Cautious Punishment Division.
After parting with Chen Gui, Wu Ming returned to the Cautious Punishment Division.
On the way back, he had kept his brow furrowed and said nothing, constantly recalling what had happened on North Street.
Miss Yanluo's rendition of "Rainbow Skirts and Feathered Coats" had also revealed an exceedingly profound realm of Daoist magic, but it had still been within the bounds of what he could comprehend and endure. The feeling of being watched afterward, however, had been truly chilling.
"That person must be an expert of the Daoist magic path. Their cultivation is likely beyond the Third Refinement of the Primordial Spirit—perhaps the fourth refinement, or even higher... Jingye City actually has a daoist magic expert of such a level?"
Since Wu Ming cultivated Daoist magic himself, he would occasionally consult records on the subject while serving at the Cautious Punishment Division. Yet the division's files contained very few records on Daoist cultivators, and even those who had reached the third refinement were few and far between.
Should he report the matter of Tingxue Pavilion?
Wu Ming pondered inwardly.
But after thinking it over, he still shook his head and decided to act as though nothing had happened.
For one thing, the Cautious Punishment Division's intelligence network was anything but ordinary. Perhaps it had long known about Tingxue Pavilion, but for some deeper reason had never recorded it in the files, making any report from him meaningless. For another, he himself possessed a supreme treasure like the Black Emperor's Demon Subduing Diagram and secretly cultivated Daoist magic, hiding quite a few secrets of his own. If he went to report Tingxue Pavilion's abnormalities, he would inevitably have to explain how he knew of them. If things went badly, he might instead expose his own secrets.
Besides,
His