Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 950: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse for Breaking It

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

“Wait, wait, wait, wait, are you saying that she is our immortal palace’s founder, the Moonchaser True Person?” Luo Hongxia clutched her head, struggling to absorb the influx of information.

“Yes.”

“She’s the one who stole the herbs?”

“Yes.”

“And you spent an entire day before finally catching her?”

“Yes.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy nodded vigorously, her limpid eyes gazing up at Luo Hongxia, shining as if they emitted light. “So how many years does your immortal palace intend to sentence her to?”

Luo Hongxia’s mind couldn’t process everything right away. The events have unfolded too fast. In the blink of an eye, how has the Moonchaser True Person, rumored to be in seclusion, become a criminal facing sentencing?

Conflict, confusion, and bewilderment...a myriad of emotions flickered across Luo Hongxia’s face.

Noticing Luo Hongxia’s perplexity, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy's perceptiveness allowed her to understand Luo Hongxia’s predicament immediately, and she kindly offered, “The principle of recusal, right? I understand. If you find it awkward, you can lock her up at our Dao-Seeking Sect!”

Within the mental space, Lu Yang was enjoying the spectacle when he burst into sudden coughing.

“Immortal Fairy, absolutely not!” Lu Yang hastily urged her against it.

“Is there a problem?” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy thought her idea was perfectly sound.

“Immortal Fairy, have you forgotten? The Moonchaser True Person cannot leave this clone, and this clone cannot leave Bai Ye’s territory.”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had evidently already considered this. “Aiya, is that all? Just move the Moon Laurel Tree Ancestor to our Dao-Seeking Sect. Our sect has plenty of space.”

Seeing Lu Yang about to speak again, she anticipated his question. “Oh, did you want to say that the moon laurel tree would die if it leaves the Great Snow Mountain? That’s also a minor issue. Just move the Great Snow Mountain to our sect too. We have plenty of space.”

In the blink of an eye, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had already annexed the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace into the Dao-Seeking Sect.

“I think...the problem isn’t whether our sect has space.” Lu Yang was worried about Dai Bufan’s heart and whether he would get a beating upon his return.

By heaven and earth, my conscience is clear; this truly has nothing to do with him—it is all the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s doing.

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

As night fell, Bai Ye gained control of the body; the Moonchaser True Person could only appear during the day.

In fact, even when they came to Luo Hongxia’s cave abode, it was Bai Ye who had flown the Everlasting Immortal Fairy here.

From the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s account, Luo Hongxia had already learned of Bai Ye’s and the Moonchaser True Person’s identities. Only now did she realize her shock had momentarily made her forget propriety.

“Greetings, Tree Ancestor.”

“Just call me Bai Ye.”

“Greetings, Tree Ancestor Bai Ye.”

Bai Ye had never appeared in public precisely because people became too formal and reserved upon meeting her.

Senior Brother Lu Yang is wonderful. Even after learning my identity, he didn’t become formal or reserved.

“If you wish to see A’ri, you’ll have to wait until morning.”

Bai Ye’s arm transformed into wood, then grew and extended, shaping itself into a small stool. With a swift chop from her left hand, she severed the stool, and her arm reverted to its original form.

Lu Yang’s eye twitched. So the stool Bai Ye has been bringing to my place every night was conjured by herself.

Bai Ye sat on the small stool and turned excitedly to “Lu Yang.” “Senior Brother Lu Yang, continue the story! You were about to talk about entering the imperial city.”

Storytelling wasn’t the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s forte. She wisely returned the body to Lu Yang.

“After our journey to the East Sea concluded, Old Meng dragged me to the imperial city...”

Luo Hongxia was also intrigued by Lu Yang’s experiences. Rather than idly waiting until dawn, I might as well listen to his storytelling.

“Just like that, I reported the Fourth Imperial Prince’s rebellion, and he was thrown into prison...

“Afterward, the Fifth Imperial Prince was also thrown into prison...

“For stealing the imperial throne, the Xia Emperor and I nearly got thrown into prison as well...”

The more Luo Hongxia listened, the more her eyelids twitched.

With Lu Yang telling stories, the night passed swiftly.

As day and night traded places, the moon gradually ignited with flames, marking the arrival of morning.

“Little Ye, let me use the body.”

Their identities swapped. Although the appearance remained unchanged, the Moonchaser True Person’s gaze was noticeably sharper, lacking Bai Ye’s innocence and naivety.

“Greetings, Moonchaser True Lord.” Although Luo Hongxia already knew the person before her was the Moonchaser True Person, she still struggled to connect that legendary beauty from the portraits to this little one.

“Little Luo, is it? Bowing is a rule established by Jiang Ping’an and his court; our immortal palace need not observe such formalities.”

“Yes. And regarding your theft of herbs from the medicine repository...”

“How can you call it theft? I founded this immortal palace; the herbs are naturally mine as well.”

“The immortal palace was indeed founded by you. However, when you passed the position of palace leader to Jingchuan True Person, ownership of the immortal palace also transferred accordingly. Subsequently, Jingchuan True Person passed the position to the third Palace Leader, the fourth Palace Leader...and so on, down to my generation.

“Therefore, strictly speaking, ownership of all the immortal palace’s assets resides with me. Your unauthorized use of the herbs counts as transferring ownership without permission, which does constitute the crime of theft.”

“But...but I’m the founder of the immortal palace!” The Moonchaser True Person's defense was feeble.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy understood the Moonchaser True Person’s intentions and took over Lu Yang’s body again. “You’re trying to say that, according to criminal law, mortal elders over seventy-five need not serve prison time, and that cultivators can follow the same rule, right?”

“You don’t look like you’re a hundred thousand years old; you must have frozen yourself at some point, right? How old are you now? Are you at least seventy-five thousand years old?”

“Enough, enough. I’ll serve prison time.” The Moonchaser True Person gave in.

“Actually, your theft doesn’t necessarily require imprisonment,” Luo Hongxia kindly reminded her. “If you compensate the immortal palace and obtain its forgiveness, you can receive a suspended sentence or even be exempted from criminal punishment.”

The Moonchaser True Person was overjoyed. I knew you were on my side, Little Luo.

Compensating the immortal palace and obtaining its forgiveness are both easy matters.

“However, your act of dosing the moon laurel trees caused serious harm and consequences, thus constituting the crime of releasing hazardous substances.

“Given the combined punishment for multiple offenses, it will likely be difficult for you to receive a suspended sentence.”

“I...” This was the first time the Moonchaser True Person had suffered due to her ignorance of the law.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy kindly reminded her, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.”

Then Luo Hongxia turned to “Lu Yang.” “Lu Yang, though your intrusion into the hot springs doesn’t constitute a crime, it disrupted public order. It’s considered an administrative offense and requires a few days’ detention.” She had been searching for Lu Yang precisely because of this matter.

“I was pursuing someone at the time.”

“But the situation wasn’t so urgent that it prevented you from detouring around the hot springs.”

“I...” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy realized that knowing the law was equally useless.

Lu Yang pressed his hand to his forehead. I knew things would develop to this point. I’ll just treat it as a life experience.

“Xiao Yangzi, don’t worry. How could I let you sit in prison? This has nothing to do with you,” the Everlasting Immortal Fairy declared responsibly.

Lu Yang was astonished. “Immortal Fairy, are you planning to...”

“This immortal will take over your body for a few days and sit in prison for you.”