Jiang Yuebai hurriedly departed.3

After parting ways with Chu Liang, she left the woman in the care of the Tang family and quickly set out to investigate. When she discovered that Chu Liang had been detained by the City Supervisory Division, she wasted no time and returned to Mount Shu without delay.0

It only took her a moment of thought to guess Chu Liang's intentions.0

Now that she had solid evidence, her only concern was that the city lord might try to use his influence to forcibly quash the matter into nothingness. However, she was confident that as long as an esteemed sect elder intervened, even the city lord, with all his authority and power, would be unable to meddle in matters concerning the immortal sects of the Divine Nine.0

Although the Divine Nine and Terrestrial Ten were merely sects, they held enough power to negotiate with the imperial family—the Xia Family. The idea that government officials could intimidate these immortal sects was nothing more than a fantasy.0

In a way, these otherworldly cultivators acted as overseers beyond the law, like a sword hanging over the...0