This person was Lu Ban, one of the eight young supervisors of Tiangong Academy. "Master, are you calling me?" Lu Ban bowed to Master Gonghe and asked after entering the hall.

Master Gonghe looked at Lu Ban's official robe, which was already very worn out. Even the color of the robe was almost worn out.

Master Gonghe said helplessly, "Master Lu, please change into a new official robe. We at Tiangong Academy have no shortage of robes. How long have you been wearing this one?"

Lu Ban said, "It seems to be three thousand years?"

"Three thousand years!" Master Gonghe's eyes widened. "Don't even mention it's a Yangshen Realm robe. Even a True Immortal Realm robe wouldn't withstand such wear and tear after three thousand years. Go downstairs and get three new official robes."

Lu Ban smiled authentically and said, "I still have more than a dozen new official robes in my house, but none of them have been worn. Why would I, a carpenter, wear such new official robes? Old ones are more comfortable."

Gonghe Zhenren was speechless and said, "But if you go out like this, people will say that I, the head of the temple, abused you."

"No, no." Lu Ban smiled and sat down on a chair beside him. "Master, do you have tea?"

Gonghe Zhenren raised his hand and pointed to the teapot on the table to Lupin's right and said, "There's some in there. Pour it yourself. What's the matter? Are you thirsty?"

Lu Ban sighed and said, "The Supreme Lord Laozi sent a boy from the Tushita Palace to help me make a 'Yi Wood Qinghua Lotus Platform' for him. I made it in the alchemy room, and it was so hot that I was dying."

Master Gonghe said in surprise, "Yi Mu Qing Hua Lotus Platform? Lao Jun is truly magnanimous. Yi Mu Qing Hua is truly a good thing, but why is it still being made in the alchemy room?"

Lu Ban poured a cup of spiritual tea and said, "Alas, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of making the lotus platform to take out some of the leftover Yimu Qinghua wood to cut into a string of beads. Unfortunately, Taishang Laojun is very powerful. Perhaps he saw what I was thinking. He asked me to do it in the alchemy room. The leftover wood was directly thrown into the alchemy furnace by the boy and burned."

After saying this, although Lu Ban felt a little regretful, he still laughed and said, "But my hard work is not in vain. The Supreme Lord Laojun gave me a golden elixir that he had just made."

"Oh?" Master Gonghe's eyes lit up and he asked, "What kind of pill?"

Lu Ban smiled and said, "Yi Mu Qing Hua Dan, a golden elixir specially used for practicing the Wood Element Dao method."

"Isn't that perfect for you?" Master Gonghe said with envy, "Laojun's Golden Elixir! You are so lucky."

Lu Ban smiled and asked, "By the way, Master, why did you ask me to come?"

"Oh." Master Gonghe handed the decree to Lu Ban and said, "Master Hongqing wants to expand the Heavenly Prison in Xitianfu, so you should go to Xitianfu."

When Lu Ban heard this, he was immediately surprised and asked, "Expand the Heavenly Prison? Isn't the Heavenly Prison big enough?"

Lu Ban had reason to be shocked. He was the one who built the Four Heavenly Kings' Palaces and he knew very well how big the Heavenly Prison was.

Master Gong He was not surprised at all, "He is Master Hong Qing, and he is in Xiniu Hezhou, so it is normal that there are not enough."

Lu Ban sighed and said, "Okay, but the expansion of the Heavenly Prison also requires a Jue Tong formation, so Pang Shaojian has to go with me. I can't set up the entire Jue Tong formation by myself."

The Pang Shaojian mentioned by Lu Ban, also known as Pang Degong, was a genius who was proficient in battle formations.

Master Gonghe nodded and said, "Okay."

Thus, Lu Ban and Pang Degong set off for the Western Heavenly Palace. They would first conduct a site survey and map the site. Only after the blueprints were completed would the Tiangong Academy send in the construction personnel and materials. The buildings in the Heavenly Palace weren't just ordinary structures that could be transformed and constructed with magical powers. Instead, they possessed hundreds of functions, including defense, small-scale barriers, spiritual reception, transportation, and sealing. Therefore, they required professional construction.

...

Just when Lu Ban and Pang Degong were rushing to Xitian Palace, Kong Ming had already met Ye Hua and others and returned to Hongde Hall.

"Master Hongqing." Kong Ming said to Fang Jian the first thing he did after seeing him: "Yehua and the others are willing to use their own merits to offset their sins."

Fang Jian was calm when he heard this. Since the destiny was established, this kind of thing was bound to happen.

If one can use merits to offset sins, why should one suffer the pain of imprisonment in this Western Paradise?

Fang Jian said calmly, "Using merit to offset sins is one of the fixed rules set by the Great Celestial Venerable, so there's no problem with that. But their crimes haven't been fully investigated yet, so we'll use them to offset them once we've investigated them."

Upon hearing this, Kong Ming couldn't help but ask, "Then, Master Hongqing, when will the crimes of Ye Hua and the others be investigated?"

Fang Jian smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Kongming, there's no need to ask any more questions. Once the matter is fully investigated, Xitian Prefecture will announce it."

Kong Ming asked again, "May I ask Master Hong Qing, how will this announcement be made?"

Fang Jian's eyes fixed, and then he said, "I will set up a 'Announcement Stele' outside the Baituo Palace in Xitian Prefecture. When the time comes, fellow Taoists can go to the monument to check the Xitian Prefecture's announcement."

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Master Hongqing, for clearing up my doubts." Kongming bowed respectfully.

At this time, a divine general walked in from outside the Hongde Hall and reported: "Your Excellency, the two junior supervisors from the Tiangong Academy have arrived."

Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately said, "Please sit in the side hall for a while, the two eunuchs. I will be leaving soon."

"Yes." The general responded and left.

Upon seeing this, Kong Ming immediately stood up and said, "Master Hong Qing is busy with his affairs, so I will not disturb you any more. I will take my leave now."

Fang Jian nodded and said, "Okay, Daoist Kongming, take care. Capture and kill the general. Please see Daoist Kongming off for me."

"Yes." General Luo Tao, who was in charge of capturing and killing the general, responded respectfully.

After Kongming left, Fang Jian immediately got up and went to the side hall.