Arc 15The Longcheng Magistrate

Su Yuan entered the Tianluo World undercover, manipulated the Immortal Official Grand Examination, and became magistrate of Longcheng County. He challenged the local clans and sects, built loyalty among the county forces, and faced scrutiny from Transport Commissioner Fan.

  • Xuan Haoran defeated the School Team’s attackers and reached Leng Qianliu, but Su Yuan countered his Destined Failure, recruited him, and ended the tournament with five other winners.
  • True Lord Wuluo explained the plan to infiltrate the Tianluo World, and Su Yuan joined the mission with Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, Zhu Tianqing, Leng Qianliu, and Xuan Haoran.
  • Su Yuan received a Prismatic Grade Abyss Dharma Vein, then replaced Su Youlin during his ascension and used the Myriad Soul Banner to learn his identity and plans.
  • Su Yuan disguised himself as Su Youlin, entered Tianlu World, and began breaking its rules to complete the Dog System’s Environment Destroyer mission.
  • Su Yuan bribed and coerced examiner Huai Lingwei, then used exam corruption and his interview performance to become Longcheng County’s magistrate, with Ying Ding and Qi Junxiang appointed to county posts.
  • In Longcheng, Su Yuan killed Daoist Bai Xuan, condemned the local powers for their conduct, and demanded money from the Lin Family and Liuyang Sect to fund a campaign against pirates backed by the Blood God Cult.
  • Su Yuan rewarded the county staff and Xiang Army, then crushed the Four Great Families’ riot, arrested three hundred people, and ordered their scions to serve in the army until the pirates were defeated.
  • Lin Yanluo failed to win the arrested scions’ release with gifts, while Su Yuan trained his forces and prepared for Transport Commissioner Fan, who arrived asking about a large Spirit Beast Meat purchase.
Chapters 353–377 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 353Fate Stood on My Side, Xuan Haoran's, and That Would Never Change!

Xuan Haoran defeated Zhu Tianqing by using his Destined Failure ability, but the Corrupting Divine Kingdom transformed her into a servant and let her escape. As Xuan Haoran prepared to leave, the Nine Extreme Exquisite Pagoda’s power suddenly turned against him, and he suspected Su Yuan had taken control of the tower.

  • Zhu Tianqing tried to summon the Breeding Mother Tree, but Xuan Haoran made her Breeding Seed fail and injure her.
  • Xuan Haoran used Destined Failure to break apart Zhu Tianqing’s beast fusion, causing her to slip into the Black Mud and accidentally stab herself with her bone sword.
  • The Black Mud corrupted Zhu Tianqing, who recovered and teleported away with her spirit beasts.
  • The Demon Refining True Lord watched in horror as his daughter was corrupted, while Ye Muyu recognized Xuan Haoran’s growing mastery of Destined Failure.
  • A crimson storm swept the Black Mud into a wave that crashed toward Xuan Haoran, who suspected Su Yuan had taken control of the Nine Extreme Exquisite Pagoda.

Ch. 354Xuan Haoran, Have You Ever Lost?

Xuan Haoran survived the Nine Extreme Exquisite Pagoda’s first floor and faced Qi Hanyua and 159 School Team members on the second. He defeated them without attacking, then climbed toward the third floor, wary of what Su Yuan had prepared.

  • Xuan Haoran endured the Black Mud and lightning on the first floor and reached the second floor.
  • Qi Hanyua gathered 159 tournament participants to confront Xuan Haoran, including Guo Zhengyi, Yang Hong, and nineteen prodigies with complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritances.
  • Xuan Haoran’s Destined Failure made the attackers hit one another, and their weakened condition let him eliminate them without making a single attack.
  • After two hours, Xuan Haoran had eliminated all 159 School Team members except Qi Hanyua, whom he left behind as he climbed to the third floor.
  • Spectators celebrated Xuan Haoran’s victory and wondered who had corrupted the School Team prodigies and transformed the High Tower.

Ch. 355Leng Qianliu: I Have Everything I Need Now!

Xuan Haoran reached the pagoda’s corrupted third floor and discovered that Leng Qianliu controlled its grotesque creations after absorbing twenty-two Spirit Transmutation Inheritances. Leng Qianliu attacked him, and he narrowly avoided a massive trap array’s explosion.

  • Xuan Haoran climbed to the third floor despite his instincts warning him of danger, while the livestream showed a horrifying realm filled with Breeding Mother Trees and other corrupted creations.
  • The audience recognized the young woman commanding the realm as Leng Qianliu, and True Lord Zhaixing grew furious at her transformation.
  • Xuan Haoran confronted Leng Qianliu and sensed that she had built the surrounding horrors and gathered many Dao Seeds within herself.
  • Leng Qianliu revealed that she had acquired all twenty-two complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritances and demanded more pills before turning her creations on Xuan Haoran.
  • Xuan Haoran dodged the attacking monsters and rushed toward Leng Qianliu, then retreated just before a concealed blood-red array exploded across a thousand-meter area.

Ch. 356Destined Failure—Fate's on Your Side? Really? I Don't Believe It!

Xuan Haoran spread Destined Failure across the battlefield, causing Leng Qianliu’s fortune to collapse, and advanced to finish her. Su Yuan appeared beside Leng Qianliu and revealed he had a counter, as her fortune suddenly surged upward.

  • Leng Qianliu unleashed a massive crimson beam at Xuan Haoran, who dodged her attack and a swarm of monsters emerging from Black Mud.
  • Xuan Haoran used Destined Failure: The Tide of Fate, spreading its shared-fate effect through the monsters and Breeding Mother Trees.
  • The effect reached Leng Qianliu, whose fortune plummeted as Xuan Haoran approached and prepared to strike.
  • Leng Qianliu asked whether Su Yuan could turn Xuan Haoran’s divine ability into a pill, and Xuan Haoran denied that it could be extracted.
  • Su Yuan teleported beside Leng Qianliu and told Xuan Haoran he had a way to counter Destined Failure and a Dharma Protector Heavenly King.
  • Leng Qianliu’s fortune abruptly surged upward, shocking Xuan Haoran.

Ch. 357Xuan Haoran: I’d Rather Have a Knife Stab Me in the Back!

Su Yuan used the Yuan Sect's fortune to break Xuan Haoran's Destined Failure and force him into a humiliating choice. Xuan Haoran agreed to join the sect under pressure, but refused to sign Su Yuan's contract, and Su Yuan began tormenting him again.

  • Su Yuan gave Leng Qianliu two hundred points of sect fortune, weakening Xuan Haoran's Destined Failure until its backlash left him with rock-bottom fortune.
  • Xuan Haoran sat motionless on the Black Mud and secretly asked Su Yuan to let him leave with dignity, but Su Yuan offered him a place as the foremost of the Yuan Sect's Four Heavenly Kings instead.
  • After Xuan Haoran refused to join, Su Yuan's tentacle tore his pants, leaving him afraid to stand before the cameras.
  • Su Yuan threatened further humiliation, and Xuan Haoran agreed to join the Yuan Sect, but Su Yuan then handed him a ten-year contract with strict terms.
  • Xuan Haoran refused to sign and declared he would rather die than submit, so Su Yuan sent Black Mud oozing through the tear in his pants.

Ch. 358I Hit It Off with the Divine Son at First Sight

After winning the Sword Trial Tournament, Su Yuan brought Xuan Haoran and the other finalists out of the tower, having forced Xuan Haoran to sign a contract under threat. True Lord Wuluo invited them to join a Secret Cultivation Plan, and the chapter ended with Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyua asking what the plan involved.

  • Su Yuan and Xuan Haoran pretended before the audience that Xuan Haoran had recruited Su Yuan, while Xuan Haoran secretly feared the contract and the threats behind it.
  • Su Yuan teleported Xuan Haoran, Leng Qianliu, Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, and Zhu Tianqing to the High Tower entrance, ending the tournament.
  • True Lord Wuluo announced that the five winners and Xuan Haoran could join the Secret Cultivation Plan without taking its entrance test.
  • Leng Qianliu told her father, True Lord Zhaixing, that she would follow Su Yuan because he supplied pills that eased her Addiction to Knowledge.
  • Aboard the Flying Boat, Xuan Haoran admitted he was convinced, and True Lord Wuluo praised Su Yuan before Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyua asked about the plan.

Ch. 359Mai Gou Plan!

True Lord Wuluo explained the Mai Gou Plan, which would send Su Yuan and five other young cultivators to infiltrate the Tianluo World and ascend to its Immortal World to identify Ancient Spirit Transmutation cultivators. The group agreed to join after hearing the possible rewards, and True Lord Wuluo began outlining their preparations while warning that spies might be hidden among them.

  • True Lord Wuluo explained that the Ten Great Immortal Sects planned to infiltrate the Tianluo World, locate its Immortal World, and help the Ten Great Heavenly Lords capture the Ancient Spirit Transmutation cultivators there.
  • True Lord Wuluo said the infiltrators had to enter while still at Foundation Establishment and form their Golden Cores in the Tianluo World to conceal their origins from Spirit Transmutation cultivators.
  • Su Yuan initially refused, but he agreed after hearing that the pioneers could develop the Yuan Sect and claim opportunities in the Tianluo World; Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, Zhu Tianqing, Leng Qianliu, and Xuan Haoran also joined, though Xuan Haoran objected.
  • True Lord Wuluo assigned the group to learn the Tianluo World's language and culture, master a Spirit Transmutation Inheritance, and gradually disappear from public view.
  • True Lord Wuluo warned that spies from the Tianluo World and other Main Worlds might be hiding among the Blue Star Federation's people.

Ch. 360Abyssal Dharma Lineage (Prismatic)

Su Yuan completed the task to recruit nine King's Aide Devils when Chu Lanxi's Devil Index crossed the threshold, then claimed the reward and raised his Abyss Dharma Vein to Prismatic Grade. The new abilities gave him greater cultivation speed and powers to stir desires and implant corrupting knowledge in others.

  • Su Yuan left the Flying Boat with his followers, avoided True Lord Zhaixing, and showed Leng Qianliu and Xuan Haoran around the Yuan Sect.
  • Su Yuan reviewed his completed task to defeat the world's top five Foundation Establishment Devilish Talents and noted that his Flower of Ultimate Evil task was nearly complete.
  • Su Yuan discovered that Chu Lanxi had raised his King's Aide Devil Index above ten thousand, completing the nine-devil task.
  • Su Yuan asked Chen Nuoyi to lead a meeting at a Yuan Sect factory, returned to his dorm, and claimed the reward to max out his Abyss Dharma Vein.
  • Su Yuan saw that his Abyss Dharma Vein had become Prismatic Grade, gaining the abilities Desire Release and Abyssal Whisper.

Ch. 361The Tianluo World and the Guanyu Ship!

After completing the Corrupting Divine Kingdom, Su Yuan was sent ahead of the other Mai Gou Plan agents to infiltrate the Tianluo World by taking the place of a young cultivator ascending from one of its subordinate worlds. He arrived aboard the Guanyu Ship and saw the Tianluo World for the first time.

  • Su Yuan fused the three stages of the Spirit Transmutation Inheritance to create the Corrupting Divine Kingdom, gaining the ability to spread hidden Corrupting Spores across a vast area.
  • Taihua Tianji told Su Yuan that he would leave early to replace a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator ascending to the Tianluo World’s Main World, and Su Yuan agreed to depart immediately.
  • True Lord Wuluo gave Su Yuan a mask that could change his appearance and soul aura, then sent him through a long-distance teleportation array.
  • Su Yuan arrived aboard the Guanyu Ship, where Captain Zhang welcomed him and showed him the stealth vessel’s facilities and forces.
  • Su Yuan viewed the Tianluo World from the ship’s observation hall and saw it drawing resources from the worlds beneath it.

Ch. 362Starting Today, I Am Su Youlin!

Su Yuan and Captain Zhang intercepted Su Youlin during his ascent so Su Yuan could impersonate him in the Tianluo Main World. Su Yuan killed and interrogated Su Youlin, then reviewed the information he needed before taking his place.

  • Captain Zhang explained that Su Youlin was a notorious commoner genius from the Cold Plum World and outlined the plan to seize him during his ascent.
  • The Guanyu Ship infiltrated the Ascension Path, and Captain Zhang replaced Su Youlin with a prepared puppet as he brought the real target aboard.
  • Su Youlin recognized Su Yuan and Captain Zhang as Outer Realm Heavenly Devils, but Su Yuan used Corrupting Profound Light to kill him and sent his soul into the Myriad Soul Banner for interrogation.
  • Su Yuan's methods astonished Captain Zhang as the interrogation quickly revealed Su Youlin's life, personality, skills, and plans after ascending.

Ch. 363Is Passing the Civil Service Exam the Endgame of Cultivation?

Su Yuan learned that Tianlu World’s cultivation hierarchy was governed by an Immortal Official System and agreed to impersonate Su Youlin to take its Civil Servant Examination. After arriving in Tianlu World, he received a mission from the Dog System to break its rules and spread chaos.

  • Su Yuan and Captain Zhang learned that ascendants from Cold Plum World competed to reach Tianlu World and take the Civil Servant Examination, while Zhu Qingqing identified Saintly Law Heavenly Monarch as the force behind its Immortal Official System.
  • Captain Zhang gave Su Yuan a Communication Headset, and Su Yuan used a Human Skin Mask to disguise himself as Su Youlin.
  • Captain Zhang switched Su Yuan with a puppet, and Su Yuan traveled through the Ascension Channel with the other ascendants for two days.
  • Su Yuan arrived in Tianlu World with less than twelve hours before the Immortal Official Grand Examination and learned that a teleportation array led to the exam site.
  • The Dog System assigned Su Yuan the Environment Destroyer mission, ordering him to break rules across Tianlu Continent and spread chaos.

Ch. 364Did the Heavenly Law World Just Give Us a Hostile Welcome?

Su Yuan arrived in the Tianluo World and discovered that its supposedly strict laws allowed blatant corruption, earning him a system violation for paying an extorted fee. At the Immortal Official Grand Examination venue, he saw the world’s rigid class divisions and learned that candidates could buy secret exam information, leaving him wondering how the Tianluo World had become so corrupt.

  • Su Yuan learned that his mission required him to break the Tianluo World’s rules a hundred times, then followed the Cold Plum World ascenders toward the Immortal Official Grand Examination.
  • Two silver-armored guards charged the ascenders an unofficial passage fee, and the Cold Plum World leader paid them an additional thousand Spirit Coins to share among them.
  • The Dog System counted Su Yuan’s payment as a violation of the Holy Law Executive Council’s rules, prompting him to conclude that completing his mission would be easy in such a corrupt world.
  • Su Yuan arrived at the examination hall, observed its Golden Divine Eye and the candidates’ divisions by world rank, and renewed his resolve to carry out his undercover mission.
  • A hooded man offered Great World candidates secret Immortal Official Grand Examination information for ten thousand Spirit Coins, and Su Yuan wondered whether the Tianluo World had only recently become corrupt.

Ch. 365A Female Examiner? Then This Should Be Easy!

Su Yuan bought intelligence on the corrupt Immortal Official Grand Examination by exploiting the Dragon Emperor Coins, then learned that bribery could secure success at every stage. He tracked down examiner Huai Lingwei, and his Night Raid Must Succeed ability activated as he approached her residence.

  • Su Yuan used the Dragon Emperor Coins to borrow ten thousand Spirit Coins from the information broker, then used them to buy the examination intelligence without spending his own money.
  • Su Yuan learned that the examination included a written test, a Heavenly Trial, and an interview, and that candidates could bribe their way through each stage.
  • Su Yuan decided to seek an examiner's favor and paid the information broker ten thousand Spirit Coins for details about the examiners and where they were staying.
  • Su Yuan learned that examiner Huai Lingwei was the youngest and least powerful examiner, but had a powerful family connection as the niece of a Third Rank Great Official.
  • Su Yuan followed the broker's directions to Huai Lingwei's residence, passed the guards unnoticed with Night Raid Must Succeed, and triggered the ability when he drew within a hundred meters of her.

Ch. 366Huai Lingwei Gets Absolutely Wrecked!

Su Yuan abducted Huai Lingwei into Jieyue Space and overwhelmed her with Black Mud and the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven after she rejected his demand for help with the Immortal Official Grand Examination. He claimed the Corrupting Heavenly Monarch was his master, and Huai Lingwei began to suspect she had been drawn into a scheme against the Immortal World.

  • Su Yuan used Night Raid Must Succeed and his prepared buffs to move Huai Lingwei from her bedroom into Jieyue Space.
  • Huai Lingwei tried to kill Su Yuan, but he dodged her attack and received a system notification for breaking rules.
  • Su Yuan unleashed Black Mud and tentacles, then used the Secret Realm of Severing Heaven to interrupt Huai Lingwei and seal her cultivation.
  • Su Yuan told the bound Huai Lingwei that the Black Mud came from the inheritance of his master, the Corrupting Heavenly Monarch.
  • Huai Lingwei believed Su Yuan might be part of a larger scheme to invade the Immortal World and asked what his master wanted him to do.

Ch. 367Huai Lingwei: I’m Not Pure Anymore!

Su Yuan forced Huai Lingwei to accept a Corrupting Spore and ordered her to help him succeed in the Immortal Official Grand Examination. The exam began with Huai Lingwei among the examiners, and Su Yuan found that its questions matched the information broker’s predictions exactly.

  • Huai Lingwei tried to avoid pledging allegiance to Su Yuan, but he told her she had no choice and implanted a Corrupting Spore in her dantian.
  • Su Yuan warned Huai Lingwei that the spore could kill her, then returned with her from Jieyue Space to her bedroom and left her there.
  • Su Yuan returned to the examination hall and told the information broker that his gift-giving had gone fairly smoothly.
  • Five examiners arrived shortly before the examination, including Huai Lingwei and a Purple-Robed Official who presided over the panel.
  • The examinees took their seats, and Su Yuan saw that the three exam questions matched the information broker’s questions exactly.

Ch. 368For the Immortal Official Grand Examination, Su Youlin Had Done This Just to Pass?

Su Yuan struggled with the written exam before an examiner secretly supplied him with answers, while Huai Lingwei replaced Su Youlin’s blank paper with a prepared answer sheet. Su Youlin took first place, leaving the other candidates puzzled and Ying Ding eager to learn how he had won Huai Lingwei’s favor.

  • Su Yuan failed to work out answers to the three major questions and rested as the exam continued.
  • A male examiner accepted Spirit Coins from candidates and replaced their papers with prepared answers.
  • Huai Lingwei gave Su Youlin a prepared answer sheet, then hinted to the other examiners that his success would benefit them.
  • The examiners announced Su Youlin as the written exam’s first-place candidate, and Su Yuan received a system notification for breaking the rules.
  • Ying Ding asked Su Yuan how he had ranked first, and Su Yuan claimed he had won Huai Lingwei’s favor.

Ch. 369Examiners, Have You Ever Heard of 996?

After topping the written exam and Heavenly Exam, Su Yuan used Ying Ding’s help to bring Qi Junxiang into contention and went before the examiners for his interview. He left them stunned by introducing the 996 Management Method as a personnel strategy.

  • After the Heavenly Exam rankings appeared, Su Yuan saw Qi Junxiang could not afford the required payment, and Ying Ding gave him three thousand Spirit Coins so he could pay and improve his rank.
  • The Dog System credited Su Yuan with recruiting a demonic follower and corrupting a promising talent, while Su Yuan waited for his interview.
  • Su Yuan entered the interview room and told the examiners to get straight to the point, prompting them to probe his management abilities and background.
  • Su Yuan described the 996 Management Method, recommending debt and financial pressure to make subordinates work overtime willingly, and mentioned a secret 007 version.
  • Huai Lingwei and the other examiners were stunned by Su Yuan’s management technique.

Ch. 370The Appointment! Longcheng!

Su Yuan impressed the examiners with his management ideas and the powerful treasures backing him, earning the highest rank and an appointment as County Magistrate of Longcheng County. After collecting his official robe, he set out for Longcheng with Ying Ding and Qi Junxiang.

  • Su Yuan used a flesh Official Seal and the Crimson Origin Sword to show the examiners how he could handle local opposition, and they awarded him the highest rank available.
  • The examiners speculated about the force behind Su Youlin and the possibility of gaining influence in the Cold Plum World, while the Purple-Robed Official told Huai Lingwei to watch him closely.
  • The examiners assigned Qi Junxiang to Longcheng County as County Lieutenant and Ying Ding as County Assistant.
  • The examiners appointed Su Youlin Principal Seventh Rank and named him County Magistrate of Longcheng County.
  • After collecting his Official Robe, Su Yuan led Ying Ding and Qi Junxiang toward Longcheng to take up their posts.

Ch. 371Ying Ding: What a Corrupt Official!

Su Yuan reported his exam results and fabricated background to Captain Zhang, who approved his appointment and outlined how the organization could support him. As Su Yuan arrived at Longcheng County, he accepted Ying Ding’s repayment and began considering why three senior county posts had become vacant.

  • Su Yuan secretly contacted Captain Zhang, reported his examination and bribery, and explained how he had controlled examiner Huai Lingwei by posing as a disciple of the Corrupting Devil Lord.
  • Captain Zhang told Su Yuan to build a record of success and rise through the bureaucracy, while offering the organization’s support; Su Yuan cut off the call when Captain Zhang questioned his reimbursement claim.
  • Ying Ding repaid Su Yuan twenty thousand Spirit Coins, privately lamenting the money he had spent and anticipating the profits he could make as County Assistant.
  • Su Yuan asked Ying Ding why Longcheng County had vacancies in three important offices, and Ying Ding said he would investigate.
  • Su Yuan suspected powerful local clans, pirate attacks, or both had driven out the previous officials, and reasoned that the examiners had sent him there to earn merit.
  • Su Yuan saw Longcheng County appear beyond the carriage window.

Ch. 372Not—You're Really Going to Eat That?!

Su Yuan arrived in Longcheng County and attended a welcome feast hosted by its cultivation powers. After discovering that the local Golden Core leaders had stayed away, he left the gathering terrified of his strength and ready to discipline them.

  • Wang De, a Golden Core Brigade General, welcomed Su Yuan outside Longcheng County and introduced Lin Yanluo and Daoist Bai Xuan.
  • Lin Yanluo and Daoist Bai Xuan invited Su Yuan to Zuixian Restaurant and claimed their feast's ingredients were inexpensive local specialties.
  • Su Yuan asked why the Lin Family's Old Ancestor and the Liuyang Sect Master had not come, and Lin Yanluo said they were busy.
  • When Bai Xuan began eating, Su Yuan crushed his head into the table with a casual gesture.
  • Su Yuan condemned the local cultivation families and sects for failing to welcome him personally and declared that he would bring down the hammer.

Ch. 373Pirates Must Be Suppressed! There’s No Other Choice!

Su Yuan accepted the Lin Family and Liuyang Sect’s twenty thousand Spirit Coins while condemning their attempted bribe, then demanded one million more to fund a campaign against pirates backed by the Blood God Cult. As Lin Yanluo and Daoist Bai Xuan planned to disrupt his rule, Su Yuan gathered the County Yamen staff and Xiang Army, ordered the army’s vacancies filled, and began inspecting a soldier’s clothing.

  • Lin Yanluo offered Su Yuan twenty thousand Spirit Coins on behalf of the Lin Family and Liuyang Sect, and Su Yuan declared the money a donation to the County Yamen after denouncing the bribe.
  • Wang De told Su Yuan that pirates raided Longcheng County’s coast, while Lin Yanluo and Daoist Bai Xuan revealed the pirates were backed by the Blood God Cult, whose leader was a Nascent Soul True Lord.
  • Su Yuan insisted the pirates must be wiped out and ordered the Lin Family and Liuyang Sect to provide one million Spirit Coins within seven days, threatening to accuse them of collusion if they refused.
  • Lin Yanluo and Daoist Bai Xuan decided to organize a disturbance to undermine Su Yuan before he won over the County Yamen constables and Wang De’s Xiang Army.
  • Su Yuan gathered the County Yamen staff and about four hundred and fifty Xiang Army soldiers, ordered Wang De to fill the army’s vacancies, and asked a young soldier whether his clothes kept him warm.

Ch. 374County Magistrate, Why Is Your Red Envelope Taller Than a Pillow?

Su Yuan used seized wealth to reward Longcheng County’s soldiers and officials, then arranged reimbursement and a raise for Yuan Sect employees. The next morning, cultivation-family scions stirred a crowd outside the County Yamen against him, and Su Yuan went out to face them.

  • Su Yuan gave the Xiang Army twenty thousand Spirit Coins, promised merit records, and ordered rewards for the constables and yamen staff.
  • Su Yuan gave Qi Junxiang ten thousand Spirit Coins for constable red envelopes and Ying Ding ten thousand for better meals.
  • Su Yuan asked Captain Zhang to reimburse his spending and to have Chen Nuoyi raise Yuan Sect employees’ wages with the funds.
  • The Dog System added three to Su Yuan’s rule-breaking count, and Captain Zhang teased him about suddenly showing concern for the workers.
  • Su Yuan worried that Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyua, and the others would miss the Immortal Official Grand Examination and considered ways to prepare identities for them.
  • The next morning, Su Yuan learned that more than a thousand people, stirred up by cultivation-family scions, had gathered outside the County Yamen to protest his actions.

Ch. 375Dragon City’s No-Holds-Barred Martial Arts Tournament!

Su Yuan crushed a riot incited by the Four Great Families, ordering his constables and soldiers to beat and arrest their scions while rewarding his forces with confiscated Spirit Coins. By nightfall, the county yamen had taken three hundred family members into custody, and Su Yuan sent his exhausted subordinates to rest and eat well.

  • A Foundation Establishment scion urged Su Yuan to abandon his campaign against the pirates, while the crowd grew increasingly agitated.
  • Su Yuan summoned eighty disciplined constables and ordered them to arrest and beat the Four Great Families’ scions for inciting a riot.
  • Qi Junxiang led the constables into the crowd, and more than four hundred soldiers blocked the escape route as the scions fled or resisted.
  • Su Yuan ordered the forces to pursue anyone sheltering fugitives and distributed seized Spirit Coins in red envelopes, prompting tired constables and soldiers to return to the fighting.
  • Ying Ding joined the fight for a share of the rewards, and the county yamen defeated the Four Great Families’ resistance after nearly ten hours, arresting three hundred people.
  • Su Yuan instructed Wang De and Qi Junxiang to let the soldiers and runners eat Spirit Beast Meat and rest, strengthening their loyalty to him.

Ch. 376You’re Testing Officials with This?

Lin Yanluo tried to bribe Su Yuan into releasing the arrested scions of the Four Great Families, but he refused to free them and demanded support for fighting pirates instead. She left with the families’ plans in tatters, realizing she would need help from powerful golden-core figures.

  • Su Yuan waited in the county yamen, expecting someone from the Four Great Families to visit, and Lin Yanluo arrived with offers to secure the release of their arrested scions.
  • Lin Yanluo offered Su Yuan one hundred thousand Spirit Coins, five pounds of Ink Tea Eight-No, and her service as his maid.
  • Su Yuan rejected the bribe by throwing Spirit Coins at Lin Yanluo, earning another rule-breaking count from the Dog System.
  • Su Yuan demanded one million Spirit Coins for the fight against pirates and ordered the arrested scions to serve in the army until the pirates were defeated.
  • Su Yuan accepted the Ink Tea Eight-No as a local specialty, and Lin Yanluo left planning to call on the Lin Family head and the master of Liuyang Sect.

Ch. 377You’re Saying You Ate All One Hundred Thousand Jin of This Spirit Beast Meat?

Lin Yanluo and Lin Yonghua tried to protect the Lin Family’s profits from piracy by enlisting a high-ranking official to pressure Su Youlin. As Su Yuan prepared Longcheng County’s forces to suppress the pirates, Transport Commissioner Fan arrived and immediately questioned his purchase of a hundred thousand jin of Spirit Beast Meat.

  • Lin Yanluo told Lin Yonghua that Su Youlin had refused the Lin Family’s gifts, and they agreed to use their connection to Transport Vice Commissioner Fan to pressure him.
  • Su Yuan delegated government paperwork to Ying Ding and trained the soldiers and imprisoned Aristocratic Clan scions while repairing and upgrading Longcheng County’s military equipment.
  • Qi Junxiang informed Su Yuan that the East Continent Transport Vice Commissioner was coming to inspect Longcheng County, and Ying Ding warned that he could target Su Yuan on fabricated grounds.
  • Su Yuan welcomed Transport Commissioner Fan at the County Yamen, where Fan asked whether the county had bought a hundred thousand jin of Spirit Beast Meat in fewer than ten days.
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