Chapter 1050: Chapter 505: Xiaopizi’s 40k Immortal Cultivation World_3

"But it’s said that some have hidden away and have been in hiding until now.

Su La said this while glancing at Li, who was treating a watermelon like a grape.

Li met Su La’s gaze, smiled at her, reached out to grab a lemon-like apple from the fruit tray, and tossed it to Su La.

Su La held the fruit but didn’t eat it.

"After descending upon the Holy Land, the Divine Monarch first slaughtered several powerful tribes, and then began purging those with influence and the rebels among the various tribes.

"To erase our history and culture, he collected and burned a large number of texts.

"It’s said that the fire burned for seven days and nights.

"Afterwards, he enacted new laws, replacing the Yellow Ten Commandments set by the Human Emperor for us.

"The most important of these is the prohibition against flying. Without the Divine Monarch’s approval, no one is allowed to approach Baiyujing."

Then Su La told Zhang Ze about many of the absurd laws set by the Divine Monarch.

These laws clearly regulate everything, from clothing, food, housing, and transport to eating, drinking, and excreting.

Even the dharma methods for cultivation were rewritten by the Divine Monarch, and everyone was only allowed to cultivate the methods passed down by him, with no modifications.

Life after life, until eternity.

Zhang Ze nodded upon hearing this, no wonder he hadn’t seen a single bird flying high when he walked out of the desert into the forest.

It seems they have all been wiped out.

After spacing out for a while, Zhang Ze noticed Su La had stopped talking and was looking at him. He waved his hand, "Keep going, I’m listening."

Su La: "After completing the sinister acts of book burning and re-establishing new laws, the Divine Monarch returned to Baiyujing and has never come out since. His divine envoys began to carry out his decrees.

"There are three types of divine envoys: white-clothed, black-clothed, and colorful-robed.

According to Su La, these three types of divine envoys, like the oppressed Ten Thousand Races, the white-clothed are also forbidden from flying.

The black-clothed divine envoys can hunt across the land using magical artifacts.

Only the strongest colorful-robed envoys can freely travel between the earth and Baiyujing.

The higher the rank, the more inhuman they seem, appearing colder and more ruthless.

After listening, Zhang Ze asked about the details, trying to estimate the strength of these three types of divine envoys.

However, this seemed a bit difficult.

Firstly, because Su La couldn’t explain it clearly, and secondly, because those divine envoys, like Su La’s people who are ruled, are also locked into a fixed path of cultivation set by the Divine Monarch.

The white-clothed envoys master six dharma methods, the black-clothed twelve, and the colorful-robed twenty-four.

No personal thoughts or any transgressions are allowed.

"Ridiculous." Zhang Ze muttered softly and gestured for Su La to continue, "So what orders do these divine envoys usually execute?"

Su La lowered her head and looked at the fruit in her hand, saying, "Tax collection."

"Tax?" Zhang Ze was puzzled; what could be taxed in this place?

"Eleven Ascension Taxes," Su La said.

Zhang Ze, "?"

Su La: "Depending on the maturity time of each race, every so often a black-clothed envoy will descend to collect Eleven Ascension Taxes.

"Though it’s supposed to draw one-tenth of the population from village settlements, the specifics are entirely up to the divine envoy.

"Some villages might even be taken away in their entirety."

"These people are transported on the Sunship to Baiyujing to meditate the way to Tongtian with the Divine Monarch.

"However, of course, this is all a lie; there’s no such thing as the way to Tongtian, and those people are all dead."

Su La peeled the lemon-like apple.

"Aside from the regular Eleven Ascension Tax collected by years and numbers, the white-clothed envoys patrolling various places also report upwards.

"When they find talented cultivators or someone breaking the Divine Monarch’s laws, they also extradite them to Baiyujing.

"The reason, of course, remains ascension and law judgment."

"If someone resists and the white-clothed envoys can’t handle it, the fleeing white-clothed envoys will summon the black-clothed ones, if the black can’t handle it, the colorful-robed ones will come.

"In short, they will nip potential dangers in the bud."

At this point, a fire suddenly ignited in Su La’s eyes.

"The Divine Monarch is a coward, a beast. He fears us, fears everyone except himself, including those divine envoys.

"Useless!"

After cursing, Su La viciously bit into the fruit in her hand.

However, as she chewed and swallowed, Su La didn’t meet the death she imagined.

This strange fruit wasn’t poisonous, it was even sweet.

Sweeter than any fruit she had ever eaten.

Because this fruit was so delicious, the alarmed and nervous Su La suddenly felt a wave of uncontrollable hunger.

Unable to resist, she took another bite.

Mmm, really tasty.

After Su La finished eating, Zhang Ze, sitting on the small stool, handed over a mango that looked like a banana.

"Eat more, it’s not poisoned."

Zhang Ze found Su La quite clever, although she had shared a lot of information, which was very useful to Zhang Ze, it was all meaningless to the divine envoys.

Truly cautious, she hadn’t fully trusted him yet.

Zhang Ze: "It’s normal you don’t believe me, but I really am not a colorful-robed pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, nor am I a white-clothed envoy, I’m just a good young man of the Sword Sect passing by.

"Just a bystander, an honest person. I never engage in deceit, fraud, or petty theft, truly."

Zhang Ze said to Su La while peeling a starfruit-like cherry.

Just as Zhang Ze was about to dispel Su La’s last doubts by sharing the story of his and Li’s steadfast friendship, Little Fuji suddenly rushed over, dragging Brother Feng’s Black Sword.

"Zhang Ze, let me tell you, this sword is super useful! Look at what I found at their place!"

Fuji came in front of Zhang Ze and produced a black slate larger than Zhang Ze from her body as if performing a magic trick. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

The top of the slate was engraved with four large characters.

"The Yellow Ten Commandments"

Zhang Ze awkwardly glanced at Su La, who had somewhat let her guard down.

"Well, listen to me explain, we’re really good people..."