The Yin-Yang Confrontation Platform in the back hall of the Xuan'an Bureau was covered with a blue cloth, and the mottled karmic scars on the stone platform gleamed coldly in the morning light.
When Pi Yanlin drifted in, stepping on the shattered shadows scattered across the floor, he caught Minister of Punishments Wang Tingyu frowning deeply at the blue cloth. The hem of Wang's official robe was stained with morning dew like a trampled purple peony.
"You lazybones," Wang Tingyu said, stroking his beard and sweeping a glance at him, "this Yin-Yang Confrontation Platform is the boundary between the laws of Dajin and the Netherworld. You claim you want to 'fix' things here—what on earth are you up to?" He tapped the Jade Talisman at his waist with his fingertips. "If the order of the Netherworld is disturbed, the Xuan'an Bureau will not be able to shoulder the blame."
Chapter 158