Zhang Shendao had been a teacher, after all, and was an excellent storyteller. In just a few words, he explained what had happened.
Lin Caiyi, Jiang Tian'ai, and Li Shou, along with a dozen or so veteran players, had accepted a Fourth-Level Ding-Rank mission from the Mission Hall: escort a shipment of confiscated goods to the Myriad Manifestations Office.
During the handover, officials from the Myriad Manifestations Office discovered that the goods did not match the inventory.
A batch of Peiyuan Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills was missing-over a hundred pills in total!
Then they had been detained by the Myriad Manifestations Office. Their silver might all have been confiscated, leaving them unable to reply to private messages.
Yang Ling asked, "The Myriad Manifestations Office?"
"The Myriad Manifestations Office mainly handles the purchase and sale of pills, rare flowers and herbs, and divine weapons.
"Confiscated goods brought back by the various divisions are also sent there to be registered. Only then can they be cleared for use.
"Embezzling confiscated goods is a serious crime in this dynasty. Even Fourth-Rank Grandmasters receive no special treatment."
The speaker was Hu Shuying. She walked in with a grave expression and handed Yang Ling a wooden box.
Yang Ling opened it and found one fifteen-hundred-year-old Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruit and three roughly eight-hundred-year-old Blackwood Snake-Gall Fruits inside.
"My lady."
Zhang Shendao did not know who Hu Shuying was, but guessed she was a high-level NPC in the Divine Guard Office Instance and bowed with his hands clasped.
"This is Commander Hu of Human Division Group One, Beheading Hall."
Yang Ling briefly introduced her. "Commander Hu, this Myriad Manifestations Office..."
"If your subordinates have been detained by the Myriad Manifestations Office, this could be very troublesome. Even our Department Master has to show their Department Master