The Divine Hall of Justice.
Yang Jian sat in the seat of honor, his gaze resting on empty space.
What had happened at the Red Luan Star Manor had left something of a knot in his heart.
Third Sister's Red Thread Knot had been untied, but the Yang family's precious cabbage was actually heading straight for that rascal Chen Wei?
"Reporting to you, True Lord." Outside the hall, a guard commander stepped inside, hands lowered and eyes downcast. "Left Commissioner Li Yin of Tongming Hall requests an audience. He says he has an important matter to report concerning the Heavenly Court's dignity."
Yang Jian raised his eyelids slightly.
Li Yin?
After a moment's thought, the True Lord recalled the immortal official from Tongming Hall who had solemnly vowed, during the War Council before the battle at the Tongtian River, to fight a naval battle with the One-Line Long Snake Formation.
Yang Jian nodded. "Show him in."
Before long, Li Yin entered the great hall. The instant he stepped inside, he involuntarily seemed to shrink a few inches. Taibai Jinxing and the Holy Manifestation True Lord were both Daluo Golden Immortals, but the latter's oppressive presence was far stronger.
There was no need for him to deliberately release that pressure. Merely sitting motionless was enough to make a lower-ranking immortal official's soul tremble.
"This subordinate, Left Commissioner Li Yin of Tongming Hall, pays his respects to the Holy Manifestation True Lord." Li Yin stopped three paces below the steps and offered a subordinate's salute.
"What important matter?" Yang Jian offered him no seat, his tone cold.
"True Lord, I beseech your discerning judgment!" Li Yin straightened and put on an expression of bitter anguish. "I have taken the liberty of disturbing you because a matter concerning the Heavenly Laws and the