Chapter 77 It is impossible to enter the prison cell (more)

The new disciples saw for the first time how prisoners were interrogated in the Eighteen-sided dungeon.

Yuan Ye folded his arms and whispered, "This is totally different from our mortal world."

Lin Du nodded, expressing his deep affirmation. It was completely different from what was shown in modern TV dramas.

There was no whipping, no torture. First, the offering was offered, three incense sticks were burned, and greetings were paid to the ancestors of heaven and earth. Then the person was placed in a seat, poured a cup of hot tea, and politely inquired about his name, teacher, and background.

Shao Fei was still unconscious, and the first person to be interrogated was the monk who had been frozen into a human stick.

The monk drank a cup of hot tea shiveringly, and the frost on his eyelashes melted away. He met Master He Gui's particularly kind gaze, and then looked at the row of disciples of the Supreme Sect who were standing with their arms folded and looking down on him. Suddenly, he felt a sense of disconnection.

He Guisheng was extremely gentle and kind, and his words were also gentle and kind. "So, fellow Taoist, what is your name and where are you from?"

"Li Wei, from Jingji Island."

He Gui smiled slightly, "Li Wei? Daoist friend, this name is very simple and natural."

Lin Du lowered his eyes to hide his deep thoughts. In the world of cultivation, there are not many names with such simple and honest characters. There are 260,000 people named Li Wei and 290,000 people named Zhang Wei in the country. He didn't know how many people in the world of cultivation had this name.

Without waiting for the monk to answer, He Gui asked another question, "What is your purpose in coming to the Supreme Sect's territory?"

"Passing by, wandering."

He Gui nodded, his eyes becoming more friendly, and asked a few more questions casually. The monk also answered briefly. Who knew that the questioner suddenly changed the subject, "Then, Taoist friend Zhang Wei, why did you appear at the scene of the evil way of eating people?"

"I was just passing by. What a coincidence." Monk Si had no idea that He Gui had changed his last name in his words.

He Gui let out a long "oh" and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He turned to the guard and said, "Take him to Jiuyou Pavilion. I think this Taoist fellow has lost his memory and even forgot his last name, Li or Zhang. He needs some time to remember who he is and what he does."

A few children didn't know what Jiuyou Pavilion was, and they wanted to go and see it out of curiosity.

He Gui was wearing a light-colored robe and still smiled gently, "Children don't need to watch it. It's meaningless and boring."

It's not boring at all, it's a place without any spirits, and it also cuts off the five senses. You can't see, hear, touch, or smell, there's nothing at all.

I couldn't sense the passage of time, nor did I have anything to do to pass the time. I couldn't even project my consciousness.

After listening to the explanation, Lin Du took another look at the three burning incense sticks.

Before half an incense stick had burned out, a report came in from the guards.

"Confess?" He Gui, who was sitting upright, suddenly raised his head.

The guard appeared from the other side path.

"I confessed. I was hired by the owner of Fusifang to test the strength of our sect's four new disciples who were on the Qingyun list. I chose a mountain village in the subordinate area and lured the tiger monster down the mountain to eat cattle, so that the village chief would ask the sect for help. This kind of small matter is usually handled by low-level monks going down the mountain."

"Who would have thought that when he was secretly observing, he would happen to encounter an evil cultivator eating people, so he carried the young tiger and walked around there for a while, hoping to make it more difficult for several brothers and uncles to solve the case, so that he could secretly test their strength and intelligence. However, he did not expect that after the test, when he left under the cover of night, he was caught by several junior brothers."

He Gui smiled slightly, "The people sent by Fu Si Fang this year are not good enough. They were captured alive."

Lin Du had already learned from Yuan Ye and Yan Qing that the new cultivators on the Qingyun Ranking would be tested for strength and information. Hearing this, he sneered, "How can you let a tiger cub go, but watch a child being eaten?"

"Maybe it's not releasing the tiger," He Gui said in a gentle voice, his amber eyes gleaming with light. "For people like them who make a living by bounty, it's inconvenient to carry a living animal. If you run around in the daytime, he won't be able to find a place to kill the tiger and take its skin and bones. That's why he prepared the prey and set off when he thought you guys would settle down and not go out to explore."

"Who would have thought that you would go out of your way to look for tiger cubs?"

He Guijian felt a little heavy-hearted when he saw the disciples. He smiled and patted their shoulders. "You are all smart kids. The price of your information is now worth at least one thousand spirit stones."

"That's a bit low." Lin Du commented, "Who is the most valuable person in our Supreme Sect?"

He Gui hesitated for a moment and said, "It's hard to say."

"The one who has sold the highest price among the 100 generations of disciples is your eldest senior brother Mo Lin. He practices the Hidden Sword. In the past, he defeated seven people, but no one could make him pull out the sword. "

"For my generation, it's Senior Brother Jiang Liang, because he never goes out and is invaluable;"

"I only know Uncle Master Yan Ye from my previous generation. He is about the same age as Jiang Liang and doesn't like to go out. The price of his information was five thousand spirit stones. But like Mo Lin, no one has ever touched the upper limit of his formation achievement."

Lin Du touched his chin thoughtfully, "The disciple is better than the master, so I must be worth at least six thousand."

The four young men looked at each other, with a tacit understanding revealed on their faces.

No matter what, the price can only be higher and not lower.

People's desire to win is always fully displayed in such small matters.

"What's the real name of that Li Wei or Zhang Wei?" Lin Du asked, "I think this kind of 'bounty hunter' is also a feature of this kind of game, where you can just fall into a crowd and shout out your name and eight hundred people will respond?"

"There are so many names of bounty hunters, who knows them all?" He Gui smiled warmly, "It doesn't matter, we can just reform him in our Junding Mansion, and then post the criminal's name and portrait, and wait for his employer to pick him up."

The abacus in Ju Yuan's hand creaked, "When people come to collect, it will be another income. This year's annual tax for Junding Prefecture will be settled."

Yuan Ye asked in a low voice, "How to transform it?"

"For an ordinary prisoner like him, if he obeys the rules, he will get up at 3 p.m. and start reciting the precepts and the Compassion Sutra in the morning, and then start doing handicrafts at 1 p.m. Because this is a place without spirits, all the work is rough work that does not require spiritual power..."

Lin Dufu's mind is filled with blessings. Is this the sewing machine of the cultivation world?

"Sewing clothes and repairing umbrellas?"

"Yes," He Gui continued, "usually they do repairs and bricklaying for the city, as well as various workshop jobs. After all, we are in great need of labor in Junding Prefecture."

"Continue to recite the commandments until the evening hour, then all prisoners take turns reciting their confessions aloud. They must be sincere and truly acknowledge their mistakes."

"What if there are people who refuse to accept the reform?"

"Then," He Gui looked into the deep corridor, "the rooms of Blood Lake, Nine Netherworld, and Mount Tai were not built for nothing. They should be locked up properly. There will always be a day for repentance."

"As long as you cooperate with the transformation, there will be a day for you to succeed."

He turned his gaze back to the young disciples, "You too, must abide by the precepts and sect rules. If you make a serious mistake, there are disciples in the sect who are being reformed here."

"And if you live here, you need to pay a daily fee."

These eighteen dungeons were quite expensive to build. A large portion of Junding Prefecture's income came from this group of evil cultivators.

The four of them straightened their chests and nodded righteously, "We will follow the Master's instructions."

It is impossible to go into a cell. No one wants to go into a cell.

When a group of children came in, they were a row of proud saplings, and when they left, they were a row of young poplars with red roots that were deeply taught a lesson.

The resentment in Lin Du's consciousness had not yet been completely dissipated, so he planned to return to his own cave next to Luoze to digest it first. However, he was diverted by a space wave and directly landed on the ice surface of Luoze.

"Hey, you don't even dare to come to see me after you came back. Are you hiding something from me? Are you hurt?" Yan Ye was still sitting cross-legged on the ice, and the first thing he talked about was the old Yin Yang family.

Lin Du was rarely seen in a low voice, "I didn't... I was forced by the situation at the time..."

Yan Ye howled, "You didn't~ I was forced by the situation at that time~"

He imitated Lin Du's speech with a choked voice, dragging out the ending tone and making it sound weird.

Lin Du endured it and did not commit a crime. As the law of nature goes, no one can escape punishment.

Last time she laughed at Yan Ye, this time it was Yan Ye's turn to laugh at her.

"Come and sit here." Yan Ye called her.

Lin Du gritted his teeth and sat opposite him, crossing his legs and lowering his eyes.

"Where does the resentment in you come from?" Yan Ye frowned slightly and put his hand on her forehead.

The deep-sea consciousness forcefully surged into Lin Du's spiritual palace, and then quickly enveloped her like a tide. The consciousness that was glowing white was now covered with a layer of faint mist.

"Lin Du..."

It was rare for Yan Ye to call her by her full name, and his tone became serious, "You know, you are too independent."