"Master, there is no hurry at all to revise the Heavenly Rules."
"I was eager to revise the Heavenly Rules before because I felt the current rules were far too rotten."
"But now I feel that the new Heavenly Rules are deeply flawed too, so I am still thinking every day about how to revise them."
"Since the new Heavenly Rules are not ready yet, there is no need to concern ourselves too much with capturing the Third Holy Mother."
"Once I have worked out the new Heavenly Rules, I can think about how to find the Third Holy Mother. At the very least, I do not need to rush in the short term."
With little more than a roll of his eyes, Yang Jian came up with a fresh excuse and used it to shut the matter down.
The new Heavenly Rules?
He had not thought about them at all. His limited perspective kept him from understanding the deeper issues, so even if he produced another set of new Heavenly Rules, they would probably be no different from the rotten old ones.
If he handled it badly, he might even end up being used by someone again.
In that case, why should I go to all that trouble?
Yu Ding Zhenren, however, was instantly dumbfounded when he heard this.
He had been waiting eagerly for Yang Jian to imprison the Third Holy Mother and tear the lid off the Heavenly Court's internal strife. Yet now Yang Jian was telling him that the new Heavenly Rules were flawed, waving his hand, and quitting?
Wasn't that utter bullshit?
In truth, no one cared whether the new Heavenly Rules were any good.
What Yu Ding Zhenren and the others cared about most was whether they could reap enough benefits. Stripped bare, it