Chapter 4

For two consecutive days, Xu Yinglong did not leave his house. He buried himself in a pile of books, and even his three meals were delivered to his room by his younger sister.

Xu Ying took the opportunity to observe while delivering his meals. She found that her brother was reading medical and legal books. Among the dozens of books on his desk, most were either medical or legal texts.

Xu Ying shook her head. Her brother was cramming at the last minute, trying to learn more about the law before the trial. But what good would it do? According to Sister Hanlei, the prosecution already had key evidence, and the Yang family had hired the best lawyers in the SaiBei region to form a legal team. They were not only filing criminal charges but also a civil lawsuit. What good would her brother's efforts do?

Was Xu Yinglong really cramming at the last minute? Of course not. These past few days, he had been studying his own body. In the hospital, he had discovered that the Chaos Pearl had come with him to this world, but due to the crowded and noisy environment, he had not been able to investigate further.

After returning home, Xu Yinglong could not resist investigating. He found that the Chaos Pearl had completely merged with his primordial spirit, meaning it had been thoroughly refined. Xu Yinglong was very satisfied with this result. Not only was the Chaos Pearl a supreme treasure, but the collection of heavenly materials and treasures inside it was enough to make him ecstatic.

However, when he entered the Chaos Pearl, he realized that things were not as simple as he had thought. The Chaos Pearl seemed to have undergone some unknown changes. After obtaining the Chaos Pearl, Xu Yinglong had spent tens of thousands of years refining it and used a vast amount of heavenly materials and treasures to construct the Chaos Space.

He intended to refine the Chaos Space into a portable Yinglong Palace, where he could bring all his disciples to cultivate. Inside, there were immortal platforms, pavilions, alchemy halls, weapon workshops, and medicinal gardens, making it a miniature version of the Yinglong Palace.

However, for some reason, the immortal treasures and heavenly materials in the Chaos Space were all sealed. Although he had thoroughly refined the Chaos Pearl, his own strength had not even reached the first level of the Body Tempering stage, so he could not break any of the seals in the Chaos Space.

Without breaking the seals, he could not retrieve anything inside, making Xu Yinglong feel like he had entered a treasure mountain and returned empty-handed, which was truly frustrating.

However, not everything was sealed. Two places were not sealed, but they were not very useful to the current Xu Yinglong. One was the Trial Space, and the other was the medicinal garden.

The Trial Space was a secret realm Xu Yinglong had prepared for his disciples. The entrance to the secret realm was in a valley within the Chaos Space, and the other end connected to a cultivation planet called Medicine King Star. Disciples below the True Immortal realm could enter Medicine King Star through the secret realm for training.

The medicinal garden, as the name suggests, was a place for growing medicinal herbs. However, since Xu Yinglong was ambushed when the garden was just built, there were no herbs inside, so it was not sealed. But an empty medicinal garden was of no use to Xu Yinglong.

After understanding the changes in the Chaos Space, Xu Yinglong concluded that the seals would be lifted as his strength increased. Therefore, the most urgent task now was to improve his strength.

He originally planned to leave and visit the Trial Space first, but he remembered that there were many things to handle in reality, so he temporarily abandoned this idea.

On the third day, Xu Yinglong went out. He first wandered around the First Central Hospital in Lu City, then visited the largest pharmacy in the HeDong District, Fu Rui Tang, and bought over a dozen types of Chinese medicinal herbs.

After returning home, Xu Yinglong greeted his younger sister, telling her that he needed to go to Qing City immediately and would return before the trial. He asked her to stay at Ji Hanlei's place for a few days and wait for him to come back and pick her up.

He then called Ji Hanlei, explained the situation, and bought a train ticket to Qing City, heading there immediately.

Not long after Xu Yinglong left, in a luxurious villa in the city center of Lu City, two middle-aged men in their forties were having a conversation. One was fat and had a large belly, looking like a pregnant woman. The other was thin and looked like a mummy, with a bald spot on his head, making him look quite comical.

These two men were quite famous in Lu City. The fat man was the mayor of Lu City, Wu Yonggang, and the thin, mummy-like man was the police chief of Lu City, Li Kang. They were close, and in the city, Li Kang was Wu Yonggang's trusted confidant.

Suddenly, Li Kang's phone rang, interrupting their conversation.

Li Kang looked at the caller and hung up without answering.

"Old Li, who was that? Why didn't you answer? Is it your wife checking up on you?" Wu Yonggang asked with a smile.

"It was a subordinate, probably reporting something. But it's Sunday, so it's probably not urgent. We can handle it on Monday. As for my wife, she doesn't check up on me. As long as I pay the bills on time, she's fine," Li Kang said with a smile.

"Ha, you live a carefree life, Old Li. My wife is different; she's almost installed a camera on me, hahaha!" Wu Yonggang said.

"Ha, your wife is just worried about you..." Li Kang's words were cut off as the phone rang again.

Wu Yonggang said with a smile, "Old Li, you should answer. As the police chief, even on Sunday, something important might happen. Don't delay the matter."

"Alright, you wait a moment. I'll take the call." Li Kang walked to the side and answered the phone.

Soon, Li Kang returned to the living room with a pleased expression. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but say, "That little brat has escaped!"

Wu Yonggang asked in confusion, "Which little brat?"

Li Kang said, "The little brat from the Xu family. I just received a report that he has fled by train."

Wu Yonggang asked urgently, "Is the information accurate?"

"Absolutely accurate! Ji Hanlei spent a million to bail him out, and now he has escaped. I want to see how the Ji family will explain this!" Li Kang said coldly.

"Old Li, what are you waiting for? Issue a nationwide arrest warrant now. Since Xu Da dared to expose the lid of Lu City, I'll make sure he has no descendants," Wu Yonggang said with a sinister look.

"Old Wu, according to the report, the little brat only went to Qing City, possibly to handle some business. If we issue a nationwide arrest warrant now, it won't be approved. Let's wait. If he hasn't returned before the trial, we can apply for a nationwide arrest warrant," Li Kang, being from the police system, quickly identified the loophole.

"Alright, Old Li, you're right. We were a bit hasty with the Xu family. If it weren't for the big boss's approval, we might have been bitten by that little brat. Now everything is under control. Let's wait and see. As long as we send that little brat to prison, even with the Ji family's protection, we have a hundred ways to make him disappear," Wu Yonggang said.

"Now that we have solid evidence and media support, even if Xu Hongwei were to come back to life, he couldn't save his son. Besides, that little brat is just a spoiled rich kid; how can he escape our plans?"

"Old Li, Xu Hongwei might have given the evidence he collected to that little brat. We must not let him live. This matter must not go wrong, or we won't be able to explain it to the big boss!"

"No problem! Everything is under control!" Li Kang said confidently.

"I hope so......"

Was Xu Yinglong really fleeing to avoid punishment? Of course not. He left Lu City because he needed to find a specific herb, which was key to clearing his name. Xu Yinglong carefully reviewed the entire case and found that the main charge against him, orchestrated by Yang Ling and her backers, was rape. The strongest evidence was the testimony of the hotel staff and the semen stains found at the scene. These pieces of evidence formed a complete chain, making it difficult to overturn the case.

However, for Xu Yinglong, this was not an unsolvable deadlock. To foil Yang Ling's plans, he didn't need to focus on the evidence; he could focus on himself. He realized that all the conspiracies were based on the assumption that he had raped Yang Ling. If he could break this assumption, the rest would be easier to handle.

Breaking this deadlock was simple. If Xu Yinglong could prove that he did not rape Yang Ling, the case would be resolved. Proving that Xu Yinglong did not rape Yang Ling was straightforward; he needed a single pill.

"Locking Yang Pill" is a basic pill invented by the original inhabitants of the Nine Heavens Immortal World. Its main function is to lock yang, preventing men from engaging in sexual activity. It was invented to prevent children from indulging in alcohol and lust, which could hinder their cultivation.

Men below the Alchemy Formation stage who took the Locking Yang Pill would become extremely impotent, unable to react to any seduction, as if they were castrated.

Some people took the Locking Yang Pill to preserve their yang energy and remain chaste, as many cultivation techniques in the Immortal World were specifically designed for chaste cultivators. However, the Locking Yang Pill only worked for cultivators below the Alchemy Formation stage; higher-level cultivators needed to take Solidifying Yang Pill or Abstinence Pill.

Xu Yinglong's plan was simple: take a Locking Yang Pill before the trial. This would render his "equipment" useless, and modern medical technology would not be able to determine the cause, only concluding that he was castrated.

How could a eunuch rape a woman or leave semen stains? When the prosecution's evidence became useless, the charge of rape would be baseless.