August 1.
Inside a prison cell in the Enforcement Hall.
"Can't you give me a little more time?"
Jiang Man looked at Ren Qian as he asked.
Ren Qian shook his head. "Junior brother, it's not a matter of a little more time. You've already lived here for over a year, and there's no evidence whatsoever proving you can stay here."
Jiang Man looked at Old Yellow Ox.
Old Yellow Ox immediately spoke up. "I colluded with an Evil God."
"You still can't stay, junior brother." Ren Qian looked at Jiang Man and shook his head. "Your ox can stay here, though. It really might have colluded with an Evil God, so it needs observation.
"It already needed to come in regularly before. Having it right under the Mountain-Suppressing Office's nose now would be good, too."
Hearing this, Jiang Man fell silent for a moment.
In the end, he chose to move out of the Enforcement Hall's prison.
At noon that day.
In Jiang Man's courtyard.
Looking at Old Yellow Ox, Ren Qian said to Jiang Man, "Won't you reconsider, junior brother? Keeping Old Yellow Ox locked in a cell would be quite good. You wouldn't have to worry about watching it."
Jiang Man said solemnly, "Old Huang and I depend on each other for survival. I can't let it lose its freedom."
Ren Qian nodded. "All right, then. Also, your rewards have been approved. This is part of them."
As he spoke, he handed over four hundred thousand spirit sources. "Three hundred thousand from the Mountain-Suppressing Office, and one hundred thousand from the Immortal Gate Grand Competition."
Then he handed over a book: the Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Method Jiang Man had requested.
This was for improving his cultivation.
The Primordial Spirit Method Robe, Spirit Beast Eggs, and Mountain-Suppressing Office