"Report!" Inside Soaring Firmament Palace, several figures were drinking when Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind-Following Ear began shouting outside.
If the immortals of the Heavenly Court saw this, they would definitely shrink back in fright. The people drinking were no ordinary figures—they were the highest echelon of the entire Heavenly Court, the ones who wielded power.
Jade Emperor raised his wine cup toward Emperor Ziwei and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The three appeared perfectly harmonious. It was hard to imagine that not long ago, they had been tearing into one another in separate factions. Yet now, pressure from outside had brought them together, and they were chatting merrily.
Because they shared a common enemy: Dongwang Gong, Qin Fen! Shared interests and a common opponent had united them.
Hearing the commotion, Jade Emperor frowned. "Come in. Why are you shouting and making such a scene? Please excuse my subordinates, gentlemen. They are simply too impatient!"
Emperor Ziwei smiled without speaking, while Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan remained silent. They were all old hands who never let their emotions show. What they most wanted to know now was what had happened.
"Reporting to Jade Emperor, Dongwang Gong has appeared at the Academy!" Wind-Following Ear barely dared to breathe as he faced the emperors.
Jade Emperor waved a hand. "Leave." The Academy? He had long stopped wanting to meddle with it. Let Qin Fen do whatever he pleased there. Heavenly Dao watched that place closely; no one could force their way in, and it would only be easy to incur Heavenly Dao's displeasure.
"Natural Daoist is the principal, after all," Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan remarked, watching his colleagues. That was like rubbing salt into a wound. Ziwei's expression darkened, and Jade Emperor looked uncomfortable as well. Both cursed inwardly at the same time. *You bastard, you did that