Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 283 Divine Prison
"it is good!"

Li Yunjing nodded and followed the man out of the "Hall of Enforcement".

The steward also gave Li Yunjing a lot of face, not sending anyone to escort him, nor putting him in torture.

The reason for this is naturally because Li Yunjing turned himself in and the old patriarch handled the matter personally.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator who can be remembered by a Nascent Soul Realm ancestor is someone that this steward cannot afford to offend.

The people in the "Enforcement Hall" are not inflexible; they consider who can be offended, who cannot be offended, and what punishment to impose on each person.

At this moment, Li Yunjing was not in the mood to speak and was sullen.

Seeing this, the steward naturally wouldn't make things awkward by talking to Li Yunjing.

Given his status as a true disciple, if Li Yunjing hadn't voluntarily surrendered, the "Enforcement Hall" wouldn't have been able to make the arrest.

True disciples are the precious treasures of the "Shenxiao Dao Sect".

Every true disciple has a name and title, and if there is anything, they need to report it to the supreme leader.

The matter should be handled by the sect leader or a Nascent Soul ancestor. At the very least, a meeting of powerful elders is needed to discuss and decide on the punishment.

Just like Wei Henian, who committed such a serious crime but got away with nothing.

He went to the front lines to atone for his crimes and has now been exonerated.

This is the privilege of a true disciple!

Below the Golden Core realm, true disciples have the highest authority!
The two walked side by side, using the teleportation array to head towards the mountain where the Divine Prison was located.

There was no air of escorting a prisoner between the two.

On the way, the people from the "Enforcement Hall" saw him and thought that a friend of their steward had arrived.

This improved Li Yunjing's mood somewhat, at least this person had given him enough face.

They arrived at the mountain where the Divine Prison was located via the teleportation array.

Upon exiting the teleportation array, Li Yunjing was surprised to find that "Divine Prison Peak" was located in the western mountainous region!
Returning to the old place, Li Yunjing felt lost and dejected.

"Shenyu Peak" is not as lively as other peaks in the western mountainous area.

There are no servant disciples here, nor are there any inner or outer disciples coming or going.

On the contrary, the cultivators patrolling this mountain are all at least at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Clearly, this place is completely different from the western mountains and other places; it is heavily guarded.

Li Yunjing expressed his understanding of this situation.

This is where the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" imprisons prisoners; it's a place of utmost importance.

The prisoners held here include those who violated the rules of their sects, as well as some cultivators from other sects who were captured, including Buddhist disciples, demonic cultivators, and monsters.

In short, those captured by the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" and thrown into the Divine Prison generally do not have a good ending and are almost never able to get out.

Cases like Li Yunjing's, where someone is imprisoned for three years, are extremely rare, almost unheard of.

You should know that if a disciple violates the sect rules, the "Enforcement Hall" has a prison to house these prisoners. For example, a few years ago, the handyman disciple who offended Li Yunjing was imprisoned in the "Enforcement Hall" and was just released last year.

Only those fellow disciples who have committed heinous crimes will be imprisoned in the Divine Prison by the sect's determination.

After arriving, the "Enforcement Hall" officer showed his identity token and led Li Yunjing to a cave halfway up the mountain.

At the entrance of the cave stands a huge rock with two large, blood-stained characters carved on it: “Divine Prison”.

Standing at the entrance of the Divine Prison, Li Yunjing felt extremely oppressed. The air was filled with darkness and a bloody atmosphere, indicating that this was not a good place.

"Ugh! Boss, oh boss! You're really going to kill me!"

He had imagined that the Divine Prison was not a good place, but when Li Yunjing actually arrived at the entrance, he still frowned and looked distressed.

What's wrong with this place?

It was like hell!
It would be better to stay home and accept the punishment!

Thinking this to himself, Li Yunjing couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go! The environment here is a bit poor, but your punishment is very light and the living conditions are not bad. It's a good place for seclusion."

Seeing Li Yunjing's sighing expression, the steward felt a surge of joy, as if he had finally understood, and offered kind words of comfort.

The sect's patriarch might be trying to temper this true disciple's temperament!

Since that's the case, he naturally didn't want to be the bad guy, so he decided to arrange a good place for Li Yunjing to stay for three years.

As for how well this kid does after he gets out in three years, that's none of his business.

For the people of the "Enforcement Hall," neutrality is their consistent style, and few of them are willing to have in-depth interactions with people from the outside mountains.

"Yeah! Thanks for reminding me!"

Li Yunjing shook his head slightly and sighed. He never expected that his first experience of being imprisoned would be in his own sect.

This feeling made Li Yunjing quite uncomfortable.

Following the steward's footsteps, Li Yunjing entered the cave, where the surrounding environment became dark.

Inside the long stone-paved corridor, Foundation Establishment cultivators were on duty everywhere, each dressed in black armor, looking imposing.

These people are jailers who are specifically responsible for guarding the Divine Prison.

Although it is called a divine prison, the spiritual energy here is very abundant. When Li Yunjing entered, he felt the rich spiritual energy, which was no less than that in the eastern mountainous area.

Given the barrenness of the western mountainous region, there certainly wouldn't be such a good place. The fact that it has such abundant spiritual energy must be due to a "spirit-gathering array" that has altered the environment.

Along the way, the long corridor seemed to lead underground. The entire corridor was quiet, with no one speaking.

This quiet made Li Yunjing very uncomfortable and feel very depressed.

If a normal person lived in such an environment, they would probably go crazy from depression.

Ordinary people cannot enter this forbidden area of ​​the "Shenxiao Dao Sect" at will. After passing through the long corridor, Li Yunjing really saw the world.

What came into view was a huge space inside the mountain, filled with stone cells everywhere.

Some of these stone cells were empty, while others held individual cultivators.

Li Yunjing looked over and saw that these cultivators were wearing white prison uniforms, and their magical power had not been destroyed.

However, these people were all chained, and those chains occasionally emitted crackling arcs of electricity. Clearly, these chains were also special magical artifacts, specifically designed to lock up and punish these prisoners, making them frequently suffer from lightning strikes.

"This first level of the Divine Prison is for imprisoning cultivators below the third level of the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

The deacon of the "Enforcement Hall" seemed to sense Li Yunjing's curiosity and explained it to him with a smile.

"Oh! So this is where I'm being held?" Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow and asked.

How could he cultivate in such an environment?

Even a place like this can't be quiet!
As for being chained up and struck by lightning?

For Li Yunjing, this was no different from a tickle; he didn't care.

"Of course not! The environment here is too bad. Let me take you to the third level! That's where people at the seventh, eighth, and ninth levels of the Foundation Establishment realm are imprisoned. Because there are fewer people there, you'll be more comfortable serving your sentence there."

The deacon said with a smile.

"Alright! Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief and showed a hint of gratitude.

"Old Liu, what brings you here?"

At this moment, someone finally came to make contact within the Divine Prison.

What came into Li Yunjing's view was a black-armored cultivator. The man was completely shrouded in armor, making it impossible to see his face, except for a pair of bright eyes that gleamed with a cold, eerie light.

“Where would I have time to come here? This is Li Yunjing, a true disciple. He is the prisoner this time. By order of the Palace Master of the Seven Star Palace, he is to be imprisoned for three years.”

"This deacon, surnamed Liu, said with a smile."

"what?"

The black-armored cultivator from the Divine Prison was taken aback and looked Li Yunjing up and down.

During the years that "Divine Prison" was established, it did not fail to capture true disciples.

However, all of these true disciples were involved in serious crimes and almost all of them died of old age in the "Divine Prison".

What kind of nonsense is this, being imprisoned for three years?

This has almost never happened before!
Especially since Li Yunjing was imprisoned by order of the Palace Master of the Seven Star Palace, it was unheard of.

"Hehe! Arrange for Brother Li to stay on the third floor, find him a comfortable place to live! After three years, Brother Li will leave, and then it will be none of our business."

The steward surnamed Liu mentioned an old friend.

"Oh?"

The black-armored cultivator understood a little better; this was a big shot!
Li Yunjing wasn't brought here to be imprisoned; rather, a high-ranking figure from above intended to bring him in so he could calm down and cultivate in seclusion here!
For someone like Li Yunjing, besides restricting his activity space, it's definitely necessary to prevent others from interfering with his cultivation. He has already understood everything thanks to his old friend's advice.

"Let me see your identification token and process your imprisonment."

After examining Li Yunjing's identity jade token, the black-armored cultivator nodded, recorded Li Yunjing's information, and began the countdown. Three years from today, Li Yunjing would be released from prison.

"Let's go! I'll take you to the third floor!"

The black-armored cultivator nodded, turned around first, and continued walking inside.

At the end of the first level of "Divine Prison", another passage appears, which leads to the second level.

On this level, there are also individual stone chambers, but the defenses here are even more stringent than on the previous level. On the outer walls of the stone chambers, there are yellow talismans pasted on them.

On the talisman, twisted and mysterious characters were written in blood.

Li Yunjing was a second-tier talisman maker. After taking one look, he immediately understood that this was a third-tier talisman, specifically designed to seal prisoners.

With such defenses, no cultivator at the fourth to sixth level of the Foundation Establishment realm could escape; breaking out was simply impossible.

After moving from the second to the third floor, the space here changes again.

This floor is no longer a stone cell or stone chamber, but a series of small buildings.

These quaint little buildings not only have formations and restrictions, but also talismans and various other means of guarding prisoners.

Even Li Yunjing shook his head inwardly at such meticulous measures; if he really went in, he wouldn't be able to get out!

Seeing that Li Yunjing understood this was his prison, the black-armored cultivator nodded and said, "This small building, which is nearly four stories high, is your prison. The term is three years. When the time limit is up, the outer restrictions will be lifted, and you can come out."

"Understood, thank you!"

Li Yunjing nodded to the deacon surnamed Liu and the black-armored cultivator to express his gratitude, then lifted his foot and walked towards the small building in front of him.

The outer restrictions were controlled by the black-armored cultivator, so Li Yunjing was not harmed and was able to enter the small building smoothly.

The next instant, the small building was illuminated by a dazzling array of lights.

These are all unusual phenomena caused by the activation of restrictions, formations, and talismans.

Li Yunjing has no way to get out.

Li Yunjing didn't think much of it; instead, he began to examine the small building in front of him.

This is a two-story building with simple tables, chairs, benches, and all sorts of everyday items—nothing special about it.

The spiritual energy here is only average, no different from other places in the western mountains.

It seems that the rich spiritual energy inside the "Divine Prison" is prepared for the guards; prisoners don't receive such good treatment.

The spiritual energy here is extremely thin, even for cultivators at the third level of the Qi Refining Realm, let alone for cultivators like Li Yunjing at the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Fortunately, I prepared enough 'True Essence Pills', otherwise, getting here would have been very difficult!"

Li Yunjing muttered to himself as he looked around the building, upstairs and downstairs, because everything here was ordinary.

When faced with these things, Li Yunjing was careful and cautious, not daring to damage anything, otherwise it would affect his life for the next three years, which would be quite unpleasant.

After carefully inspecting the room and finding nothing else of interest, Li Yunjing went to the second-floor room and took out the "Spirit Gathering Array" that had not been used for a long time.

Before using it, Li Yunjing took out some materials and modified the "Spirit Gathering Array".

After confirming his advancement to the second-tier lower grade, Li Yunjing took out pieces of mid-grade spirit stones and placed them into the array plate of the "Spirit Gathering Array".

"Boom!"

The "Spirit Gathering Array" was lit up and activated instantly. Streams of spiritual energy were released from the array, but the array's ability to absorb external spiritual energy was much weaker.

Clearly, there were layers of restrictions, formations, and talismans sealing off the small building, making it difficult for the "Spirit Gathering Array" to attract all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus weakening its effect.

However, after Li Yunjing's modifications, it can at least unleash the spiritual energy required for the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

This effect is better than nothing.

Li Yunjing took out a futon and placed it on the wooden bed. He also took out some spiritual tea, spiritual wine, spiritual fruit, and various kinds of delicious roasted monster meat, and piled them on the wooden table.

He then sat cross-legged on the wooden bed while boiling water and began to read.

Even if it's prison life, Li Yunjing is not prepared to suffer. He has plenty of food and drink and he is determined to get through the three years.

(End of this chapter)