Royal Reaction

Your Crown Prince!

Ju Zi hurriedly set off from the Mingde Hall and arrived at the Crown Prince's Residence. Upon seeing Xu Tianran's expression, she immediately knew that he was furious.

She could only kneel on one knee, not daring to look up at Xu Tianran's expression.

Xu Tianran suppressed his anger.

"Fine, fine, Jing Hongchen." Xu Tianran suppressed his anger and made this decision with reason.

No statement will be made.

Even if the Holy Spirit Cult investigates, he can no longer provide any support to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Ultimately, it was the Holy Spirit Cult me to be reckless this time.

"This prince has not yet granted them permission to expand freely within the Sun Moon Realm."

Xu Tianran had promised the Holy Spirit Cult that he would declare it the Holy Spirit Cult after he ascended the throne.

But he hasn't even ascended the throne yet!

Therefore, logically speaking, it was the Holy Spirit Cult that began its expansion ahead of schedule.

"Jing Hongchen, I hope you won't regret this."

Xu Tianran gritted his teeth.

He raised one hand.

A dark figure emerged from the shadows behind him.

"Gather all the Royal Family's direct-line Soul Engineer and have them undergo a year of advanced training in the Hall of Worship."

Ju Zi broke out in a cold sweat.

Xu Tianran's meaning was quite clear: he felt that if these Royal Family Soul Engineer continued to stay in the Mingde Hall, something bad would happen.

Why did this happen?

Is it a threat from Evil Soul Master?

Even the power of the Mingde Hall is insufficient to combat Evil Soul Master?

The Imperial Palace.

Sun Moon, Emperor Xu Lingtian's face showed a hint of anger.

"That Jing Hongchen is really cunning."

What is the strength of the Holy Spirit Cult?

Xu Lingtian knew less than Xu Tianran, but Duo Duo than Jing Hongchen.

The opposing team has Limit Douluo!

This alone is enough to make people wary.

Xu Lingtian didn't think much of Xu Tianran's introduction of the Holy Spirit Cult, as long as he could find a way to resolve it afterward. Conflict between domestic Soul Engineer and the Holy Spirit Cult was inevitable, but its outbreak at this juncture was simply too fatal.

In order to Crown Prince, Xu Tianran assassinated all the other princes. Now, Xu Lingtian's direct descendants are reduced to only two: Xu Tianran and Xu Tianzhen.

Of those, only Xu Tianran remains as a potential heir to the throne.

This is Xu Tianran's time to reap the rewards. He will continue to leverage the power of the Evil Soul Master to develop himself and gradually gain control of the country.

But at that moment, Mingde Hall exploded.

At this juncture, Xu Tianran can no longer support the Holy Spirit Cult, and the same applies to the Royal Family; they must not be tainted by the Holy Spirit Cult.

Otherwise, if people start to think that even this compromise is not as good as finding a way to install a new emperor, then his usurpation of the throne would have been in vain.

However, this would surely anger the Holy Spirit Cult, which had previously cooperated well with Xu Tianran, and would inevitably cause a bloodbath in the Soul Engineer realm of the Sun Moon Empire.

The Sun Moon Empire's national strength will definitely suffer a significant loss.

This is a huge stain on Xu Lingtian's reputation.

Now all he can do is relinquish power to Xu Tianran as soon as possible, keep the Royal Family silent for a while, and Xu Tianran can smoothly ascend the throne after his death.

However, knowing his son very well, he knew that once the son truly seized power, he would quickly exert his influence and sideline him as the real emperor.

At that time, given Xu Tianran's ruthlessness, he might sideline him instead of replacing him, and blame him for the chaos caused by the Evil Soul Master, since it was a turmoil that occurred during his reign, and the Sun Moon Empire's national strength was greatly damaged because of him.

Therefore, he could not relinquish power to Xu Tianran.

This back-and-forth created a vicious cycle for him.

"You beast!"

Xu Lingtian was now truly regretting his actions, regretting that he had allowed Xu Tianran to assassinate his brothers, thus providing Jing Hongchen with such an opportunity.

What was Jing Hongchen's attitude when he erupted at this time?

Why did he choose this point?

Xu Lingtian couldn't understand it.

"There has been no response from His Majesty, while Xu Tianran has withdrawn a group of Soul Engineer and sent them to the Hall of Worship for further training."

Jing Hongchen let out a cold laugh.

Further studies?

For Soul Engineer, the best place to learn is Mingde Hall.

Yes, the Hall of Worship is actually the place that truly represents the essence of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer, but it's full of retired old men who are all focused on developing more advanced techniques. They have no interest in dealing with a group of low-level Soul Engineer.

"It seems the Holy Spirit Cult truly frightens them."

If the Evil Soul Master of the Holy Spirit Cult were easy to eliminate, then Xu Tianran and Xu Lingtian should be fully supporting him at this time, and besieging the Evil Soul Master throughout the entire empire.

"It doesn't matter. As long as the Body Sect cooperates, the Mingde Hall can withstand the pressure from the Holy Spirit Cult."

Ignoring the Royal Family's reaction, Jing Hongchen took out the Spiritual Silver Su Can had given him earlier and sensed the Spirituality within Sinking Silver.

"The project involving Humanoid Soul Tool can now receive increased investment."

Jing Hongchen had a premonition that as long as there was enough Spiritual Silver, all the difficulties of the Humanoid Soul Tool would be overcome.

It's not just Humanoid Soul Tool.

"The power of Rank 9 Soul Tool can also be slightly increased."

The Spiritual Metal opened up another system for Soul Engineer, so even Rank 9 Soul Tool can improve due to this material change.

"Level Rank 9 Soul Tool Rank 9 Soul Tool are incredibly powerful. To better control them, many slots in the Core Array inevitably have to be wasted on Magic Array that enhance the connection with the Soul Master. With this Spiritual Metal, those slots can be used to inscribe other Magic Array."

This is a transformation of a Level 9 Core Array.

It seemed as if flames were burning in Jing Hongchen's eyes.

"If Elder Kong could unleash his Limit potential at level ninety-four, I certainly can too."

With this upgrade in materials, he will definitely be able to create Soul Tool of the Limit level!

Half a month.

In the past two weeks, Evil Soul Master have launched multiple attacks against the Soul Engineer of the Mingde Hall.

Therefore, Jing Hongchen directly organized armed forces within the Mingde Hall.

He reported to the Royal Family and formed an armed force of 500 men, stationing 100 men at each of the four main gates of Mingdu and inside the city, patrolling Mingdu 24 hours a day, and announced that he would thoroughly investigate all underground Black Market.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest.

However, Jing Hongchen did not encounter any resistance.

Because the Rank 9 Soul Engineer all have their own ideas, and Jing Hongchen wants to go against the Holy Spirit Cult, the Rank 9 Soul Engineer are all happy to do so, and they have all issued orders to the Black Market they protect.

Let him investigate!

Is the Black Market clean?

It's not clean.

The several Rank 9 Soul Engineer who were relied upon by the major Black Market all knew this, but they all gave Jing Hongchen the green light.

However, let's make one thing clear before we go any further. We're giving you face now so you can investigate the Evil Soul Master properly, but once you find out the problem, you'll have to give us some face in return.

Sun Moon Grand Hotel

Su Ming, Lei Zhen, Nana, and other disciples with their Body Martial Soul gathered in one room.

"After this purge, Jing Hongchen's power will reach its peak, the Blacksmith Association will be officially established, and the Body Sect's branch will finally have a foothold."

As Su Ming spoke, he looked at the three people in the crowd.

These three clearly became agitated when they heard that Jing Hongchen was going to crack down on the Black Market, and they were the ones who had studied at Shrek Academy.