Under the 'expectations' of the Ministry of Justice officials, Ye Chuxiao immediately took office, instantly rising from a small prison guard to the leader of the prison guards... the Chief Warden.

However, the title changed, but in reality, nothing had changed. He was still a prison guard.

Still without rank or grade, not considered an official, only a clerk.

From this perspective, the reason why prison guards are far less sought after than constables, despite both being under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, lies here.

Within the Ministry of Justice's constable system, not all are 'clerks'. Many have already obtained official positions, some even with high ranks. Among them are the Six Famous Constables, second only to the Minister of Justice, and even Vice Ministers of Justice are not qualified to command them.

Each high-ranking constable can be considered a mountain stronghold within the constable system.

Within these strongholds, they have their own set of reward and punishment systems.

Strictly speaking, it is much more complex than the prison guard system.

After all, this is a world where the extraordinary manifests, a world of cultivation.

The powerful constables who apprehend criminals from all directions are themselves high-level cultivators. If they are not given official ranks and grades, how can they win people's hearts?

It only took three to five days for earth and wood magic cultivators to remodel some of the prison cells, and one-third of the ordinary cells were transformed.

After the renovations, without looking at the outside, just looking at the interior, it looked more presentable than the superior rooms of ordinary inns.

A few luxurious prison cells were even equipped with wooden or clay 'Sleeping Beauties' (adult creations specifically for single men to relieve their needs), which became the ultimate luxury in the dungeon.

After leading some potentially high-spending criminal officials and wealthy merchants on a tour.

These prison cells with 'Sleeping Beauties' became a place for them to compete fiercely.

For a 'Sleeping Beauty' that doesn't move, doesn't make noise, and even requires them to add oil themselves, these criminal officials and wealthy merchants even bid prices higher than the most famous courtesans in the capital.

If this truth were revealed, how would those talented and beautiful courtesans feel?

On the second floor, in a cell in Block A.

Ye Chuxiao was standing at a table with a criminal official who looked quite immortal, copying calligraphy and learning basic talismans.

Mainly, the criminal official was responsible for teaching, and Ye Chuxiao was learning.

Ma Shaokang, when guarding a group of criminal officials, only thought about learning from them how to become an official.

He truly lost a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.

Of course, Ma Shaokang couldn't even cross the Sea of Bitterness, so saying more is useless.

Therefore, his choice, from his perspective, cannot be considered wrong.

Ye Chuxiao had crossed the Sea of Bitterness more than once. His path ahead was already clear. Naturally, he seized the opportunity to use the advanced prison cells as an incentive for some cash-strapped criminal officials and asked them for advice on cultivation.

In this way, he obtained a batch of high-quality 'teachers' for free.

These criminal officials mostly failed at being officials.

But when it comes to cultivation, they are all elites.

The lowest cultivation level is the Neng Realm.

The highest cultivation level has even entered the fifth realm, the Hua Realm.

They were more than qualified to be Ye Chuxiao's teachers.

Although their cultivation was sealed, their theoretical knowledge was still there.

"Your hands have extremely high flexibility, you can use both hands simultaneously without interfering with each other. The Sea of Bitterness for talisman cultivators will not be difficult for you to cross. Now you mainly need to master as many basic talismans as possible. After all, all high-level talismans are composed of basic talismans. High-level talisman cultivators can create their own talismans, even draw talismans with a single thought, all because they have a good foundation and put in hard work in the basic talisman stage."

The above teachings were still normal, but the conversation took a turn, and the scheming began.

"Once you cross the Sea of Bitterness, you must start choosing a spiritual root to enter the Neng Realm."

"This old man happens to know that there is a spiritual root called 'Jade Ink Bamboo,' which is the best spiritual object for talisman cultivators. If you can help this old man with a favor, I will tell you the whereabouts of this spiritual root." After finishing copying a calligraphy, the criminal official who taught Ye Chuxiao calligraphy and talisman drawing stroked his beard and said to Ye Chuxiao gently.

Without raising his head, Ye Chuxiao continued to draw talismans with both hands, "If it's about changing rooms, I can think of a way. Lord Nangong will be released next month. There is a Sleeping Beauty in his room. If the old gentleman doesn't mind, I can arrange for you to cut in line."

"If you want me to help pass messages or bring words outside, then there's no need."

The old criminal official's face stiffened slightly, and he waved his hand, saying, "This old man is old, I cultivate talisman techniques, and I haven't entered the Miao Realm, so I don't have much lifespan left. How can I have such thoughts?"

"It's just a few words that I want to say to my children and grandchildren. Originally, I could find a few ordinary prison guards to convey them."

"Then why don't you go find them?" Ye Chuxiao put down the wolf毫 brush in his hand, with a sneer on his face.

"It's just a few tricks. The so-called message is false, and it's true that you want me, the Chief Warden, to break the rules and fall into your trap. Once I'm caught, won't I have to obey you in this dungeon in the future?"

"You're probably thinking of using me to win over the many criminal officials in this dungeon to form your own faction!" Ye Chuxiao said slowly, each word seeming to strike the old criminal official's heart.

The old criminal official's face was ugly, "This... How do you know?"

He did not deny it.

After all, in Ye Chuxiao's territory, offending him without admitting it would be punished.

He dared not say anything about using torture.

Just throwing him back into the dirty and filthy old prison cell would be unbearable for him.

If he was 'unlucky' and not in a single room, and his roommates had some unspeakable habits, it would be even worse.

The power of the Chief Warden is laughable if you say it's great, but within this dungeon, it's like an earth emperor, enough to punish some criminal officials.

As for revenge after being released from prison, Ye Chuxiao didn't care.

He is now directly under the command of the Minister of Justice.

How many people in the entire Great Heng Dynasty would dare to provoke the Minister of Justice?

The only person in the entire Ministry of Justice's dungeon with that qualification and ability was Tang Suotong, who chose to commit suicide and sacrifice himself to the Dao.

"In just a few days, you're the eleventh criminal official to try to manipulate me into doing things for you by using cultivation methods, secrets, spiritual roots, treasures, beauties, and so on as bait."

"To be honest, you're quite tolerant."

"There are still a few old turtles who are still pretending to be concerned about the country and pleading for the people, and were imprisoned for speaking out for the country."

"Why bother? Those who truly plead for the country and are willing to sacrifice themselves are either in death row or locked in the fourth or fifth level. Eight or nine out of ten of the criminal officials on the second level were imprisoned for corruption, lifestyle problems, or offending superiors. They're not good people anyway." Ye Chuxiao washed his hands in the basin and wiped them with a soft, self-made towel.

Ye Chuxiao's words made the old criminal official extremely embarrassed, but he had nothing to say.

"Okay, today's talisman learning is over. I'm going to learn saber techniques and martial arts from General Xun next door." Ye Chuxiao said, turned around, and pushed the door open to leave.

Then he arranged for the prison guards to escort the old criminal official back to his old cell.