Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Another Experience Monster Has Arrived
In an instant!
A vast wave of energy flooded Su Bai’s entire body!
This wondrous feeling came as quickly as it went.
After his Realm breakthrough, Su Bai felt refreshed and invigorated!
"COUGH... COUGH..."
The next moment, Su Bai coughed.
He spat out a mouthful of blood tinged with black!
This was the result of being in the prison for so long, eroded by demonic energy.
And once the ailments within his body were purged,
Su Bai felt his body become much lighter!
Even his breathing became much smoother!
A huge weight was finally lifted from his shoulders!
[Tripod Master: Su Bai]
[Realm: Body Cultivation First Layer (0/200)]
[Cultivation Technique: None]
[Stored Experience Points: 0]
He checked his status again.
A smile then spread across his face.
The word "Frail" that had been next to his name...
...had disappeared!
This meant Su Bai’s body had now returned to a normal state!
Thinking of this, Su Bai stood up.
He stretched his muscles and joints in the slightly cramped room.
In his previous life, Su Bai’s body had suffered from many chronic illnesses.
Thus, he understood deeply just how important a healthy body was.
’My strength has more than doubled, and my speed has increased quite a bit too.’
’The Martial Dao... it really is wondrous!’
After a brief warm-up, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on Su Bai’s face.
’This is just the first step into the Martial Dao. If my Cultivation reaches a profound level in the future...’
’I wonder what that would be like?’
For Su Bai to go from an ordinary mortal to the Body Cultivation First Layer!
All told, it had taken him no more than forty hours.
This speed was simply too astonishing for most people!
It was beyond comprehension!
If word got out, it would undoubtedly leave everyone dumbfounded!
They would think Su Bai was some peerless genius!
Of course, Su Bai was no genius.
He was a cheater!
And all of this was thanks to the miraculous Purification Tripod!
As long as he stayed in the prison, Su Bai could get stronger just by lying down!
As long as he played it safe and developed patiently, after biding his time, becoming a supreme figure in the future would be a certainty!
Then, he thought of something else.
’Cultivating the Martial Dao can also extend one’s life.’
’In that case, finding eternal life seems...’
’...not so out of reach!’
Generally speaking, in the Martial Dao, the more profound a Martial Artist’s Cultivation,
the longer their lifespan.
Although Su Bai didn’t know what Martial Arts Realm was needed to achieve eternal, undying life and become Immortal,
with the Purification Tripod, he naturally had the confidence to aim for it.
’I need to continuously suppress new prisoners for the Purification Tripod to contain!’
’Only then can I rapidly increase my strength!’
Su Bai gazed at the infinitesimally small speck of light within the endlessly vast interior of the Purification Tripod.
he muttered to himself in his mind.
This little speck of light was the product of the Purification Tripod containing Lin Hu!
As for suppressing new criminals, that couldn’t be rushed. Su Bai still needed to prepare properly.
...
"Time to eat!"
「Early one morning.」
Su Bai, carrying a bucket of sour-smelling food, rapped on a slightly rusty iron window with an iron ladle.
"Y-Young man, give me more... please, more!"
"I’m about to starve to death!"
An old man with graying hair and filthy maggots crawling on his body...
...scrambled over, pressing his face tightly against the iron window and begging with tears streaming down his face.
"One ladleful, no more!"
Su Bai was a stickler for the rules. He said one ladleful, so he took his iron ladle,
dipped it into the pitch-black wooden bucket, and scooped out one ladleful of a sticky, sour-smelling food made from god-knows-what!
He dumped it into the old man’s small, broken bowl.
Then, he picked up his wooden bucket, ignored the old man’s desperate pleas,
and moved on to the next cell.
’What a joke. Almost everyone locked up in the Great Xia Prison is a villain who committed heinous crimes!’
’The weakness, pleading, and remorse they show now...’
’...is just regret at being caught!’
’It’s not genuine repentance at all!’
Therefore, there was no way Su Bai would sympathize with these... things!
He’d rather this bunch of humanoid things just die sooner rather than later!
A moment later, Su Bai carried his bucket to the next cell.
’Lin Yebai, a local official...’
’Crimes: oppressing the common people, living a life of extravagance, accepting bribes...’
He took a small booklet from his robes and flipped through the information on the prisoners held in the cells.
’Holy cow, a mere Ninth-Grade Official managed to embezzle tens of thousands of silver?’
Reading about this person’s crimes, Su Bai clicked his tongue.
This booklet had been given to him by Li Da.
He could use it to check and look up information about the criminals.
Su Bai ladled a scoop of the black mush for the official, who had nearly fainted from hunger.
Then, he moved on to the next cell.
This cell was somewhat special. The person inside was collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.
His entire body was covered in extremely severe injuries!
Su Bai couldn’t wake him up no matter how he called!
’The "Flower-Plucking Thief" Sun He Feng, from Quhe County...’
’Crimes...’
’Violated thirteen daughters of wealthy families in a single day?’
Seeing the contents recorded in the booklet,
Su Bai was dumbstruck!
Then, he glanced at...
The Flower-Plucking Thief’s lower body...
Hmm... it was gone!
Seeing that he couldn’t be woken,
Su Bai casually ladled a scoop of food into the bowl and walked toward the next cell.
Just like that, Su Bai got a rough idea of all the criminals locked up in this entire section.
And the crimes these people had committed were all, basically, unforgivable!
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were all villains!
Half an hour later,
Su Bai, carrying the now-significantly-lighter wooden bucket, arrived at Zone C.
A rather special cell.
Inside the iron cell, a man with disheveled hair sat cross-legged on the floor.
His blood-soaked long hair obscured his face!
Su Bai took out the booklet and checked the man’s information.
’Long Jingyun...’
Seeing this name, Su Bai knew in his heart.
This person was definitely no ordinary man!
’Was once a National Guardian General with great merit...’
’Crime... raising an army in rebellion!’
Su Bai’s expression froze.
’I wonder if his merits outshone his master’s, leading to him being framed...’
’...or if he really did rebel?’
Of course, this had nothing to do with him.
After ladling a scoop of food, Su Bai left.
Finally, Su Bai took the food he had specially saved and went to Lin Hu’s cell.
’You can’t die on me now!’
He looked at Lin Hu, who was weeping bitterly inside the cell.
He left all the remaining food for him!
’This experience monster, Lin Hu, if he dies...’
’...it means my rewards will stop!’
’Once my Realm is high enough,’
’it won’t be too late for him to die then!’
"If only a new criminal would come in."
After finishing his work,
Su Bai quickly washed up, feeling a bit frustrated.
The criminals in these cells were probably not being contained by the Purification Tripod because Su Bai hadn’t participated in their suppression.
And he still needed 200 Experience Points to break through to the Body Cultivation Second Layer.
Relying on Lin Hu alone, he would have to spend eighty hours!
The crucial thing was, the further he progressed, the more Experience Points he would need!
One Lin Hu was simply not enough to satisfy his need for experience.
That afternoon,
Su Bai was suddenly called over by Li Da, who told him to hurry to the interrogation room.
Su Bai understood. A new criminal had arrived!
’Another experience monster has arrived!’
A look of delight crossed Su Bai’s face!
Even his pace quickened!
