Dragon Tamer
Chapter 1048 - Chapter 1048 Chapter 1052 Their Crimes Must Be Punished

Chapter 1048: Chapter 1052: Their Crimes Must Be Punished Chapter 1048: Chapter 1052: Their Crimes Must Be Punished Zhu Minglang, having achieved such a position of True God, had a lifespan of only three hundred years.

As a result, he lost a hundred years of life just because of a midday nap and that tiny piece of Yin Sea Ginseng.

No matter how he calculated it, it was a profound loss!

At this moment, Zhu Minglang raised his head again to look at the Purple Qi Fortune hovering above him.

Sure enough, the Purple Qi Fortune was still there, damn those petty merchants who even deceived him in his dreams, leading him to believe that he was endowed with a great opportunity sent by the heavens, and so, in making the transaction, Zhu Minglang relaxed his vigilance ever so slightly.

Nevertheless, even if he had not relaxed his vigilance, this situation would have been incredibly difficult to guard against.

“All you need to tell me is whether you are satisfied or not,”

Zhu Minglang repeated the words. With a clear mind, he immediately understood how he ended up signing an agreement with this fellow to sell off a portion of his lifespan.

Wasn’t this just the trick used by deceitful merchants?

The melon seller shouts out, offering free tastes of the melons, saying if it isn’t sweet, you don’t pay.

When you taste it, he then demands money from you and insists on you paying several times the price to buy the entire melon.

When you say it isn’t sweet and you don’t want to buy it, they tell you that sweetness isn’t something you alone can decide, and the market rule is that if you tasted a slice of melon, you have to buy it.

Even if you call people over to mediate, bringing in law enforcement to resolve the issue, the seller can stubbornly argue that you’ve already had a taste, and now the melon can’t be sold, thus forcing you to pay–even your verbal agreements mean nothing.

Zhu Minglang had fallen for a deceitful merchant’s trick.

What infuriated him most was saying “Deliciously sweet!” and just about to pay with silver pieces when the seller demanded gold!

A thorough scammer!

Zhu Minglang had never imagined that in the world of Immortals, such deceitful scoundrels would exist!

Now, Zhu Minglang also understood why, when he was inquiring with Big Left and Big Right in the Dream Hall, he suddenly left the Dream Hall.

Turns out, the Evil God who wanted to carry out a Heavenly Execution was right on his face!

Even though he was a scammer.

But scamming one’s wealth and their life are entirely different matters!

After all, if it weren’t for him, anyone with the standard three hundred years of lifespan, losing a hundred years would be fatal!

Such a crime must be punished!

“So this is what it means by ‘catching the culprit myself,'” Zhu Minglang said. “Big Left and Big Right, would it kill you to give me a heads up? If I can’t reclaim my hundred years of life, you two won’t get off easily either!”

Since triggering a Heavenly Execution indicates that this Evil Immortal must be lurking around the Yuhan Fairy City.

Moreover, he definitely wasn’t the first victim.

For such incidents, one must venture among the common people. Typically, an Evil Immortal would choose to deceive Mortals out of their lifespan. If some Immortal Gods possessed certain Divine Skills to counteract the deceiver, the Evil Immortal wouldn’t be able to get away with his scams, especially if he encountered a Dream Master, the Evil Immortal might have to cough up even his own existence.

Regrettably, Dream Masters are rare hybrids of Divine and Mortal, and it wouldn’t be likely for Zhu Minglang to find one to assist him.

Within the Yuheng Star Palace Territory, there are thirty-two True Gods, each wielding different Divine Powers. An issue of this caliber must be addressed by a True God, as an Evil Immortal with such capabilities can’t be simply dealt with through strength of Cultivation Base alone.

Zhu Minglang returned to the Yuheng Star Palace.

He walked into the White Frost Palace, where Meng Bingci was practicing swordplay. Her movements were so slow, hardly resembling those capable of vanquishing Immortal Gods, they were more akin to exercises for body strengthening.

“You look pale,” Meng Bingci saw Zhu Minglang and immediately noticed something was off about him. After a moment, she furrowed her brow and said, “You are aging.”

“There’s been a small incident,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Who did it?” Meng Bingci asked.

“I encountered an Evil Immortal; he stole a part of my soul,” Zhu Minglang recounted the situation he had encountered to Meng Bingci.

Meng Bingci listened intently; she was clearly astonished by the capabilities of this Evil Immortal.

Moreover, such things were very hard to guard against.

“I’ll have some people inquire among the common folk and find some cases of unexplained, premature deaths due to aging,” Meng Bingci said.

“This should be a slow-acting process, giving the victims who had their souls stolen at least a year of lifeforce to live with. So it’d make sense to also investigate those who became wealthy overnight, those whose cultivation base skyrocketed overnight, or anyone who had some extraordinary encounter and turned the tables on their fate,” Zhu Minglang told Meng Bingci.

Upon hearing this, Meng Bingci fell into deep thought for a good while without speaking.

Zhu Minglang was somewhat puzzled.

Meng Bingci stood up, fetched a piece of jade from inside the house, and handed it to Zhu Minglang, saying, “Keep this jade with you for now.”

“Ancient Lantern Jade, such a big piece?” Zhu Minglang exclaimed in surprise.

The pieces he had stolen from Miao Mountain Sword Sect and from Wen Lingfei were tiny compared to this one, small as mung beans.

“I have collected some over the years in the God Territory,” Meng Bingci said.

“Did you think of someone just now, someone whose situation is very similar to what I described?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Yes, but I need to verify before I can draw any conclusions,” Meng Bingci nodded but did not tell Zhu Minglang who she thought of.

“You’re being very cautious, I guess this person holds an extraordinary status,” Zhu Minglang said.

Meng Bingci’s gaze turned towards Yuhan Palace, and she did not utter another word.

Zhu Minglang felt a shock in his heart.

The Yuheng Star Goddess?

“It was many years ago,” Meng Bingci said. “Like you, she aged in just one month, but she also broke through her most crucial realm. Since then, I have always been one rank behind her.”

Zhu Minglang had been at Yuheng Star Palace for some time and had heard some of its past stories.

Meng Bingci and Meng Yuchang had always been two brilliant stars of the Yuheng Star Palace, the center of attention, and were undoubtedly candidates for the Yuheng Immortal.

For a long period, the older sister, Meng Bingci, had the upper hand and was expected to become the Yuheng Immortal.

However, in the later years, Meng Yuchang’s cultivation not only caught up with Meng Bingci’s, but she also surpassed her by one realm, rightfully becoming the premier Jade Immortal.

The troubled Meng Bingci entered the Dragon Gate, hoping to excel there and break through her own realm in the final moments to reclaim the title of the premier Jade Immortal.

Yet, within the Dragon Gate, strong contenders were numerous, not just deities from the Seven God Territories but also deities from the Heavenly Dwellings.

Meng Bingci climbed to the pinnacle step by step, and if she were to achieve divine status, she still had a chance to compete with Meng Yuchang for the position of Yuheng Immortal. Unfortunately, she encountered Zhu Xuehen at the summit of the Dragon Gate, suffered a defeat, and these her cultivation base scattered completely. She fell to the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent, becoming a mere mortal.

Zhu Minglang hadn’t expected that this Evil Immortal he encountered would also unravel a piece of old history.

Clearly, in her youth, the Yuheng Immortal also had dealings with this Evil Immortal.

Whether she had been deceived or had actively paid with her life to exchange for an increase in realm, only the Yuheng Star Goddess herself knew.

Regardless, Zhu Minglang must continue the investigation.