Wen Shiqing's weighty words fell.
Jiang Bei's heart was equally heavy. He remained silent, his gaze profound.
Cheng Poyue immediately pressed on, his brows tightly furrowed. "Elder Wen! If Shen Zhiqin's schemes are this vast and he is bringing disaster upon the Holy Dynasty, why don't we report it to the court at once? Ask the court to send a great army to annihilate this brute?!"
Hearing this, Wen Shiqing sneered. "The court? Do you think Shen Zhiqin spent these past centuries as Vice Alliance Leader of the Tianyao Alliance merely building influence within the alliance? Among the six ministries of the court and the great aristocratic families, who could say he has not infiltrated and bought off trusted lackeys and claws? Once this matter is reported, the news will never reach the imperial ears. I fear it will reach Shen Zhiqin's ears first! By then, before the court's great army arrives, the army coming to wipe out our 'rebels' will likely have arrived already! We cannot take that risk! Right now, the only ones we can rely on are ourselves!"
Xiao Zhantian let out a heavy sigh, an immense sense of powerlessness swelling in his heart. "Alas! Wolves before us, tigers behind us. The Tianyao Alliance has become a dragon's pool and tiger's lair we cannot return to, while the Devil Master in the Demon Realm watches us like a ferocious god... This... doesn't that leave us with no road to heaven and no door into the earth? Do we... still have a way to live?"
"A way to live?"
A sharp glint erupted in Wen Shiqing's eyes. "From the moment this old man set foot in Dongyao City, I never thought about any way to live! Once all pretenses have been torn apart, there is no retreat! There