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Fairy Eternity observed Bai Ye for two nights, and could affirm that this little girl was related to the Laurel Tree Ancestor, presumably something akin to the consciousness of the Laurel Tree Ancestor.

It’s suspected to be a laurel tree planted by the Yingtian Immortal; four hundred thousand years is enough time for spiritual wisdom to emerge.

For instance, before the Time Immortal became an immortal, they would often split off a clone to act separately; it’s a similar principle.

However, Bai Ye is definitely not as simple as just being the Laurel Tree Ancestor, although Fairy Eternity has yet to analyze the situation.

"Little Yang is not clever enough, still needing this immortal to worry about him," Fairy Eternity shook her head happily, thinking that Lu Yang truly couldn’t manage without her sage advice.

"But on second thought, this little girl doesn’t have any ill intentions towards Little Yang, so there’s no need for me to worry about her. So, do I still need to concern myself with what Bai Ye is?"

Fairy Eternity leaned on her throne of ice and snow, pondering for a while before quickly falling asleep due to the excessive mental effort.

...

Lu Yang felt that he had almost toured the entire Laurel Fairy Palace, yet it seemed like he had missed a place, leaving him with a sense of incompleteness, an emptiness in his heart.

"Right, Junior Sister Lan, is there a place similar to Captive Peak here?"

Lu Yang recalled that he had not yet visited the Captive Peak of the Laurel Fairy Palace.

"Ah?"

"Senior Brother, do you want to visit the Sinners’ Hall?"

The Laurel Fairy Palace had enforcement authority, so naturally, there was a place akin to Captive Peak, called the Sinners’ Hall.

Lan Ting hadn’t expected Elder Brother Lu Yang to be so interested in the Sinners’ Hall, and she, thinking such a place wasn’t suitable for Lu Yang, had deliberately avoided taking him there.

"To broaden my horizons," said Lu Yang with a chuckle. He wanted to see what the disciplinary locations of other Immortal Sects looked like.

The Sinners’ Hall wasn’t a restricted area, and disciples of the Fairy Palace could enter and exit as they pleased.

Lan Ting led Lu Yang to a relatively small palace, too modest to be a place of confinement.

As they entered the palace, the candles on either side sensed their presence and flared to life with a whoosh, illuminating the corridor ahead.

"The prisoners are all below," Lan Ting said, indicating the passage that led underground.

The passage was eerily quiet, with only the echo of their footsteps, which also caused the candles on the sides of the underground corridor to light up.

Seeing Lu Yang’s interest in the candles, Lan Ting explained with a smile, "It used to be that the candles in the Sinners’ Hall were always lit, which I felt was a bit wasteful. So I designed an Array Method that extinguishes the candles normally, but they light up whenever they sense sound. It’s very convenient."

"Because it helped the sect save on candles, I even got a thousand Contribution Points for it."

"Indeed, it’s a clever design," Lu Yang nodded, not expecting that it was Lan Ting who had come up with the Array Method. He should have guessed that Lan Ting had a talent for this.

After all, Lan Ting was the first to propose the concept of the Automatic Skewer Formation.

"Did you patent it?"

"No, it feels quite troublesome." Unlike the Dao Seeking Sect, which has a matured patent application process, the semi-hermitage Laurel Fairy Palace was not interested in patents.

Lu Yang advised, "It’s best to apply for one. Judging by time, there should be solar-powered lights emerging to replace candles. Voice-controlled solar-powered lights probably haven’t appeared yet. If you patent this Array Method, you could make a considerable amount of Spirit Stones."

"Are you talking about the solar-powered lights that the solar energy technology developers are going to release?" Lan Ting had heard a bit about this emerging company on an assignment she had been on recently and they were often advertising through Dream Mirage.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Production line sorted out already? Looks like they’re moving fast," Lu Yang muttered to himself, then said, "Yes, those solar-powered lights."

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"The rising industries present many business opportunities, which we can seize to make a profit. Although we cultivators should not be blinded by Spirit Stones, cultivation cannot proceed without them. With a patent in hand and a steady supply of Spirit Stones, future cultivation will be much easier."

"Alright." Even though Lan Ting was indifferent about patents, since it was Elder Brother Lu Yang who suggested it, it surely must be done.

Junior Sister Tao, you don’t have such good treatment, do you?

While they talked, the two reached the end of the passageway, where they encountered a gatekeeper clad in a black robe.

The gatekeeper was bowing his head, apparently writing something.

"This is Elder Morran."

"Junior Lu Yang pays his respects to Elder Morran." Lu Yang said, bowing.

Elder Morran, noticing someone approaching, quickly covered what he was writing, "Oh, it’s Daoist Buyu’s little disciple. What offense did you commit to find yourself here?"

"Ah?"

Seeing Lu Yang’s confusion, Elder Morran also became bewildered, "Aren’t you mimicking your master, having committed offenses in the outside world and being captured by our Fairy Palace?"

Lan Ting hurriedly explained that Lu Yang was there to visit the Fairy Palace and was not like Daoist Buyu.

"Then I misunderstood; I thought that this was a tradition passed down from your Sect." With his duties, Elder Morran seldom left the Sinners’ Hall and knew very little about the latest developments.

"Has my master visited the Sinners’ Hall before?" Lu Yang asked cautiously, not expecting his master to have visited more places than he imagined, even such a secluded place as the Laurel Fairy Palace.

Elder Morran snorted coldly, "Which Immortal Sect’s Sinners’ Hall hasn’t he visited?"

"If you want to take a look inside, let Martial Nephew Lan guide you. She’s been here before and is very familiar with the place. I won’t go in." Elder Morran disliked conversation and activity; the quiet environment of the Sinners’ Hall suited her best.

Elder Morran’s eyes grew colder as she watched their retreating figures.

"They shouldn’t have seen what I was writing. If they had, they couldn’t be allowed to leave!"

Elder Morran lowered his head and continued to write: The Morning Light Deity wrapped an arm around Chu Xian’er’s slender waist, facing the besieging horde of gods and buddhas, immovable and resolute like a statue...

With the token given by Elder Morran, the two passed through the Great Formation and entered the true Sinners’ Hall.

"Our Sinners’ Hall serves the same purpose as your Captive Peak, to detain criminals caught outside. The criminals we detain range from at least the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Body Integration Realm."

When it came to having Body Integration Realm criminals in the Sinners’ Hall, Lan Ting was quite proud. Disciples of the Immortal Palace only reached the Body Integration Realm at most. The difficulty of capturing criminals at this level during missions was immense.

Like the newly captured Ruthless Sect Elder, if it hadn’t been for Lu Yang, Man Gu, and her, it would have been hard to capture him alive.

Lu Yang thought for a moment. It seemed that the criminals detained at Captive Peak were at least of the Body Integration Realm, with the highest being the Immortal, Guan Shanhai.

Disciples of Dao Seeking Sect also caught criminals during missions, but those who weren’t at the Body Integration Realm were sent directly to the local government office. There was no need to take them back to Captive Peak.

The number of cells in Captive Peak was limited and needed to be conserved.

Lu Yang noticed that each prisoner’s door listed their name, offenses, and remaining sentence. The shortest sentence belonged to a thief who would be released in a few days.

The Fairy Palace did not differentiate between male and female prisoners; otherwise, Daoist Buyu would not have been able to enter.

Captive Peak also had similar signs, stating the names and offenses of the prisoners. The only difference was that there were no sentences listed.

The prisoners in Captive Peak were either murderers or rebels; there were no remaining sentences to speak of. They might as well live out their lives honestly in Captive Peak.