Hope and Miracles

Inside Tang Sect Headquarters in Tian Nong City, Qi Xiaomin and Mu Xue slowly entered.

They had not returned to Douluo Continent with the East Sea Fleet, as they still had important matters to handle. As for Shrek Academy, they left it to Little Fatty.

Qi Xiaomin closed his eyes and sent a telepathic message. "The plan succeeded. The operation went smoothly."

"That's good." He Qiang's voice echoed in his mind.

Qi Xiaomin was already accustomed to this kind of telepathic communication, but it still felt somewhat strange. It differed from the direct exchange of information through Mental Sharing, and also from Mental System Soul Masters directly transmitting thoughts within the Sea of Consciousness.

He silently opened his eyes, then closed them again. Finding an armchair, he sat down. "Still, Liu Xiaoxiao really knows how to talk people around. He actually convinced those assassins."

"After all, their lives are in someone else's hands. They had no choice but to obey," He Qiang replied with a chuckle.

Several days ago, not long after the Soul Masters of Smiling Coffin had been implanted with Undead Magic restrictions, Liu Xiaoxiao had released them from time-and-space stasis one by one and persuaded them to switch sides.

His method of persuasion had been simple. They were assassins anyway, so it did not matter who hired them. Since they could kill for money, why could they not work to save their own lives?

He had also told the assassins that punishing evil was promoting good. The people they were now being sent to kill were hardly decent folk, and killing them would even earn merit. If their future merits outweighed their sins, he might even set them free.

The reasoning was not especially convincing. His success in talking them over had also depended on his Divine