The Divine Capital Inspection Bureau, a major law-enforcement authority directly under the Heavenly Court, stood in the heart of the cluster of Heavenly Court offices beneath the Thirty-Three Heavens. Like the Immortal Selection Bureau, it was built in the grand, imposing style of a palace, entirely unlike an ordinary immortal residence.
At this moment, Jia Zheng and Jia Lian sat silently in the guest seats along one side of the Inspection Bureau's main hall, waiting.
The previous day, a well-organized group of criminals with considerable cultivation had brazenly attacked an estate in the Divine Capital, causing an enormous uproar within the Divine Capital Inspection Bureau and even throughout the entire Heavenly Court.
After all, this was the first such incident to occur in the Divine Capital in thousands of years!
Moreover, it was said to have violated a secret and grave law of the Heavenly Court. Given the extreme severity of the matter, the Judicial Heavenly God under the Divine Capital Inspection Bureau, who oversaw punishments, attached great importance to it and immediately dispatched a large force of heavenly soldiers and generals to investigate.
Unfortunately, after the law-enforcement heavenly soldiers and generals returned and reported that the key suspect had self-destructed, cutting off all useful leads, the Judicial Heavenly God of the Divine Capital Inspection Bureau had no choice but to summon the head of the attacked Lin Manor—Lin Daiyu—to the bureau for questioning in hopes of learning more.
Upon hearing the news, Jia Residence immediately sent Jia Zheng and Jia Lian to accompany her to the Inspection Bureau and offer their condolences.
Seated in the Inspection Bureau's main hall, Jia Zheng was still dressed in his crimson immortal official's robes, with a black gauze cap atop his head. His face was lean and refined, three strands of black