human relationships on earth. He was interrogated by the Black Lord for three days, and he cried bitterly, even revealing the shameful secret of peeping at his sister-in-law while she was bathing when he was seven years old. He never thought of using money to settle the matter.

Is he, the Black Lord, really that free? Do you want to hear about his disgusting affair of peeping at his sister-in-law while she showers?
Spirit stones! Spirit stones! Spirit stones!

In the cultivation world, it's either about having the biggest fist or having the most spirit stones.

You don't understand the basic principle that you need to use spirit stones to pave the way just because your fists aren't big enough. I don't know how you've survived to this day!
Rao Tingshan was very knowledgeable and got straight to the point!

Su Qing was also well aware of the situation. He had just taken the opportunity to show off his fist, which was as big as a sand pot, in front of Lord Hei, so that Lord Hei wouldn't ask for too much money, since Su Qing's fist might not be any smaller than his.

"This person has a special profession, and he sets up a stall without a license. He is also engaging in fraud. According to the rules, he should be expelled from the Immortal City."

However, considering this person is new to the Immortal City and understands the rules, and it is also his first offense, a small punishment will suffice as a lesson. Therefore, three hundred spirit stones will be given as a "nurturing fee," allowing him to use these spirit stones to contribute to the Immortal City and atone for his sins!

Hei Qingtian made an outrageous demand, asking for three hundred spirit stones, but this was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

His original plan was to be able to scrape a hundred spirit stones out of the not-so-wealthy Feng Bo'e, which would be enough. But who could blame him when Feng Bo'e had Su Qing, a wealthy friend with many puppets and naturally, many spirit stones!

Damn it, he just arrived in the Immortal City and instead of paying his respects to the Law Enforcement Hall, he's become a VIP guest of the Red Sleeve Pavilion. He's showing no respect for the Law Enforcement Hall. If we don't squeeze him dry today, this puppeteer will probably only know about the three major powers and won't know the prestige of the Law Enforcement Hall!

“Three hundred spirit stones, I wouldn’t even be worth that much if I sold myself. Fellow Daoist Su, don’t listen to him. Let him expel me from this place. If this place doesn’t want me, there are plenty of other places that will. With three hundred spirit stones, I can live a carefree life anywhere.”

"You old codger, I'll remember this! Just you wait, one day I'll dig up your grandfather's ancestral grave!"

With the ghostly image of the Xie Zhi gone and the influence of the righteous qi patterns gone, Feng Bo'e finally realized what had happened and understood that he had been taken advantage of by this old black-faced man. He then angrily cursed at Hei Qingtian.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, shut your mouth! Where do you think you'll be banished to? To the west of Wanghai City lies the Sea Beast Beach. Without an escort fleet, you're guaranteed to be reduced to ashes. To the east is the Demon Tree Evil Kingdom. Go there and you'll surely become an evil spirit!"

Rao Tingshan smiled bitterly at Feng Bo, who was unaware of being trapped in a cage.

Upon hearing this, Feng Bo'e was so frightened that he covered his mouth and dared not think about Lord Hei's ancestral graves again.

"Fellow Daoist Su, we hit it off immediately. Three hundred spirit stones it is. Please pay for me first. I will repay you in full once I sell the treasure in my bag. I will never delay payment!"

"His mouth is foul, his manners are appalling, and his crime is compounded. The fee for nurturing him will need to be increased by another fifty spirit stones, making it three hundred and fifty spirit stones. In exchange, I, Fellow Daoist Su, will not pursue this matter."

There's no true affection in the cultivation world. Seeing how much Su Qing values ​​this person, Hei Qingtian figured that this person must possess something that Su Qing coveted. He was now certain he had him under his control. It was only because he had just displayed his strength that he was willing to offer an even higher price.

"Three hundred and fifty spirit stones is too high. Although I hit it off with Fellow Daoist Feng at first sight, I cannot afford to advance such a large amount of spirit stones for you. I can only ask you to make do with this. If we brothers meet again in the future, we can drink and chat again then!"

Having run his shop for several years, Su Qing was extremely skilled at bargaining and negotiating. Seeing that Hei Qingtian's offer was dishonest, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait. The fee for nurturing talents is not non-negotiable. But out of respect for you, I'll charge you 280 spirit stones."

"One hundred and fifty pieces, Fellow Daoist Feng, that's all you're worth. Even one more, I don't think it's worth it!"

"A third-tier tomb raider who has been mingling in the Ksitigarbha Buddha Kingdom for many years, who knows how many treasures are in his storage bag? One hundred and fifty spirit stones is too cheap, there should be at least two hundred and fifty!"

"Fellow Daoist Feng has only recently advanced to the third rank of Tomb Raider and hasn't even had a chance to show his skills before being expelled from the Earthly Treasury Buddhist Kingdom. How many good items could he possibly have in his storage bag? If he really did, he wouldn't be selling fakes at his stall. If Master Hei is willing to open blind boxes, then Master Hei can open them himself!"

"Two hundred and ten spirit stones, that's the most I can give. All the brothers under the old Taoist are watching, we can't let them work for nothing!"

"One hundred and fifty spirit stones, and I will also donate a second-tier Cloud Roc puppet to the Law Enforcement Hall as my support for the work of the Law Enforcement Hall!"

"Inspect the goods first!"

Where are the righteous people in the cultivation world?

The justice of the black-clad righteous man, the worth of the wicked and the turbulent.

They're only worth 150 spirit stones each.

When Su Qing brought Feng Bo'e out of the spirit cage, Hei Qingtian, who had been fierce towards the two of them before, smiled and waved as he watched them leave the Law Enforcement Hall before finally letting it go.

"Boss Hei, why did you let this person go so easily? The news from the Desire Demon Immortal Kingdom says that this Su Qing is the leader of the rogue cultivators who escaped from the Battle of Yunshan. I wonder how much benefit he has gained from the Jade Wall Cave and the White Cloud Immortal City."

Just looking at the puppets they displayed was enough to make one's mouth water; it would be a shame not to fleece such a fat sheep!

After Su Qing and the others left, a thin, triangular-eyed Golden Core cultivator behind Hei Qingtian asked in confusion.

This person is named Bai Chihe. He is one of the three Golden Core captains under Lord Hei in the Law Enforcement Hall. He is also known as Bai Wuchang by the cultivators of the Immortal City. Hei Qingtian's outward glamour is mostly due to the fact that Bai Wuchang has done all the dirty and rotten things behind the scenes.

Bai Wu, seeing Su Qing emerge from the Law Enforcement Hall unharmed, felt a surge of anger and dissatisfaction in his triangular, slanted eyes.

It should be noted that before Su Qing arrived in Wanghai City, they had received reliable information from Fellow Daoist Shi Zhifang of the Desire Immortal Kingdom.

According to that fellow Daoist, this person possessed a significant portion of the Yunshan Sect's accumulated wealth and a large portion of the Jade Wall Cave's inheritance. He had countless spirit stones and an even greater number of spiritual treasures and objects.

When such a fat sheep passes through, one naturally sharpens one's knives, ready to be slaughtered.

It's just a pity that Su Qing had only just entered the city and, before they could even make a move, had already gone to the Red Sleeve Pavilion and become a VIP there, making it impossible for them to act recklessly against her.

Today's turmoil has attracted Su Qing, and Lord Hei has provoked him to the point that he almost resorted to violence in the Hall of Law Enforcement.

In Bai Chihe's view, this was an opportunity to pin a charge of resisting law enforcement and causing trouble on him. Then, all the brothers in the Law Enforcement Hall would gang up on him, and this fat sheep would be left to rot in the pot, giving them a good meal.

But for now, a mere hundred or so spirit stones and a first or second-tier puppet were enough to get rid of them. Who could possibly eat that little bit of stuff!

"You want to roast a pig in a pot? Aren't you afraid the pig will overturn the pot?"

This person could leave that master helpless and beg us for help; how could he not have some ability?
Putting aside everything else, just the puppets he just released, combined with his own strength, would be enough for our Enforcement Hall to take him down, but it would definitely come at a great cost. In fact, a Golden Core cultivator like you, a pillar of our Enforcement Hall, might even be lost.

This is not a fat sheep, but a dragon crossing the river, and a dragon crossing the river who knows how to leverage the power of Hongxiu Tower and Yuanlai Tower, and who uses his brain to get things done!

However, the pot I'm preparing isn't big enough to swallow him whole, but I can still pass his message on to the Twilight Society. Those madmen corrupted by the Earth Demon Heaven won't refuse the Qiongqi Dao Mark he possesses!

Hei Motian spoke in a gloomy tone, but his face still maintained an upright and awe-inspiring appearance.

The lid of the Xie Zhi furnace is covered with righteous Dao patterns. He is the black sky, and everything he says and does is righteous. He is the blue sky above all the cultivators in the entire Wangxian City!

However, as an outsider, once he comes to this city, he has no chance of causing any trouble!

(End of this chapter)