SPLASH!!

Tian Kang flew out of the water, his face abruptly changing upon seeing the Law Enforcement Elder.

He hurriedly said, "Reporting to the Elder, I merely had a task for this junior brother."

"I didn't expect that he not only showed no gratitude but also ridiculed me. Relying on his superior strength, he assaulted and injured me..."

Under the Law Enforcement Elder's cold gaze, Tian Kang's voice gradually faded.

"A cultivator at the Seventh Layer of the Qi Gathering Realm, beaten into such a state by a Fourth Layer cultivator, and you still have the nerve to wail about it here?"

The Law Enforcement Elder snorted coldly, then added, "The rights and wrongs of this matter will be settled at the Enforcement Hall!"

The Riverside Sect strictly prohibited disciples from engaging in private fights.

If there were truly irreconcilable grudges, one could apply to the Deacon Hall, and the sect would arrange a formal duel.

In such cases, even if both parties fought tooth and nail, the sect would not hold either responsible.

But if a fight broke out privately, the Enforcement Hall was bound to intervene.

Besides private fights, the Enforcement Hall would also intervene in other violations of sect rules or laws, such as disciples on joint training expeditions secretly plotting against and harming their fellow sect members; higher-realm cultivators injuring or killing lower-level disciples for some reason; or disciples failing to complete sect tasks and then fabricating excuses to evade responsibility.

The Enforcement Hall could manage all such matters.

However, including the Outer Door, the Riverside Sect was said to have one hundred thousand disciples. Many incidents occurred outside the sect's direct purview, and the Enforcement Hall couldn't investigate everything, often having to let some matters slide.

Only in the Inner Door, where the number of Gas Gathering Disciples was relatively small, was the Enforcement Hall's supervision extremely strict.

If a private fight between disciples was discovered in the specially-made supervisory Treasure Mirror, a Spirit Sea Realm Elder would use their sense to investigate.

If the disciples involved in the private fight were not particularly strong, the Enforcement Hall would dispatch an inner deacon to apprehend them and bring them back to the Hall for punishment.

As it happened, of Shen Mo and Tian Kang, one was in the late-stage Qi Gathering Realm, and the other possessed the strength to overwhelm a late-stage Qi Gathering Realm cultivator.

The Law Enforcement Elder, Shentu Gui, feared it would be dangerous for an inner deacon to rashly intervene.

Therefore, he had come personally to handle the matter.

With a wave of his large sleeves, Elder Shentu sent two ropes binding the hands of Shen Mo and Tian Kang successively.

Shen Mo felt the mana within his body being sealed.

Of course, this was also because he hadn't resisted. Otherwise, this Immortal Binding Rope wouldn't have restrained his hands so easily. Even if bound and unable to use his internal mana, he could have relied on his powerful physique to snap the Immortal Binding Rope.

Seeing that neither of them resisted, Elder Shentu's expression softened slightly.

His cold gaze swept over Guo Zhao and Shi Xiaoqian. "You two will also accompany me back to the Enforcement Hall."

Guo Zhao naturally complied.

In contrast, Shi Xiaoqian's face paled slightly, a hint of guilt in her eyes.

She had initially thought she might escape repercussions this time, but unexpectedly, she still had to go to the Enforcement Hall. When the time came and the full story was revealed, she feared she wouldn't escape punishment.

In the next instant, Elder Shentu summoned a boat-shaped magic artifact, which lifted Shen Mo and the other three, flying towards the Enforcement Hall.

This wasn't an act of benevolence. Rather, with Shen Mo and Tian Kang's mana suppressed, they couldn't control flying artifacts. The Enforcement Hall was a considerable distance away; walking would likely take a day and a half.

The route to the Enforcement Hall happened to pass by the Purple Heaven Palace.

Because the sect's Teleportation Array was located in front of the Purple Heaven Palace, the area remained as bustling as daytime, even at night.

As the magic ship flew past, many of the disciples in the crowd recognized Shen Mo, Guo Zhao, and the others.

"Isn't that Senior Brother Guo? What's he doing on the Law Enforcement Elder's magic ship?"

"Junior Brother Shen is there too."

"Look at his hands, bound by the Immortal Binding Rope! He must have gotten into trouble!"

"The other one tied up is also a disciple from Stars Peak. Could it be that Junior Brother Shen had a conflict with him?"

"I recognize him, Tian Kang from the Tian Immortal Clan. He's incredibly arrogant. I attended a friend's banquet last month where he was present, and he didn't even return my greeting."

"Could it be that Junior Brother Shen was beaten by him?"

"..."

The magic ship landed before the Enforcement Hall, which was starkly quiet in contrast to the bustling front of the Purple Heaven Palace. Two ferocious-looking magic beasts guarded the entrance, and the entire palace exuded a chilling atmosphere.

Shen Mo, his expression composed, followed Elder Shentu into the hall.

Tian Kang and the other two followed in order.

Before entering the main hall, Shi Xiaoqian took out a Sound Transmission Talisman and sent a message to her clan.

Elder Shentu noticed her action and sneered, "If you are guilty, even if Peak Master Shi were still alive, don't expect me to show you mercy outside the law!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mo's impression of Elder Shentu improved considerably. As a 'law-abiding citizen' who followed the rules of the Riverside Sect, he wasn't afraid of strict sect laws. What he feared were some spoiled brats who, relying on their strength and backgrounds, would brazenly provoke him. Protected by powerful immortal clans, they would end up evading all responsibility for their faults, while he, the 'victim,' would be forced to shoulder all the blame, leaving him feeling utterly wronged and frustrated!

RATTLE!

As they passed a side hall, the sound of dragging iron chains came from a room.

Shen Mo glanced inside and saw a disciple, his skin flayed and bloody, whose limbs and head were bound by iron chains.

Each time the chains were pulled, his limbs and head were yanked outward.

After a moment, a deacon manipulated the chains, and they retracted.

Before the tortured disciple could catch his breath, the chains rattled again, pulling his body until it was distorted.

Shen Mo had witnessed far more gruesome and cruel scenes, so he didn't even bat an eyelid.

He was only curious about what crime this Inner Door disciple had committed to have his Qi Sea shattered and be subjected to such horrific torture here.

Tian Kang and Shi Xiaoqian, however, both had guilty consciences, and their faces turned pale.

They knew that private fights within the sect, provided no one was killed, wouldn't result in such severe punishments. Yet, in this tense atmosphere, they couldn't help but imagine themselves in the disciple's shoes, a sudden chill gripping their hearts.

Noticing the expressions of the four, Elder Shentu stated coldly, "Inner Door disciple Dong Dali, during the demon-slaying campaign at the Tianshan Battlefield, raped and murdered thirteen women from in and around the city."

In the next room was an Outer Door disciple in the Body Tempering Realm.

He seemed to have cultivated some form of external magic, as his skin had a faint metallic hue.

However, beneath him, a pile of firewood burned fiercely, the roaring flames charring his skin black, his hair and eyebrows completely burned away.

"Outer Door disciple Liu Hong, after starting a conflict with other Outer Door disciples, went into a frenzy, killing and injuring a total of eight disciples."

Passing another room, they saw another Inner Door disciple, this one at the Sixth Layer of the Qi Gathering Realm.

The torture he endured was no less horrific than the previous ones.

His body was covered in a dense swarm of tiny insects, constantly biting and gnawing at his flesh.

Ironically, these insects secreted a substance that healed wounds and promoted the growth of Flesh and Blood, causing his skin and Flesh and Blood to constantly regenerate.

This left the man in a perpetual state of being devoured by thousands of insects while his wounds simultaneously regenerated flesh and healed.

"Inner Door disciple Sun Youde, over three years, repeatedly ambushed and murdered fellow sect members during their joint expeditions, seizing their possessions. No fewer than five people died at his hands."

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