Chapter 510

"Someone dares to break into the Black Prison, and not to save people, but to kill?"

On this day.

Li Rui was chatting with the Minister of Justice and received this news.

He only felt it was incredibly strange.

The Black Prison was the place where the Yu Kingdom imprisoned serious criminals.

Among them were either high-ranking officials who had committed serious crimes—general Third-Ranks were not qualified, and at the very least they had to be Second-Rank, and there was even a First-Rank imprisoned there—or, besides officials, there were powerful people who had committed crimes, whose cultivation realms were at least at the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.

So the strictness of the guard could be imagined.

Not only was it watched by a crowd of powerhouses in the capital, but it was itself a large formation; even a First-Rank could not easily break through it.

For years, it had always been calm, and he never expected that someone would dare to break into that dragon's den and tiger's lair, causing such a stir.

And what was even stranger was.

That person sneaked into the Black Prison not to save people, but actually to kill.

To kill someone who was already almost equivalent to dead.

Li Rui looked at Minister Yan of the Ministry of Justice, who appeared somewhat pedantic and mean on the surface, but was actually quite heroic.

"Was that person captured?"

He asked curiously.

Minister Yan shook his head: "It was done by a talisman cultivator; Official Li also knows that these immortal cultivators have bizarre methods, and this talisman cultivator is even harder to guard against."

Li Rui: "Indeed."

This was like a city wall.

It could only block most people, but how could it block ants and insects?

Those talisman cultivators were even harder to guard against than ants.

Of course.

To be able to sneak into the Black Prison, their cultivation must certainly not be low.

Li Rui couldn't help but be curious: "Minister Yan, who did that person want to kill?"

Minister Yan laughed: "The Black Prison is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice; I only heard some rumors, and speaking of which, Official Li should be familiar with that person—it is the Master of the Purple Chai Jingong, which has already been destroyed."

"Si Feng!"

Li Rui raised his eyebrows.

The person being assassinated was actually Si Feng.

Speaking of which, his connection with Si Feng was indeed very deep; he was the first person to witness Si Feng's descent to the Lower Realm, and later, when the Purple Chai Jingong was destroyed, Gu Changsheng joined forces with the Great True Person Qing Ding of the Qingwei Sect to suppress Si Feng in the Black Prison.

Over these years, the North Pole Demon Sect, which shared the same lineage as the Purple Chai Jingong, had been secretly trying to rescue him.

He didn't expect that there would be an assassination now.

Si Feng's luck was truly something else.

Li Rui smiled and shook his head.

"By the way, Minister Yan, I would like to trouble you to take care of my disciple."

"Easy, easy."

Minister Yan agreed readily.

Today, Li Rui came to the Yan residence, certainly not for a pure chat.

But for Liu Tong.

To be precise, for the Spring Breeze Hall.

For the Spring Breeze Hall to do business in the capital, besides needing to handle the Governor of the Jingcheng, the Ministry of Justice was the top priority.

Compared to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice was inferior in power, and even compared to the Ministry of Works, each had its pros and cons.

But for those in business.

The Ministry of Justice was the largest government office.

If those masters of the Ministry of Justice casually pinned a crime of breaking the law on them, then forget about making money; they might end up in a miserable situation of having their family broken and their loved ones dead.

The Spring Breeze Hall's business could grow large.

Naturally, it could not be without Li Rui's protection.

The so-called protection was not about stepping in when problems arose—that was the lowest level and not a long-term plan.

He preferred to moisten things silently.

While drinking tea, he settled the matter.

As the Taiping Order, apart from a very few people, everyone else had to give him some face.

With him as a backer.

The business of the Spring Breeze Hall naturally could not be bad.

At his current status, he knew much more than before; for example, the proprietor behind the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce was Duke Dingyuan, and the proprietor behind the Jufu Pavilion was the Cabinet's Grand Secretary Ma.

Every one of them was a top-tier big shot in the court.

It was not excessive at all for Li Rui to support a Spring Breeze Hall.

After coming out of the Yan residence.

Li Rui did not return to his residence at Jishuitan, but went straight out of the city.

After being several miles away from the city gate.

He summoned a small boat.

It was just that the current boat had changed greatly from the previous one.

Who said immortal cultivators wouldn't enjoy themselves?

This flying magic treasure bought from Situ Lian was not only much more spacious than before, but the key was that there was a cabin on the boat with a radius of one zhang, with complete furniture, looking just like a small, flyable grotto-heaven.

The small boat instantly flew to a height of a thousand zhang.

Li Rui sat cross-legged in the cabin, closing his eyes to meditate.

"Strange, I didn't reveal any flaws; did they open the Heavenly Eye?"

In a corner of the jungle.

Inside a mountain cave.

Wu De was very puzzled.

What he held in his hand was a copy of the Yu Kingdom court's public notice, and the largest section of this notice was about something called the Martial Rankings.

It was already strange that these Martial Rankings could rank martial artists and immortal cultivators in the world.

But what surprised him even more was.

He appeared very rarely, but the Martial Rankings actually detailed his cultivation techniques and origin extremely thoroughly.

How could he not be surprised?

"Could it be that I, Daoist, have been targeted?"

Just as Wu De was pondering.

Suddenly, a figure appeared at the entrance of the mountain cave.

Wu De first blinked his eyes.

Then immediately, his hair stood on end.

One must know that he had always been a cautious person, so this cave dwelling looked ordinary, but in reality, it had long been set up with various formations by him.

But this person who appeared in the cave could actually pass through his formations without a sound.

How could he not be shocked?

"Bitter!"

Wu De cried out in his heart, not even going to investigate the person's situation, and directly operated his secret technique, intending to escape this place first.

But his thought had just arisen.

A cyan light screen enveloped him.

Wu De widened his eyes.

"Cyan Profound Dao Rhyme!"

"Purple Mansion Realm!"

For a time, his mood fell to the bottom.

He saw that the person was clearly displaying the power of the Great Dao, a method that only Purple Mansion Realm cultivators could possess.

A Purple Mansion Realm cultivator was not someone he could deal with.

But the next instant.

A fawning smile appeared on Wu De's face: "Senior Zhu, why have you come too?"

Li Rui looked at Wu De, who was changing his face, and walked into the cave with his hands behind his back, smiling:

"Fellow Daoist Wu, I didn't expect us to meet again."

Wu De shook his head repeatedly: "Senior, just call me Little Wu."

Li Rui was speechless.

Such a sensible and clever person was truly rare.

He looked at Wu De, but the next sentence made the smile on Wu De's face stiffen: "They all say Fellow Daoist Di Longzi has a seven-aperture exquisite heart; it seems that is indeed the case."

Having his origin revealed, Wu De was somewhat embarrassed:

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, even if I say it, you won't believe it; actually, I didn't mean to lie to you."

Li Rui's smile remained.

According to the definition of his previous life, he and Wu De were internet friends.

Now it could be considered their first offline meeting.

Wu De clearly regarded him as an immortal cultivator who had descended to the Lower Realm together.

As for Di Longzi...

Among the immortal cultivators who descended this time, there were quite a few from the Shenxuan Palace.

With his relationship with the Qingwei Sect.

It was not difficult to obtain some information about the Shenxuan Palace.

There was no disciple named Wu De in the Shenxuan Palace, but in the Luoxia Prefecture where the Shenxuan Sect was located, there was a "grave robber" similar to Wu De, but he only had a Daoist name: Di Longzi.

As for his reputation...

The disciples of the Shenxuan Palace were all hated by both gods and men, wishing they could skin this Di Longzi, who called himself the Multi-Treasure Daoist, alive.

It was said that this fat Daoist had cheated quite a few people from the Shenxuan Sect in the ruins of a Dao Lord.

Wu De was shocked in his heart.

In fact, he had been secretly investigating the background of this Fellow Daoist Zhu before him, but he never expected that he still knew nothing about the other party's situation, while his own situation had been understood by the other party seven or eight times over.

With his identity revealed by Li Rui, Wu De put on a fawning smile again:

"Senior, I, Wu De, swear to Heaven; Wu De is my real name."

"I am naturally blessed with good fortune and most liked by my elders; my elders often like to give me some small things, and it's not good for me not to accept them, right?"

The corners of Li Rui's mouth twitched.

What a good "elderly relationship."

It was just that the elders in Wu De's mouth had long since passed away, and those "small things" were immortal treasures left behind by Dao Lords.

Wu De looked at Li Rui.

Knowing that if he didn't bleed a little today, it would be impossible to leave safely.

He gritted his teeth:

"Senior, I suspect that a formidable great tomb is hidden in this small grotto-heaven."

(End of chapter)