Chapter Thirteen: Fat and Thin Partners

  "This kid is quite slick." Song Baozi chuckled, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

  His hawk-like nose and slightly narrowed eyes made him look even more somber.

  As for Su Che's requirement of 'being impartial', to be honest, they couldn't completely ignore it either. After all, the task they were entrusted with was precisely to preside over this place and handle various disputes between self-cultivating disciples, which is exactly what 'being impartial' means.

  If the result of the handling is unfair, the self-cultivating disciples who have been wronged can still go to the law enforcement team to request an appeal. If they are still not satisfied, there is a higher level...

  That is to say, if a self-cultivating disciple feels that they have suffered a great injustice, after paying the sufficient price, there is indeed an opportunity to meet the highest enforcer of the Tian Xuan Sect, 'Criminal Department's Elder'. Although the probability is very small, no one dares guarantee that such a miracle will not happen.

  If it really gets to the point where we have to go to the Hall of Punishment's elder, then there won't be any need for so-called evidence. The elder of the Hall of Punishment is a figure with unfathomable and great divine powers, and just one glance would be enough to see through the trivial rights and wrongs between some small characters in the Qi Refining stage.

  That's just great!

  Although it is said that no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, the orthodox Xian Dao only allows disciples to make unintentional mistakes. Once a mistake involves basic moral issues, intentional mistakes will ruin one's future in this life, even if they don't result in death.

  This is the Xian Dao sect, where one can play with clever tricks and calculations, but those in power are not as easily deceived as secular law enforcement agencies. Your so-called wisdom, in the face of omnipotent divine magic, is like black characters on white paper, clear at a glance, without concealment or cover-up!

  "Well, I'll preside over justice for you!" Song Baozi had a smile on his face and looked like a rather endearing little fatty.

  He's not very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it's not excessive to describe him as 'little fatty'. However, Su Che had long since seen through this guy, who was purely a smiling tiger with an unknown amount of evil in his heart.

  "Thank you, Uncle Master." Still having to save face, Su Che gave him another bow.

  "Jiang Chen!" Song Paozi turned his head to look at Jiang Chen and asked, "Su Che said that the identity jade symbol is with you, what do you say?"

  "This question is so obvious! Jiang Chen glared at Su Che with a scowl, gritting his teeth and saying: "Report to Master Uncle, I didn't pick up his identity jade symbol. This guy is purely trash, he can even lose his own identity jade symbol, who's to blame?"

  This "pick up" word is used well! Song Baozi looked at him with approval and nodded slightly.

  Losing something and picking it up, such trivial matters, no one would pay much attention to them. Even if they were not handled properly, Su Che running to the law enforcement team to complain wouldn't get anyone to take care of such a minor issue.

  "Sū chè." Sòng Pàngzi turned his face back and said to Sū Chè: "If you're not careful, you'll lose something. Hurry up and go back to where you lost it and search carefully, maybe you can find it."

  Su Che knew that things had come to this, and he really couldn't hold back his trump card. These two outer sect disciples didn't know how many benefits they had received from Jiang Chen, yet they were so biased towards him.

  All right! Su Che then pulled out an object from his bosom, and it turned out to be a white jade token.

  Su Che flipped the jade plate over and back again, showing everyone the words "Mysterious Machine" on the front and "Jade Clear" on the back.

  "Xuanji Peak's Yu Qing Shixiong!"

  Song Baozi and Eagle Hook Nose Horan were shocked at the same time, straightened their bodies, stared at the jade plate in Su Che's hand for a while without blinking, and the previous careless and proud feeling disappeared.

  "How did you get Brother Yuqing's jade token?" Song Baozi looked rather tense.

  "Yu Qing is my recommender." Su Che deliberately didn't make any further explanation, this one sentence was enough, the benefits and harm within it, let them imagine for themselves.

  "You!"

  Song Pangzi pointed at Su Che and asked coldly: "Why didn't you say it earlier? Are you intentionally playing tricks on us?"

  "Junior brother doesn't dare." Su Che bowed his head and said: "It's just that I didn't think, this small matter would still require the presentation of Master Yu Qing's token."

  The tone was humble, but the implication seemed to be: if the token didn't work, then they would have no choice but to invite Master Yuqing over...

  "Jiang Chen!"

  Song Baozi let out a loud roar, scaring Jiang Chen who was standing beside him and causing him to shudder.

  "Master Uncle." Jiang Chen looked pitiful and bitter.

  "Return things to their owners!" Song Paozi's face was quite ugly, his round face almost turned into a long face.

  "Master uncle......" Jiang Chen was really unwilling to give up.

  "Shut up!" The eagle nose, who had never spoken before, finally spoke out, squeezing only three words from his mouth, each word hanging with icy shards.

  "Oh."

  Jiang Chen cried with a sad face, and from the leather bag he carried with him, he took out a cyan jade token, about half the size of his palm. The front side was "Xuan Ji" and the back side was "Su Che", which was the identity token of a self-cultivating disciple, recording information such as identity level and sect contribution.

  Whoosh!

  Yu Fu's eyes were filled with hatred for Jiang Chen, and he shot towards Su Che in anger. Unfortunately, he was still a martial artist in the Refining Body stage, and this move couldn't harm Su Che, who had already reached the Practicing Qi stage.

  He easily caught his own jade symbol and Su Che made another bow to Song Baozi, saying in a low voice: "Thank you, Master Uncle, I'm leaving."

  What is meant by "shu shu" is that they don't want to be caught off guard with etiquette, and soon, they can address each other as peers.

  Watching Su Che leave, Song Paozi and Eagle Nose exchanged a glance, unknowingly communicating some kind of thought.

  "Master Shu, is Yu Qing still formidable?" Jiang Chen asked persistently.

  "How formidable!" Song Baozi wanted to give him a slap, but he endured it. After all, he had taken advantage of the benefits he had given: "Xuanji Peak Yuqing, an outstanding figure on the Wind and Cloud List of Inner Disciples, at just 25 years old, has already reached the Great Perfection Realm of Qi Refining Ten Layers, and is known as one of the top ten most promising candidates to become a true disciple within five years."

  "Ah!" Jiang Chen's eyes widened in shock, and after a long pause, he said: "I'm very clear about Su Che's background, when did he have such a powerful backer?"

  "You ask me, who should I ask?!" Finally unable to bear it anymore, Song Baozi raised his hand and slapped the back of his head.

  It doesn't hurt, but Jiang Chen was like a deflated balloon, limp and lifeless on the spot, muttering: "What can be done, he won't let me off, I'm dead for sure..."

  "Hmm, not necessarily." Song Paozi smiled slightly.

  "Ah?" Jiang Chen's spirit lifted, and he grabbed Song Zhong's wrist, begging: "Master uncle, please save me, I still have a hundred spiritual stones, and I'm willing to take them all out to pay respects to both master uncles."

  "One hundred is not enough..." Song Paozi chuckled and said: "You have to give us an IOU, at least five hundred spirit stones. This sum of money will be deducted from your sect's future contributions in installments, how about it?"

  "Alright, alright!" Jiang Chen didn't care about these things anymore, first priority was to save his life.

  Song Pàngzi and Eagle Hook Nose exchanged a glance, one with a sly smile, the other with narrowed eyes... These two partners, one fat and one thin, Fatzi was a smiling tiger, Thinzi was an old yin-yang master, their way of communicating with each other, others really couldn't see half a clue.

  ……

  Su Che left Wei Ran's residence and went to the Nei Shi Hall in the city, where he handed over two stalks of spiritual grass and received 600 contribution points, as well as an additional reward of 150 low-grade spiritual stones.

  The contribution value required for the entrance is one thousand points, and there are more than five hundred in the identity jade symbol. After exchanging six hundred, it will definitely be enough. The remaining seven spiritual grasses are reserved for later use, and it's not urgent to exchange them for contribution values.

  Cultivate one layer, 1,000 contribution points, both conditions are met, becoming an outer door disciple should not be a problem. There is also the final test, which is the most basic martial arts assessment to prove that you really have real combat power and are not a waste of resources.

  To participate in the entrance assessment, one needs to go to 'Chengxian Hall', which is also located within Xuanji City. However, Su Che did not immediately head to 'Chengxian Hall' but instead left the city, holding Yu Qing Dao Ren's token jade card, and arrived at the outer edge of the Tianxuan Sect mountain range, finding one of the entrance gates.