After instructing his subordinates to seek out Yellow Brows for the assignment, Chen Wei still had to visit Pure Heart Temple himself.
The assignment was settled, but the proper procedures still had to be followed.
The Three Demons of the Tongtian River had been personally suppressed by the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the Heavenly Court had always valued face and protocol above all else. If they killed the Golden-Winged Great Peng without a word, wouldn't that be slapping the Great Sage in the face in public?
Chen Wei mounted a cloud and headed straight for Pure Heart Temple on Spirit Mountain.
Unexpectedly, he found no one there.
The novice monk guarding the gate pressed his palms together and informed him that the Victorious Fighting Buddha had already returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain on the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.
Chen Wei turned his cloud around, but instead of heading straight down to the Mortal Realm, he first returned to the Heavenly Court.
There was no other reason.
The Third Holy Mother had awakened.
The moment Yang Chan opened her eyes and learned that Chen Wei was going out on business, she slapped the table and rose, declaring with righteous conviction that, as deputy director of the Heavenly Court's Discipline Inspection Court, she could not draw her generous salary for nothing. She had to carry out her duties diligently.
Although the Great Heavenly Venerable was her own uncle, there could be no special privileges when it came to official business.
She insisted on accompanying him on today's trip.
"Chan'er, when did you become deputy director?" Chen Wei seized on an odd detail, his face full of astonishment.
"Oh, you mean that." Realization dawned on Yang Chan. She promptly produced a scroll bearing the Great Heavenly Venerable's Imperial Decree, picked up a