The change in High Elder Shatter Peak's attitude was almost comical. Earlier, he had scrutinized Zhenyu carefully and questioned every inconsistency in the story. Now his doubts seemed to have evaporated.
From Shatter Peak's perspective, the reasoning was straightforward. Daoist Bone Ruler was stubborn... Painfully stubborn. The man followed rules so rigidly that people joked his bones had probably turned into rulers after cultivating the Dao of Discipline for too long.
Convincing him to overlook a minor offense was difficult enough. Convincing him to erase thousands of years of accumulated violations should have been impossible. Yet Zhenyu had arrived and within a short conversation, Shatter Peak's entire disciplinary history had disappeared.
That was evidence he could understand.
'Heavens let me have some peace.' Daoist Bone Ruler sighed.
