In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 363 A Tough Start from the Heavenly Law World? (3.8K views, please subscribe!)

"Tsk! This task issued by the dog system is a bit too difficult!"

Looking at the mission details, Su Yuan frowned.

According to the dog system, the world of Tianlu is governed by law, and breaking the rules means breaking the law, which could result in being arrested and imprisoned by local law enforcement.

If Chen Nuoyi and Qi Hanyue arrive in the Heavenly Law World and their first task is to enter the Heavenly Prison to rescue someone, that would be awkward.

Moreover, breaking the rules isn't just a one-time thing, it's a hundred times!

If the punishment is severe and the criminal record accumulates, he might be sent to the execution platform more than ten times!
However, the rewards for completing the task are also very attractive.

Demonic Technique: Finger Technique

Literally, this seems to be one of the Ten Demonic Finger series that targets Taoist magic.

However, considering the mission details, Su Yuan boldly guessed that the Demonic Technique Finger Method was likely not aimed at the Daoist method, but rather at the law.

Or to be more precise... it targets secular rules.

Furthermore, this demonic skill allows you to instantly level up to level three upon acquisition, making the mission rewards incredibly tempting.

Thinking about the contradiction between the difficulty of the task and the reward, Su Yuan sighed inwardly and decided to take it one step at a time.

Based on the dog system's evaluation criteria, he might be able to find a loophole and complete the task objective without seriously violating the rules.

Just as they were pondering this, the leader of the ascendants from the Cold Plum World spoke up seriously:
"The teleportation array leading directly to the Immortal Official Examination venue is just ahead. Be careful and don't bump into the immortals of the main world."

The young ascendants habitually answered yes.

Su Yuan echoed in agreement, subtly observing the Golden Core cultivator leading the group.

This is a Golden Core Peak cultivator, an indigenous cultivator from the Cold Plum World.

He learned from Su Youlin's intelligence that the team leader failed to pass the civil service exam when he was young and only managed to reach this level through the protection of his family.

Furthermore, this person's foundation at the Golden Core stage is extremely weak, even in a backward world like the Cold Plum World.

Su Yuan even felt that as long as he made good use of magical treasures and divine weapons such as the Calamity Moon Pearl, the Crimson Yuan Sword, and the Mysterious Strange Sword, and then ambushed the opponent at the right time, he could kill this person directly.

It is precisely because this person is so incompetent that he can only stay in the Cold Plum World and be excluded from the Immortal Official system.

Even when facing cultivators from the Heavenly Law World at the first or second level of the Golden Core stage, he would feel inferior to them.

Led by their leader, the ascendants proceeded along the spacious Ascension Hall for a distance before arriving at a plaza equipped with a large teleportation array.

Of course, although it is called a large teleportation array, the fact that it cannot directly teleport ascendants to this place across worlds shows that its technological level is worlds apart from that of the Rainbow Teleportation Array of True Monarch Wuluo.

Even such a teleportation array serves as a transportation hub between the main world and its subordinate worlds, and is guarded by two cultivators at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

The two guards, dressed in silver armor and standing two meters tall, appeared imposing and extraordinary, just as Su Yuan had imagined heavenly soldiers and generals.

But when these two 'heavenly soldiers and generals' spoke, the filter in Su Yuan's eyes shattered instantly.

"The ascendants of the Cold Plum World? Mere second-class citizens, each paying a toll of one hundred spirit coins, and the Golden Core cultivator paying one thousand spirit coins."

One hundred spirit coins...

Listening to the other party's practiced tone of asking for money, and the large, generous hand reaching out to take the money, Su Yuan felt as if his cerebellum was shrinking.

Not only him, but also the other Ascended Beings who were also here for the first time, caused a stir.

After all, one hundred spirit coins is by no means a small amount for them.

Spirit Coins are the common currency of the Heavenly Law World and its subordinate worlds. They are the size of copper coins and made of jade.

The spiritual energy contained in each spirit coin is enough to sustain the cultivation needs of an average Foundation Establishment cultivator for one day.

To put it in perspective, one spirit coin is roughly equivalent to one thousand dollars in the Blue Star Federation.

It sounds like a lot, but it's not.

In the Blue Star Federation, even in the factories of the Yuan Sect, a Foundation Establishment cultivator can earn more than 300,000 a month.

Including subsidies for pills, magic weapons, spirit stones, and other benefits, the total value of the salary that a Foundation Establishment cultivator can actually receive can reach 500,000 Federal Credits.

What is the typical income of a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Cold Plum World?

You can earn a maximum of 100 spirit coins a month, which is equivalent to 100,000 yuan.

Their income was more than five times that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Blue Star Federation.

Furthermore, this sum of 100,000 yuan is not something that ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can obtain. It is only income that Foundation Establishment cultivators who have joined a major sect and completed certain sect tasks can receive.

Non-official Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Heavenly Law Main World might earn a bit more, but at most they can only reach two hundred spirit coins, which is still incomparable to the income of Federation cultivators.

In short, one hundred spirit coins is not a small amount for the vast majority of people present.

Even though most of the ascendants come from large families, these families don't just support a few of them. Most of them only have three or four thousand spirit coins, or even less.

So, crossing the road costs 100 spirit coins?
Is this money enough to spend?
Moreover, this kind of fee is clearly a private charge, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it robbery.

Su Yuan didn't think the cost of a single transmission could exceed 100,000.

However, the leader, a Golden Core cultivator, seemed to have anticipated this, and smiled and agreed. He then quickly instructed the twenty-three ascendants present to pay one hundred spirit coins each.

Although everyone had grievances and dissatisfaction, they were all newcomers and obediently paid the money.

Su Yuan naturally complied.

He's an undercover agent, and he can't be high-profile before he understands the situation.

But paying those hundred spirit coins was painful for him!
Although it was Su Youlin's money that was spent, and this guy had two thousand spirit coins in savings... but the money ended up in Su Yuan's hands, so it was his money.

He was so angry that he secretly gritted his teeth when someone suddenly pulled out 100,000 yuan.

He had never been tricked like this before!
Even the unlicensed taxis in Taihua City only dare to charge him a starting price of two hundred yuan!
After collecting all the spirit coins, the team leader also took out one thousand spirit coins himself.

He thoughtfully divided the pile of spirit coins into two portions, put them into two pockets, and handed them to the two silver-armored guards with a beaming smile.

The sight of the two guards splitting the loot made Su Yuan even more certain that the other party was robbing him.

So here's the question—can this even be considered strict law enforcement?

You damn system, are you blind? Can't you see such obvious corruption?

Just as Su Yuan was mentally ranting, a system notification suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Congratulations, host, for violating the rules of the Holy Law Council once. Please keep up the good work.] Su Yuan: "???"

Not buddy!

How can this be considered a violation of the rules?
Someone solicits a bribe and I pay them, so you conclude that I'm committing bribery?!

Is there no justice left? Is there no law left?!
After arriving in the outside world, Su Yuan truly felt how warm the Blue Star Federation was.

Because as soon as he arrived in the Celestial Law World, this world gave him a great shock.

He can't wait to bring a great purge to this world!
Although the prompt from the dog system was extremely abstract, it proved one thing—the task of "Environmental Destroyer" is not difficult to complete.

As long as the world inside is as corrupt as these two silver-armored guards.

Wait a minute... so I'm not a destroyer of the environment at all!

Your task name is incorrect!
Amidst the complaints, Su Yuan followed the group into the teleportation array.

With a flash of teleportation light, they were enveloped by spatial power and appeared in a new environment a moment later.

What came into view was a vast examination hall with a perfectly flat surface that stretched as far as the eye could see.

On this smooth, mirror-like land, rows of long, narrow desks are laid out, each three meters away from its four adjacent desks in front, behind, to the left, and to the right, without any deviation.

The neatly arranged thousand desks created an imposing presence, like a vast army.

Above the examination hall, a giant eye composed of countless golden divine runes silently watched over the examination hall.

Being watched by this golden divine eye, Su Yuan felt as if everything about him was being seen through.

This was a feeling he couldn't experience when he was a Nascent Soul True Monarch, so he was almost certain that this golden divine eye originated from the projection of the vision of a certain Nascent Soul Heavenly Monarch!

Perhaps the source of this golden divine eye is the legendary deity who founded the Holy Law Council and created the Heavenly Law World.

Under the watchful gaze of this divine eye, taking out a communication headset that doesn't belong to the Celestial Law World would be an act of suicidal recklessness.

It was nearing dawn, and there were still about ten hours before the official start of the Celestial Official Examination. However, the area outside the examination hall was already crowded with examinees and their elders.

Judging from the number of desks, there are a total of one thousand candidates qualified to participate in this grand examination for celestial officials.

Su Yuan glanced around and found that there were more than five hundred candidates who came from the Tianlu World.

As for how to tell at a glance whether a candidate is from the Tianlu World native region?
It's very simple. Most of the Heavenly Law Masters are arrogant and have gathered together, so the candidates from the lower realms have no right to approach their circle of communication.

Apart from the Heavenly Lawyer, the candidates from the lower realm were divided into small groups based on their backgrounds.

Candidates from the Greater World, defined as second-class citizens, gathered together and looked down on candidates from the Middle World and the Small World.

The third-class candidates from the Middle World formed a group that looked down on the candidates from the Small World.

The fourth-class candidates in the lowest-level small world dared not offend anyone, so they could only stay obediently in the corner, speaking softly and appearing very reserved.

The three groups of candidates totaled more than 400 people, with the largest number of second-class candidates coming from the Great World, followed by third-class candidates, and then fourth-class candidates.

However, the number of people in each of the three tiers and their proportion of the total population are the opposite of the proportion of test takers.

The more advanced the world, the higher the probability of producing geniuses. This has nothing to do with race or genes, but only with education and resources.

This is also the fundamental reason why the celestial beings of the upper realm discriminate against people of the lower realm.

Su Yuan was very fortunate about this, fortunate that he was born and raised in the Blue Star Federation, and also fortunate that the Blue Star Federation did not adopt a fourth-class citizenship system.

People in all worlds under the Blue Star Federation can receive free compulsory education and equal social welfare.

As expected, the leadership of the Celestial Law World deserves to be eliminated.

By observing the various situations in the examination room, Su Yuan secretly strengthened his determination to complete the undercover mission.

He followed the group from the Cold Plum World to the group of examinees from the Great World, listening to them exchange information.

Unfortunately, Su Yuan did not hear any information related to the Celestial Official Examination.

That's normal. If information about the Celestial Officials' Grand Examination were to be easily obtained, what would happen?

Su Yuan initially held this simple idea.

But what happened next was a slap in the face for him.

Then a hooded man stepped out from the group of local examinees from the Heavenly Law World and silently approached Su Yuan and the other examinees from the Great World, lowering his voice to say:

"Second-class citizens, I have some reliable information here about the upcoming Celestial Official Examination. Anyone want it?"

"The information will be directly imprinted into the buyer's mind. Once it is leaked, the relevant memory will be immediately lost and it cannot be resold."

"Therefore, the price of a piece of intelligence is not expensive, ten thousand spirit coins per piece, which is very fair."

These words immediately caused a stir among the candidates from the greater world.

A somewhat innocent-looking girl asked in surprise the question that Su Yuan really wanted to ask:
"You can sell information about the Celestial Official Examination? Aren't you afraid of being caught by the people of the Celestial Realm?"

The hooded young man chuckled and said:

"You don't understand, do you? The Immortal Realm is the biggest player, and they always turn a blind eye to these kinds of things."

"Moreover, having information about the Celestial Official Examination without the corresponding ability is not an easy way to pass the exam and get a position. It won't affect the overall selection of Celestial Officials."

Upon hearing this, the ignorant people of the lower realm fell silent.

Su Yuan couldn't help but look at the leader of the Cold Plum World.

His expression was quite complicated.

Even without him saying it, Su Yuan could understand what he meant.

The team leader clearly didn't have such good fortune during his younger years.

This made a thought pop into Su Yuan's mind.

Could it be that the atmosphere in the Celestial Law World has only deteriorated in recent years?

Perhaps in the early stages of this world, it really was the strict, almost inhuman, harsh yet fair society that the dog system described.

As a result, after a period of time, it wasn't just the people below who were corrupted.

Even the Divine Lords of the Holy Law Council have tacitly accepted all of this?
Is there some hidden secret behind this?
(End of this chapter)