When Fang Jian arrived at the South Heaven Gate, the giant spirit and the dozen or so heavenly generals rushed over and surrounded Fang Jian.

"Juling God, what are you doing?" Fang Jian asked directly to Juling God.

The giant spirit came to Fang Jian, took out a piece of silk from his sleeve and said, "Master Hongqing, take a look, take a look."

Fang Jian took the silk from the giant spirit's hand in surprise and unfolded it. He saw that it was densely covered with records of the giant spirit borrowing jade from others.

Fang Jian didn't even look at it carefully. He directly handed the silk back to the giant spirit and asked, "How much did you borrow?"

The Giant Spirit said with a sad face, "More than ten million, True Lord Hongqing, now it's all gone. How am I going to live in the future?"

"How are you supposed to live? Live your life the way you should." Fang Jian looked at the Giant Spirit God and said, "You are a Celestial Spirit God, a super-grade immortal official, yet you actually engage in hoarding and speculation. I'm already showing mercy by not punishing you. Do you want me to compensate you with the Robbery Jade?"

At this point, Fang Jian looked up at the dozen or so immortal ropes tied to the pillars of the South Heavenly Gate and said, "You're threatening me with death by hanging yourself? Do you think this method can scare me? Hmm?"

Fang Jian glared at the Giant Spirit and the others, then displayed his divine power. The Giant Spirit and the dozen or so heavenly generals felt Fang Jian's majesty and immediately lowered their heads.

But soon the Giant Spirit God raised his head again and said, "Master Hongqing, we are not threatening you. It's just that we have lost everything and owe so much Jieyu. Please show us a way forward, Master Hongqing."

"Are you afraid of debt collectors?" Fang Jian said to Ju Lingshen and others.

The Giant Spirit nodded and said, "Yes, that's so embarrassing, True Lord Hongqing, we are truly penniless this time. All the salary and savings we have accumulated over the years are gone. Please have pity on us."

"Yes, True Lord Hongqing." The dozen or so Heavenly Generals also pleaded, "Please have mercy on us."

"Please show us a clear path, Master Hongqing."

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Seeing these usually majestic generals begging him so humbly, Fang Jian was furious. "You are truly... outrageous! You are truly insulting the majesty of the Heavenly Court."

After hearing this, although the giant spirit and others looked extremely ashamed, they still looked at Fang Jian with pitiful eyes.

Fang Jian sighed and said, "Since you are always loyal to your duties, I will help you this time, but only this time. If there is a next time, you don't even need to ask, I will have you hanged on the South Heaven Gate, and let all the immortals and cultivators in the Great World of Yanfu come to see you!"

Upon hearing this, the giant spirit and others were immediately overjoyed and quickly bowed to Fang Jian to express their gratitude.

Fang Jian waved his hand and said to the dozen or so Heavenly Generals, "Give me the silk you borrowed."

The dozen or so Heavenly Generals immediately handed the silk cloth to Fang Jian. After receiving the silk cloth, Fang Jian said, "First, take my talisman to the Grain and Supply Bureau now. The Grain and Supply Bureau will buy all the Red God Cinnabar you have at a fair price. Second, after you sell all the Red God Cinnabar to the Grain and Supply Bureau at a fair price, no matter how many Robbery Jade you get, you must first repay a portion of the Robbery Jade debt. I will investigate later."

"After all the debts owed for the Jieyu have been repaid, you will all go to the Zhengfa Hall in Taishi Xiandu to receive the order." Fang Jian said.

Upon hearing this, the Giant Spirit God and the others bowed joyfully and said, "Yes, thank you, True Lord Hongqing."

Afterwards, Fang Jian gave imperial edicts to everyone one by one. After receiving the edicts, Ju Lingshen and others immediately bid farewell to Fang Jian and hurried to the grain and food yard of the Taixuan Bureau.

Although the Grain and Food Bureau purchased their cinnabar at a fair price, this would allow them to recover a large portion of their losses in an instant, enough to pay off part of their debts.

Fang Jian then returned to Taishi Xiandu. Shortly thereafter, a decree was issued from Taishi Xiandu in the name of the God of Justice. The decree stated: "Juling Shen and other celestial generals, blinded by greed, have exploited the demonic power to hoard valuables. While this does not violate Heavenly Law, it undermines Heavenly Majesty." Therefore, the God of Justice has, at his discretion, punished Juling Shen and his companions. Specifically, Juling Shen is demoted to the position of Earth Lord of the Unified World for fifty years. The Central Heavenly General, Hong An, and twelve others are demoted to the position of Divine Generals of the Earth Divine Palace for another fifty years. Upon receiving the decree, they immediately traveled to the Unified World to accept their punishment.

This is Fang Jian's way of helping them. Although this is also a punishment, it can allow the Giant Spirit and others to hide in the Hunyi Heaven for fifty years.

Moreover, with their abilities, it is not difficult for them to earn some robbery jade in the Unified Heavens within the past fifty years. There are robbery jade veins in the heavens, so there is no shortage of robbery jade. It just depends on whether the giant spirit and others have the ability to earn it.

Of course, there is another reason why Fang Jian made such arrangements. That is, Tang Yu and the others are all rebuilding their bodies on Earth, so it is just right to let the giant spirit protect them.

Three days later, the Giant Spirit and others who had paid off part of their debts took advantage of the fact that other creditors had not yet come to them, and hurried to Taishi Immortal City to receive the imperial edict of punishment, and then rushed to Hunyi Heaven to receive punishment overnight.

Although the creditors reacted quickly, by then the Giant Spirit God and others had already arrived in the Hunyi Heavens, and they could not chase after them to collect their debts.

As for Fang Jian, they would not bother him at all. No matter whether Fang Jian's punishment decree was intentional or unintentional, no one would bother Fang Jian.

However, those creditors themselves were innocent, so Fang Jian naturally wouldn't let the giant spirit ignore them.

So Fang Jian summoned all the creditors to his Zhengfa Hall, gave them a seat, and offered them tea. He then said, "The Giant Spirit and his companions have gone to the Chaos Heavens, partly as punishment for their duties, and partly to avoid their debts. But rest assured, fellow Taoists, they will return in fifty years. If they still don't return your Jieyu, I will personally collect it on your behalf."

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