Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 362

Chapter 362 Restoring the Scene

“Besides, there are only witnesses now, but no victims. There is no chain of evidence, and I cannot be convicted.” When it comes to legal theory, Du Ping is the best in the Great Zhou.

If it weren’t for Du Ping’s bad reputation, the Minister of Justice would have wanted to ask Du Ping to write a legal textbook.

The Lord of Anyang City was helpless. Since Du Ping denied it, he could only contact the court and ask His Majesty to send someone from the royal family to go back in time.

Calculating the time, it was almost time.

“Du Ping, what’s wrong with you this time?” Jiang Li landed.

“Greetings to the Human Emperor.” The officials saluted respectfully when they saw Jiang Li.

“You have to make the decision for me! Ever since you proposed the conditions for me to join the Human Emperor Palace, I have been determined to become the leader of the Human Emperor Palace and work hard to reduce the number of times I drink.” Du Ping cried out for injustice.

The Lord of Anyang City said, “I can confirm this. Du Ping used to drink four times in three days, a jar at a time, but now he drinks only once every three days.”

Jiang Li was curious: “How much does he drink at a time?”

“Four jars.”

“…”

Jiang Li felt that Du Ping would break the law sooner or later: “Tell me, what happened today?”

The Lord of Anyang City introduced: “It’s like this. We received a report last night claiming that Du Ping staggered out of the tavern after drinking, and saw a woman in white on the side of the road. He rushed forward and pounced on her. The woman in white screamed and ran away in a hurry. Du Ping wanted to chase her, but he was drunk and fell asleep on the ground.”

“These people are tavern owners, drinkers, and neighbors. They can all confirm what happened at that time.”

These people were very excited to see Jiang Li.

“Everything I said was true. Du Ping really did pounce on the woman in white.”

“I heard her screams, they were agonizing.”

“It’s a pity we didn’t find the woman in white, otherwise we would have been able to confirm Du Ping’s actions!”

Jiang Li didn’t want to play detective games; it was too brain-deadly. “Let the professionals judge this matter.”

“Your Excellency, Princess Nineteen has arrived.”

The Lord of Anyang City hurried out to greet her. “Princess Nineteen.”

Princess Nineteen smiled and nodded modestly. Suddenly, she caught sight of Jiang Li out of the corner of her eye and was overjoyed.

Princess Nineteen was none other than Ji Kongkong. After not seeing her for a few years, she had blossomed into a graceful beauty, her expression brimming with confidence and radiance, though her breasts were smaller than those of her peers.

Many young men, attracted by Ji Kongkong’s beauty and talent, hoped that Ji Zhi would arrange a marriage for

her. Ji Zhi didn’t respond favorably.

Ji Kongkong possessed an exceptionally high talent for cultivation, now a Nascent Soul cultivator, and was much faster than Qin Luan.

“Uncle Jiang?” Princess Nineteen, Ji Kongkong, trotted over to Jiang Li upon seeing him.

Ji Kongkong felt embarrassed to throw herself into Jiang Li’s arms as she had before.

“It’s Kongkong, long time no see. You’ve become a capable young woman,” Jiang Li said with a pleased smile. Ji Zhi had sent Ji Kongkong alone with a few attendants, without any other royal family members, indicating that Ji Kongkong’s understanding of time no longer required guidance.

“Uncle Jiang, why are you here?” Ji Kongkong hadn’t expected Jiang Li to be there.

“I heard there’s a ghost here, so I came to see something strange.”

“Uncle Jiang, you’re such a joke.”

Ji Kongkong dismissed Jiang Li’s joke.

The Lord of Anyang City recounted the case, and Ji Kongkong also felt something was amiss.

Time froze, and Ji Kongkong stepped into the River of Time and returned to Jiuzhou, the entire process occurring in a fraction of a second.

“How is it?” Du Ping hoped Ji Kongkong would give him justice.

Ji Kongkong frowned slightly, but didn’t answer. She used her spiritual sense to project the scene she had seen in the River of Time into the air.

…

midnight, outside the tavern.

Du Ping passed by a tavern and was paralyzed by the aroma of alcohol. A customer saw Du Ping and enthusiastically invited him, “Du Ping, come over for a drink.”

“No, no, I’m quitting. Today’s my third day.”

The customer insisted, “Hey, I’ve already quit for three days, give myself a reward.”

“Okay,” Du Ping thought.

After four jars of wine, Du Ping burped, “This is the last time. I’ll quit drinking starting tomorrow.”

The customer and the tavern owner both laughed and shook their heads. Du Ping always said this, but he never made it to the fourth day.

“Are you okay? Can you go home?” The customer remembered that Du Ping had finished drinking before and had fallen asleep on the floor outside the tavern.

“It’s okay, I’m not drunk.” Du Ping waved his hand, indicating that he was normal.

“Then could you please not talk to the pillar?”

Du Ping said nothing more, staggering forward.

Without warning, a white figure appeared not far away, seemingly out of thin air.

The figure was blurry, like a cloud of vapor, and very unstable.

Du Ping’s eyes changed, as if he had seen something strange, and he pounced on the white figure.

Seeing Du Ping coming at him aggressively, the white figure screamed shrilly, then disappeared, leaving Du Ping empty-handed.

Du Ping stumbled, fell to the ground, and fell asleep.

Someone living on the second floor saw this and thought that Du Ping was molesting a woman in public, so he reported it to the police.

…

“What is this?” The witnesses didn’t understand what was going on with the white figure.

Ji Kongkong’s cheeks flushed slightly: “This is what I saw. With my eyesight, I can’t see how the white figure appeared and how it disappeared. This is what I saw in the long river of time. If Uncle Jiang could also go to the long river of time, he should see more things.”

“I suspect it’s a ghost.” The mayor of Anyang City looked solemn. He had received many reports from the people claiming to have seen ghosts, and the descriptions were similar.

He himself had witnessed a similar situation, and was terrified.

He was a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage, yet the other party had appeared behind him, unnoticed, and breathed into his ear.

He could clearly see it with his eyes, but his spiritual sense revealed nothing there!

The Lord of Anyang City felt a sense of strangeness and fear, and reported it to the highest levels of government.

The court, unsure of what to do after receiving reports from various regions, contacted the guards of the Human Imperial Palace.

The guards reported the incident to the Human Imperial Palace.

“It might be a ghost.” Jiang Li also suspected the white figure was a ghost. The way it appeared and disappeared defied common sense and didn’t seem to be caused by a cultivation technique.

But how could a ghost appear in Jiuzhou? Aren’t ghosts all in the underworld?

Seeing the two men’s seriousness, Ji Kongkong showed fear and quietly approached Jiang Li, seeking a sense of security. She loved hearing Jiang Li’s stories the most, and was most afraid of ghost stories.

“So Du Ping is flirting with a female ghost?” The Lord of Anyang City remembered why he had invited Ji Kongkong here.

The Lord of Anyang City was in a dilemma. The Great Zhou law clearly stated that the “women” in “molesting women” included female humans and female demons, but it didn’t seem to list ghosts as protected subjects.

How about expanding the definition to include ghosts?

Du Ping glared at the Lord of Anyang City. “You’re going to give me your entire criminal record today, aren’t you?”

(End of this chapter)