Reversing the Milky Way

When Mi Hua saw that Bai Cheng remained unmoved, she became extremely anxious.

Mi Hua: "Hey, brother, don't go!"

Mi Hua's anxious shouts immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding guards.

A guard immediately came up to him and angrily shouted, "What's your name?!"

Mi Hua smiled bitterly upon seeing this.

Mi Hua: "My name is Mi Hua, sir."

Guard: "Bullshit! I asked you what your name is! I asked you what your name is!"

Mi Hua ignored the guards in front of her and shouted again as she watched Bai Cheng's departing figure.

Mi Hua: "Brother, don't go! I have something else here, why don't you think about it again?!"

Bai Cheng stopped in his tracks upon hearing this.

"Hmm, there's one more thing? To be honest, that Beast Eye Spirit Technique is really a bit confusing. If there are other good things, I wouldn't mind taking another look."

With that thought in mind, Bai Cheng slowly turned around and came to the prison cell door again.

Bai Cheng: "Brother Guard, this is my friend. He just suddenly fell ill. Please forgive him."

Upon hearing this, Mi Hua could only offer a perfunctory smile.

Guard: "Hmph! This is a prison, a place of serious offenses. If you dare to make any more noise, you'll be in for a beating!"

After saying this, the guard turned and left.

After seeing that the person had gone far away, Mi Hua muttered a couple of curses under her breath.

Mi Hua: "Damn it, what's so great about him? If we were outside, even if they all ganged up on me, they wouldn't be able to catch me!"

Bai Cheng: "Alright, enough nonsense. Didn't you say there was one more thing?"

Mi Hua: "Hehe, brother, let me tell you, although all my belongings were taken away when I was locked up, I still have one good thing left."

After saying that, he took out a shiny stone from his pocket. The stone's surface exuded a cold aura and shimmered with a suffocating eerie light.

As soon as the stone was taken out, Bai Cheng felt a chill emanating from its surface.

Bai Cheng: "What is this thing?!"

Bai Cheng stared in shock at the stone in front of him. He suddenly remembered that when he was looking through the academy's mineral knowledge manual, he saw a special kind of ice-attribute mineral with special spiritual power called Xuanbing Crystal. It could only be obtained with a certain chance in the distant, frigid northern lands and was an extremely rare high-grade mineral.

Bai Cheng had seen similar ores at the Tianxing Pavilion auction before, and the starting price was exactly 10,000 silver coins, but those were still far less precious than the ores in front of him.

The reason is that the spiritual power attribute of this ore is a special attribute in addition to the basic attributes of the five elements.

Bai Cheng: "This...you really want to give this to me?! This thing looks extremely precious."

Mi Hua: "Brother, if you like this piece of ore, I will pass on all the secret techniques of my sect to you."

Bai Cheng stared at Mi Hua in front of him for a long time.

Bai Cheng: "I have already examined your cultivation level, and your strength far surpasses mine. How can you guarantee that you won't go back on your word after I take you out?!"

Upon hearing this, Mi Hua clearly hesitated.

Mi Hua: "You're right, I really can't guarantee that."

At this point, Mi Hua's expression turned melancholy.

Mi Hua: "Alas, in the end, I underestimated the power of the local families. That's why when I joined a sect, I chose a cultivation sect far removed from the world, rather than a secular sect like Bai Fengcheng's. Your so-called six major sects are nothing more than third-rate sects that don't even exist, while our sect is at least a member of the Zhenxian Alliance."

Bai Cheng: "And then what? You're still locked up here."

Mi Hua: "Heh, it's true I'm locked up here, but do you know that every time the sect competition starts, those from secular sects usually suffer the most casualties? Take my cultivation level, for example. You see, I've reached the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, while in the sect, I've only just passed the threshold of inner disciple. As for the Tyrant Blade Sect, in my opinion, they're nothing but petty scoundrels, colluding with your Fire Cloud Kingdom's so-called Supervisory Bureau. Otherwise, why would I have been imprisoned for so long? Anyway, that's what I say. I know you don't trust me, brother, but I also know I can't prove that I won't break my promise after you take me out. But I can tell you clearly, brother, I really have no other choice. Who knows how much longer I'll be imprisoned!"

After hearing this, Bai Cheng pondered for a long time.

Bai Cheng: "In that case, give me this ore first. I will try to get it for you, but I can't guarantee that I will definitely take you away."

Upon hearing this, Mi Hua looked at the Xuanbing Crystal in her hand and, after a moment's hesitation, handed it to Bai Cheng.

Seeing how decisive the other party was, Bai Cheng couldn't help but feel uneasy.

'Isn't he afraid I'll just grab the things and run away?'

After putting away his belongings, Bai Cheng shook his head with a wry smile.

Bai Cheng: "Wait here for me for a moment."

After saying that, Bai Cheng turned and left. Soon, Bai Cheng arrived at the dungeon entrance. Yue Xuan smiled when he saw Bai Cheng.

Yue Xuan: "How is it? Are you ready?"

Bai Cheng: "I'm ready, but... I want to take one more person with me."

Yue Xuan closed his eyes and pondered.

Yue Xuan: "Is it that person named Mi Hua?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng was suddenly startled.

'He knew it all after all.'

Bai Cheng: "That's right."

Yue Xuan: "Sure, he's been imprisoned for quite some time now, over ten years. But I must remind you, he's not a cultivator from my Fire Cloud Kingdom. Without proper identification, he cannot remain in White Maple City."

Bai Cheng nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Bai Cheng: "If I want to recruit him as an employee, wouldn't I need an identity document?"

Yue Xuan: "The identity document issue is easy to handle. I'll have them issue a temporary Fire Cloud Kingdom identity token later. With this token, he can stay in White Maple City for a year."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng frowned and nodded again.

Bai Cheng: "Then I thank Governor Yue."

Immediately afterwards, Yue Xuan had Shao Kaize released from the prison.

Upon seeing Bai Cheng arrive, Shao Kaize burst into tears again.

Shao Kaize: "Brother Bai Cheng, you must stand up for me! I suffered this because of you."

Bai Cheng rolled his eyes.

Bai Cheng: "Who told you to show off with the Ba Dao Sect's identity token all the time? This time, consider it a lesson for you."

Seeing Shao Kaize limping, Bai Cheng didn't continue to attack him, but instead took away his Ba Dao Sect disciple token.

Bai Cheng: "To prevent you from encountering this kind of thing again in the future, I'll take this away. Anyway, you can't go back to the Overlord Blade Sect."

After taking Shao Kaize out of the dungeon, he followed Yuan Yi back to the door of Mi Hua's cell.

Upon seeing Bai Cheng arrive again, Mi Hua excitedly stood up immediately. He knew that Bai Cheng could truly take him away.

Bai Cheng: "Although I can take you away from here, you cannot stay in Baifeng City given your status."

A look of surprise flashed in Mi Hua's eyes upon hearing this.

Mi Hua: "But if that's the case, wouldn't I be unable to act as your henchman?"

Bai Cheng was taken aback. In fact, he wasn't sure if Mi Hua really wanted to work for him for free. Anyway, he had already obtained a valuable piece of ore, so even if Mi Hua changed her mind and left, he wouldn't lose out.

If the other party wanted to take back the ore, Bai Cheng wasn't worried. After all, this was the territory of the City Lord's Mansion, and once cultivators clashed, it would immediately attract the city guards.

Bai Cheng: "You don't actually want to work as a thug in my shop, do you?"

Mi Hua: "What are you saying!? What kind of talk is this!? Although I am in a bad state now, we cultivators value loyalty and righteousness. Since I promised you, I will not go back on my word. Besides, it's only a year, which is far less than the time I have been imprisoned in this dungeon."

Yuan Yi watched Mi Hua's impassioned speech with an indifferent expression. Afterward, he activated the outer magic array of the dungeon, released Mi Hua, and then removed the spirit-binding shackles from his body.

The instant he was freed from his restraints, Bai Cheng sensed the flow of spiritual energy around Lai Mihua. He could now clearly perceive that the person in front of him was indeed at the Great Perfection of the Qi Condensation Realm.

After emerging, Mi Hua stretched her body, which she hadn't touched in a long time, and then performed a traditional greeting between cultivators to Bai Cheng. She then patted her chest and said...

Mi Hua: "Thank you. May I ask how I should address you?"

Bai Cheng: "You can just call me Bai Cheng."

Afterwards, the group walked out of the dungeon.

Bai Cheng asked Mi Hua to obtain a temporary identity certificate, while he followed Yue Xuan to a back hall of the Censorate.

The location of this back hall was very secluded, and there were guards at its entrance. In the center of the main hall, a huge ball of light radiating blood red light came into Bai Cheng's view.

In front of the sphere of light, several inspectors were surrounding it, seemingly doing something. After bringing Bai Cheng to the sphere, Yue Xuan pointed to the enormous spherical object and spoke.

Yue Xuan: "Each inspector's identity token is specially made and bound to your identity. No one else can use it except the person in question."

After saying that, he looked at the ball of light in front of him.

Yue Xuan: "This item is called the Blood Soul Bead. You need to take a drop of your blood essence and integrate it into it before you can receive the identity token. This is also to prevent others from impersonating the Inspector and profiting from it."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng looked closely at the Blood Soul Bead in front of him and hesitated.

'Wow, this is so advanced? It even uses DNA verification!? No wonder Han Yu's identity token didn't show any unusual activity before.'

Seeing that Bai Cheng was a little late, Yue Xuan continued, "Everyone who joins the Surveillance Bureau must do this, even I am no exception. Once you have an identity token, you can travel freely in any Surveillance Bureau in the Fire Cloud Kingdom without any regional barriers. In addition, you can also enter some isolated areas."

After much hesitation, Bai Cheng cut his finger and flicked out a drop of blood. Yue Xuan then manipulated the blood, channeling it into the enormous Blood Soul Bead before him.

After the blood was added, for some reason, Bai Cheng felt that the Soul Bead seemed to have become even redder.

'Could it be that all the red light here was supplied by the Inspector?'

Immediately afterwards, Yue Xuan took out a new token and activated the Blood Soul Bead in front of him. Wisps of bright red aura separated from the Soul Bead and then invaded the new token.

Bai Cheng stared at the scene before him, remaining silent for a long time.

For some reason, he felt something was off, but he didn't think much of it.

In no time, Yue Xuan had already broken in the token. After Bai Cheng took the token, a pattern on it flashed by.

Yue Xuan: "I've already engraved your name. This token doesn't need to record any sound transmission array. Its sound transmission method is slightly different from the ordinary sound transmission methods you've encountered. As long as you're within the range of the Blood Soul Spirit Pearl's influence, all inspectors will be able to receive your message. Of course, you can also target a specific person to send a message."

Bai Cheng was surprised again upon hearing this.

'I see. The Blood Soul Bead is like a centralized internal network. He just said that with this token, one can go to all the surveillance offices within Fire Cloud Kingdom. Doesn't that mean other places also possess this thing?'

Bai Cheng stared blankly at the token in front of him, and Yue Xuan spoke again at this moment.

Yue Xuan: "This token is a little different from the tokens you've come across. All the cultivation points you've earned can be displayed on the token. You don't need to exchange for them; as long as you complete a task or reach a certain point, the points will be automatically added to the token. Moreover, this token is also related to other departments of the royal family. For example, the position called Imperial Guard, which has only emerged in the last two years, will be displayed on the token if you obtain the title of Imperial Guard. Or, you can serve as a garrison commander in a remote village. As long as it's an official position related to the Fire Cloud Kingdom, the token will display it, and the position on the token will also change automatically."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng looked at the token in one corner, which displayed the words "Inspector" and "Level 1". After examining it, Bai Cheng discovered that these words were not engraved, but rather appeared automatically on the material of the token.

Regardless, the level of this token was beyond Bai Cheng's expectations. Even though he already had quite a few miscellaneous tokens, apart from the token from Lei Yuan Palace, this token broadened his horizons.

Yue Xuan: "The tokens are divided into six levels, each with a different identity concept, and the level of the token is also related to the cultivation realm. Your level is the lowest level, the Inspector, who is responsible for regularly patrolling various places. In addition to the Inspector, the lowest level is the Auditor, but this is a clerical position, which is specially prepared for mortals."

As he spoke, he led Bai Cheng to a huge magic array platform.

Yue Xuan: "This is a teleportation array specially built by the Supervisory Office, which can connect to teleportation points in each city. Only tokens that have reached level four are qualified to use it. Counting up from your level, the second level is the Investigator, the third level is the Supervisor, the fourth level is the Inspector, the fifth level is the Deputy Inspector, and the sixth level is the Governor-General."

Afterwards, Yue Xuan took Bai Cheng to various areas of the Supervisory Office, which were diverse and included all sorts of things.

After learning all the specific details, more than half an hour had already passed.

When Bai Cheng was leaving, Yue Xuan once again reminded him that although his current cultivation level was not high enough to serve as a patrol officer within the city, he could serve as a patrol officer at the town level.

In other words, as long as Bai Cheng has this token, he can move freely in Wuling Town.

Upon returning to the dungeon entrance, Bai Cheng could hear someone arguing with the guards from a great distance.

Mi Hua: "What the hell?! Where's my storage bag?! Don't tell me I've been in the dungeon for over ten years and I just lost my storage bag!"

Yuan Yi: "Your storage bag is missing, and that has absolutely nothing to do with me!"