Don't Show Favoritism Just Because My Maternal Great-Uncle Is the Great Heavenly Venerable

The Discipline Inspection Court.

There were no mountains of case files today, and the hall buzzed with lively chatter.

A group of Immortal Officials from the Censorate, who normally wore stern faces as they went about policing the conduct of immortals, crowded three deep around a rosewood desk.

On the desk.

Lay a sheet of rice paper whose ink had only just dried.

It bore no inscrutable talisman, only a simple "Child Playing with Crane."

The brushwork was a little immature, but the lively pose of the crane spreading its wings to fly, and the mischievous expression of the child beside it clutching its tail, leaped from the paper, vivid as life.

On closer inspection.

The child in the painting looked exactly like Chen Xiang.

And the artist was none other than Chen Xiaochan.

"Marvelous!" A Registrar was the first to break the silence, lavishing praise without restraint. "The lines, the spirit-you've truly brought the very word 'lively' to life!"

"This painting is truly a wonder of the Three Realms!" Another Immortal Official leaned forward, staring intently at the crane in the painting. "I may know nothing about painting, but your brushwork, Star Lord, is superb!"

"A tiger's daughter is no weak pup!"

"Our lord judges cases with divine insight, and the Little Star Lord is gifted beyond measure too. Such talent truly puts us all to shame!"

For a moment, the Rear Hall rang with cheers.

The Immortal Officials praised her one after another, and it was not purely to flatter Chen Wei. For an immortal child her age, Chen Xiaochan's painting really was excellent, brimming with spirit.

Listening to their praise, Chen Wei felt thoroughly pleased.

What father in the world did not love hearing his daughter praised?

Immortals and mortals were really no different in that regard.