Why Not Have a Taste of Being Trash Yourself?

Inside the Law Enforcement Hall's inner hall.

Xiao Mei sat in a high seat, looking down at Lu Qing, who had just been brought before her.

Cold sweat poured down Lu Qing's face. He didn't dare so much as glance at the woman before him.

Everyone knew that Xiao Mei of the Law Enforcement Hall was a beauty with the heart of a snake and scorpion, and her methods were vicious beyond compare.

Anyone who saw only her beauty and overlooked her methods and abilities wasn't far from death.

Without real ability, how could she possibly hold her position in the Law Enforcement Hall?

The Law Enforcement Hall stood apart from the other halls, and its hall master ranked several levels above ordinary hall masters.

She was second only to the nine elders, and even they had to show her some respect.

Her status was truly transcendent.

"Raise your head when you speak."

Hearing the voice from on high, Lu Qing's mind swayed, and he couldn't help looking up. The moment he did, Xiao Mei utterly captivated him.

She was too beautiful.

After that single glance, he would have willingly died the next second.

"You wrote that Su Ling'er set up a private torture chamber and did this to you?"

Xiao Mei's voice was light and melodious, with a trace of seduction that melted Lu Qing to the bone. Even so, he managed to stay clearheaded and hurriedly answered, "Hall master, I withdraw my complaint. It was a misunderstanding... a misunderstanding!"

"Was it really a misunderstanding?"

"Don't worry. I'll see that justice is done for you."

Xiao Mei's eyes narrowed slightly as she quietly unleashed her power to bewitch the mind.

This was an ability unique to the Devil Race clan Xiao Mei belonged to.

It could bewitch the mind and cause a person to succumb, or lure them into speaking their innermost thoughts.

Lu Qing naturally couldn't resist an ability of this caliber. His gaze gradually lost focus, and as if possessed, he said, "Hall master, please see that justice is done for me. That trash sect master Chen Ning incited his subordinate Su Ling'er to punish me privately and cripple my legs. But after I learned what Chen Ning had done a few days ago, and that even several elders treated him with the utmost respect, I didn't dare provoke him again."

Xiao Mei blinked her lively, beautiful eyes and asked, "In other words, if the sect master hadn't gained power and had no one to rely on, you'd still accuse him, right?"

"Of course. I hate him to the bone. If you see that justice is done for me, hall master, I'll gladly be your eyes and watch the sect master's every move. If necessary, I can even deal him a vicious blow from the shadows on your orders."

Lu Qing spoke with resentment, his face venomous. If Chen Ning hadn't ordered it, how would Su Ling'er have crippled his legs?

Driven by the mind-bewitching power, Lu Qing blurted out everything on his mind.

"I understand."

Xiao Mei smiled meaningfully and said to the law enforcement elder beside her, "Strip Lu Qing of the guard position his family has inherited for generations, cripple his cultivation, break his limbs, and drive him down the mountain..."

The law enforcement elder's heart skipped a beat. This was a severe punishment indeed.

Once Lu Qing was crippled and driven down the mountain, he would likely live the rest of his life in despair.

Lu Qing came to his senses at that moment. Hearing Xiao Mei's sentence, he felt as though he'd plunged into an ice cellar, his mind reeling.

He never could have imagined that he would come to such an end.

It all stemmed from his failure to take that sect master seriously.

"Hall... hall master... spare me... spare me... I had eyes but failed to see and offended the sect master. I know I was wrong now... I beg you to leave a corner of the net open!"

"You keep calling him a trash sect master, so why not have a taste of being trash yourself?"

With that, Xiao Mei rose from her seat and strode away on her shapely legs.

She didn't spare Lu Qing, who lay on the floor, a single glance.

She treated him like garbage.

"Farewell, hall master!"

The law enforcement elder bowed respectfully, not daring to show the slightest neglect. Old and experienced though he was, here on the Law Enforcement Hall's own patch of ground, Hall Master Xiao Mei was the one who truly stood above all.

Turning back to cast a pitying glance at Lu Qing, the law enforcement elder sighed. "Don't blame this old man for being ruthless."

After that, Lu Qing's screams and the sound of his limbs breaking echoed through the inner hall.

They were especially piercing.

When Chen Ning got up early the next morning, he discovered that his seven defective talismans were nowhere to be found.

He figured the disciple responsible for cleaning must have cleared them away.

"Good, good. I was just thinking of burning them."

Chen Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He had intended to burn the seven defective talismans as soon as he got up. Otherwise, if someone saw that he'd been sneaking around making talismans only for them to turn out so poorly, they'd laugh their teeth out.

"Mm... Sect Master Brother, you're up so late. You hurt me last night."

Su Ling'er came in from outside carrying breakfast. She had woken up early and gone to the sect's dining hall, where she'd carefully picked out some foods she liked and brought them back.

"Huh? Don't say things that sound so suggestive! My clothes are all perfectly in order."

Chen Ning jumped in alarm and hurried to explain.

"But it's true. Sect Master Brother fell out of bed while he was sleeping last night and landed on Ling'er. It hurt."

Su Ling'er set the dishes on the stone table and handed Chen Ning a pair of jade chopsticks.

Chen Ning took them and tried a bite. The taste was ordinary, nowhere near the famous snacks and such from Earth in his previous life, and the flavors were generally rather mild.

Even the pastries were only a little sweet. If there was one thing about this world that left Chen Ning dissatisfied, it was the food.

As someone from the Celestial Empire, he was used to good food, and the sudden change took some getting used to.

Just then, a guard outside the courtyard said respectfully, "Sect master, the master of the Law Enforcement Hall requests an audience."

"Let her in."

Chen Ning had expected this. Xiao Mei was probably here for the wine. After setting aside what he'd given Wine Maniac and the Sword Immortal, he still had some in stock, just enough to give her.

The guards pushed open the courtyard gate and bowed to Chen Ning. Since the Azure Cloud Rite, they had treated him with great respect and served him with awe in their daily duties.

Xiao Mei swayed her waist as she walked in with dainty steps. She first bowed, then looked at Chen Ning with a smile and said, "Mei'er greets the sect master."

"You're here for the wine, right? It's all ready. Just help yourself."

Chen Ning waved a hand, motioning for Xiao Mei to take it herself.

"Sect master, this young woman has another matter to report to you today."

"Oh? What is it?"

Chen Ning spoke in confusion. Then he saw her approach him, bringing her red lips close to his ear and breathing out a puff of warm air.

Xiao Mei briefly told him about Lu Qing's punishment, a hint of expectation for praise in her beautiful eyes.

Xiao Mei's hair fell against his ear, and Chen Ning found it terribly ticklish.

Chen Ning quickly moved away and said mildly, "All right, I understand. Thank you."

Xiao Mei's heart trembled, and she hurriedly bowed. "Sect master, please don't overwhelm this young woman with such an honor. I don't deserve your thanks."

As she spoke, Xiao Mei edged closer again. "It is already an immense honor for Mei'er to serve the sect master."

Off to the side, Su Ling'er watched the two of them standing so close together and glared at Xiao Mei, puffing out her cheeks.

She felt as though someone were trying to steal her Sect Master Brother from her.

For a moment, an inexplicable sense of unease arose in Su Ling'er's heart.