Bagua Valley.

Three officials from the Heavenly Court, wearing three-foot-high crowns on their heads and black robes, were quietly floating in front of Chu Tian, ​​stepping on wisps of black smoke.

Next to a celestial official in the middle, a three-foot square black cloud supported a one-foot long and wide black jade seal. Countless complex patterns were faintly visible on the surface of the jade seal, emitting a chilling and cold aura of oppression that made people shudder.

"Gossip Master Luo Buping, tell me your origins and background. Also, how did you get the dead wood divine body if you didn't ascend?" The Heavenly Official in the Center, that is, the Chief of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Personnel in the Western Heaven, looked at Chu Tian expressionlessly and asked slowly in a stern tone.

The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Examination and the Chief of the Ministry of Examination, these are important officials of the third rank in the Western Heavenly Court.

Such a high-ranking official went to Wuliang Mountain in person just for the unknown casual cultivator "Eight Diagrams Master Luo Buping". It was really Gongsun Langlang who gave the order personally, otherwise why would the head of the Examination Department care about Chu Tian? Sending a small rank below the ninth rank would be enough to get rid of Chu Tian.

If Chu Tian had not performed outstandingly this time, and had not single-handedly blocked the Senluo Sword Formation in front of a group of distinguished guests, thus earning face for Gongsun Langlang, Gongsun Langlang would not have personally spoken up for such a small matter.

Chu Tian's performance was really good. The Dark Horn Clan had a fierce reputation. Gongsun Langlang's guests knew how powerful a mother nest with a diameter of 100,000 miles could be. Being able to chop off a mother nest with one sword, one could imagine the power of the Senluo Sword Formation and the Senluo Sword Talisman.

The fact that a casual cultivator in Gongsun Langlang's territory was able to resist such a sword formation and such sword talismans on his own for such a long time, and even dragged them out until the arrival of reinforcements, was enough to highlight the strength of the Western Heavenly Court and also dealt a heavy blow to the Mingjiao clan.

Although the Canglan Mountain Mine Supervision Office suffered heavy losses this time, Gongsun Langlang was probably secretly happy in his heart.

Chu Tian hurriedly took out the Luo family's genealogy, a remaining Ascension Holy Fruit, and all the Luo family's tokens that could prove Luo Buping's origins, such as the original family books, the family patriarch's identity token, the family patriarch's personal seal used for correspondence, etc.

Seeing the holy fruit of ascension, Chu Tian clearly noticed that the eyes of the head of the Examination and Reward Department and the two subordinates beside him suddenly lit up, and a few sparks of divine light flickered in their dark eyes. If it were not for their status and official duties, Chu Tian believed that the head of the Examination and Reward Department would have already tried to snatch it away.

Things like the Holy Fruit of Ascension are enough to avoid the Heavenly Court's surveillance system and create an unknown powerful master.

The value of this unknown and secret power to any force is self-evident - this secret and powerful master can be a spy, a death soldier, an assassin, and can have many, many uses!

Chu Tian pretended to be ignorant and pointed at the Ascension Holy Fruit, and said cautiously: "This thing was found by me by chance in a deep mountain some time ago. I compared it with the records in the family classics..."

Chu Tian looked up at the Master of the Examination Division, who had a sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice, "I found this thing, but it is just an ordinary spiritual fruit. Thank you for coming all the way here. I have nothing to repay you, so I can only give you a wild fruit to welcome you as a token of my appreciation."

The head of the Performance Examination Department nodded, waved his sleeves, and the holy fruit of ascension disappeared silently.

His two subordinates blinked their eyes, lowered their heads slightly, and put on a solemn posture, looking at their mouths and noses and their noses and hearts. They had decided to completely forget what happened here and at this moment.

The head of the Examination Department forced a smile on his cold and stiff face. He took out a thin case file from his sleeve and said calmly, "The records of the Luo family are in detail in the case file I transferred from the Ministry of Revenue. Back then, the Luo family fought with their enemies in the Northern Heavenly Court and unfortunately lost. It is true that some direct descendants of the family escaped to protect the family heritage."

Pointing at Chu Tian, ​​the head of the Examination Division said with a smile: "I heard that the Dead Wood Art passed down by the Luo family is quite mysterious?"

Chu Tian smiled and took a deep breath. With a whoosh sound, a hurricane arose from the ground. Dozens of hurricanes rushed up tens of thousands of feet high. A green halo quickly spread out behind his head. The green light flowed and streaks of withered yellow lines quickly emerged in the halo that was full of vitality. After just a few breaths, the whole halo turned into a lifeless withered yellow color.

The sense of withering was prevalent between heaven and earth. With Bagua Valley as the core, the mountains and forests within a radius of 100,000 miles suddenly dried up and withered. Countless flowers and trees instantly turned into dead branches and leaves. Visible streams of withered yellow torrents rose into the sky from the sky above these withered forests, whistling through the void and continuously injected into the withered yellow halo behind Chu Tian.

"Oh, that's right. You have comprehended the Great Way of Wood to its utmost and have even condensed the Heavenly Way Treasure Wheel. Very good, very good!" The head of the Examination Division praised him slowly, "And you are able to completely infect the Great Way of Wood with the power of withering... Your magical powers are also quite impressive."

Turning his head slightly, the head of the Examination Department said calmly to the subordinate on his left: "The emperor's son has given me the authority to do this. If Luo Buping is worthy of being used, I will reward him generously."

The two subordinates showed almost identical smiles. Their chief officer had already accepted the holy fruit of ascension from the "Gossip Master Luo Buping" in front of them. Even such a rare treasure was used as a bribe. It can be seen that Luo Buping has been appreciated by his chief officer.

Who would be stupid enough to go against their boss?

The subordinate who was questioned smiled and said, "Your Excellency is right. Luo Buping has a clean background and a clear origin. He is from a native family of my Western Heavenly Court. After his family fell into decline, he did not forget to revive his family reputation and practiced hard. It is really rare for a casual cultivator to have achieved his current level of cultivation. It shows that he has a strong character and is a useful talent."

Another subordinate quickly took up the topic: "That thief Luo Hu was so bold and reckless, and he inherited the legacy of the ferocious Senluo Sword Master. He even destroyed the nest of the Mingjiao clan with one sword, which shows how ferocious his methods are... The Mingjiao clan was exposed, and only Luo Buping, with one arm, protected the mine supervision office and the face of our Western Heaven!"

The two subordinates looked at each other and said in unison: "Such talent, such strength, and such loyalty deserve a great reward!"

The head of the Examination Department smiled and nodded. He casually flipped through the tokens Chu Tian brought out that proved his identity as the legitimate son of the Luo family, and nodded: "Since the prince has spoken, then this official will naturally follow the prince's instructions and give the highest reward."

"Luo Buping, listen up!" The head of the Examination Office grabbed the black jade seal floating in front of him with one hand and shouted solemnly to Chu Tian.

Chu Tian greeted the mother of the Emperor of the West in his heart and knelt down on the ground obediently.

"Luo Buping has a clean background and works hard to improve himself. His character and talents are outstanding. This time, he has made outstanding contributions to defend the dignity of the Western Heaven Court and captured the murderer. I respect the Heaven Court's rules and appoint you as the sixth-rank supervisor of the Upper Heaven Court, with the official title... Wuliang Mountain God!"