In the exact center of the Eastern Continent of the Immortal Realm, there was a city, vast and prosperous.
In the western part of the city stood a towering building that pierced the clouds. Above the building fluttered a flag bearing a pattern of a circle with five stars inside.
This was the Eastern Territory branch of the Five Elements Hall, managing all affairs in the East.
The building served as the administrative center, but the branch wasn't limited to this single structure.
This branch was a complex, comprising many buildings and departments. To the east stood a building specifically for the Security Department.
At this moment, the Security Department was also very busy, dealing with incidents of all sizes from various regions.
Outside the报警中心 (alarm processing center), three young men strolled in.
Among these three, the young man leading the way wore the light blue disciple robes of the Five Elements Hall, while the other two were in black disciple robes.
"Chai Lian, it's so boring at the branch. Let's find some fun," said the disciple in black on the left to the disciple in light blue in the middle.
"Since you chose the Security Department when you came for your probationary training, don't blame it for being boring.
The Security Department handles ordinary murder and robbery cases on its own, so there aren't many opportunities for us disciples to get involved. In the past month, only three cases required our attention.
The Security Department has its advantages, at least it's not dangerous. Look at those disciples who take on infiltration missions or train with the expeditionary forces; that's truly dangerous. They might lose their lives, and they would rather live the boring life you're talking about," Chai Lian said with a gentle smile as he walked forward.
"Sigh, that's too boring. How about we change clothes tonight and go to a bar for drinks?"
"What's the point of that?"
Chai Lian smiled.
"I brought you here to the information processing center. Let's see if there are any cases suitable for us to handle."
As Chai Lian spoke, he scanned the numerous large screens. Suddenly, an alarm case caught his attention.
The screen was displaying a video, clearly a clandestine recording. The case classification was also written on it:
"Ordinary revenge brawl, mediation and fine."
However, what caught Chai Lian's eye were the man and woman in the video.
Chai Lian felt that these two looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen them. So, he walked to the bottom of that screen and spoke to the staff member.
"Facial recognition. Check the information for these two."
The staff member dared not disobey the command of a Five Elements Hall disciple and quickly pulled up the files.
"Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu... I wondered why this person looked so familiar. So it's him."
Chai Lian muttered softly.
"What's wrong? Does Senior Brother Chai recognize him?" asked a disciple behind him.
"Yes, I know this person. He killed dozens of fellow disciples from the Fire Hall in the Lava Death Zone."
"Dozens? Wow, that's impressive. What kind of person is he?" the disciple exclaimed in shock.
"It wasn't him alone who killed them. It was a group, and they probably used some underhanded tactics. Otherwise, with their Tai Xu Realm strength, how could they have killed so many of our fellow disciples?"
"It's also those Fire Hall people who are useless, unable to defeat even rogue cultivators, especially in the Lava Death Zone. Now, we can't even avenge them."
The disciple on the right, with a shrewd gaze, scoffed.
"Among the deceased was my unpromising cousin, Chai Yan."
"Chai Yan? Then let's go avenge your cousin."
The disciple on the left was eager, finally having something to do outside.
The disciple on the right suddenly asked, "That's not right, Senior Brother. I seem to recall you saying that Chai Yan from the Fire Hall is from the same family as you, but not from the same faction. In fact, he's at odds with your faction and has always been a strong contender against you.
However, he is in the Tai Xu Realm, and you are in the Tai Heng Realm, so he can't compete with you.
His death is also a good thing for you, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Chai Lian, who had originally intended to avenge Chai Yan, suddenly had a thought, and his eyes gradually lit up.
However, the disciple on the left disagreed.
"Hey, which side are you on? That person killed so many of our fellow disciples from the Five Elements Hall, and we're just going to let it go? Now that we have a chance for revenge, why shouldn't we go?"
"You're just bored and want to go out and play."
"I..."
Suddenly, Chai Lian coughed and interrupted their conversation. He stroked his chin and said with a smile, "I also think we should go and avenge our fellow disciples. Chai Yan, that good-for-nothing, it's fine that he's dead. But if I can avenge him, even if I can't kill Wan Lei, I can capture him, torture him, and find out about any other criminal records.
If successful, it would be a small act of revenge, and if the family finds out, my status will rise a bit."
"Senior Brother Chai's words are reasonable."
The disciple on the right's eyes also lit up.
"Let's go. We'll take this job. I refuse to believe that those two, mere Tai Xu Realm cultivators, no matter how powerful, can be powerful enough to resist our Five Elements Hall's Tai Heng Realm? What a joke!
If they resist arrest and fight back, what if I accidentally kill them?"
Chai Lian laughed heartily, immediately accepted this brawl case with his disciple identification token, and then led his two junior brothers out of the Security Department without looking back.
The main city was too far from Jingshan. The three of them used a small spaceship. At the main city's spatial jump point, they directly targeted Jingshan and initiated a spatial jump.
Jingshan.
Fang Xiaoyu still stood quietly in mid-air, surveying the crowd around her.
Gou Er and Gou San were tied up with ropes and cowered on the ground, trembling. The other disciples, under the "protection" of several heavily injured Tai Xu Realm cultivators, huddled together, afraid to move lest the girl, impossibly beautiful, in the sky perceive them as having any malicious intent.
The young man who had sounded the alarm near the ruins leaned against the wall, eyes closed, feigning unconsciousness, while constantly murmuring in his heart,
Why haven't they come yet? Why haven't they come yet...
Just as the air on Jingshan became eerily quiet, the sky seemed to tear open, and a spatial vortex suddenly appeared.
From the black hole vortex, a small spaceship emerged abruptly. The Five Elements Hall's emblem was visible on the ship.
Seeing this blue and white small spaceship, everyone knew that the people from the Five Elements Hall Security Department had arrived.
The people of Jingshan felt a sigh of relief. They knew that with the arrival of the Five Elements Hall Security Department, they would no longer be in danger of dying or being beaten, as no one dared to attack in front of the Security Department.
Fang Xiaoyu's heart, however, leaped into her throat. She hadn't expected the Five Elements Hall to arrive so quickly. No, she hadn't expected the Five Elements Hall to get involved in such trivial matters at all.
At this moment, ten thousand alpacas stampeded in her heart, cursing everyone on Jingshan countless times.
You said the rules of the martial world, but you secretly called the police!