Chapter 184
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Chapter 184: Huo Yang’s Dao Artifact
After Tian Jing showcased his Dao Artifact, it was Tong Huo Yang’s turn.
Just as Yun Ye mentioned,
Tong Huo Yang’s Dao Artifact relates to justice.
‘Dao Artifact: Judgment Scale.’
‘Range: Baishi Town.’
‘Rating: E-Class.’
‘Resonance: 0.’
‘Rules: Not set.’
‘True Name: Judgment: When faced with the Judgment Scale, one cannot lie; they must either tell the truth or remain silent. Its effectiveness does not depend on strength; as long as the conditions are met, it can be activated.
Condition 1: The questioned must violate public order or the law.
Condition 2: The questioned must be in a judicial location designated by the Tomorrow Society.
When conditions are met, all actions will be halted during the questioning, and all violence will be rendered ineffective until the questions are answered and a judgment is pronounced. The judgment holds the power of rules.’
‘Introduction: A law of treating everyone equally, deserving of everyone’s compliance.’
Under the effect of this Dao Artifact,
Tong Huo Yang would be a perfect interrogator; when she is present, suspects can only tell the truth or remain silent.
Generally, the innocent will certainly speak to proclaim their innocence, while the guilty will remain silent and deny their guilt.
By the absolute measure of the Dao Artifact, silence is directly deemed as guilt, sufficient to ensure that 99% of cases conclude smoothly.
As for the remaining 1%, there may be cases of silence as a substitute for guilt, or instances where the truth is spoken halfway.
Achieving absolute justice is very challenging; Yun Ye only seeks to attain as much justice as possible, not wanting to delude himself into pointless reasoning.
In this scenario, Tong Huo Yang’s Dao Artifact is perfect enough to become the ace of the Tomorrow Society.
The conditions for using the true name have been fulfilled.
The test begins.
Everyone conducted their trial in the conference hall.
Due to special considerations, Yun Ye participated in the experiment this time, not allowing others to take his place.
The two sat down, and Tong Huo Yang followed the instructions to ask, “Name?”
Yun Ye pondered for a moment, “Tong Huo Yang.”
“……”
“It seems the conference hall cannot serve as a judicial location.”
Tong Huo Yang said with some exasperation.
Yun Ye did not agree; he indeed felt no difficulty in speaking, but this might be due to his uniqueness.
Yun Ye swapped places with Ning Xiao and asked again.
“Name?”
Tong Huo Yang sighed and asked.
“Tong Huo Yang?”
Ning Xiao tentatively replied.
“It seems it really doesn’t work…”
Everyone stood up.
After leaving the conference hall, they discussed and verbally designated a room as a judicial location to conduct the experiment again.
They repeated the previous questions and answers.
However, the Dao Artifact still showed no signs of activation.
“It seems a judicial location must be sufficiently formal; does it need legal confirmation? The laws of our Tomorrow Society are indeed very crude right now; we mostly resolve disputes based on feelings. When the numbers are small, it works, but when we are no longer confined to one village, the problems will become clear.”
Yun Ye said.
“Laws?”
Everyone fell into deep thought, greatly astonished.
Due to the world background, the concept of law was not clear in their minds; they relied more on public order and morals for judgment. In this situation, ten people might have ten different verdicts, making it difficult to claim objectivity and fairness.
Moreover, people’s understanding is influenced by education and environment; they might unconsciously be limited by their perceptions, resulting in significant “errors” in verdicts.
“If we cannot freely designate a judicial location, Huo Yang’s Dao Artifact won’t be usable in practice. However, as a simple judgment tool, it still holds enough deterrent power.”
Yun Ye felt a bit regretful, but he continued, “Huo Yang, you will take on the 6th position from now on. Once the laws are improved, your Dao Artifact will be able to function.”
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Position 3 is legislation, and position 6 is judiciary. This is a role that offends many but holds great power.
The current Tomorrow Society already has a framework; they just need to fill it in.
Even if they cannot use it now, it does not prevent them from recognizing its deterrent effect.
Especially since it is the Dao Artifact wielder holding the respective position.
There is no room for leniency here.
“Okay.”
Tong Huo Yang nodded.
She awakened the corresponding Dao Artifact, naturally hoping to maintain the Tomorrow Society’s existence through justice.
“Then, the next step is to improve the laws. This will completely determine the nature, direction, and program of the Tomorrow Society. It cannot continue to operate solely based on personal will.”
Yun Ye said slowly.
……
In the following months, the topic the higher level of the Tomorrow Society discussed the most was the laws.
Establishing detailed legal boundaries brought about significant changes in their understanding at the upper level.
When they concretely defined the laws, they finally realized how many rules applied to the everyday issues they casually resolved. They could even say the set of logic they had constructed based on common sense was completely inconsistent with the theoretical concepts of the Tomorrow Society, failing to reflect fairness and justice.
The first draft of the law, resulting from just a few months of work and Yun Ye’s extensive knowledge of past laws, was only designated as a proposal for transitional implementation, leaving plenty of room for significant changes.
The first draft mixed various elements, combining aspects of the constitution, criminal law, and civil law, but the most important content was not the detailed laws but rather the overall principles.
The overall principles clearly defined the nature and direction of the Tomorrow Society.
The ultimate goal of the Tomorrow Society is to benefit the people and create a sufficiently fair society; all laws and regulations are established for this purpose.
In the extraordinary world, achieving this goal first requires strength to uphold fairness and law.
Based on practical experience, it is clear that the Spiritual Law families will not comply well with these self-limiting rules.
For this reason, the Tomorrow Society needs to start from reality, pursuing its own strength to suppress forces that resist order.
This establishes a clear development path.
To change, strength is key.
Without strength, everything is mere talk.
Yun Ye, lacking sufficient power, sought to leverage the strength of the group to bridge the gap in power.
During the months of discussion, Yun Ye did not neglect his practice and continually tried to find his Heavenly Path.
However, perhaps because the time to achieve completion was too short, Yun Ye had no clue whatsoever.
He could only forge a spiritual body to meet the second requirement of entering the spiritual realm.
Spiritual Law, Physical Law, Spirit Law.
As three Heavenly Paths of cultivation, each path can be mastered independently without relying on other laws.
The same applies to the spiritual body.
A Spiritual Law practitioner ascends to the spiritual realm in three steps: completing the Walking Law, stepping onto the Heavenly Path, and forging the spiritual body.
The last step of forging the spiritual body is not governed by Physical Law but is a process common across all three paths.
The Physical Law cultivates life force to forge life meridians and transforms the body into a Yang spiritual body.
The Spirit Sense Law cultivates Spirit Sense to forge mental meridians and transforms into a Yin spiritual body.
Similarly, the Spiritual Roots Law transforms spiritual essence into five-element spiritual bodies or non-attributed spiritual bodies; the three paths are fundamentally indistinct.
Spiritual Law pertains to the five elements, while Spirit and Body correlate with Yin and Yang.
Yin and Yang represent a type of spiritual energy attribute, and the Yin-Yang body naturally embodies the spiritual body.
Since Yun Ye could not currently find his Heavenly Path, he could only attempt to forge the spiritual body.
After undergoing the baptism of the Nine Bone Spiritual Body, Yun Ye felt he had grasped a bit of the essence.
A spiritual body is essentially created by bathing oneself in spirit energy, allowing the physical body to detach from the mundane world. As long as there is enough spirit energy, each cell can be transformed.
However, during this attempt, Yun Ye noticed something was off.
