Chapter 266

On the stone platform.

The young lady, dressed in an azure skirt, sat down on the ground.

She extended her fair wrist, and beneath her silk sleeve, a translucent wristwatch was revealed.

As a hidden special admission student, her treatment was different from other students.

She was allowed by the Academy to carry an identity device into the Second-Layer Realm.

When needed, she could apply for temporary use.

A holographic screen appeared.

Classmate Nie Zheng swiped her finger and looked at the communication list.

At the very top.

The pinned name was exactly "Jiang Jian".

"Since he failed his breakthrough, he shouldn't be able to get an identity device in the short term."

While pondering.

Classmate Nie Zheng still moved her hand away and clicked on the inbox below.

A few seconds later.

Her originally calm gaze suddenly froze.

"The Zhao family reported to the Tianjing Patrol Group."

"Stating that a special aircraft had appeared in Guangling City."

Classmate Nie Zheng frowned slightly.

She attached great importance to this inconspicuous piece of news.

She grew up in Guangling City.

Naturally, she knew that the location of Guangling City was special.

It was the base point corresponding to the spatial coordinates of the Earth Star Ring reconstruction.

If it were any other place, it would be fine.

But having stayed in Guangling City for over a decade,

Classmate Nie Zheng clearly sensed

that this place was vastly different from other cities in the Surface Realm!

After all.

Some great beings had once calculated

that the place where the next natural Divine Gift would appear was highly likely to be Guangling.

This was also the reason why, more than ten years ago,

her father had hidden his name and had her born here.

"Zhao Jianxue of the Zhao family."

"Once had a marriage contract with Jiang Jian."

"This time, it is the Zhao family again."

The young lady turned off the identity device and whispered to herself, "I hope this matter has nothing to do with him."

After receiving the report.

The Tianjing Patrol Group did not ignore it but dispatched specialists to investigate in Guangling City.

They were very clear about the special location of Guangling City.

Even if the talk of extraterrestrial aircraft was bizarre, involving Guangling City, it was not entirely impossible.

As Classmate Nie Zheng calmed her mind and resumed cultivation,

the depths of the volcano returned to silence.

Only the gurgling sound of magma rolling around the stone platform remained.

Yinshan.

The Tenth Palace.

The main hall was brightly lit, and the ceiling was a thousand meters high.

Jiang Jian opened his eyes.

The familiar scene from his memory came into view.

The place where he was located was a massive throne hundreds of meters high.

Below the throne stood countless Yaksha ghosts.

"Manifesting the Wheel-Turning Dharma Image here consumes almost nothing."

His mind stirred slightly.

The clothes on his body changed instantly, turning into a deep and luxurious kingly robe with gold threads!

"The Tenth Palace still only has three Divine Palace Realm experts."

Jiang Jian, wearing a crown with dangling beads and a wide black robe, looked down from the Wheel-Turning Throne.

The Horse-Face Ghost, a hundred meters tall, stood in the front row, looking like a high-rise building.

As for the other two Divine Palace Realm experts, the Hell Judge and the Ox-Head Ghost,

they were not in the hall at this time.

"Greetings, King!"

The Horse-Face Ghost's body was like a mountain; it stepped forward heavily and bowed to Jiang Jian in a muffled voice.

"No need for formalities."

Jiang Jian waved his hand lightly, "Where has the Hell Judge gone?"

The Horse-Face Ghost looked troubled and said: "Reporting to the King, I do not know its whereabouts either."

Behind it.

The Patrolling Yaksha stepped forward and said loudly: "King, not long ago the treasury of the Royal Palace was stolen, and many spiritual resources were lost!"

Jiang Jian's expression was calm; he did not ask further.

Instead, he flipped his palm lightly, used the authority of the Wheel-Turning Royal Palace, and directly summoned the Hell Judge!

A few seconds later.

The Hell Judge appeared, transformed, and its figure shrank rapidly, kneeling below the throne: "Greetings, King!"

Its face was pale, and it hesitated to speak.

It seemed to have unspeakable difficulties.

A moment later.

It still made up its mind and gritted its teeth: "This subordinate was negligent in guarding the treasury, causing a large amount of resources to be lost. Please punish me, King!"

Saying this.

The Hell Judge's expression was ashen.

Clearly, it had already thought of the scene where it would be cast into hell.

Jiang Jian looked at it, was silent for a moment, and said: "You are not guilty."

The Hell Judge was stunned and subconsciously raised its head to look at Jiang Jian.

As the manager of the Tenth Palace treasury,

the Hell Judge had always been diligent, traveling between the major resource points of the Wheel-Turning Palace, collecting renewable resources, and constantly replenishing the treasury.

But not long ago.

It was horrified to find that the ghost-power spiritual items in the treasury had actually vanished into thin air!

Although compared to the total amount in the treasury, the lost items were not much.

But for these ghost-power spiritual items to be stolen under its watch was enough to convict it!

At this very moment.

It didn't even dare to explain for itself, just blindly admitting guilt.

Under the constraints of the existing rules of the Yinshan Wonder Realm,

Jiang Jian held the position of the Wheel-Turning King.

He had absolute power over the life and death of the living beings in the Tenth Palace.

He held their lives firmly in his control.

The Hell Judge couldn't even muster any thought of resistance in its heart.

"King!"

The Patrolling Yaksha's expression changed slightly, and it reported again, "The Hell Judge is greedy and insatiable, privately using the Royal Palace treasury, committing a crime punishable by death. It simply does not put the King in its eyes!"

Behind it.

Other Yakshas stepped forward one after another, filled with righteous indignation, the crowd was agitated.

They all pointed their fingers at the Hell Judge.

"King, this wretch committed theft while guarding the treasury; it really cannot be forgiven!"

"I ask the King to handle this impartially!"

Hearing these voices.

The Hell Judge's complexion, which had recovered slightly, became much uglier again.

Jiang Jian stood on the throne, looking down at the Yakshas below, his gaze indifferent.

He knew clearly why the treasury was lost.

It was the Yinshan Guiding Envoy who, holding his hand-written order, had delivered the items to the Second-Layer Realm to fill up the Hanguang storage.

But this Patrolling Yaksha insisted that it was the Hell Judge's doing, trying hard to stir up internal strife, intending to weaken the Tenth Palace.

Its malicious intentions were clear to see.

Boom!

A black-gold beam of light crashed down, illuminating the thousand-zhang giant hall!

Led by the Patrolling Yaksha, the hundreds of Yakshas behind it

were all frozen in place under the illumination of the light!

Silently.

The hundreds of Yaksha ghosts had their figures collapse soundlessly, all turning into dust!

Seeing this scene.

All the living beings in the hall, including the Horse-Face Ghost, trembled, lowered their heads, and were as silent as cicadas, not daring to make a sound.

Only the Hell Judge looked up at Jiang Jian, its expression complex.

Jiang Jian ignored it.

Instead, he looked at where the Yakshas had perished, his gaze cold.

"The battle for the Ksitigarbha position has not officially begun."

"Yet some people are already impatient and using such lowly methods."

Where the Patrolling Yaksha stood, ashes scattered down, turning into black shadows.

They looked baring fangs and brandishing claws, very ferocious.

Just now.

Seeing the abnormal words and deeds of the Patrolling Yaksha,

Jiang Jian concluded almost instantly that there was definitely something fishy!

The ten palaces of Yinshan each had their own opportunities.

According to Jiang Jian's speculation,

one Palace Master must have obtained a special treasure and possessed the ability to command the Yaksha clan.

Although the barriers of the ten palaces had not officially opened,

all ten palaces of Yinshan had Yakshas!

These Yakshas did not have high cultivation and could not stir up too much trouble.

But they could indeed disgust the other Palace Masters one by one.

"King, the Yakshas are responsible for patrolling the Tenth Palace. Now that the position is vacant, should we hold a new selection?"

The Hell Judge calmed down and asked.

Unknowingly.

Its gaze toward Jiang Jian became even more respectful.

As the Master of the Tenth Royal Palace,

since he had already said "not guilty,"

then it was definitely not guilty.

In its view, Jiang Jian not only did not punish it for its negligence,

but instead, to protect it, directly annihilated the Yaksha clan.

This made the Hell Judge feel grateful.

"You may."

Jiang Jian nodded lightly and turned to walk toward the back hall, "Leave this matter to you."

The Hell Judge stood up and responded loudly: "This subordinate obeys!"

Back hall.

Jiang Jian turned his head to look at the Guiding Envoy beside him and asked: "Where has the Wonder Realm moved to?"

The Guiding Envoy estimated slightly and said: "The Yinshan Wonder Realm has just arrived at the other side of the Earth."

"If you go down now, you will have to cross more than a dozen prefectures yourself to reach Chang'an Prefecture."

"If you wait for the next cycle, when the Yinshan Wonder Realm rotates back, I can directly open a portal near Chang'an Prefecture."

Jiang Jian frowned slightly and asked: "How long is one cycle?"

The Guiding Envoy said: "About ten days."

Upon hearing this.

Jiang Jian pondered for a moment and gave up the idea of going to the Surface Realm.

At this very moment.

The Surface Realm was in a state of combat readiness.

The borders of all major prefectures were guarded by heavy troops.

Unless there was a necessary reason, one could not cross borders without authorization.

And his Star-Governing Palace official position, "Guanxi Pavilion Border-Patrolling Envoy," had not yet been activated.

If he left Yinshan now and went directly to Chang'an Prefecture,

crossing more than a dozen prefectures along the way, he didn't know how much time it would take.

Compared to this.

It was better to stay in the Tenth Palace for ten days.

Cultivating with peace of mind while waiting for Yinshan to rotate back.

By then.

With the great power of Yinshan, opening a spatial portal to drop directly into Chang'an Prefecture would save a lot of effort.

"The peace and tranquility of hundreds of years have suddenly been impacted."

"The situation in the Surface Realm is inevitably a bit chaotic."

Jiang Jian opened the identity device and read all the unread communications from beginning to end.

He was no longer completely in the dark about the current state of the seventy prefectures of the Surface Realm.

(End of chapter)