Outer Sect Main Hall, Household Affairs Hall.
A cultivator in a blue robe hurried into the household registry office.
He looked around, then asked the steward seated behind the desk in astonishment, "Where is he?"
The steward, who was writing in the ledger with swift strokes, answered without looking up, "Gone."
"What?"
The blue-robed cultivator glared and shouted, "How could you let him get away?!"
Anxious and furious, his fairly handsome face flushed crimson, and his eyes nearly spat fire.
"Hmph!"
The steward snorted coldly and set down his vermilion brush. "When I, Chen, handle matters, why should I explain myself to you?"
The blue-robed cultivator was instantly left choking on his words.
Yet he did not dare fall out with the other man. He could only lower his voice and say, "Steward Chen, please forgive me. That man is very likely the murderer who killed my uncle!"
The blue-robed cultivator had received word last night that his uncle's Soul Tablet had shattered.
He had immediately sought out this Household Affairs Hall steward and asked him to keep an eye on the situation regarding his uncle's property.
The blue-robed cultivator had coveted that residence in Yunyang City for a long time!
Now that his uncle was dead.
The first thing he thought of was using his connections to see whether he could secure the inheritance rights.
Even if he had to surrender a large share of the benefits, it would be entirely worthwhile.
Yet before the blue-robed cultivator could even make a move, he had just received a Crane Message from the steward saying that someone had come to transfer ownership of the house.
How could he possibly tolerate that!
"With no evidence at all, how can you call someone a murderer?"
Steward Chen replied expressionlessly, "This is the Household