The Seventh Realm: Return to Simplicity

Yang Ling's gaze landed on the middle-aged man in green. He was so furious he laughed.

"So it's you, the newly appointed chief of the Myriad Affairs Bureau. You got lucky and rose to the top, and now you're making me your first target? Every loss the Great Dream Dynasty suffers this time will be on your head!"

A cold glint flashed in the man's eyes.

"You insolent—"

Yang Ling cut him off. "Put away that cold look and think carefully about what you say next."

The Grand Ancestor and the others instinctively turned toward the man in green.

Even several of the suns overhead seemed to brighten at once.

"..."

The man's gaze softened, and his tone grew gentle.

"Steward Yang, I only recently took office. To be honest, I'm not very familiar with the bureau's affairs.

The list of people to be dealt with was mainly drawn up by my subordinates."

"Your subordinates again. How many people beneath you have taken the blame for your actions?"

Yang Ling said, "Bring the subordinate responsible here. If I confirm that he put me on the list and you had nothing to do with it, the Great Dream Dynasty can take part in the auction as usual.

Otherwise, don't blame me when you fail to buy back your Grandmasters."

"Everyone, I want to tear that brat to pieces. No, even that wouldn't satisfy me."

"Bear with it. We still need to bring those Grandmasters back. Besides, the boy has cultivated the Divine Ape Visualization Diagram. He hasn't admitted it, and we haven't reached a conclusion, but the news can't be kept quiet. We'll have to think carefully about what to do with him."

"Chief, you had better endure it. Min Luo of my sect is exceptionally gifted. He may advance to