When serving in the Heavenly Court, look to the long term and keep the big picture in mind!

"Chen Xiang gave it to me." Xiao'e held the Treasure Pearl and blinked, her face innocent.

"Chen... Chen Xiang?" Lu Yuan froze, instinctively repeating the name.

Xiao'e nodded, sounding a little aggrieved. "Yes, Chen Xiang insisted on giving it to me to play with. Father, should I not have accepted it?"

Lu Yuan stood rooted to the spot, unable to answer for a long while.

Who was Chen Xiang?

The dignified Jade Pivot Numina Star Lord, the only son of Lord Chen of the Discipline Inspection Court, the apple of the Third Holy Mother's eye, and the Holy Manifestation True Lord's own nephew!

How had a Little Ancestor who could swagger sideways through the Heavenly Court gotten involved with his daughter?

Lu Yuan stared fixedly at Xiao'e.

He found nothing in his daughter's eyes but pure, crystal-clear stupidity, without the slightest secret delight at latching onto the powerful.

Then another thought struck him, and Lu Yuan understood.

Xiao'e truly had no idea of Chen Xiang's background.

On the day the Immortal Academy opened, its rules had been strict and its class barriers rigid. Anyone allowed to bring their juniors into the main hall to witness the ceremony on the first day had to be at least a Golden Immortal, or a principal god of one of the departments.

A middling True Immortal like Lu Yuan, who barely scraped by as a middle-ranking official in a bland government office, was not even qualified to stand guard outside the Immortal Academy's gates.

During the opening ceremony that day, Xiao'e and the other children of ordinary immortal officials could only wait in a side hall.

Naturally, she had not witnessed Chen Xiang's magnificent feat of setting a fire. All she knew was that a little girl named Chen Xiaochan was very capable and