As long as I nod, she'll act?
A flicker of something unusual appeared in Yang Ling's eyes.
What the White Bone Divine Lord means is...
She and a certain Land Immortal from the Myriad Manifestations Office think there's a Land Immortal backing me?!
Realization dawned on Yang Ling.
He finally understood why she had brought him here.
Whether it was his precise intelligence that pinpointed the White Bone Dao Palace,
or his seeing through He Busu,
none of the division supervisors at the Myriad Manifestations Office had looked into it further. This was not an acknowledgment of his investigative skills, but of his... backing!
Rather than bringing him to the Abyssal Beast Cavern to make use of his investigative skills,
they wanted to borrow the reputation of the "Land Immortal" behind him.
Let me think. This should be how it happened...
A Land Immortal in the Myriad Manifestations Office sent Sworn Brother to Jiajiu City to retrieve something important.
Chen Jiu and the Land Immortal behind him discovered this. Chen Jiu framed Sworn Brother, and the item is most likely already in his hands. Sworn Brother must have escaped alive.
That Land Immortal from the Myriad Manifestations Office negotiated terms with the White Bone Divine Lord and had her handle this. Bringing me along was a way to get the nonexistent Land Immortal behind me involved too.
That means the power behind Chen Jiu is terrifying. Even a Land Immortal and another whose strength has fallen to the Second Rank don't feel confident enough!
But what Land Immortal do I have behind me?
No, there has to be a Land Immortal behind me!
I have no choice left.
When immortals fought, mortals suffered.
Yang Ling did not want to be that mortal.
He recalled how the Cicada-Holding Directorate had previously