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Old Yu did not care about any of that. The moment I said we had a deal, he immediately brought out a stack of documents. They contained the articles on reclaiming the realm and some paperwork for relocating the guardians, and I accepted every one of them readily.
"Immortal Xia, let me warn you first: this Zhu Dongyang is no simple character. He has several thugs under him, all sent down by his fourth uncle, Zhu Sihe. They're all killers. I'm afraid they may now have no scruples at all. Our Office of Divine Artifacts isn't as well-funded as it used to be, so I'll have to trouble you with this. If you clean out that realm, it'll count as eliminating a scourge, and Old Yu will remember your kindness. But let me add this: if you get beaten to death because of reclaiming the realm, or if anything happens afterward, it has nothing to do with me, Old Yu, or the Office of Divine Artifacts." Old Yu was thin and lean, his narrowed eyes making him look like a fox. His words were just as airtight, washing his hands clean of the entire affair.
"Are these documents official? If I encounter violent resistance to the law and can't help killing a few of them, would that count as self-defense?" I picked up the Office of Divine Artifacts' realm-reclamation document and the certificate for expelling the guardians and asked.
"Heh heh, Immortal Xia certainly has an imposing bearing." Old Yu chuckled softly before saying, "With these two documents, complete in every detail, you are the law, and the law is you. Of course, if your fists aren't big enough, that's another matter... More often than not, human connections outweigh the law."
I snorted coldly inwardly. *This Old Yu is