Ten minutes in, Yang Qing cut off his meditation, making his way to the courtroom.

"Thankfully they are not here yet.." said Yang Qing as he took a seat in his podium and neatly arranged all the jade slips in order. Said jade slips contained all relevant and irrelevant information about the case.

lightsΝοvεl ƈοm Once everything was in order, he looked up, seemingly gauging the size of the courtroom before coming to a decision a moment later. He took out his medallion and placed it at the center of the desk that had a grey faded-out drawing of a gold eagle whose size seemed to match perfectly with his medallion.

The instant the medallion and the drawing made contact, the color of the drawing changed as it vibrated with an ethereal white color which triggered a chain reaction as countless arrays started lighting up across different areas around the courtroom from the walls to the nebulous sky-looking roof, to the flow.

The arrays in these locations all lit up simultaneously and immediately after the courtroom expanded as it doubled in size. It was like the space itself had been expanded while the furniture and the design of the room seemed to remain in place.

Using his medallion as the controller, Yang Qing kept adjusting the size of the courtroom until he found the size that he found acceptable.

"This should be more than enough.." he said with a satisfied nod.

Not long after the courtroom doors opened slightly as Xia Ting briskly walked in leaking her lips in satisfaction.

"Little brother, Yang Qing, thank you. You're the most generous judge I've ever had the pleasure of working with. I am even thinking of switching my role as aroaming inquisitor and become a regular inquisitor under your court.." Xia Ting gingerly said as she held her chin in serious contemplation.Yang Qing, who had been trying to find a comfortable sitting position in preparation for what was more than likely to be a long case, almost slipped and fell as a result of Xia Ting's statement.

Almost on reflex he wanted to yell, "DON'T DO THAT!!"but he quickly held himself back and instead adopted a softer approach.

"While I would love to have a gifted talented senior in yourself, senior sister Xia Ting, but would the roaming inquisitors allow it?" Yang Qing said feigning a look of concern, while deep down what he was saying was,

"Roaming inquisitors don't you dare let this glutton loose. I can't afford her, please, please, don't let her go. Order, I know I have always complained about how exploitative you are, but just this once, just this once, I will be your advent supporter.. Please! Please, I am begging you, exploit senior sister Xia Ting to the fullest. Don't give her any leave days, fill her schedule with cases that never stop, throw in a few of the unsolvable ones too for good measure, and maybe, if it's not too much trouble, open a couple of soup shops all over the continent, so she's not here all the time.

If you do this Order, I promise to work like a hor... I promise to work like a newborn colt for you.."

Yang Qing looked up after his short pious prayer and plea just in time to catch Xia Ting's response.

"You're right. If I made the request now, Deputy Rong Fen is liable to give me a beating and even add more cases to my otherwise bloating workpile.." Xia Ting said as she winced while touching the top of her head almost as if someone had just hit her there.

"I will need to at least log in 3,000 cases, and I am 1,700 cases shy of it,and I will need to train my replacement for them to even remotely consider my request. With how chaotic things are, meeting the case quota would be easy in a few short years, but training another roaming inquisitor..Those demons.." Xia Ting added as she vengefully clenched her fists.lightsnovel

Mirroring her emotions, Yang Qing wore a downcast look as he said," It's a shame.."

while inwardly he was screaming in jubilation.

"I knew I could always count on your generous black-

hearted nature.." Yang Qing emotionally thought, almost moved to tears.

"You don't have to cry, little brother Yang Qing. 1,700 cases might seem a lot, but it is not, if Yu Gen and I work tirelessly, in two years we will be able to complete it, and as for training a replacement, I think if I go all out and call in some favors, three years should be more than enough time to complete it.

Please bear with it for five years, after that, even if I have to cause a scene, I will make sure to leave the roaming inquisitors.." said Xia Ting deeply touched by how distraught Yang Qing seemed to be that she wasn't joining her.

Yang Qing's eyes froze and his mind went blank as his future as a pauper swimming in debt while Xia Ting swam in delicious soup, flashed in his mind.

Luckily he was immediately pulled out of his stupor when the doors swung open again and in the lead was Yu Gen.

"What happened to him?" Yu Gen wondered when he saw Yang Qing's pallid face,moving his gaze over to Xia Ting who had a compassionate consoling look on her face as she nodded encouragingly to Yang Qing.

"What's happening here?"

Seeing that he couldn't figure it out in the short time it took him to reach the center of the courtroom, he decided to shelf the matter as he focused on the matter at hand.

Behind him, he was followed by a procession of over twenty cultivators who were of different cultivation bases, ages, genders, and from the look of things, organization. But despite the differences, they all had one thing in common, which was they looked absolutely pale, paler than Yang Qing was.

Seeing how terrified they were was the pick-me-up Yang Qing needed to free himself from his petrifying thoughts.

Once the last person had reached the center of the courtroom, which thanks to the expansion Yang Qing had done, fitted them perfectly, Yu Gen arranged them in a specific manner before moving to the side and joining Xia Ting.

With everything in place, it was nowYang Qing's show.