Mo Jia fell silent for a moment at his words.
Tai Yu did not let her off so easily and continued, "You made such a discovery. Even if you wanted to maximize your gains at first and swallow it all yourself, fine. But now that it has fallen through and important people have been trapped inside, why haven't you reported it?"
One had to know that even for the same offense of "failing to report what one knew," the levels of responsibility differed.
An Architecture Priest was still a priest. By comparison, that high-ranking Celestial in Mo Jia's family was utterly insignificant.
Even if she had not reported it before, once an Architecture Priest had been trapped, she should have reported it no matter what.
If she had reported it to those above at the first opportunity, the pressure could have been passed upward as well. Even if she faced punishment afterward, as Great Lord Xi's granddaughter-in-law, she would still have a way out.
Mo Jia was a very clear-headed person with a strong sense of propriety. Why would she do something so foolish? Surely she was not still hoping for some highly improbable "miracle," thinking she could muddle through?
After several more seconds, Mo Jia finally replied. She laughed, but there was obvious bitterness mixed into it.
"I did report it, but I chose the wrong path at the start—I went through internal channels, and then there was no further word. In fact, even now, I don't know whether Myriad Gods Hall has been informed."
"By internal channels, you mean Xi Corporation?"
"It was Xi Su, Xi Corporation's current person in charge for the Boundary Curtain region. She is an elder of the family, and Xi Shen's aunt."
Xi Shen was Mo Jia's husband, an inconspicuous nobody in the