No sane Cultivator would ever dream of trying to freeload off the Great Zhou Academy's Spiritual Land.
Notably, the Great Zhou Academy had a rule regarding such criminals: if someone was willing to pay a sum of Spirit Stones, they could be leased out to perform high-risk tasks, such as mining or fighting in wars.
Of course, the choice was mutual. But in practice, hardly any selected Cultivator would refuse. After all, getting out of prison meant regaining a degree of freedom and the ability to cultivate—far better than idly wasting away in a cell.
Guo Yuan was one such criminal. He had committed a crime in his hometown, been apprehended by the Great Zhou Academy, and thrown into prison with a seventy-year sentence.
