If they had received a political order from above, that meant the Imperial Capital already knew exactly what had happened, and they would be detained on the spot in the prison office of the City Lord's Mansion.
Otherwise, even if they were arrested by the City Lord's Mansion, they would be handed over to the Justice Bureau and thrown into the dungeon.
This was a procedural difference!!
How-ever, since Martial Man and Smoke Ghost had been captured in advance by people from the Justice Bureau, there was no way to test it out.
But one thing was certain: someone from the Dynasty was definitely covering up the changes that had occurred in the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm.
Otherwise, how could they have just come out of the secret realm and checked into Guang'an City, only to be arrested by the local Justice Bureau that very night?
Dugu Zixuan came alone to the Justice Bureau. Before long, a short, middle-aged-looking man with black sideburns on both cheeks hurried into the hall.
"Immortal, it really is you!"
"Lord Cui, long time no see. You're still just as you always were, no different from more than twenty years ago!"
"Aiya! I never thought that I, Cui, would still be remembered by the Immortal. If the Immortal had not lent a hand back when I was in office, this official hat of mine would have been gone long ago."
That was something from long ago, back when Dugu Zixuan had not yet gone into seclusion. On her way to Nine Dust Hall to see her eldest uncle, she had passed through what was now Three Capital City and casually helped the City Lord's Mansion deal with a Demon Beast that had taken human form and was harming people.
At the time, Dugu Zixuan had