The Shangluo Mountain God respectfully handed the Immortal Official Jade Certificate back to Fang Jian. After Fang Jian took it back, he looked at the Shangluo Mountain God and said, "Remember to check the Immortal Official Jade Certificate first next time."

"Yes." The Shangluo Mountain God bowed and said.

Fang Jian asked again, "How many Jieyu have you sold in the past few days?"

The Shangluo Mountain God quickly replied, "Reporting to True Lord Hongqing, a total of 8,500 Jieyu were sold. Here is the account book."

As he spoke, the Shangluo Mountain God handed the account book to Fang Jian. Fang Jian took it, scanned it with his divine consciousness, and then put the book away, saying, "I'll take the account book. There are 8,500 robbery jades. You keep 800 of them, and the rest will be handed over to the Nantian Mansion."

"I will obey the command." The Shangluo Mountain God bowed respectfully and accepted the order.

Fang Jian then raised his hand and issued an imperial decree that went straight into the Thirty-Sixth Heaven. He then addressed the Shangluo Mountain God and said, "Now I have a question for you. How much do you sell the Demon-Repelling Talisman and the Exorcist Powder for?"

The Shangluo Mountain God immediately replied, "Reporting to the True Lord Hongqing, one demon-repelling talisman for ten robbery jades, one demon-dispelling powder for one bottle of robbery jade."

Fang Jian turned to Zheng Xuling and asked, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, do you still want to borrow the Jie Yu?"

Zheng Xuling shuddered, then suddenly woke up. He then said with admiration, "Master Hongqing, that's not necessary. This is more than enough."

After saying this, Zheng Xuling said directly to the Shangluo Mountain God, "Mountain Lord, I want to buy ten Jieyu demon-repelling talismans and ten Jieyu demon-dispelling powders."

"Okay." The Shangluo Mountain God quickly turned around and said, "General Patrol, quickly fetch one hundred demon-repelling talismans and ten bottles of exorcism powder."

"Yes." The patrolling general nodded, then quickly stood up, took the talisman and left.

At this moment, there was a sudden thunder in the clear sky outside the mountain god temple. The Shangluo Mountain God felt a tightness in his heart. Thinking of the decree Fang Jian had just issued, he immediately turned his head to look outside the mountain god temple.

Not long after, the sound of armor colliding was heard from outside, and then more than ten tall figures walked directly into the main hall of the mountain temple.

Leading the group was a Xuanxian realm Thunder General wearing a divine golden armor and a thunder robe. After he entered the hall, he glanced left and right, passing directly over the Shangluo Mountain God and Zheng Xuling, and finally fell on Fang Jian.

Then General Lei quickly stepped forward, came before Fang Jian, bowed, and said, "General Lei Kuang Yan has come here on orders, awaiting the orders of True Lord Hongqing."

The Shangluo Mountain God gulped nervously, but Fang Jian didn't order him arrested. Instead, he turned and looked at him and said, "A decree stamped solely with the Nanyue Prefecture's Shangshu seal is illegal. Article 12 of the 'Heavenly Laws: Immortal Official Laws' stipulates that all decrees concerning major matters in the Heavenly Court must be stamped with the seal of the chief official. Any decree stamped solely with the seal of a lesser official will be deemed invalid. Acting upon such a forged decree constitutes dereliction of duty."

After saying this, Fang Jian looked at the Shangluo Mountain God and asked, "Don't you have any doubts at all?"

"I am guilty." The Shangluo Mountain God bowed and said.

Fang Jian said, "I know you dare not offend the majesty of the Nanyue Mansion, but if this happens once, it will happen countless times. If you continue to remain silent about such obvious violations of the Heavenly Law, if something serious happens in the future, can you escape the punishment of the Heavenly Law?"

These words made the Shangluo Mountain God break out in a cold sweat, and he began to confess his sins and mistakes.

"This time you are found guilty of dereliction of duty, and the imperial edict is issued to the Nan Tian Prefecture to reprimand you. You will not be promoted to any official rank or priesthood within three hundred years. Do you have anything to say?" Fang Jian asked.

The Shangluo Mountain God quickly bowed and said, "This humble official knows that his sins are grave, and I am willing to accept the punishment of Heaven without complaint."

"Okay." Fang Jian nodded, then turned to Kuang Yan and said, "General Lei, please accompany me to Nanyue Prefecture."

Kuang Yan was slightly startled, but immediately responded, "Yes."

Fang Jian nodded to Zheng Xuling beside him, then he took the Thunder General Kuang Yan and more than ten thunder soldiers and flew on the clouds, all the way to Mount Hengshan in the south.

As Fang Jian and others left, the body of the Shangluo Mountain God softened and he almost collapsed to the ground. Zheng Xuling, who was beside him, was quick to support the Shangluo Mountain God.

"This time... I really escaped death." The Shangluo Mountain God said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Zheng Xuling asked in surprise: "Where did the tiger come from?

"You mean that? Didn't True Lord Hongqing condemn you for dereliction of duty?"

The Shangluo Mountain God said, "You don't know, this matter is of great importance and involves the Nanyue Palace. If True Lord Hongqing doesn't want to offend the Nanyue Emperor... then I..."

Zheng Xuling finally understood that the Shangluo Mountain God meant that if Fang Jian didn't want to offend the Emperor Nanyue, he would put the blame on him and then execute him.

"True Lord Hongqing is definitely not such a person." Zheng Xuling said.

At this time, the patrol general had already taken out the talisman powder and handed it to Zheng Xuling. Zheng Xuling took the ten bottles of exorcism powder and the one hundred demon-repelling talismans, and was extremely excited. "It feels like I suddenly became rich." Zheng Xuling said.

Suddenly, Zheng Xuling seemed to remember something and hurriedly bowed to the Shangluo Mountain God and said goodbye.

Then Zheng Xuling left the mountain temple, collected the talismans, and immediately sent letters to his fellow Taoists and fellow disciples to inform them of the matter.

Not long after, the Shangluo Mountain God handed over 7,700 of the 8,500 robbery jades to the Nantian Palace and gave a complete description of these robbery jades in his report.

So when the Minister of the Southern Heaven Prefecture, Master Bai Zhen, received this special surrender of robbery jade, he was still a little confused about what the Shangluo Mountain God meant.

Then he saw the report from the Shangluo Mountain God. The Shangluo Mountain God Temple had sold a total of 400 demon-repelling talismans and 83 bottles of demon-dispelling powder, and the total amount of robbery jades obtained was 8,500...

"That's not right." Master Bai Zhen saw the problem immediately. "How dare the Shangluo Mountain God change the price of the talismans without permission!"

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