My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 458 - 318: The Collapse of Faith

Early the next morning, Li Nuo left home an hour earlier than usual.

In the morning, he would teach the Six Arts to students at Wansong Academy, and in the afternoon, he would go to the Ministry of Justice to investigate cases.

When he was in Daxia, he had nothing to do.

But in Zhao Country, he was so busy he couldn't stop.

It was as if he had returned to the days when he had to struggle for his life every day.

Seeing Li Nuo going out at dawn and only coming back at dusk, even Zhao Zhiyi felt a bit embarrassed and wanted to help him, but unfortunately, what he was doing couldn't be replaced by anyone else.

All she could do was accompany him throughout.

After finishing the morning classes at the academy, the three of them ate together in the academy cafeteria.

The food at Wansong Academy was very good, with a variety of dishes and balanced nutrition. More importantly, the students didn't have to spend a cent on meals as the Fourth Prince covered their meal expenses.

"Good day, sir."

"Greetings, sir, madam."

Li Nuo initially taught only twenty students, but later, even outside the classroom, there were people standing.

After a few days, all the students at Wansong Academy knew him.

While the three of them were eating, they overheard some students discussing a particular event.

A strange thing happened in the capital of Zhao Country.

In broad daylight, a robust thirty-year-old man mysteriously turned into a frail old man while walking down the street.

There were rumors outside saying a demon was causing trouble in the capital, causing widespread panic.

Song Yi Ren exclaimed, "Is there really a demon?"

Li Nuo glanced back; those students looked very serious about what they were saying.

Although all countries had tales of demons and ghosts, those were limited to novels and had never been confirmed.

However, being able to do such a thing wasn't necessarily the work of a demon.

The Yin Yang School could achieve that too.

The power of Yin Yang Technique wasn't just about predicting fate; it could change fate.

A High Realm member of the Yin Yang School could arbitrarily deprive an ordinary person of their lifespan.

It's just that the Yin Yang School is very wary of interfering with others' fate and generally wouldn't do such a thing.

Song Yi Ren bit her chopsticks and muttered, "If they can take others' lifespans, doesn't that mean the Yin Yang School can be immortal?"

Zhao Zhiyi smiled and explained, "Miss Song, you misunderstand. Although the Yin Yang School can deprive others of their lifespan, they cannot possess these lifespans. It's like you martial artists can destroy others' cultivation but cannot claim it for yourselves..."

Song Yi Ren looked at Li Nuo, who nodded slightly.

The Princess was right. Ordinary people know very little about the Yin Yang School.

Not only can they not live eternally, but because they reveal too many heavenly secrets, High Realm members of the Yin Yang School have shorter lifespans compared to strong practitioners of other schools at the same realm.

Those who reveal heavenly secrets are sure to face divine retribution.

Throughout history, countless sought eternal life, but none succeeded.

Shortening a lifespan is easy, but extending it is as hard as scaling the sky.

Only the Yin Yang School can manipulate fate; for one to extend their life, they would need a Sixth Realm Yin Yang School member willing to give their lifespan, but what Yin Yang School member would do that?

The Law Code's most extraordinary aspect is not about obtaining others' abilities but extending lifespan.

Interestingly, if he practiced with the Yin Yang School, there would be a tremendous advantage.

Theoretically, his lifespan would be infinite.

As long as there are crimes in the world, his lifespan will keep increasing.

Even if he gives some away, he could easily catch some thieves, solve some cases, and the lifespan would come back...

But the prerequisite is that he must have the cultivation of a Sixth Realm Yin Yang School member.

After lunch, Song Yi Ren went back to the embassy to practice.

Li Nuo and the Princess went to the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice had over a hundred piled-up old cases, which were just the ones near the capital under direct jurisdiction, not including unsolved cases from elsewhere.

The oldest were already twenty years old.

Because they remained unsolved, they were left to accumulate in the Ministry of Justice's archives.

For cases over twenty years old still unsolved, the documents would be periodically destroyed.

Investigating these old cases was quite challenging.

After all, too much time had passed, and some of the witnesses had already passed away, with evidence missing and no clue where to start...

Zhao Zhiyi thought the same, but Li Nuo just summoned all those involved back then to the Ministry of Justice, asked them some questions, and took the case files to the embassy to study. The next morning, he would provide the criminal's identity.

Not every case could he solve.

But a solving rate of over half was impressive, especially considering these were decade-old cases.

Another day ended, and Li Nuo walked out of the Ministry of Justice.

After becoming familiar with the officials in the Ministry of Justice, Li Nuo found that the cultivation of Zhao Country's Ministry of Justice officials was generally lower than that of Daxia.

Daxia's Assistant Ministers of Justice, even relying on daily accumulation, had the cultivation of the Fourth Realm.

But Zhao Country's Assistant Ministers of Justice were only in the Third Realm.

The Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Justice was only in the Fourth Realm, even less than Li Nuo.

Although higher cultivation among Ministry of Justice officials could indicate worse national security, Zhao Country's security wasn't that good yet.

During his time in Zhao Country, Li Nuo also investigated.

Though Zhao Country didn't have Death Exemption Tokens, Redemption was available, allowing officials and nobles to avoid punishment through fine silver, so almost no officials or nobles were punished, leading to Ministry of Justice officials having no shortcuts to enhance their cultivation.

Daxia had Redemption, but no one dared use it.

Since his father became Minister of Justice, killing from initially admitting fifty Advanced Scholars per Imperial Examination to expanding to a hundred, and now having to increase the number of examinations.

In that time, countless officials and nobles lost their heads.

Although he didn't practice Legalism, the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Justice Legalism officials could benefit, progressing effortlessly.

In short, Zhao Country's court lacked someone like Li Xuanjing.

For Li Nuo, this was a good thing.

With so much experience, advancing to the Fifth Realm was easily within reach.

These old cases he solved in recent days added nearly five hundred days to his lifespan, and his cultivation increased significantly. Unfortunately, after today, there became fewer cases to solve.

Li Nuo boarded the Princess's carriage, which headed towards the embassy.

Inside a teahouse by the street.

Two Sixth Realm Yin Yang School members were silent for a long time.

Each day passing increased his lifespan by over a hundred days.

It was as if a Yin Yang School member transferred over a hundred days of lifespan to him daily.

The thin old man was silent for a while, then said, "Every time he solves a case, his lifespan increases by a few days."

The fortune-telling old man stroked his beard and said, "No kidding, but the key is... why?"

The thin old man didn't speak.

Yes, why?

Why does solving a case increase lifespan? Is there a necessary connection between the two?

Yin-Yang theory couldn't explain this situation at all.

No theory could explain.

This made both of them have some doubts about their lifelong studies.

The fortune-telling old man spoke, "This isn't even the strangest part..."

He paused for a moment and said, "The strangest part is that his lifespan fluctuates with no pattern whatsoever..."

Back in Daxia, after discovering this, he calculated fate for him every day.

He became so skeptical of Yin Yang Technique that he almost went mad, so he hid in Zhao Country.

But he didn't expect that person to be so persistent, following him here.

The thin old man took a deep breath and muttered, "Could it be that there's truly someone beyond fate?"

The fortune-telling old man looked at him and asked, "You think so too?"

The thin old man shook his head and said, "I don't know."

All his life, he firmly believed in fate, even actions by the Yin Yang School altering fate were within the greater fate.

But in this person's case, the Nangong Family's fate theory was incomprehensible.

His faith consequently collapsed.

At this moment, the fortune-telling old man slammed the table and gritted his teeth, saying, "Whatever, if there truly exists someone beyond fate, isn't that a good thing? If all fate is predetermined, what's the meaning of this process? Is there really a Creator above us? Do you think... this world is fake?"

The thin old man slowly exhaled.

As the Eastern elder said, the existence of someone beyond fate is also a good thing.

Even if the Nangong Family's ancestors were all wrong, at least this world is real.

But soon, his face showed a look of pity and he said, "I really want to see how far this person beyond fate can go, but alas, this old man won't see that day..."

The fortune-telling old man looked at his lifelong friend, feeling a bit sad, and after pondering for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of me. If I must, I will give you half of my lifespan!"