Immortality Cultivation: Fellow Daoists, please live for two more episodes!

"Are you really going to help him get out of prison? According to the rules of the Enforcement Hall, Pei Changgeng has a three-year sentence. If you get him out of prison, the first two years will be wasted. It will cost 1,500 points in total for the three years."

"Besides, you still have a year left to complete your course, which costs another 500. Together, it would cost 2,000 for both of you."

"I didn't realize you were so talented at such a young age."

Inside the Hall of Enforcement, it was the same enforcement elder on duty again. He looked at the sensible young man in front of him and smiled.

The rules of the Enforcement Hall are rules, but rules are also made by people.

Pei Changgeng said there was a three-year sentence, but whether the sentence was actually calculated in three-year increments or year by year was a very complicated matter.

This brat in front of me is rolling in money. If I don't give him a good beating, I'll be doing a disservice to his basic principles as a member of Shuiyue.

Facing the smiling elder of law enforcement, Zhou Youyuan returned the smile and handed him a bag of bamboo tokens and a spiritual marrow.

No more, no less, exactly 1,500 points.

Thanks to our brother Fan Xiao, who not only risked his life as a pledge to bind Pei Changgeng, but also gladly provided money to help Pei Changgeng redeem himself.

He played a crucial role in ensuring the successful implementation of his plan. Good brother!

The elder in charge of law enforcement took the bag and counted the contents:

"Hmm, 1500 points is enough, but as for the spiritual essence... young friend, you may not know this, but here, spiritual essence probably isn't worth 500 points."

This is an attempt to arbitrarily raise prices.

However, Zhou Youyuan didn't mind. He knew Shuiyue Zhongren's character all too well:

"Elder, you misunderstand. These 1,500 points are for Pei Changgeng's redemption."

"As for me, to be honest, I'm really short of money. I plan to just serve my full sentence first. This spiritual essence is just a token of my respect for you, Elder, after all your hard work."

"I hope you can help me out during the rest of my prison sentence."

Yes, Zhou Youyuan never intended to get himself out of the mess in the first place.

Pei Changgeng absolutely had to get out, and the sooner the better.

Three years in prison and three years of bloodletting forced him to retreat from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the edge of the third level.

If they continue to squat down, forget about participating in the competition; they might not even be able to keep their entryway intact.

But he's different.

He neither needs to cultivate nor lacks points to pay his monthly tribute.

Although the conditions inside the prison were rather poor, the Enforcement Hall, no matter how awful, still had its basic rules. No one would sneak in at night to try and stab him, or kill him to steal his treasure.

In a place like Shuiyue, where could be safer than in prison?

Upon hearing Zhou Youyuan's words, the elder in charge of law enforcement gave him a look that said, "So you wanted to lay low in the Law Enforcement Hall," but he still smiled and accepted the spiritual essence.

"Alright, you can stay in the prison in peace from now on. As for Pei Changgeng, let that kid go this afternoon. These are troublesome times, so let's avoid trouble."

This was a reminder that he would help keep it a secret from that brat Yin before Pei Changgeng caused a scene, which was exactly the purpose of Zhou Youyuan secretly stuffing the spiritual marrow into his mouth.

It's straightforward and efficient when people are discerning.

……

At noon, Pei Changgeng received the token that lifted the restriction and stood at the gate for a while.

Aren't you going out?

"I haven't had enough of sitting yet."

Zhou Youyuan lay down on the stone bed, putting his hands behind his head: "This place is so nice, so quiet and peaceful."

"So, what's our plan...?"

"What, you're trying to renege on your debt?"

"I'll take care of it for you. After that, I won't owe you anything."

"Okay, okay, we don't owe you anything."

Zhou Youyuan turned over and pulled the blanket up: "You should leave now. This cell is small to begin with, and I'll sleep more comfortably if there's one less person."

Pei Changgeng looked at him for a while, then turned and left.

As they walked out of the fence, Zhou Youyuan called out from behind, "Senior Brother Pei."

"Don't call me senior brother."

Be careful.

The straight-backed figure disappeared around the corner down the corridor.

A real man never turns around to say sentimental things; everything is understood without words.

Zhou Youyuan happily turned on the screen of the "Farewell Record" and started watching the show, just like when he watched Chen Changsheng, Li Xiaoyu, and Zhao Donglai.

However, this time the conditions were upgraded. He had been watching the first three Yuan people from outside with trepidation, but this time he could relax and watch from his bed.

Yes, there's been progress.

He still had half a handful of the fried spirit beans he had traded with Hu San left. He ate the beans while watching Pei Changgeng walk step by step up the three hundred stone steps of the Heavenly Prison on the light screen and into the sunlight outside.

……

After leaving the prison, Pei Changgeng on the screen did not return to the outer porch, but ran straight to the western slope of Wanku Mountain.

The West Slope is the area where the outer disciples reside, and his old cave dwelling is also located there.

However, since I haven't paid any points for three years, they've probably already been taken back by Shuiyue and given to someone else.

But he didn't care, since he wasn't going back to live there.

They arrived at the cave area. He turned into a ravine overgrown with weeds, walked about a hundred steps, squatted down in front of a pile of rubble, and rummaged through a few pieces to reveal a dark, culverted opening.

The area was covered with a thick layer of moss, indicating that no one had explored this place in the past three years.

This is... Zhou Youyuan couldn't help but stop eating the spirit bean, completely focused.

He knew that even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, and those who had risen to prominence in Shuiyue were never simple.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows; you never know if any of them might be escape routes that someone has already prepared in advance.

Pei Changgeng had already crawled inside the screen, crawling forward, but suddenly stopped moving when he was almost at the exit.

He closed his eyes, and using some unknown method, the fluctuations of spiritual energy around him noticeably decreased, so much so that others could hardly sense it and would think that he was just an ordinary person.

The outer cave dwelling is equipped with a spiritual energy sensing array, which will be triggered whenever any living thing with spiritual energy fluctuations enters the range.

Pei Changgeng's mastery of the concealment technique, combined with the underground channels he dug himself, was a testament to his skill.

This kid has probably hidden a lot of good stuff inside.

Pei Changgeng's actions continued on the screen. When the dark channel came to an end, it opened up into a bright and clear space. Judging from the scratches in the cave, it was probably the interior of his original cave dwelling.

Pei Changgeng walked close to the wall. There was a warning sign on the threshold of the passageway. He glanced at its location, stepped over it without touching it.

This cave was originally his. He knew exactly where to place the warning talisman with his eyes closed. The new residents changed the talisman, but their habits remained the same, and the talisman was placed in the exact same spot.

Someone is cultivating inside the room; their breathing is stable, and they probably won't wake up anytime soon.

Pei Changgeng walked around the inner room, went straight to the meditation platform, squatted down, and pried his fingers into a crack in the third stone slab under the platform.

The stone slab was flipped open, revealing a small, palm-sized compartment containing an oilcloth-wrapped item of unknown contents.

He unwrapped the oilcloth and counted the items: a jade slip, three bottles of pills, a small bag of spirit stones, and a dark green jade token.

He quickly stuffed everything else into his pocket, but he held the jade pendant in his hand, stared at it for a while, and then put it away.

Return the way you came, and rebuild the pile of stones exactly as they were. The entire process from entering to exiting should take no more than half an incense stick's time.

Zhou Youyuan threw the last spirit bean into his mouth.

The tiger, bound for three years, never roared; freed from its cage, its blood flowed like water over the oars in half a day.

This time, it's like a tiger descending the mountain.