In the reception hall, a female cultivator in plain clothes with a silver hairpin sat quietly, elegant and gentle, with a hint of haggardness that stirred pity.
Opposite the female cultivator, Jiang Sheng's expression was as still as an ancient well, without a ripple. He only kept sipping lotus-seed tea, as if pondering something.
Bai He, however, was perfectly at ease as she plucked at a string of spirit fruits. "You all know each other, so I won't make introductions. If you have anything to say, don't mind me."
The female cultivator hesitated slightly. "You didn't say the aid you invited was True Lord Lingyuan."
Bai He looked at the female cultivator and spread both hands. "This is all the connections I have."
"If you want to resolve your younger brother's matter, no one is more suitable than Lingyuan. He is the Judicial Heavenly Lord of the Heavenly Court, and the heavenly prison is under his jurisdiction now."
As she spoke, Bai He said with utter bachelor-like bluntness, "Sister, you have to understand, the mortal world can't manage the heavens. Even though I come from Jinglian Temple, I can only ask someone to help. It's not as if you don't know—even my family's Bodhisattva only holds the nominal title of one of the Five Direction Buddha Elders in the Heavenly Court and has no real authority. Even in this South Shaoguang Continent, my family's Bodhisattva can only manage half."
"Matters in heaven, in the end, still have to be solved by people of heaven."
The female cultivator fell silent.
The structure of the Three Realms Great Thousand World was just as Bai He had said. The Heavenly Court's Four Sovereigns and Five Elders were all honored positions held by those of Dao-holding Pure Yang, but the Four Sovereigns at least