Chapter 201: Drills All Have a Purpose

What a monumental help!

His situation is an exceptional case; in the cultivation world, children generally mature early, so the age of criminal responsibility in the Great Xia Dynasty's penal code is set very low. Yet, no matter how low it is, it would never decree that a five-day-old infant could commit a crime.

He truly was born only five days ago, except he came into the world possessing formidable power and possessing knowledge of many things. Currently, the penal code of the Great Xia Dynasty has no provisions regarding how to handle someone like him.

Generally, when there are no explicit legal clauses, the principles of criminal law are considered, and out of the principle of protecting minors, he does not constitute a criminal.

To step back, even if it did constitute a crime, his attempted soul-possession is not a sin deserving of death.

These righteous, prestigious sects are bound to be law-abiding; they would not be like their demonic cult, killing people to silence them and erasing all traces of the corpses at every turn.

The Immortal Fairy furrowed her brow, feeling that what the Immortal Cultivator said held some reason. Upon careful reflection, she felt something was amiss, but she could not pinpoint exactly where the error lay.

The Immortal Fairy knew very little about the laws of the mortal world.

Lu Yang pondered, murmuring, "There is some sense in what you say, but as long as we finish you off right here and do it completely without a trace, the penal code shouldn't be able to govern us either, right?"

Things the Great Xia Dynasty does not know about, it naturally cannot govern.

"Oh~ it can be done that way too, Lu Yang, you really are the clever one!" The Immortal Fairy praised Lu Yang, thinking he truly deserved to be her handpicked Cult Ancestor; his mind was exceptionally flexible.

The Immortal Cultivator: "!!!"

Was this the sort of speech a righteous path disciple should utter!

After learning that Lu Yang belonged to the Pillar of State Sect, the Immortal Cultivator had assumed that all his various maneuvers in the Foundation Establishment stage tournament were intentionally acted out.

Looking at it now, this was simply him releasing his true nature!

Yun Zhi had a different approach regarding how to handle the Immortal Cultivator: "The five great immortal sects all hold law enforcement powers. Theoretically speaking, you can be handed over to our Pillar of State Sect for handling. You possess the memories of all the cultists, which is of some use to the Pillar of State Sect. As long as you confess honestly, you can be imprisoned within the Pillar of State Sect."

Upon hearing that he did not have to die, the Immortal Cultivator was overjoyed. Look, this was the true righteous path! As for imprisonment or whatnot, those were trifling matters.

"However, if the contents of your confession contain falsehoods, we shall directly perform a soul-search."

The Immortal Cultivator hastily made guarantees, vowing that he would absolutely be loyal to the Pillar of State Sect, answer every question asked, wash his heart and change his face, and become a new man.

He even swore an oath to the true immortal—Huang Doudou. "Senior, return the embryonic form of the Immortal Dao Fruit to him."

The Immortal Fairy understood Yun Zhi's meaning and nodded gently, stuffing the embryonic form of the Immortal Dao Fruit back into the Immortal Cultivator's soul.

Sensing the regained embryonic form of the Immortal Dao Fruit, the Immortal Cultivator felt his power continuously recovering, and the pain from the beating he had just received lessened somewhat.

To even return a thing like a Dao Fruit to me, there truly are many good people in this world.

Yun Zhi spoke again: "Senior, as the controller of the Immortal Lineage, you can control anyone who possesses the embryonic form of the Immortal Dao Fruit. With you here, the Immortal Cultivator can be kept in check."

The Immortal Cultivator: "..."

So the status of the embryonic form of a Dao Fruit was actually this low?

This was a piece of knowledge known to neither Lu Yang nor the Immortal Cultivator.

By the time Lu Yang emerged from the secret chamber, the Great Xia Dynasty had already commenced its operation.

After receiving the intelligence from the Eldest Martial Sister, the Great Xia Dynasty attached the utmost importance to it. A designated official delivered the intelligence directly before the Emperor of Xia, who was visibly moved upon reading the contents.

To think that the Pillar of State Sect had actually located a headquarters of the demonic cult, and the demonic cult was entirely unaware of it! A once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity!

The four great demonic cults brought endless ruin; given a chance to completely uproot one of them, the Emperor of Xia would not miss it for anything. He immediately issued orders, mobilizing troops and deploying generals to cooperate with the Pillar of State Sect's actions, determined to capture the Immortal Cult with not a single soul left behind! The Great Xia Dynasty sent personnel to seal off all exits, with over a dozen grand masters of the Body Integration stage holding the line. They ordered their subordinates to move out and arrest everyone.

At this critical juncture of life and death, the Immortal Cult displayed a high degree of professionalism—they proactively laid down their weapons and surrendered themselves to justice.

"We surrender!"

All efforts bore fruit; even the seemingly useless surrender drills played a vitally crucial role at this moment.

For the Great Xia Dynasty to dare come and arrest them, they must have made flawless preparations. These dozen or so Body Integration stage figures were only those on the surface; there were bound to be Tribulation Transcendence stage masters hidden in the shadows.

Under such a configuration, counting the members of the Immortal Cult one by one, not a single person could escape. Rather than resisting, it was better to obediently surrender; with good luck, they might still keep their lives.

"Lu Yang, how dare you betray the Immortal Cult!" The Cult Leader, seeing Lu Yang, wished he could tear him to shreds. Unfortunately, he was currently sealed by others, his magical power frozen, his cultivation entirely gone, unable to move.

Even now, he still did not know that Lu Yang was actually an undercover agent sent by the Pillar of State Sect.

"Cult Leader, this is where you are in the wrong. Subordinates overthrowing superiors is the traditional heritage of our demonic cult!" Lu Yang explained to the Cult Leader, believing that the Cult Leader had not thoroughly understood the meaning of the Demonic Path. How could such a person lead the Immortal Cult?

The corners of the eyes of the two Body Integration stage experts escorting the Cult Leader twitched. As expected of someone from the Pillar of State Sect; disguising himself as a member of the demonic cult carried not the slightest hint of discordance.

The space twisted for a moment, and a figure stepped through a spatial gate, arriving before Lu Yang.

The figure possessed a slender build and was a handsome youth. He cupped his hands toward Lu Yang: "I am Ming Ge. I request Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi to step forward for a meeting."

Yun Zhi departed from Lu Yang's spiritual world, returning the salute to Ming Ge: "Lord Ming." Ming Ge hastily said: "Before Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi, I dare not be called Lord."

Ming Ge was a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert belonging to the Great Xia Dynasty and the person in charge of this operation. Ming Ge appeared young, but in truth, his age was greater than that of the Daoist of No Words.

Being in the Tribulation Transcendence stage, the things he knew were far greater than what ordinary people knew—for instance, he knew of Yun Zhi's strength.

Ming Ge knew that even if the Great Xia Dynasty did not take action this time, relying on Yun Zhi alone would be sufficient to catch the entire Immortal Cult in one net.

Whether in terms of strength or in terms of the merit of this operation, Ming Ge did not dare to put on airs before Yun Zhi. Just as Ming Ge was about to say something, a subordinate arrived to report.

"Reporting to my Lord, we have captured two members of the Immortal Cult. Their cultivation is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet they have already attained the position of Helm Master. They ought to be demonic seeds carefully nurtured by the upper echelons of the Immortal Cult. However, these two firmly insist that they are undercover agents sent by the righteous path and are not true members of the Immortal Cult."

"We also received a piece of intelligence stating that the Immortal Cult recently hosted a Foundation Establishment stage tournament, and these two achieved the second and third place results respectively. Such results make it difficult for anyone to believe they are people of the righteous path."

Lu Yang: "..."

How am I not a person of the righteous path!

Ming Ge painfully rubbed the space between his brows and sighed, saying, "Is one of these two named Meng Jingzhou? He is the young master of the Meng family; I even drank at his full-moon banquet. Both of these individuals are undercover agents from the Pillar of State Sect."

"Since Meng Jingzhou is both a member of the Meng family and a person of the Pillar of State Sect, it is only normal for him to mix in with the Immortal Cult like a fish in water. Release them."

"Understood."