Chapter 1 The Return

The falling sensation disappeared, and Ye Chuxiao returned to Daheng.

It had been almost half a year since he left Daheng.

For so long, he hadn't been stationed in the Ministry of Justice's prison. He wondered if his position as Warden had been taken by someone else.

Although he had made a series of arrangements before leaving, it was highly likely that the position of Warden wouldn't change hands so quickly.

But the longer the time, the greater the error in the arrangement.

Accidents could happen at any time.

However, even if he lost the position of Warden, Ye Chuxiao did not regret this trip across realms.

Compared to what he might have lost, he gained more.

The unique Divine Tree spiritual root was the best reward.

Moreover, carrying the remaining twenty thousand points of Destiny after consumption, as long as he didn't recklessly rush to his death, his luck wouldn't be too bad.

Of course, Destiny was not everything.

In life, thirty percent depends on fate, and seventy percent on oneself.

Having luck without ability means that sooner or later, fate will run out, and one will be left with nothing.

Ye Chuxiao possessing twenty thousand Destiny points only meant that, from a 'luck' perspective, he might achieve great things, but it didn't mean he definitely would.

He had luck, and others had luck too.

If he made too many enemies, and their fortunes clashed, good luck could turn into misfortune.

Instead of returning directly to the Ministry of Justice's prison, Ye Chuxiao detoured to the City God Temple in the west of the city, handing a spirit pearl to the blind fortune-teller at the entrance of the temple.

"Recently, has Xu Biao come to you for fortune-telling?" Ye Chuxiao asked the blind man.

In the Ministry of Justice's prison system, the most likely threat to Ye Chuxiao's position was Xu Biao, the former chief warden.

And Xu Biao believed in fate, often going to the City God Temple to have his fortune told by this blind man.

He did so whenever something major happened.

"He came a month ago, not recently," the blind man said with a smile, feeling the spirit pearl.

Ye Chuxiao handed over two more spirit pearls: "Did he still ask about his future?"

The blind man shook his head: "He asked if he would encounter any calamities recently."

Ye Chuxiao smiled.

Since Xu Biao asked that, he was somewhat confident.

Clearly, the contingency plans he arranged had worked.

"Did you answer him according to what I told you?" Ye Chuxiao continued to ask.

The blind man said: "Of course! I'm still waiting for your final payment!"

"Good! Keep this matter to yourself." Ye Chuxiao casually instructed, but he wasn't actually worried about the blind man telling anyone.

Returning to the Ministry of Justice's prison openly, the two jailers responsible for guarding the gate were first stunned when they saw Ye Chuxiao, and then immediately straightened their backs, saying to Ye Chuxiao: "Warden!"

Although their eyes wandered, and one of them had already quietly used some small tricks to send a message, Ye Chuxiao could pretend not to see it.

Smiling and nodding, he strode in through the gate.

Since he was still nominally the 'Warden', even if his power had been slightly hollowed out, he would take it back sooner or later.

At this time, Bai Tou Biao (White-Haired Biao) Xu Biao was leading people to count the accounts, busy and in a mess in the prison warehouse.

The various established sources of income for the prison had been greatly reduced recently.

The profits of the Ministry of Justice's prison decreased, but the tributes sent upwards could not be reduced.

This was worrying Bai Tou Biao so much that he was about to become a bald-headed Biao.

When he received the news that Ye Chuxiao had returned, his first reaction was not disappointment, but a sigh of relief, feeling that the pressure on his shoulders had lessened a lot.

Before Ye Chuxiao left, he deliberately supported Li Fu, who had conflicts with Xu Biao, to provoke a contest between them, and at the same time promoted another experienced team leader, Fei Kai.

This created the effect of a three-legged stool with Xu Biao on the surface.

In reality, Li Fu had always been in the 'weakest' position and was destined to be the first to be eliminated.

However, in order to defeat Li Fu, this inexperienced newcomer, for the first month or two, Xu Biao had been trying to win over Fei Kai, the old team leader. Finally, after making certain compromises, he reached a coalition with him, designed to frame Li Fu, and drove him out of the Ministry of Justice's prison system.

Afterwards, under the instigation of Ma Shaokang, Xu Biao began to target Fei Kai.

The two sides fought fiercely, seriously affecting the 'revenue' within the Ministry of Justice's prison system.

This also caused great dissatisfaction among some of the Ministry of Justice officials who benefited from it.

After another month or so, Xu Biao finally gained the upper hand.

However, without Ye Chuxiao's 'regulation' from the middle, several profitable projects in the Ministry of Justice's prison 'exploded' one after another.

Some of these exploding projects were nails that Ye Chuxiao had buried in advance, and some belonged to inherent loopholes, which could only be done in the short term and not in the long term.

Xu Biao had just taken power and was trying to loosen the 'position' under Ye Chuxiao's butt when a series of 'explosions' occurred. He, the temporary manager, not only suffered the consequences, but also chose to stop and not move forward for fear of bearing the main responsibility.

Ye Chuxiao's return at this point in time made Xu Biao breathe a sigh of relief, believing that the person truly responsible for bearing the responsibility had returned.

"Xu Biao is a person who is too greedy for small gains, and does not have the determination to break the boat when it comes to big things. As long as I fill the position he wants to sit in with nails in advance, he will be an excellent watchdog."

"He doesn't dare to sit in that position himself, but he is afraid that others will sit in it and suppress him so that he can't get ahead."

"He thought that I promoted Li Fu and Fei Kai to check and balance him, but in fact, I just used these two to delay time and divert attention. He is the safety bolt for me to hold on to the position of Warden."

"Otherwise, without Xu Biao, this old fritter, those officials in the Ministry of Justice might parachute in a new Warden at any time in order to compete for benefits. Although the Warden nominally belongs to the direct jurisdiction of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, how much time does the Minister of the Ministry of Justice have to pay attention to this small area?"

At the warehouse door, Ye Chuxiao pushed the door open and entered.

Xu Biao was stunned when he saw Ye Chuxiao at first.

Then he hurriedly got up to greet him, giving the main seat to Ye Chuxiao.

The expression on his face changed, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Ye Chuxiao didn't choose to sit down immediately, but slowly took out a thin stack of materials from a large stack of files, then flipped through them casually, occasionally picking up a pen to make a few minor deletions and corrections.

Before long, a jailer came to report.

Pei Yanzhi, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, had arrived at the prison's guest room and wanted Ye Chuxiao, the Warden, to personally receive him.

"Warden! This is the recent account. There are several deficits on the books, and this month's dividends have not been distributed yet... You know, the income of those adults cannot be reduced. But our brothers can't work on an empty stomach." Xu Biao said these words with his head down, seemingly humble, but in fact holding back bad intentions, waiting to see Ye Chuxiao's joke.

Ye Chuxiao didn't even look at the account.

He just folded the stack of materials in his hand and handed it to the jailer who reported: "You just need to hand these to Vice Minister Pei, and he will naturally understand."

The jailer accepted the order and left.

Before long, the jailer returned, reporting that Pei Yanzhi had left.

Although he had some criticisms about Ye Chuxiao's avoidance, he mainly praised him.

And he conveyed his instructions, telling Ye Chuxiao to 'do a good job' and not to disappoint the Minister's trust.

Seeing Ye Chuxiao resolve a 'crisis' so easily, Xu Biao's face was full of confusion, and at the same time, his heart was filled with regret.

If he had known it would be so easy, he wouldn't have hesitated so much.

"What? Team Leader Xu seems a little confused?"

"This is actually a small matter. If there is a lack of profit, fill it with greater profit. I just reminded Master Pei that an independent torture building could be built for some of the imprisoned criminals, and the information obtained through torture could be organized, filed, and stored in the torture building."

Ye Chuxiao's explanation only made Xu Biao more confused.

How could he know that due to the changing world situation of Daheng, a large number of transmigrators were coming?

Many of the prisoners were also 'transmigrators'. Torturing them, collecting information from different worlds, and storing it in the torture building was a special resource point that the Ministry of Justice could continuously 'exchange' with the outside world.

With such a popular resource point, what else would those officials in the Ministry of Justice want?

As for Ye Chuxiao being absent from work for half a year... it was really just a small matter.