Let Him Handle the Embarrassing Matter?

When they left, it was still midsummer. By the time they returned, winter had arrived.

Goose-feather snow blanketed the entire Jianyang Prefecture in white, lending that grand residence a touch of desolation.

Since Ye Lan had been worried about the Great Southern Continent, they had saved several days compared to their journey out. Upon arriving, she took Ye Jing away to handle official business.

After all, as a titled general of the Demon-Slaying Bureau, she had disappeared for over half a year just as the first signs of turmoil emerged. She had to give the court an explanation.

Shen Yi returned to the courtyard alone, pushed open the door, entered the room, and sat on the edge of the bed.

This journey had yielded abundant gains. Not only had he established a legitimate foothold in the Divine Land, but he had also obtained a Three Sects true method as formidable as the Taixu Dao Fruit. He had truly found his footing.

But the price had not been absent.

He glanced sideways at the snow outside the window and quietly sorted through his thoughts.

First was the matter in Heaven. He had heard that after Azure Flower returned, she had risen another two ranks because of what she received from White Feather Immortal, leaping straight into the position of a Subordinate Fifth Rank immortal general.

To be honest, Shen Yi rarely envied anyone—except Azure Flower.

The things others had to fight and bleed for seemed as effortless to her as eating and drinking.

She had broken through to the Dao Integration Realm because Shi Ren fed her pills, then relied on merit to become a Seventh Rank immortal. She had leaped directly past Vast Marsh's several Dao Realm cultivators, and within only a short time of ascending to Heaven, she had