"Though it was only a proposal for now and no final decision has been made above, it was still a nuisance hanging over our heads."
Long Zhi paused, then probed, "Are you planning to return to Cloud Province Prefecture with us to lie low for a while, or do you have other plans?"
Return to Cloud Province Prefecture?
At those words, a figure involuntarily surfaced in Jiang Yuechu's mind.
She had run off with Long Zhi on this assignment without so much as a word of warning. Not only had she vanished for several days straight, she had also casually slaughtered a Wandering Void Sea Venerable from the Buddhist Sect.
Xu Ming was probably hopping mad in the side courtyard by now.
But.
She was already out here anyway.
Though the Great Marsh Township assignment had been settled, after this whole trip, she had only managed to rake in this little Dao Cultivation and Merit.
To slink back like this would be far too great a loss.
Xu Ming could hop around a little longer.
Besides.
Since the Buddhist Sect had dared to secretly lay out such a scheme in Great Marsh Township, even dispatching a Wandering Void Sea Venerable, Jiang Yuechu felt that this matter was far from as simple as it appeared.
Long Zhi and Chen Zheng's task had only been to investigate the truth of the matter.
Now that the news had been reported to the Heavenly Court, their assignment naturally counted as complete.
But for her...
The Merit of Heavenly Court people was not easy to seize, and killing them could easily leave one covered in filth.
The Buddhist Sect, however, was different.
Killing them was righteous and proper; she could harvest vast amounts of Dao Cultivation while conveniently making a fortune.
How could she possibly