The life of the law lies in its enforcement, and the enforcement of the law helps to stabilize the Great Xia Dynasty.

Therefore, very few people dare to violate the laws of the Great Xia, especially the criminal law, which carries the most severe punishments.

Although the law must be strictly enforced, there are always unexpected things that happen – according to the law, punishment is required, but from a common sense perspective, punishment is not necessary.

In such situations, the criminal law specifically grants the Ministry of Punishment the power to be exempt from accountability, and this power is handed over to the Minister of Punishment.

Theoretically, this power could easily become a means for the royal family to evade legal pursuit.

In reality, such things rarely happen. The main reason is the supervisory power of the five major immortal sects, which makes the Minister of Punishment dare not act rashly.

But a situation that even the original legislators did not anticipate has occurred – the Minister of Punishment has been thrown into jail.

Inside the Yangxin Hall, the Emperor of Xia rubbed his forehead in pain.

Why is it that whenever the Seek Tao Sect is involved, something new always comes up?

He received two pieces of news. One was that Yun Zhi had made progress in her exploration of the Immortal Secret Realm, discovering a non-existent Dynasty of Flames. This was not urgent and could be slowly investigated.

As for Yun Zhi’s request to move the ancient immortal’s cave from the Immortal Relic back to the Seek Tao Sect, he could agree.

The second piece of news was that the Minister of Punishment was locked in a cell, next to the Bu Yu Taoist.

If the Minister of Punishment dared to leave the prison directly, the Bu Yu Taoist would dare to shout everywhere that the Great Xia Dynasty was bending the law for personal gain.

If the Bu Yu Taoist dared to leave the prison directly, the Minister of Punishment would stop him, ensuring that he could not escape.

A stalemate.

“Should I pardon Xu Xin?” The Emperor of Xia muttered to himself. As the emperor, he naturally had the power to pardon.

After some thought, he gave up this idea and issued another order instead.

“All members of the Ministry of Punishment, move to Dayan County for work.”

……

“So, this is why you came to visit me in prison?” Minister Xu stared at his subordinates with a displeased look, almost wishing he could eat them alive.

“The emperor has ordered, we have no choice but to obey.” The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Punishment tried to keep a straight face, but the situation was too comical. He and his colleagues could hardly hold back their laughter, and it took a great deal of willpower not to let their smiles become too exaggerated.

The Bu Yu Taoist was squatting nearby. Normally, the Undersecretary and his colleagues would have to greet him, but seeing Minister Xu’s livid face, they dared not make a move.

“Minister Xu, these are the official documents from the past two days. Please review them.” The Undersecretary respectfully handed over several documents that Minister Xu needed to handle.

Minister Xu snorted coldly, “Just leave them here.”

The Undersecretary originally wanted to say something like “Just wait a few days, the emperor will pardon you after he’s had his fun” or “Do you need us to bring you some food and bedding?” but in the end, he didn’t say it.

After his subordinates left the prison, Minister Xu picked up the documents on the ground and began to review them.

He frowned, somewhat displeased.

“Nonsense, I thought long and hard before proposing this system, and it has been proven to be feasible and effective through pilot implementation in counties and prefectures. How could there be any errors?”

The Bu Yu Taoist glanced at the content of the document and roughly understood what had happened. The document mentioned that a certain system was useless and had increased the workload of the counties and prefectures. It suggested simplifying the rules of this system. But this system was something that Xu Xin was proud of, how could he allow others to point out its errors?

He chuckled, which sounded like mockery to Minister Xu, “Are you a sage, Minister Xu, without any mistakes? If you’re so capable, why don’t you become the emperor?”

He became even more displeased, giving the Bu Yu Taoist a cold look. If it were Minister Xu’s subordinates, they would have stopped talking by now, but the Bu Yu Taoist was not afraid of Minister Xu.

A loser who had lost three times in a row in the Golden Elixir, Elemental Infant, and Divine Transformation stages.

The Bu Yu Taoist had seen a lot and had rich criminal experience, and his understanding of legal theory was no less than that of Minister Xu.

“…Have you ever thought about legislative interpretation, what the legislator was thinking at the time…”

“…You forgot about the lagging nature of the law…”

“…Don’t give me theories, is this the reality…”

The debate between the two became more and more intense, neither giving in. They set up a soundproofing array to prevent other prisoners from hearing their conversation.

In the end, Minister Xu’s tone was not as sharp as before, and the more he spoke, the weaker his momentum became. He had to admit that the Bu Yu Taoist had a point.

“Shut up, let me think!”

Minister Xu lowered his head to think. Although the old thief Bu Yu was unscrupulous, he never joked about this kind of thing. If he said so, he must be very serious.

This was the result that the Emperor of Xia wanted.

Although Xu Xin was devoted to the country and worked tirelessly to fill the loopholes in the law, he would inevitably make some inappropriate decisions.

The Emperor of Xia was helpless about this. Xu Xin’s understanding of the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty was so profound that few people could match it, which meant that there were few people who even qualified to debate with Xu Xin.

The Emperor of Xia couldn’t say whether what Xu Xin did was right or wrong, he just felt that it was inappropriate. As for how to improve it, he didn’t know.

Fortunately, the Bu Yu Taoist was well-versed in law and had rich experience, making him the most suitable person to argue with Xu Xin.

The Emperor of Xia took this opportunity to let the two argue.

Once Xu Xin realized his purpose, he could be pardoned.

……

When Yun Zhi and Lu Yang returned to the Seek Tao Sect, they happened to meet Meng Jingzhou returning from the secret forest.

He had figured out something in the secret forest and had a great epiphany. He returned to the Demon Suppression Pass and formed his Golden Elixir, leaving Tao Yaoye and Man Gu to continue searching for their own opportunities. He returned to the Seek Tao Sect alone.

As for the minor incident of encountering a family disciple showing off his wealth on the way back and being slapped in the face by him who was hiding his identity, it was not worth mentioning.

“Haha, didn’t expect it, did you? This young master has also formed his Golden Elixir!”

As soon as Meng Jingzhou saw Lu Yang, he started to show off.

Although he didn’t know what kind of Golden Elixir Lu Yang had formed, he was confident that his Golden Elixir was the strongest and unbeatable.

“Let me tell you, this young master’s Golden Elixir is unprecedented. This young master is about to break the fate of the single dog spiritual root!”

Meng Jingzhou was so spirited that he didn’t seem like he had just formed his Golden Elixir, but rather like he had just become a powerful Tribulation Crossing cultivator, so arrogant that he wouldn’t even walk on the road.

Lu Yang was very surprised and didn’t pretend, “You have this ability? What kind of Golden Elixir did you form?”

Meng Jingzhou chuckled and pulled Lu Yang to drink tea in the teahouse. While drinking tea, he showed off.”I’m not a single dog spiritual root, as long as I want to form, I can certainly form a single dog Golden Elixir.”

Lu Yang nodded, this was what the first single dog spiritual root, Taoist Shen Du, had said in his Golden Elixir formation experience.

“Have you formed a single dog Golden Elixir?”

Meng Jingzhou didn’t answer, but placed a teacup on the table: “This is a person, single!”

Then he placed another teacup: “This is also a person, single!”

He gently clinked the two teacups together, making a crisp sound of porcelain collision, and stated a conclusion he had pondered for a long time: “When two singles come together, aren’t they a pair?”

“So?”

“So, I formed two single dog Golden Elixirs!”

Originally, I wanted to write in detail about the debate between Bu Yu Taoist and Mr. Xu, but to avoid touching on reality, let’s forget it. By the way, I recommend a book “Unserious Beast Tamer”.

Xu Ran, who traveled to the beast taming world, got a pet beast foster system…

As a transmigrator, I have to be a nanny for other people’s pet beasts? I don’t want this crappy system!

What? Grooming can acquire the other’s skills to teach my own pet beast? Feeding and training can acquire the other’s physique and skill proficiency to add points to my own pet beast? I’m totally in!

…Several years later…

“Mr. Xu Ran, your foster shop has now become the most popular foster shop for pet beasts, do you have any secrets?”

“The secret is to be attentive.” Facing the reporter, Xu Ran was sincere, “The service principle of our shop is to make guests feel at home, the pet beasts here are just like at home.”

“But there are rumors that your eyes are not serious when you take care of the pet beasts…”

“That’s all rumors!”

Behind him, a group of pet beasts with terrifying aura nodded in agreement, their beast tamers had endured humiliation and made too many sacrifices for this home!

(End of this chapter)