Chapter 4036: Daoist Bone Ruler Regrets His Job

Daoist Bone Ruler suddenly began wondering whether remaining Head of the Law Division was worth this kind of suffering. He had served for a long time. Nobody could accuse him of neglecting his responsibilities. Perhaps it was time to pass the position to someone younger.

He could retire and enter seclusion.

A thousand years sounded reasonable... Perhaps two thousand.

By the time he emerged, there was always a chance that Mengli Zhenyu would have wandered somewhere else. Considering the man’s personality, he might even leave the world entirely in search of some ancient ruin or inheritance.

Daoist Bone Ruler briefly found that future incredibly attractive. Unfortunately, reality remained in front of him in the form of one extremely troublesome Wild Peak ancestor. He needed to resolve the current situation first.

His gaze moved toward High Elder Shatter Peak, who was still imprisoned because of the various infractions he had accumulated during the recent conflict. Then Daoist Bone Ruler looked toward Zhenyu and remembered why the old man had come here in the first place.

A decision formed immediately.

If there was one lesson the Head of the Law Division had learned today, it was that certain problems should be resolved before Zhenyu decided to resolve them himself.

Daoist Bone Ruler reached into his robes and withdrew his identity token. The token was considerably different from those carried by ordinary elders. It was made from dark silver metal with a polished white border resembling bone.

Countless tiny runes were engraved across its surface, while the emblem of the Heavenly Stream Guardian Sect occupied its center. Several layers of authority formations were contained within it, granting Daoist Bone Ruler control over the Law Divisions of the Outer, Inner, and Core Courts.

High Elder Shatter Peak immediately noticed it.

"What are you doing?" he asked suspiciously but Daoist Bone Ruler ignored him.

Immortal Qi flowed into the token and its surface lit up.

WENG!

The surrounding prison formations reacted immediately. Streams of light traveled across the walls and floor as the enormous formation network recognized the authority of its master.

Daoist Bone Ruler raised the token. "By my authority as the Head of the Law Division, I, Daoist Bone Ruler, hereby absolve High Elder Shatter Peak of the Wild Peak of all infractions and crimes recorded against him, both recent and prior."

High Elder Shatter Peak blinked.

Even Lin Mu was surprised. ’All of them?’

He had expected Daoist Bone Ruler to release Shatter Peak. That much made sense considering the evidence concerning Taegong and the circumstances surrounding the conflict between the Wild Peak and Law Division.

But clearing everything was something else entirely. Lin Mu had personally read High Elder Shatter Peak’s records and there were a lot of infractions. Enough that he had once wondered how the man had managed to remain a High Elder.

The token in Daoist Bone Ruler’s hand hummed again.

HUALA!

An invisible command traveled through the prison’s formation network and reached the Law Division’s central records. One after another, the restrictions associated with High Elder Shatter Peak began disappearing.

Property destruction: Cleared.

Unauthorized combat: Cleared.

Interference with official investigations: Cleared.

Breaking into restricted areas: Cleared.

Assaulting fellow elders: Cleared.

Destruction of Law Division property: Cleared.

There were several more categories whose names alone could have filled an entire disciplinary handbook. But all of them vanished. Thousands of years of accumulated infractions were erased in moments.

Lin Mu stroked his long beard while keeping Zhenyu’s dignified expression intact. ’He even removed the old ones.’

His eyes moved toward Daoist Bone Ruler, when understanding dawned.

’Ah.’ The corner of Lin Mu’s lips rose slightly. ’Looks like even the Head of the Law Division knows when to bootlick.’

Daoist Bone Ruler naturally had no idea what Lin Mu was thinking. He was simply trying to remove one source of trouble as thoroughly as possible. He had already fought Zhenyu once today and once was enough for him.

Besides, Daoist Bone Ruler had absolutely no intention of actually carrying Zhenyu’s message to the Heavenly Stream Immortal.

That would be madness.

Lin Mu knew this as well. His demand had deliberately been absurd. The Heavenly Stream Immortal spent most of his time outside the Heavenly Stream Guardian World and held the position of Supreme Elder within the Eastern Immortal Court.

Even the Patriarch of the Heavenly Stream Guardian Sect could not simply call him over whenever he wished. As for Daoist Bone Ruler, there was almost no chance he would even repeat Zhenyu’s exact words to the Patriarch.

Lin Mu could imagine the conversation. ’Patriarch, an ancient Junior Elder has returned.’

That alone would be troublesome.

’He claims to know the Ancestor.’ Worse.

’He called the Ancestor a little brat and told us to summon him.’ At that point, Daoist Bone Ruler might be punished simply for having the audacity to repeat it.

Perhaps the former Law Division Head would somehow sense the disturbance from wherever he currently was and return from the afterlife solely to beat his successor for allowing the situation to reach this point.

Lin Mu almost laughed at the thought.

High Elder Shatter Peak, meanwhile, stared at Daoist Bone Ruler as though he had suddenly transformed into someone else.

For thousands of years, the Law Division had been accumulating his offenses with the enthusiasm of a miser collecting spirit stones. Every broken wall, every unauthorized fight, every damaged formation and every disciplinary incident had been carefully recorded.

He had accumulated so many violations that some younger Law Division disciples used his record as training material. And now, they were gone... All of them.

High Elder Shatter Peak slowly looked toward Zhenyu, then back toward Daoist Bone Ruler and then toward Zhenyu again.

His expression suddenly brightened. "Ancestor!"

Lin Mu’s eyebrow twitched. ’That was fast.’

"You believe me now?" Zhenyu asked.

"Hell yeah, I believe you!" High Elder Shatter Peak answered without hesitation. "No one else could make this old stick wipe my record clean!"

Daoist Bone Ruler’s eyelid twitched. "Old stick?"