Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 47

Chapter 47 Never Killed Anyone

“Buddhist Wuzhi pays homage to the Human Emperor!”

“Confucian Wangbian pays homage to the Human Emperor!”

Wuzhi and Wangbian were overwhelmed with emotion, bowing deeply, more respectful than they would to their own masters.

As the strongest being in Jiuzhou, Jiang Li was arguably the idol of all the younger generation. In an age when ascension was impossible, their goal was to become as powerful as Jiang Li.

Jiang Li blocked out the sound. The two knew their identities and knew their limits, but if the other passengers knew, they would definitely surround him again.

Jiang Li felt like a celebrity in his past life, wearing sunglasses when shopping in the mall to avoid being recognized.

“All you care about is fighting, and you almost got yourself into trouble and went astray!” Jiang Li scolded the two juniors in the tone of an elder.

The two men, who had been so majestic just now, quickly admitted their mistakes and promised not to repeat them in the future.

Seeing the two admit their mistake, Jiang Li said nothing more. “You’re also going to the Dao Sect’s Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference? Where’s your master? Why are you two juniors the only ones allowed to represent the sect?”

“My master said he’s at a critical stage in his comprehension of the Dao of Space and can’t be distracted, so he sent me over,” replied the Buddhist disciple Wuzhi.

Jiang Li understood. It seemed that the old Buddha Xumi had made further progress in the Dao of Space.

Wang Bian hesitated for a moment, then continued, “My master said that the sight of the Dao Sect leader makes him angry…”

“So he sent you to represent him?” Jiang Li knew that the Confucian leader and the Dao Sect leader had a personal grudge. The Confucian leader espoused the theory of human nature and painstakingly taught his people to be gentlemen and to return lost property.

He showed off to the Dao Sect leader, but the Dao Sect leader, believing that human nature is greedy, took out a handful of top-grade spirit stones and threw them on the roadside. The polite crowd began to scramble for them, leaving the Confucian leader’s face livid.

“No, he said he also wanted to see the immortal artifacts being refined. He asked me to represent him, while he secretly went on his own.”

“…Your master has quite a plan.”

Jiang Li’s real question was, isn’t your master afraid that his righteous heart will crumble?

“What are you going to do with this eagle demon?”

“I ask for your advice, Emperor Jiang.”

Jiang Li smiled. “Since you captured it, it’s your job to deal with it. Why are you asking me?”

“I think we should be merciful. How about releasing it?”

The eagle demon quickly said, “Buddhist disciple, you are truly a virtuous person. When I return, I will build a long-lasting shrine for you and ensure that the incense will continue to be worshipped.”

Wang Bian shook his head. “Release it and let it rob other flying boats? It’s better to kill it.”

The Buddhist disciple Wuzhi was very tempted, but hesitated. “But it hasn’t killed anyone. Would killing it be too harsh a punishment?”

“Yes, yes, I haven’t killed anyone!” The eagle demon quickly claimed to be a good demon, fearing that if he spoke too late, he would be killed by these two.

It saw that the Buddhist disciple Wuzhi had a murderous heart. How could he be called a monk?!

Buddhist disciple Wuzhi was torn. Logically, the eagle demon was lying, but he couldn’t just kill it because he suspected it was lying. If he killed the wrong person, his ethereal state would be disturbed.

Wang Bian took out a copy of a great scholar’s calligraphy, wrote the character “True,” and pasted it on the eagle demon.

“Have you ever killed anyone?”

the eagle demon replied, “No.” “

It only stole the spirit stones from the flying boat, not killed anyone?”

“No,”

Wang Bian said to Buddhist disciple Wuzhi. “That was the True copy of the calligraphy you just pasted on it. It can only tell the truth now. Since it says it hasn’t killed anyone, it doesn’t seem to have committed a serious crime. Let it go.”

Buddhist disciple Wuzhi nodded, “Alright.”

Just when the eagle demon thought it was about to escape, Jiang Li suddenly asked, “Have you ever thought about this? After it steals the spirit stones from the flying boat, will the boat still be able to fly?”

“Hmm?”

The two of them instantly realized.

Yes, the eagle demon did indeed steal the spirit stones. But the flying boat was depleted of spirit stones, and the spiritual energy of the people on board wasn’t enough to land it. Even if it did, it would land in the Bai Ze Dynasty.

Imagine what fate awaited a group of spiritually depleted cultivators in the Bai Ze Dynasty!

…

Perhaps feeling their intelligence had been insulted, the two men struck hard, and the eagle demon died uncomfortably.

“So, don’t always rely on treasures; use your brains. Even without the real calligraphy copybook, you should have considered that the eagle demon’s seizure of spirit stones would surely lead to the death of the passengers.”

Jiang Li asked the two men how they planned to deal with the eagle demon, hoping to see how far they could go.

As he expected, they could only think of the first step: foolishly testing the authenticity of the calligraphy copybook. However, their questions were not rigorous, and they almost mistook the eagle demon, a killer, for a good one.

Jiang Li helplessly continued to lecture the two juniors, explaining how they cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. He hadn’t been so naive when he reached the Nascent Soul stage.

He believed that previous human emperors had died in battle, while he had died from overwork.

Could they please be less worried?

Jiang Li decided to treat this Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference as a holiday and absolutely, absolutely, wouldn’t interfere anymore!

Even the Human Emperor needed a holiday!

[New Task: Although you took first place, your classmates ridiculed you for your low cultivation level and said you weren’t worthy of first place. They told you to drop out immediately and ace the end-of-semester cultivation test.]

[This task can be abandoned.]

[Task Reward: A chance for enlightenment, a fragment of a Beast Taming Sect secret technique, and a Blood Burning Pill.]

“Give it up.”

Jiang Li glanced at the task, somewhat disappointed, and chose to abandon it. Sure enough, quests like “Mysterious Immortal Realm” wouldn’t appear repeatedly.

…

More than ten days later, the flying boat finally landed near the Dao Sect.

As soon as they landed, they were greeted warmly by Dao Sect leader Bai Hongtu. Standing next to them was the Confucian leader Dong Zhongren, who looked defeated.

Wang Bian covered his face with shame, wanting to stay on the flying boat.

It was obvious that the master and leader’s infiltration plan had failed.

In the end, it was the Buddhist disciple Wuzhi who pulled Wang Bian off the flying boat.

“On behalf of the entire Dao Sect, I welcome Emperor Jiang Ren to Dao Sect to participate in the Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference!” Dao Sect leader Bai Hongtu laughed and gave Jiang Li a hug.

Jiang Li also smiled and hugged him, gently patting Bai Hongtu’s back.

Bai Hongtu smiled and tried not to cry out in pain.

Behind Bai Hongtu, thousands of Dao Sect disciples bowed and saluted, saying in unison: “Welcome Emperor Jiang Ren!”

It can be seen that Bai Hongtu really did welcome Jiang Li with all his heart.

“And Saint Jingxin, I haven’t seen you for many years, and your relationship with Emperor Jiang Ren is still the same.”

Saint Jingxin tried to smile and didn’t take action on the spot.

“I haven’t asked you how the research on the Jiuzhou Protective Array is going. Is it almost finished?”

Bai Hongtu complained with a bitter face, “You ask such a bad question as soon as you come here. I’ve almost lost all my hair in researching the Protective Array. Can we talk about something happy?” Jiang

Li curled his lips and said, “Even those in the Tribulation Crossing Stage can be reborn by dropping blood. Otherwise, I will beat you until only one drop of blood is left, and then you will be reborn again, and your hair will grow back.”

“Even the landlord is not as cruel as you!”

Bai Hongtu smiled and said, “Luckily, I have researched the Protective Array. Now all I need is an immortal artifact to serve as the core of the array.”

(End of this chapter)