At Chu Han's words, Steward Fang's body trembled, shock mixed with terror in his eyes.
The others instantly fell silent amid their wails, all of them frozen stiff.
What had this man just said?
Cult Master?
The next Cult Master?
Looking at the silent crowd, Chu Han suddenly felt a headache coming on. Was the Eastern Radiance Cult a righteous sect or an evil cult? Its followers even robbed people. Teaching them proper discipline would not be easy. Should he just wipe them out?
The group had no idea that Chu Han was contemplating such destructive thoughts. They only knew that what the man before them had said was highly likely to be true.
First of all, the Cult Master Token could not be fake. Furthermore, Li Chengxu had indeed fled while seriously injured. Why had the Cult Master vanished for several days? Where had he gone, and whom had he met? It was all a mystery.
And now, this young man had appeared—young, capable, and unfathomably powerful. If Li Chengxu had deliberately entrusted the Cult Master Token to him before his death, then everything could be explained.
Who could become Cult Master?
Naturally, whoever possessed the greatest strength and the greatest means!
After Li Chengxu, there was Elder Ren, but Elder Ren was no longer young. If there was a younger man better suited for the position, then Li Chengxu risking his life to pass the role of Cult Master to him was the only thing that truly made sense.
At that thought, the looks in their eyes changed, becoming both fanatical and terrified.
They were excited that the Eastern Radiance Cult would finally no longer be leaderless, yet terrified that they had dared to commit such treason by robbing the new Cult Master!
"This subordinate deserves death!" Steward