The old saying put it wonderfully.
The son stirred up trouble; the father smoothed it over.
Chen Wei finally felt the full weight of those words. Sure enough, a patrolling Heavenly General came rushing up outside his mansion's gates.
Seeing that her husband had business to attend to, Yang Chan returned to her room first.
Holding his teacup, Chen Wei leisurely skimmed aside the floating tea leaves without even lifting his eyelids. "Why the panic? What trouble has broken out?"
"The main Cloud Road at the South Heaven Gate," the Heavenly General stammered, his voice trembling, "has somehow had a hole hacked through it! The Immortal Works Bureau is inspecting the site right now!"
Chen Wei raised an eyebrow slightly.
The Cloud Road had collapsed?
Logically, repairs fell under the Immortal Works Bureau's jurisdiction.
The Discipline Inspection Court chiefly handled Conduct Discipline. Why had this rotten mess over the Cloud Road's construction quality been brought before him?
"That is the Immortal Works Bureau's business. What good does reporting it to me do?" Chen Wei set down his cup and asked in puzzlement.
The Heavenly General hemmed and hawed, his eyes darting everywhere. "My lord, I wouldn't have dared disturb you ordinarily, but just now, quite a few of our brothers saw the Holy Manifestation True Lord flying past along the Cloud Road with a palm-sized little true spirit. You see..."
Having said his piece, the Heavenly General gave two awkward chuckles and shrank his neck.
Chen Wei understood.
He understood everything.
The Holy Manifestation True Lord, a little true spirit, and an axe.
Even thinking with his feet, he knew it had to be the handiwork of his own unborn little brat.
Before even leaving the womb, the boy could already swing the Mountain-Splitting Axe and cause trouble. Once he