Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Chapter 489: Chapter 329: The Youngest Inspector

Join the Immortal Alliance Punishment Department.

Chu Zheng’s eyes flickered slightly, the proposal from Fan Long took him by surprise.

For a moment, the grand hall fell into silence, the crystal-clear walls casting faint and translucent Immortal Light. It reflected on Chu Zheng’s face, causing his complexion to flicker ambiguously.

Seeing Chu Zheng speechless, as if in doubt, Fan Long spoke again:

“You don’t need to worry about anything. Whether you join the Punishment Authority or not, the Immortal Alliance will not harm you, nor will it restrict your freedom.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned the conversation and with directness, said:

“You are a Qi Cultivator, with no low level of Cultivation. You must know quite a bit about tribulations. Five years ago, a camp of the Immortal Alliance was destroyed by a Cultivator from the Martial Hall, and it was related to you. At that time, you happened to have a breakthrough, you must have been undergoing tribulation.”

Fan Long’s tone contained no questions, just a calm narration, clearly having full confidence in his understanding of the details.

“That’s indeed the case,” Chu Zheng said without hesitation, nodding: “The Martial Hall came for me. Destroying the camp was done opportunistically, only to silence witnesses and prevent leaks. All these were caused by me…”

Halfway through his speech, Chu Zheng’s mind suddenly tingled, an electric spark flashed, and he realized something, his expression somewhat startled.

Tribulations!

“The Great Saint of Martial Path who attacked you before was personally slain by me.”

Seeing Chu Zheng reacting, Fan Long stood up, walked slowly to his side, and in his deep eyes, there was a trace of helplessness: “Because of the existence of tribulations, the Immortal Alliance will not interfere too much with you, nor will it be a shield for you to ward off calamities.”

“There were attempts by the Immortal Alliance in the past to grasp the secrets of Qi-refining Techniques…”

As Fan Long Immortal King continued his explanation, Chu Zheng gradually came to understand some of the whole story.

The Immortal Alliance had always been secretly researching Qi-refining Techniques. Setting aside the Ancestral Dao, this path, beyond insight and tribulations, had few limitations.

Moreover, the Heavenly Fate held by a Qi Cultivator belongs only to oneself, one person one path, fundamentally different from the numerous Taoist Orthodoxy with many adherents. Even if they hold much Heavenly Fate, once they are killed, that Heavenly Fate can still be quickly reclaimed.

The Immortal Alliance once secretly cultivated a Qi Cultivator, finding a child with extraordinary talent, raising him carefully from a young age, and arranging a powerful protector to shield him from calamities and misfortune. However, the result was not very good.

The tribulations faced by Qi Cultivators are too unpredictable, natural disasters and man-made calamities too easily trigger a chain reaction.

At first, the faint traces of tribulation, light as a feather, could be resolved with a wave of the hand by the top powers in the Immortal Path, not even worth the hassle.

But as the Qi Cultivator’s cultivation grew higher, the triggered tribulations became increasingly terrifying. The long accumulation of Tribulation Qi eventually led to a horrifying qualitative change.

An inexplicable passage to the Vast Universe opened right in the midst of the Immortal Alliance’s core territory. Evil Demons swarmed out, triggering a catastrophic slaughter of living creatures.

That disaster caused the Immortal Alliance to lose thirteen Great Thousand Worlds, countless True Immortals perished, over a hundred Immortal Venerables suffered casualties, and thirty-two Immortal Kings, nine Immortal Monarchs, as well as two Immortal Emperors fell in succession.

And after surviving this tribulation, all that was gained was a mere Qi Cultivator in the late stages of Mysterious Immortal, whose combat power was only slightly stronger than the average Immortal King.

Such disproportionate investment and returns were quickly abolished by the Immortal Alliance, and the research into Qi-refining Techniques was gradually shelved and no longer pursued.

With such a precedent, the Immortal Alliance naturally had to consider more when it came to Chu Zheng, especially since he currently had no bargaining chips to offer any value to the Immortal Alliance.

Based on this, the Immortal Alliance could not possibly pour many resources into Chu Zheng, and even less likely bring him directly back to the Great Immortal Realm for confinement. That would be asking for trouble.

“Whether you enter the Punishment Department or not, the Immortal Alliance will not insist, it is entirely up to you.”

Fan Long gazed at Chu Zheng, laying out the terms clearly:

“If you are willing to join the Punishment Authority, your status will be completely different. Returning to Cangyun Realm, things will be much more convenient. Being the master of Taixuan Holy Land, you may also choose to re-establish Taixuan’s legacy.”

Returning to Cangyun Realm… Re-establishing Taixuan…

This statement touched Chu Zheng somewhat. The Taixuan Holy Land had been brought to near ruin by his actions, and he was unclear about the current situation.

If there was a chance to return, it would naturally be good. Moreover, with the Immortal Alliance as support, it would certainly be more convenient than being alone.

Geng Yiyang had entrusted Taixuan to him, also to pass on this legacy. Now was the best opportunity.

As for whether the Immortal Alliance would strike at him in the dark, Chu Zheng was not particularly concerned about that.

The reason was that in the eyes of the Immortal Alliance, his current strength was no different from that of an ant; if the Immortal Alliance really wanted to deal with him, Fan Long could directly take action now.

At present, Chu Zheng’s standing was not on equal terms with the Immortal Alliance; he had no bargaining chips or means to protect himself.

“I am willing to join the Punishment Authority.”

Chu Zheng did not hesitate too much, nor did he discuss any conditions further, and he directly bowed in agreement.

A wise man adapts to circumstances; now he could only take things one step at a time.

If there were other changes in the future, with the examples of Shang Cangyun and Zhao Tingxian, he could find an opportunity to return to the Cangyun Realm, make arrangements for a backup plan, and then seek a way to escape.

With both the Myriad Realms and the Martial Hall wanting him dead, if he refused the Immortal Alliance, he could only hide in the Chaos Sea or even in the Vast Universe.

These two places were extremely dangerous for Chu Zheng; once something unexpected happened, he would have no way to retreat.

“The Punishment Authority holds the Immortal Alliance Law, supervises all realms, adjudicates the rotation of the Heavenly Dao, and possesses greater authority than Heaven’s Mandate.”

Fan Long’s expression showed no surprise as he took out a green command token and handed it to Chu Zheng:

“This is the command token of an Inspector. Within the Immortal Domain, all the Great Thousand Worlds that see this token must heed its orders and announcements. Among all Inspectors who have joined the Punishment Authority throughout history, you are probably the youngest.”

The selection of Inspectors was extremely strict, most of whom had spent many years earning their merits within the Breaking Kill Army before standing out due to their outstanding military achievements.

There were very few who directly entered the Punishment Authority, but Chu Zheng’s cultivation talent and identity were indeed worthy of this special status.

Chu Zheng took the command token with both hands, a flicker of spiritual light in his eyes as he examined it.

The green command token was only the size of a palm, covered with complex Immortal Patterns, with the character ‘Immortal’ carved on the front and ‘Punishment’ on the back.

What he held in his hand now was the power of Immortal Punishment.

It was a Lower Quality defensive Immortal Treasure that also contained a complete record of the Immortal Alliance Punishment Law, with an extensive list of tens of thousands of rules.

The Immortal Alliance had a very comprehensive set of legal frameworks for these Great Realms under its jurisdiction, with extremely strict regulations.

From the situation in the Cangyun Realm at that time, one could get a glimpse—just a word from the Immortal Alliance could suppress all unrest, compelling all Divine Infant Cultivators to not dare to leave their Sect Gates privately.

In the subsequent battles outside the realm, it was also a single word that drained the foundation of several Holy Lands, with no one daring to defy.

This was just the tip of the iceberg of the absolute authority of the Immortal Alliance.

Without rules, there would be no standards to measure by, and without established laws, it would be impossible to restrain those living creatures with significant cultivation achievements.

“Now that war in the Lower Heavenly Domain is about to break out, for subsequent matters you may inquire of Fu Zhixuan, and you can also collect the Immortal Treasures that come with the position of Inspector from her.”

As Chu Zheng was pondering, Fan Long Immortal King gestured dismissively:

“Go on, then.”

“Junior takes his leave, senior, please take care of your health.”

Chu Zheng did not say more, promptly turned around, and exited the grand hall.

Watching Chu Zheng leave, Fan Long narrowed his eyes slightly; he had previously concealed his injuries, but it seemed that Chu Zheng had noticed them anyway.

This extraordinary discernment was beyond that of ordinary people.

Fan Long did not linger in the hall—he stepped into the void and vanished without a trace.

Finding Chu Zheng was only the first step; now, he needed to report today’s conversation to the Immortal Ancestor and wait for the next instructions.

Although he had said such things earlier, if Chu Zheng had not wanted to join the Punishment Authority and had intended to escape, it would not have been so easy.

The Immortal Alliance undoubtedly expended a great deal of manpower and resources in finding Chu Zheng; they wouldn’t let him go easily just after asking a few questions.

Now that Chu Zheng had agreed, it had spared him a lot of trouble.

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