svetikya Chapter 18 Maru
Chapter 18 Maru
Wu He spoke up: "The remaining pills are real, the account books are real, and the Qi-Nourishing Pills in Wang Yuan's storage bag are also real."
Zhou Quan glanced at Wu He.
"Are you Wu He?"
"Yes."
"A deacon from the outer courtyard of Yuanwu Peak?"
"Yes."
Zhou Quan nodded.
No wonder.
Wu He frowned.
Zhou Quan did not continue speaking.
One sentence, "No wonder," is enough.
Everyone in the hall understood.
Wu He came from a humble background and rose through the ranks step by step through the sect's assessments.
This type of person likes to follow the rules.
They are also the easiest to offend people.
Zhou Quan looked at Tang Zhiming.
"Zhao Cheng, Wang Yuan, Yuanwu Peak will be punished, but Qingchi Peak will not."
Wang Yuan suddenly looked up.
"Deacon Zhou!"
Zhou Quan didn't even glance at Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan's face immediately turned ashen.
He got it.
I was abandoned.
Zhao Cheng lowered his head, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Zhao Cheng had anticipated this outcome.
The lives of ordinary people have never been worth much.
Zhou Quan continued, "But Li Shi is a disciple of the Qingchi Peak. Without the Peak Master's order, you can't detain him."
Tang Zhiming said in a deep voice, "He is involved in this case."
"I said, take it back to Qingchi Peak for self-examination."
"Self-inspection?"
Tang Zhiming chuckled.
"Senior Brother Zhou, do you think these two words will be convincing?"
Zhou Quan turned his head and looked at the servant disciples seriously for the first time.
"To win over the masses?"
Zhou Quan spoke very softly.
"Who disagrees?"
The hall fell silent for a moment.
Zhou Ping clenched his fists.
He wanted to speak.
But when the gaze of a ninth-level Qi Refiner swept over, it felt as if his throat was blocked.
Chen Shou lowered his head.
Writing a book is an option.
If you make him reach the ninth level of Qi cultivation, his legs will go weak.
Lin Xiaoyou also remained silent.
Lin Xiaoyou was very clear about it.
At this moment, shouting out in a fit of passion is useless.
Zhou Quan is not Zhao Cheng.
It wasn't Wang Yuan either.
Behind Zhou Quan is Qingchi Peak.
In the system space.
Seeing this, Li Xun's face also darkened.
"This old bastard is tough to beat."
[Hostile target detected: Zhou Quan.]
[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level Nine]
[It is advised that the host avoid direct confrontation.]
Li Xun rolled his eyes.
"What should I use as the front?"
"Should we throw the unpaid bill at him?"
[Group tasks can be posted.]
"Can the mission solve the ninth level of Qi Refining?"
The mission may be impossible, but the human spirit can.
Li Xun was taken aback.
What the system said is interesting.
Li Xun looked at the screen.
Zhou Quan asked who disagreed.
No one dared to speak.
Just because no one speaks out doesn't mean no one disagrees.
They were just afraid.
Li Xun sat up straight.
"Issue a task."
Please set up the task.
Li Xun thought for a moment and then typed in the message.
[Task: Provide evidence.]
[Content: All those whose contributions have been deducted must state their name, month, and loss in court.]
[Reward: 10M per person.]
There is no penalty for failure.
[Note: Silence is also part of the account.]
[Should it be released?]
Li Xun took a deep breath.
"hair."
Inside the courtroom.
The task popped into the minds of all the bound users.
Zhou Ping was the first to see it.
He clenched his teeth.
10M.
That's enough for him to advance a small portion of his cultivation.
More importantly, there is no penalty for failure.
Zhou Ping raised his head.
"I refuse to accept this."
All eyes in the hall fell on Zhou Ping.
Zhou Quan looked at Zhou Ping.
"What did you say?"
Zhou Ping's face turned pale.
But she still spoke up.
"Zhou Ping, the menial servant."
"Last month, we lost four catties of spiritual rice."
"The Peiyuan Pill is an incomplete pill."
"Half of the Soul Shard was confiscated by Zhao Cheng."
"The reason is that I didn't clean it properly."
Zhou Quan looked at Zhou Ping.
"so?"
Zhou Ping's voice trembled slightly.
"So this isn't just Zhao Cheng's problem."
"I disagree with the decision to take Li Shi away for self-investigation."
The words fell.
A prompt popped up in Zhou Ping's mind.
[Task progress +1.]
[Rewards temporarily stored.]
The second person looked up.
"Liu Shu, the odd-job worker."
"Received residual pills for two consecutive months."
"When I handed over the herbs, Wang Yuan took three of them."
The third person also spoke up.
"Sun He, the odd-job worker."
"The betting odds are on Brother Lin to win, but Zhao Cheng is denying it."
Tang Zhiming's eyes twitched slightly.
Does this count too?
Chen Shou immediately added.
"I have a roster here!"
"The betting odds are also an account!"
Lin Xiaoyou glanced at Chen Shou.
Chen Shou immediately straightened his chest.
"I write novels, so I have a good memory."
One by one.
Thirteen.
Seventeen.
Later, even the servants who hadn't gotten cards started to speak up.
They did not receive any mission rewards.
But once someone takes the lead, courage grows.
"I disagree!"
"My period has been irregular for three months!"
"My sister is also in the servants' quarters; her cultivation has been stuck for half a year!"
"Zhao Cheng said the incomplete pills were issued by the alchemy room!"
The sounds are increasing.
Outside the hall of law enforcement, the servants who had originally been watching the commotion also gathered around.
Zhou Quan's expression finally darkened.
Zhou Quan is not afraid of the evidence.
Evidence can suppress.
Zhou Quan was not afraid of Lin Xiaoyou.
It's only at the fourth level of fetal breathing.
But Zhou Quan didn't like this kind of scene.
When the people below start talking, that's when trouble begins.
Tang Zhiming looked at Zhou Quan.
"Senior Brother Zhou."
"Are you going to take Li Shi away now?"
Zhou Quan did not answer.
Li Shi then spoke up.
What they're saying has nothing to do with me.
Lin Xiaoyou looked up.
"Wang Yuan mentioned you in the photo."
Li Shi sneered.
"He said it was me, so it really is me?"
"Then if I say that you, young friend Lin, colluded with Buddhist monks and misled the servants' quarters, would that also convict you?"
There was silence in the hall.
The atmosphere changed the moment the words "Buddhist practice" were uttered.
Tang Zhiming frowned.
Wu He also looked at Lin Xiaoyou.
That's the most troublesome part.
The talisman in the mirror looks too much like the methods of Buddhist cultivation.
Zhou Quan grasped this point.
He turned to look at the crowd.
"You think you've found a lucky break?"
"wrong."
"Origin unknown, broke through realms in a short time, can protect the body, and can unite the masses."
"This is not the orthodox path of immortality."
"This is a heretical path."
Zhou Quan's voice wasn't loud, but it overwhelmed everyone.
"Since the founding of the Qingchi Sect, the most taboo thing about heretics is to confuse the public."
"If today it is determined that this object is a seed of demonic cultivation..."
"All of you will have your cultivation destroyed and be imprisoned in the Spirit Lock Cave."
The servant disciple's expression changed drastically.
Chen Shou's legs went weak.
"Brother Lin."
"Shut up."
Lin Xiaoyou stared at Zhou Quan.
That old man is ruthless.
In a single sentence, the act of collecting debts was transformed into collusion with heretics.
In the system space.
Li Xun couldn't sit still any longer.
"damn it."
"Are you trying to label me?"
[A credibility crisis has been detected at the service center.]
[The anti-counterfeiting page can be accessed.]
Li Xun's eyes lit up.
"That Shangyuan Dao-proving one from last time?"
[One-time use of the upgraded anti-counterfeiting feature.]
The content must be consistent with the currently disguised identity.
Li Xun's mind raced.
The symbol in the mirror.
Xuanjian.
Lu Jiangxian.
You must not reveal yourself.
But it can be done through a shell company.
"Anti-counterfeiting page, for everyone to see."
Please confirm the displayed content.
Input by Li Xun.
"An ancient mirror hangs over the lake, a talisman seed falls into the world, the moon shines upon it, and all energies return to one."
[Generating...]
Inside the courtroom.
Zhou Quan was about to continue speaking.
suddenly.
Lin Xiaoyou's brow lit up.
Not just Lin Xiaoyou.
The eyebrows of all bound users light up simultaneously.
Pale white light wafted through the room.
An illusory ancient mirror slowly appeared above everyone's heads.
The mirror is not large.
But inside, a night lake is reflected.
There is no moon over the lake.
The moon is reflected in the mirror.
As the moonlight fell, the talisman seeds sank into the lake.
Immediately afterwards, everyone heard a very soft Taoist voice.
[The moon shines brightly, and all energies return to one.]
Tang Zhiming suddenly stood up.
Zhou Quan's expression also changed.
"This is not the aura of a Buddhist practitioner."
The steward of the alchemy room blurted out.
"Is this Taiyin?"
Wu He stared at the ancient mirror.
Wu He felt that the spiritual energy in his body was being suppressed and smoothed out, without any trace of evil.
Zhou Quan stared intently at his reflection in the mirror.
Zhou Quan wanted to find a flaw.
But that aura was too righteous.
It is so righteous that it doesn't seem like a heretical path.
Li Shi's face was grim.
Lin Xiaoyou was also stunned.
Such prestige from a senior.
It's a bit big.
In the system space.
Li Xun slumped in his chair.
Hang in there.
"Hold on, everyone!"
[The anti-counterfeiting page continuously consumes 10MB of data per second.]
Li Xun suddenly sat up.
"How many?!"
[10M per breath.]
"close!"
Closing it may affect the deterrent effect.
Li Xun gritted his teeth.
"Hold on for three more breaths."
Three breaths later.
The ancient mirror vanished.
No one spoke in the hall.
Tang Zhiming spoke slowly.
"This thing does not resemble Buddhist practice."
Zhou Quan looked at Tang Zhiming.
"Junior Brother Tang, are you going to vouch for it?"
Tang Zhiming did not answer immediately.
After a long pause, Tang Zhiming said, "I will not vouch for you."
Lin Xiaoyou's heart sank.
Tang Zhiming continued, "But I will ask the Peak Master to verify it."
Zhou Quan's expression changed slightly.
Master of Yuanwu Peak.
Then it's not something they can just suppress.
Tang Zhiming made the final decision.
"Li Shi will remain at Yuanwu Peak for the time being."
"Zhao Cheng and Wang Yuan are hereby detained."
"Report the matter of the talisman seed in the mirror to the Peak Master."
"All the servant disciples will not be punished for the time being."
Zhou Quan looked at Tang Zhiming.
"Have you thought it through?"
Tang Zhiming said, "I've thought it through."
Zhou Quan nodded.
"it is good."
Zhou Quan turned and left.
Zhou Quan paused when he reached the door.
"Junior Brother Tang."
"Qingchi Peak will also be reported."
"When the time comes to inspect, it may not only be people from Yuanwu Peak who will come."
After saying that, Zhou Quan left with his men.
Li Shi remained inside the hall, his face ashen.
The servant disciples, however, felt as if they could finally breathe again.
next moment.
A notification popped up in the minds of all users who had completed the evidence submission.
[Task complete.]
[Reward: 10M]
[The reputation of the business hall has been improved.]
[New Permissions Announcement: Joint Network Security - Basic Version Coming Soon.]
Chen Shou's eyes lit up.
"Brother Lin, my money has arrived!"
Lin Xiaoyou looked at Chen Shou.
"How many?"
"10M".
"How much is still owed?"
"Fifty-nine Nine-Spirit Stones, and two hundred negative flow points..."
Chen Shou's smile vanished.
Lin Xiaoyou patted Chen Shou on the shoulder.
"Don't rush."
"There's still a long way to go."
In the system space.
Li Xun looked backstage and just breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, a dark red notification popped up in the system.
【warn.】
The anti-counterfeiting page resonated with an unknown audience.
[From the direction of Wangyue Lake, there is a fragment of an ancient mirror responding.]
Li Xun was stunned.
on the screen.
It lies far away at the bottom of the Meichi River.
Beneath the silt.
A broken mirror, silent for who knows how many years, suddenly lit up.
next moment.
An unfamiliar whisper appeared in Li Xun's ear.
"Who is... using my name?"