Daily life of a cultivation judge

The hundreds of cuts and wounds all over Lai Lei's body started closing up as he moved, though his leg didn't regrow back. He knew an art that could help him with it, but he needed a dense supply of wood element qi, and soul essence to pull it off, two things he was still lacking.

However, the liver and gall bladder of the eighth stage core formation ash cinder wolf he had just defeated were able to provide him with temporary relief as he made his way to the hidden abode. The liver and gall bladder of an ash cinder wolf were usually rich in wood energy which if Lai Lei had not been completely battered would have been enough to not only heal all his wounds but even restore some of the spiritual qi by half, however, the beating he got was not something a liver of a core formation beast could take care of. All it did was take care of some of the minor injuries and give him enough energy to continue his run.

After running for about a quarter of an hour, he finally stopped. The place he stood wasn't particularly different from the rest of the forest. It had one silver-scale oak forest that was at the sky grade, and had a few other trees and undergrowth, with no precious herbs or anything that stood out. It was perfectly mundane.

If Lai Lei hadn't known beforehand that there was a hidden abode in this location, he would have overlooked it. He couldn't sense anything off despite this being the area Hu Jiaying talked about.

"If it can hide someone from a domain expert, figures I can't seem to sense anything. I hope this works.." Lai Lei said to himself as he took out his gold eagle medallion.

He activated it using the assigned activation method which produced a gentle gold light as the medallion seemed to come to life. The eagle suddenly flew from Lai Lei's hands and circled around the small patch of silkfeather thyme that was growing beneath one of the trees.

It gently glided around it released distinct starlights as one glyph after another started appearing on its body. 

Lai Lei waited with an abated breath hoping everything would work out as he still wasn't able to detect anything despite covering the silkfeather thyme with his spiritual sense.

The gold eagle flew around the silkfeather thyme for about two minutes before a change finally happened. An almost mirage-like image was released from the silkfeather thyme. Immediately after an almost mechanical voice sounded as Lai Lei suddenly felt his body locked in place.

[confirmed, Lai Lei, 12th stage core formation expert, Inquisitor identity number 4356, state; injured

Entry, permitted]

After the voice finished speaking, Lai Lei felt his body loosen up as he regained the mobility of his body and senses.

The mirage produced from the silkfeather thyme shimmered and then parted revealing a rustic wooden brown building seemingly floating on a pond with a white lotus.

Lai Lei couldn't hide the relief and delight he felt when he saw the quaint courtyard. It was like receiving a new lease of life. 

He immediately went in as the mirage closed up behind him with the scene going back to the way it was before it was disturbed by his medallion.

Inside he felt like he was in a different world. The spiritual qi was dense, vibrant, and refreshing. He could feel that even without proactively absorbing it, it was nourishing his body and even cleansing him of the fatigue he had. He even felt healing properties within the spiritual qi.

"Is that the congruent white lotus?" Lai Lei muttered in perplexion as he saw the white lotus that seemed to support the three-story building.

The white lotus seemed to match the same lotus he had seen at the Medicine Valley at the Tranquil coalescing rivers of healing pavilion. He was surprised to see it here, considering it was the anchoring treasure of the pavilion as far as he knew.

It was only after analyzing it for a brief moment did a look of realization flashed in his eyes.

"It's just its essence that has been transplanted here.." he said as he crossed over the stone bridge across the pond to the courtyard.

At the entrance of the bridge was a stone statue of a Bai Ye which was a mythical pheasant that had a feather coating of red, orange, and green feathers. It was rumored to be able to heal hundreds of thousands of maladies and suppression of malevolent spirits. It was considered to be a sanctuary.

Lai Lei assumed the voice he had heard on his head had come from the statue. The respite valley had something similar to verify the identities of those who walked into the valley.

Lai Lei didn't walk inside the building first but instead went to the right side which seemed to have a circular jade green platform attached to one of the petals of the white lotus.

He could tell that the platform was like a healing and cultivation chamber. The platform was filled with arrays that connected to not only the lotus but also the water below it, which seemed to have the same properties as the four combining tranquil rivers that were at the pavilion in the Medicine Valley.

Once at the platform, he put the torso he took from the battlefield aside, and took out his communication talisman to try and see if he could get a signal. If it failed, then he would use the high-grade talisman that was inside the building.

However, he felt the talisman would work. Despite the preparation of the black-robed group, he had doubts, that the group would have a void interference artifact powerful enough to reach this far.

His guess proved to be the correct one, as his communication talisman immediately connected to the administrative department attache assigned to outside emergencies.

"Hello, this is Lai Lei, Chief Inquisitor under Judge Dai Chen, identity number 4356. I me trouble during the conduct of my duties. I was attacked by 15 unknown assailants all at the quasi-palace stage and looked to have an artifact that had once been at the ascendant grade by my guess.

I need help, I am severely injured, and I am at the hidden abode located in silver scaled oak forest.."

"Received. The code?"

[$&*#^] 

"Contact is already being made to the nearest branches, along with any and all inquisitors or judges of appropriate level that may be within the area.

The spirit council and the Special Inquisitor will also be appraised. Advice is you remain at the abode.."

"Received and thank you..."

Once the call was complete, Lai Lei felt the tenseness that had latched onto his body all this time suddenly leave him.