Chapter 2: The Book of Punishment
There must be a golden finger for time travel!
It's ridiculous, but also reasonable!
After all, if you are an ordinary person who can't even figure out how to navigate the Earth, and you don't have any golden fingers, you want to thrive in another world. Isn't that ridiculous and unreasonable?
When waiting outside Guansuo Palace, Li Anran had already repeated "start the system", "open the attribute panel", " add points to deep blue" and so on countless times in his mind.
But, there has been no response.
Unexpectedly, his system can only be activated after entering the Heavenly Prison!
As the ancient books appeared, related information also flooded into his mind.
In the "Book of Punishment of Evil", any criminal who was guilty and whom he participated in arresting would be registered and would bring him certain benefits.
The amount of profit is determined by the prisoner's cultivation, sin value and his participation in the arrest.
In addition, when the prisoner atones for his sins or dies, he can draw an additional reward from the prisoner.
"Attribute panel." Li Anran muttered to himself.
The ancient book in my mind slowly turned forward a page, revealing a brand new page.
On the left is a reduced image of a person, and on the right is a series of basic information.
[Name: Li Anran]
[Cultivation: Refining the Spirit and Returning to Emptiness (Second Level, 24121/30000)]
[Kung Fu: Yimu Jue (Level 5, Level 3, 6213/10000)]
[Spell: Thunder Attraction (Level 3, Level 1, 87/100)]
[Available experience value: 0]
"In the realm of refining the spirit and returning to emptiness, each breakthrough in a small realm requires 10,000 experience points."
"I can now gain 20 experience points every day, which means that even if I do nothing, I can still steadily break through a small realm every 500 days."
Li Anran felt a burning sensation in his heart.
You know, it took him almost six years to advance from the first level to the second level of Refining the Spirit and Returning to the Void.
And now, he can steadily break through a small realm every 500 days!
This is based on the fact that he only participated in capturing one Black Scale King.
If he participated in capturing a few more monsters or captured a monster himself, he would probably be able to break through to a higher level in less than half a year, or even a few months, or even a few weeks or days!
"Calm down! Calm down! This is the world of Journey to the West, refining the spirit and returning to the void, no, the real immortal, the celestial immortal, is not even as good as a dog!"
Li Anran glanced at the Black Scale King who was being dragged to the ground like a dead dog, and instantly calmed down.
The cultivation level is divided into eleven realms from low to high, namely refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, transforming emptiness into Dao, True Immortal, Celestial Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Daluo Golden Immortal and Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
He is no match for the Black Scale King.
But, this is how the Black Scale King ended up!
"You must keep steady! Don't be greedy! Don't be impatient!"
"Stay in the prison and let Yang Jian, Nezha, and Meishan work for me to catch monsters!"
“When I have the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal, no, a Daluo Golden Immortal, I will leave for the mortal world to enjoy life!”
Li Anran set a goal for himself and put his mind in order. Only then did he have the mind to observe the surrounding environment.
It is different from the dark, damp, dirty and narrow prisons in period TV dramas.
The sky prison was clean and tidy inside, with bright lights. It was built entirely with bright silver stones. It looked more like an underground castle than a prison.
Every few hundred meters, there is a checkpoint blocking the road.
Judging from its layout alone, the Tianlao prison is the ultimate in "easy to defend, difficult to attack, and heavily guarded."
But in contrast, there are few, loose and lazy heavenly soldiers!
They gathered in groups of three or five, some gathered together to gossip, some leaned against the door and yawned, and some were even snoring loudly, reeking of alcohol.
In order to save trouble, many people even left the checkpoint gates open to allow anyone to enter and exit.
Li Anran and Chen Yang were stunned and couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Did you just come up from the mortal world?" asked the gatekeeper who was leading the way.
Seeing the two nod, the round-faced soldier showed an expression of "as expected" and sneered, "We are just getting started! Go inside and don't get shocked later!"
After walking a little further inside and passing through the last stone door, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.
A loud noise came into my ears.
It's very lively.
Li Anran looked up, and then he realized what the round-faced soldier was talking about!
There were four gambling tables in the basketball court-sized stone chamber, which was surrounded not only by heavenly soldiers but also several heavenly generals wearing golden armor.
Their faces were all red and their shouts were deafening.
"Brothers, it will be my turn to do the job soon! If you don't bet more, you won't have a chance to make up for your losses today!"
"I want it big! I don't believe it can be big five times in a row!"
"Small! I want a small one!"
…
No wonder I didn’t see many heavenly soldiers along the way, it turns out they are all here!
Li Anran thought that the heavenly soldiers and generals would be resentful and dissatisfied with the heavenly laws and regulations, but he did not expect that they would give up so thoroughly.
The round-faced celestial soldier trotted over to a shirtless celestial general, pointed at them and said, "Sir, these two are the new celestial soldiers today."
"Li Anran (Chen Yang) greets the adults!" Li Anran and Chen Yang quickly saluted.
But the general only glanced at them that day, then turned his attention to the gambling table in front of him , and casually ordered: "Gao Laosan, since you brought them in, they will be under your charge from now on. You will be the one to teach them how to do things!"
"Thank you, sir."
Gao Laosan smiled brightly. Seeing the general waved at him, he turned to Li Anran and Chen Yang and said, "Did you hear what the master said?"
"I heard it." The two replied.
Gao Laosan nodded with satisfaction, took out a token from his bosom and threw it to Li Anran: "This is the token to open and close the cell door. Go and lock these two monsters in cells No. 62 and No. 63."
"Just the two of us?" Li Anran and Chen Yang were stunned.
"What else? Do I have to go in person for such a small matter?"
Gao Laosan glared and said, "Cell No. 62 and No. 63 are on the first floor of the Sky Prison. Just throw them in and lock the door with the token!"
Li Anran and Chen Yang had no choice but to do as they were told.
The two men continued to walk inside, dragging the two monsters, and passed through a big door, and arrived at the area where the prison was located.
This place is similar to the prisons in period TV dramas.
The cage-like rooms, each less than ten square meters in size, are arranged in two rows. A wooden sign with the cell number written on it is hung on the door.
The strong smell of blood filled the air, and faint wailing, screaming and groaning in pain could be heard, which was chilling.
Most of the monsters imprisoned here have been tortured beyond recognition, curled up in a corner, and trembled constantly.
Only a few who had just come in still had the energy to bang on the iron bars and curse loudly, staring at the two men with eyes full of resentment.
Li Anran had never experienced such a scene before. His hair stood on end for a moment and he subconsciously quickened his pace.
Soon, he found cell number 62, C, opened the door with the token from the front, threw the Black Scale King in like a hot potato, and then locked the door with the token from the back.
The Book of Punishment in my mind suddenly reacted.
[Prisoner: The Black Scale King of Wushui Mountain]
[Sin value: 2 stars]
[Cultivation: True Immortal Level 1]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 5%]
[Benefit: 100 experience points/day]
!!!
Putting the monster in the cell can increase the participation rate of the capture by another 4%? !
Li Anran's eyes widened instantly, and his previous uneasiness disappeared.
"Brother Chen, let me help you!"
Li Anran snatched the green-faced and fanged monster from Chen Yang's hand and locked him up in cell No. 63.
The ancient book in my mind turned another page, and new content appeared.
[Prisoner: Green-skinned Ghost King of the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave]
[Sin value: two and a half stars]
[Cultivation: True Immortal Level 3]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 4%]
[Benefit: 126 experience points/day]
100 plus 126, that’s 226 experience points per day!
So, I only need 26 days to reach the third level of Soul Refining and Returning to Void? !
Li Anran was overjoyed.
The 1% participation rate in arrests already made him feel that the future was promising, and this 5% directly blew the horn for him to reach the peak of his life!
Erye, brother Nezha, you two must work harder and catch more monsters for me!
When I can reach the peak of my life depends entirely on you!
Li Anran prayed silently in his heart.
