There was no doubt about it: the hottest figure in all of Huaixi Prefecture at the moment was none other than Xu Yi.
Eighteen arena battles had shaken Huaixi. His title of undefeated was richly deserved.
In this day and age, anyone who rose to the very top of any field and stood alone was bound to attract attention.
But to earn the title of undefeated in cultivation—even if only for a certain stage or rank—brought a level of acclaim no other field could match. After all, this was a world where strength reigned supreme and cultivation came first.
Inside the Hundred-Foot Three Woods Hall of the Prison Litigation Department, Zhou Zongshi had barely named the person he was accusing when Deputy Commissioner Zhang, who was receiving him, felt his head explode. This was huge news—the Prison Litigation Department finally had a major case on its hands! Without waiting to hear the details, Zhang issued a notice and ordered the clerks of all three shifts to summon Xu Yi to court.
"Commissioner Zhang, this is your place of business, and I shouldn't impose on you here. Is there an empty room where I could wait?"
Zhou Zongshi suddenly realized he might have acted on impulse. Coming here to file a complaint had been somewhat rash.
Of course, at the moment, he truly couldn't think of any other way.
The Northern Sacred Court's system was rigidly hierarchical. Though he had the Kill-Stopping Tablet, and could use force to eliminate Xu Yi, that would have to be done quietly, without anyone finding out. Otherwise, once the matter came to light, the charge of secretly killing a second-tier sect leader would be more than Zhou Zongshi—or even the Zhou Family—could bear.
Given Xu Yi's cunning, secretly killing him would be harder than scaling