Chapter 24: Law Enforcement Hall

Li Shuang made a round through the workshop, converting all her Spirit Stones into various resources.

She only purchased one defensive Magic Treasure. This item could transform to look like a set of clothes. Following her usual habit, Li Shuang changed the Magic Treasure into a white robe and put it on immediately.

Other than that,

she kept some commonly used talismans, as well as a few Frost Flowers for tempering her Spirit Root.

As for the rest, they were all secretly fed by Li Shuang to the Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace to be absorbed.

After the Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace absorbed that Clear Heart Jade Pendant, plus the various resources she’d acquired through bargain finds, the progress bar shot straight to 35%.

Li Shuang felt it was a pity.

’Why couldn’t a windfall like the Clear Heart Jade Pendant happen a few more times? A single pendant pushed the progress bar by 20%, but all her painstaking bargain hunting afterward only pushed it by 14%.’

But Li Shuang wasn’t in a hurry.

’Right now, the Heaven and Earth Melting Furnace is just a Treasure Identification Device. As long as I’m patient enough, I’ll be able to fill the progress bar eventually.’

Luo Mingyue and Li Shuang returned to the Sword Sect together.

Just as they entered the Sword Sect, a disciple saw them and couldn’t help but look surprised. "Senior Sister Luo, Senior Sister Li, what are you two doing here?"

Luo Mingyue was rather baffled. "Why can’t we be here? Explain yourself!"

The disciple hurriedly said, "Senior Sister Luo, you don’t know? This morning, Peak Master Lin went to the Sect Leader and angrily accused Master Lingxu of withholding Senior Sister Li’s resources, demanding he return everything. But Master Lingxu claimed no such thing ever happened. The two of them argued in front of the Sect Leader for a long time but couldn’t reach a conclusion."

"After that, two senior brothers from Lingxu Peak went straight to the Law Enforcement Hall, accusing people from Heartless Peak of malicious assault."

"So the Sect Leader simply had the Law Enforcement Hall adjudicate the case. Right now, people from both sides are in the Law Enforcement Hall, having a huge argument."

As the disciple spoke, a gossipy glint appeared in his eyes.

He’d heard they’d been arguing at the Law Enforcement Hall for a while, and he was just about to go over and watch the drama. He never expected to run into the people involved on his way there.

"Those sons of bitches, they actually dare to take this to the Law Enforcement Hall?!" Luo Mingyue grew furious. "I’d like to see just how they plan to twist the truth!"

Li Shuang said, "Senior Sister, let’s go together."

Luo Mingyue nodded, and the two of them couldn’t help but pick up their pace.

A real show was about to start! Seeing this, the disciple’s eyes gleamed with even more gossipy excitement, and he hurriedly followed them.

Law Enforcement Hall.

Lin Qingling sneered. "Ling Xu, where do you get the nerve to say you’ve never withheld Li Shuang’s resources? In front of the Disciple Hall, so many disciples of the sect heard Shen Yue with their own ears. He said that among Li Shuang’s resources, the Frost Flowers were tacitly given to Ye Zhaozhao, and the sword stones were tacitly given to him!"

"Listen to that! Just listen! Li Shuang’s own resources have somehow become someone else’s by default!"

Lin Qingling stared at the Law Enforcement Hall Master. "Pang! This matter is crystal clear. Why haven’t you made a ruling yet!"

The Law Enforcement Hall Master, Pang Zhixue, couldn’t help but look helpless. Just as he was about to speak...

Ling Xu said with a deadpan expression, "As the Senior Disciple, Li Shuang gave those resources to her junior brothers and sisters voluntarily! Can someone just suddenly go back on a voluntary act? This matter is indeed crystal clear. There’s nothing more to be said!"

"On the other hand, it was people from your Heartless Peak who interfered in a normal sparring match! My poor second disciple was first sent flying by Luo Mingyue, then Liu Juncheng took advantage of his predicament, and finally, Jiang Yi struck him until he vomited blood! You ganged up on him, violating the sect’s prohibition against harming fellow disciples. How should this be judged?"

Ling Xu also looked at Pang Zhixue. "My poor disciple is still unconscious. These people from Heartless Peak are all accomplices! Master Pang, don’t you think they should be severely punished?"

"Severely punished?!" Lin Qingling looked at him mockingly. "So many disciples saw it with their own eyes! It was your second disciple who, after agreeing to a match of only Swordsmanship, recklessly used Spiritual Power and nearly gravely injured Li Shuang! What’s wrong with my disciples teaching a lesson to someone who goes back on his word? Besides, Jiang Rongyi was there at the time. He already said the matters cancel each other out, and both sides had already agreed to it."

Pang Zhixue looked toward Jiang Rongyi. Bracing himself, Jiang Rongyi nodded. "That is indeed what happened."

Ling Xu shot him a cold glance. "Jiang Rongyi is just a junior. His words can’t be taken as gospel! My disciple only used Spiritual Power as a subconscious reaction. It was unintentional. But your disciples attacked deliberately!"

"A subconscious reaction?" Lin Qingling’s gaze was icy. "What, if Ming Yue and the others hadn’t intervened in time, my disciple would have just deserved to be gravely injured?"

"In the end, Li Shuang wasn’t injured!" Ling Xu said, his face impassive.

"What a master of sophistry you are, Master Lingxu!"

Inside the Law Enforcement Hall, Lin Qingling and Ling Xu argued heatedly, neither willing to back down.

The disciples from the two peaks also glared coldly at each other.

Pang Zhixue tried to interject but couldn’t get a word in for the longest time. The Sect Leader, Meng Yifei, having been subjected to their bickering for half the day, had simply gone into hiding and hadn’t shown his face at all.

"Li Shuang, Li Shuang is here!"

Suddenly, someone outside exclaimed.

The crowd of spectating disciples parted to form a path.

Luo Mingyue and Li Shuang walked in.

Master Lingxu looked coldly at Li Shuang. ’I must have been blind back then to have chosen such a person as my Senior Disciple!’

’I actually thought Li Shuang had a pure and innocent heart, and that was why she didn’t care about those resources.’

’But it turns out she was keeping score in her heart all along!’

"You scourge!" Master Lingxu rebuked coldly. "Back on Lingxu Peak, you relentlessly targeted Zhaozhao, causing instability on the peak. And now you’ve become even more capable. You’ve incited all of Heartless Peak to do your bidding, bringing unrest to the sect! Li Shuang, oh Li Shuang, you really are something else! And Peak Master Lin, I advise you not to fall for her tricks and be used by her!"

Lin Qingling frowned and stepped in front of Li Shuang, blocking Master Lingxu’s loathsome gaze.

Li Shuang lowered her eyes, a trace of warmth flashing through them.

In truth,

’I cultivate the Supreme Heartless Dao, so I’m no longer affected by negative emotions.’

’Master Lin knows this, but she still subconsciously protected me, not wanting me to see the revulsion in Master Lingxu’s eyes.’

"Senior Sister Li." Sheng Yuan, who had been silent until now, could no longer hold back when he saw Li Shuang. He said through gritted teeth, his eyes full of fury, "We were fellow disciples, after all. How could you be so vicious to our second junior brother!"

"Senior Brother, why are you wasting your breath on this traitor!" Chang Le’an glared at Li Shuang. "If you’ve got the guts, stop hiding behind others and let’s have a fair fight!"

Luo Mingyue laughed in exasperation. "Little Frost just went through Scattering and Rebuilding. If you have the nerve, wait until she forms her Golden Core and then come fight her!"

A mocking expression crossed Chang Le’an’s face. "Do you really think she’s some peerless genius? A peerless genius whose Cultivation couldn’t advance an inch once she reached the Nascent Soul Stage? That’s utterly ridiculous! As for me, I was born blessed by fortune, destined to reach the pinnacle! Even if she manages to form a Golden Core again, what do I have to fear!"

Chang Le’an was incredibly arrogant.

Li Shuang gave him a calm glance.

’Does he really think he was born blessed by fortune?’

A faint glimmer flashed in the depths of Li Shuang’s eyes.