"Hmph, General Lu. I am an Imperial Inspector, overseeing the entire empire. From the Emperor above to commoners below, all fall within my jurisdiction."
"Such a major incident has occurred here; it naturally falls within my scope of supervision. How dare you speak to me like this?"
"This person beside you is quite unfamiliar. I fear he is not from the empire, is he? Let me guess again—he must have escaped from the Water Moon Mystic Realm, correct?"
"The Water Moon Mystic Realm is a place suppressed by your Qilin Army. Now that an anomaly has escaped from it, not only did you fail to suppress it at once, you are even sheltering it. Do you believe I would report you to the commander of the Qilin Army?"
The middle-aged man spoke with righteous severity, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
Yet at that moment, Lu Changfeng merely gave a cold laugh.
"You? Report me? Go right ahead. The commander of the Qilin Army is my brother, the Divine Kingdom's Imperial Preceptor is my grandfather, the Divine Kingdom's Prime Minister is my father, the marshal of the Divine Fire Legion—one of the Divine Kingdom's Three Great Legions—is my granduncle, and the current empress of the Divine Kingdom is my younger aunt. Go ahead and report me. As long as you dare, I guarantee you won't live to see tomorrow's sun."
Hearing Lu Changfeng's words, the middle-aged man's face turned livid, yet he did not dare utter a single retort.
Because everything Lu Changfeng had said was true. He was only following regulations now, so Lu Changfeng might not do anything to him. But if he truly provoked Lu Changfeng, forget himself—even his immediate superior would be stripped of his position.
Connections were everything, not to mention that Lu Changfeng