Chapter 459: Don't be so hypocritical as a master
The people in Yuqing Palace were all heavenly soldiers and immortal officials, but they all had different expressions.
Huode Xingjun was tall and strong, following Lingwei Daojun. He was supposed to be escorting him, but because the person in question was very cooperative, the thin civil servant seemed particularly comfortable and calm, as if he was leading troops.
The blue-green clothes crossed the jade steps of the Golden Palace. In the midst of the steaming clouds, the face that had been familiar to the Tiangong for three years still had the same expression as every day, with a faint smile, a solemn look, and a heavy iron folding fan in his hand pressing down on the silver-gray waist belt. It was hard to tell whether it was the flowing pattern on it or the folding fan that was shining coldly.
Occasionally, the unique jade pendant of Yujing Mountain hit the iron fan as the person climbed the stairs, making a sound of broken jade, which was more clear and pure than the dull sound of the heavenly armor colliding.
If you ignore the immortal rope under the wide sleeves of such an immortal official, no one would think that she had committed a heinous crime.
Lin Du walked all the way into the Yuqing Palace, performed the ceremony, stood in the hall, and waited for the trial.
The Emperor of Heaven saw her calm and composed look, and knew that she would have a headache today.
To be fair, a smart person like Lin Du would not do it so roughly even if he wanted to kill someone.
It's a pity that she was young and hot-tempered, and she angered people and plunged into the trap.
"Lingwei, do you know your crime?" After the Emperor of Heaven finished speaking, he coughed lightly.
If Lin Du admitted it, he could also save her from the crime of negligence.
If she didn't admit it, then there would be a lot of trouble in the future.
As the whole palace was staring at him, Lin Du held up his fan and bowed, "Lingwei is guilty."
The Emperor of Heaven saw that Lin Du took up the words he hinted at, and he felt relieved.
Unfortunately, he relaxed too early.
"Lingwei's first crime was that he didn't disclose in advance the principles and rules of the Floating Life Fan for judging merits and demerits and determining sins and blessings, and he didn't explain it clearly. It wasn't me who chose the innate spiritual treasure, but the innate spiritual treasure chose me. I am the executor, not the judge. What really determines sins and blessings are the rules
of the world, the true origin of the world in the thirty-six heavens." "The rules of the floating life fantasy are the rules of the entire three realms. Now Lingwei has allowed the rules of the world to be judged and questioned. It is Lingwei's crime."
The whole palace was silent, and only Lin Du's voice flowed in the golden palace.
An officer of Siwei Department questioned, "That doesn't prove that you, the executor, didn't do anything when creating the illusion. What if you deliberately changed the sky and the earth and tampered with it when you simulated the illusion?"
Lin Du raised his eyes and didn't reply, "The second Lingwei crime is that I have no experience, so there is no record of the corresponding merits and demerits in the past, which makes those who are judged suspicious. They always feel that they are punished too heavily and others are punished too lightly, and that I have less blessings and others have more, so they think that the judges are biased."
"The third Lingwei crime is that although I was taught by the Taoist master, I was only interested in studying other things and didn't learn the Taoist master's ability to change the world, shake the rules of the world at will, and control the illusion of the rules. This is a disgrace to the master."
After three consecutive sentences, the hearts of the people in the hall were unsettled.
Which of these three crimes is really a crime?
It seemed that he was recounting his own sins, but in fact, each one was caused by someone else.
His voice was steady and clear, but every word was full of sarcasm, like a steel knife, reflecting an overly cold chill that made people dare not look directly at him.
“Although this body is upright, if external objects think it is tilted, it is either my fault or the sun's fault. When people see my shadow, they think I am crooked.”
“The sky is bright, the universe is clear. Even I, the first person to enter the Floating Life Fan, cannot prove my innocence. Yet they still think I am guilty of unjust murder. The Three Officials Emperor and the Three Yuans and Nine Palaces will also be ashamed. So…” Lin Du
suddenly opened the fan, “Everyone, please watch the replay with me? Emperor of Heaven, please.”
Without waiting for everyone to react, she threw the fan to the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven subconsciously caught it with his divine power. The moment the fan was opened, a gust of cold wind swept everyone into the illusion.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment in the illusion, and the Emperor of Heaven could not help but ask, "Lingwei, what are you doing?"
"You probably don't know, the Floating Life Fan will record the illusions that everyone has experienced. Of course, maybe you know it too, but you just don't dare to think about it."
Who wants to expose the past and die in public?
"This is where he was born. You can see that he has been diligent since he was a child, has an extraordinary family background, is helpful, and is strong and good at fighting."
"Here, he's ascended, starting as a heavenly soldier, and was promoted all the way to an official, and he also made many mistakes because of drinking."
Lin Du led everyone calmly, like a tour guide who did his job well. "Everyone, the time ahead is when he made mistakes due to drunkenness, and it's also the place where he was punished by heaven."
Seeing the scorching fire, Lin Du threw a piece of wood in casually, "This is a short branch of spiritual mulberry that I picked up on the road. Friendly reminder, this is a reappearance of the scene, but that person is gone, but the formation pattern does not move. I haven't moved it since the Fire Deity Star Lord came to invite me. You have also seen the Immortal Rope in my hand. Without immortal power to use, the consciousness cannot change the energy level of a certain place in the formation."
After the wood went in, it took a long time for the surface to slowly burn black.
When the flames were completely burned out, the wood was only burned to the surface and blackened, which showed that the punishment from heaven was not severe.
Everyone looked at each other and was about to say something, Lin Du raised his hand, "Yes, I know, some of you will definitely say that although I did not do anything to this illusion, the innate spiritual treasure is in my hands anyway. What if I did something to it before or after he went in?"
"Or maybe I changed the things in the illusion after I went back, eh, that depends on another replay."
Lin Du said, looking at the Emperor of Heaven.
Emperor of Heaven: ...
He cooperated silently and led everyone out of the illusion. Who made Lin Du's immortal power be restrained now?
"Report to the Heavenly Emperor, the Three Yuan Nine Palaces Immortal Officials Cang Yan and Yuan Xiao requested to see you, saying that they are here to deliver, the mother tape? Oh no, the mother tape."
The Heavenly Emperor was helpless, Ling Wei had already arranged everything, "Pass it on, pass it on."
Yan Qing raised his hand, "This is the file of all the people who entered the Floating Life Fantasy that day to judge their merits and demerits."
Yuan Ye held a string of memory mother tapes, "This is all the images of our people who left the palace at the beginning of the inspection that day, as well as all the images in this palace, and there are also records along the way."
Lin Du glanced at the Heavenly Emperor again.
The Heavenly Emperor accepted his fate, "Let the twelve physiognomists come to check and see if there is anything wrong that day."
Before the twelve physiognomists directly under the Heavenly Emperor finished looking at all the memory mother tapes that stored the images, a fairy crane entered the Jade Purity Palace.
The crane was flying a little heavy, because the fortune-bringing boy was still clinging to it, and it was difficult to fully use its wings, so it arrived a little late.
The crane turned around to look for Lingwei Daojun, who was wronged by the boy.
Very good.
The person in question was sitting lazily beside him. On the golden table in front of him were various immortal fruits and snacks offered to the Emperor of Heaven. Lin Du ate one, touched one, and put it in his sleeve. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was very comfortable.
The crane had already thought about how to nibble the boy's butt when he left.
Who knew that behind the fairy crane was Fusang Emperor, who came in and spoke first, "I heard that something happened in Siwei Mansion, so I came to take a look. In fact, if I want to verify whether Lingwei has changed the rules of heaven, I can just use the magic mirror to take a look. If there is any act that violates the secrets of heaven, the Eight Mirrors will naturally be able to detect it."
Almost in an instant, Lin Du raised his eyes and looked at Fusang Emperor.
Emperor Fusang looked at Lin Du and smiled gently, "Don't be afraid, kid. I know you didn't do it, but this matter is strange, so I have to prove it myself."
The Emperor of Heaven still respected the Taoist Crane and did not agree to Fusang first, "Daoist Crane, I don't know what the ancestor wants."
"The Taoist said that Lingwei was born with a glass heart and is the only one who has been able to ascend to heaven after changing his cultivation to the Taoist tradition for many years. If you have a dark heart and do bad things, the glass will naturally be covered with dust, and if it is covered with dust, your cultivation will stop. If you want to verify it, you will know it after a test."
Lin Du suddenly raised his eyes, and the Emperor of Heaven was also stunned for a moment, "Glass heart, Glazed heart is good."
"You kid, if you had said it earlier, then it would have been over." He turned to look at Lin Du, "How many people have ever cultivated a Glazed Heart in the world? There is no need to verify this."
Lin Du shifted his gaze to the Emperor of Heaven, "No one told me that a Glazed Heart has this benefit. What if I told them, they would still ask me to take out my heart? I would have to take out my heart and show it to them?"
The Emperor of Heaven: ... There is no need to say it so bloody.
He said gently, "Huo De, untie her immortal rope. The death of the official of Siwei Mansion has nothing to do with Ling Wei."
The moment the immortal rope was untied, the fairy crane summoned a stream of pure air.
But in an instant, it disappeared into Lin Du's body.
Lin Du stood up, bowed to Taoist He and thanked him, then turned to look at Emperor Fusang, "Thank you for your help."
Her silver pupils reflected the warm divine light, "I think the Emperor's Eight Viewing Mirror is rarely taken out? But you took it out for Lingwei, I am really grateful."
Yuan Ye was keenly aware that every word Lin Du said at this moment seemed to be soaked in the north wind, and his pronunciation was full of sarcasm and threats.
This is not right.
He looked at the Emperor. With the status of a small immortal official like them, they could not see any Emperor and the Four Guards at all.
Junior Master has been here for more than a thousand years, and he can actually compete with an Emperor?
It has to be Junior Master!
The twelve physiognomists also spoke at this moment, "Reporting to the Emperor of Heaven, we have not found that Lingwei Daojun has done anything, especially since he left Siwei Mansion, he has been...eating and watching the immortal officials write accounts, and there is no trace of him using immortal power."
The meaning of that sentence was just like pointing at Lin Du and saying that he was lazy.
The Emperor of Heaven smiled, "It turned out to be a mistake, Huode, you give Lingwei a gift and investigate it again. Lingwei's matter is over."
Lin Du stood in the hall, "Wait a minute."
Now, it was her turn.
"Emperor, do you think this surveillance device is useful?"
The Emperor was stunned for a moment, "It's... pretty good?"
"Lingwei thinks that it should be promoted throughout the Tiangong, at least in front of each mansion and in key places, each mansion should prepare a copy, and you, Emperor, can call it up at any time. If it is arranged well, there will be fewer false and wrongful convictions in the future. What do you think?"
The Emperor narrowed his eyes when he heard it, "This device can only record, not be modified?"
"Of course." Lin Du smiled, "Even if it is destroyed, it can still record the last scene. Lingwei thinks it would be better to hand over the final master tape to Taixuan Province directly under the Emperor for storage."
The Emperor nodded, "In that case, I think it's very good. Each mansion can volunteer. Our Yuqing Palace and Taixuan Province need it anyway, but how is this thing made?"
"We two immortal officials have done a lot." Lin Du laughed, "The Emperor of Heaven will allocate public funds anyway, right?"
Lin Du felt some intense emotions for a moment, raised his eyes, scanned the area, and finally fell on the Emperor of Heaven again.
"Lingwei Daojun, you are making such a big move, everyone will not be able to adapt." Yixing Jun finally spoke.
"When the fair order is arbitrarily questioned, manipulation and partiality become the norm, don't you think this is fundamentally wrong?"
"It's like a deep-rooted tree that appears to be lush and leafy, but in fact the root system inside is already full of dark holes. If the soil is not turned over and the insects are removed, and new and more fertile soil is not added, the tree will eventually be hollowed out. It may still look gorgeous on the outside, but it will fall down in a gust of wind."
Lin Du turned his head and looked at Emperor Fusang, "Are you right?"
Emperor Fusang nodded slightly, "I agree."
Lin Du nodded in greeting, "I don't want everything to end in vain. If the Fire Deity Star Lord can't find out, my Floating Life Fan can also check them one by one. Sanyuan and Jiufu, everyone is welcome to come and receive the blessing."
The Emperor of Heaven coughed lightly, "Lingwei, you have suffered today, go back and rest early."
Lin Du responded with a smile, and greeted Yan Qing and Yuan Ye, "Lingwei will take his leave first."
Fusang and He Taoist left first, followed by Lin Du, the Taoist Lord.
Yan Qing and Yuan Ye followed Lin Du and stepped out of Yuqing Palace in front of a group of star officials.
The immortals watching outside saw that Lin Du went in and came out innocently, so they knew that Lin Du was not a suspect. They were waiting to randomly catch a familiar immortal official who came out to ask about what happened inside.
In the golden palace, only the Emperor of Heaven and several fortune tellers were left.
"Look, did Ling Wei do it on purpose this time?"
Several fortune tellers were puzzled. "What on purpose? Deliberately set up surveillance? But that is indeed beneficial to the management of the Emperor of Heaven."
The Emperor of Heaven shook his head, "He walked into this trap on purpose."
He was wondering why Ling Wei, who had always been able to sit still, could not sit still all of a sudden when this ferocious beast broke the seal. He
clearly remembered that Ling Wei's temperament was very patient.
This time he was too hasty, as if he had thrown out all his moves at once, with an attitude of not caring about anything.
Obviously, the more moves he made, the easier it would be for someone to find faults and loopholes to cause problems.
It seemed that Lin Du deliberately took this opportunity to release all the key information of the Floating Life Illusion, and at the same time laid out a notice to supervise the entire Tian Palace.
Seeing that the fortune teller was silent, the Emperor of Heaven smiled and shook his head, "Forget it, you dare not say." He
did not dare to say, but Lin Du dared to calculate him, including every bottom line he allowed.
Lin Du walked along the way, took out a bag of wrapped snacks, and threw it to Yuan Ye, "Take it back to Jinxuan and Tianwu, don't eat it secretly."
Yuan Ye was stunned after catching it, "Ah? What about you, little master uncle?"
Lin Du laughed, unrestrained, "I'm going to find my father."
She walked all the way to Siming Mansion.
Yan Ye had expected this. "Have you been wronged? Do you want my help?"
Lin Du shook his head and said three words, "Eight-viewing Mirror."
Yan Ye frowned. "Ah?" Lin Du
sat down neatly. "Why did the Eight-viewing Mirror of Emperor Fusang appear in the ancient tomb of the gods in Dongming Realm? And was seen by you and Wen Fu again?"
Yan Ye said unbelievably. "Impossible! Only ownerless spiritual objects will be lost on their own, just like your Floating Life Fan..."
Lin Du leaned back in his chair and stopped talking.
Yan Ye gradually stopped looking for the expression on his face. "Do you suspect that Emperor Fusang has intervened in the affairs of Dongming Realm?"
Lin Du said nothing and began to look for the contribution in Yan Ye's territory.
"That's enough!" Yan Ye looked at her fumbling around, "Don't you have any in the Three Yuans and Nine Mansions?"
"Not enough," Lin Du answered sincerely, "We in the Three Yuans and Nine Mansions are all young people."
"Can you talk about business?" Yan Ye sat in the guest seat unjustly, "Now that you know, what are you going to do? You can't confront one of the four wards who assist the Emperor of Heaven."
Lin Du raised his eyes, "Why not?" "How
can you do that?" Yan Ye was really impressed by this little bastard who was so ambitious. "That's the Emperor! If it was the Emperor of Heaven, wouldn't you have to go up and fight?"
Lin Du asked the same question, "Why not?"
Yan Ye was so angry that his hair was shaking. "Why didn't I see that you were so capable? You are indeed a disciple of the Taoist Patriarch. I, your master, can't compare to you.
Why don't you start your own business..." Before he finished speaking, Lin Du stood up. "Since I became an immortal, I didn't want to be an official in the heavenly palace and live a long and happy life."
"I don't have a second chance to live this life. I am walking on a thorny road, walking with suffering and conspiracy. It would be a waste to live a peaceful life."
"Then you can't just challenge an emperor as a mere Taoist. When others see the emperor, they all bow their heads and listen respectfully. Can you take it slowly first? Where's your brain? You advance too fast, you are too arrogant, and you think you can fight the emperor?" Yan Ye didn't understand why Lin Du's rebelliousness had not been weakened after entering the Heavenly Palace, and he even became more and more unconcealed.
Not to mention the gap between Taoist and Emperor, there is a huge gap between Taoist and Yuan.
"I bow to you because you are my dear master. If others ask me to bow, I will bow my head but my spine should not bend."
"No matter whether it is the Emperor of Heaven or the Emperor, they can't teach me to bow down. My every step, my growth and ascension, are all for me to stand up to the sky and save all living beings. I don't care about his position?"
"I am the formation cultivator you taught, the leader of the formation in Dongming Realm. I am better than you."
"Formation cultivators kill people with their brains, not hard power."
Yan Ye pressed his eyebrows, and his pale eyes revealed the fatigue that could not be convinced. "So you still want to make a fuss?"
"If piercing the sky can bring more light to the world, that's good."
Lin Du fanned himself, raised his hand, and tapped his forehead. "If it were you, you would definitely go with the sword in hand, but if it were me, you would think, why can't it be more stable?"
"Yan Ye, don't be so hypocritical as a master."
Yan Ye replied with one word, "Get lost!"
Lin Du turned around and walked away. After walking three steps, she stopped. Yan Ye happened to say, "Come back."
She took a few steps back and looked at Yan Ye.
"Let me think about it." Yan Ye said in a rough voice, "Isn't the Eight Viewing Mirror used to see the secrets of heaven? But why did he reveal the secrets of the world of Dongming in advance?"
Two white-haired immortal officials sat in the window, thinking about it.
"So what you saw was the future of the Dongming Realm being destroyed." Lin Du thought seriously, "Wait a minute, you said that you didn't take out the last Eight Viewing Mirror from the Ancient God's Tomb?"
Does this make sense? The sect is so poor that they don't even know to take back an innate spiritual treasure?
Yan Ye was silent for a moment, "I smashed it with one sword."
The two looked at each other, both with lifeless eyes, one was at a loss, and the other was blind.
"Then you are very strong." Lin Du sighed deeply, remembering that Cang Li did say this to him. She thought it was an exaggeration and emphasized the mental state, but she didn't expect it to be a true description, focusing on the physical state.
"Does this mean that one of the Eight Views Mirror you saw and the Eight Views Mirror in the hands of Emperor Fusang is fake?"
Yan Ye nodded, "Yes."
"I think yours is fake. After all, how could a mere monk like you smash the Eight Views Mirror into pieces so easily?" Lin Du felt something was wrong.
Yan Ye frowned, "No, the ancient god inheritance I accepted is the authentic ancient god inheritance, not... the inheritance of the Heavenly Dao of the Northern Pole Emperor. I have verified it here, and it is indeed the Heavenly Dao. Otherwise, I cannot enter the Siming Palace..."
He suddenly raised his head slowly, and his consciousness fell on Lin Du, "Do you think there is a possibility that this god is fake?"
Lin Du nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "It's possible, very possible."
She did not doubt Yan Ye's judgment. Although this master was not good at teaching, his brain was as good as hers.
Yan Ye's heart sank, "But this one is... the emperor with the longest seniority."
Lin Du shook his head, "He was able to take out the Eight Viewing Mirror today, which proves one thing. Either he is sure that I cannot turn over, or he doesn't know anything about the Dongming Realm. Which one do you choose?" Yan Ye raised
his hand and flicked her head, "Go away and practice. I want to investigate and we'll discuss it later."
Lin Du stood up, covered his forehead and left.
The next day, the Heavenly Palace spread the news that Lingwei Daojun and Zhenye Zhenjun were at odds with each other, parted ways and even fought each other. The news was so detailed that Lingwei Daojun still had a bruise on his forehead.
Two civil servants fighting, what a serious dispute it must be to fight like this!