Azure Heaven Mansion Sect, Law Enforcement Main Hall.
"Excellent. Steward Lu has truly brought glory to our Law Enforcement Hall this time."
A deep, weighty voice came from the seat of honor in the main hall. The elderly man, whose silver hair cascaded down the back of his black iron chair, had his eyes half-closed as his withered fingers lightly tapped the armrest.
As one of the Law Enforcement Hall's three Deputy Hall Masters, the pressure naturally radiating from this Early Golden Core cultivator alone made cold sweat bead across the reporting Law Enforcement Disciple's forehead.
"Reporting to Deputy Hall Master, that little girl from Huaqing City possesses a variant Ice Spiritual Root. She is practically a cultivation seedling tailor-made for our sect's Azure Wave Scripture."
Before the Law Enforcement Disciple had finished speaking, the old man abruptly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing through his clouded pupils.
"Ice Spiritual Root... the Transmission Hall..." The old man stroked the chair's armrest.
"That one has exceedingly high standards. He has probably had his eye on this promising seedling for quite some time."
He let out a heavy sigh, his sleeve sweeping the jade slips from the table. "If she could be brought into the Law Enforcement Hall, she would surely become the Law Enforcement Hall's sharp blade someday."
"What a pity, what a pity..."
In one corner of the Law Enforcement Hall, towering clusters of steward palaces stood in staggered rows.
Layers upon layers of blue-gray upturned eaves overlapped, while the small green spirit cauldrons hanging from their corners chimed in the fierce wind.
At the heart of the palace complex stood a grand Law Enforcement Main Hall, standing out from the flock like a crane among chickens.
Its vermilion pillars were carved with savage thunder wyrms, and its glazed