He Zhizhuo's brow twitched, though he was hardly surprised. If a favored heir of any of Baigu City's seven great aristocratic clans were secretly attacked, the city would be turned upside down—let alone a member of the Five Major Sects. "In fact, after I left yesterday, I went to the Wei Household Immortal Shrine to investigate the Hidden Cloud Incense."
"Do you know those two Golden Core cultivators were acting on Wei Min's orders?"
He Zhizhuo nodded. "Word has spread everywhere by now. But True Lord Wei Min has always been modest and kind, never one to clash with anyone. I can hardly imagine him doing something so... reckless and mad in secret."
"Are you here to plead the Wei Household's case?"
He Zhizhuo hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no. It's just... there's nothing wrong with the Hidden Cloud Incense at the Wei Household Immortal Shrine. I compared the purchase records with the usage records. It really was bought from the Awakening Sea with hard cash, and every transaction is traceable. I also had someone examine the ashes of incense burned in the shrine. There was nothing unusual."
Of course he found nothing. The people of the Awakening Sea had already vouched for the Hidden Cloud Incense, Bian Chunchou thought. "But I heard Hidden Cloud Incense costs a fortune. It's not as if there aren't other kinds better suited to burning in the Wei Household Immortal Shrine. Why keep using incense from the Awakening Sea? The shrine was built to pray for the ancestral spirits. After so many
years,
the expense must be enormous. Is the City Lord's Office really willing to share the cost without a single complaint?"
He Zhizhuo was stumped. Clearly, the question had never occurred to him.
"I'm sorry, I don't know." He Zhizhuo was frank