Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

The Judge keenly caught the key in the statement and spoke in a deep voice, ”Besides you, who else is here?”

Ox, realizing he had misspoken, felt there was no need to hide anything now and replied sullenly, ”Ma Mian and Li Qingquan, but they were all captured by Han Yu.”

”Li Qingquan? So you’ve already obtained one of the Dragon Blood Stones, give it to me.”

The Judge didn’t care about the lives of Qi Bai and Li Qingquan. The Holy Sect never lacked people; if someone was gone, someone else would fill the position sooner or later. Moreover, if subordinates didn’t obey, then let them die!

Rather than worrying about this, it was better to focus on what King Yama had instructed.

Unexpectedly, these three quietly obtained a piece, truly with ill intentions. Thinking of this, the Judge sneered coldly.

Ox sneered back, glancing at him; this was why he didn’t acknowledge his authority. This bastard only knew how to exploit them, and would even suppress them to fight for merit, disregarding their lives to achieve his goals.

”No way!”

There was no way he would give up the stone. Holding it himself could earn some credit. Even if he couldn’t undermine the other, at least the other wouldn’t easily control him in the future.

Only a fool would give it up.

Sure enough, upon hearing the response, the Judge’s face darkened instantly, and the entire inner hall became overwhelmingly oppressive.

”If you want to make a move, I’m afraid you’ll have a hard time explaining yourself to Lord Yama afterward.”

Ox spoke fearlessly. Even if the other party wanted to kill him for the stone, it couldn’t be done cleanly. Even if everyone present was killed, there was the fear of whether the Holy Sect could find out.

Only those within the Holy Sect could know how terrifying the Holy Sect was.

The Judge glared viciously, his eyes wide open, but he truly didn’t dare make a move. He had thought he could intimidate the other, but the opponent didn’t buy it.

If he wanted to kill the other, he really didn’t dare. Ox’s rank was just slightly lower than his own. If he truly died by his hand, once exposed, he couldn’t escape punishment. Moreover, it was uncertain he could even succeed in killing him.

”By the rules, I’m your superior, and you need to assist me.”

Since hard tactics didn’t work, he had to try soft ones. The Judge changed his expression, his previous cold demeanor gone.

”You want to deal with Han Yu too?”

Ox looked at him with some surprise.

A trace of indignation flashed across the Judge’s face; it wasn’t just about dealing; he had already tried, only to be played by the other party.

Damn it, the Dragon Blood Stone he had used underhanded means to retrieve had exploded the moment he checked it with spiritual power. Initially, he thought it was his mistake, but then he carefully inspected the pile of powder.

That bastard, it turned out to be a fake made from a Spirit Stone.

He didn’t know which crafty bastard had such skilled craftsmanship. It didn’t feel fake at all when he first held it.

But he didn’t show this in front of Ox. Since he didn’t succeed, he might as well pretend it didn’t happen!

”As long as you help me, I won’t take yours. There are four in total on the list; if we work together, in the future in the Yellow Springs Mansion, I won’t trouble you, nor will you need to follow my orders.”

The Judge made a generous promise.

Ox was silent for a moment. Now that Qi Bai was captured, he was left alone without support. It would be extremely difficult to form a new team again.

Even if someone replaced Ma Mian later, the Judge would only try to have his people placed through King Yama’s arrangements.

”How can I trust you?”

Ox hesitated a bit, given this guy’s character, he truly couldn’t trust him.

The Judge solemnly spoke, ”I can swear by the name of the Holy Sect. If I break it, may my soul scatter.”

Upon hearing this, Ox let down his guard. Pledging by one’s ancestors, or by one’s life, he wouldn’t believe. But swearing by the Holy Sect, that could be trusted. None of them dared sully the Holy Sect.

”I can join forces with you, but for the opponent’s strength, you need a comprehensive plan.”

Ox finally agreed, but he already had lingering fears about Han Yu’s strength...

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When Qi Bai gradually came to, the sky was already draped in night.

Upon opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was a crowd of people surrounding him. In the courtyard outside the Government Office, Han Yu, Ye Hei, and Ling Wuce were present, along with dozens of figures on alert; they were the cultivators from the Unparalleled Tower and the Palace Guard.

Nearby, Huangfu Liang was still kicking and punching Li Qingquan. This guy originally thought that capturing Li Qingquan would return his stone, but it wasn’t on him.

After frisking the unconscious Qi Bai thoroughly, he didn’t have it either.

After all this trouble, his stone was still missing, and so he sought revenge whenever possible.

Initially, Ling Wuce tried to stop him because they needed a living person to probe the depths of the Corpse Refining Lineage. This hidden force had always been shrouded in mystery, slowly needing to be uncovered bit by bit.

But in the end, all Li Qingquan knew was related to Yellow Springs Mansion, and most things the Inspectorate had already extracted from Bai Bufen.

The only useful information was that the Black and White Impermanence were the lowest in Yellow Springs Mansion’s hierarchy: one main, one deputy. White Impermanence led Black White, with Ma Mian and then the Judge above him.

Other than that, there was no useful information.

Since it was useless, they simply handed Li Qingquan over to Huangfu Liang for venting purposes.