Chapter 289: Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou Forms a Core

Therefore, few people dare to violate the laws of the Great Xia, especially the penal code, which carries the harshest punishments.

Although the law must be strictly enforced, unexpected situations always arise—cases where the law mandates punishment, but common sense dictates otherwise.

Given this, the penal code specifically grants the Ministry of Justice the power to waive liability, placing this authority in the hands of the Minister of Justice.

Theoretically, this power could easily become a means for imperial relatives and nobles to evade legal accountability.

In practice, however, such things rarely happen, primarily because the oversight power of the Five Great Immortal Sects makes the Minister of Justice afraid to act rashly.

Yet, a situation occurred that even the original legislators could not have foreseen—the Minister of Justice was thrown into prison.

Inside the Nourishing Heart Hall, Xia Di rubbed his temples in agony.

Why is it that whenever the Ask Dao Sect is involved, they always come up with some new trick?

He had received two pieces of news: one was that Miss Yun Zhi's investigation into the Immortal-Preserving Secret Realm had yielded results, revealing the existence of a non-existent Fire-Kindling Dynasty. This was not urgent; he could investigate information about the Fire-Kindling Dynasty slowly.

As for Miss Yun Zhi's request to move the ancient immortal cave dwelling from the Immortal-Preserving ruins back to the Ask Dao Sect, he could agree to that.

The second piece of news was that the Minister of Justice was locked in a cell, with Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu right beside him.

If the Minister of Justice dared to leave the prison, Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu would immediately go around shouting that the Great Xia Dynasty was engaging in favoritism and malpractice.

If Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu dared to leave the prison, the Minister of Justice would step in to block him, ensuring he couldn't run away.

A stalemate.

"Should I grant a special pardon to Xu Xin?" Xia Di muttered to himself. As the Emperor, he naturally possessed the power of special pardon.

After some thought, he abandoned this idea and instead issued a different order.

"The entire Ministry of Justice is to relocate to Daye Junxian to conduct business."

"So, this is why you all came to the dungeon to visit me?" Master Xu stared at his subordinates with an unfriendly expression, looking as if he could eat them alive.

"His Majesty has decreed, we must obey." The Vice Minister of Justice tried to keep a straight face, but the scene was so ridiculous that he and his colleagues could barely hold it together, using immense willpower to keep their mouths from curling up too far.

Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu was squatting to the side. By custom, the Vice Minister and the others should have greeted him, but seeing Master Xu's livid expression, they truly dared not make a move.

"Master Xu, these are the official documents from the past two days, please review them." The Vice Minister respectfully handed over several folders, all of which required Master Xu's attention.

Master Xu snorted coldly: "Leave them there."

The Vice Minister had originally wanted to say something like, "Just wait a few days, His Majesty will pardon you once he's done having his fun," or "Do you need us to send some food and bedding?" but after thinking about it, he ultimately didn't say it.

Once his subordinates left the dungeon, Master Xu picked up the folders from the floor and began to review them.

He frowned, feeling somewhat displeased.

"Nonsense. I spent a long time thinking about this system, and it has already been proven feasible through pilot practices in the counties. The results are excellent, so how could there be errors?"

Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu glanced at the contents of the folder and roughly understood what had happened. The folder mentioned that a certain system was useless and had increased the workload of the counties, suggesting that the rules of this system be streamlined. But since this system was something Xu Xin took great pride in, how could he allow others to point out errors?

He chuckled, which to Master Xu sounded like mockery: "Are you a saint, Master Xu? You can't even have errors? If you're so capable, why don't you go be the Emperor?"

He became even more displeased, looking coldly at Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu. If it had been one of Master Xu's subordinates, they wouldn't have dared to speak by now, but Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu was not afraid of Master Xu.

A defeated opponent who had lost three times in a row—at the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Soul Transformation realms.

Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu was knowledgeable, had a wealth of criminal experience, and his grasp of legal theory was in no way inferior to Master Xu's.

"... Have you ever thought about legislative interpretation? Is that what the legislator originally intended..."

"... You forgot that laws have a lag time..."

"... Don't give me that theory, is that how it works in reality..."

The two sides debated more and more fiercely, neither willing to give an inch, and they set up a sound-insulation array to prevent other prisoners from hearing their conversation.

Eventually, Master Xu's tone was no longer as sharp as before; the more he spoke, the lower his momentum became. He had to admit that Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu had a point.

"Shut up, let me think!"

Master Xu lowered his head in thought. Although the old thief Daoist Daoist Wuyu was unscrupulous, he never joked about this, and if he said it like that, he must be quite serious.

This was the result Xia Di wanted to achieve.

Although Xu Xin was devoted to the country, working tirelessly and striving to fill legal loopholes, he would inevitably make some inappropriate decisions.

Xia Di was helpless about this. Xu Xin's mastery of the Great Xia Dynasty's laws was so rare that few people were even qualified to debate him.

Xia Di couldn't say whether what Xu Xin did was right or wrong, he just felt it was inappropriate. As for how to improve it, he didn't know.

It just so happened that Daoist Daoist Daoist Wuyu was well-versed in law and had rich experience, making him the most suitable person to argue with Xu Xin.

Xia Di took this opportunity to let the two of them debate.

Once Xu Xin realized his own goal, he could pardon him.

When Miss Yun Zhi and Lu Yang returned to the Ask Dao Sect, they happened to run into Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou returning from the dense forest.

He had figured something out in the dense forest, achieved a great awakening, formed his core upon returning to the Demon-Suppressing Pass, let Tao Tao Tao Tao Yaoye and Seeing Man Gu continue to search for their own opportunities, and returned to the Ask Dao Sect alone.

As for the trivial matter of encountering a wealthy family disciple showing off his riches on the way back and being slapped in the face by him while he was hiding his identity, it was not worth mentioning.

"Haha, wouldn't have guessed it, right? This young master has also formed a core!"

Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou began to show off the moment he saw Lu Yang.

Although he didn't know what kind of Jin Dan Lu Yang had formed, he was confident his own was the strongest, one that no one could beat.

"Let me tell you, this young master's Jin Dan is unprecedented; I am about to break the fate of the Single Spirit Root!"

Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou was so high-spirited he didn't look like someone who had just reached Core Formation, but rather like a Tribulation Crossing expert who had become so arrogant he didn't even know how to walk properly.

Lu Yang was very surprised and wasn't faking it: "You have this ability? What kind of Jin Dan did you form?"

Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou chuckled, pulled Lu Yang into a teahouse to drink tea, and showed off while sipping.

"I'm not a Single Spirit Root; as long as I want to form one, I'm bound to form a Single Jin Dan, right?"

Lu Yang nodded; this was what the first Single Spirit Root, the Daoist Daoist Shendu, had said in his insights on forming a core.

"You formed a Single Jin Dan?"

Meng Meng Meng Meng Jingzhou didn't answer, placing a teacup on the table: "This is one person, it's single!"

Then he placed another teacup down: "This is also one person, it's single!"

He gently tapped the two cups together, making a crisp porcelain clinking sound, and stated a conclusion he had pondered for a long time: "If two single people are put together, aren't they a couple?"

"So?"

"So I formed two Single Jin Dans!"

I originally wanted to write the debate between Daoist Daoist Daoist Bu Yu and Master Xu in detail, but to avoid getting involved with reality, let's just forget it. By the way, recommending a book: "Indecent Beast Taming."

Xu Ran, who transmigrated to a beast-taming world, obtained a pet fostering system...

As a transmigrator, I have to be a nanny for other people's pets? I don't want this crappy system!

What? Grooming can gain the other party's skills to teach my own pets? Feeding and sparring can gain the other party's constitution and skill proficiency to add points to my own pets? I'm sold!

... Several years later...

"Mr. Xu Ran, your fostering shop has now become the most popular one for pets. May I ask what your secret is?"

"The secret is sincerity." Facing the reporter, Xu Ran looked sincere. "Our shop's service tenet is to make guests feel at home; the pets here are just like they are in their own homes."

"But there are rumors that your eyes look very indecent when you take care of the pets..."

"Those are all rumors!"

Behind him, pet after pet with terrifying auras nodded in agreement. Their beast master had endured humiliation for this family and had sacrificed too much!