"And then? You can’t do anything about them?" Pei Yan frowned and asked back, dissatisfied with Lin Daozi’s explanation.
Lin Daozi replied awkwardly, "I can step in for this matter once, but even then the other side will reluctantly send soone to just go through the motions. During your investigation, they will still passively await action, and by then I won’t be able to find fault with anything, leaving you in a difficult position." Seeing Pei Yan’s displeasure grow deeper, Lin Daozi quickly spoke before Pei Yan could, "It’s not that there isn’t a way to solve this. Don’t you have the token my teacher granted?"
"They will comply? Just by using this, they won’t be double-dealing anymore?" Pei Yan scoffed upon hearing this.
"You’re right, they might double-deal before, but aren’t you here now?" Lin Daozi looked at Pei Yan aningfully, half-smiling.
"What do you an?"
"Oh, Junior Brother Pei, your fiery temper has long been famous across various realms. Why have you beco so polite now? This is the kind of situation where you really need to stir things up, give them a proper shock with your strength and the relationship between your master and my teachers. They can’t do anything to you and will have to accept the setback." Lin Daozi replied in a low voice.
"Haha, my bad temper was forced out by unreasonable people. In the end, it’s up to to be the bad guy. Well, being a bad guy once or being a bad guy for life, it’s not so bad; at least I won’t be wronged. If I really stir up a ss, won’t you help?" Pei Yan coldly laughed, turning the tables.
"That depends on how far Junior Brother Pei takes it. As I said, our duty is to safeguard your investigation team’s safety. If they make things difficult for you, we turn a blind eye; and if you retaliate, we turn a blind eye as well."
"Understood! I’ll go discuss how to handle this matter properly. Since Brother Lin doesn’t want to get involved, I won’t force it. Safe journey!" After comprehending the implications, Pei Yan whispered the first part to Lin Daozi and loudly shouted the second part deliberately, leaving with an expression of anger and discontent.
"Junior Brother Pei, Junior Brother Pei, listen to , I have my difficulties... Alas!" Lin Daozi was initially taken aback by Pei Yan’s reaction, then chuckled knowingly, pointing his finger at Pei Yan’s departing figure with a regretful tone, urging him to stay until Pei Yan’s silhouette completely vanished in the courtyard. Only then did he sigh deeply with regret, leaving the courtyard center in frustration.
That day, rumors of Lin Daozi’s fallout with the Investigation Hall due to the investigation being hindered spread from the secluded courtyard and quickly throughout the Immortal Palace. So were anxious, so secretly observed, while others rejoiced at the misfortune. Externally, there were many discussions, and the future of the investigation team’s efforts was cast into doubt, but surprisingly, in the investigation team’s location at the center of the storm, everything remained calm without further disruptions.
One day later, Lin Junzhao suddenly received a ssage, left Pei Yan, and went out unknown whereabouts. Two days later, Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru also returned late from their worldly holiday, just like Pei Yan. Pei Yan, curious, found out due to the influence of Cen Xiaoran and Yue Yong’s actions, two more seniors had decided to follow suit, leading Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru to receive the abilities of two seniors within the Hall. Lin Junzhao returned to the Foundation Plane to handle this.
On the other hand, Cen Hall also got a person to pass the abilities, and as Pei Yan anticipated, it was Ye Ruozai. With his soul powers, when he practices divination and deduction techniques, he can minimize the self-inflicting harm to his soul. When Xia Yu returned, Cen Hall’s body was almost exhausted, and with the situation stable, Ye Ruozai already set off back to the Investigation Hall.
"Given how urgent things are here, shouldn’t we delay our return by two days?" Wang Wenze, who originally ought to return from vacation after Xia Yu and Zheng Jia Ru ca back, proactively requested after witnessing the current state of the investigation team.
"Early departure, early return! You should be the ones going back to explain things. Now, with two shifts already returned, including the soon-to-arrive Old Ye, it’s three waves! I’m sure your families have heard so rumors. Brother, you should give Liang Qian’s parents an explanation!" Pei Yan pulled Wang Wenze’s neck, smiled, urging him, "Don’t worry. Since it’s already late, delaying a few days doesn’t matter. Hurry and return; I’ll stay here to thoroughly handle things before heading to the Spirit Monster Plane. With the four of us here, what’s there to worry about!"
"Hehe, indeed! If even you four can’t solve the problem, adding us two would be pointless!" Wang Wenze chuckled, no longer refusing, briefly bid farewell to Pei Yan and others, and departed with Liang Qian on the journey back to the Foundation Plane.
"Speak! I’ve heard you plan to give those old geezers at the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion a proper shock." Zheng Jia Ru, having acquired new abilities, was bursting with energy with no outlet and laughed heartily after hearing this, lounging casually on a chair, "Hehe, I’ve wanted to do that for a while! Those arrogant old-tirs have constantly given us dirty looks and put on airs. Why act superior! Given my temperant, I wanted to deal with them at the ti, but Director i and Old Yuan kept signaling to to be patient and consider the bigger picture. Hmph! Ultimately, we’re still taking this route, why wait for you?"
"Nothing I can do, I’m already infamous across the halls. Having one unreasonable person in the Investigation Hall is enough; if everyone were unreasonable, we’d truly be detested by gods and demons alike." Pei Yan, after seeing off his friend, returned inside, shaking his head in self-mockery.
"Forget it! Who cares if we’re detested! Tell how we’ll pick a fight!" Zheng Jia Ru dismissed this notion, straightened up eagerly.
"No need for us to pick a fight; just retrieving scrolls and having them send people to handle docunt translations, they stall at every turn. Using this topic to make an issue will surely stir things up." Yuan Shaoqing, who was specifically responsible for communication and coordination with the Heavenly Guardian Pavilion people, had already endured enough of their attitude and naturally wasn’t going to miss this opportunity to vent.
Upon returning, Xia Yu and Pei Jin whispered about family anecdotes, passing on homade snacks and various treats Mrs. Pei, Li Yuhua, hurriedly crafted over recent days. As the two arranged tableware, Xia Yu chid in upon hearing this, "If we’re going to handle this matter, we should leave Pei Yan out."
"Why? Afraid I’ll hold you back or that I’ll escalate things too much?" Pei Yan, hearing this, walked over to them, snatched a sausage from Xia Yu, bit into it, eyes shining at the delicious food.
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