"What exactly is this guy's relationship with Deputy City Lord Chu? He actually got Deputy City Lord Chu to personally step in and bail him out."
Elsewhere, atop the broad city wall, Luo Rulie sat before an enormous table, rubbing his brow as he murmured.
This time, he had clearly been about to use that excuse to take Ye Lin into custody, then secretly use special methods to discipline him. Yet Chu Qinxin had unexpectedly interfered.
"According to our investigation, Ye Lin comes from the Myriad Heavens Divine Sect. Deputy City Lord Chu also came from the Myriad Heavens Divine Sect before. They are fellow disciples."
"It's only natural that they have some connection."
At that moment, a figure emerged from the black shadows in a distant corner.
"So that's how it is."
"But this guy must be taken down. He has already noticed something is wrong. We must seize him before he learns the truth, then refine his Primordial Spirit."
Luo Rulie tapped the table and spoke blandly.
Figures also emerged one after another from the other corners, all of them nodding.
They were all Shadow Guards under the City Lord.
"No. Do you have any other excuse?"
Luo Rulie asked.
The entire space fell silent.
Naturally, they understood what Luo Rulie meant.
They also knew exactly what Heavenly Capital City was for.
Whenever an unfamiliar Daluo Golden Immortal entered Heavenly Capital City and stayed for several days, they would find all kinds of reasons to detain them and lock them in a specially made dungeon.
They would then use a special secret art to place shackles upon their Primordial Spirits. In this way, their minds would be subtly influenced, and they would no longer resist.
Otherwise, if an unfamiliar Daluo Golden Immortal entered Heavenly Capital City only to