I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 974: Chapter 535: Seeing Qing Nu Again_2 Chapter 974: Chapter 535: Seeing Qing Nu Again_2 Qing Nu was originally not allowed to leave on her own, but due to Chen Mobai’s influence, Lan Haitian granted her a day off.

“Long time no see.”

When Qing Nu stepped out, she saw Chen Mobai at the door and greeted him with the brightest of smiles.

“It hasn’t been that long.”

While Chen Mobai spoke, he looked up to the top floor where Lan Haitian was smiling and waving at him from the window.

“Let’s go.”

Qing Nu took the initiative to take Chen Mobai’s hand. He was somewhat surprised but didn’t refuse, allowing her to lead him away from there.

In Lan Haitian’s office, a woman with short hair dressed in a white shirt and a green blazer sat on the side. She could also see Chen Mobai below, but Chen Mobai couldn’t see her.

“Is that him?”

The short-haired woman’s pupils were a light hazel. She appeared quite intrigued as she observed Chen Mobai’s figure from behind.

“Yes, it seems Deputy Minister Gongsun is very interested in him.”

Upon hearing Lan Haitian’s words, the woman retracted her gaze, fiddling with a toothpick in her hand, her eyes deep with thought.

…

Chen Mobai, accompanied by Qing Nu, walked onto a shaded path. He had been there with Yan Bingxuan before; it was very picturesque and led to Yu Wood City’s most famous Rank-4 elm at the Guda Courtyard.

“To ensure the success of this mission, besides the Sky-Mending Group, even the Department of Law Enforcement has sent a top-tier Golden Core Master.”

As they walked, Qing Nu was divulging confidential information.

“This should be kept a secret, you don’t need to tell me this,”

Chen Mobai was worried about Qing Nu and proactively suggested she say less.

“Deputy Director Lan said it’s okay, you’re one of the people in charge of this operation, so you can be privy to this information,” Qing Nu responded.

Her words made Chen Mobai nod, and since it had been mentioned, he asked about the doubt in his mind.

“Which True Person from the Department of Law Enforcement has come?”

As the strongest arm of the Orthodao Hall charged with maintaining inner discipline, the Department of Law Enforcement, despite its cumbersome system and mixed quality, had far more experts than the Sky-Mending Group, and its minister was also a Nascent Soul Superior of the Immortal Gate.

“I don’t have the rank to have met that Department of Law Enforcement expert, but yesterday when I was escorted to see my teacher, I felt a strong Sword Qi similar to yours. It must be a Sword Cultivator,” Qing Nu observed.

Sword Cultivator!?

There happened to be one of the dao sect’s top Sword Dao masters within the Hall of Orthodox Law.

Chen Mobai recalled and vaguely guessed who it might be.

It was likely Gongsun Jielu, one of the four great Sword Cultivators of the dao sect, who also held a position as Deputy Minister of the Department of Law Enforcement,

She hailed from the Kunpeng Daoist Academy and was said to have mastered a portion of the Liu Yu Scripture and fused it with her own Sword Dao. Her reputation was not inferior to Nangong Xuanyu’s.

So it was her presence that assured Lan Haitian’s confidence.

Chen Mobai thought this and suddenly felt a sense of relief.

With Gongsun Jielu there, it hardly mattered whether he acted or not; Yu Tianguang was certainly doomed.

That said, his involvement might be an attempt by the Dance Tool Dao Academy to clear itself of suspicion.

After all, for a dao academy, having a Golden Core Master revealed as a cultist is a massive blow to their reputation.

But if Chen Mobai, as a representative of the Dance Tool Dao Academy, assisted, at least they could claim moral righteousness in fighting their own. Later public relations efforts might help restore some face.

Chen Mobai: “Is Gu Changfeng detained in Yu Wood City?”

Qing Nu: “Yes, he’s serving his sentence by chopping logs in the Dark Forest. The reason for such a significant mobilization by the dao sect was his sudden accusation against the man in the red robe.”

An occurrence like a Kaiyuan Hall Councilor being taken down had not happened in nearly a hundred years.

If Yu Tianguang were to be arrested this time, the shock it would cause to the Immortal Gate would undoubtedly be profound. At the very least, the Dance Tool Dao Academy would be criticized, and people like Wang Shuye within the system would have a difficult time ahead.

Chen Mobai, “Why confess neither early nor late, but choose to do so at this moment?”

If it had been a few years earlier, then Chen Mobai would not have achieved Core Formation. Even if he had been forcibly conscripted while in Red Sandstone City, it would not have been as embarrassing as it was now.

Taking action would be betraying kin for the sake of righteousness, for the sake of the Academy, but it was something that went against his conscience.

But inaction was even less of an option, for he could end up being branded a cultist.

Qing Nu, “It’s because the side effects of practicing the Devour God Technique have manifested. With his level of Foundation Establishment, he cannot control the increasingly violent surge of his Divine Sense and probably doesn’t have much longer to live.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help revealing a look of sudden realization.

Gu Changfeng had been arrested by Lan Haitian because of a Forbidden Technique.

As his former protégé, Qing Nu, who possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root and had no traces of practicing Forbidden Techniques, was spared by the Jumang Academy.

“Just cultivate normally. Why resort to Forbidden Techniques? It’s not that hard to enhance Divine Sense…”

As Chen Mobai spoke those words, he began to feel somewhat guilty. Without the aid of Meng Huang’s Mystic Sound Method, his realm of Divine Sense probably wouldn’t have reached the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment by now.

But he still had to say such things to maintain his persona as a genius.

“My teacher was just an ordinary Foundation Establishment practitioner. Having surpassed the physical peak lifespan without any means or seniority to acquire Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine, the only way he could break through was by using a Forbidden Technique.”

Yet, Qing Nu somewhat understood Gu Changfeng. After all, he had looked after her for many years, taught her alchemy, and it was through this knowledge that she was able to make Chen Mobai’s acquaintance, a fated child, in her times of financial struggle.

Because items like Qi-replenishing Spirit Water existed, compared to geniuses like them who rarely felt any bottlenecks, over ninety-nine percent of the Foundation Establishment Practitioners in Immortal Gate died full of resentment before reaching their limits.

“How did he identify Yu Tianguang?”

Chen Mobai asked again. Matters concerning the Dance Tool Dao Academy couldn’t be settled with the testimony of a criminal alone.

“That I do not know. The interrogation was conducted by another department of the Hall of Orthodox Law, but given how seriously the Sky-Mending Group and Department of Law Enforcement have taken this, there must be decisive evidence found through his testimony.”

At this point, Chen Mobai could only sigh.

The order to arrest Yu Tianguang had been given, and if he wanted to consider the best interests of the Daoist Academy, it would be best to perform well in the actions to follow.

With a heavy heart, Chen Mobai walked with Qing Nu to the end of the shady lane.

“This is Guda Courtyard.”

In front of a tall, Rank-4 elm tree, Qing Nu clasped a wooden plaque with both hands, her eyes closed as if making a wish.

Chen Mobai watched her, considering whether he should also buy a plaque to wish for his family’s health and safety, when a strange wave of Spiritual Machine caught his attention.

He looked up towards the direction from which the wave was coming and saw a refined, middle-aged man with gentle eyes standing on the opposite side of the elm tree, looking at Qing Nu, who was making her wish, with fondness.

Chen Mobai frowned slightly and in an instant, was by the man’s side.

“Eh!”

As he got close, Chen Mobai realized that the middle-aged man who should have been there had disappeared without a trace.

Although his gaze had never left the man, just as Chen Mobai was about to use the Art of Spiritual Eyes, Qing Nu had already opened her eyes, looking delighted as she hung the wooden plaque from a branch of the elm tree with a red ribbon.

Chen Mobai saw that there were four names written on the plaque, apart from Qing Nu’s: Kong Feichen, Yang Jing, and his own.

“Why did you go over there?”

Qing Nu, surprised to see Chen Mobai who was supposed to be behind her now in front of her, asked curiously.

“You looked beautiful while praying; I had the clearest view from here,” Chen Mobai said with a smile, causing Qing Nu’s cheeks to turn red with embarrassment. She shyly turned her face away, unable to meet his gaze.

“Let’s go; it’s about time.”

At this moment, the sky was quickly darkening, and before they knew it, they had spent the whole day there.

As Chen Mobai walked away with Qing Nu, he couldn’t resist looking back at the Guda Courtyard, his doubts growing ever deeper.