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Chapter 34 Those who secretly retain spiritual energy will fall into the Thunder Pool and their entire family will be implicated!
[Another year of celestial officials receiving their stipends]

The garrison commander has become increasingly reclusive, even failing to attend the general assembly.

Instead, they asked me to brew a pot of peach wine to share with the celestial officials on the island.

The peach wine, once brewed, fills the island with its aroma, intoxicating everyone present.

I'll fill a pot first and leave it for the garrison commander.

The nobles on the island sneered at me.

[Especially those families who are at odds with the garrison commander, their expressions were particularly strange when they saw me.]

Mr. Zhang, who gave me the South Sea pearls, even looked at me with disdain.

[Hahaha, these old guys, do they think I'm tough as nails?]

The celestial officials on the island, according to their rank, determined the size of their cups. After sharing the peach wine, they raised their cups and drank together.

[He drank it all in one gulp, but the conference door was kicked open.]

More than ten imperial inspectors, their arrogance and menacing presence overwhelming, questioned all the celestial officials on the island.

The charge is illegally intercepting spiritual energy.

The celestial officials on the island were all terrified, their legs trembling. The crime was too grave for anyone to bear.

[As ordered by the Starry Sky Palace, the floating islands are to collect spiritual energy from the Nine Provinces, and all the spiritual energy obtained must be handed over.]

Anyone who illegally intercepts or retains any amount, whether it be a peck, a pint, a thread, or a strand... will be punished, and their entire family, up to nine generations, will be held accountable.

Wu Yun put down the stone slab, picked up the thermos, and took a sip of hot tea.

"Enter the Thunder Pool?"

"That sounds pretty scary?"

The celestial officials on the island are all upright and have a clear conscience.

They either prey on ordinary people, are lazy and derelict in their duties, or attack each other... but when it comes to secretly hoarding spiritual energy, none of them dare to do so.

The imperial censor searched the entire island, but found nothing.

The garrison commander finally stepped out and, facing the censor, was filled with indignation.

He pointed at the head of the censors and cursed, saying that if anything was found today, he, as the lord of the island, would naturally be implicated and was willing to confess and accept punishment.

But if nothing is found, he will take the case to the Starry Sky Palace to seek justice and save face.

The imperial censor searched for three days and three nights, but almost gave up.

Finally, in the garrison commander's orchard, they discovered an inconspicuous little peach tree.

[A sapling bears fruit after only one year of age.]

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it contained spiritual energy.

[If we wait another three to five years, it might bear dozens of fairy peaches!]

[It turns out, the garrison commander secretly channeled spiritual energy to cultivate immortal peaches!]

[Intercepting spiritual energy is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family.]

[Those who secretly cultivate immortal peaches will be banished to the Nine Netherworlds, forever barred from reincarnation.]

The garrison commander has been taken away.

[The person who provided him with the peach seeds, after some investigation, turned out to be Zhang Gong, and was also taken away.]

I haven't heard from those two since then.

I've often heard that other peach seeds have been lost from this area.

It's often said that the floating islands produce spiritual energy beyond their capacity so that they can secretly retain any surplus to plant the immortal peach seeds.

[This rumor is terrifying; all the floating islands that heard it dared not overproduce.]

By not overproducing, there's naturally no need to intercept so much wind and rain.

If we do not intercept the wind and rain, the land will be more nourished, and the people will suffer less.

Ten days later, the people of Guan County finally received much-needed rain.

They still insulted me; they showed no gratitude whatsoever.

They knew this rain was due to the peach seed incident, and had nothing to do with me.

What they don't know is that I was the one who reported the garrison commander.

What they didn't know was that I was the one who disguised the immortal peach seeds as South Sea pearls and mixed them into the box to send to the garrison commander.

What they don't know is that I was also the one who spread rumors across the islands, bringing back the storm to the world.

[Hahaha, so what if there's a little criticism?] [I've done a good job reporting this, and I'm about to be promoted to an even higher position.]

Will I ever be able to return to the mortal realm in this lifetime?

I can't hear your insults anymore.

Wu Yun was dumbfounded.

"Is this even possible?"
"You're not bragging, are you?"

Although only a few words were engraved on the metal plate, if you think about it carefully, this kid was able to rise from the mortal realm to the heavens, obtain forbidden immortal peach seeds, scheme against the garrison commander from the very beginning, extricate himself from such a horrific case, still achieve merit, and even climb up the ranks by stepping on the garrison commander's corpse... He is indeed quite a figure!

[This year in heaven was quite wonderful.]

Perhaps this masterful maneuvering is something to be a little proud of?

【Ha ha ha ha】

[But this matter must not be known to anyone.]

I've decided to carve it onto this celestial gold plate and bury it within the cast array base.

Perhaps one day, when the celestial realm collapses, the great array is destroyed, and its foundation crumbles, this golden plate will reappear in the world.

By then, I'll have already lived out my lifespan and ceased to exist.

My story can then be told to the world.

After reading all the contents, Wu Yun put the metal plate away.

"This 'Popularity Guy' is really something."

At the same time, it also answered many of Wu Yun's questions!
So this grand formation provides spiritual energy to the superiors so that they can use it as raw material to brew wine and grow peaches?

And the wine and peaches made from this spiritual energy are the celestial officials' salary.
He looked around at the ruins and suddenly felt a surge of excitement!
"The immortal realm has collapsed, the imperial censors are gone, and no one cares about the private possession of spiritual energy."

"Then can I use my spiritual energy to grow some peaches myself?"
"What's the deal with that immortal peach seed?"

"Won't the common peach variety work?"

……

Dusk was falling.

Sa...

A piercing explosion resounded through the sky.

Wu Yun, carrying Diao Quan Quan and Diao Bai Bai, along with a large number of immortal artifacts, charged wildly toward the first floating island they had discovered!

"Ow?"

Behind Diao Baibai were several spirit-testing rods... These were immortal artifacts specifically designed to test trace amounts of free spiritual energy. They could detect spiritual energy and issue commands to it!
"Hey?"

Behind the mink ring was a huge metal turbine... This was a magical artifact specifically designed to extract leaked spiritual energy. It could draw up the trace amounts of spiritual energy that had diffused into the air, compress it, and then reinject it into the Spirit River!

The two minks sat behind the boss, knowing only that he was in a hurry to take them on an urgent mission, but they didn't know exactly what it was about.

They passed the track and saw people still slowly flying towards the finish line.

As they passed through the South Heavenly Gate, they saw examiners in tattered robes still giving bonuses to the candidates who had just arrived.

They continued forward and soon arrived at the familiar airspace. With a deafening roar, they landed on the familiar island. When the smoke and dust cleared, they saw the familiar wild peach grove.

"Hey?"

Mink looked at the boss.

Is the boss craving wild peaches?

"Ow?"

The mink's curled beard trembled in the wind.

It doesn't need wild peaches to cut through the richness, yet it can still make several jars look amazing!

Wu Yun explained.

I'm leaving soon.

"You two, try using the spirit-detecting stick, the turbine artifact, and the spirit-storing pot to collect some spiritual energy on the island and then water these wild peach trees."

He pondered for a moment.

"Um... it might work if you just pour it in directly."

"In short, you two try to find a way to let the peach tree absorb the spiritual energy."

"Let's see if it can grow some fairy peaches for us!"

(End of this chapter)