From Celestial Official to Great Celestial Venerable

Chapter 104 A Huge Breakthrough
After entrusting the task of investigating Xie Zhimiao to Wang Mengshi, Qin Chuan then strolled over to the Hall of Evidence.

"Qin Lingguan? What evidence do you need?" the Taoist priest in the evidence hall asked.

Since Zhao Famo was captured, all thirteen sects of the Jianxian Division are now aware that a particularly capable young man has joined our Jianxian Division. He is someone that even the captain of the Jing'an System couldn't handle, but Qin Lingguan of the Youyi Sect took him down in one move.

Everyone knows how promising a deputy abbot is at his age, with such fighting skills and an impressive resume. Therefore, although Qin Chuan is only a deputy abbot, he can move freely among the thirteen abbots in the Immortal Inspection Bureau, and the Taoists of each abbot treat him with utmost respect.

“Yesterday’s interrogation encountered resistance and made no progress. Get me all the evidence in the Zhao Famo case.”

Qin Chuan said.

While asking Wang Mengshi to help him investigate Xie Zhimiao, he also wanted to look for any items related to this person in the evidence found in Zhao Famo's study and private cave.

After all, he has the Heavenly Essence Furnace, which allows him to provide a simple introduction to items, often including the item's origin and owner.

Regarding the evidence against Zhao Famo, Qin Chuan was only responsible for supervising the confiscation of a portion of the evidence from his sect's study that day; he hadn't even had a chance to handle the evidence from his private cave dwelling.

that's it.

Most of the day passed.

Instead of finding Xie Zhimiao's items, Qin Chuan ended up having to reforge 1,200 more magical essences.

Wang Mengshi then stepped forward and entered a temporary courtroom within the Evidence Hall. He handed a stack of documents to Qin Chuan and said:

"Spiritual Official, this is the information of all the people named Xie Zhimiao that I had the Jing'an Household Registration Celestial Office look up in the Heavenly Book. It includes not only those from this county, but also Xie Zhimiao from more than a dozen counties under this blessed land. They are all listed here."

Qin Chuan nodded: "Well done."

Wang Mengshi chuckled and said, "It's all for the sake of serving Heaven and the people."

Previously, he had done the same hard, tiring, and miscellaneous jobs, but who knew that now he was remembered by the spirit official, who would think of him first whenever there was something to do? How could this not be considered as being valued?

Qin Chuan nodded and began to look through the household registration names on these documents.

Wang Mengshi, being perceptive, naturally took a teapot and teacups from the tea set tray in the hall, gently poured a cup of tea, and silently placed it next to Qin Chuan, waiting for Qin Chuan's next instructions.

With Qin Chuan's current spiritual sense, he could read through the hundreds or even thousands of Xie Zhimiao entries in this stack of documents in no time. Suddenly, he pulled out one of the documents and looked at the image of the god and the person's name and resume on it:
Xie Zhimiao, male, 157 years old, native of Xiejia Village, Jiuchuan County, Lushan Fudi, graduated from Dongsheng Wanling Tiandao Academy, majoring in Wanling.

Work experience:………………

Currently serving as the Vice President (Deputy Temple Level) of the Lushan Fudi Wanling Taoist Temple.
Qin Chuan's expression changed slightly.

Because he did indeed find Xie Zhimiao, the person Zhao Famo dreamed of, among this group of people. He had the appearance and it was not difficult to find him. However, he did not expect that he would actually be the vice dean of the Wanling Dao Academy in the blessed land.

This is also a celestial sect of the Heavenly Court, a celestial office with a formal establishment.

Deputy Temple level means a Golden Core cultivator.

"There really is a big fish behind Zhao Famo. A deputy dean of a blessed land at the level of a deputy temple... is probably just the head of the group." Qin Chuan thought of the relationship between Zhao Famo and Dugu Jue, the deputy county god of Jiuchuan, that Chu Yunce had mentioned, and he felt even more troubled.

People of that caliber are not people he can investigate at will.

Moreover, all of this is currently just the "truth" he uncovered through his personal abilities and cannot be used as evidence.

"Now, I, the Earth Official of the Immortal Inspection Division, am in a difficult position, caught between the conflict and magical duel between the County God and the Earth God, two righteous temples. However, I have no jurisdiction over people outside of Jiuchuan County. Furthermore, the Heavenly Court's Eight Caves Inspectors have now moved into Chaisang. Unless our Earth Official himself has a problem, there is no reason for me not to investigate this Deputy Dean of the Blessed Land. But the prerequisite is... to find evidence that directly points to a connection between this Deputy Dean and Zhao Famo."

Qin Chuan rubbed his temples.

Over the next few days, they began to search for indicative evidence from Zhao Famo's personal belongings, while simultaneously trying to extract the essence of the Dharma within them.

During this period, there were also some unexpected gains in the transmission of the Dharma.

For example, a statue given to him by someone contained an ancient "Ancient God Body Refining Method," a cultivation method that could temper one's bones and make one's flesh and blood far superior to that of ordinary people.

It should be noted that the Taoists of the Eastern Heavenly Court mainly rely on supernatural powers and magical combat, since the Heavenly Dao Laws within the Heavenly Registers are an innate advantage, and those who cultivate their bodies are not common.

However, the main cultivation system of Rakshasa World focuses on body refinement. It is said that in a cultivation experiment not long ago, a Rakshasa who had achieved great success in cultivation was able to withstand the explosion of an ancient star and was hailed as the number one person in the world with the best physical body.

Qin Chuan didn't want to only know magic and have his physical body become a weakness, so he extracted this ancient god body refining method as a backup plan for himself.

And so, another ten days passed.

After accumulating twelve thousand Dharma essences, Qin Chuan finally found a 'jade box' among several pieces of evidence.

Item: Jade Box

[This is an ordinary jade box for storing elixirs. When the elixir is placed inside, its energy is prevented from leaking out. It was refined by Xie Zhimiao and contains a copy of the 'Elixir Preservation Technique,' which can be extracted or recycled into 10 points of Dharma Essence.]

Qin Chuan suddenly stood up:

"Finally found!"

He immediately summoned someone. "Wang Mengshi."

"The path is here."

Qin Chuan took out the jade box and handed it to him: "Take this to the Medical Testing Garden immediately and see what kind of pills this box was used to store before. Once you have the results, notify me as soon as possible."

"Understood." Wang Mengshi left with the box.

I'll be back in the afternoon.

Qin Chuan asked, "How is it?"

Wang Mengshi produced a report: "The Medical Examination Institute says that the ingredients of the pills in this box are not registered with the Medicine Storage Department, so the corresponding pills cannot be found. It should be a privately made pill."

"it is good!"

Qin Chuan had already vaguely grasped a clue, and immediately said:
"Pass on my order to interrogate Zhao Famo again."

soon.

Zhao Famo was then brought to the public trial court.

Zhao Famo had dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept well for many days, or perhaps hadn't slept at all. He yawned and listlessly watched Qin Chuan take the court seat. He sat down in the presiding judge's chair and said in a disinterested tone:
"It's you again, young fellow Daoist. What's wrong? Have you found evidence that I erased my memories, or have you found a way to restore them?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan remained calm: "Zhao Famo, tell me about your relationship with Xie Zhimiao, the vice dean of the Blessed Land Myriad Spirits Dao Research Institute."

A single word followed.

The other jurors in the courtroom were all baffled. Who was Xie Zhimiao? Where did he get this information from, and how did such a person suddenly appear?
but,
However, Zhao Famo, who had been listless, twitched his facial muscles involuntarily and his pupils contracted sharply upon hearing this name, but he still spoke calmly:
"I don't know such a person."

"is it?"

Qin Chuan smiled and looked at the bright mirror hanging high behind Zhao Famo.

The question immediately flashed with a red light.

This is a lie!

Immediately, the image of a slightly younger Taoist priest in a white robe appeared in the mirror.

"The Mirror of Inquiry and the Mirror of Manifestation have worked!!" In an instant, all the jurors in the courtroom exclaimed excitedly, looking at their respective spirit officials in disbelief.

This……

Although they didn't know how the spirit official obtained Xie Zhimiao's clues.

Can……

This means they asked the right question. Only by asking the right question could Zhao Famo not hide anything. Before, they only asked where the money went, without touching on the main people and things, and Zhao Famo gave them all sorts of evasive answers.

Now, just asking about this person has completely broken Zhao Famo's mental defenses.

Zhao Famo also turned around and saw the Heart-Questioning Mirror and the Heart-Revealing Mirror. His face clearly showed panic. He knew that Qin Chuan's question was too sudden and went straight to the core, making it impossible for him to remain calm. His mind immediately showed a flaw, which was seized by these two treasures.

He could only take another deep breath and try to make amends, saying, "We might have eaten together before. I've said before, I never really remember people like that."

The Mirror of Inquiry flashed red light once more.

"Zhao Famo, what are you hiding?!" The deputy judge knew perfectly well that Zhao Famo had given himself away: "If we, the spirit officials, didn't have enough confidence and evidence, would we be asking you this? Why don't you confess honestly?"

Zhao Famo's gaze shifted to Qin Chuan, but he suddenly closed his eyes, clearly prepared to not answer any questions that might be asked next.

However, Qin Chuan was certainly prepared, and suddenly shouted:

"You must remember this jade box."

A jade box?

Zhao Famo's body trembled slightly, and he subconsciously opened his eyes to look. The moment he saw it, his face changed drastically, turning deathly pale...

And his mindset changed.

The mirror behind him, revealing his true nature, speaks volumes and conjures up a vivid image...

The scene shows him and Xie Zhimiao in a mysterious-looking secret room.

At this point, the interrogation finally achieved a major breakthrough.

(End of this chapter)