Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 951: A Second Visit to Sinner Hall

Lu Yang thought, Does it really make a difference which of us sits in prison? If you serve the sentence for me, Immortal Fairy, I’ll still be in the mental space. It’s not as if I won’t be in Sinner Hall once you’re locked up.

It’s rare to see the Everlasting Immortal Fairy willing to take responsibility for her own actions.

Though it’s useless.

Still, it is rare.

“Do I have to be locked up too?” Bai Ye replaced the Moonchaser True Person.

“When night falls, you can come out, Tree Ancestor,” Luo Hongxia said. Bai Ye has done nothing wrong. How could she be imprisoned?

“Oh, alright then.” Bai Ye retreated, handing over control of the body to the Moonchaser True Person.

“Tree Ancestor, please don’t leave just yet. There’s one more matter requiring your consent,” Luo Hongxia called out.

“What is it?”

“Previously, the immortal palace wasn’t aware that you possessed spirit intelligence, and we have been felling and selling moon laurel trees without seeking your opinion. We are deeply guilty. These moon laurel trees belong to you, so the spirit stones obtained from selling them should belong to you. Please inform us when you gain sentience to make it easier for us to calculate the spirit stones to return.”

Bai Ye found it difficult to grasp Luo Hongxia’s meaning, but she roughly understood that the latter wanted to give her spirit stones.

“I have no use for spirit stones. Just keep them. As for cutting and selling trees, continue as before.”

“Tree Ancestor, you are most benevolent and righteous.” Luo Hongxia bowed.

The moment the Moon Laurel Tree Ancestor gained spirit intelligence and became a “person,” the ownership of all moon laurel trees on the Great Snow Mountain had transferred from the immortal palace to Bai Ye. However, the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace was unaware of Bai Ye’s existence at that time. Therefore, felling and selling the moon laurel trees lacked criminal intent and did not constitute a crime.

Now that the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace knew of Bai Ye’s existence, they could no longer fell or sell moon laurel trees without Bai Ye’s consent.

~~~

Sinner Hall.

“Palace Leader, what brings you here?” Elder Mo Ran was surprised. She was clad in a black dress with lotus patterns.

What surprised her even more was that Luo Hongxia had brought two children with her.

“You have children now?”

As Elder Mo Ran was in charge of overseeing Sinner Hall, she rarely had the opportunity to leave and was unaware of recent events outside.

Her imagination instantly conjured a scenario:

Luo Hongxia and the Taciturn Daoist Priest secretly developed feelings for each other, but the Taciturn Daoist Priest had numerous enemies and dared not make their relationship public, forcing them to meet in secret, even bearing two children. Now that the Taciturn Daoist Priest has advanced to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage and no longer fears his enemies, Luo Hongxia finally dares to announce their relationship, bringing her children around to meet everyone...

Luo Hongxia’s eyelid twitched. I can’t help but find the way Junior Sister Mo Ran looks at me unsettling.

Junior Sister Mo Ran has always been imaginative. Who knows what she’s concocting in her mind now?

“Recently, an incident occurred in the immortal palace; all the disciples have shrunk, and Lu Yang is no exception. This little fellow is Lu Yang.”

“So mystical? And is Lu Yang here to visit Sinner Hall again?”

“He’ll be staying for five days.”

Elder Mo Ran was taken aback, but quickly understood Luo Hongxia’s meaning. “So you really intend to follow your shifu’s example and experience Sinner Hall, huh?”

Lu Yang. “...”

Elder Mo Ran, you must have some misunderstanding about me.

“And this is?”

“Her identity cannot be disclosed. You only need to know she has committed theft. Due to special circumstances, she will be confined here during the day but may move freely at night.”

The Moonchaser True Person was concerned about her image and did not wish outsiders to learn that she had transformed into a little girl, so she had requested that Luo Hongxia keep it a secret.

“Someone with connections?” In her thousand years of guarding Sinner Hall, Elder Mo Ran had never seen such a free prisoner.

Luo Hongxia. “...”

How am I supposed to explain this? In a sense, yes, she is someone with connections.

Normally, Elder Mo Ran would be responsible for locking people up, but since Luo Hongxia had come personally, Elder Mo Ran couldn’t be bothered to act. Such an important matter should be handled by the Palace Leader herself.

Just as they entered Sinner Hall, they heard Qu Ling’s resentful voice. “My good disciple, I never imagined you’d dare come here! How dare you imprison your shifu?! Such audacity and impiety!”

“Shut up,” the Moonchaser True Person rebuked her. “Even I must come here when I’ve erred. Who do you think you are?!”

Had anyone else dared speak to Qu Ling like that, she would have flown into a rage long ago. Yet, for some reason, an instinctive fear gripped Qu Ling when this tiny figure berated her, rendering her unable to retaliate.

“Who are you?” Qu Ling scrutinized the Moonchaser True Person with suspicion and uncertainty, not understanding why she feared this little girl.

“You’re not fit to know.”

“You!”

Luo Hongxia shot a sidelong glance at Qu Ling. “Since you are my shifu, I’ll offer you a piece of advice: show this person some respect, or you’ll regret it later.”

Qu Ling snorted coldly and said no more.

“Are you...Fellow Daoist Lu Yang?” Xue Shilou rubbed his eyes, wondering if his recent bloodline awakening had impaired his vision.

Just a few days ago, Fellow Daoist Lu Yang had stood over a meter tall; why is he barely a meter now?

Lu Yang inwardly groaned. I totally forgot about this. I had intended to keep my diminution a secret, but now, Xue Shilou, an outsider, has found out about it.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy tried her best to preserve Lu Yang’s dignity before outsiders. “Ahem, I’m currently cultivating the Eternal Life Immortal Art. Something went awry during my cultivation, so I’ll shrink for a few days each year. The outside world is too dangerous with too many enemies; I’ve come to Sinner Hall to seek refuge and some leisure.”

“So that’s how it is.” Xue Shilou was enlightened. “Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, you must be more careful with your cultivation. This cultivation technique sounds quite dangerous.”

“Is that for real?” Xuanyuan Tianhen didn’t buy it at all.

“Of course it’s true,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy said nonchalantly, striving to project the image of an official from the Ministry of Justice inspecting the prison’s environment. However, with Lu Yang’s overly tiny form, no expression or posture he adopted could replicate that demeanor.

Previously, Lu Yang had seen a prisoner locked up for theft. The prisoner had completed his sentence and been released, vacating a spot for the Moonchaser True Person.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy stayed next door to the Moonchaser True Person. She made her bed, then gleefully hopped onto it and lay down, feeling a familiar sensation.

“It feels like being in the mental space. It’s not entirely the same, though; the bed in the mental space is more comfortable.”

She closed her eyes, and her consciousness returned to the mental space.

“Xiao Yangzi, come have a snowball fight!”

Lu Yang sighed. “Immortal Fairy, it makes no difference whether you serve prison time.”

Previously, I had commented that the prisoners in Sinner Hall are too low-level. Now, they’re high-level enough—even an immortal has ended up here.

~~~

“Shifu, Lu Yang disappeared after passing by the hot springs? Could something have happened to him?” After not seeing Lu Yang for a full day and night, Lan Ting anxiously sought out Luo Hongxia.

“It’s not exactly that something happened... He’s currently staying in Sinner Hall.”

“Ah? Does that not count as something?” Then Lan Ting understood. It’s because he accidentally entered the hot springs.

I believe Senior Brother Lu Yang must have his reasons for this.

“If you wish to see him, you may visit him in Sinner Hall.” Luo Hongxia felt that this good disciple of hers was a lost cause. I might as well just give her to the Dao-Seeking Sect.