Just as Lu Yang was contemplating the adventures that one might encounter in the Body Integration Realm, a chilly voice came through.

"Heh heh, since when has the Immortal Palace fallen to the point where men can enter at will?"

"Ah—," Xue Shilou writhed in pain on the ground, his screams echoing throughout the Sinners’ Hall.

"In the past, under my leadership, the Immortal Palace was so glorious..."

"Ah—," Xue Shilou banged his head on the ground in pain, trying to distract himself.

"And now, under that lass Luo Hongxia’s leadership, it has become like this..."

"Ah—," Xue Shilou scratched at his body; he was burning up, his entire body flushed red.

"Stop screaming!"

The chilly voice became furious, the good atmosphere completely ruined by Xue Shilou’s screams.

If they were not in the Sinners’ Hall, with one angry outburst, Xue Shilou certainly wouldn’t dare to scream again.

Unfortunately, there was an array method sealing the realm in the Sinners’ Hall; even if she possessed heaven-shocking magical power, she could not stop Xue Shilou’s miserable screams.

Following the source of the voice, Lu Yang found the owner of the chilly voice, a woman with fair skin and an indifferent expression.

"Who is this?"

"Our Immortal Palace’s previous Palace Master, Qu Ling. By seniority, I should address her as my grand-teacher," explained Lan Ting.

Lu Yang was greatly surprised; he hadn’t expected that the Immortal Palace would have the former Palace Master locked up in the Sinners’ Hall.

"Are you that Lu Yang who’s been making waves in the outside world recently?" Although imprisoned in the Sinners’ Hall and unable to contact the outside world, with new people joining the Sinners’ Hall continuously, she could keep up to date with outside information.

"The Immortal Palace has really fallen, relying on the powerful, allowing men to enter the Immortal Palace, breaking the ancestral rules." Qu Ling sneered continuously, showing disdain for Lu Yang and the Seek Dao Sect behind him.

"Had I not been harmed by Luo Hongxia, how could I have ended in such a state, how could I have let the Immortal Palace fall to this!"

"How did you get caught up in this?" Lu Yang was even more curious, stepping back two paces to look at the plaque at the entrance of the cell.

Qu Ling, embezzlement, life imprisonment.

"In order to break through to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, our grand-teacher privately misused the sect’s resources and was arrested by the master and others after the failure of her breakthrough came to light," Lan Ting explained.

"It was later discovered that she got involved in gray areas outside, misusing sect assets for gambling and so forth, committing many crimes. The person making the plaque was too lazy to write so much, so they just put the most important one."

"It’s just that your teacher wanted to rise to power, taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. Victors become kings, losers are bandits; it has always been this way since ancient times."

Lu Yang showed a puzzled expression: "If this is how you feel, Senior, why did you stop me?"

He had thought that Qu Ling had some grievance to voice to him.

The Five Great Immortal Sects not only had the right to enforce the law but also the authority to supervise each other.

Qu Ling’s lips curled, revealing a mysterious smile.

Lu Yang suddenly understood: "I get it, you think it looks cool, right?"

Qu Ling continued to smile, unsure of what she should do next.

Didn’t Zhui Yue Ancestor’s brought back books often contain this kind of plot? A mysterious person imprisoned in the jail stops the protagonist, then either scoffs or ridicules them, saying a few words that no one else understands, leaving the protagonist with unanswered questions as they leave, while the mysterious person smiles inscrutably in a dark corner of the cage.

The books never explained why the mysterious person needed to stop the protagonist.

Seeing Qu Ling like this, Lu Yang knew he had guessed correctly, satisfied, he left the Sinners’ Hall with Lan Ting. Before leaving, he wanted to see what Elder Morran had written, but unfortunately, Elder Morran reacted too quickly and he saw nothing.

Leaving the Sinners’ Hall, they suddenly heard an explosion not far away. A deafening boom was followed by flames reaching for the sky, as thick demonic energy permeated the air.

"Is that the Elixir Brewing Chamber? Let’s go and take a look!"

The two of them didn’t have time to think further and immediately dashed toward the Elixir Brewing Chamber!

Upon arrival, they spotted a gigantic white Demon Rabbit burrowing out of the Elixir Brewing Chamber, poking a large hole through the roof. The Demon Rabbit’s eyes were blood-red as if it had gone mad. It kept grabbing roof tiles and stuffing them into its mouth, the crunching sounds were grating to the ears.

"You vile beast, cease your crazed behavior!" Lan Ting unleashed her azure ribbon, which extended and elongated indefinitely, like a serpent that ensnared the Demon Rabbit.

Although the Demon Rabbit seemed fierce, it was just at the Golden Core Stage and was no threat at all.

After being tied up, the Demon Rabbit lay on the ground, wiggling its body, stretching its head toward the roof tiles on the ground with incessant crunching sounds.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Lan, for your help!" A disciple from the Fairy Palace ran out from the Elixir Brewing Chamber. Lu Yang remembered his name was Qin Nan.

"What happened here?" Lan Ting landed and used her ribbon to block the Demon Rabbit’s mouth, preventing it from chewing on the tiles anymore, as the sound was unbearable.

"I remember this Demon Rabbit was used for testing elixirs, right? How did it suddenly become so big?"

To test the efficacy of elixirs, the Laurel Fairy Palace raised many Demon Beasts. Unlike the Demon Race, these creatures lacked spiritual wisdom, making them ideal for clinical trials of elixirs.

Hearing the commotion, disciples from the Fairy Palace hurried over, concerned about Qin Nan’s wellbeing.

Scratching the back of his head awkwardly, Qin Nan explained to everyone, "I was just testing the properties of the pill, but it failed."

"I suppose the proportions of the elixir were incorrect. It activated the Demon Rabbit’s bloodline, causing it to grow in size and become uncontrollable."

"What did you feed it?"

"A Beautification Pill derivative, Beautification Mooncakes with osmanthus filling." Qin Nan produced a piece of mooncake from his bosom. The front was stamped with "Laurel Fairy Palace" and the back with the characters for "Beautification."

"Your Fairy Palace actually makes mooncakes?" Lu Yang asked in surprise.

He had never imagined a type of mooncake that combined the properties of traditional mooncakes, Beautification Pills, and floral cakes.

Lan Ting murmured softly, "Well, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up, and our Fairy Palace has a tradition of making mooncakes each year. The Elixir Brewing Chamber always seeks innovation, attempting to combine elixirs with mooncakes."

"However, based on the current situation, the research doesn’t seem to be going smoothly."

The Mid-Autumn Festival was a tradition dating back to ancient times, a time when the moon had its phases. The full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month was celebrated as Mid-Autumn Festival.

𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Ever since Immortal Jiuchong created this amalgam of the sun and moon, there were no longer any phases, just a perpetual full moon, yet the custom continued.

The Seek Dao Sect didn’t celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival much, probably because the moon had special significance in the Laurel Fairy Palace, which caused the Palace to place great importance on the festival.

"How should we deal with this rabbit?" Lu Yang inquired, looking at the six-meter-long creature that kept writhing restlessly on the ground.

"Dissect it to see what caused the loss of control," a disciple from the Fairy Palace shouted from the sidelines.

"Look, the rabbit’s eyes are red; it must have gone mad. It’s hopeless."

"But aren’t rabbit eyes naturally red?" a perplexed young disciple from the Fairy Palace questioned.

"Shut up, do you still want to eat the rabbit or not?"

The young disciple from the Fairy Palace was torn between telling the truth to save the rabbit and missing out on a delicious meal, or lying to doom the rabbit and ensure a tasty treat. Was this what the adult world was like, filled with lies and choices?

She pondered deeply, caught between ideals and reality, and eventually decided on how to handle the rabbit.

"Then let’s roast and eat it."