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

Chapter 416 Su Yuan: Are there any prostitutes in this city?

Xianghan Mansion is located in the relatively warm southern part of the Cold Plum World.

Because of its mild climate, the population and economy here are more developed than in other prefectures, and there are more sects cultivating immortality.

Including the Hehuan Sect, which has just been promoted to a Nascent Soul Demon Sect, there are now two Nascent Soul Demon Sects within Xianghan Prefecture, and both of them have some connection with the Governor of Hanmei World.

Therefore, whether it's investigating corruption or cracking down on the power of the governor's subordinates, Xianghan Prefecture is the first choice.

As for whether there are any righteous sects at the Nascent Soul level?

I'm sorry, but there is no space for righteous people to exist in the Cold Plum World. If there is, then it is the celestial officials who govern various places.

After all, celestial officials are only after money, while demonic sects are after lives; the latter are clearly worse than the former.

The news of the arrival of the Celestial Envoy only reached the ears of the local celestial officials on the very day Su Yuan and his party arrived in Xianghan Prefecture.

The local prefect and officials of all ranks rushed to greet him, and politely invited Su Yuan into the government office.

Inside the government office, Su Yuan, seated in the main seat, glanced at the officials in red and green robes, then at the fourth-rank prefect in purple robes to his left, and said indifferently:

"Everyone, there's no need to be nervous. I've come here for no other reason than to take action against those restless cultivation families and sects."

"As long as you cooperate well and allow me to achieve sufficient political achievements, your merits will also be recorded."

Upon hearing this, the celestial officials visibly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled easily.

So it was all about exploiting the cultivation families and sects? That makes things easier.

At first, they thought Su Yuan was there to investigate tax issues, which gave them a real fright.

It should be noted that in the Celestial Official system of the Celestial Law World, it has become common practice to accept money for doing things, but there is one Celestial Law that has always been extremely strict.

It's even getting stricter and stricter.

This celestial law is none other than the issue of taxation.

The more greedy the celestial officials are, the more taxes they have to pay; if they refuse to pay, they will really be in trouble.

In the world of Heavenly Law, the only two things that people cannot avoid are death and paying taxes.

Even though the celestial laws are already very strict, there are always people willing to take risks for wealth, such as some of the celestial officials present.

If Su Yuan, this newly arrived Imperial Inspector, insists on investigating the taxes, then they will have no choice but to stage a scene of a fire dragon burning down the granary, or perhaps the Imperial Inspector will be stabbed more than a dozen times in the back and the coroner will determine it to be a suicide.

Even if some of the celestial officials were Mei Qingquan's people, it would still be the same.

Su Yuan was naturally well aware of this.

This is also why he didn't start by investigating taxes.

He currently doesn't have enough power, so he needs to first recruit some forces from the Hehuan Sect and other demonic sects, slowly cutting them down step by step until these celestial officials are driven to the brink of despair.

Ultimately, they firmly grasped control of the entire Xianghan Mansion.

Only with territory did he have the strength to challenge the governor of the Cold Plum World.

At this moment, the prefectural magistrate of Xianghan respectfully rose and asked:
"Imperial Envoy Su, which cultivation families or sects are you planning to target?"

"As far as I know, there are many Foundation Establishment cultivators and families or sects with Golden Core ancestors in Xianghan Prefecture. Some of these forces are truly rolling in wealth."

At this point, a hint of nostalgia flashed in the eyes of the prefect, as if he were recalling the satisfaction of exploiting local power and indulging in a feast.

Su Yuan smiled slightly and asked, "What's the point of bullying those small families and sects? Tell me, are there any prostitutes in this city?"

Upon hearing these blatant words, all the celestial officials present froze, exchanging bewildered glances.

No… Imperial Censor Su, didn’t you already bring three stunning beauties with you when you arrived? Why are you still thinking about those brothel matters?

Are you a lustful ghost?

Fortunately, everyone quickly realized Su Yuan's true intentions, which were to target the cultivation forces associated with brothels.

Indeed, brothels are incredibly profitable, raking in huge amounts of spirit coins.

So the question is, why didn't anyone touch the brothel's influence before?
“Imperial Envoy Su, the power of these brothels is not easy to deal with. The brothels in our Xianghan Prefecture are especially ruthless, because the Hehuan Sect stands behind them.”

The prefect quickly reminded him:
"The Hehuan Sect advocates indulging one's nature and desires, and has twelve Heavenly Desire Envoys, who are twelve powerful individuals with Golden Core cultivation who have mastered top-tier dual cultivation demonic arts."

"These twelve Heavenly Desire Envoys are spread throughout the Cold Plum World, and they control almost all the large and medium-sized brothels in the nine prefectures and sixteen states, with their industries distributed extremely widely."

“Especially our Xianghan Prefecture, as the main base of the Hehuan Sect, has three Heavenly Desire Envoys stationed there.”

After a pause, the prefect, with a hint of reverence, continued:
"Above the Twelve Heavenly Envoys is the Sect Master of the Joyful Union Sect, who was originally one of the few experts in the Golden Core Realm, and a few days ago he broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm in one fell swoop."

"Even the recently rising and powerful Flame Fiend Cult Leader was captured by Sect Master Ruan two days ago and brought back to the Hehuan Sect headquarters, where he was turned into a furnace for being used for sexual exploitation!"

Well, less than two days have passed and my master has already been drained of his essence?

Rumors are terrifying; Yanhe's reputation has been ruined!
Su Yuan silently complained to himself for a moment, then said with a smile:
"It is precisely this level of demonic sect that is worthy of my attention. Which is the largest brothel in the prefectural city? I request the cooperation of my colleagues to quickly dispatch troops to suppress it!"

"After I conduct a thorough search, I will decide how to deal with the brothel."

Upon hearing this, all the celestial officials in the government office fell silent.

The magistrate simply kept silent.

Sitting to Su Yuan's right, the third highest-ranking official in the room, the deputy prefect of Xianghan Prefecture, a fifth-rank official, simply closed his eyes and began to rest.

But at that moment, the Prefect of Xianghan Prefecture, the only high-ranking official in purple robes present, suddenly spoke up:

"What are you all standing there for? Imperial Censor Su said he wants to thoroughly investigate the largest brothel in the area. Immediately order the garrison to send troops to surround Wanxiang Tower!"

Once the head of Xianghan Prefecture gave the order, all the celestial officials had no choice but to take action.

Su Yuan silently observed this scene, secretly surprised.

He had thought that Mei Qingquan's influence in Xianghan Prefecture was limited to the level of Tongpan (assistant prefect) or at most Tongzhi (assistant magistrate), but he never expected that the local prefect was Mei Qingquan's man.

This old guy has quite a deep foundation.

However, upon closer reflection, Su Yuan felt that this situation was quite reasonable.

After all, the two Nascent Soul Demon Sect masters of Xianghan Prefecture are both under the governor's command. If the local prefect is not Mei Qingquan's man, then there's no point in playing around.

However, to be fair, the prefect of Xianghan Prefecture was quite knowledgeable about the local brothels.

When people talk about the largest brothel in the area, the first thing that comes to mind is Wanxianglou.

Haha, you must be a regular customer.

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