Chapter 131
Gu Dao's voice was authoritative, yet upon closer listening, it also possessed a certain warmth.
Ling Wu stood up, cupped her hands in a Daoist salute, and said, "Father Emperor."
The game could only continue if the other player was present.
"Not even a day has passed, and Xiao Wu has already become estranged from me again. I am only here today to oversee things and observe the squabbles among the immortals over the past five hundred years, so Xiao Wu need not take offense at me."
He smiled indulgently, but Lingwu felt a sense of incongruity looking at this face that resembled His own.
Lingwu said nothing, only nodded, and sat at the head of the table with Gu Dao, watching the immortals below pass the buck to each other.
Until a celestial being stepped forward.
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor and the Immortal Enforcer, three hundred years ago, I saw that the Fairy of Dew Palace, in order to see the God of War, did not sprinkle dew on the mortal realm at dawn, which caused the mortal realm to have no morning dew for that year."
After the immortal in green finished speaking, he cupped his hands and handed over the image-recording stone and the documents recorded in the human world.
Ling Wu took it and first handed it to Gu Dao, but Gu Dao shook his head, "Xiao Wu is the master of the Punishment Hall, and I will not interfere in this matter. Xiao Wu can do whatever she wants today, and there is no need to report to me."
Upon seeing this, Lingwu withdrew her document, opened the document again, and looked at the recording stone. Her crimson lips parted slightly: "This matter is true. The second rule of the Immortal Rules, is the Fairy of Dew Palace aware of it?"
As soon as Ling Wu finished speaking, Fairy Lu Gong's face turned pale. She bowed and knelt down, "This humble fairy knows her mistake! But this humble fairy also has something to report!"
She glanced at the immortal in blue before biting her lip and saying, "Immortal Lord Yazhu was once infatuated with the fairy of the Moon Palace. For this reason, he sent her breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day without fail, which caused a large number of immortal herbs to be damaged in the spirit herb garden he managed on the south side of the immortal realm! Fortunately, it is not wartime now, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"
The immortal in blue robes, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, tensed up again.
After this initial exchange, the group of immortals began to blame each other.
Damaging items in the celestial realm because of love turned to hate.
Obsession with love can cause immense damage to the human world.
She secretly descended to the mortal realm and fell in love with a mortal.
Using magical powers in front of mortals will bring great disaster.
She became entangled with a male demon from the demon realm, thus revealing matters of the immortal realm.
Even many immortal venerables were dragged into it, and the entire Punishment Hall was thrown into chaos!
Just as Gu Dao's expression grew colder, Ling Wu flicked her sleeve, withdrew her gaze from the immortals, and set up a chessboard between herself and the Immortal Emperor.
"Father Emperor, let them make a fuss for now."
Lingwu pushed the basket of black chess pieces across the ancient road.
The anger on Gu Dao's face vanished in an instant. He glanced at the chess pieces, and after a moment, a smile appeared on his lips.
"Hei Zi goes first; Xiao Wu rarely displays such an arrogant and unruly demeanor."
"Why does the Emperor think that Xiao Wu is arrogant, rather than being humble and hoping that you will give Xiao Wu some leeway?" Ling Wu raised her eyes after speaking, with a hint of competitiveness in her expression.
Gu Dao raised an eyebrow, then placed a piece on the chessboard and smiled, "A game of chess is like a decision; a single move can make all the difference. The Emperor Father didn't let you win because he wanted to temper Xiao Wu's character. If he had let you win, wouldn't he have harmed you?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Wu smiled brightly: "What the Emperor Father said makes sense."
As she finished speaking, she picked up the chess piece and placed it down, but then paused abruptly before looking up at the ancient road.
But Gu Dao just joked, "Once a move is made, there's no going back."
Lingwu withdrew her finger and stared intently at him.
What a perfect example of "no regrets after a move is made".
In all his lifetimes, he truly never regretted it.
In the end, the hall was silent, and both players had each other's chess pieces in their chess baskets.
Gu Dao didn't seem to care much, "It seems it's leveled."
Lingwu picked up the white piece she had been playing with and placed it on the chessboard.
"Click—" A crisp sound rang out.
One move can determine the outcome.
"Father Emperor, you have lost." Ling Wu confessed in front of all the immortals. Her voice was neither loud nor soft, but it made the hearts of the group of immortals tremble.
In the entire Six Realms, only the Law Enforcement Immortal Venerable dares to defy the Immortal Emperor in this way!
"Xiao Wu has won, and I, the Emperor, am humbled." Gu Dao was not angry, as if everything was under his control.
Ling Wu smiled faintly, lowering her eyes to hide the indifference in them.
With a flick of the finger, the chessboard vanished from the scene in an instant.
In the celestial realm, no punishment is more severe than whipping, having one's immortal bones extracted, or being stripped of one's immortal body.
Or perhaps they are banished to the mortal world to experience the seven emotions and six desires. If they can return, they still have a chance; if they cannot return, they will never have a chance to become immortals again in any of their future lives.
A group of immortals who had once been deeply infatuated with love were trembling with fear, but they were still not awake at this moment, only regretting that they could not be more careful.
Lingwu removed the hair ribbon from her hair bun, and the flowing texture fell into her hand, transforming into a chain.
"As I said yesterday, having evidence can offset one's own criminal responsibility; those with more serious offenses will have their sentences reduced, and those with less serious offenses will not be held responsible."
As soon as Ling Wu finished speaking, the group of immortals all breathed a sigh of relief.
But Lingwu took out the Book of Yin and Yang from her hand.
The aura of the treasure was not concealed, and a strange light appeared in Gu Dao's eyes.
Lingwu pretended not to know and said, "But I also have all the past things that you have committed."
As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand slightly, and the crimes committed by the immortals present were thus openly and publicly revealed.
“This… Immortal Venerable, perhaps this is also fake…” an immortal said in a trembling voice.
Lingwu's gaze settled on him. "Each of the Six Realms possesses a supreme treasure, and this is one of them: the Book of Yin and Yang."
The immortals had complicated expressions. Some turned around and wanted to escape, but the law enforcement chain in Lingwu's hand would not let them have their way.
The platinum chains transformed into streams of light, and in no time, the immortal lord was bound and brought back!
Ling Wu stood at the head of the table, her voice indifferent: "I forgot to tell you all that my natal magic weapon is not only the Enforcement Whip, but also this Enforcement Chain."
"Anyone who attempts to escape will be punished even more severely."
The chain of law enforcement tightened around the bound immortal, and the faint smell of blood could be smelled in the nostrils of all the immortals!
Seeing this, the group of immortals completely gave up their plans to escape.
Since there's no way to escape, it's better to suffer less physical pain.
The whip trembled slightly in Ling Wu's hand, as if it couldn't wait. Seeing this, Ling Wu smoothed it down and smiled gently at the group of silent immortals.
"The Enforcement Whip can be transformed into thousands in the Punishment Hall. If any of you immortals wish to have your sentences reduced, you may wield the Enforcement Whip on my behalf... to administer punishments to the other immortals."
After she finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.
A moment later, a celestial being raised his hand, "Immortal Venerable, may I proceed?"
Ling Wu nodded to him, and the whip fell into his hand, opening a torture chamber as Ling Wu wished.
Seeing the immortal hesitate, Lingwu casually pointed, and the immortal lord she pointed at was instantly bound by chains to his limbs and locked in a torture chamber!
"Go ahead," Ling Wu said gently.
Seeing the immortal float to the torture chamber, just as the door was about to close, Lingwu said, "If you do not use your full strength, then I will inflict the punishment of the tortured person on the torturer."
As soon as these words were spoken, the original meaning in the eyes of the several immortals who were looking at each other slowly turned into hostility!
Even the most aloof immortals are now arguing endlessly over the identity of an executioner.
Lingwu smiled gently and casually divided the group of immortals into pairs.
Seeing the barely suppressed excitement on the executioner's face, Ling Wu smiled even more gently.
Unbeknownst to them, the person who had just been tortured would receive a miraculous medicine to temporarily suppress the pain after the torture was over, and then their identities would be swapped with those of the torturers.
Gu Dao remained silent throughout, gazing at the now-empty execution hall and listening to the agonizing cries emanating from the torture chambers. The fleeting darkness in his eyes vanished.
"Where did Xiao Wu get this underworld treasure from?"
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