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Chapter 361: After modification - 333 Worldly

Chapter 361: After modification: Chapter 333 Worldly

Except for Yuan Zhixia dressed as a white-collar worker, there’s also a muscleman over two meters tall, wearing leather and a hood, with a robust and muscular build. His ID shows as [Demon Slayer·Dark Falcon][Lv30].

Li Cheng recognizes this ID; he is an officer in the Monster Alliance Guild, known for his brutal and violent fighting style.

Well... it’s acceptable. At least he’s a Lv30 expert in the Fighting System. No need to fear underhanded tricks from the Antarctic side.

Another person is present, with regular features and a pretty handsome face, wearing a fitting suit. His ID shows as [Defender·Justice][Lv15].

Judging by this "Defender" title, it’s highly probable that he, like Howard and Haye, is a lawyer in the real world.

"Which guild are you from? Why haven’t I heard of you?"

Dark Falcon glanced at Justice and asked. His voice had become muffled through the blood-red leather hood, sounding low and hoarse.

"I am, from the [Six Harmonies and Eight Wilderness] Guild. Worked as a legal practitioner for a while in the real world."

Justice was quite nervous. His guild, [Six Harmonies and Eight Wilderness], is a small one with less than fifteen members. The guild leader is only Lv26, and it cannot be compared to powerful guilds like Dark Falcon’s.

"Don’t be nervous. You’ve studied law in the real world, so you need to contribute to this mission. I’ll cover for you in other aspects."

Dark Falcon patted Justice’s shoulder with his fan-sized, scarred hand, nearly causing the latter to stumble and fall.

Both parties were in place, as if it was system-designed. The study door knocked at this moment.

Creak.

The door opened, and two smiling Daoist boys walked in, clasping their hands in greeting, "Eight gentlemen have just been revived and may still be unclear about the situation. Please be patient as we lead you to your respective rooms for rest."

Everyone exchanged glances and followed silently.

The study itself was built on a cliff edge, outside of which was a narrow wooden suspension bridge that emerged intermittently in the clouds.

The bridge was enchanted to block the high-altitude gales. Through the ethereal clouds, one could see waterfalls cascading three thousand feet straight down and grand buildings erected on steep mountain peaks in the distance.

One could only marvel at the fantasy cultivation world’s worldview. Even these two Daoist boys, who appeared to be no older than ten, emanated waves of Extraordinary Power equivalent to Lv10, capable of beating general ghosts and revenants in horror films effortlessly.

They chatted and laughed along the way, jumping and bouncing, completely ignoring the terrifying height within the clouds.

"Qingming, I’m already at Foundation Establishment stage ten, and you’re still at stage eight. Our master reminded us last month that Buzhou Mountain has broken, and heaven and earth are severed. The Spiritual Energy flowing down from the Upper Realm is extremely precious, every fraction must be cherished."

"I’m not a genius like Zi Hong. I’ve been working hard, okay? I meditated for four hours yesterday to breathe and collect Spiritual Energy."

"Four hours isn’t enough. You don’t know that the firewood storeroom is preparing to recruit five new Daoist boys. The news just got out, causing bottom-tier monks from fifteen countries and nearly a hundred provinces in the Lower Realm to go crazy. Tens of thousands of people are competing for five slots. Princes, Imperial Princesses, Holy Infants from sects, scholarly Daoist prodigies, all applying for the Firewood Boy position, including even eighty-year-old sect leaders with white hair and beard."

Daoist boy named Zi Hong advised earnestly, "Why do they do this? Just to get a place to stay in the Immortal Court and to have a share of Immortal Food?

Our Immortal Court lies just below Buzhou Mountain, closest to the Sea of Spiritual Energy, and has the Tai Chu Technique. Our cultivation conditions are already top-notch.

Your grandfather and my grandfather once served as Thunder Department Judges in the Immortal Court. Now our parents’ generation couldn’t enter the departments and halls, only the bureaus.

If we don’t work hard, we’ll eventually be eliminated by those crazy cultivators from the Lower Realm,

Only to end up as Guest Elders in mortal sects, or State Preceptors in small countries..."

In a world where power levels are significantly higher, caution is never excessive. The players followed quietly, listening closely to the Daoist boys’ conversation and contemplating hastily.

Good news, this world seems to have clear "secular" rules, even having civil service exams, and it’s highly competitive.

Bad news, it might be overly secular.

What if a stunningly beautiful Fairy takes a liking to Li Cheng and wants him to accompany her for a night, in exchange for resolving a case through her family background...

That would be a real dilemma.

While contemplating, the group crossed the suspension bridge and arrived at the fork in the road. Led by the Daoist boys, the two teams moved left and right to their respective resting rooms.

The resting rooms were actually more like the Scripture Pavilion, filled with countless legal books from criminal, civil, economic, environmental, to litigation laws.

Yuan Zhixia casually picked out a book on environmental law, which emphasized protecting water, oceans, forests, cultural relics, natural reserves, and importantly, it also stressed that Spiritual Energy is a natural resource.

Any illegal collection of Spiritual Energy would be considered severe environmental damage, punishable by hundreds of years in prison or execution by thunder tribulation.

This is unusual. Generally, in cultivation worlds, Spiritual Energy is akin to the ether in Ancient Greek philosophy, omnipresent. Some Cave Heaven Blessed Lands are even more enriched.

The monk’s only concern should be improving the efficiency of collecting and utilizing Spiritual Energy.

In this world, Spiritual Energy feels more like... a non-renewable resource like oil?

"Lawyers, please wait here. Xiao Shui Star King’s chariot will arrive shortly."

Daoist boy named Zi Hong smiled, "I’ll take my leave now."

"Wait,"

Li Cheng raised his hand, "You mentioned earlier that we’ve just been revived, what does that mean?"

The killing field system would "correct" the natives’ recognition of players, as long as the players didn’t do anything too outrageous or say overly odd things (like showing a photo of General Kim on the Three Body Planet and trying to scare the Three Body beings by hovering for three days),

The native residents would directly disregard such actions.

Otherwise, with Dark Falcon’s muscle-man killer look, he would have been exterminated as a wicked demon long ago.

"Oh, that."

Daoist boy didn’t suspect anything and replied directly, "In your lifetime, you were renowned lawyers or jurists in the mortal world.

After death, your Divine Souls were collected by the Immortal Court, serving in an unconscious state for a hundred years, handling miscellaneous tasks and resolving legal disputes among Lower Realm monks.

Because of the significant influence of this divorce case, the Immortal Venerable has reformed your bodies with lotuses."

The Daoist boy spoke casually, showing no guilt for enslaving mortal souls after death, making them work for a hundred years without awareness, and having them continue to work after revival.

Uh... for this worldview, it appears to be normal.

Mortals selling the rights to their afterlife souls to the Immortal Court might bring a cultivation opportunity to their descendants.

Most people would kneel for such an opportunity but don’t even know where to kneel.