"Who is making such a racket here?" An official in an administrator's uniform walked over with a frown.
He held a torch out in one hand while gathering black Witch Gu Qi in the other.
Shen Wei clearly had not expected anyone to be on this unfinished platform and hurriedly lowered his head.
Seeing that they had been discovered, Lin Ke sighed softly and replied, "We are cultivators who have just returned from an assignment elsewhere. My colleague doesn't know the rules, so please forgive him."
As he spoke, Lin Ke slipped him a high-grade Spirit Stone.
The man immediately frowned. "If you have a high-grade Spirit Stone, why aren't you throwing it into that formation?"
"Don't you know the Illusionless Gu Sect is about to wipe out the entire Cloud Dragon Secret Realm? Don't you know the cultivators of the Golden Wing Sect and Cloud Ink Sect have all perished?"
"At a time like this, you still dare to harbor filth and corruption and bribe officials?"
"How despicable!"
"Wh... what?" Lin Ke had seen people like this, who went around shouting slogans. He had most likely been brainwashed by the Grand Consort and Second Consort.
But brainwashing is one thing. Why curse the Golden Wing Sect and Cloud Ink Sect?
Weren't the cultivators of their two sects alive and well?
His eyes darted, and he hurriedly said, "No, you've misunderstood. We came here to donate high-grade Spirit Stones, not to bribe you."
Only then did the official's expression soften somewhat. He deftly stuffed the high-grade Spirit Stone into his own Storage Bag. "Who knows what you've been off doing? Utterly absurd."
"Don't come up from that side again. Take the mountain path and line up to make your offerings."
Lin Ke hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed. "Yes, yes,