“Sir Mo, what exactly did our master do to end up in jail this time? Did he visit a brothel and refuse to pay, or did he pretend to be hit by someone on the street, or did he secretly sell ‘Big and Small Wishes (Partial Edition)’ again?”

Master claimed he was wronged, but Yun Zhi was skeptical.

Having spent nearly a thousand years with Master, Yun Zhi knew when to believe him and when not to.

“Senior Sister, when can we believe Master’s words?” Lu Yang asked curiously.

“When Master is silent.”

“And when can’t we believe Master’s words?”

“When Master is speaking.”

Lu Yang: “……”

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Justice excitedly slapped his thigh. Yun Zhi’s words had enlightened him.

No wonder people say that those with high cultivation levels have superior abilities. Just this summarizing ability was beyond his reach.

If he had heard this summary earlier, he wouldn’t be sharing a cell with Bu Yu Taoist now.

Sir Mo shook his head: “None of the above. According to our investigation, Bu Yu Taoist has been in Dayan County for more than ten days. During this time, he has been behaving himself, telling stories about the ‘Legends of Seek Tao Sect’ in the teahouse during the day. The teahouse was always packed with people, and he would always end with ‘Please listen to the next episode’, which would make countless people sigh in anticipation. At night, he would think about how to continue the ‘Legends of Seek Tao Sect’ the next day. He was living quite comfortably.”

Lu Yang was dumbfounded. So, Master, you were making up the stories on the spot?

Lu Yang admitted that his ability to make up stories was no less than Meng Jingzhou’s, but he couldn’t do what Bu Yu Taoist did – making up stories the night before and telling them the next day.

“So, you made up the ‘Legends of Seek Tao Sect’!” Sir Xu looked at Bu Yu Taoist in surprise.

The ‘Legends of Seek Tao Sect’ was widely circulated, even the teahouses in the imperial city were telling this story. He had listened to it when he was bored.

The story he heard was about the era of the Nine Sons of Seek Tao Sect, which greatly glorified Bu Yu Taoist. He was very displeased after listening to it and didn’t continue.

Other officials in the capital were the same. They went to listen out of curiosity, but stopped when they found it greatly differed from their understanding.

However, the common people were very enthusiastic about it. Although Bu Yu Taoist’s story was exaggerated, it was still a story about cultivators, and a story about a top sect.

The various behaviors of the cultivators described in the story, the colorful and fascinating stories, were very attractive.

“Do you have any shame? Is there any connection between you in the story and you in reality other than the name?” Sir Xu gave Bu Yu Taoist a disdainful look.

“This is called appropriate beautification.” Bu Yu Taoist said this without any shame.

Sir Mo continued: “Three days ago, the monthly cultivator’s market opened. Bu Yu Taoist set up a small stall in a corner of the market, selling a cultivation method that could increase speed. He claimed that the ‘Ancestor of the Thieves Sect’, known for his speed, practiced this method.”

“When people found out they were deceived, they argued with him and asked him to refund their money. He denied it and insisted that his cultivation method was real.”

“Unable to resolve the dispute, people reported the case. After hearing the case, I decided that the cultivation method was fake and decided to detain him for ten days.”

The Immortal Maiden, hearing a term she had never heard before, knocked on Lu Yang’s mental space for help: “Lu Yang, who is the Ancestor of the Thieves Sect?”

As the golden finger of the Immortal Maiden, Lu Yang indeed had the answer to every question. He explained to the Immortal Maiden: “About the Ancestor of the Thieves Sect, I know a rough idea. You should know that there are as many as three thousand side sects, and one of them is the Thieves Sect.”

The Immortal Maiden nodded, indicating Lu Yang to continue.

“The Thieves Sect had a legendary thief whose speed was unparalleled, reaching a height that no one before him could reach. Because of his existence, the Thieves Sect before him and the Thieves Sect after him were completely different concepts. The people of the Thieves Sect revered him as the Ancestor of the Thieves Sect, and the world generally called him the Thief Ancestor.”

“The Thief Ancestor was so fast that he could come and go freely in the imperial palace, stealing a lot of spirit stones and treasures. The most exaggerated time was when he stole the gate of the imperial palace. The court was furious, but they could do nothing about the Thief Ancestor.”

“What happened to the Thief Ancestor later?” The Immortal Maiden was excited. She had never fought with a cultivator who excelled in speed. If she could meet one, she would definitely want to have a match.

Lu Yang shook his head: “This is a mystery. No one knows what happened to the Thief Ancestor in the end. Some say he died, some say he got tired of the worldly disputes and retired from the world, and some say he failed to become an immortal and fell.”

Speaking of the Thief Ancestor, Lu Yang couldn’t help but think of another person, the second fastest person after the Thief Ancestor – the Thief King.

The Thief King’s speed reached the realm of being able to go anywhere in the world. He violated the teachings of the Thieves Sect and tried to steal from the Golden Money Commerce Association, and then disappeared without a trace.

In reality, Bu Yu Taoist still insisted that he was wronged. He said earnestly: “Really, if you practice the cultivation method I sold, you will definitely be as fast as the Thief Ancestor, unparalleled in the world!”

Yun Zhi was silent for a moment, as if she remembered something, and asked: “Sir Mo, can I take a look at the cultivation method that Master sold?”

“Of course.” Sir Mo called his subordinate and asked him to fetch the confiscated evidence from the yamen.

Soon, the subordinate came back panting with a book. The book was very thin and extremely old, without even a title or author’s name. It looked like a cultivation method that had been stolen from a tomb and saw the light of day again.

It was no wonder that some cultivators were deceived and bought this book. The book looked really intimidating.

Sir Mo added: “Bu Yu Taoist sold a total of ten copies of the cultivation method. The content of the ten copies is the same, all of which have been confiscated. This is one of them.”

Yun Zhi opened the first page, and Lu Yang also curiously leaned over to look.

The first page of the ancient book read: To practice this method, first break a leg.

Bu Yu Taoist spread his hands: “See, what did I say? I absolutely didn’t lie. If you practice this cultivation method, I guarantee you can be as fast as the Thief Ancestor, unparalleled in the world!”Lu Yang: “……”

It’s not like you’re being wronged at all, Master Mo!

Crying out about being wronged? Being confined for a year or two isn’t even that much!

Lu Yang began to understand why his master was the strongest under the Tribulation Crossing stage.

If his cultivation was a bit weaker, he would have been killed long ago.

Yun Zhi’s expression was a bit strange: “The Ancestor Thief indeed only has one leg, so he claims that his speed is unmatched in the world, and no one has ever refuted it.”

“Indeed, I’ve heard about this matter too.” The Minister of Justice nodded.

There was something Yun Zhi didn’t say. As she flipped through this cultivation manual and made some deductions, she found that practicing this cultivation method seemed to truly allow one’s speed to reach the fastest level among peers.

So, was this really the cultivation method practiced by the Ancestor Thief?

(End of the chapter)