Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Lu Yang looked at each prisoner's crimes in the Sinners' Hall, and quickly something sparked his interest, "Possession attempt failed?"

This was quite a rare charge. Usually, it was possession accomplished, after all, high-level cultivators possessing low-level ones, the latter had no strength to resist, how could there possibly be a failure?

Lu Yang noticed that the detained prisoner who attempted possession wasn't of low realm either, at the late stage of Spirit Transformation.

Lan Ting explained, "This man had bad luck, he tried to possess a cultivator named Kong Hao."

Lu Yang had a strange look on his face, he, of course, recognized Kong Hao. He had fought with Kong Hao during the 120,000th anniversary celebration of the Seek Dao Sect, using the identity of Young Master Lu.

He also reported Kong Hao for borrowing the strength of a fierce beast in his body during the contest...

"Originally, Kong Hao's Cultivation Level wasn't as high as his, and nothing unexpected was supposed to happen, but unexpectedly, Kong Hao's Spiritual Space was inhabited by two Taozhu at the Pass Tribulation stage."

"...Two?" Lu Yang wondered. He remembered that Kong Hao only had one Taozhu, could it be that the Taozhu got pregnant? But that's not right, the other one cannot just be born at the Pass Tribulation stage.

"Yes, with two Taozhu at the Pass Tribulation stage inside Kong Hao's body, the possession naturally failed."

Lu Yang found that there was another person who also had a failed possession attempt.

"What's the situation with this one?"

"This person went to possess a Daoist named Long Huo.

There was a difference in their realms, which should have allowed for a successful possession, but according to his confession, just as the possession was about to succeed, Long Huo shouted things like 'I can't lose,' words with unclear meanings, and had a breakthrough on the spot, causing his Spiritual Power to surge and leading to the prisoner's possession attempt to fail."

"A Senior Sister happened to be passing by and brought back the prisoner. According to the prisoner, he had prepared many Heaven and Earth Treasures to nourish the body after his successful possession, which also counted as stolen goods, confirming his crime.

Strangely enough, when that Senior Sister went to the place the prisoner mentioned to find the stolen goods, she came up empty-handed, not knowing who took them away."

Lu Yang also had an impression of Long Huo, who was Old Meng's opponent during the 120,000th anniversary celebration of the Seek Dao Sect and was sent into a loop-de-loop by Old Meng.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, I did not expect us to meet here," called an inmate from a cell.

"Xue Shilou, what are you doing here?" Lu Yang was surprised, not expecting to see an acquaintance in the Sinners' Hall.

It was indeed Xue Shilou from the Extreme Northern Lands, who was rumored to have some Snow Emperor Bloodline, whom Lu Yang had beaten and let a second personality take over, merged the first and second personalities, and came back several times.

Seeing the crime posted at the door—cross-border theft.

No need to ask, he must have come to Great Xia without going through the entry and exit procedures.

That made sense. The Laurel Fairy Palace was situated at the northernmost border of Great Xia, and just north of that were the Extreme Northern Lands. It was easy for someone to sneak across the border. Before encountering Xue Shilou, Lu Yang saw several prisoners charged with cross-border theft.

In addition to that, there were those who had stolen Laurel Trees, and they were also locked up here.

Xue Shilou spoke angrily, regretting his past actions, "I didn't expect there to be such a big difference in vigilance at each checkpoint of Great Xia, I was careless!"

The northern border of Great Xia was very long, and the Laurel Fairy Palace couldn't possibly cover it all.

It seems that when Xue Shilou entered Great Xia, he came through an area not under the Fairy Palace's jurisdiction. When he left, he just happened to enter the jurisdiction of the Fairy Palace by chance.

And the cultivators from the Extreme Northern Lands usually operated solo and rarely communicated with each other, resulting in slow intelligence transfer, naturally leaving no one to inform Xue Shilou that one must go through proper procedures when entering and leaving Great Xia.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, there's also me," called another detained person nearby.

Lu Yang turned his head to look and was stunned for two seconds before he finally failed to remember who this person was.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Xuanyuan Tianhen!"

Lu Yang gave it some serious thought, and with such a distinctive name, he would definitely remember it if he had heard it before, which meant he genuinely didn't recognize him.

To avoid awkwardness, Lu Yang even specifically asked Fairy Eternity, "Fairy, do you know this person?"

Fairy Eternity pondered seriously for a moment, "That name sounds like it was given by Ying Tian Immortal."

Lu Yang confirmed it, he indeed did not recognize this person.

"I am the Senior Brother from Xue Shilou. We both participated in the Ask Sword Grand Ceremony together!" Xuanyuan Tianhen hastily added.

This time, Lu Yang had a bit of an impression. During the sword fight with Xue Shilou, there seemed to be someone claiming to be his Senior Brother, who kept shouting from below, yelling things like "Junior Brother Xue has fainted, this is bad" and "The combat power will surge."

Lu Yang suddenly realized and thought it was good that the two brothers were both caught crossing the border. It was nice to have company.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, as a disciple of the Immortal Sect, could you speak with the Fairy Palace on our behalf and release us, two brothers? We promise we won't offend again!" Xuanyuan Tianhen pleaded.

Seeing Lu Yang's hesitant expression, Xuanyuan Tianhen quickly added, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, if we two can leave the Fairy Palace, we will definitely offer a generous gift!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yang finally made up his mind and turned to Lan Ting, saying, "You heard them; they are trying to bribe for connections. Whatever additional punishment your Fairy Palace has in mind, go ahead and apply it."

Originally, he was considering whether Xuanyuan Tianhen's action counted as bribery. Now it was certain—it was indeed bribery.

"Senior Brother, rest assured, our Fairy Palace has always acted fairly."

In the midst of their conversation, Xue Shilou suddenly grew feverish and rolled around on the ground non-stop, giving Lu Yang quite a scare. He wanted to step forward and help, but Lan Ting stopped him.

"This is his Snow Emperor Bloodline gradually awakening. Do not disturb him."

Watching Xue Shilou in pain, rolling on the ground, Lan Ting sighed and explained the situation:

"Xue Shilou was imprisoned here for less than half a day before he suddenly became unconscious, intermittently vomiting blood, with his body severely weakened as if he could die at any moment. Elder Morran even thought he was trying to extort our Fairy Palace."

"Playing it safe, Elder Morran invited Elder Zhou Yulu, who is skilled in medical arts, to examine him. After the check-up, it was discovered that he possessed the Snow Emperor Bloodline, but his frail body couldn't withstand the bloodline awakening. If left unattended, he would certainly die."

"Our Fairy Palace's Sinners' Hall is a proper officially sanctioned prison, not some privately run dungeon. If someone died here, it would not sound good if word got out, and it could easily lead to misunderstandings. There was no choice but to suppress his gradually awakening Snow Emperor Bloodline while nourishing his body to allow for a gradual awakening."

Just thinking of the Fairy Palace spending Heaven and Earth Treasures to help Xue Shilou awaken his bloodline made Lan Ting feel sad for her own Sect's expenses.

"His current state is a normal reaction to the bloodline awakening. There's no need to intervene; he'll be fine after yelling a bit."

Lu Yang's eyes twitched, this Sinners' Hall seemed much more regular than their Captive Peak.

All they did in Captive Peak was use torture on prisoners or refine bodies and souls.

Help with healing and treatment? Unheard of.

But then again, Captive Peak wouldn't encounter a situation like Xue Shilou's; the prisoners were all in the Body Integration Realm. Coming across an opportunity to awaken a bloodline in the Body Integration Realm—wasn't that a bit too late?