White Deer's change of tune amounted to nothing more than, "I was only teasing you earlier."
An old hand who had spent years rolling around on the Heavenly Court's grand stage could turn his face faster than the pages of a book. This little maneuver was basic technique.
Seeing Chen Wei standing on the cloud, smiling without a word, White Deer grew anxious.
Without a tangible pledge of allegiance, he feared there would be no peaceful end to this day.
"Mmph... mmph!" Lü Yan twisted desperately, his lips trembling as he tried to defend himself.
How could White Deer give him a chance to bite back? He swept his sleeve, turning immortal power into a seal over Lü Yan's mouth, then hoisted the tightly bound Inspection Immortal Official and hurried beneath Chen Wei's cloud.
"Lord Chen, what do you think?"
Lü Yan's eyes were bloodshot, bulging almost out of their sockets.
Had his mouth not been sealed shut, he would have leaped up and cursed eighteen generations of White Deer's ancestors.
Oh.
He had no ancestors.
Chen Wei still refused to take the bait. Putting on a troubled, reluctant expression, he sighed. "Ah, I would like to close the case here. But before we came, the Censorate received reliable intelligence that a Black Bear Spirit in the Skyreach Mountain region has spent years defying all that is right and committing every imaginable evil. He is this area's greatest malignant tumor."
"I wonder where that Black Bear Spirit is hiding now?"
At those words.
Righteous Guardian Daoist's eyes widened. A Black Bear Spirit?
Who else in the entire Skyreach Mountain region could that be but him?
A moment ago, he had hoped to join White Deer in trampling Lü Yan and buy himself a way out. Now it seemed they meant