Perhaps it was from spending too much time with disgraced officials, but Ma Shaokang's talk of officialdom seemed quite articulate.

"But, if everyone becomes an official like this, won't there be anyone to do practical things for the common people?" Zhao Liang murmured after hearing Ma Shaokang's words.

Ma Shaokang shook his head and said, "Being an official isn't about doing things for the common people, but about maintaining our Great Heng Dynasty. Officials who are good to the common people aren't good officials; officials who benefit our Great Heng Dynasty, those are the good officials."

Zhao Liang fell silent after hearing this.

Ye Chuxiao remained silent the entire time.

Ma Shaokang's theory of officialdom was similar to the 'political commentary' of many netizens: envious of the fish at the water's edge, looking at flowers through the mist. Seemingly having some conclusions and views, but in reality, they are very superficial and absurd.

However, Ma Shaokang has his specific sources of information, and what he said before about the 'major criminal' being Tang Sudong is very likely to be true.

"Tang Sudong!" Ye Chuxiao sighed inwardly.

The children from poor families in this Divine Capital City who have the opportunity and qualification to start learning cultivation should all thank Tang Sudong.

It was Tang Sudong who, fifteen years ago, established the policy of spreading the Dao to the people, and directly used Divine Capital as a model for trial implementation.

Therefore, since fifteen years ago, more cultivation enlightenment academies have appeared in Divine Capital City, and children from ordinary families can also learn a lot of cultivation knowledge that ordinary people could not access at a relatively low cost.

And with these grassroots cultivators in Divine Capital City as a foundation, the entire Great Heng is actually filled with many more 'nameless' cultivators than it was ten years ago.

What is the specific significance of the expansion of the cultivator group?

This significance is not in the imperial court, not in Divine Capital, but in the unknown countryside, the forgotten barren and backward places.

Even Qi Refining cultivators in the Fool Realm are stronger, more resistant to heat and cold, and have certain means to deal with some low-level demons and evil spirits compared to ordinary people.

It is precisely the emergence of more grassroots cultivators that has allowed many mountain villages and rural areas that are not cared for by the government to be spared from a large number of demons and ghosts' invasions and harm.

And this change all originated from the cultivator enlightenment education promoted by Tang Sudong, but unfortunately, he ultimately failed to promote the cultivator enlightenment education from Divine Capital to the entire Great Heng world.

The resistance was too strong!

The local powerful families, aristocratic clans, and those great cultivation sects that occupied mountains and established independent regimes, building blessed lands and grotto-heavens without submitting to the imperial court, were the main force of resistance.

The promotion of cultivator enlightenment education harmed their interests.

Not only the enlightenment academies, but also the Tianyi Tower, which has a rich collection of books and is open to the public, was also established with Tang Sudong's behind-the-scenes support.

It can be said that all the cultivators in Divine Capital City who do not have a prominent background should be grateful to Tang Sudong.

And Tang Sudong has done far more than this for the benefit of the people in his thirty years as an official.

The Ministry of Justice's dungeon was quite 'lively' for a while, but Ye Chuxiao did not see the true face of the 'major criminal', but just followed the crowd, conducted two crisis drills, and received a temporary seal.

This time, the cultivation level Ye Chuxiao reported was Bitter Realm, first level.

This level of cultivation is neither good nor bad.

Most cultivators who enter the Bitter Realm spend their entire lives revolving around the first level of the Bitter Realm.

When they reach the second level of the Bitter Realm, they will really be treated with special respect.

If they enter the third level, they can be completely regarded as seeds of the Capable Realm, and their treatment will be completely different.

And such cultivation seeds cannot be kept in a place like a dungeon that wears down their ambition.

Those with connections and family backgrounds have entered the glittering guardhouses like the Thousand Flood Dragon and Golden Execution, which maintain Divine Capital's defense and guard the imperial city.

And for those who have no background and want to pursue a career, the best places to go are, of course, the Demon Suppression and Evil Arrest Divisions.

In the entire Ministry of Justice's dungeon, only Chief Warden Bai Toubiao (White-Haired Tiger) has broken through the Bitter Realm and entered the Capable Realm.

Therefore, even though Bai Toubiao is still just a warden, only half a level higher than Head Jailer Li, he is the chief warden, actually in charge of all matters in the Ministry of Justice's dungeon.

Looking at it this way, the combat power of the Ministry of Justice's dungeon seems to be very weak.

But in reality, it is not like this.

In the Ministry of Justice's dungeon, there are also some experts beyond the dungeon jailer system. They are only responsible for helping to suppress and guard major criminals, and do not interfere in other matters at all.

Moreover, there are artifacts suppressing the area, and ordinary people cannot exert their cultivation here. Even if they are just a group of jailers in the Fool Realm, they are enough to chop a Capable Realm cultivator who does not have a seal to display his abilities to death with random knives in the dungeon.

On the eighth day after the major criminal entered the prison, Ye Chuxiao finally confirmed through various sources that the major criminal was indeed Tang Sudong.

And starting from the fifth day after Tang Sudong was imprisoned, some cultivators often tried to break into the Ministry of Justice's dungeon, sneak into the fifth level, and rescue Tang Sudong.

However, these cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, became ghosts under the swords of the guard jailers.

Ye Chuxiao is just an ordinary meal-delivery jailer, and he can't get such an opportunity to charge into battle and earn merit for nothing.

"Seventy-four people, in just three or four days, a total of seventy-four prison breakers have been arrested and killed."

"Tang Sudong's party is really huge." Ma Shaokang said again in the crowd while changing seals.

His news is always the most well-informed.

Upon hearing this, some jailers with a conscience, although they didn't dare to say much, glared at Ma Shaokang.

Zhao Liang was also among this group of glares.

However, these glaring people were recorded by people observing in secret.

In the following period, they all lost their qualification for rest and had to work continuously in the dungeon, rotating shifts.

And Ye Chuxiao, who showed indifference, successfully got leave and got a day of rest.

Of course, before leaving the dungeon, the seal must be handed over and cannot be kept privately.

Ye Chuxiao left the dungeon again. This time, in addition to buying some resources for cultivation, he also wanted to go home and see if Ye Chuyu had 'returned'.

He still has too many questions related to the Ship of Creation and Dao rhyme that he wants to ask Ye Chuyu.

Carrying a bag of osmanthus candy, he returned to the small courtyard.

His younger brother Ye Chuqi and younger sister Ye Chuyu were not at home.

"Ye Chuqi is studying at the enlightenment academy, and Ye Chuyu is learning needlework at Aunt Hua's house...? Is this the wrong cognition that the Ship of Creation stuffed into me?"

"Too perfunctory!" Ye Chuxiao shook his head with a wry smile.

Of course, if he hadn't met Ye Chuyu on the Ship of Creation, perhaps this excuse could have fooled him.

The cherry blossoms in the courtyard had already begun to wither, and a large number of petals were scattered on the ground, unattended.

A man in white clothes, wearing a mask, was standing under the cherry tree, looking at Ye Chuxiao.

"Wait? White clothes? White mask?" Ye Chuxiao instantly tensed up.

"I almost forgot about this. The heretics of the Original Decree Sect are still 'eyeing me'." Ye Chuxiao's palm rested on the hilt of the saber at his waist. In just a moment, the long saber would be drawn and directly chop at the alarm bell on the door frame beside him.

Once the bell rang, it would naturally alarm the surrounding crowd and attract the soldiers of the Capital Six Guards.

"There's no need to be so wary of me."

"I have no malice towards you."

"Seeing that you've been missing for a month, you should have boarded the Ship of Creation!" The white-masked man said to Ye Chuxiao.