The Black Bear Magistrate

The County Office.

As Chen Lin made his way through the county town, he found it quite prosperous.

Moreover, everyone he saw appeared perfectly normal—at least on the surface. It made him feel that this scenario might be more complicated than it seemed.

But the moment he was brought into the County Office, he realized he had been too hasty in his judgment.

Beneath a plaque bearing the words "A bright mirror hangs on high," a man resembling a black bear sat behind a desk, his entire body covered in thick, coarse black hair.

His face was almost a black bear's as well, with only the faintest resemblance to a human's. He looked ferocious and terrifying; an ordinary, timid mortal would have trembled all over at a single glance.

Still, he wore official robes and a black gauze hat, and carried himself with imposing dignity. He was undoubtedly the county magistrate.

"Why aren't you kneeling before His Honor?"

At the Golden-Haired Chief Constable's sharp command, Liang Batian's men and the performers dropped to their knees with a thud and began kowtowing.

"We pay our respects to Your Honor! Please grant our master justice!"

Mournful cries rang out as they repeatedly accused Chen Lin of his crimes.

Chen Lin, however, did not kneel.

He was not in the habit of kneeling to others. As a dignified Void Refinement Cultivator, he had no need to abase himself like that. Even in the Nightmare Realm, he could not cast aside his dignity.

Besides, he held a Shepherd Token and counted as a bailiff. There was even less reason for him to kneel before a magistrate who was not his direct superior.

The Black Bear Magistrate said nothing about Chen Lin's behavior. Instead, he turned to the Golden-Haired Chief Constable. "What happened? Aren't these