The room was dim and gloomy.
As a fifth-rank divine general of the Heavenly Court, the Nine Netherworlds Divine General considered himself a man who had seen a fair share of the world...
Yet some matters still left this divine general feeling rather thorny.
Such as now.
He looked at the man Xuan Luan, the immortal official, had brought back and thrown onto the floor.
If nothing unexpected had happened, this man's identity was most likely that Xu Ming.
But the problem was...
Even if he was merely a lowly Ninth-Rank Sky-Patrolling Guard, he still belonged to the Cloud Province Prefecture Sky-Patrolling Command Office, a subordinate officer properly entered in the Heavenly Court's Immortal Register.
The man had committed no offense. How could they lay hands on him so openly?!
This was the groundless detention of an appointed official of the Heavenly Court.
If Liu Qingshan stabbed this matter up to the higher authorities, even he, a divine general, would be dragged down with it.
Besides... if Xuan Luan wanted to do it, then do it. What was the point of bringing the man before him?
Could he not have done it secretly by himself?!
What, then?!
Was he trying to drag him into the water?!
At that thought.
Drawing upon his years of experience mingling within the Heavenly Court, the Nine Netherworlds Divine General knew full well that he absolutely could not become entangled in this karma.
He turned to Xuan Luan at his side and said awkwardly, "Well... Xuan Luan, isn't this going a little too far?"
"This kid hasn't done anything, after all. If we seize him by force like this and things blow up, it won't end well."
"Why don't we release him first and wait patiently? Perhaps in a few days, that girl will come