Lin Baichuan stared at the gray-robed elder across from him, his gaze grave as countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He sneered. "What, after beating the little one, the old one has come..."
"You misunderstand, young friend. I did not come out to trade blows with you."
The gray-robed elder smiled and shook his head. "How about ending the grievances between the Imperial Observatory and you here?
"You have vented enough today. The Observatory Director and the others have all been beaten into grievous injuries by you; the price they paid is already great enough.
"Besides, you killed three people from my Imperial Observatory and even seized a Dao artifact."
"If you are unwilling to accept this, you may try taking it back."
Lin Baichuan sneered. "It is not as though your Imperial Observatory has never done such things before. What is there to hesitate over?"
"Lin Baichuan, do not be too arrogant."
No sooner had Lin Baichuan finished speaking than a deep voice rang out. It was Liu Chengfeng, the Observatory Director of the Imperial Observatory.
After the gray-robed elder extinguished the Earth Spirit Fire, Liu Chengfeng's body had been reconstructed once more.
He was now standing behind the gray-robed elder. Perhaps because he had the elder backing him and felt capable again, his words immediately carried far more confidence.
He swept a glance over Lin Baichuan and growled coldly, "We were merely acting on orders. If you have the skill, go trouble the Cabinet.
"The Cabinet!"
Lin Baichuan sneered. Naturally, he knew that the Imperial Observatory had acted only because the Cabinet had issued an order.
But the ones truly pulling strings behind the scenes were definitely not just the Cabinet. Or rather, it was not the Cabinet alone, but the Fifth Prince.
There might even have been