Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 260

Chapter 260 The Celebration Ends

A narrator’s voice then rang out: “Li Nezha is from the Great Zhou. Based on personal jurisdiction, the Great Zhou has jurisdiction. Li Nezha’s injury to the Third Prince of the Dragon King occurred offshore, also falling under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou. Based on territorial jurisdiction, the Great Zhou also has jurisdiction.”

“According to litigation law, Chentangguan has jurisdiction, but considering Li Nezha’s status, the recusation system requires that jurisdiction be transferred to other cities.”

“The Third Prince of the Dragon King is a foreigner, and foreign-related criminal cases require jurisdiction at a higher level, meaning the prefecture.”

After a trial, the prefect opened the case: “The Third Prince of the Dragon King intentionally injured a child, and Li Nezha injured the dragon to protect the child. This constitutes legitimate self-defense, not intentional injury.”

The Dragon King of the East China Sea objected and continued, “Then I will sue Li Nezha for suspected intentional injury to a rare animal!”

The prefect said slowly: “According to the laws of the Great Zhou, the crime of intentional injury to a rare animal protects animals without intelligence. Dragons are intelligent creatures and do not meet the criteria for this crime.”

“Furthermore, Li Nezha was only eleven years old when he committed the crime, not meeting the twelve-year-old age limit for criminal responsibility under the Criminal Law, and therefore bears no criminal responsibility.”

The prefect ruled: “In summary, Li Nezha is not guilty. However, since Li Nezha was the first to injure someone, he should pay civil compensation. If he objects, he may appeal to a higher authority within ten days.”

The Dragon King of the East Sea was dissatisfied and appealed, and the case went all the way to the highest level of jurisdiction, before Ji Zhi.

Ji Zhi announced the final verdict: “The lawsuit is dismissed, and the original verdict is upheld. “

The Dragon King of the East Sea was dejected, but he still accepted the final decision.

After the performance, Jiang Li stood there in a daze, his thoughts a little confused.

“How was it? It was not bad,” Ji Zhi boasted to Jiang Li, saying that he had slightly modified the story of Nezha’s trouble at sea to suit the conditions of the Great Zhou.

“You’re quite the artist.”

“I remember you told me the story of Chenxiang splitting a mountain to save his mother. I’ll change it to ‘Chenxiang Breaking the Prison,’ what do you think?”

Ji Zhi had a brilliant idea. Using Chenxiang’s story to save his mother could lead to the legal principle that “immortals cannot fall in love with mortals,” and then to a larger discussion about “wrong laws are illegal.”

It would surely be quite interesting.

Jiang Li gripped Ji Zhi’s shoulders tightly. “Since I helped you secure the throne, I beg you to spare me some of my childhood.”

It was the first time Ji Zhi had seen Jiang Li like this, so he had to abandon the idea of revising Chenxiang’s story.

After Li Nezha’s sea riots ended, it was the turn of the Corpse Driving Sect to perform.

Jiang Li saw a banner raised in the crowd and assumed the Corpse Driving Sect was popular, welcoming them. Instead, the banner read:

Corpse Driving Sect, no middlemen, the best destination for the deceased. Interested in selling the deceased, please contact the Corpse Driving Sect. Large quantities are discounted.

“The Corpse Driving Sect is causing trouble again,”

Commander Liu noticed, and quickly sent his guards downstairs to take down the banner.

The Corpse Driving Sect performed a skit that was as boring as the skits in Duochi Kingdom, and more like an extended Corpse Driving Sect advertisement than a skit.

On stage, a son hugged his dying father and cried, “Father, please don’t die.”

The father stretched out his trembling arms and grasped his son’s hand, saying, “Son, death is like the extinction of a light. There’s nothing to be sad about. I’m a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage. You can sell me to the Corpse Driving Sect. They’ll buy me for a high price…”

The father’s breath died.

The son, in compliance with his father’s wishes, tearfully sent him to the Corpse Driving Sect.

The Corpse Driving Sect was horrified: “Your father wasn’t dead, so why was he sent to us?”

“His death was merely a false alarm. Your father can still be saved.”

The Corpse Driving Sect sent a coroner to revive his father. The son thanked the Corpse Driving Sect for saving his life, but he also had a question: “Don’t you love corpses? Why didn’t you feign ignorance and accept your father, and instead revive him?”

“Why do we drive corpses? Our Corpse Driving Sect believes that the dead cannot be revived, but death doesn’t mean the end of the world. We hope to use our hands to restore the deceased’s former glory, allowing them to live a glorious life from birth to death.”

“It is precisely because of this belief that we strictly distinguish between the living and the dead, resolutely ensuring that the living remain alive and the dead remain dead!”

The son was deeply moved and presented a banner: “The Corpse Driving Sect’s Miraculous Resurrection.”

The performance concluded with polite applause.

Jiang Li pondered for a moment, then said to the Corpse-Driving Sect leader, “Next time you perform like this, I’ll charge you for advertising.”

This time, the Hehuan Sect was much more reserved. They simply put on a fashion show, wearing more conservative clothing, showcasing all sorts of feminine attire for the public to see.

At least, their attire was more conservative than that of the Bai Ze Dynasty and the Gu Clan.

Jiang Li suspected the Hehuan Sect was considering switching to selling clothes.

The theme of the performances by the Fashen Sect, the Beast Taming Sect, and the Bai Ze Dynasty was harmonious coexistence between humans and demons.

“Why would the Fashen Sect participate in such a themed performance?” someone in the audience mused. The Beast Taming Sect and the Bai Ze Dynasty were understandable, but what was their connection to the Fashen Sect?

“I don’t know. Perhaps the Fashen Sect needed to draw on the demonic form to comprehend the Dharmakaya, leading to a good relationship between them and the demons?” someone speculated.

Penglai Fairy Island, the Great Wei Dynasty, the Mengjiang Dynasty, and other major factions took turns performing, from early morning to late evening, until the show was complete.

None of the performances were alike; each was unique and captivating. Ming Zhong, watching, exclaimed at the open-mindedness of Jiuzhou.

The monks in the audience did not feel tired at all. They watched with great interest and applauded continuously.

They felt that it was worth it to come all the way to the Human Emperor Palace to participate in the celebration.

They could actually see a performance of how to overcome the tribulation of becoming an immortal. Although it would not improve their cultivation, it would be of great benefit to improving

their state of mind. Improving the state of mind is also an important part of cultivating immortals.

Few of the major forces are peaceful. They can all make some trouble more or less. Jiang Li was tired of watching, and Commander Liu, as the person in charge behind the scenes, was tired of directing.

The two of them thought at the same time that it would be better to fight the demons.

“Let’s rehearse in advance next time. If nothing else, we should at least see what these monsters are going to perform and be mentally prepared.”

Commander Liu nodded, feeling that what the Palace Master said was quite right. Ten years ago, only the Hehuan Sect was causing trouble, but ten years later, everyone was causing trouble together.

Their cultivation hadn’t improved, but their ability to cause trouble had become stronger and

stronger. If this happened again, even those in the Tribulation Crossing stage wouldn’t be able

to withstand it. Judging from the results, the celebration was a success. Everyone was happy and satisfied with the celebration.

The celebration ended successfully.

But for the people, this was just the beginning.

After all, there were ten days of vacation, and if they didn’t have some fun, they would be sorry for the three hundred years of Emperor Jiang’s reign.

Jiang Li felt that the cultivators’ happiness was built on their own pain. As the Emperor, he had sacrificed too much.

Jiang Li wanted to walk around, anywhere he wanted, as long as he wasn’t in the Emperor Palace.

The silent system issued a new task.

[Issued a special task “Searching for fragments of the ladder to immortality”]

(End of this chapter)