After the time it took to burn an incense stick.
Three figures emerged from the imperial study.
The meeting had gone much as Lin Qiye had expected. Emperor Wu of Han rewarded Huo Qubing, assigning him a large amount of gold and manpower to establish the Evil Suppression Department. He then tried to win over Lin Qiye by granting him land and an official title, but Huo Qubing stopped him. After some persuasion, Lin Qiye was awarded only five hundred taels of gold.
After leaving the imperial study, neither Lin Qiye nor Huo Qubing showed much change in expression. Chloe, on the other hand, kept her head down the entire way, her face full of resentment.
"You should give up on the idea of establishing a religion in the Han Dynasty. Your beliefs aren't suited to this place." Seeing Chloe like this, Lin Qiye could not help finding it amusing and softly consoled her.
"Alas..." Chloe said helplessly. "The Han Dynasty has a vast population and an enormous territory. Once I leave here, who knows how long or how far I'll have to travel before I find somewhere suitable?"
Chloe suddenly stopped walking, as though she had thought of something, and grabbed Lin Qiye's sleeve.
"Hey, didn't you come from the future? In your era, did I succeed?"
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. "Very successfully."
At that answer, Chloe's eyes immediately lit up. "Then can you tell me where I succeeded? Where should I go?"
Lin Qiye opened his mouth, about to say something, but after hesitating, he said, "Wait a moment."
Lin Qiye slightly raised his fingertip. In his field of vision, a Karma Thread drifted from his fingertip and extended into the void. His brows furrowed tightly, as if calculating something.
A moment later, he withdrew the Karma