Meng Jingzhou Forms His Golden Core

The life of the law lies in its enforcement, and enforcing the law helps to stabilize the fate of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Therefore, few dared to violate the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, especially the most severe criminal penalties.

Although the law should be strictly enforced, unexpected things always happen—some things that require punishment according to the law, but do not require punishment based on common sense.

Given this situation, the Criminal Law specifically granted the Ministry of Justice the power to exempt itself from prosecution, and this power was placed in the hands of the Minister of Justice.

In theory, this power could easily become a means for members of the royal family to evade legal consequences.

In reality, such incidents are extremely rare, mainly because the supervisory power of the Five Great Immortal Sects prevents the Minister of Justice from taking any rash actions.

But a situation that even the legislators at the time could not have foreseen occurred—the Minister of Justice was imprisoned.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Xia rubbed his temples in pain.

Why is it that whenever the Ask Dao Sect is involved, they always manage to come up with something new and interesting?

He received two messages. One was that Yun Zhi's investigation in the Immortal Realm had yielded results, discovering a non-existent Fire Dynasty. This wasn't urgent; he could slowly investigate information about the Fire Dynasty.

As for Yun Zhi's request to move the High Antiquity cave abode in the Immortal Ruins back to the Ask Dao Sect, he can agree to it.

The second piece of news was that the Minister of Justice was imprisoned, with the Silent Daoist priest beside him.

If the Minister of Justice dared to leave the prison directly, the Silent Daoist would dare to spread rumors that the Great Xia Dynasty was abusing its power for personal gain.

If the Silent Daoist dares to leave the prison directly, the Minister of Justice will intervene to stop him and ensure that he cannot escape.

Deadlock.

"How about granting Xu Xin a pardon?" Emperor Xia muttered to himself. As the emperor, he naturally had the power to grant pardons.

After some thought, he abandoned the idea and instead issued another order.

"The entire Ministry of Justice will relocate to Dayan County to work."

"So, this is why you came to the dungeon to visit me?" Lord Xu glared at his subordinates with a menacing expression, looking like he wanted to devour them.

"His Majesty has given the order, and we have no choice but to obey." The Vice Minister tried his best to keep a straight face, but the scene was too funny, and he and his colleagues couldn't hold back. It took a lot of willpower to prevent the corners of their mouths from turning up too exaggeratedly.

The Silent Daoist squatted to the side. According to custom, the Vice Minister and others should have greeted him, but seeing Lord Xu's ashen face, they dared not take any action.

"Lord Xu, these are the official documents from the past two days. Please review them." The Vice Minister respectfully handed over several memorials, all of which Lord Xu needed to handle.

Lord Xu snorted coldly, "Put it here."

The Vice Minister originally wanted to say something like, "Wait a few days, His Majesty will grant you a pardon after he finishes watching the show," or "Would you like some food and bedding sent over?" But after thinking about it, he ultimately didn't say it.

After his subordinates left the prison, Lord Xu picked up the memorials from the ground and began to review them.

He frowned, somewhat displeased.

"Nonsense! This system is something I've thought about for a long time before proposing it, and its feasibility has been proven through targeted trials at the county and prefecture levels. The results have been excellent, so how could it be wrong?"

The Silent Daoist glanced at the contents of the memorial and roughly understood what had happened. The memorial mentioned that a certain system was useless and had even increased the workload of the prefectures and counties, and suggested streamlining the rules and regulations. However, this system was something Xu Xin was very proud of, so how could he allow others to point out its errors?

He chuckled, which Xu interpreted as sarcasm. "Are you, Xu, a saint who has never made a mistake? If you're so capable, why don't you become the emperor?"

He was even more displeased, coldly staring at the Silent Daoist. If it were any of Lord Xu's subordinates, they would have been too afraid to speak by now, but the Silent Daoist was not afraid of Lord Xu at all.

A defeated opponent who lost to the Golden Core, Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation stages in a row.

The Silent Daoist is knowledgeable and experienced in crime, and his grasp of legal theory is in no way inferior to that of Lord Xu.

"... Have you considered the legislative interpretation? Was this what the legislators originally intended...?"

"... You forgot that laws can be outdated..."

"... Don't give me that theory, is this really how it is...?"

The debate between the two sides grew increasingly heated, with neither willing to back down, and they even set up a soundproof barrier to prevent other prisoners from hearing their conversation.

Finally, Lord Xu's tone was not as sharp as before, and his momentum waned as he spoke. He had to admit that what the Silent Daoist said made some sense.

"Shut up, let me think!"

Lord Xu lowered his head in thought, remaining silent. Although the old scoundrel was immoral, he never joked about such matters. If he said this, he must be quite serious.

This is the result that Emperor Xia wanted.

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

The Xia Emperor was helpless in this regard. Xu Xin's mastery of the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty was unparalleled, which meant that few people even had the right to debate with him.

Emperor Xia couldn't say whether Xu Xin's actions were right or wrong; he only felt they were inappropriate, but he didn't know how to improve them.

The Silent Daoist is well-versed in law and has extensive experience, making him the most suitable person to argue with Xu Xin.

Emperor Xia seized this opportunity to let the two of them argue.

Once Xu Xin realizes his purpose, he will be pardoned.

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

He figured something out in the dense forest, had a great awakening, and returned to the Demon Suppression Pass to form his core. He let Tao Yaoye and Man Gu continue to seek their own fortuitous opportunities, while he returned to the Ask Dao Sect alone.

As for the trivial matter of encountering a wealthy Aristocratic Clan man flaunting his wealth on the way back and being humiliated by him despite his hidden identity, it's not worth mentioning.

"Haha, you didn't expect that, did you? This young master has also reached the Core Formation stage!"

Meng Jingzhou started showing off as soon as he saw Lu Yang.

Although he didn't know what kind of Golden Core Lu Yang had formed, he was confident that his own Golden Core was the strongest and that no one could defeat it.

"Let me tell you, my Golden Core is unprecedented! I'm about to break the curse of being a single Spirit Root cultivator!"

Meng Jingzhou was so full of vigor that he didn't seem like a Core Formation cultivator, but rather like a newly ascended Tribulation Transcendence expert. He was so arrogant that he didn't even know how to walk the path anymore.

Lu Yang was genuinely surprised and asked without pretense, "You have this ability? What kind of Golden Core have you formed?"

Meng Jingzhou chuckled and pulled Lu Yang into the teahouse for tea, showing off as they drank.

"I don't have a single Spirit Root; if I want to, I can definitely form a single Golden Core."

Lu Yang nodded. That's what the first single Spirit Root- rooted Daoist Shendu said in his Core Formation experience.

"You've cultivated the Golden Core of Singlehood?"

Meng Jingzhou didn't answer, but placed a teacup on the table. "This person is alone, single!"

Then he placed another teacup on the table. "This person is also alone, single!"

He gently tapped the two teacups together, producing a crisp clinking sound, and uttered a conclusion he had pondered for a long time, "So, two single people together make a pair, don't they?"

"So?"

"Therefore, I have produced two single Golden Core!"

I originally intended to write a detailed account of the debate between the Silent Daoist and Lord Xu, but to avoid getting too realistic, I'll skip that. By the way, I'd like to recommend a book: <Unorthodox Beast Taming>.

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

As a transmigrator, I have to be a babysitter for someone else's pet? I don't want this stupid system anymore!

What?! Bathing and grooming can grant you the skills of other pets to teach to your own? Feeding and training can increase your pet's stats by granting it points in the other pet's constitution and skill proficiency? I'm totally hooked!

... several years later...

"Mr. Xu Ran, your pet boarding shop has now become the most popular pet boarding shop. What's your secret?"

"The secret is dedication." Facing the reporter, Xu Ran said sincerely, "Our store's service philosophy is to make guests feel at home, so that our pets feel right at home here."

"But there are rumors that you look rather inappropriate when caring for your pets..."

"Those are all rumors!"

Behind him, one after another, terrifyingly powerful beasts nodded in agreement. Their tamers had endured humiliation and sacrificed too much for this family!