"Extreme?"
Based on Ronan's understanding, the so-called "imbalance state" was the starting marker of Justice Cult incantations: the "Black and White Scale Pan," one raised and one lowered. Various methods were then used to restore the "imbalance state" to a "balance state," gaining incredible power in the process.
The greater the initial disparity, the more formidable the subsequent incantation and Magic Array would be.
Going by his own understanding, Ronan asked, "Wouldn't that 'imbalance state' be better the more extreme it is?"
The Justice Chief Priest answered bluntly, "If it becomes too extreme, the methods used will resemble what happened with An Weng."
Ronan turned to look at her. "Then why did Chief Priest intervene from afar at the time?"
"My intervention was preferable to the High Priest's, because that made it an affair of the Justice Cult rather than an independent action by the Secular Side. It could be submitted for public deliberation within the Cult." The Justice Chief Priest spoke plainly, then became even more direct. "Besides... Wu Zhao and I had a Tacit Understanding. Our confrontation from afar symbolized that the matter ended there and would not immediately escalate."
"So you two really were just putting on a show back then?"
"If the outcome was acceptable, then it was fine."
"That's true enough."
Ronan nodded. The Justice Cult had carried out some retaliatory actions afterward, but now they seemed like scratching an itch through a boot. They had stayed far away from Xia City, leaving the General Assembly to bear the pressure instead.
Times had changed. Talking about these matters would not solve anything, but they could lay their attitudes bare, build mutual trust, and prepare for what came next.
Doing what needed to be done now, sorting through the past, and welcoming the future. That was