Xuanluan's Scheme

The room was dark and gloomy.

As a fifth-rank divine general of the Heavenly Court, the Nine Netherworlds Divine General considered himself a man who had seen his share of the world...

Yet some matters still left this divine general feeling rather troubled.

For instance, right now.

He looked at the man Xuanluan had brought back and thrown onto the floor before him.

If nothing unexpected had happened, this man was most likely that Xu Ming.

But the problem was...

Even if the man was merely a lowly ninth-rank Sky Patrol Guard, he was still a subordinate of the Sky Patrol Command of Cloud Prefecture, an officer with an official immortal registry in the Heavenly Court.

The man had committed no offense. How could they lay hands on him so openly in broad daylight?!

This was the groundless detention of a Heavenly Court official.

If Liu Qingshan reported this to the higher-ups, even he, a divine general, would be dragged down with it.

Besides... if Xuanluan wanted to do it, then do it. Why bring the man before him?

Couldn't he have done it secretly on his own?!

What was this?!

Was he trying to drag him into the water?!

At that thought.

Drawing on his many years of surviving in the Heavenly Court, the Nine Netherworlds Divine General knew full well that he absolutely could not become entangled in this karma.

He turned to Xuanluan at his side and said awkwardly, "Um... Xuanluan, isn't this a bit too much?"

"This kid hasn't done anything wrong. If we forcibly take him like this and it blows up, it'll be hard to clean up."

"Why don't we let him go first and wait patiently? Perhaps in a few days, that girl will come to her senses and run back on her