"Alas..." Zhao Xing also felt helpless; he shouldn't have made suggestions so recklessly.

However, he realized the terror of the East Extending Ancient Clan. If one finds oneself among them, only a fellow sober peer can ward off the heart of procrastination through such methods. Who could escape?

Zhao Xing now wasn't sure if the heart of procrastination was normal. He doubted it had any use, suspecting he was purely suffering from "persecution delusion".

"Forget it, you should continue hitting me in the future." Zhao Xing sighed.

Regardless of its utility... Just consider it as his overreactive defense.

Better to endure the beating of knowledge than to lose one's life.

"Yes." Ji Si put away the whip.

...

Zhao Xing waited on the outskirts of the star system for about half a month, and then Lu Yuehan dispatched Fate Master Wang Yun and Mechanical Master Zeng Zhuo to fetch him.

Shixin year 1856, spring.

Even with a guide, Zhao Xing still had to go through many processes and checks before entering the Imperial City of the Yuanhai Ancient Country.

At that time, less than a century remained before the Law Meeting was convened.

....

Shixin year 1901, in an estate of the Lu Mansion on the Yuanhai Star.

"Stop, you can't go in."

"The young lady is entertaining guests; who dares to intrude?"

"Stop him!"

"Bang!"

Ji Si rushed in with a face full of Evil Qi, while Zhao Xing was lying on a chair, his eyes dazed as he appreciated the singing and dancing.

Seeing Ji Si barging in with a whip, Lu Yuehan, Hong Qi, Zeng Zhuo, and Wang Yun were all stunned.

"Mr. Ji, what are you doing?" Wang Yun frowned.

"I'm here to discuss important matters with the young master." Ji Si cupped his hands, "If I offended the young lady, please forgive me for the discourtesy."

Lu Yuehan felt a bit unhappy; this person always pressured Zhao Xing to improve and sometimes even laid hands on him, which was truly rude.

But she could only pretend to be magnanimous and say, "It's fine, since there are important matters, we will take our leave first."

Lu Yuehan took the Guest Elder and left, as this was Zhao Xing's estate, not her own residence.

"Hey, hey, what's going on?" Zhao Xing picked up a wine pot with drunken eyes dazed: "Why are they leaving?"

"Zhao Xing!" Ji Si rushed over and struck with the whip right away.

Zhao Xing felt pain, and his face turned extremely angry, yet he recited an incantation: "Heavenly Mandate is illustrious. Follow or thwart, all fates return to normal... Damn, Ji Si, you're being insolent!"

Ji Si remained silent, seeing the whip being pulled, quickly switched to another and continued to strike.

"You're really rebelling!" Zhao Xing barely dodged a whip and shouted loudly.

"Zhao Xing, get a grip!" Ji Si approached step by step, "Don't forget we're not here for pleasure!"

"What I do is none of your business?!" Zhao Xing hurled the wine pot at Ji Si, "This place with tens of thousands of strong individuals is the safest place in the world now!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

The whip nearly became a ghostly shadow, instantly making Zhao Xing cry out.

For a full hour, Zhao Xing from initially cursing gradually fell into contemplation, eventually remaining silent and no longer dodging.

An hour later, Zhao Xing suddenly lifted his head as if waking from a dream: "Mr. Ji, that's enough."

Upon hearing this, Ji Si promptly knelt on one knee to apologize: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, I have no other choice. Over these decades, you've become increasingly lazy, often mingling with the Lu Family under the pretext of socializing, but it's all play..."

Zhao Xing did not stop Ji Si from speaking; along with Ji Si's words, he also recalled the bits and pieces since entering the Yuanhai Star.

"Truly absurd..." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to before, I really seem like a different person."

"These subtle changes, one really can't notice at all."

Ji Si instantly fell silent: "Please, Grand Minister of Agriculture, pull yourself together. Now less than fifty years remain before the Law Meeting begins."

"What, less than fifty years?" Zhao Xing was suddenly shocked; immersed in that absurd state of entertainment, he couldn't feel the passage of time at all.

He arrived in the Yuanhai Star System in Shixin year 1845; it's now Shixin year 2055.

"I made a Cause and Effect oath with the East Extending Ancient Clan in Shixin year 1060; it was a thousand-year agreement, and the Law Meeting is convened after 1045 years."

"Now it's Shixin year 2055, only five years remain till the contract period, and fifty years till the Law Meeting."

"I came in 1845; for a full two hundred years, did I do nothing?" Zhao Xing muttered to himself.

"Well, not exactly nothing; you drank with Du Yun and Zhan Ze four times, and with Cloud Sky Dao 16 times. With Lu Yuehan and many Guest Elders, you drank, appreciated song and dance, played cards a total of 4521 times." Ji Si added a jab.

Zhao Xing: "..."

Stop talking!

"Stop talking, quickly arrange for Du Yun, Cloud Sky Dao, and Lu Yuehan to meet me!" Zhao Xing said.

"Where to?" Ji Si asked.

"Mountain and Sea Pavilion, under the guise of viewing the Law Meeting."

"Yes."

Ji Si swiftly left.

Zhao Xing looked at the messy hall; he couldn't help but break into cold sweat.

If it weren't for his instructions to Ji Si, he might have continued to indulge in absurdity.

Once the Law Meeting starts, everything would be lost.

"This is too perverse, what kind of sorcery is it..." Zhao Xing hurriedly exited the mansion.

...

To be received at the Mountain and Sea Pavilion, one must reach the Reincarnation Realm.

However, Cloud Sky Dao, Lu Yuehan, and Du Yun each have Reincarnation Realm individuals backing them, so it's not difficult for Zhao Xing through them to secure a small room here.

After all, Reincarnation Realm individuals have family and relatives; it's impossible they allow only themselves in.

Zhao Xing quickly arrived at the Mountain and Sea Pavilion, a tower-like structure with over a million entrances on each level.

Upon entering, there were door frames of various sizes on the circular tower wall.

Near the top, the door frames were larger, and the spaces of the Small World behind the doors were also larger, with higher Spiritual Energy Index, and better-equipped facilities within.