Ning Fengyun’s arrival didn’t bring many changes to Zone B Prison.

It was his younger sister, Ning Ye Xue, who caused a subtle stir within the prison.

The Prison Suppression Bureau Martial Artists, led by Zhang Wei, were not only never late for daily roll call anymore, but they actually started showing up much earlier!

Even in their free time, this bunch of gruff men began to meticulously groom their hair and fix their appearance!

It was said that some even visited grooming shops more than ten times a day!

All just to make sure they looked their best!

The Prison Guards, who were usually somewhat lazy on duty, were now all full of vigor and standing ramrod straight!

This bizarre phenomenon couldn’t help but remind Su Bai of his past life!

In his previous life, when he was in high school, his class also had a stunningly beautiful female teacher.

Every time she taught, someone would always drop a pen or a book.

And whenever it was her class, the previously listless animals would all become energetic and full of spirit!

In the end, their test scores in her subject were also a bit higher than in others.

Su Bai summarized this pattern and sighed to himself.

’So it’s true, lust is the ultimate motivation!’

As for why Ning Fengyun had jumped ship to become a Martial Artist for the Prison Suppression Bureau, there was a rather plausible theory.

That night, Ning Fengyun had been nearly killed by the Transformed Great Demon, and the experience had left him badly shaken.

Moreover, his poor decision-making had led to the deaths of two Martial Artists from the Demon-slaying Bureau, which made him feel deeply guilty.

Therefore, he wanted to leave the Demon-slaying Bureau and transfer to the relatively safer Prison Suppression Bureau.

Su Bai found this theory quite plausible.

After all, if he hadn’t arrived in the nick of time, Ning Fengyun would likely have died at the hands of that Wolf Demon.

"I heard that Sir Ning Fengyun’s sister, Ning Ye Xue, broke through to the Extraordinary Realm not long ago!"

"And from what I hear, the reason she’s so powerful is that she works incredibly hard!"

"She spends more than twenty hours a day just practicing her sword and her Cultivation Technique!"

「This day, in the break room.」

Su Bai overheard his colleagues discussing Ning Fengyun’s sister, Ning Ye Xue.

Far from being a burden to her genius older brother, she had not only kept up,

but her talent for the Martial Dao was actually even greater!

At just sixteen years of age, she was already an Extraordinary Realm Martial Artist!

After listening to their conversation, Su Bai mentally summarized their points.

’High talent, good family background, and most importantly, she’s supposedly incredibly hardworking!’

’She supposedly puts in several times the effort of an ordinary person.’

Su Bai’s expression was strange as he inwardly shook his head.

’If that’s really true, and Ning Ye Xue practices her sword for over twenty hours a day, wouldn’t that mean she has no time to eat or rest?’

’Let alone handle her official duties!’

He found the first two reasons more plausible.

After all, having absorbed the memories of so many demons and followers of heretical paths, he had a much deeper understanding of the word "hardworking."

These demons and heretics were ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to themselves.

Take that scoundrel from the Soul-devouring Demon Sect, Wang Lingxiao, for example.

To cultivate the Nine-Turns Demon Devouring Skill, he had thrown himself into a frenzied state for months on end, practicing his fist techniques day and night, forgoing food and sleep.

He literally trained himself until he collapsed, on the verge of death.

Then there was King Zhenyue. That man’s childhood was one of utter poverty. Because of his sharp and cunning nature, he was scouted and recruited by an assassination organization.

As a mere six-year-old child wielding an Iron Sword, he had clawed his way up, step by step, out of a pile of dead bodies.

The treachery, schemes, and life-or-death crises he endured are unimaginable to an ordinary person.

In Su Bai’s opinion, while Ning Ye Xue’s own talent was indeed important for her current achievements,

what mattered more was that her father was the Sea Suppression King.

As everyone in the break room was chatting, they saw Ning Ye Xue walk past, holding a thick stack of official documents.

"Lady Ye Xue!"

The men quickly greeted her, their expressions reverent.

As Ning Fengyun’s adjutant, Ning Ye Xue’s rank was higher than theirs.

’This Ning Ye Xue, she’s hiding a lot...’

Watching Ning Ye Xue’s retreating figure, Su Bai’s expression tightened as he thought to himself.

Unlike the others, Su Bai’s Divine Sense was now comparable to the Divine Platform Realm.

Upon closer inspection, he actually did discover a few secrets about her.

The Ning Ye Xue before him was hiding a great deal of her true abilities.

Su Bai estimated that her true cultivation was at least at the Extraordinary Realm Ninth Layer.

’Now this is getting interesting.’

’The youngest daughter of the Sea Suppression King, at only sixteen, possesses such a powerful cultivation?’

’And on top of that, why would she hide it?’

’For self-preservation? Or is she plotting something else?’

Su Bai’s eyes flickered, and he made a mental note to keep an eye on her.

...

’This Restriction is strange. I can’t break it...’

Later that afternoon, with nothing else to do, Su Bai split off a wisp of his Divine Sense, which took on a human form and traveled to the depths of the prison to investigate the Qi Sea Realm criminal once more.

Unfortunately, even after trying various methods, Su Bai was unable to bypass the special Restriction in the man’s mind.

Moreover, Su Bai found no clues in the man’s past memories.

After the Purification Tripod contained the man, Su Bai could freely browse his criminal Record.

Unfortunately, the man’s criminal Record contained no clues related to the World-Suppressing Demon Soldiers.

However, what did surprise Su Bai was the man’s convoluted identity.

Initially, the man was a disciple of a Righteous Sect, the Sword Heart Sect. Then, after a particular incident, he left.

He then joined a Demon Sect, the Soul-devouring Demon Sect.

Later, the higher-ups of the Soul-devouring Demon Sect sent him to the mysterious Rashomon to act as an undercover agent.

His mission was to secretly gather clues related to powerful weapons.

However, Rashomon was too mysterious.

Even the Soul-devouring Demon Sect knew very little about it. After the man entered Rashomon, all contact with his sect was lost.

The next time he surfaced, he was being captured by Martial Artists from the Prison Suppression Bureau and escorted to the prison.

From the looks of it, that World-Suppressing Demon Soldier, the Vast Sea Halberd...

...must be connected to this mysterious Rashomon.

’This man must have accidentally learned some great secret inside Rashomon. He had no choice but to flee, and ultimately ended up here.’

’It seems this mysterious Rashomon has grand ambitions!’

Su Bai’s expression flickered.

He felt a thrill of excitement.

It was just like playing a puzzle game.

Then, feeling relaxed, Su Bai’s thoughts turned to the Ninth Prince in the palace.

’That man is also shrouded in no small amount of mystery.’

With a single thought,

Su Bai’s Divine Thought Incarnation arrived inside the palace.

Su Bai’s sudden appearance startled the elderly Spirit Transformation Realm expert who was meditating with his eyes closed.

His name was Longbo Hai, and he was the Palace Guard assigned to this location.

Upon seeing Su Bai, Longbo Hai seemed to recall the terror of being dominated by him during their last encounter. He shot to his feet and spoke with a reverent expression.

"May I ask for what reason the Great Venerable has come?"

He couldn’t see Su Bai’s face clearly, but that powerful, oppressive aura...

...was all too familiar to him!

"Just looking around."

With that, Su Bai prepared to head toward the Ninth Prince’s location.

Longbo Hai’s eyelid twitched.

But he didn’t dare to stop him.

After Su Bai left, he gritted his teeth, and his figure flickered and vanished from the palace.

"Brother Xu Qing! You’re finally here!"

The Ninth Prince’s face lit up when he saw Su Bai, and he quickly invited him inside to talk.

As Su Bai was talking with the Ninth Prince, he noticed several books placed on a nearby desk.

The one on top of the stack was a rather ancient-looking tome.

Its title was *Celestial Fox Royal Family*.