Reason for Demotion

Before long, a new batch of Immortal Officials who had ascended from the Lower Realm arrived in the Heavenly Court.

Among them was a Female Immortal named Liu Ruyan.

She was so beautiful she stirred pity at a glance, with a cool, aloof air, and rumor had it that in the Lower Realm she had been an extraordinary sword cultivator.

During a Heavenly Court–organized social mixer... ah, no, a cross-departmental exchange event, Ye Feng and Liu Ruyan were assigned to the same group.

At first, Ye Feng paid it no mind and handled things strictly as official business.

But Liu Ruyan seemed especially interested in him. She was always finding chances to get close to him, asking about Heavenly River defenses, discussing insights on cultivation. Back and forth, the two became familiar.

Ye Feng discovered that this Liu Ruyan was not only beautiful, but also had solid cultivation and broad knowledge. When they chatted, they got along rather well.

Gradually, he felt that his Dao Heart, which had not stirred for hundreds of years, seemed to be itching a little.

Liu Ruyan also showed an unusually strong favorable impression toward this new rising star of the Heavenly Court, this elite disciple of Fangcun Mountain.

The two began meeting in private, from discussing official matters, to sharing cultivation insights, to occasionally talking of romance and moonlit affairs.

Ye Feng felt that he had fallen in love.

He kept firmly in mind Buddha's warning to "not touch women." His feelings arose from the heart but stopped at propriety; he had not even touched her hand, and felt this probably did not count as "touching," right?

However, what had to come still came.

One night, Ye Feng was handling official documents in the Heavenly River Water Mansion.

Liu Ruyan suddenly burst in, soaked