PFC Chapter 284 Smuggling
Chapter 284 Smuggling
At that time, the disciples of the Enforcement Hall, fully armed and led by that outer sect elder, located the courtyard where the thief was.
The elders in charge of managing the Elders' Council seemed even more bewildered than the disciples of the Enforcement Hall.
That's right, it was an empty courtyard where no one lived. In other words, the previous owner of this courtyard had disappeared, but his soul lamp had not been extinguished. According to the sect's rules, the courtyard where an elder who had disappeared but whose soul lamp had not been extinguished lived was not allowed to be assigned to the next elder.
So the courtyard remained empty.
There aren't many courtyards like this, but the sect still has several.
Everyone's expression brightened. They hadn't expected the "little thief" to live here. It seemed there was no shameless mastermind behind this.
As everyone knows, this "petty thief" is extremely skilled at stealing and escaping. According to known information, the disciples of the Enforcement Hall suspect that this petty thief has spatial attributes!
To prevent the "petty thief" from escaping, the disciples of the Enforcement Hall specially set up a large trapping array outside before entering, firmly confining this small courtyard.
Although the courtyard had been uninhabited for a long time and was somewhat dilapidated, opening it revealed a hidden gem.
Cages of low-level spirit beasts were imprisoned, along with imitation jade slips, elixirs and medicinal herbs, the blood of spirit beasts reeking of blood, and an unfortunate creature trapped here.
The disciples of the Enforcement Hall were furious when they saw this. Who could have imagined that the most heavily guarded Elder Council in the sect, the courtyard where a minor elder had disappeared, would contain such a hidden world?
Not only was a mimicry expansion implemented, but it also included a complete set of soundproofing, noise reduction, and teleportation arrays, enabling them to carry out dirty smuggling within the sect!
Moreover, the source of these formations is actually that of the sect's registered missing elder, which is simply outrageous!
Indeed, upon seeing these spirit beasts, jade slips, spirit herbs and minerals, and even spirit beast blood, the experienced disciples of the Enforcement Hall instantly knew what they were for.
In the cultivation world, inheritance and knowledge are very important. The reason why the five major sects stand at the top of the cultivation world is not only because of the continuous influx of new blood, but also because of the rich inheritance of the sects and the accumulation of knowledge left by their predecessors generation after generation.
The five major sects prohibit the leakage of internal cultivation techniques. They do not forbid disciples from viewing them, but they are forbidden from passing them on to outsiders. This is strictly prohibited!
However, some disciples, misled by outside influences, were lured into secretly selling the sect's cultivation manuals at exorbitant prices. The Enforcement Hall severely cracked down on this behavior, but those caught were punished ranging from having their cultivation revoked and being expelled from the sect to being executed.
There are also spirit beasts, which are a kind of cultivation resource and a huge help to disciples with low-level strength in the early stages.
The sect does indeed have many spirit beast races, and these spirit beasts, after generations of breeding and nurturing, have excellent talents. However, they also have very high standards. In addition, given the generous conditions of the sect's rental office, very few people can be favored by these arrogant young masters.
The sect does not prohibit its disciples and elders from contracting spirit beasts; they only need to bring them back for registration!
However, the sect strictly prohibits this practice of capturing and selling spirit beasts.
On the one hand, most spirit beasts live in the dwelling place of demon beasts, and many spirit beasts are naturally protective of their own and their offspring. Once this door is opened...
This group of people will stop at nothing. If they happen to arrest someone they shouldn't, the sect that failed to manage its disciples will ultimately bear the brunt of the consequences.
The Cloud Soaring Sect had suffered such a loss before. Their disciples were hunting sea creatures and spirit beasts in the Pearl Sea with extremely cruel methods, causing blood to flow for miles and causing pain to the Pearl Sea.
This prompted the then-Queen of Mermaids to come to the Cloud Soaring Sect demanding that they release the captured sea creatures and hand over the murderers.
Three days only!
The sect leader of Yunxiao Sect acted immediately, but unexpectedly, there were still elders in the sect who were protecting him.
After three days, no result was produced that satisfied the Mermaid Queen, resulting in the early arrival of the sea monster tide, which was more powerful than ever before.
The damage caused was no less than that of the previous beast tide. This previous beast tide was just a battle between one sect, and the Cloud Soaring Sect couldn't handle it. Back then, all five major sects helped, which shows how powerful that beast tide was!
The Yunxiao Sect, having suffered a loss they couldn't speak of, was furious. Afterwards, the sect leader ordered that no effort be spared in investigating the cause and effect of the incident, and that all those involved, whether elders or disciples, be severely punished.
With this precedent as a warning, the leaders of the five major sects discussed the matter and decided that this matter must be strictly prohibited, as the consequences would be unimaginable if it were to spread.
Spiritual herbs and minerals are things that are repeatedly prohibited but not eliminated. High-level resources unique to sects can indeed be exchanged for more spirit stones and resources in the outside world. Just thinking about this kind of buying and selling business makes it seem very profitable. For example, Medicine Peak has disciples who specialize in such buying and selling.
The sect turned a blind eye to this matter, since these disciples could never access more resources than the elders and peak masters.
It's just that their strength is currently low, so they naturally don't care about the meager gains from the outside world.
But with so many here, and no record at the pharmacy, it's clear that this involves one word: embezzlement!
Making something out of nothing is forbidden by the sect!
Finally, there's the blood of spirit beasts, which is what disgusts the disciples of the Enforcement Hall the most. It's a taboo, a taboo of the Xuan Tian Continent!
Rumors, which I don't know where they came from, have been circulating that the blood of spirit beasts is helpful for cultivation, and the more it is from the heart of the beast, the more it helps to improve one's strength.
As soon as the news broke, the five major sects took notice and even cracked down on it severely, but the more they cracked down, the more they couldn't stop it, and some people still went astray.
While initial contact with spirit beast blood may indeed give one the illusion of faster cultivation, spirit beasts possess sentience and their own intelligence, comparable to that of a child. Such behavior is tantamount to heresy.
More importantly, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, there is no difference between demons, spirit beasts, and humans. Such wanton slaughter without any grudges, solely for resources, is intolerable to the Heavenly Dao. Anyone who cultivates in this way will bear a blood debt.
If you want to break through in the future, the Heavenly Thunder will show no mercy! Sacrificing your future for short-term gains is absolutely forbidden. Disciples are the future of the sect!
Moreover, while humans consider spirit beasts to be cultivation resources, spirit beasts may well think the same about humans.
However, the will of Heaven naturally extinguished this possibility.
Therefore, those who cultivate with the blood of spirit beasts, especially those from the Guiyuan Sect, would not engage in such behavior if they were well-educated, had humanity, and spent their days and nights with those spirit beasts!
Seeing what's in this life is like dancing on the edge of the law enforcement hall's bottom line!
And that wandering soul, according to the elders who manage the council and the soul's own identification, is the master of this council!
They even attacked the sect's elders, and openly trapped one of them within the sect, showing no regard for the Guiyuan Sect!
Seeing the disciples burning with rage, the outer sect elders wisely refrained from mentioning any more precious pearls. With such things, it would be a miracle if those beasts involved in or implicated in the sect survived the wrath of the Enforcement Hall!
Sensing several powerful auras approaching from the outside, the outer sect elder thought to himself!
Those beasts probably never imagined that after so many years of smooth sailing, their business would be exposed without any attempt at concealment.
Unexpectedly, the elder whose spiritual awareness had been extinguished by them actually possessed a secret technique to temporarily seal spiritual awareness, which allowed him to escape their search and also allowed this unfortunate courtyard elder to witness all their despicable acts!
When the disciples of the sect's Enforcement Hall descended upon these beasts with overwhelming force, these guys couldn't believe that their secret business had been discovered!
This incident involves a large number of people, from elders to disciples, and even elders who have been living in retirement in the old people's academy have been dragged out!
Fortunately, none of the disciples from the Seven Peaks participated; those who did participate were all inner disciples and elders from outside the Seven Peaks.
The leader of the organization was an elder from the main peak who managed the common affairs. He was considered a senior figure in the sect and was at the Dao Integration Realm.
According to his own account, he entered the sect from the sect master's peak. One of his elders was an elder of the sect master's peak, and he became a disciple of this elder!
Normally, disciples entering the Guiyuan Sect need to pass the Heart-Asking Ladder test, but this elder is different. His elders, for reasons unknown, actually used methods to help him bypass the Heart-Asking Ladder so that his junior could join the Guiyuan Sect without any mistakes!
This means that this elder did not undergo the test of the Heart-Questioning Ladder. Because his elders were once elders of the sect's main peak, and the juniors he brought were apprenticed under him, no one investigated the matter further.
As for his elders, they perished in a secret realm hundreds of years ago, and he succeeded them as the elder of the sect's main peak.