Chapter 951: Chapter 950: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse for Breaking It

Chapter 951 -950: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse for Breaking It

“Wait, wait, wait, you’re saying she is Chasing Moon True Person, the founder of our Fairy Palace?” Luo Hongxia covered her head, absorbing the flood of information coming in.

“Yes.”

“And it was she who stole the herbs?”

“Yes.”

“Then you spent an entire day, and finally caught her?”

“Yes.”

Fairy Eternity nodded vigorously, her big watery eyes looking up at Luo Hongxia, shining as if they were illuminated.

“So what sentence is your Fairy Palace planning to give her?”

Luo Hongxia’s mind couldn’t keep up, the situation was developing too fast. How had Chasing Moon True Person, the esteemed ancestor, suddenly turned into a criminal facing sentencing?

Conflicted, puzzled, and perplexed… all these feelings were evident on Luo Hongxia’s face.

Seeing Luo Hongxia so confused, Fairy Eternity, being perceptive, quickly figured out where the difficulty lay and said in an understanding tone:

“The principle of avoidance, right? I understand that. If Palace Master Luo feels it’s difficult, you can imprison her in our Seek Dao Sect!”

In the Spiritual Space, Lu Yang, who was watching the commotion, suddenly coughed loudly.

“Fairy, that’s really not a good idea,” Lu Yang quickly dissuaded her.

“Is there a problem?” Fairy Eternity felt her idea was flawless.

“Fairy, you’ve forgotten, Chasing Moon True Person cannot be separated from this clone, and this clone cannot leave the territory of Bai Ye,” Lu Yang reminded her.

Fairy Eternity had obviously thought of this issue beforehand: “Hey, I thought it was a big deal. Just move the Laurel Tree Ancestor to our Seek Dao Sect too. Our Sect has plenty of space.”

Before Lu Yang could speak again, she anticipated his concern: “Oh, you’re going to say that the Laurel Tree will die if it leaves the Great Snow Mountain, right? That’s a minor issue. Just move the Great Snow Mountain to our Seek Dao Sect too. Our Sect has plenty of space.”

In the blink of an eye, Fairy Eternity had already incorporated the Laurel Fairy Palace into the Seek Dao Sect.

“…I think the problem isn’t whether our Sect has space or not.”

Lu Yang was worried about Elder Brother Dai’s heart and whether he himself would get beaten up upon returning.

He swore on his conscience, this really had nothing to do with him; it was all Fairy Eternity’s doing.

“Are you going to arrest me?” Bai Ye asked.

With the arrival of nightfall, Bai Ye gained control of the body, while Chasing Moon True Person could only appear during the day.

In fact, it was Bai Ye who had carried Fairy Eternity over to Luo Hongxia’s Abode.

From Fairy Eternity’s account, Luo Hongxia had learned of Bai Ye’s identity and suddenly realized she had been so shocked by the identities of Chasing Moon True Person and Bai Ye that she had forgotten her manners.

“I’ve seen the Tree Ancestor.”

“Just call me Bai Ye.”

“I’ve seen Tree Ancestor Bai Ye.”

Bai Ye had not been appearing in public precisely because people were too reserved upon seeing her.

Lu Yang was great, even after learning her identity, he did not act reserved.

“If you want to see Ah Ri, you’ll have to wait until morning.”

Bai Ye turned her arm into wood and then it grew, extended, taking on the shape of a small stool. Then, with a chop of her left hand, she cut off the small stool, and her arm returned to its original form.

Lu Yang watched in amazement, so Bai Ye was the one who brought that small stool every night to my place, and it was actually created by her.

Sitting on the small stool, Bai Ye turned excitedly to Fairy Eternity: “Elder Brother Lu Yang, keep telling the story, you were about to talk about entering the Imperial City.”

Telling stories wasn’t Fairy Eternity’s forte. Knowing this, she gracefully gave the body back to Lu Yang.

“After the trip to the East Sea, Old Meng dragged me to the Imperial City…”

Luo Hongxia was also very interested in Lu Yang’s experiences, rather than waiting idly until dawn, she preferred to listen to Lu Yang’s story.

“So, I exposed the Fourth Prince for rebellion, and he was locked up…”

“Later, the Third Prince got locked up too…”

“For stealing the throne, Emperor Xia and I almost ended up locked up as well…”

Listening to this, Luo Hongxia’s eyelids twitched.

With Lu Yang telling stories, the night quickly passed by.

As the days and nights changed, the moon gradually ignited with flames, marking the arrival of early morning.

“Little Ye, let me borrow your body.”

Although the appearance didn’t change with the identity switch, the gaze of Chasing Moon True Person was clearly sharper and lacked the naivety and ignorance of Bai Ye.

“Greetings, Chasing Moon True Person.”

Even though she already knew who she was facing was Chasing Moon True Person, Luo Hongxia still found it difficult to connect the otherworldly beauty in the portraits with this little figure.

“Little Luo, right? The formalities are rules set by Jiang Pingan and the others in their courts; we in the Fairy Palace do not need to follow so many rules.”

“Yes.”

“About you going into the medicine storehouse and stealing herbs…”

“How can it be called stealing? I founded this Fairy Palace, so naturally, the herbs are also mine.”

“It’s true that you founded the Fairy Palace, but as you passed on the title of Palace Master to True Person Jingchuan, you also transferred the ownership of the Fairy Palace. After him, it passed to the third and fourth Palace Masters… all the way down to my generation.”

“So strictly speaking, all the property rights of everything in the Fairy Palace are with me. Your unauthorized use of the herbs could be seen as an unauthorized transfer of property rights, indeed constituting the crime of theft.”

“I… I am the founder of the Fairy Palace!” declared Chasing Moon True Person, too weak to argue.

Fairy Eternity understood Chasing Moon True Person’s implication and once again possessed Lu Yang: “You mean to say, according to the criminal law, humans over seventy-five years old can be exempt from prison, and cultivators are to refer to this regulation, right?”

“You don’t look like someone who’s a hundred thousand years old. You must have frozen yourself at some point. How old are you this year? Do you reach seventy-five thousand?”

“Stop, stop, I’ll go to jail.”

“Actually, you don’t have to go to jail for your theft,” Luo Hongxia kindly reminded.

“As long as you make restitution to the Fairy Palace and obtain its forgiveness, you could be sentenced with probation or even exempted from criminal punishment.”

Chasing Moon True Person was overjoyed; I knew you were on my side, Little Luo.

Compensating the Fairy Palace and obtaining its forgiveness were both easy tasks.

“However, your action of drugging the Laurel Tree, causing serious hazardous consequences, constitutes the crime of releasing dangerous substances.”

“Considering multiple offenses, you’re unlikely to get probation,” she added.

“I…” For the first time, Chasing Moon True Person faced the disadvantage of not understanding the law.

Fairy Eternity kindly reminded, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse.”

Then Luo Hongxia turned to Fairy Eternity: “Lu Yang, although your intrusion into the hot spring doesn’t constitute a crime, it disrupted public order, which is an administrative case, and you’ll need to be detained for a few days.”

Luo Hongxia had been looking for Lu Yang precisely for that reason.

“I was pursuing someone at the time.”

“But the situation wasn’t so urgent that you couldn’t have gone around the hot spring.”

“I…” Fairy Eternity found that knowing the law wasn’t helpful, either.

Lu Yang held his forehead; he knew the matter would come to this—it’s all part of experiencing life.

“Don’t worry, Little Yang; how could I let you rot in jail? This matter has nothing to do with you,” Fairy Eternity said with a sense of responsibility.

Lu Yang was surprised: “Fairy, what do you mean to do?”

“I’ll possess you for a few days and serve the jail time for you.”