"Determined to leave?"
Watching Ye Zhen rise, Second Grand Authority Priest Yangshe Zheng tapped the table with a finger, his face full of provocation. "That is Hall Master Ye's freedom. However, this old man oversees the criminal code and enforcement of the Ancestral God Hall. Law enforcement is also this old man's duty!"
"Enforcement? What law are you enforcing?"
"By the laws of the Ancestral God Hall, anyone who leaves without orders during wartime shall be treated as a traitor to the state!" Yangshe Zheng declared loudly.
"Treated as treason?"
Ye Zhen sneered. "It seems that, in order to deal with me, the Grand Authority Priest and your Grand Priest truly no longer care about Great Zhou's safety?"
"Before the greater tide, personal strength is no more than that of an ant. The crisis in Changling has its own arrangements from the Grand Priest. And this old man commands the criminal code of the Ancestral God Hall. Whoever dares violate its laws, this old man will absolutely not let them go." Yangshe Zheng spoke with righteous solemnity.
Hearing this, Ye Zhen sneered. "It seems you are determined not to let me leave, intending to keep me here and settle accounts later."
In response, Second Grand Authority Priest Yangshe Zheng merely smiled faintly and said nothing more—neither admitting it nor denying it.
"But I refuse to let you have your way!"
Second Grand Authority Priest Yangshe Zheng spread his hands, confidence written across his face. "As you please, if you can."
Without the Grand Priest's approval, Ye Zhen's attempt to leave the Sacred Priest army was nothing but a daydream!
Just then, a Talisman Signal descended from the sky. The instant Second Grand Authority Priest Yangshe Zheng saw its contents, his expression abruptly changed.
"An imperial envoy?"
Even as he wondered,