A Match Between Equals!

Report!

Another report!

Just moments ago, Qinghu Seat's Speaker Yang Song had reported Qu Hongwen for shielding and indulging others, and Lin Qianyi for harboring filth and corruption.

The next moment, Qu Hongwen himself, one of those being reported, came knocking—and his opening words were the same—

"General, I wish to report someone!"

"Oh?"

Li Qingshan's brows lifted slightly. A trace of amusement flashed through his eyes before he swiftly suppressed the curve of his lips and said solemnly:

"Patrol the Heavens and Slay Evil is this general's duty. Since Domain Lord Qu has clues, speak freely."

However,

the Gray-Robed Elder on the screen did not immediately respond. Complex, unreadable light flickered in his clouded old eyes, as though he were making one final calculation in his heart.

After weighing it for several breaths, he suddenly posed a question.

"General, someone must have already... come to you first to 'report the situation,' correct?"

Li Qingshan paused, then could not help shaking his head with a laugh. With genuine admiration in his voice, he said:

"Domain Lord Qu, you truly deserve to be the lord of an entire domain!"

He had not answered directly, but neither had he denied it.

Because Qu Hongwen was not seeking confirmation. He had already known the answer in his heart!

Sure enough,

"It must have been Yang Song, I presume?"

Qu Hongwen smiled bitterly and shook his head. Though his words were phrased as a guess, his tone was as heavy as if he were stating an established fact.

"Among the sixty-seven Speakers of the domain, their Lineages are all longstanding forces that preside over their respective Constellations.

Though this old man cannot say I watched them grow up, it is not far from the truth.

Yang Song has always acted cautiously, seeking no merit