The Minister of Justice Prefecture really had not assigned him any tasks lately. He had only just returned from Jianye, after all, and needed some time to rest. In that respect, the Minister of Justice Prefecture was fairly humane.
After asking Judge Cheng for leave, he went to the Rao Household the next day to meet everyone. Besides the Rao Lineage Siblings, there was a female cultivator named Hai Xixi. There was nothing particularly remarkable about her; in the Xiuzhen world, where beauties gathered like clouds, she hardly stood out. But on closer inspection, she possessed a distinctive quality: cleanness.
Rao Zongzhi quietly sent him a Divine Sense message. "Hai Xixi. Don't be fooled by how delicate and quiet she looks. Her great-great-grandmother is one of Shanmen Quanzhen's thirteen Infant Transformation ancestors, and one of the three strongest at that. But Sea True Person seldom stays in the Jade Capital and spends most of her time away, so she isn't widely known outside.
"Not many outsiders know of this connection. I only learned about it through an extremely unlikely chance. Sea True Person is solitary and eccentric, and no one dares try to approach her through her descendants. You should put some thought into this..."
"Thank you." Hou Niao was grateful. He knew this was no coincidence at all, but something the Rao Lineage Siblings had deliberately arranged. Rao Zongzhi must have privately contacted his younger cousin through Divine Sense. As it happened, Rao Buyi was close to Hai Xixi, who also intended to join this Flash Spirit Hunt, and that had led to Rao Buyi's inexplicable invitation.
This was the value of connections. Though his were limited, most of the people he knew were genuine friends, incomparable to ordinary acquaintances.
Though he did not quite approve of this approach,