When Lu Yuan walked out of the Chen Residence, even his divine soul felt as though it were floating.
Xiao'e had not come out with him.
Yang Chan had said that the newly caught immortal cranes in the Back Courtyard were fiercely tempered. Worried that the two children might play too roughly, she had kept them at the residence for dinner.
Before he left, she had specifically instructed that a squad of Heavenly Soldiers escort Xiao'e home later that evening.
An escort of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
Forget Lu Yuan-even the Chief Official of his Government Office's Main Hall normally had to ride his own cloud home after work.
Lu Yuan had no idea how he got home.
Usually, when he finished work, he kept his head down and his back hunched, taking the quiet Cloud Roads along the outermost edges of the Thirty-Three Heavens, terrified of running into some High Immortal and having to bow and offer his greetings again.
Today was different.
Lu Yuan straightened his back, clasped his hands behind him, and walked with the measured, stately gait of an official. He deliberately chose the Heavenly Court's main thoroughfares, passing the Celestial River junction outside the South Heaven Gate before floating all the way back to his little two-courtyard home.
As soon as he pushed open the courtyard gate, he saw his wife sitting beside the Stone Table.
His wife was also an Immortal Official, serving in the Herbwood Office under the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers. Her daily duties consisted of loosening the soil and watering various precious immortal grasses, earning a meager immortal salary.
Her brows were knitted too. Clearly, she had endured plenty of undeserved scolding from High Immortals at her office.
"You're back?" His wife did not even raise her head. "The Director