The four Nascent Souls were regulating their breaths when True Immortal Lei Shun cupped his hands toward Huo Jiujian. "May I ask if this is a Star Palace inspector before me?"
"You're so boring!" City Lord Huo rolled his eyes at him. "You clearly guessed who I was. What are you pretending for?"
Hearing that, True Immortal Lei Shun showed no embarrassment at all. Instead, he gave an awkward chuckle.
"Lei Shun greets City Lord Huo. Still, I truly never expected at first that you had ties with the Dai Family."
"Hardly ties," Huo Jiujian said flatly. "Your West Hill City, from top to bottom, is utterly disgraceful!"
They were both first-tier city lords. Attacking the West Hill City Lord so directly would hardly benefit unity if word got out.
But since he had come here and started fighting, he had already shown no respect for his colleagues. Now that his identity was exposed, offending them a little more made no difference.
How could True Immortal Lei Shun care about his reproach? Taking the opportunity to press his advantage was what mattered. "City Lord Huo, this is due to poor management from above!"
It was inconvenient for him to directly criticize the West Hill City Lord, but he had to emphasize that the main responsibility for this matter did not lie below.
How could Huo Jiujian fail to understand his intent? He immediately said, "I'm only the Great Leaf City Lord. Don't bring these rotten matters to me!"
"But our Autumn Water City is truly innocent!" True Immortal Lei Shun protested. "The Heavenly Demons here were all brought in by someone else!"
The claim was rather startling, but Huo Jiujian understood perfectly well—was he trying to make a shocking statement at all costs?
He snorted coldly. "Stop spouting this nonsense