The County Office.
As Chen Lin made his way over, he found that the County Town was quite prosperous.
Moreover, everyone he saw appeared perfectly normal, at least on the surface. It made him feel that this Scenario was not quite so simple.
But the moment he was led into the County Office, he realized he had been too quick to judge.
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 fur.
His face looked much like a black bear's as well, with only the barest traces of human features. He was hideous and terrifying; an ordinary, timid mortal would have trembled all over at a single glance.
Yet he wore official robes and a black gauze hat, and his bearing was imposing. He was undoubtedly the magistrate.
"You stand before His Honor! Kneel!"
The Golden-Haired Chief Constable barked a low command. Liang Batian's men and the actors immediately dropped to their knees with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly.
"We pay our respects to Your Honor! Please uphold justice for our master!"
Mournful cries rang out as they continuously denounced Chen Lin's 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 this. Even in the Nightmare Realm, he could not surrender 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? These should all be Squire