Chapter 293: Casting the Immortal Body from the Mortal Flesh
"Hmph, the evidence is conclusive and yet you dare to quibble!
A year after you returned from the mines, everyone thought you were going to live a good life, but instead, you harbored malicious intentions and killed Miss Du Bingqing and her husband's entire family.
Fairy Qingtan, I think this man's crimes are heinous, we might as well execute him on the spot."
True Man Zhaohui said loudly, casting a spell that prevented Zhong Sheng from speaking.
All that was left was for Yu Qingtan to nod, and True Man Zhaohui would kill Zhong Sheng.
Yu Qingtan frowned and waved her hand to release True Man Zhaohui's restraint, then turned to Zhong Sheng and asked, "What exactly happened that year?"
Zhong Sheng's eyes once again lost their sparkle, and he stopped talking.
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"Fairy Qingtan, look, he admits his guilt and is only seeking a quick death. We should—"
"You shut up, what's the rush?" Yu Qingtan glared at True Man Zhaohui, who forced a smile and dared not speak further.
Yu Qingtan looked at the stupefied Zhong Sheng and walked directly up to him, casting the Tian Xiang Illusion Technique.
"Did you violate Miss Du Bingqing that year or not?"
"No!" Zhong Sheng, merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, mechanically answered under the Third-Stage spell.
"Then what exactly happened?"
"That day, I brought a dowry of ten thousand Spirit Stones to the Du family and then got engaged to Du Bingqing.
The next day, Du Bingqing visited my home and stayed until the evening. I wanted to practice dual cultivation with her, and she shyly agreed. But just as I had fully undressed, her father burst in with the Enforcement Team and arrested me."
"Why would you commit such an atrocity today?"
"After I returned from the mine, Du Bingqing had already married into the Feng family and become Feng Dabao's Dao companion.
One day, when she went out, I found her and asked why she treated me this way. She actually said she had been involved with Feng Dabao long before, and because I had offended Feng Dabao in the past, he and she set me up.
One reason was Feng Dabao wanted revenge, another was to plot for my fortune, and the last was because they thought it would be fun.
Hahaha, fun, then I'll let them have their fun underground.
I've worked hard to earn Spirit Stones this year, and not long ago, I managed to buy three Thunderbolts in the black market.
Just today, the legendary Fairy Qingtan was coming, and I followed them sneakily into the house amidst the crowd.
Hahaha, I blew them all to bits, hahaha~"
Under the influence of the illusion, Zhong Sheng laughed wildly, his eyes filled with blood vessels.
"Why didn't you seek justice through the Enforcement Team, City Lord's Mansion, or even Fairy Qingtan to clear your name?"
"Hahaha~ Feng Dabao is the son of a distant cousin of the City Lord. How could the Enforcement Team and City Lord's Mansion possibly help me?
As for the legendary Fairy Qingtan, she must be cut from the same cloth as them.
Moreover, even if I were to be cleared of the charges, what good would that do? I worked in the mines for ten years and my health is already failing me. My path of cultivation is completely cut off. What use is my innocence?"
Zhong Sheng's breathing grew heavier, and True Man Zhaohui's complexion turned unpleasant.
Yu Qingtan sighed inwardly. The effect of the Tian Xiang Illusion Technique changed, and Zhong Sheng's complexion began to appear peaceful; a smile emerged on his face, but within a few breaths, he lost his lifeforce.
"City Lord Feng, I now suspect you might be deeply problematic. Are you going to confess of your own accord, or shall we walk through my illusion?"
Yu Qingtan turned and coldly looked at True Man Zhaohui while emitting the oppressive might of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
True Man Zhaohui, feeling as if a mountain weighed upon him, sweated profusely from his forehead and said with a trembling voice, "Fairy Qingtan, I'll confess everything, I'll confess all."
Although he was a Golden Core Cultivator himself, he had no intention of resisting in front of Yu Qingtan, and he thought the things he had done were not a big deal.
"You're aware of Feng Dabao's affair?" Yu Qingtan said sternly.
"His father mentioned it to me afterward."
"Have you killed the innocent?"
"Never!"
"Have you accepted bribes and embezzled funds?"
"A little."
"Hmph, how much is a little?"
"About the value of a thousand top-grade spirit stones."
"Hmph!"
Yu Qingtan snorted coldly, took action immediately, sealed Real Person Zhaohui's cultivation level, and had the Enforcement Team temporarily take him into custody.
She could tell at a glance that Real Person Zhaohui was not telling the truth, but unfortunately, it was inconvenient to use the Tian Xiang Illusion Technique indiscriminately. After all, everyone has secrets, and it wouldn't be good for her image if used too much in public.
Therefore, Yu Qingtan sent a message to the Fortune Spring Sect, asking them to send people over, and at the same time, she asked the residents of Fortune Spring Immortal City to report any wrongdoing.
In the end, it was discovered that during his tenure as the City Lord of Fortune Spring Immortal City, Real Person Zhaohui had illegal gains worth up to thirteen thousand top-grade spirit stones.
Under Yu Qingtan's leadership, Real Person Zhaohui's illegally obtained assets were returned to the victims where possible.
For assets where the victims could not be found, the Fortune Spring Sect converted them into spirit stones to be distributed evenly among all the residents of Fortune Spring Immortal City, including the loose cultivators in the slums outside the city.
Real Person Zhaohui himself and his family members, except for the elderly and children, were all sentenced to work in the mines.
The people of Fortune Spring Immortal City were grateful to Yu Qingtan, and she successfully harvested a large number of charm points and affection value.
After leaving Fortune Spring Immortal City, Yu Qingtan and her group visited the Zongheng Sect, where there were no surprises. Mainly, it was about showing her face in front of the sect disciples; they were all high-quality "leeks." Each time Yu Qingtan visited a sect, she would dress to impress, wishing that every sect disciple could see her.
Afterward, Yu Qingtan arrived at the territory of the Barbarian Sect.
The Barbarian Sect, the only Nascent Soul level body cultivation sect in the Southeast Region, had a territorial scope much smaller than that of the Qunfang Pavilion, Tri-Sun Sect, and Zongheng Sect and didn't have Golden Core level external forces.
The Barbarian Sect was situated upon the vast Barbarian Wasteland Plateau, which was said to be formed from a giant piece of land fragment dating back to the Desolate Era.
Yu Qingtan and her companions reached the mountain gate of the Barbarian Sect, which really consisted of two hundred-foot-tall hills engraved with a couplet:
Hundred refinements into steel, the mortal flesh forges an Immortal Body,
Undying through myriad calamities, the true spirit of the Nascent Soul cements a steadfast soul.
Yu Qingtan gazed at the couplet inscribed on the mountain gate of the Barbarian Sect, feeling the resolute will and endless perseverance contained within. She knew that this was not just a couplet, but also a reflection of the Barbarian Sect's cultivation philosophy.
"What a pity, an Immortal Body is not so easily cultivated," Yu Qingtan thought to herself.
In the Lichuan Cultivation World's Outer Realm, no cultivator with an Immortal Body had appeared for over ten thousand years before Yu Qingtan.
Each type of Immortal Body is extremely suitable for practicing the way of body cultivation. Therefore, even without using the Cultivation Upgrade Card, spending more time, or the additional benefits of the "Love's Sharing" cultivation effect, Yu Qingtan's body cultivation realm was not far behind that of her spell cultivation.
All thanks to her Five Elements Primordial Immortal Body.
At this moment, a burly man strode out from the mountain gate. His muscles were as tough as iron and stone, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light. Behind him followed a dozen people, all with solid physiques, including two female cultivators.
Among them were two people Yu Qingtan recognized, Dongye Chuhua and Ge Wenxiong.