Chen Wei closed the Immortal Register Album and quietly watched Xu Jiang spin his nonsense.
He would stake his dao fruit on it: there was definitely something wrong with this earth god. Never mind that his face bore no resemblance to the one in the Immortal Register Album-his manner upon entering alone was nothing like an immortal official's.
What minor local god would not tremble before an imperial envoy from Tongming Hall, too frightened even to sweat?
Yet this one had walked in complaining of his hardships, claimed credit the moment he opened his mouth, and spun lies more smoothly than a mortal storyteller.
Still, Chen Wei had no intention of exposing him on the spot.
When navigating the Heavenly Court, the greatest taboo was overstepping one's authority. He was overseeing the case of the Yellow Eyebrow Monster and the Yellow Wind Monster descending to the Mortal Realm to wreak havoc.
As for whether Immortal Mist Mountain's earth god was an impostor?
Whether the local gods were taking bribes and bending the law?
Sorry, that was work for the Heavenly Court's other offices, not Tongming Hall's jurisdiction. Unless his superior had assigned it, he absolutely could not touch it, even with mountains of gold and silver laid before him.
Touching it would mean breaking the rules of the Heavenly Court's various departments.
His charge into the earth god's temple today, putting on the air of an auditor, had merely been an excuse to establish his authority-to shake the mountain and frighten the tiger.
"Lord Xu, your hard work and great achievements have been most enlightening." Chen Wei folded his hands on the desk, then changed tack. "I've heard that two powerful demons recently arrived in the territory of Immortal Mist Mountain. One is called Yellow Brows, the other the Yellow