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Chapter 245 The Love-Brained Dragon Dismembered (6)

"Even discarding a used tool and then killing it wouldn't happen this quickly. It seems the original owner and that Li Jia were both fools, only the original owner was a bit more foolish. That prefect was the real mastermind!"

After a moment's thought, Ding Shui realized that while the original owner of this body was stupid and Li Jia was both stupid and wicked, neither could compare to the prefect's cunning. However, upon further reflection, it wasn't entirely unreasonable for this to happen. The original owner of this body had a lot of flaws, but Li Jia had also revealed just as many flaws over the years.
A poor scholar who only had three mud-brick houses.

Orphaned, with no background to rely on, and no clan support, he suddenly found himself able to produce rare Eastern pearls and precious red corals. Subsequently, gold and silver flowed in continuously, allowing him to purchase land and build mansions on a grand scale. He even donated money for official positions and used rather crude methods of bribery.

The excuses and reasons he came up with in this situation.

To anyone with eyes to see, it's utterly ridiculous.

As for why it wasn't exposed from the beginning, or why it wasn't dealt with, Ding Shui couldn't guess for a moment, as there were too many possibilities. In order to find out the truth, Ding Shui tried for a while and quickly used his own human Yang God aura to cover up his dragon aura, broke through the protection of human destiny, and sneaked into Prefect Su's residence to browse through his memories.

No matter how much evidence you gather and investigate privately, it's never as accurate and detailed as directly reviewing the memories of the person involved.

Then, the truth was somewhat unexpected for Ding Shui.

The original body, including Li Jia, and the demon's every move—or more accurately, the original body's every move after entering human territory—were basically under the surveillance of Prefect Su. Or rather, Prefect Su's official seal sensed their presence the moment they entered.

This involves the bureaucratic system of the Humanitarian Royal Court.

Even if many officials cannot cultivate themselves, or have no cultivation, they can still rely on their official seals and positions to monitor demons and monsters that enter their jurisdiction. They can even mobilize the national fortune to kill some demons and monsters that are committing massacres and harming people when necessary.

Once a demonic creature at the Tribulation Transcending Realm enters the territory, the Emperor's Jade Seal will respond, reminding the Emperor to be vigilant and prepare accordingly.

A demonic entity that has merged with a divine being has entered the realm.

The official seal of a prefectural governor will respond.

When a demon at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage enters the territory, the official seal of the prefectural governor will respond; when a minor demon at the Foundation Establishment stage enters the territory, the official seal of the county magistrate will also respond.

So as soon as the original body entered the area, the local prefect, Prefect Su, discovered the original body. However, there was an agreement between humans and demons, so it was impossible to say that the original body was not allowed to enter the area.

If simply going in or out would result in being killed.

The two tribes had long been locked in a fierce battle.

After several major wars, the two races have reached an agreement: as long as the demon race does not kill or eat people or violate human laws when entering human territory, the human race is not allowed to punish the demon race.

When humans enter the territory of the demon race, they are allowed to kill demons as long as they do not bully the weak, such as a Nascent Soul cultivator going to abuse and kill a Foundation Establishment demon.

After all, there are no laws on the demon race's side.

The law of the jungle is their daily reality.

Without the large bullying the small, the human race's entry into the demon race's territory to kill demons can also ease the internal conflicts among the various demon races, enabling them to unite against external threats. In short, the demon race's actions are not a compromise made out of desperation.

Instead, they carefully considered the outcome of the subsequent negotiations.

The reason the Golden-Winged Roc spared the original form wasn't because it couldn't appear in human territory, but because it lacked the ability to kill the original form instantly without harming any surrounding humans, and to take the original form's corpse away. If this were to ignite a major war, resulting in heavy casualties among the surrounding humans...

Humanity then has enough excuses and reasons.

They left him there too, to pluck his feathers and eat his flesh.

Therefore, he had no choice but to give up hunting down the original body.

Therefore, when the original owner first entered the human territory, Prefect Su, although he discovered her, did not do anything to her. He only kept a close eye on her to prevent her from secretly committing evil deeds or killing and eating people to heal her wounds. Later, although Prefect Su did not keep a constant watch on her, he was still aware of some of the things she did and the various flaws that Li Jia revealed. He even helped cover things up to avoid others suspecting that there were monsters in the prefectural city and causing panic.

Of course, he did this not with good intentions.

I've only ever seen this kind of story in novels before, and this is the first time I've seen it in real life. I wanted to see the gossip, how it unfolded, and what the final outcome would be.
However, Prefect Su's initial attitude of just watching the drama unfold quickly changed, and he began to feel envious, jealous, and covetous.

The treasures and gold and silver that the original owner gave away.

Prefect Su was merely a mortal, and there was a barrier between mortals and cultivators. Gold and silver were the common assets in the mortal world, and besides, he wasn't an extremely greedy official. His entire fortune probably wouldn't even amount to 100,000 taels of silver. Therefore, seeing the original owner of this body gradually take out precious gold and silver treasures worth over a million taels of silver, it was truly hard for him not to be tempted.

Most importantly, these were created by a certain monster, not the people's hard-earned money. Even if he obtained them through some schemes and tricks, he wouldn't feel guilty.

They would not feel they had failed the people, nor would they have listened to the teachings of sages and worthies.

Therefore, Prefect Su began to create difficulties for Li Jia, both openly and secretly, so that he would spend money to pull strings and realize that he, as a mere scholar, could not keep these assets and had to find a way to climb up the social ladder. To be precise, he wanted to make Li Jia realize the harsh reality of the situation without harming him.

To be honest, if it weren't for Prefect Su's control...

Li Jia had long been devoured alive.

Of course, this is all on the premise that the original owner of this monster dragon doesn't make a move, and that Prefect Su helps to control it. This is mainly because he doesn't want Li Jia's assets to be coveted by others, so he wants to keep them for himself to reap, and he also doesn't want to rashly provoke the original owner.

Moreover, he did not want to be lacking in any sense of righteousness.

So I still want to guide the original owner to break the law first.

He must break the law first, then the prefect can then take action in a legitimate way, and it will be acceptable no matter where he goes.

Afterwards, Li Jia unsurprisingly began to seek a higher status and position. Due to his own lack of ability and the interference of Prefect Su, he could only seek help from the original body, who used magic to help him pass the imperial examination and obtain the position of county magistrate.

Immediately afterwards, he promised to marry his daughter to Li Jia.

And Li Jiasheng developed the idea of ​​getting rid of the original body.

It can be said that Prefect Su's grasp of human nature, especially of Li Jia's own character, was extremely thorough.

It's basically a piece of cake.

Having gathered sufficient evidence, and with Li Jia's help to poison and weaken the original body, reducing the danger, Prefect Su decisively contacted the cultivation forces represented by Longyin Temple and Yuhua Temple. The normal official exorcism procedure would involve contacting the Demon Suppression Bureau, but Prefect Su wanted more benefits, such as longevity-enhancing and foundation-strengthening elixirs—things the Demon Suppression Bureau was unwilling to provide.

After all, they are official institutions.

There is no shortage of tasks to exorcise demons.

Furthermore, he used the excuse of helping Magistrate Li Jia, and the original owner of this body did not engage in large-scale killing and cannibalism.

Therefore, it is reasonable not to follow the formal procedures.

The final result was naturally the events experienced by the original owner, and the original owner was eliminated. Prefect Su immediately arrested Li Jia and, using the evidence he had collected long ago, imprisoned him and confiscated his property.

As for the gold and silver jewelry that were confiscated, the vast majority of it went into the pockets of Prefect Su, while the remaining scattered pieces were given to those who were involved and knew about it.

They both eliminated the demon and gained wealth.

I've gained both fame and fortune, how wonderful!