Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace.
When True Person Taiyi rushed into the main hall, his Daoist robe still carried the dampness of Chentang Pass.
His plump face had turned the color of liver, his chest heaving violently like a punctured ball.
"Senior Brother!"
He howled at Guangchengzi, who sat at the head of the hall, grief and fury in his voice.
"It's gone! All gone!"
Inside the hall, Golden Immortals such as Chi Jingzi and True Master Yuding turned to look.
Guangchengzi frowned tightly and set down the document he had just finished annotating, "Some Thoughts on Improving the Core Competitiveness of Chan Sect Disciples."
"What has you so flustered?"
"Nezha! My disciple Nezha!"
True Person Taiyi stamped his foot, making the entire Jade Void Palace tremble three times.
"He was snatched away by those people from the Interception Sect!"
He gave an embellished account of what had happened in Chentang Pass.
From the Interception Sect's "Minor Protection Act," to Empress Nuwa's "special commission," to his own humiliating status as a "visiting professor."
"What do they call it? 'Fully enclosed legal and moral re-education!'"
"They made my disciple wear a bellyband printed with 'Study Hard!'"
"They said my disciple wasn't allowed to touch the Universe Ring until he passed the 'moral character assessment'!"
The more True Person Taiyi spoke, the angrier he became. In the end, he pointed at his own nose, his voice cracking.
"Me! One of the Chan Sect Twelve Golden Immortals! And now I have to clock in and work for them every week!"
"And I have to bring my own teaching materials, without pay!"
"This is going too far! It's the greatest humiliation!"
The entire Jade Void Palace fell deathly silent.
Every Golden Immortal wore an expression that mixed absurdity with fury.
They could accept losing