“Yang Qing…Yang Qing…..SUPERIOR CORE COURT JUDGE YANG!!!” Mao Yunru called out to Yang Qing to try to get him out of his stupor

She had to hit him with a water spell to get him back from his confused state.

“Huh, where am I?” Yang Qing muttered with confusion in his eyes. He had gone off on a mind spin picturing all sorts of worst-case scenarios of what Supervisor Lei Weiyuan meant with his last statement.

Based on his years of personal experience with the person he knew his imagination would definitely fall short of what the old demon would do to him.

“Yi Jie why didn’t you stop me? You know how much we have suffered under that monster's hands.” Yang Qing suddenly shot a death glare at Yi Jie who currently had a gloating unconcerned smile on his face.

“I’m sorry Yang Qing I too was caught up admiring your feats and selfless sacrifice to the Order. No wonder you’re one of the youngest judges to be promoted as a palace judge. A true role model. I’m deeply honored to be…..sniff sniff….. an inquisitor under your court.” Yi Jie was even choking up with emotions towards the end.

“Ppfthahahaha” a soft laugh echoed around the empty courtroom. It came from Mao Yunru who had tried all she could to stifle the laughter but couldn’t. She couldn’t believe Yi Jie who usually had a solemn respectable face out there was busy mocking his boss.

“Yi Jie you..you!!!” Yang Qing shakily pointed at Yi Jie with embarrassment and anger in his tone till in the middle of his mini outburst he had a sudden change in his demeanor. He seemed zoned out for a second before a calm smile was soon on his face.

“You know Yi Jie my most loyal inquisitor, I Just remembered something interesting” Yang Qing threw a squinted smile at Yi Jie.

Yi Jie at this moment was suddenly hit by a deep sense of evil foreboding. He could have sworn he saw a silhouette of a purple ram-horned viper appearing behind Yang Qing. This made him involuntary take a gulp.

“What could Yang Qing be planning? Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter because he can’t make me do whatever Supervisor Lei Weiyuan has in store for him. I have a right to ….re………….” His thoughts started trailing towards the end as his pupils constricted with deep shock written all over his face.

“Seems like you’ve realized it as well. As astute as ever that’s why you’re one of the finest inquisitors out there. Nothing gets passed you.” Yang Qing’s whole aura had changed at this moment he seemed like a seasoned cultivator who was filled with boundless wisdom that could pierce through the Time dao. See the present, future, and past of someone.

Yang Qing walked slowly from his podium with rhythmic steps he even used the Mountain Crushing Steps move as he was walking to ensure the sounds of his steps echoed loudly throughout the courtroom. He stopped at the center of the courtroom his back facing Yi Jie as he stared upwards to a non-existent sky with a solemn look on his face.

“Yi Jie we have come up from the lower ranks together. What haven’t we seen and experienced throughout the past couple of years? We have walked through fire, swords, poisons, and curses but we weathered through. It was also due to my unveiled passion for justice and wanting to do more that the higher-ups like Lei Weiyuan noticed that passion and drive in me and bestowed me with more work. The Order gives 5 revocation chances to an inquisitor which gives them the capacity to reject their judge’s orders especially if it’s either too dangerous or are overworked. This was to create balance and misuse in the Order. Because of the burden thrown on me by the order, I begged them to add you more chances to which they acquiesced and added 5 more. You’re the only inquisitor with 10 revocation chances.”

Yang Qing went silent for a bit purely for dramatic effect and to make sure his count was right for what he was about to say next.

“Yi Jie you have already used your 10 revocation chances. I know you are glad that you’ve used them because of your deep sense of responsibility and your admiration for me just as you’ve said you’re deeply HONORED to be my inquisitor.

Well then Yi Jie this court needs you now for the great mission Lei Weiyuan is about to bestow upon us we will need to give everything. I know you will not refuse me not because you’ve already used up your revocation chances and the only way to refuse my request is to defeat me in a one-on-one duel. But because just like me you have a deep sense of justice within you. I knew I sensed a kindred spirit within you when I chose you to be my head inquisitor. Let’s blaze forward my friend.” Yang Qing slowly turned from his position as he gently touched the shoulders of his “friend” whose mouth was widely gaping at this moment.

All that was running in Yi Jie’s mind was how he had even used up all his revocation chances. Before Yang Qing became a judge there were no revocation chances for inquisitors. However, all that changed the moment Yang Qing’s devious sloth nature was revealed. He unashamedly swamped his inquisitors with all his workload with him doing the bare minimum. The higher-ups soon noticed and he was severely punished. This however opened their eyes to a potential problem with the running of the order. If not addressed who knows how many Yang Qings will take advantage of their inquisitors and end up causing a rift in the administration.

Thus the revocation orders were established and also the duel challenge. One could duel their judge and if they won the duel they had a right to refuse the assignment bestowed on them. Though the duel had some hidden purposes. One of them was to make sure the prestige of the judge was upheld as the inquisitors could find out for themselves how powerful the judges were in combat and the other was to motivate the inquisitors to keep trying and overcome the wall before them. These rules were soon added under the Judges and inquisitors' rule of conduct and implemented immediately.

Since Yang Qing was the root of all this of course he was justly rewarded for his part in this. With his inquisitors getting two times the rest of what others had.

Yi Jie had heard that once the order was released Yang Qing in typical fashion went and begged the higher-ups as he said but his begging instead was of how unfair the new rules were and how the inquisitors were always begging to do more and the new order will dampen the flames of service and justice in their hearts. He was ruthlessly rejected and added some more work on top of his monstrous pile to make sure that Yang Qing will carry a flaming torch of service and justice on behalf of his inquisitors.

Yi Jie and the rest of the inquisitors under Yang Qing were ecstatic upon hearing the new rules and Yang Qing being given additional work was just icing on the cake. Especially the rule about the duel, they were all the more anxious to give Yang Qing a beating. You have to know they never knew exactly how powerful Yang Qing was due to his slovenly character. Thus after their week-long celebration because of the new rules, they quickly used their right to a duel to challenge some of Yang Qing’s assignment distribution. This was despite having revocation orders to use.

They were all swiftly knocked out without a chance at retaliation. They later found out much to their surprise that Yang Qing had held back causing as little damage to them as possible as he was worried they would use injuries as an excuse to escape work. Thinking they were as shameless as he was in looking for schemes to escape work. From that day on they had a new outlook on Yang Qing.

Of course, he was the same shameless and lazy bastard but now he had the powerful minor tag on him. After that beating revocation orders became a precious weapon for them better than any weapon refined from high-grade spiritual metal. It felt even more satisfying than they had expected every time they used one of their 10 chances to make Yang Qing do something by himself. The look Yang Qing gave them was priceless.

This led to the current situation. Yi Jie during the past 3 months had repeatedly used his chances just to annoy Yang Qing and gloat at his misfortune. He didn’t see the need to hold onto any of them since only a week was left. But now here they were. Yang Qing would surely drag him into whatever Lei Weiyuan had planned and he couldn’t refuse. As for challenging Yang Qing that was an impossible task it was like asking Yang Qing to pull all-nighters with a smile on his face. Never in his many challenges had he come close to defeating him.

“Well then Mao Mao what do we have for today,” Said Yang Qing as he made his way to his chair with a triumphant smile on.

Mao Yunru could only shake her head at what just happened as she tossed a white jade slip toward Yang Qing as she explained its contents.

“The cases today aren’t that many. You have the dispute between the Sect master of Green fog swamp and their sect guardian the emerald leaf cow. A 3-way conflict between a sect, its core disciple, and a merchant organization who are after the sect because of the huge debts they haven’t repaid. Destruction of the furniture in the Earthvine restaurant by 3 cultivators at the core stage who refuse to pay and lastly suing of the falling meteor blacksmith shop for selling a defective sky rank sword to an itinerant cultivator at the peak of core realm.”

During the report, Yang Qing had inserted his spiritual consciousness into the white jade slip that had further in-depth details of the cases. Unlike other jade slips, the white jade slips didn’t disintegrate into dust upon use.

“Okay then let us start. Yi Jie open the doors and let the sect master of green fog swamp in together with the Emerald leaf cow. We will start with him first. ”