Return to the Mainland

Yuan Yu unscrewed the iron cylinder, and two letters fell into his palm one after the other.

One bore the seal of the Tang Sect's Agility Hall, while the other was sealed with the golden sealing wax of the Papal Hall. Both seals were intact. He handed the first letter to Tang San and opened the other himself, frowning the moment he read to the third line.

Six batches of grain near Jialing Pass had been impounded consecutively, two Spirit Hall deacons in charge of transporting the grain had gone missing, and the remaining personnel were blocked outside the pass. The other party presented a grain requisition order bearing an elder's private seal, claiming the grain was temporarily diverted for military use and strictly forbidding anyone from withdrawing it.

Bibi Dong had already sealed the corresponding branch hall's issuing room, but she had yet to find the original copy of that private order.

Tang San read even faster, the veins on the back of his hand bulging slightly as he handed the letter over.

"Two of the Tang Sect's escort teams were also detained. Inside the pass, they claimed we were smuggling military equipment, and in the accounts they provided, even our shipping numbers were written correctly."

Yuan Yu finished reading both letters and placed their dates side by side on the stone table.

When the earliest batch of grain was impounded, they were still practicing body refinement on the bronze pillars.

Lu Ping stood outside the door, hearing the words "Jialing Pass," and his grip on the medicinal bowl paused. Yuan Yu looked up and saw him, then motioned for him to come in. Without asking for a statement first, he simply pulled out an empty stool by the table.

"Have you ever heard of this place?"

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