“What is your name? How old are you?” After leaving Qianyuan Village, Ding Huān looked at the little guy in front of him.
" My name is Lu BuSi, I am eight years old." The little boy had sadness in his eyes but he was hiding it well. He answered Ding Huan's question in a clear voice.
Ding Huan was secretly startled; an eight-year-old child, yet he had reached the YuanHun realm. Even with an abundance of celestial elixirs, such talent is terrifying.
He was only eight years old and had just started primary school. People truly can't be compared.
"Who is Lu Chongdao, the head of the village, to you?"
Lu BuSi replied, "He is my grandfather."
"Your grandfather was also killed?" Ding Huan thought in his heart. It's not so easy for someone to be able to establish a celestial village.
Lu BuSi humphed: "They dreamed that because my grandfather was caught, they dared to come to my Qianyuan Village and kill my parents."
Although he tried to hide his hatred, Lu BuSi was only a few years old, and when he mentioned his parents being killed, he also clenched his fists.
"Why was your grandfather arrested?"
……
Fortunately, although young, Lu BuSi had developed a mature thought process. After chatting with Lu BuSi for a long time, Ding Huan finally understood what had happened.
Lu Chongdao, Lu BuSi's grandfather, was a righteous person and never tolerated any wrongdoings.
According to the rules, a person like this is not suitable for an official position, but he was still a casual official in the Celestial Court.
The position of a casual official in the Celestial Court is just a nominal title, and they generally do not handle any affairs. Therefore, Lu Chongdao lived a carefree and easygoing life most of the time.
Just one year ago, there was an incident in the Celestial Court. That was the sudden death of Xiumeng Si's Marquis Wuyin, who was the husband of the daughter, Binyin, of the Left Resonant Minister.
Xiumeng Si's father, the Master flag of the Qui Water Department, Qu Shuxu, reported to the Celestial Court Emperor Wu Chang that his son Xiumeng Si's sudden death was due to the promiscuous behavior of Bu Yue's daughter Binyin, who conspired with a male lover to poison Xiumeng Si.
This enraged Bu Yue.
Bu Yue in the Celestial Court may not be at the top, but he is definitely a person with substantial power.
Although Qu Shuxu is also a master flag of one of the thirty-six departments, his status is much lower than that of Bu Yue.
The Emperor Wu Chang was also quite troubled. He could only hand the case over to the Judicial Department of the Celestial Court for investigation.
Ying Fang, the master flag of the Judicial Department, was also crafty. He didn't want to offend either side, so he simply claimed that both the Judicial Department and the Qui Water Department are one of the thirty-six master flags, and he should avoid involvement.
As a result, Emperor Wu Chang asked who was willing to temporarily take over Ying Fang's position to investigate the case.
Of course, no one wanted to take on this difficult task.
In the end, someone recommended Lu Chongdao, so Emperor Wu Chang appointed Lu Chongdao to investigate the case. The simpleminded Lu Chongdao didn't hesitate to accept the task.
Ding Huan was speechless upon hearing this.
That would offend so many people.
First of all, he offended Ying Fang, the master flag of the Judicial Department, who made a ridiculous excuse of avoiding involvement.
You, a person in charge of law and justice, can't even avoid involvement; what kind of law enforcement can you control?
Secondly, he offended Bu Yue.
No matter whether Binyin was unfaithful or not, as long as he took over the case, he would have to investigate Binyin.
Binyin is Bu Yue's daughter. How could she allow a casual official to investigate? It would be an embarrassment to Bu Yue.
Thirdly, he offended Xiumeng Si.
After you took over, you couldn't do anything. Xiumeng Si was naturally dissatisfied, believing that you lacked ability and were occupying this position unfairly, unable to give justice to Xiumeng Si.
As a result, within less than a year of taking on the case, Lu Chongdao was imprisoned for charges of disrespecting his superiors and embezzlement.
Since the main judge has been imprisoned, the case has naturally been indefinitely suspended.
It seems that the Celestial Court is also a mess, full of fog and smog.
However, it has nothing to do with him; he just needs to find a quiet place to cultivate.
"Lu BuSi, do you have a place to go? I'll send you there, and I'm also going to run away." Ding Huan looked at Lu BuSi.
Lu BuSi shook his head: "I have no place to go, master. If you send me away today, tomorrow I may die at the hands of others."
Ding Huan hesitated and said, "I'm going to the Celestial Street to seek a way to survive. You can follow me too, but you must change your appearance and your name."
"Master, I'll listen to you." Lu BuSi spoke without hesitation.
Ding Huan wiped off the appearance of easy transformation: "My name is Ding Huan, and this is my original appearance."
Knowing Lu Chongdao's fate, Ding Huan didn't seem as urgent as before.
Since Lu Chongdao has offended the celestial figure Bu Yue, the case of Qianyuan Village is definitely going to be indefinitely suspended. Therefore, he doesn't need to be in a hurry at all.
"Master, I didn't realize you were so young. Master, maybe I should call you an older brother." Lu BuSi quickly changed his words.
"Fine with me. You can change your name to Ding Lao Liu."
When Ding Huan mentioned Lu BuSi's name, he remembered Old Six.
At first, he released Old Six hoping that Old Six would lead him to the footprints of the Celestial Deities of the Huaxia. However, Old Six seems to have disappeared, while he himself seems to have gained some understanding.
Although there are no familiar people in this Celestial Court, there are a few similar to those in ancient Chinese mythology.
"Yes, Big Brother Ding, I'll be called Ding Lao Liu." Lu BuSi felt that the name was a bit old, but since Big Brother Ding had said it, he would call himself that.
Ding Huan took out a mask and handed it to Lu BuSi: "You can cultivate this mask and then wear it on your face..."
Lu BuSi took the mask and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Big Brother Ding..."
"Call me Huan Ge..." Ding Huan waved his hand.
"Huan Ge, I don't think I need to wear a mask. No one will recognize me." Lu BuSi said.
"Why?" Ding Huan looked puzzled at Lu BuSi.
Lu BuSi replied, "I just returned home yesterday, and today someone came to massacre my entire family."
"You just returned home yesterday? Where did you come from before?" Ding Huan asked.
"I have been in the Celestial deity tribe since my birth. I was sent to the Celestial Court by an elder of the Celestial deity tribe and returned to Qianyuan Village using a transportation symbol. In fact, I have been back for less than an hour."
Because I brought back some pure purple lotus roots from the Celestial deity tribe. I wanted to plant these pure purple lotus roots in the pond, and just as I came out, that devil arrived at my home.
"Because I have been in the Celestial deity tribe for a long time, I am very good at concealing myself. So, I managed to conceal my presence at that time."
Hearing Lu BuSi's words, Ding Huan fell into deep thought.
He suspected that the person was there solely to kill Lu BuSi, otherwise how could it be so coincidental?
Lu BuSi is only eight years old, yet he has reached the YuanHun realm. Such talent is terrifying.
If it's really for killing Lu BuSi, then the case of Qianyuan Village might not be related to celestial figure Bu Yue.
"All right, you don't need to wear the mask. Let's go to the Celestial Street... and we need to find another place for a teleportation array..."
"Huan Ge, we can go to the Baishang Cavern Market. There is a teleportation array there that leads to the Celestial Street."
"How do you know that?" Ding Huan looked in surprise at Lu BuSi.
Lu BuSi just said that he had just returned. How did he know about the Baishang Cavern Market?
Lu BuSi's eyes dimmed: "Because the Baishang Cavern Market is an asset of my Lu family. While I was still in the Celestial deity tribe, my grandfather told me about it. After we return to the Celestial Court, I will take charge of the Baishang Cavern Market."
My grandfather told me that cultivators who only know how to close themselves off are not very promising. They must go through various trials, taste the sweet and sour, and endure bitterness and spiciness before they have the possibility of transformation...
It's truly...
"Let's go, we'll head to the Baishang Cavern. Do you have a directional jade tablet?" Ding Huan decided to follow Lu BuSi's suggestion.
Lu BuSi shook his head: "Not yet, my father hasn't had the chance to hand these things over to me."
"Alright, let me think for a moment." Ding Huan began to calculate.
Compared to other places, pushing doesn't count as a far location, and it's not really an issue for Ding Huan.
In a mere half incense stick's worth of time, Ding Huan chose a direction and activated the spaceship to rush towards it.
In just half a day, a medium-sized marketplace appeared under Ding Huan's mental focus.
There were quite a few people in the marketplace, and Ding Huan slapped Lu BuSi's hand on his shoulder, transforming him into a girl. At the same time, he also transformed himself into an old man.
Lu BuSi had been in the Celestial deity tribe for eight years; he wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world.
Ding Huan's move still shocked him.
Even his grandfather wouldn't know this.
A significant number of people coming to the marketplace were there to use the teleportation array.
Some are going to the Celestial Street, while others are going to the Heavenly Court Square.
The marketplace does not have a direct teleportation array to the Heavenly Court Square, but after reaching the Celestial Street, it is close to the Heavenly Court Square.
Perhaps because the Qianyuan Village was destroyed not long ago, the business at the Baishang Cavern Marketplace hasn't been affected much.
Ding Huan didn't go to investigate if the master of the Baishang Cavern Market had changed. He brought Lu BuSi directly to the teleportation array square.
The two of them spent over a hundred thousand high-grade spirit crystals to board the teleportation array.
Ding Huan secretly sighed, thinking that this would be equivalent to ten million low-grade spirit crystals.
If in the Ancient Divine Domain, it might be a lifetime for someone to afford a teleportation array.
The biggest profit from the Baishang Cavern Market might very well be this teleportation array.
Emerging from the teleportation array, Ding Huan saw a gigantic plaza, with three enormous array display screens suspended in the air above the plaza.
The central one reads 'Contribution List of the Celestial Court,' while the left side reads 'The Heavenly Pole List' and the right side reads 'The Earthly Pole List'.
Ding Huan had heard of the lists of Heavenly Pole and Earthly Pole. However, the list of contributions to the Celestial Court was something he had never seen before.
Ding Huan, with Lu BuSi in tow, left the Celestial Street plaza in a hurry and went to a secluded and desolate place, where he simply restored his appearance.
"Huan Ge, your great abilities, my teacher wouldn't know them." Lu BuSi said with some admiration.
"Let's go to the Celestial Street." Ding Huan did not respond.
He saved Lu BuSi purely out of a sense of justice; if he hadn't, Lu BuSi would undoubtedly have died.
He has no concept of Lu BuSi or the Lu family, and has no debts or favors to be repaid.
Therefore, he will not promise to teach Lu BuSi the Earthly Pole Illusion.
