Da Zaojun

Chapter 234 The Judge of the Human Court Executes the Bi'an
The mirage dragon finally gave in. It had already committed a capital offense by damaging its cultivation and nurturing the Luohu python.

Later, he used the Dragon Shedding Technique to create a second primordial spirit, but his vital energy was greatly damaged. As a result, the second primordial spirit found the Magpie Bridge Secret Realm, where it was discovered by the Heavenly Net Weaver Girl. She subdued the dragon and transformed it into a silkworm, combining the pseudo-cultivation technique to weave cause and effect, which can be used to weave the Earthly Net and Heavenly Net.

Regardless of whether the deaths of the people in the Huang family compound were the fault of the Spider Demon or the Weaver Girl, the blame still needs to be placed on him.

In this way, he deceived everyone again, abandoned his original physical body, and lost most of his cultivation.

Now that Song Wuji is willing to subdue him, this is the third time he has asked. He betrayed him the first two times, and if he betrays him again this time, he will truly commit a murderous act.

So he truly showed his willingness to surrender: "Greetings, Master!"

A weak, original spirit appeared; it was a clam shell, and inside the shell was a small jade figure with a human body and a dragon's head, resembling a child.

Song Wuji left a mark with the stove fire: "What I cultivated is the Fire Virtue Bright Stove Pattern, which can detect the good and evil in people's hearts. From now on, whatever you think in your heart that is disrespectful to me will be revealed as if by light, without the slightest trace."

"This Azure Mirage Bottle is your natal magic weapon, and I will not take away what you love. I will also give you the Yellow Spring Pearl. I hope you can refine this Yellow Spring branch, comprehend the true meaning of the Yellow Spring, and become a true dragon of the Yellow Spring."

"You have done nothing wrong, but now there is something I need you to do."

Song Wuji asked, "If you refine this Yellow Spring Pearl, will you be able to leave the secret realm?"

"Yes, the Yellow Spring Water can wash away everything, both tangible and intangible. After refining it, Little Dragon will definitely make further progress in refining the false and cultivating the true, and may even be able to use the Yellow Spring Water to cleanse karma."

"Alright, now you shall enter the Rakshasa Karma City."

Although the secret realm token of Rakshasa Karma City is with Song Wuji, Tianluo Zhinu herself claims to have joined the Buddhist sect and learned the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination. Moreover, Rakshasa Karma City itself is also full of Buddhist influence.

It contains the three realms of cause and effect: the human realm, the hungry ghost realm, and the bodhisattva realm.

When Song Wuji was still naive, he sold Manjushri Bodhisattva's prophecy and some Buddhist-related items to the Karma Market. Now that he thinks about it, he might as well have been a deliveryman.

The mirage dragon is cunning and possesses the Yellow Spring Pearl, making it a good tool for Song Wuji to keep watch.

“In that City of Cause and Effect, there are three paths. I once entered the Human Path and later indeed became the Lord of the Human Path.”

“Once you enter, you don’t need to go down the Bodhisattva path. I suspect it’s not a good place. Your strength hasn’t recovered, and you can’t outsmart those Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.”

"But your mirage technique can turn the fake into the real, and you also know how to deceive the heavens. Now, with the help of the Yellow Springs, you can suppress the hungry ghosts everywhere. If any hellish demons use this hungry ghost path to return to the human world, you must intercept them all and prevent them from erupting."

“That’s easy.” Upon hearing that it was a way to restrain the Weaver Girl, the Mirage Dragon was already eager to try. Of his several enemies, he didn’t dare to even think about the one from Xiaoyao Mountain. He already considered the one in front of him his master. Now, the only enemy he had was the Weaver Girl, the great spider demon.

Although the Weaver Girl also said she wanted to join the Humanity's Great Prosperity Realm, Song Wuji still had doubts about her and had no way to control her.

Including that Lin Fajing, from the Iron Pillar Palace of Xiaoyao Mountain, who said he was surrendering.

Song Wuji had only one thought: what else could they possibly fear that they needed to hide behind his back? What they called surrendering and pledging allegiance might just be a scapegoat.

Therefore, Song Wuji planned to have the Taoists and Buddhists of the Iron Pillar Palace on Xiaoyao Mountain check and balance each other, and the Mirage Dragon and the Weaver Girl check and balance each other.

This is the best solution at present.

Otherwise, their talk of destiny is nothing more than treating the world as a piece of fat meat to redistribute the benefits.

The way of humanity, the way of humanity. Song Wuji could only think of one line of poetry.

The true path of humanity is fraught with vicissitudes.

Back in the Qi Luck Secret Palace of the Human Dao Tai Chang Realm, Song Wuji inserted the Secret Realm Token into the Seven-Colored Stone Lotus.

Immediately, the fortune of the entire Taichang region increased significantly.

[Without rules, there can be no order; within those order, life and death are decided.]

The prison order represented, unexpectedly, rules. If the rules were transgressed, there would be punishment. It could be used to create a prison, and to determine life and death.

It can be used in conjunction with the decrees of the Rakshasa Karma City. These decrees represent law, litigation, and punishment of evil.

A prison order sets rules; within those rules, one is free, but if one goes outside the rules, one will be "imprisoned." Of course, from a relative perspective, the so-called rules are also a kind of prison for some people.

This prison order can be used not only in conjunction with penal orders, but also with any kind of law. The more complete the legal system, the stricter the prison order, like a forbidden zone, so that no one dares to cross it.

“Once the Weaver Girl has woven the net of heaven and earth, I can refine it with the prison order and then set it up again. I am not afraid that she will leave any tricks up her sleeve. I will use rules to counter rules, systems to break systems, laws to break laws, and nets to control nets.”

With the prison order issued, the Legalist school received an epic boost.

Lu Han cultivated both Confucianism and Legalism, and immediately sensed the presence of Legalist sages, obtaining three kinds of eight-grade ritual methods.

[Eighth Rank. Prison Warden]

[Eighth Rank. In charge of cruel punishments]

[Rank 8. Lawyer/Litigation Officer]

And the seventh-rank ceremonial rites [the Judge of the Human Affairs Department].

A flood of insights came to mind: "When carrying out an execution, punish the lesser offenders severely, and the lesser offenders will not come, and the more severe offenders will not come. This is called using punishment to eliminate punishment, and when punishment is eliminated, the matter is accomplished."

"Using punishment to eliminate punishment leads to national order; using punishment to bring about further punishment leads to national chaos."

"The law does not favor the noble, nor does the rope bend. Where the law applies, the wise cannot evade it, and the brave dare not object. Punishment does not spare high officials, and rewards do not overlook even the common people."

It wasn't just Lü Han who felt this way; everyone in Taichang City with a "ritual and professional rank" felt their abilities strengthened, but also faced more constraints—or, more accurately, their bond with the Taichang Realm deepened.

For example, if a soldier betrays his post, he will be stripped of the "regular soldier" position bestowed upon him by the Taichang Kingdom. If an official is corrupt and accepts bribes to enrich himself, he will also be marked by the law. The more he embezzles, the more "unworthy of his position" he becomes. Not only will he find it difficult to exert the power of his official position, but he will also be easily punished.

Cat Constable, who is also the head constable of Taichang County, has also received a boost. Even without completing the [Eighth-Rank Stove Cat and Tile Tiger] ritual, he has mastered the power of [Righteous Law Bi'an] in the city.

According to legend, the Bi'an is a descendant of a dragon and a tiger, and it wields the power of justice.

However, Cat Catherd himself claimed that he had the power of Kunlun Mountain, the guardian deity Kaiming Beast, in his blood, which governs light, protection, warding off evil spirits, and protecting the home.

Now that he possesses the power of the Bixie, within the Taichang Realm, he can directly increase his combat strength by one level with the help of the laws, making him the nemesis of all evil, and he can be raised to the seventh rank at most.

(End of this chapter)