Seven days later, the Imperial Court ordered the Heavenly Capital Prefecture, the Divine Court Immortal Pavilion, and Fulong Pavilion to spare no effort in apprehending Fourth Seat Cloud Dragon and the disciples who had fled with him. This move by the Divine Court effectively closed the Dragon Scale Case and delivered its final verdict.
That same day, Second Seat Cloud Boar made his "return of the king" to Myriad Spirits, bidding farewell for good to his prison life as a Dao Realm cultivator furiously pedaling a sewing machine. With their greatest protector back, the corrupt officials of the Internal Affairs Office were every bit as excited as devout believers welcoming the "Dragon King's release from prison." The entire Second Seat's lineage was overjoyed and abuzz, feeling that their financial futures were bright.
The Second Seat had been cleared of his injustice chiefly because the Dragon Scale Case had finally been solved. As the greatest Conan in the lineage and an undisputed contributor to solving the case, Little Bad King naturally received high praise and generous rewards.
He received thirteen Merit Points for this case in one go, leaving him just five short of promotion to an elder of his lineage.
However, the Travelers from the other lineages also gained a great deal from the Dragon Scale Case. Melon, Nong Zhiwei, Zhang Fuzi, Golden Cicada Zi, the Female Prophet, and the others, for instance, had all been investigating it too, only along different lines from Little Bad King. Although they had not received as many Merit Points when the case was finally closed, they had accumulated rewards through one assignment after another during the investigation, obtaining numerous opportunities.
Leaving everyone else aside, Melon alone... had advanced to Hall Master every bit as quickly as Little Bad King.
Although the case was