News from the Prefecture Office in South City arrived; he could return to his post. It seemed the commotion had subsided, and there was no further trouble brewing?
It was still the routine work of a bailiff, but Hou Niao had become more low-profile and pragmatic; he knew some of his ideas were not suited to his current abilities, and indulging his impulses would only bring trouble to himself and inconvenience to others.
Everyone has their limits, including the Capital Commandant, perhaps even other cultivators from Jin City, big and small. Never assume that you're out of the woods; others might just be silently waiting, waiting for you to expose a weakness.
In the Cultivation World, the competition is about who can travel further along the river of time, not about constantly wanting to shine and attract attention.
During the idle times in the Detention Room, he took out the Escape Techniques he had purchased in Liuyang and the six bailiffs began to study them carefully.
