News of Xu Ming

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After the old City God left the rear hall of the Imperial Horse Immortal Division, he followed the path along the edge of the pasture and headed out.

Along the way, he encountered several shivering Grey-Robed Immortal Clerks. He even gave them gentle nods, as amiable and approachable as ever.

Not until he had traveled ten or twenty li

did the aura of the Immortal Division vanish entirely from his surroundings.

The old City God slowly came to a stop.

He turned around and looked back at the vast pasture.

Beneath the sun, his once gentle, humble face gradually clouded over with an inescapable gloom.

Red Erlang was dead.

It would be a lie to say his heart did not ache.

But to say that rage had gone to his head and made him lose his bearings would be even more absurd.

Having endured so many years in the Heavenly Court's local officialdom, his heart had long been tempered as hard as stone.

In truth, even before coming to Lingyang Prefecture, he had guessed that this assignment would not be easy.

What kind of household was the Zhang Family?

The elders of their clan were influential figures in the Heavenly Ministry, people whose words carried weight.

If it had been some ordinary Rogue Cultivator with no backing who had offended a member of the Zhang Family, Zhang Shiren would only have needed to let slip a hint, and countless people would have rushed to handle the matter beautifully.

Why would he need to dangle a genuine Seventh-Rank Official post as a judicial official before a local eighth-rank minor official like him...?

That could only mean the waters behind this girl ran deep.

So deep that Zhang Shiren was unwilling to personally step into them.

At that thought,