A Sigh Across Time and Space
"...Someone is pulling strings?"
The Ye Luo King Buddha's tone turned somewhat strange. "What do you mean by that? Our actions have been exceedingly well concealed. Though this matter has suffered many twists and turns, it cannot be said that we gained nothing at all... At the very least, our probing of Earth Aspect Lodge has yielded some results."
"So long as Ji Changli hasn't been forced out, those can hardly be called significant results."
Daoist Yinxiao slowly shook his head.
"I'll handle the investigation into this matter. As for Bai Yuzhen, I'll have to trouble Other Shore to take action."
The so-called Immortal Palace and Other Shore were merely two sides of the same coin, two faces of one whole. Several Heavenly Kings of the Divine Court had once wanted to rely on the Immortal Palace to deal with Other Shore. The very idea was laughable.
"Very well."
The Ye Luo King Buddha nodded. The next moment, that Buddha body resembling bloody mud scattered like dust, turning into a wisp of smoke.
Solitary Yang City, within a teahouse.
"The high-ranking members of the Tao Family and Lei Family in Morning Dew City have all been taken away by people from the Orthodox Dharma Academy."
Zhang Yuanchen sat in a private room, facing a pretty woman wearing a black gauze conical hat.
The pretty woman seated across from him was Shi Canxing, the Puppet Palace's chief Ink Disciple. She must have switched to a new puppet body; her brows, eyes, and features were completely different from those of the beautiful woman in yellow before.
At the same time, restrictions had been set up throughout the private room. All sounds were sealed off, and outsiders could not barge in at will.
"As for the