Chapter 1241: Chapter 1245: Black Pavilion Leader

“Wait, wait, I’ve already told you, this is the Little Fox Spirit, it has transformed into a dragon!” Zhu Minglang said.

“Still making excuses, the chance for this Juvenile Spirit to transform into a dragon is originally extremely low, even less likely into a Nine-tailed Dragon… Fine, even if I believe you are that lucky and it has transformed, how could it possibly evolve from a juvenile to a grown phase within a month? It takes at least three years for a Nine-tailed Dragon to undergo such a transformation, no Immortal Pill or Divine Root could achieve this in such a short time!” Supervisor Liu angrily scattered the documents in front of Zhu Minglang.

“Young man, come with us, if you admit your guilt and show repentance, we can be lenient.” An Attendant said.

“Do you identify the Juvenile Spirit I adopted just by its appearance?” Zhu Minglang challenged.

“Of course there are marks, but such identification needs to be applied for with our director, who is always busy with divine duties. Your crime is evident, there’s no need to disturb her. Moreover, the director cherishes Juvenile Spirits greatly, and if your actions are discovered, can a young man like you withstand her divine wrath?” The Attendant said.

“I can go with you, but you must perform the mark identification on my Nine-tailed Dragon. I have not committed this crime, and I hope you will enforce the law impartially,” Zhu Minglang said.

“You really won’t shed tears until you see the coffin. Very well, let it be as you say, divine punishment is not any ordinary punishment!” Supervisor Liu said.

“If I have committed the crime you claim, I am willing to accept divine punishment,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Let’s go!”

…

The Young Spirit Court in the Divine City of Li State is indeed impressive.

An entire Drums Mountain, right in the middle of several bustling city districts, it’s equivalent to a very influential Sect.

Zhu Minglang entered this Young Spirit Court and found it somewhat similar to the Dragon Taming Academy, with students and teachers being the main focus.

Reaching a very shallow flat lake, there were many floating steps carved into lotus shapes, and several pavilions in the lake, all facing a central black pavilion.

“Chang Xu, by bribing caretakers of Juvenile Spirits, you swindle Juvenile Spirits with potential from various courts and then sell them in the market. Such actions greatly anger us…” the chief of the black pavilion said.

“I found owners for them. Although I made a slight profit, it’s better than letting them go to waste in the Young Spirit Court,” the merchant Chang Xu said.

“Hmph, still making excuses. You sold some unwanted Juvenile Spirits to slaughterhouses at the price of live stock, even the gods are enraged by such actions!” the chief of the black pavilion rebuked him.

“Your Young Spirit Courts are too saintly. Some Juvenile Spirits similar to beasts eat so much food every day, the caretakers have been complaining. They consume enough food in a day to feed smaller Juvenile Spirits for half a month. Since they can’t transform into dragons, isn’t it normal to send them to slaughterhouses? According to you, trading livestock is a crime, should we arrest the entire nomadic tribes of Xu Mountain? If it can’t transform into a dragon, it’s just livestock. What’s wrong with selling it as meat?” Chang Xu argued.

“How absurd, how absurd, committing such outrageous acts against both gods and men without any remorse!” The chief of the black pavilion slammed the table in anger.

“If you want me to admit to a crime, you need a proper reason. It can’t just be whatever your Young Spirit Court says!” Chang Xu said.

The chief of the black pavilion was momentarily at a loss for words to refute his statement.

“Chief, shall we move to the next case? The director will come over soon,” a staff member from the white pavilion suggested.

“Fine, set him aside,” the chief of the black pavilion waved his hand.

The suspect was not taken away, but was made to stand on the side on the lotus steps, which were divided into black and white. Black indicated definite guilt, while white indicated undecided guilt.

“Bring the next suspect,” the still agitated chief of the black pavilion shouted.

Zhu Minglang was brought up by the Attendants, and Supervisor Liu approached, sat beside the chief of the black pavilion, and handed over Zhu Minglang’s documents and evidence for review.

“Abandoning a Juvenile Spirit?” The chief of the black pavilion, finding that it was such a case, showed impatience, “Such a trivial matter, couldn’t you have handled it directly? Why did you have to bring it here?”

“The defendant denies the charges, and he has requested to perform mark identification on his Nine-tailed Dragon,” Supervisor Liu said.

“Ridiculous, if our god had to be troubled day and night by such trivial matters, how could our Young Spirit Court stand in Jun Tian? Beat him with a few sticks and send him away,” the black pavilion chief said irritably. “Someone, pull the curtain, isn’t the sunlight too glaring?”

“Please look at the documents,” Supervisor Liu said.

The chief of the black pavilion took a sip of tea, spat out the tea leaves, and carefully looked at the documents again, then fixed his gaze on Zhu Minglang.

“Your Nine-tailed Dragon, it’s in the growth phase?” the chief of the black pavilion interrogated.

“Yes.” Zhu Minglang nodded.

“You say this growth-phase Nine-tailed Dragon was the Little Fox Spirit you adopted from Bright Mountain City Youth Spirit Academy a month ago, do you deny that you abandoned the Little Fox Spirit?” the chief of the black pavilion continued to ask.

“Yes,” Zhu Minglang nodded again.

“Hahaha, I thought I was quite capable of bluffing, but I didn’t expect you, young man, to outdo me!” The merchant Chang Xu, standing nearby on the lotus steps, suddenly laughed.

“Shut up, don’t think you can walk out of the Young Spirit Court safely!” the chief of the black pavilion scolded.

The chief of the black pavilion stood up from his place and walked over towards Zhu Minglang.

He took a close look at the Nine-tailed Dragon, confirmed it was a high-bloodline Fox Clan Dragon, and then looked over the documents again.

“I’ll give you an opportunity to explain how you managed to turn a Fox Spirit into a Nine-tailed Dragon in just over a month,” the chief of the black pavilion said.

“It just transformed into a dragon. Don’t you guys have any confidence in the Juvenile Spirits you are raising?” Zhu Minglang retorted.

“Then how did it develop and transform? Even if it transformed into a dragon, it should still be in its juvenile phase!” the chief of the black pavilion expressed the same doubts as the Supervisor.

“Just because you can’t do it, doesn’t mean I can’t. I specialize in creating miracles. Besides, there’s a flaw in your judgment. To accuse me of abandoning a Juvenile Spirit, you need eyewitnesses who saw me abandon the adopted Juvenile Spirit, and secondly you need to find the abandoned Fox Spirit. With eyewitness and physical evidence, you could make me admit guilt without retort. You have neither. And I told you, it is the Little Fox Spirit. I can swear to the gods and accept the divine mark identification of the Young Spirit Court.” Zhu Minglang stated.

This speech almost made the chief of the black pavilion smash his teacup.

Usually, criminals brought here are already shaking in fear.

Yet today, they encountered two eloquent ones!