Ling Jinyu, meanwhile, wore a face clouded with worry, considering how she could help clear Mu Bai's name. Even if the Sect's elders stood in her way, with his life at stake, she could no longer concern herself with so much.
Yet Zhou Detai and Zhou Deqi of the Spirit Taming Sect had remained silent from beginning to end. In their view, keeping the Spirit Taming Sect from being dragged into this was already more than they could ask for. Besides, they did not want Mu Bai to remain alive either.
Mu Bai was escorted to the military prison, and the jailers swarmed around him like sharks scenting blood.
Naturally, they were not holding a welcoming ceremony for Mu Bai, but reaching out for some benefits.
Mu Bai had ten million soul crystals in his Soul Crystal Bag, yet he would not give even one to these petty scoundrels in the prison.
"Hmph, Grand Elder Mu, just you wait!"
A thin-faced head jailer spoke viciously. Even if you're a mighty Xiu Zun, once you've entered my prison, you'll have your share of suffering.
Mu Bai ignored him, strode into his cell, and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
Over the next several days, none of the jailers came to torture him. It turned out that Ling Jinyu had secretly paid a considerable sum of soul crystals for Mu Bai, asking the prison elder to show mercy.
As the Mysterious Maiden Sect's senior disciple and a cultivator at the mid Xiu Zun stage, Ling Jinyu was someone the prison elder naturally had to show some respect.
Over the years, Mu Bai had undergone Ximu City's transformation and fought successive fierce battles against the Beast Race. Not only had his combat skills improved tremendously, but his temperament had also grown more mature.