273Chapter 272 Helplessness in the face of judicial injustice Chen Manman a reasonable person

As the legitimate law enforcement ground of Haotian, no normal person would want to come to the Judicial Gate.

This place is extremely strict. No matter if you are innocent or guilty, the first reaction upon arriving here is oppression and panic. Even if you are innocent, you will feel guilty.

So unless someone has to come here for a reason, nobody likes to come here.

The mountain peaks were rugged and looked even more ferocious. A group of law enforcement disciples escorted Yu Xian and eighteen others as they flew down and walked onto a wide iron chain bridge, heading towards the Judicial Gate, which was shrouded in mist and resembled a ferocious beast.

The Judicial Department is responsible for managing all punishments and rules within the entire Haotian Sect, except for Nascent Soul Elders. They have great power over life and death, so the deeper they went, the heavier their mood became.

Yu Xian was alright, but the other seventeen people, except for the unconscious Yin Chu, all had solemn expressions.

Ultimately, the problem stems from their provocation. Seventeen people blocked someone’s door and verbally abused them, which violated the clan rules and constitutes malicious disturbance.

The fact that they outnumbered the weak is even more serious. I really don’t know how Elder Lu Wanzhen will judge their crimes later.

Please, please don’t end up in a black jail…

They would rather do hard labor to atone for their sins, and they’ll be fine in a year or two, but if they go to a black jail… I’ve heard it’s worse than death!

As for Yu Xian, he was quite frank.

It is indeed a violation of the sect rules to strike first and injure someone; there is no need to make excuses for that.

According to clan rules, it’s one thing for them to gather in groups to provoke and insult you, but it’s quite another for you to strike first and injure someone.

Therefore, as long as the judiciary enforces the law fairly, Yu Xian should accept the punishment he deserves!

They followed the iron chain cableway into the judicial district. The surroundings were quiet and cold, and countless hidden eyes were watching them.

A grand hall, entirely gray and black, sits amidst the mountains. This is the Judicial Hall, which none of the disciples of the Haotian Sect are willing to approach!

Inside this grand hall, over the years, countless disciples who violated the sect’s rules have had their cultivation destroyed.

Countless people were even executed outright!

For a sect, replenishing its ranks with fresh blood is very important.

But equally important are strict clan rules!

Without strict sect rules, allowing disciples to act recklessly, such a sect will definitely not last long.

Of course, if your cultivation reaches a certain level, such as the Nascent Soul stage, then the sect rules will naturally not be able to bind you, because you have become a powerful figure who sets the rules and has countless disciples below gather resources and serve you!

Eighteen people were led into the gaping maw of the courtroom.

The lighting inside the main hall was slightly dim, which did not affect eyesight, but the atmosphere was very oppressive and solemn.

Lu Wanzhen stood on the high platform above, looking down indifferently. There was another cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm standing with him.

This is also Ji Yulin, one of the four senior law enforcement officers in the judicial system.

Eighteen disciples at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment disregarded sect rules and fought each other. Although no one died, one was seriously injured and unconscious, and another was slightly injured. This incident was not a big deal, but it was definitely not insignificant either.

Therefore, the two law enforcement elders jointly conducted the trial.

Lu Wanzhen coldly surveyed the seventeen people below and shouted loudly, “Why are you gathering in a crowd to provoke us?!”

“We beg the Elder to make the decision!”

The leader of the seventeen hurriedly shouted, “We didn’t provoke him! It’s just that after Yu Xian crippled Fellow Daoist Guo’s cultivation, he neither came to see Fellow Daoist Guo nor apologized. He acted as if nothing had happened! Even if it was an unintentional injury, how could he be so at ease after crippling someone? We couldn’t stand it, so we came to ask him to apologize to Fellow Daoist Guo. But he mocked us, which angered us and caused us to utter some foul language. But he didn’t hesitate and attacked without saying a word! If it weren’t for Elder’s timely intervention and suppression, Fellow Daoist Yin would probably have been killed on the spot! Such a vicious, selfish, and heartless person cannot be let off lightly by Elder!”

Lu Wanzhen frowned slightly as he listened.

Ji Yulin also looked displeased, glancing at Yu Xian with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

The news of Guo Pin’s demotion had already spread throughout the entire sect.

Even if the Supreme Elder’s Mansion Ning An ruled that the incident was unintentional injury during a magical duel and that they would not be held responsible.

Yu Xian crippled Guo Pin’s cultivation, reducing him to a mortal, a cripple! This was practically tantamount to killing him!

What about Yu Xian? He didn’t even say a word of apology, let alone visit her or show any remorse.

Instead, he felt at ease cultivating himself in his own little courtyard, without seeing anyone.

Many Golden Core experts couldn’t stand this behavior!

So what if it was unintentional? Even if it was unintentional, you can’t be so indifferent, can you?

Only a vicious person would take it so for granted!

Ji Yulin had a good relationship with Guo Pin, who had helped him refine several high-grade fourth-rank pills.

Therefore, Ji Yulin spoke directly and coldly: “What a vicious person! Someone only insulted you, and you wanted to take their life?! If Brother Wan Dao hadn’t made a move, wouldn’t Yin Chu have been killed by you already?!”

Yu Xian looked up at Ji Yulin and immediately saw the bias and disgust in Ji Yulin’s eyes, knowing that he had lost all sense of fairness.

Yu Xian remained calm and said, “Elder, those seventeen people came to our door without cause to provoke us and insult us with their words. They demanded that I apologize and kneel down. Even if I really wanted to apologize to Fellow Daoist Guo, how could they force me to go? When I refused, they started to insult me, using foul language to insult my parents, all to provoke me into taking action so that I would bear the blame for striking first. But under these circumstances, if I didn’t take action, I would be unworthy of being a human being. So even though I knew it was a trap, I still took action. I beg you, Elder, to make the decision.”

Ji Yulin looked at Yu Xian’s calm gaze, his eyes growing colder, and said slowly, “They insulted you, so you attacked them?! Didn’t you report it to the judicial authorities?! Their insults are your excuse to attack them?! You’re utterly despicable!”

Yu Xian remained silent.

There’s no point in saying more. He has already recounted the whole story without embellishment. As for Ji Yulin’s bias, he can’t stop him.

Yu Xian was well aware of the karmic backlash from dismissing Guo Pin.

After all, it would be a joke if a master alchemist who has lived in the Xuantian Sect for decades didn’t have friends to help him.

It’s just that I’m not strong enough… that’s all.

Seeing that Yu Xian’s gaze was calm and showed no sign of panic or fear, Ji Yulin’s eyes revealed even more disgust.

He thinks he’s done nothing serious?! He thinks he just made a small mistake and will be released soon?! Dream on!

Ji Yulin turned to look at Lü Wanzhen and said in a deep voice, “Brother Lü, this boy is vicious. He killed someone over a mere verbal dispute with a fellow disciple. He is no different from a demon! If you hadn’t stopped him, another Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection disciple would have perished at his hands. Although I am not the chief enforcer today, I still suggest that you severely punish this boy! Cripple his cultivation! This will serve as a deterrent to those vicious people with dark hearts who seek revenge for petty grudges!”

Upon hearing this, the sixteen people’s eyes lit up with joy, and they bowed to Lü Wanzhen in unison, saying, “Please, Elder, do us justice!”

Lu Wanzhen frowned, deep in thought.

Yu Xian’s matter is neither a big deal nor a small one, but even if we consider the most severe punishment, it shouldn’t amount to the point of crippling his cultivation, right?

To strip someone of their cultivation is one of the most severe punishments inflicted on someone who has seriously violated the sect’s rules and committed a grave crime.

Yu Xian had nothing to say about Ji Yulin’s malicious exaggeration of the crime. He knew that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make. He would not, like when he was young, shout and question fairness even when facing a Golden Core expert.

He bowed deeply to Lü Wanzhen and said, “I beg the Elder of Law Enforcement to make the decision for this disciple.”

Lu Wanzhen frowned and pondered for a moment before slowly saying, “Qiu Feng, Yin Chu, Lin Yiman, and seventeen others deliberately provoked, caused trouble, and insulted their fellow disciples, violating three sect rules. They are hereby punished by being sent to work at the Longjing Mountain Mine for three months!”

Upon hearing this, the sixteen people were overjoyed and bowed in unison, saying, “We disciples know our mistake and accept the punishment!”

Then Lü Wanzhen looked at Yu Xian and said coldly, “Yu Xian, when others provoked you, why didn’t you come to the Judicial Gate or report to the experts of your Alchemy Sect? Instead, you relied on your cultivation to attack directly. If I hadn’t suppressed you in time, you would have committed murder! And after I suppressed you, you not only didn’t stop, but also attacked forcibly, which is utterly disregarding the sect rules! I should have crippled your cultivation, but considering that you were provoked by words and did not intentionally want to hurt anyone, I will punish you by making you spend five months in the dark jail! As a warning to others!”

As Lü Wanzhen spoke, the eyes of the sixteen men all revealed joy, filled with smugness and delight.

Even Ji Yulin nodded slightly after hearing the punishment, and said no more.

After serving five months in a dark prison, Yu Xian will likely be crippled even if he doesn’t die.

As for Yu Xian, although he didn’t know what kind of place this black prison was, he could tell from the smug, sneer, and gleeful expressions on these people’s faces.

That place must be an extremely terrifying place!

But at this moment, I couldn’t refuse.

“What, you disagree with my judgment?”

Seeing that Yu Xian remained silent, Lü Wanzhen’s gaze turned cold, and his words were filled with displeasure.

“Never mind…”

Yu Xian sighed inwardly and was about to bow and accept his punishment.

“What kind of bullshit judgment is this?! How can anyone accept it?!”

Just then, a shout suddenly rang out!

Everyone inside the Hall of Justice was startled and couldn’t help but look up at the entrance of the hall.

Under the light, three figures stood at the doorway, all slender, one of whom was exceptionally voluptuous, her almond-shaped eyebrows furrowed, her face contorted with anger as she stared directly at Lü Wanzhen.

These three were none other than Chen Manman, You Xiaohua, and Su Xiaoduo.

“Fellow Daoist Chen?”

When Lü Wanzhen saw that it was Chen Manman, he was slightly taken aback, a strange look flashing in his eyes. He asked in confusion, “What are you doing? How dare you interfere with my enforcement of the law?”

Chen Manman, already dressed in a green veil, strode in and said coldly, “Interfering with your law enforcement? Is your law enforcement fair? How can the disciples of my Alchemy Sect be bullied like this!?”

You Xiaohua and Su Xiaoduo followed immediately.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, what makes you say such a thing! Are you implying that my judicial system has acted unjustly?!”

Ji Yulin frowned, looking at the three women who walked in with displeasure, and said, “Furthermore, this is the place where my Judicial Bureau enforces the law! Even if you want to come, you should at least give us a heads-up! What do you think this place is!? You think you can just come and go as you please!?”

Chen Manman glanced at Ji Yulin, pointed at him, and said, “You, from now on, go refine pills yourself! From now on, the Pill Refining Sect will not use a single pill from you!”

Ji Yulin was stunned for a moment, then his face flushed red as he roared, “Chen Manman! Is the Alchemy Sect yours?! Do you think the Alchemy Sect is like your long-destroyed Medicine King Valley?! I’m going to the Alchemy Sect to get the pills, let’s see how you stop me!”

“Heh, if you want to buy some Tier 3 or Tier 4 junk, of course I won’t stop you.”

Chen Manman sneered and walked over to Yu Xian’s side, standing directly in front of him. Although he was half a head shorter than Yu Xian, he appeared very tall at this moment.

“But if you can get one high-grade fourth-rank or higher pill from the Alchemy Sect, I, Chen Manman, my senior sister, and all the alchemy masters that our sect has trained over this period who can refine fifth-rank pills will never refine another pill again!”

“you!”

Ji Yulin’s face trembled with rage, and he gritted his teeth and growled, “Chen Manman! You are abusing your power for personal gain! As a Golden Core Elder of the Haotian Sect, I am entitled to enjoy the pills from the Alchemy Sect! If you dare to incite all the alchemists to stop refining pills, the Supreme Elders will not tolerate you!”

“Then go ahead and try it! Have you lost your mind? See if those elders will tolerate me!”

Chen Manman snorted coldly, then turned and patted Yu Xian on the shoulder, glancing around as he said, “A master alchemist who can refine a mid-grade fifth-tier precious pill is a treasure anywhere!? Now, not only is he being bullied at the Haotian Sect’s gate, but you judicial officials are actually sentencing him to a heavy sentence!? Is there any justice left? Does the Haotian Sect still have any rules? Is there any fairness left?!”

A master alchemist who can refine mid-grade fifth-tier precious pills…

Lu Wanzhen’s expression changed slightly, and he looked at Yu Xian with a hint of surprise.

This kid… knows alchemy?

He can actually refine a mid-grade fifth-tier precious pill!?

Does that mean he can easily refine fifth-grade low-level and fourth-grade high-level precious pills?

Wouldn’t that mean he’s just as amazing as You Xiaohua?!

If you know alchemy, why have you never sat in the hall to refine pills? If you had only refined a fifth-grade pill once for any Golden Core elder, your reputation would have instantly spread!

Who do you think would mess with You Xiaohua?

If You Xiaohua were to encounter this situation, she wouldn’t need to come at all!

He dealt with and sentenced these seventeen troublemakers on the spot!

Legal principles are no different from human sentiments.

Therefore, human sentiment outweighs legal principles.

So-called rules, laws, and fairness are always ready to give way to human relationships, depending on how strong those relationships are!

The other sixteen people, as well as the law enforcement disciples around them, also changed their expressions upon hearing this.

A master alchemist capable of refining fifth-grade precious pills?

he?

Then isn’t he even more powerful than Guo Pin?!

As for Ji Yulin, he was filled with disbelief.

Although Guo Pin had refined many high-grade fourth-order pills for him, which was a great favor, if he had known earlier that Yu Xian could refine fifth-order pills, he would never have targeted Yu Xian!

There will be so many places that need the help of alchemy masters in the future; he’s not really out of his mind!

The Alchemy Sect currently only has two Alchemy Masters and two Alchemy Grandmasters, Chen Manman and Hong Shao.

Yu Xian stared at Chen Manman in a daze, genuinely surprised that Chen Manman would come to help him.

Chen Manman patted Yu Xian on the shoulder and said solemnly, “Don’t worry, with me and Senior Sister here, no one will dare to bully the people of our Alchemy Sect!”

“Cough cough…”

Another cough echoed through the hall of law enforcement.

Before anyone knew it, a figure had already stood next to Lü Wanzhen and Ji Yulin.

Lu Wanzhen and Ji Yulin quickly said, “Greetings, Senior Brother.”

The figure that appeared was a young man dressed in purple robes, with a magnificent aura and a cultivation level of the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage!

He was Qin Shizong, the head of the Judicial Gate.

“It’s quite lively.”

Qin Shizong looked at Chen Manman with a faint smile and said, “Isn’t this the Great Fairy Chen? What brings you to my Judicial Gate today?”

“Do you think I wanted to come?”

Chen Manman showed no respect to Qin Shizong, coldly saying, “If I hadn’t come, the genius alchemists of my alchemy sect would have been ruined by your judicial office! How do you manage your subordinates? Their judgments and sentencing are completely unjust!”

“oh?”

Qin Shizong was not angry. He simply nodded and turned to look at Lü Wanzhen and Ji Yulin, saying, “Junior Brother Lü, what happened? How did you provoke the Great Immortal Chen to such an outburst? Did you act unfairly?”

“this……”

Lu Wanzhen was the law enforcement elder of the Law Enforcement Sect this year, so the sect leader naturally had to ask him when he had something to say.

At this moment, while cursing Ji Yulin for being such a fool and causing him to add to Yu Xian’s punishment, he quickly thought and finally solemnly said, “Sect Leader, I did not act unjustly. The matter is as follows… Later, Yin Chu only slightly insulted him, and he then tried to kill Yin Chu. I immediately used my magic to stop him, but he resisted my suppression and beat Yin Chu like this. Such blatant disregard for sect rules is too heinous, so I sentenced him to five months in the dark prison.”

“He didn’t just slightly insult Senior Brother Yu!”

But then another voice rang out, immediately causing Qin Shizong and Lü Wanzhen to frown and show their displeasure.

This wasn’t Chen Manman interrupting, but rather a minor cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!

Su Xiaoduo pointed at Yin Chu and said, “This man insulted my senior brother’s parents with his words, which were extremely offensive and could be described as the most vicious. That’s why my senior brother couldn’t stand it and hit him! I saw all of this with my own eyes!”

“Did you hear that?”

Chen said slowly, “Hitting someone is wrong, but does cursing someone give you the right to do so?! He insulted someone’s parents, and they still didn’t hit him?! Does that mean you just pretend nothing happens when people insult your parents outside?”

The two men’s expressions immediately darkened.

Chen Manman ignored the two and continued to shout, “Speaking of beating people, look at all these wounds on his body! There are more than a dozen! Each one is so deep that you can see the bone! If it weren’t for his strong physique, he would have been beaten to death long ago! You didn’t see him being surrounded and attacked, did you? You only saw that piece of trash being beaten unconscious, right? Huh!?”

The sixteen Foundation Establishment cultivators at the Great Perfection stage all lowered their heads and dared not speak. If anyone dared to open their mouth and argue, Chen Manman might turn around and slap that person.

“alright.”

Qin Shizong was also somewhat helpless, but finally raised his hand to suppress the anger and said, “In this way, both sides shall bear half the responsibility and go to the Dragon Crystal Mountain Mine to mine for three months as a warning to others!”

“That’s more like it.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Manman didn’t say anything more, only nodding and saying, “But we need to wait until he’s fully recovered before he goes back to mining. I need to take him back to heal now.”

Emperor Qin waved his hand helplessly and said, “Go, go.”

Chen Manman then revealed a faint smile and said, “Well, Brother Qin, if you need to refine any pills in the future, just come to me, and I’ll give you a 20% discount.”

Emperor Qin rolled his eyes, finally unable to hold back any longer, and shouted, “If you utter another word of nonsense, I will show no mercy!”

“Hmph~”.

Seeing this, Chen Manman tilted her head back and patted Yu Xian’s shoulder again, saying, “Let’s go!”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the courthouse.

Yu Xian didn’t linger. He turned around, stood with Su Xiaoduo and You Xiaohua, followed Chen Manman, and quickly left.