When I become a demon king, I want to change my department to the Taoist sect.

Chapter 857: The World of Dust
"Welcome to [Dust and Disaster World], your camp is being randomly assigned." Along with a clear and pleasant prompt sound, an extremely grand picture jumped into Zhou Qingyun's eyes.

Above the clouds in the sky, the goddess riding a red leopard rang the ancient bell in front of the academy.

The dagger flashed with a sharp cold light and stabbed into the huge mechanical city connected by tens of millions of gears.

The Hu-clothed knight riding a giant wolf and the red-eyed warrior using mountains and rivers as armor and falling stars as spears fought together.

The prisoner with a tattoo on his neck that glowed with mechanical luster was patrolling the surroundings on a large bronze ship.

Then seven ancient manuscripts burst out from the void and froze on the screen.

Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Qin!
Although the Secret History of the Immortal Qin involves a lot, it was still mentioned lightly in the history class of the Taoist League Lower House, and Zhou Qingyun naturally knew the meaning of these words.

But before she could continue to speculate on the reason for [Dust Tribulation Floating World], the huge word Qin suddenly shone brightly, causing Zhou Qingyun to close her eyes instinctively.

It was just a trance, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a brand new place she had never seen before. After a brief inspection, she found that it was a slightly dilapidated government office, and there were no one else except her.

Zhou Qingyun walked to the desk in the main hall, where a large seal was particularly conspicuous on the messy table.

She picked up the seal curiously, and a series of information suddenly popped up.

Xiangting (231542): [Unnamed]

Affiliation: Great Qin Empire
Chief of the Court: Qingyun

Area under its jurisdiction: Three pavilions and a hundred miles

Prestige: 1 (affects recruitment/taxation efficiency)

Strictness of the law: 1 (Strength of enforcement of legalist policies)
Total population: 1200 (600 males/600 women and children)

Available corvée labor: 300 people ([Shangjun's Law of Collective Responsibility] bonus +10% efficiency)

Private vassals: 10 people (not yet obtained)

垦田：1800亩（粟田800亩/麻田400亩/桑田300亩/灵田300亩）
Spiritual Mine: Small black iron ore (daily production of 50 catties of iron concentrate.)
Spiritual vein: Ninth-grade earthly evil vein (upgradable)

Annual tax: 4500 dan of Qin millet/5 dan of Lingya rice (70% to be paid to the county, and the remaining grain is disposable)

Water conservancy facilities: Guitu Canal (upgradeable)

Incense and Vow Power: 1200 hu (can be used to worship one Golden Elixir City God.)
Taoist classics: "Shangjunshu·Kenling Chapter" (Lv.1) "Mofa·Puppetry" (Lv.3)

"Are you asking me to play the role of an official of the Immortal Dynasty?"

Zhou Qingyun was a little curious. The time taken to update [Lingshu Dharma Realm] was almost the longest in nearly a hundred years, two months longer than [Xuantian Martial Arts Field]. Needless to say, the importance of this [Dust Tribulation World] was self-evident.

But now it seems like a business development game?
Ever since the popularity of [Lingshu Dharma Realm], such fantasy world games have emerged in endlessly. Even Zhou Qingyun has been addicted to them, but she has never heard that a game requires the entire [Lingshu Dharma Realm] to be updated along with it.

Zhou Qingyun felt that there must be something hidden behind this, and it definitely wasn't just a game.

So after looking around the entire government office, she stepped out of the gate and came to the three pavilions that were nominally under her control.

The architectural style outside the palace is completely different from the current architectural style of the East China Sea or the Middle Earth. Most of them are dominated by dark black. There are no high platforms or pavilions in the houses with one building and two rooms. They look very simple at first glance, but they carry a vague aura of solemnity.

Just as Zhou Qingyun was about to leave, a noisy sound suddenly came from not far away. It was a group of people entangled and walked towards the government office. After seeing Zhou Qingyun, a man covered in blood suddenly broke free from the restraints of the two people on his left and right, knelt down with a snap, and wailed: "Master, please make the decision for me. They are using lynching, ignoring Qin law, and want to kill people in the street!"

"How dare you, you bastard, file a complaint first!" The young man who was holding the man's left hand said angrily, "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense. This bastard has committed a heinous crime and killed dozens of children. He deserves to be put to death!"

Several other women in the crowd also knelt down and cried, "My poor son, he is only seven years old. You are a beast that eats dog intestines. Even if I eat your flesh alive and drink your blood, it will not be enough to relieve my hatred. Give me back my son's life!"

Perhaps because Zhou Qingyun was right in front of him, the man argued, "Back then, you voluntarily gave your son to He Bo as a boy. How can you blame me for what happened now?"

"You beast, how dare you quibble!" The young man got furious when he heard that and raised his foot to kick him.

“Is this the triggering event?”

Zhou Qingyun frowned slightly, but quickly got into the state. He first coughed coldly and stopped the boy's actions.

After that, he inspected the situation and said coldly, "In broad daylight, in the clear universe, if you have any grievances, come to the court and tell them. I will make a fair judgment. But if you continue to make noise and cause trouble here, don't blame me for being rude and putting you all in jail."

Perhaps it was because Qin's laws were so strict, as soon as Zhou Qingyun spoke, the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, and several ordinary women were so frightened that their bodies could not help but tremble.

At the same time, a crisp voice sounded in Zhou Qingyun's ears.

"Trigger a criminal case, and automatically recruit two patrol officers and two judges."

The yamen, which was originally empty, suddenly appeared with three men and one woman, a total of four officials dressed in black clothes.

The four of them walked up to Zhou Qingyun and asked respectfully, "Does your Excellency want to open the court for the trial?"

Zhou Qingyun nodded and said in a deep voice: "In that case, let's open the trial!"

In a moment, Zhou Qingyun was already sitting in the court. The four Qin officials stood on both sides with stern eyes. Although they were few in number, they intimidated the people in the court so much that they dared not raise their heads.

"Who is this person in the audience? What case do you want to report?"

A white-haired old woman in the crowd trembled and crawled on the ground, crying, "I, Bai Li, was washing clothes yesterday when I saw nine dead bodies of children on the riverbank. Among them... my poor grandson was one of them! Sir, please help me..."

Before he finished speaking, the man shouted out in injustice: "Your Excellency, I am innocent. I have nothing to do with those dead kids!"

"No!?"

"You still dare to deny it? You were the one who took my grandson away!" The old woman's eyes were wide open with anger, and she looked as if she wanted to eat the man alive.

"You begged me to send your grandson to the river, but now you blame me for what happened." The man refuted without giving in. "How can you be so unreasonable?!"

"Quiet!"

Seeing that the quarrel was about to break out again, Zhou Qingyun slammed the gavel and said in a deep voice: "Whoever I ask is the one who can answer. If you dare to speak too much again, I will not let you off easily."

"Ms. Bai Li, please tell me the whole story in detail."

The old woman forced herself to adjust her mood and then said, "I want to let you know that this thief came to my house half a year ago and said that he had a way to send my grandson to the Hebo Water Palace to learn Taoism. He also charged me a hundred coins as a fee, so I let him take my grandson away from home."

"But...but yesterday, I saw my grandson's body by the Ba River. His chest had been hollowed out, his internal organs missing, and he was...dead without a complete body!"