"Have you committed some crime?" Lu Yang didn't understand why their Grandmaster had suddenly decided to turn himself in, and the old man even seemed rather nervous.
Had he committed some crime without Lu Yang knowing?
The Innate Daoist thought hard for a while. Even back in the Great Yu era, he'd been the honest sort, and after starting over from scratch, he hadn't made any mistakes either.
He said uncertainly, "Uh, does founding Ask Dao Sect count...?"
Meng Jingzhou shot forward and clamped a hand over the Innate Daoist's mouth. "You can't go around saying things like that!"
Wangjiagou fell under the jurisdiction of Jinniu City, so Lu Yang had to bring the snake demon family, along with the few strapping men from Wangjiagou who were obsessed with beautiful women, to the Jinniu City authorities and let them decide how to handle things.
The three of them escorted the demons and men down the mountain. After identifying themselves at the Jinniu City government office, the city lord set aside his work and came to receive them in person.
"Two early-stage Spirit Transformation snake demons and two early-stage Golden Core snake demons?" The city lord was stunned by Lu Yang's haul. He was the only Spirit Transformation cultivator in Jinniu City, and he was at the middle stage.
He'd served as city lord for more than ten years and had only dealt with one case involving a Spirit Transformation cultivator committing a crime. Yet these Ask Dao Sect disciples had brought him two in one go?
"Don't you dare frame innocent demons! I never took a bribe!" The snake demon's husband protested, insisting that Lu Yang and the others were framing him. He hadn't handed over a single spirit stone as a bribe.
At the time, the people of Wangjiagou