A mere ore deposit was, of course, nowhere near enough to compensate for the lives lost among my fleet's crew. But I had destroyed the main cannon of their Celestial Origin Artifact, along with most of their defensive orbital cannons, which were worth no small sum.
Not to mention the deaths caused by the destruction of the city below.
Seeing the grimness deepen on my face, Yun Heng knew I had no intention of letting the matter go easily. She said, "I'll immediately begin dealing with the culprit who caused this attack through a misjudgment and tried to sow hatred between us. So please, Fellow Daoist, don't lose your temper just yet. I absolutely have no intention of minimizing the important parts and glossing over the rest."
"Good. I hope you'll do as you say." After speaking, I held out my hand.
The jade scroll flew toward me.
The thing looked like a small cylinder covered in densely packed lines. Besides serving as an anti-counterfeiting seal, it should also have been used to open some great gate or formation mechanism.
"Of course. Please come with me first, Fellow Daoist." Yun Heng made an inviting gesture, and the spinning top beneath her feet slowly drifted down toward the administrative district.
The other Yuan-force warriors either dispersed or, if they were officials, quickly followed after us.
Things had come this far, but I had no intention of escalating our enmity any further. I drifted down after them as well, while contacting Yu Shu and the others to tell them how the matter had been handled.
After Yun Heng led me down to an administrative residence, she stored the Celestial Origin Artifact spinning top in a spatial case.
She then stepped into a mass of golden light and changed out of her tight-fitting