"It's only a matter of leaving Sky City. It's not as if I won't be coming back. What crime could I have committed?" I said with a smile, neither servile nor overbearing.
"Leaving Sky City without authorization, yet you ask what crime you committed?" the Sky City Lord asked coldly. Beside him, Uncle Tu hurriedly said, "Leaving Sky City without permission is divided into three levels of punishment according to the offense. First, those who leave and return may escape the death penalty, but not the living penalty. Second, those who leave the city to cause trouble will not be spared the death penalty. Third, those who use an excuse to leave the city will receive both punishments. Pavilion Master Xia, you used an excuse to leave the city and then returned. First, you'll receive the living penalty, then the death penalty."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. That serious? Then what crime does ignorance carry?" I asked.
"Ignorance?" Uncle Tu was stunned for a moment.
I said, "The ignorant are innocent. Now that I know leaving the city carries such a severe penalty, I guarantee I won't leave again."
"If everyone were like you, wouldn't Sky City become a place where anyone could come and go as they pleased?" the City Lord asked coldly.
"You think I wanted to come? You were the one who dragged me here. Even if you'd asked me properly, I wouldn't have come to Sky City!" I said.
"Since you've committed both offenses, punish him first, then destroy his Dao God," the City Lord said. He did not answer me directly, instead ordering Uncle Tu and Scarlet Maiden to prepare to drag me away for execution.
Uncle Tu and Scarlet Maiden's expressions shifted slightly. They were clearly in a difficult position at this point, having only just