353: Guo Feng received the penalty, but he was a bit arrogant!

The front hall of the Prison Punishment Division.

The Yu Fa Chief of the Prison Punishment Division was currently discussing various important matters with his crew.

Just then, an Eight-Rank Court Guard in a black uniform suddenly rushed in.

“Yu Fa Chief, this is bad! There’s a kid who said he came to receive punishment, but he wouldn’t follow our arrangements. When we said a couple more words, he injured over a dozen of our brothers!”

This Eight-Rank Court Guard was in a panic.

Both panicked and angry!

He had served in the Prison Punishment Division for decades and had never encountered anyone who dared to fight in the Prison Punishment Division.

“What?!”

The Yu Fa Chief’s face darkened.

He was a powerful expert at the Ninth-Rank Sixth Layer!

Throughout the entire Empire, he was considered high-ranking.

He wielded power over the Empire’s Prison Punishment Division, even having the authority to arrest the Lord of Guo Wang City and the Lord of Main Cities.

The Yu Fa Chief of every city’s Prison Punishment Division was appointed by him.

The authority in his hands was actually no less than that of a Lord of Guo Wang City.

However, he quickly thought of something that Ninth Chief Eunuch had just told him.

He hastily asked, “Who is the other party? Is he a young man named Guo Feng, and is his strength around the Ninth-Rank Third or Fourth Layer?”

“Ah? Yu Fa Chief, you know him?”

The Eight-Rank Court Guard was startled.

Slap—

The Yu Fa Chief slapped the Eight-Rank Court Guard, sending him flying: “This is no mere kid! You are simply courting death! Quick, come out with me to welcome him!”

“Ah?!”

The Eight-Rank Court Guard, after climbing up from the ground, looked shocked.

Their Prison Punishment Division held immense power, directly managed by the Empress. When had they ever feared anyone else?

What about the imperial hostages from various Guo Wang City, or the princes and ministers?

Even a Seventh-Rank minor official of theirs dared to shout at them.

Wasn’t it normal for Guo Feng, a new face, to be shouted at when he came to receive punishment and asked to see the Yu Fa Chief?

She was stunned.

After Guo Feng was shouted at, he directly beat up the people of the Prison Punishment Division, and no one could stop him.

However, she also found it strange.

The most terrifying aspect of the Prison Punishment Division was the Prison Punishment Enforcement Team hidden deep within.

They were a group similar to the Ten Regular Attendants.

All of them were Ninth-Rank experts.

They possessed a set of combined attack techniques, rumored to be capable of apprehending even those at the Ninth-Rank Eighth Layer.

They were only directly managed by the Empress and the Prison Punishment Division.

They rarely made a move, mostly guarding the Prison Punishment Division to prevent jailbreaks.

Of course, they also specialized in dealing with powerful troublemakers who came to cause a disturbance in the Prison Punishment Division.

However, at this moment, that powerful enforcement team didn’t even release a hint of deterrent aura.

“Haha, Young Master Guo Feng, I’ve long admired you. I am the Yu Fa Chief of the Prison Punishment Division—Situ Rui.”

Yu Fa Chief Situ Rui chuckled awkwardly, walked over, and cupped his hands towards Guo Feng, “I apologize for not coming out to meet you. Please forgive me.”

“Ah?!”

At this, Feng Zirong was even more shocked!

Yu Fa Chief Situ Rui was an extremely formidable existence throughout the entire Empire.

He wielded immense power.

His name, Situ Rui, could make crying children immediately stop, and make the profligates of various great families behave themselves with their tails between their legs.

He was being so polite to Guo Feng?

What was going on?

Wasn’t Guo Feng just a genius picked up by the Little Princess?

“Situ?”

Upon hearing the name, Guo Feng raised an eyebrow, stepped onto the Yu Fa Chief’s chair, sat with his legs crossed, and asked, “You also have the surname Situ?”

“Ah, my surname is Situ. Our entire family is surnamed Situ. We’ve been surnamed for tens of thousands of years.”

Situ Rui was momentarily confused, then quickly nodded.

“Oh.”

Guo Feng nodded, then said, “By the way, I just blew up the gate of the Taiyi Sect’s office and killed dozens of Taiyi Sect disciples. Also, Guo Xiaoyi, the imperial hostage of Guo Wang City, was also killed by me. The Empress took my imperial decree and told me to come here to receive punishment. You should know about this, right?”

“What?!”

“Killed Taiyi Sect disciples?”

“The imperial hostage of Guo Wang City is dead?”

“imperial decree? imperial decree?”

Guo Feng’s words shocked everyone, including Feng Zirong.

This was too damn terrifying!

What the hell was this?!

Feng Zirong’s mouth twitched even more. For a moment, she didn’t know what kind of monster this guy truly was!

After doing such brutal things, he could still come to the Prison Punishment Division alive?

“I know, I know.”

However, Yu Fa Chief Situ Rui smiled and hastily said, “Ninth Chief Eunuch has already come to greet me.”

He paused, “Ninth Chief Eunuch conveyed Her Majesty’s verbal imperial decree, saying that when Guo Feng comes to receive punishment, he can decide how to punish himself, but he must be punished to appease the public.”

Feng Zirong almost fell again.

The Empress issued such a verbal imperial decree?

This was simply too outrageous!

“Oh, I’m not familiar with the Prison Punishment Division, Yu Fa Chief, how about you give me some suggestions?”

Guo Feng looked at the Yu Fa Chief with a half-smile.

He already understood.

The Empress had already sent someone to arrange everything, making it impossible for him to suffer much punishment.

After all, although he seemed to have made a mistake this time, he had actually rendered meritorious service.

Moreover, although he didn’t join the Six Harmonies Sect this time, he joined the even more formidable Sumi Sect.

Therefore, the Empress’s test for him was basically complete.

He was destined to be the Emperor-Consort!

“If according to the regulations of the Prison Punishment Division, Young Master Guo Feng, you should endure the punishment of a thousand strokes and be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison for a hundred years.”

After the Yu Fa Chief finished speaking, fearing that Guo Feng might misunderstand, he immediately added, “Of course, Young Master Guo Feng, since you are protected by Her Majesty the Empress, your punishment can be halved, and it is applicable for alternative punishment.”

“Alternative punishment?”

Guo Feng asked with a smile, “What is alternative punishment?”

“It means that supreme Emperors, Empresses, and Emperor-Consorts, although they may commit crimes, due to their exalted status and the responsibilities they bear that others cannot, they may use a proxy puppet to receive punishment.”

The Yu Fa Chief said with a smile.

“Oh?”

Guo Feng smiled. The Yu Fa Chief had already thought of a way out for him.

To put it bluntly, this Prison Punishment Division was directly under the Empress; once the doors were closed, it was the Empress’s absolute rule.

To appease the public, many high-sounding regulations were added.

For example, when Cao Cao’s mount was startled and trampled the fields, he cut his hair as a substitute punishment and even had it displayed publicly.

These were all such imperial tactics.

Guo Feng could swagger here because the Yu Fa Chief had received news from Ninth Chief Eunuch that Guo Feng was to be internally designated as the Emperor-Consort.

If he didn’t curry favor now, when would he?

“In that case, then prepare a substitute puppet for me, let it endure five hundred strokes of punishment for me, and be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison for five years.”

Guo Feng waved his hand, “Of course, to show my cooperative attitude, I voluntarily enter the Heavenly Prison for three days. After three days, I will participate in the Emperor-Consort competition.”

“Ah?!”

Yu Fa Chief Situ Rui looked shocked and hastily said, “Actually, Young Master Guo Feng doesn’t have to do this.”

“No need, my mind is made up.”

Guo Feng waved his hand, “Just arrange for me to enter Heavenly Prison No. 62. After three days, let me out.”

“Yes!”

Yu Fa Chief Situ Rui had a fawning expression, “Young Master Guo Feng sets an example with his actions, truly a model for our generation.”

He bowed, “I will prepare the substitute puppet later. So, shall I personally take you there now?”

“Alright.”

Guo Feng nodded, leaped up, stepped onto the Yu Fa Chief’s office desk, thought for a moment, looked at Feng Zirong, “Commander Feng, thank you for leading the way today. You can go back.”

He paused, “Oh, and please pass a message to the Little Princess: after I’m released from prison, I won’t go looking for her. We’ll meet again if fate allows.”

“Yes.”

Feng Zirong had nothing more to say at this point; she could only say that this had completely exceeded her understanding.

She could only bow respectfully to Guo Feng.

And then bowed to the Yu Fa Chief.

Only then did she leave.

Guo Feng then, led by the Yu Fa Chief, turned left and right within the Prison Punishment Division.

Finally, they arrived at the Heavenly Prison.

The Heavenly Prison was divided into three layers: one on the ground and two underground.

They were the Human Character Prison, Earth Character Prison, and Heaven Character Prison, respectively.

From top to bottom, each layer was more heavily guarded than the last.

As soon as Guo Feng entered, he immediately sensed a strong anti-flight force.

Upon reaching the Earth Character Prison, he felt a powerful suppressive force.

At this moment, the Yu Fa Chief handed him a waist token, which he hung at his waist, and only then did he feel the suppressive force disappear.

They arrived at the Heaven Character Prison.

Even with that waist token, he felt his strength and spiritual energy were suppressed to only two or three tenths of their original power.

Afterward, he saw powerful beings imprisoned in each of the Heaven Character Prisons.

Behind each person, their shoulder blades were locked by a type of iron chain.

Making them appear very weak.

And through the Yu Fa Chief’s introduction, he learned that the Heaven Character Prison exclusively held top experts at or above the Ninth-Rank Fifth Layer.

Soon, they arrived at Heaven Character Prison No. 62.

Guo Feng entered it.

After the Yu Fa Chief and his crew left, Guo Feng swept his divine sense to the side and immediately ‘saw’ a disheveled middle-aged man.

His aura was very strong.

Unfortunately, his body was very weak.

“Are you Nineteenth Senior Brother Qin Tian?”

At this moment, he hastily used his divine sense to probe the other party, then asked in a low voice.