"If it's that man... sigh, I advise Brother Yu to abandon this idea!" Vice Minister Wu urged.
"Prefect Zhou is a meritorious official returned from the Western Desert, a figure personally received by the Jin Emperor. Let alone you—even I would not dare offend him lightly!"
"Hmph, if Brother Wu is worried, I shall submit the memorial myself!" Sect Master Yu said angrily. As he spoke, he made to rise, yet the corner of his eye remained fixed on Vice Minister Wu, waiting for him to speak.
But Vice Minister Wu acted as though he had heard nothing and merely drank his tea.
Seeing this, Sect Master Yu flew into a rage.
"Fine, fine, fine! I, Yu, shall go myself!" With that, he swept his sleeve and departed, heading off to seek an audience with the Jin Emperor.
After Sect Master Yu left, Vice Minister Wu immediately let out a breath of relief.
Watching Sect Master Yu's retreating figure, he could not help shaking his head.
"Of all the people you could offend, you had to offend Zhou Xun. If he truly harbors the intent to kill, how could you possibly keep your life?"
He had personally seen the battle reports of Zhou Xun in the Western Desert.
He had slaughtered several Tier 4 High-Grade Ghost Kings. Forget a Nascent Soul cultivator like Sect Master Yu, who spent all year shut away at home making talismans.
Sect Master Yu left Vice Minister Wu's residence in a towering rage and headed straight toward the inner city, where the Jin Emperor resided.
Along the way, the resentment in his heart grew ever stronger, and the humiliating scene of Zhou Xun beheading him with a single sword kept surfacing in his mind.
"I am a First-Class Attendant of the Hundred Talisman Office. How