I'm an Elder, and My Own People Arrested Me?

"Kid, don't even think about fooling me!"

"The City Guard Office is a subordinate department established by Spirit Hall. Since you dared to cause trouble in Spirit City, that shows you have no regard for Spirit Hall whatsoever!"

"This is a provocation against Spirit Hall!"

"I advise you to come with me quietly, unless you want to suffer a beating!"

Xiao Li began berating Li Mubai with an air of righteous indignation.

He naturally believed a good seventy to eighty percent of what Ye Lao'er had said.

There was no other reason.

The City Guard Office

was the department that governed Spirit City.

And the people of Spirit City

dealt with the City Guard Office more than anyone else.

That was because the City Guard Office handled all of Spirit Hall's affairs, great and small.

In truth,

the position didn't seem like much. It was merely a department several levels beneath Spirit Hall.

It didn't even have the authority to mobilize guards.

But

in Spirit City,

as far as the people of the city were concerned,

the City Guard Office was undoubtedly the center of power in Spirit City.

If someone from this department were placed in the Heaven Dou Empire,

he would be equivalent to the lord of a major city at the heart of a province.

How could such authority

not be immense to an ordinary person?

So

Ye Lao'er hadn't been boasting when he said everyone knew about it.

For ordinary people,

this department's power undoubtedly reached the heavens.

But the thing was... Li Mubai wasn't an ordinary person!

As an elder of Spirit Hall,

Li Mubai paid attention only to its core affairs.

As for everything else,

he couldn't be bothered to learn about it.

Who had so much time on their hands that they'd look into a department as far down the ladder as the City Guard Office?!

Wouldn't that just mean they had nothing better to do?

Besides, Li Mubai was the sort of person who liked to slack off and disliked meddling in other people's affairs.

And as for today's incident,

if it hadn't involved someone he knew, he wouldn't have lifted a finger.

Of course,

he also wanted to use today's incident to put pressure on Bibi Dong

so that she would give up on having him help with the reforms.

He couldn't be bothered with thankless tasks like that.

Spirit Hall would be destroyed in the end anyway.

He had no intention of putting his life on the line for Spirit Hall.

Wouldn't that mean his brain had short-circuited?

Wasn't it better to live a comfortable life of his own?

Of course,

those were Li Mubai's thoughts before he came to Spirit Hall.

But now

he had a Sign-In System.

There was one absolute requirement for obtaining rewards.

That was:

he had to sign in at the Pope's Hall!

This restriction put Li Mubai in a bit of a bind.

After all, Spirit Hall would eventually be destroyed.

But if he wanted the system's rewards, he had to ensure that Spirit Hall continued to exist.

Once Spirit Hall was destroyed,

his rewards would be gone too.

The things the system gave him were excellent.

They were a great help in improving his strength.

Li Mubai certainly wouldn't turn down an increase in strength. After all, the stronger he was, the less he had to worry.

In this world,

at present, the strongest people on the surface were Titled Douluo.

But Li Mubai knew the plot well. Of those who appeared at the end, which one wasn't stronger than a Titled Douluo?

So he was naturally happy to be able to improve his strength through the system.

There was one other, most important point.

An increase in strength also meant a longer lifespan.

If he could become a God King or something, living for hundreds of thousands or even a million years shouldn't be a problem, right?

If one could live, who would want to die?

As he listened to Xiao Li's words,

Ye Lao'er, standing nearby, wore a gloating expression.

Weren't you so formidable?

Let's see how you resist now!

Once the officer takes you away, I doubt you'll get out without having a layer of skin peeled off!

Ye Lao'er secretly rejoiced.

As he saw it,

Li Mubai being taken away by the officer was already a nail hammered into the board.

As long as Li Mubai was thrown into prison,

wouldn't it be up to Ye Lao'er to decide how to get his revenge?

This officer beside him

cared only for money, not people.

As long as one was willing to spend, what couldn't be done?

If he spent enough, it was even possible to have a ruthless man like Li Mubai put to death in prison.

Of course,

killing an expert of that caliber in prison might be a little unrealistic.

But making things difficult for him at every turn, locking him up for a few days, starving him for a few days, or feeding him pig slop for a few days would be no problem at all.

Then he could make him pay a large sum of money.

That would count as revenge too!

"What do you mean, I attacked them? If those Wild Wolf Gang members hadn't rushed me all at once, would I have lifted a finger? That wasn't an attack. It was self-defense!"

Xiao Li's words were enough to make anyone angry.

Li Mubai certainly wasn't going to indulge him and immediately fired back.

At that moment,

on both sides of the street,

the onlookers secretly watching the spectacle couldn't help turning pale with shock when they heard Li Mubai's words.

"My heavens, this man even dares to talk back to someone from the City Guard Office. A newborn calf really doesn't fear a tiger!"

"He actually dares speak to Xiao Li like that. Is he really not afraid of the people from the City Guard Office?"

"Well said!

"You took the words right out of my heart.

"These City Guard Office officials never do any proper work. All they think about day in and day out is bullying the people and squeezing money out of them.

"If I had your strength, young man, forget talking back—I wouldn't have been able to resist drawing my blade already!"

"That's fucking awesome!"

"Now that's what I like to hear..."

Hearing Li Mubai's words, Xiao Li raised an eyebrow and put on the face of a man who had already seen through everything. He declared with absolute conviction:

"Utter nonsense!"

"Are these people fools? They knew how strong you were and still dared to charge at you? You're just spouting whatever comes into your head!"

"You were definitely the one who started bullying them, and then you cruelly injured them. I saw through you long ago, so stop trying to cover it up. You'd better come with me quietly!"

With that, Xiao Li stepped forward, preparing to take Li Mubai back to the City Guard Office.

As for Li Mubai's strength,

it would have been a lie to say he wasn't afraid, but he didn't feel much fear.

That was because he had absolute confidence in his own status and in what he represented.

After all,

in Spirit City,

apart from those few truly powerful experts,

who else was worth being so careful around?

As it happened,

he knew all those experts.

Any Soul Master whose Soul Power exceeded level seventy would be registered with the City Guard Office.

Yet

he had no recollection of Li Mubai whatsoever.

That meant

the man before him who had beaten the entire Wild Wolf Gang to the ground was a level forty Soul Master at most.

Wouldn't someone like that

be frightened at the mere mention of Spirit Hall's famous name and obediently submit?

If the other party dared to resist, wouldn't that be a slap in Spirit Hall's face?

When that happened,

all they had to do was report the matter to their superiors.

Those above would send specialists down to arrest such people.

Several such incidents had occurred before, and word of them had spread far and wide.

He didn't believe Li Mubai was unaware of them.

And since he knew, he had all the more reason to submit quietly!

At this point,

"Don't you know who I am?"

Watching Xiao Li approach, Li Mubai suddenly asked a question of his own.

"Why should I care who you are?"

"If you're wrong, admit it. If you're being beaten, stand at attention!"

Xiao Li was brash and arrogant, his voice brimming with confidence.