"You're a sharp lad. A newly advanced Golden Core cultivator, aren't you?"
"I'll submit a memorial to the other elders of Emerging Cloud Peak, recommending you as the new Senior Inspector."
With that, Yan Hua raised a hand and pointed at the corpse of the array guard who had just been blasted to death, drawing the golden core from his body into his palm.
Qian Yao watched Yan Hua take his former superior's golden core without any change in expression, as though he had never known the dead man.
"Thank you for promoting me, True Person."
Qian Yao bowed to Yan Hua again, then activated the Teleportation Array.
The array flashed with spiritual light, and Yan Hua was transported to the headquarters of Jiangnan Township.
The low-level cultivators could no longer remain kneeling and slumped to the ground around the Teleportation Array.
A Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator from Emerging Cloud Peak ventured forward. "Senior Inspector Qian, someone from Jiangnan Township killed one of our mid-stage Golden Core cultivators. Doesn't that violate the Immortal Alliance's rules?"
Cold sweat also streamed down Qian Yao's back, but he forced himself to remain composed. "Draft a preliminary memorial about this and give it to the Foreign Affairs Elder's secretary. He'll report it to the Executive Vice Sect Master. We should stay out of everything else."
"You've cultivated for over a hundred years, at least. Haven't you realized that once someone reaches nascent soul, they can do whatever they please?"
The array guard in the foundation establishment realm nodded repeatedly. "Understood, sir."
He then flew aside and called upon the other guards to restore order around the Teleportation Array.
Inside the Foreign Affairs Elder's cave abode, the fragrance of tea lingered, but his guest had long since departed.
The old man stood alone