Yiwei Sky City.
Chen Ganding stood atop the observation platform with his hands tucked into his sleeves, gazing out at the brilliantly colored clouds of star-mist beyond. His dark-blue Daoist robe drifted about him as though blending into the void.
Just then, a jade talisman floated over from afar. His sharp gaze shifted toward it, and it came to rest before him. After looking it over a few times, he swept his sleeve and stowed it away.
After a while, a slight Daoist with short brows and narrow eyes came up behind him. He bowed and said, "Senior Brother, I have investigated it. The ones who killed Pei Yue were the two hired armies of the Wei Clan and the Fu Clan in Yeya Prefecture. Nothing unusual showed up in the reports, but there is no guarantee those two families did not cover something up."
Without turning around, Chen Ganding asked with his back to him, "Who are the cultivators commanding those two hired armies?"
The slight Daoist replied, "One is named Zuo Yungang, and the other is Zhang Yu. But according to intelligence from the Military Affairs Office, Zhang Yu's true identity is that of a traveling agent of the Profound Court."
Chen Ganding's eyes flashed. "Zhang Yu? The one who defeated Nie Yin in the previous Profound Truth Discourse?"
The slight Daoist said, "It was him."
Chen Ganding instructed, "Make arrangements. Find a way to transfer both the Wei Clan Army and the Fu Clan Army outside, then find an opportunity to deal with them."
The slight Daoist nodded. "All right. But since Zhang Yu holds the status of a traveling agent of the Profound Court, would doing this..."
Chen Ganding said blandly, "If he is a traveling agent of the Profound Court, then we must not let