Chapter 118 - 117: The Prison’s Depths, Expanding the Business
Beside him, Zhang Wei covered his nose and said casually, "That’s right. Just let them cause a scene!"
"Even if we did arrest these commoners, what then? It’s not like we could kill them, could we?"
A middle-aged Prison Guard chimed in.
"These ignorant masses are completely muddle-headed and weak-willed. A few words are all it takes to deceive them."
"They’re also quick to forget."
"Don’t be fooled by how fired up they are now, threatening to storm the execution grounds."
"Once the Holy Robe Sect is gone, it’ll only be a few days before these people go right back to their normal lives."
The more experienced Prison Guards had all seen similar scenes before and wore indifferent expressions.
It was a common sight, and they had long since grown numb to it.
Su Bai furrowed his brow, thinking to himself.
’And this is just for executing a Hall Master!’
’In a couple of days, when it’s time to execute the Holy Robe Sect Leader, won’t this crowd raise hell?’
Of course, these matters weren’t his to worry about.
Su Bai subconsciously glanced at Ning Fengyun.
Ning Fengyun’s right hand was resting on the hilt of his black blade. His deep gaze swept over the crowd, his thoughts impossible to guess.
...
After the execution, Su Bai and the others returned to the prison.
In the afternoon, after processing three more convicts, there was nothing left to do.
In the break room, bored and with nothing to do, Su Bai took stock of his current Experience Point earnings.
By now, he had taken almost every convict in the entire prison into the Purification Tripod.
His daily Experience Point earnings had already surpassed the 500,000 mark!
It was nearly 600,000 Experience Points a day!
After breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, Su Bai’s current Cultivation was at the First Layer. To reach the Second Layer, he needed five million Experience Points.
At this rate, relying solely on the income from these convicts, he would have enough in eight or nine days at most.
Was this a fast cultivation speed?
For most Martial Artists, it was absurdly fast.
But Su Bai still found it a little slow.
’Previously, just killing the Young Tower Master of the Sun and Moon Pavilion brought me several million Experience Points, plus tens of thousands of Tier Two Experience Points!’
’But unfortunately, how many people with that level of Cultivation are there in the entire Great Xia Dynasty?’
’Being able to kill even one was an incredible stroke of luck.’
’In the long run, the path of processing convicts is still the more reliable one.’
Su Bai had considered this matter a long time ago.
And with his current strength, capturing convicts at the Spirit Transformation and Divine Platform Realms would be easy enough.
But the most crucial question was, once he caught them, where would he put them?
’Perhaps I can imprison them in the depths of the prison!’
Su Bai suddenly thought of the abandoned cells deep within the prison.
Although these cells were abandoned, they had been built with rare materials and a great deal of effort.
Therefore, they could still be used to hold convicts.
With this in mind, Su Bai created a Divine Thought Incarnation and sent it toward the prison’s depths.
He hadn’t used a Divine Thought Incarnation in a long time. Upon deploying it now, Su Bai discovered that the incarnation he had created was many times more corporeal, its power far greater than before.
It looked incredibly lifelike, just like a real person.
The texture of its robes was clearly visible; even the slightest wrinkles could be discerned at a glance.
’Is this a change brought on by breaking through a Realm and the transformation of my Divine Spirit?’
Su Bai was curious and felt a sense of anticipation. What other changes would his Divine Thought Incarnation undergo when he broke through to higher Realms in the future?
With a thought, the incarnation of Su Bai arrived in the Cyan Hall.
The hall was now empty. Jiang Guanshui was gone, leaving only that old codger, Longbo Hai, to stand guard alone.
"Greetings, Senior!"
Sure enough, just as Su Bai was thinking of the old codger, Longbo Hai appeared before him and spoke respectfully.
Su Bai merely gave a slight nod.
He didn’t know, however, that a tempest was raging in Longbo Hai’s heart.
’This Senior! Has he already taken another step forward in the great Daoist Palace Realm!?’
He could hardly believe it.
If before, when facing Su Bai, he had been filled with fear and trepidation, forced by the pressure to show respect and reverence... then now, facing Su Bai, any thought of resistance had been utterly extinguished.
Just a single wisp of his emanating aura... felt like a towering mountain peak pressing down on him.
It was like a monstrous tidal wave crashing over him.
It was enough to make one despair, to feel utterly suffocated.
And this was just from a single Divine Thought Incarnation!
What would happen if his true body were here?
With his shallow Cultivation, he simply couldn’t imagine it.
At this thought, bitterness welled up in Longbo Hai’s heart.
He had been stuck at the Ninth Level of the Spirit Transformation Realm for decades. He was on the verge of dying from old age, yet he saw no hope of a breakthrough.
Yet this man had not only broken through to the Daoist Palace Realm, but had also advanced even further with ease!
’Damn it all, the gap between people... is even greater than the gap between a man and a dog!’
Su Bai was unaware of the many thoughts racing through Longbo Hai’s mind as he bowed.
He began to wander casually through the depths of the prison.
Longbo Hai followed closely behind, his head bowed meekly like a servant.
Deep in the prison, there were many empty, abandoned cells, but some still held convicts.
’Not bad. They’re quite sturdy.’
Su Bai looked around at the cells, nodding to himself.
The materials used to forge these abandoned cells were rare, making them quite sturdy.
’Once I capture some convicts from the Spirit Transformation and Divine Platform Realms, I can just toss them in here, add a Divine Soul Seal or two, and there shouldn’t be any problems.’
’This was the most important step in expanding his business: finding a "cozy little home" for those Spirit Transformation and Divine Platform Realm convicts!’
’It was basically complete.’
As for the convicts still imprisoned in the depths, they were all emaciated, their eyes shut tight.
Su Bai paid them no mind.
He flicked his hand, and with a burst of True Qi, pulled some of the white bones and tattered clothing from a cell into his palm.
’Nothing...’
’Still nothing...’
After rummaging through the remains in several cells and finding nothing, Su Bai frowned slightly and asked Longbo Hai, "Did these people leave nothing behind?"
"They did! But we collected everything beforehand. It was mostly Cultivation Techniques."
"If Senior wishes to see them, I can retrieve them for you!"
Longbo Hai said carefully, ever the subservient follower.
"Very well."
"Not long ago, a junior came to me seeking a technique."
"Unfortunately, my own arts are rather specialized, so I thought I’d come look for something suitable here."
Longbo Hai said thoughtfully, "In that case, please wait a moment, Senior. This junior will retrieve them for you!"
’So there really was something...’
Su Bai watched Longbo Hai’s departing figure with a strange expression.
He had only decided to rummage around on a whim after seeing the skeletons and corpses of those who had died in meditation.
It was like opening a blind box or digging for treasure.
He just hadn’t expected that Longbo Hai and the others had already picked the place clean.
In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Longbo Hai returned.
He approached Su Bai with a respectful expression.
He handed Su Bai a bloodstained leather-bound book.