65: Tiandao Audit

Within the Immortal Cave, Spiritual Qi was as dense as water.

Lu Yuan’s fingertips hovered before the light screen, completely still.

That line of golden text was not a static symbol.

It was breathing.

Each flicker caused a subtle tremor in the Karma of the entire Immortal Cave.

“Warning: Your ‘market squeeze’ behavior has severely interfered with Karma order. Your trading pattern has attracted the attention of a ‘The Federal Reserve’ seat.”

The Federal Reserve.

Lu Yuan silently chewed on this word on his tongue.

In his cognitive system, this represented ultimate violence, and the rules themselves.

He did not panic.

He didn't even have any superfluous emotions.

He was analyzing.

“Market squeeze” was the Exchange’s definition of the annexation of the Wang family, precise.

“Severely interfered with Karma order” was the qualitative assessment.

“Attracted the attention of a ‘The Federal Reserve’ seat” — this was the true core.

A warning, not a punishment.

This indicated that his actions had touched a certain line, but had not yet crossed it.

Or rather, he had not yet been directly judged as a “virus” that needed to be eliminated.

Just then, a Jade Slip for communication vibrated violently, the Wanbao Tower emblem on it flashing brightly.

Lu Yuan activated it with a casual flick.

Sword Elder’s almost roaring voice pierced through the Jade Slip, carrying a tremor that a person of his Realm should never possess.

“Junior friend Lu! Something has happened! Something huge!”

“Wanbao Tower... we... also received a warning!”

Lu Yuan shifted his gaze from his light screen, his tone calm.

“It’s an ‘audit,’ not a ‘judgment.’ ”

“Sword Elder, panic won’t solve the problem.”

With a single sentence, the storm on the other end of the Jade Slip subsided.

“Au... dit?” Sword Elder’s voice was strained and confused.

“This means there are rules to follow.”

“Wait quietly and see what the rules are.”

Lu Yuan cut off the communication.

He needed to verify his judgment and tally his gains from this venture.

The light screen interface switched.

He began to quantify the value of the Wang family’s ore veins, land, and even those clansmen who had been converted into “assets.”

The numbers began to jump wildly.

Finally, an astronomical figure solidified.

“Total profit for this period: eighty-nine million one hundred twelve thousand karma points.”

However, before he could perform any operations, a new prompt popped up.

“Your account has triggered the risk control mechanism due to a massive amount of abnormal profit.”

“50% of the profit assets have been temporarily frozen, awaiting the conclusion of the audit.”

The dazzling string of numbers on the light screen dimmed by more than half.

Invisible shackles had appeared out of thin air, falling upon his account.

During this time, outside the Qingyun Sect mountain gate, there was a constant stream of visitors, like a bustling marketplace.

Various major forces from the Eastern Continent cultivation world had sent envoys, bearing lavish gifts, ostensibly to congratulate the Qingyun Sect on its new location, but in reality, every Divine Sense was frantically probing the Sect’s true situation.

Lu Yuan remained oblivious to this.

He ordered that no one was to privately contact outside envoys, and the Sect’s grand formation was to be half-open, defending but not attacking.

In his eyes, these were no longer within the scope of his current concerns.

The Restriction of the Immortal Cave suddenly rippled.

A cold figure silently appeared before him.

It was Han Yuexi.

She wasn't wearing a veil today, and her exquisitely beautiful face bore a rare solemnity.

“Did you feel it?”

She spoke, her voice colder than usual.

“A sense of... being watched by a higher existence.”

Lu Yuan looked up at her.

“You seem to know something.”

Han Yuexi was silent for a moment.

“In our clan’s most ancient texts, there are scattered records.”

“Legend has it that above the Heavenly Dao, there exists a group of beings called ‘Inspectors.’ ”

“They do not concern themselves with worldly changes, nor do they participate in disputes over Dao traditions. They are only responsible for one thing — maintaining the fundamental Karma balance of the Universe.”

“Any existence that attempts to gain immense profits through abnormal means in a short period, leading to an imbalance of Karma, will be ‘audited’ by them.”

Her words precisely confirmed Lu Yuan’s conjecture.

“What is the result of the audit?” Lu Yuan asked.

Han Yuexi shook her head.

“I don’t know. The texts only used two words to describe it.”

“Liquidation.”

Lu Yuan did not ask further.

He brought up the “Sandbox Simulation” function.

He wanted to simulate all possibilities of interacting with this “auditor.”

“Simulation Target: Heavenly Dao Auditor.”

“Estimated karma points consumption: one million.”

Confirm.

However, the next moment, the Sandbox Simulation in his mind did not reveal a clear future as usual.

There was only a thick, impenetrable mist of Chaos.

No matter how many karma points he invested, the mist showed no signs of dissipating.

The simulation failed.

This was the first time the “Sandbox Simulation” function had completely failed.

Just then, a new change occurred in the Exchange interface before him.

In the upper right corner of the light screen, a previously blank area, an eye-like icon composed of countless golden runes, appeared out of thin air.

Below the icon, a line of cold countdown began to tick.

“Audit program activation countdown: twelve hours.”

Lu Yuan watched the countdown, the golden data stream in his eyes slowly calming.

He stopped all movement.

No simulations, no reading.

He simply sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and his breathing became long and steady.

Inside the Immortal Cave, silence returned.

It was as if the warning, enough to drive any Golden Core Old Ancestor mad, and the unknown entity about to arrive, had nothing to do with him.

He was adjusting his state.

Adjusting his state of mind to absolute zero.

Because what he was about to face would be a negotiation that could not be measured by cultivation, Magic Treasure, or even strategy...

A “guest” from a higher dimension was about to knock.