Xu Tianran spoke up at this moment, calling out, "Imperial Father, rumors cannot be fully trusted. I feel there must be some hidden truth behind this; the opponent is very likely not a true God."
"If the other party were truly a powerful God, why would they care about the lives of those commoners, let alone establish some Spirit Hall and do boring things like helping the continent's commoners with their Martial SoulAwakening?"
Regarding the series of events concerning Su Yan and the Spirit Hall, Xu Tianran was the one who found it hardest to accept.
He had endured and plotted for so many years, and now that the old emperor was on the verge of death, with supreme power in his grasp, unifying the continent was just around the corner!
Now, Su Yan and the Spirit Hall had suddenly emerged, and they even wanted to ride on the head of the Sun-Moon Empire. How could he accept this?
The old emperor glanced at Xu Tianran and asked,
"Tianzhen should have written to you as well, right?"
"Yes, Imperial Father."
Xu Tianran felt extremely annoyed in his heart.
He was certain that the old emperor's current attitude was very likely related to Xu Tianzhen's letter.
The old emperor said calmly,
"So you don't believe the current rumors on the continent, you don't believe the facts that Hall Master Jing Hongchen and the others saw with their own eyes, and you don't even believe the words of your imperial sister, Xu Tianzhen?"
Hearing this, Xu Tianran fell into silence.
The current reality was that there was plenty of evidence proving Su Yan's strength, while there was absolutely no evidence to question him.
The old emperor's tone grew a bit harsher as he said,
"My mind is made up on this matter. I am handing full authority to Jing Hongchen to handle it. No one is allowed to show any hostility toward that esteemed lord."
"All of you may leave. Jing Hongchen, you stay."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hearing the old emperor's decision, Everyone could only withdraw together helplessly.
"Sigh!"
The old emperor sighed and said, "Hall Master Jing Hongchen, regarding that esteemed lord, you should know a bit more than Everyone else, right?"
Jing Hongchen replied,
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"I met Lord Su Yan over a year ago. He purchased many Soul Guidance Devices in Mingde Hall, all of which were pre-approved for sale by our Empire."
"Lord Su Yan has a very good personality. He is mysterious and powerful, yet gentle with others. As long as our Sun-Moon Empire is obedient and cooperative, and does not anger him, we will be safe no matter what stage things develop to in the end."
The old emperor said somewhat powerlessly, "What a pity. Given the current situation of our imperial family, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to achieve."
Hearing this, Jing Hongchen was startled and looked at the old emperor with some worry.
"Your Majesty?"
The old emperor raised his hand to signal Jing Hongchen to remain silent for a moment, and continued,
"Back then, I did not ascend the throne through proper means, and this matter was learned by the princes below. Over the years, they have been fighting openly and secretly. Even though I established the Crown Prince early on, there are still other princes who want to eliminate the Crown Prince to take his place."
"The Crown Prince has ambition and methods, and he will certainly not be willing to submit to others."
"However, even if the Crown Prince can hold himself back this time, there is no guarantee that other princes won't try to kill with a borrowed knife."
After hearing the old emperor's words, Jing Hongchen was completely dumbfounded.
"Wait, what?"
"Your Majesty, this, this, this..."
Holy crap!
I, Jing Hongchen, kept my eyes wide open and have always maintained such a good relationship with Su Yan, and now my granddaughter is even with him.
My bright future!
Your royal family's melodramatic struggles are really going to ruin me!
The old emperor continued,
"Hall Master Jing Hongchen, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious just yet. Listen to me."
"I am entrusting this matter to you. They won't dare to do anything in the open, but there will definitely be people plotting behind the scenes. It is highly likely they will collude with the Holy Spirit Cult, using the Holy Spirit Cult's hands to rebel against that esteemed lord."
"When you head to Shrek City next, you must carefully inspect Everyone in the group, and also thoroughly search the Storage Soul Guidance Devices on their persons..."
"And for the establishment of the Spirit Hall this time, the Holy Spirit Cult will absolutely not stand by and watch. They will definitely cause a huge scene. Only when this matter is over and they witness that esteemed lord's strength with their own eyes will they no longer dare to be presumptuous, even if they are unwilling."
...
The Holy Spirit Cult.
Just as the old emperor had said, they would absolutely not let the upcoming establishment of the Spirit Hall slide.
At this moment, Supreme Cult LeaderYe Xishui was seated high above. Standing on one side were Cult Leader Zhongli Wu and Vice Cult LeaderFeng Ling, while on the other side was Chief ElderLong Xiaoyao.
Below them were the various Elders and Elders of the Holy Spirit Cult.
It had to be said that the Holy Spirit Cult's strength was truly not weak.
No!
It should be said that they were extremely strong.
With the Twelve Elders, the Eight Great Elders, plus Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, Shrek Academy was truly nothing in front of them.
Ye Xishui, dressed in a charmingly evil dark red dress, sat above with her legs crossed. With a gloomy expression, she said:
"Six Titled Douluo and over a thousand cultists didn't even cause a bit of destruction in Star Luo City, and they all died without killing a single person."
"Now, they want to blatantly establish some Spirit Hall and gather forces from the entire continent to destroy our Holy Spirit Cult."
"Tell me, what should we do?"
Hearing Ye Xishui's words, Everyone's faces turned exceptionally grim.
"Reporting to the Supreme Cult Leader, according to our post-event investigation, the reason our cult was completely wiped out in Star Luo City was due to the appearance of many Angel Martial Souls."
"According to the rumors in Star Luo City, that Su Yan claimed that in order to deal with our cult, he specially brought back the First Generation Angel God."
"The Angel Martial Soul naturally restrains our Holy Spirit Cult. Unless we have an absolute suppression in Soul Power, we are simply no match for them."
"Heh!"
Ye Xishui sneered,
"A God?"
"The Angel God?"
"If they really had a God, would they need to go through the trouble of gathering forces from the entire continent to destroy us? Wouldn't it be extremely easy for them to just come and wipe us out directly?"
"However..."
"You are right. The Angel Martial Soul indeed has a natural restraint on our cult. They absolutely cannot be allowed to remain—not a single one."
"In addition, they are going to establish the Spirit Hall in Shrek City this time. If this succeeds and they unite with the other forces of the continent, our Holy Spirit Cult will certainly no longer be a match for them."
Zhongli Wu looked at Ye Xishui and called out, "Mother, do you mean we should disrupt their establishment this time?"
"However, their location this time is in Shrek City. With Shrek Academy plus the various invited forces from across the continent, even if our Holy Spirit Cult mobilizes entirely, it will be very difficult to contend with them."
Everyone's faces were also grim. After all, regarding the events in Star Luo City, they could only judge based on rumors and had no idea what had actually happened.
Six Titled Douluo and over a thousand cultists, with not a single survivor left. This left the Holy Spirit Cult's current information flow somewhat blocked.
Ye Xishui turned her head to look at Long Xiaoyao beside her and said, "Xiaoyao, I can only rely on you this time."
"Go to Shrek City, find the possessors of those Angel Martial Souls, and kill them all. Otherwise, once they grow up, even I will die at their hands."
Hearing Ye Xishui's words, the name Shrek City caused Long Xiaoyao's heart to tremble uncontrollably.
Go to Shrek City?
(End of Chapter)
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