Dark clouds pressed in from all directions. Over at the library, everyone was still immersed in silent fury. The children all had two words written clearly across their faces: hate it.
That old Taibai apparently had some himself, and the children looked down on him with contempt! Where was the happy reading they had been promised?
As for the low-ranking immortals, there was even less need to mention them. Their faces were grim. This was cutting off their path to advancement. Even cannon fodder knew what the Patriarch was like—he loved teaching people most of all.
Hadn't Guanyin been guided all the way to Buddhahood? Tathagata had nearly coughed up blood! That was just how awesome the Patriarch was. Whether you accepted it or not, you had to admit it.
So the sorrow in their hearts was even more intense than the children's. You people from Investiture of the Gods were standing there talking without feeling their pain.
But adults were adults, after all. They understood better than children that this was not official business. It was clearly a personal grudge!
Yet no matter how furious they looked or how reluctant they felt, they could not stand against a single imperial decree from the Jade Emperor. Adding a line about showing mercy made it truly airtight, and they even had to be grateful to him for it.
Looking at Li Jing standing behind Taibai, everyone dared to rage but not speak. This was power! This was authority!
"All right, enough talk. Duty Star Official, please cooperate with the Heavenly King in confiscating the books. Everyone, go home," Taibai said calmly.
Li Jing raised a brow. You never offended anyone, did you? So I was the one who had to play the villain. Still, he did not care. He had long