Chapter 173 Observing the Execution
The monkey-like medicine servant prostrated himself on the ground, crying out his innocence and insisting that he was not the main culprit. He wailed that because Ji Rong had high cultivation, easy work, and comfortable living conditions, some of the older medicine servants were very jealous and paid him to poison her to play a trick on her.
But he didn't dare to actually put the medicine in; he just added a handful of soil powder to her prepared medicine.
Also, he wasn't the one who did it the previous three times!
In his desperation, the monkey medicine servant revealed all his accomplices.
Quite a few cultivators were involved in this, including two junior alchemists who were frequently extorted by the mountain demon because of their low cultivation level.
There was a young servant who also served Gu Lin and had a past conflict with Shan Zhongfeng.
There are also five medicine servants.
After hearing these words, Gu Lin did not open the door, but said coldly, "The old rule applies. Once the whole story is cleared up, send them all to the unloading workshop." Then, a jade token accompanied by the array token of the Kun Dan Room flew out through the air.
The mountain-like figure stood upright, catching the jade token with one claw and the array token with the other. He then transformed into a celestial being, dragging the monkey-like attendant, who was only at the Profound Spirit Realm, to a corner, and sneered, "Is our Kun Dan Room a place for you to run wild?"
"Let me tell you, she's my goddaughter. What's wrong with me giving her easy work? Who do you think you are, daring to conspire with them right under my nose?"
Shan Zhongfeng bound the spirit monkey medicine servant and locked it in the cage he carried with him. He then activated the array in the Kun Dan room and captured the monkey medicine servant's accomplices one by one, like catching turtles in a jar.
Shan Zhongfeng tortured them all to find out the whole story, made them write down their sins and put his claws on them before locking them in cages.
Then, he walked into the small house where Ji Rong and Shan Wu lived alone and called out, "Daughter, call your uncle. Your godfather will take you two to see the rules of our Jade Void Palace."
The rules within Jade Void Palace are very simple:
Those who make contributions will be rewarded, those who make mistakes will be punished, and those with ambition will be nurtured.
Respect teachers and value their teachings; fighting is strictly prohibited.
However, the regulations of Jade Void Palace did not specify the punishments or rewards. Therefore, the scope of these regulations was left to the heads of the various buildings and valleys.
This has led to different peaks and valleys having their own unique perspectives on the implementation of the regulations.
Shan Zhongfeng, carrying a cage in one claw and waving a handkerchief in the other, led the way with Ji Rong and Shan Wu, followed by a string of boys and medicine servants from the Kun Dan Fang.
The master of the Kun Dan Room, Gu Lin Dan Sheng, disliked the cultivators below him having any crooked thoughts. Therefore, if any cultivator in the Kun Dan Room made a mistake, the punishment would be carried out in public.
If any cultivator makes a serious mistake like today, then all the cultivators in the Kun Dan Fang will go together to send these fellow cultivators to heaven.
As Shan Zhongfeng walked, he introduced the palace to Ji Rong and Shan Wu: "Our Jade Void Palace has three buildings and two valleys, namely the Pill Building, the Medicine Building, the Weapon Building, the Puppet Hundred Skills Valley, and the Array Valley."
Now, your godfather will take you to the unloading workshop of the medicine shop to see what fate befell these thieves, so that you will know that our Jade Void Palace values rules the most. Never again should you have such wicked thoughts or do such despicable things like them.”
The Unloading Workshop, as the name suggests, is a place within the Jade Void Palace specifically for obtaining Dao pills and removing flesh and blood from sentient beings.
Although the unloading workshop belongs to the medicine storehouse, it is located in the central part of the Jade Void Mountain Range, and there is a magic array inside that connects it to the Jade Pool of the Golden Cauldron Palace.
The distances from the three floors and two valleys within the Jade Void Palace to the unloading workshop are roughly the same. It is worth mentioning that there are no pharmacists in the unloading workshop, only butchers.
Ji Rong remained silent. She certainly wouldn't plead for the spirit monkey medicine servant; while the spirit monkey medicine servant was indeed hateful...
But just yesterday they were calling each other senior sister and junior brother, and today she is going to watch how they are slaughtered and dismembered. Ji Rong couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Shan Wu didn't seem to mind. He chatted at length with his new brother Shan Zhongfeng about his experiences peeling skins, and even asked Shan Zhongfeng if working in the unloading workshop was a good job, and if he could go there.
Shan Zhongfeng did not agree immediately. He said that he usually only cared about alchemy and had no private dealings with the cultivators in the Unloading Workshop. He noted down Shan Wu's matter and would find an opportunity to mention it to his master, Gu Lin, and sound him out before making a decision.
Shan Wu was overjoyed to see that Shan Zhongfeng had thought of everything so thoroughly. In his excitement, he took out his large but empty storage ring and said, "Good brother, my storage ring has no restrictions. Go and choose the one you like."
Shan Zhongfeng was dazzled by the enormous storage ring, but he waved his claws repeatedly, saying he would thank him after the matter was settled.
Upon arriving at the unloading workshop, Shan Zhongfeng handed the jade token to the burly, muscular, and tusked pig-boy, explaining their purpose. The pig-boy then led Shan Zhongfeng and his party into the inner room.
Inside the inner room stood a burly Celestial being, comparable to a king, and an eagle cultivator at the same king level. They were already waiting nearby, carrying gleaming swords and other weapons.
The pig boy handed the cage from the mountain peak to the eagle cultivator, who then used his talons to reach into the cage and first pulled out the spirit monkey medicine servant.
The two butchers placed the tightly imprisoned spirit monkey medicine servant on a specific chair. Then, the eagle cultivator used a claw to take out the monkey boy's Dao pill and threw it into the bottle handed over by the celestial being.
Then the two of them pried open the mouth of the still-living spirit monkey and poured wine into it. After it could no longer drink, the human giant used a knife to pry open the spirit monkey's skull along the lines of its skull.
With three sharp cuts, the monkey servant's skull shattered. The eagle cultivator shook the bell in front of him and said, "It's done. Send it to Yaochi."
The entire slaughtering process was carried out smoothly and effortlessly; upon witnessing it, Ji Rong felt a chill run down her spine.
However, Shan Zhongfeng and the other cultivators all appeared normal. Ji Rong couldn't help but ask Shan Zhongfeng in a low voice, "Father, does this happen often?"
Shan Zhongfeng nodded and pointed to the few cultivators who were carrying a bird behind them, saying, "Look, we've got work again. The unloading workshop is usually very busy."
Just as Ji Rong had finished processing four pills in the Kun Dan Fang area, she saw another Celestial Race elder, a King-level cultivator dressed as a servant, approaching carrying a cage.
Upon seeing this, Shan Zhongfeng went to pay his respects to the old emperor before returning to the Kun Dan Fang's ranks.
Ji Rong was horrified to watch the massacre. The Unloading Workshop was supposed to be a place where cultivators who had made mistakes were executed, but today it was bustling with activity, like a marketplace with long queues.
Why did these cultivators go up the mountain?
And why break the rules?
After sunset, as Ji Rong lay alone on the mat, one question after another began to surface in her mind.
Ji Rong felt that these questions were making her mind extremely confused, so she simply went to find Shan Zhongfeng.
Shan Zhongfeng was secretly preparing medicine and refining pills in his small room when he heard Ji Rong calling him. He said impatiently, "Why are you here so late at night?"
Ji Rong entered the room, took out some wine from her storage ring, and said, "I have some good things to share with my godfather."
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