Within the Guardian of Rectitude Palace on the Upper Layer, Zhang Yu's avatar stationed there received a memorial, along with a mysterious transmission.
The former had been submitted by Lao Chengyi of the Guardian of Rectitude Station; the latter had come from Nie Xinying through the Green Branch mysterious transmission aura he had given her. Both concerned the same matter: a thorough investigation into the causes and consequences of the strange supernatural incident within the Celestial Mechanism Institute.
The reason Nie Xinying had sent the letter was ostensibly to inform him of the matter in greater detail. In truth, she did not entirely trust Lao Chengyi, so she had sent another report here as a precaution.
He could understand such an approach. If it had been an ordinary matter, there would have been no need for this. But Nie Xinying suspected that it might involve some great figure of the Upper Layer. She did not know whether problems might arise within the Guardian of Rectitude Station, nor whether she might encounter obstruction. For the sake of caution, she had sent a letter through the Green Branch. It was better than doing nothing at all.
Sent along with these was the portrait of a Daoist that Lao Chengyi had taken away.
He opened it and looked, his gaze flickering slightly. What appeared in it was the portrait of a certain Tingzhi. There was no need to concern himself with how closely the painting resembled its subject. Because intent had been entrusted to it, he could tell at a glance whom it depicted.
Portraits of this sort had been placed in the dwellings of all the craftsmen involved. It was difficult to say they were unrelated, for when one knelt in worship before a figure of the Upper Layer, that person would