After a long silence, the gray-clothed man finally suppressed his inner discomfort and said, "No one in the entire Exquisite Divine Church, including the sect leader, can speak with the Exquisite Divine Venerable."
As he spoke, he laboriously shifted his broken, bleeding body. Looking at the nine-zhang-tall god statue, his expression became fanatically devout. "In this world, no one is qualified to speak with a god!"
Su Yi frowned. "Then how did you contact the Exquisite Divine Venerable in the past?"
"If the Exquisite Divine Venerable wished to issue an Imperial Decree, divine signs would naturally appear upon the god statue, and a Dharma Decree would descend for our sect leader to personally open."
The gray-clothed man said, "And after carrying out the Exquisite Divine Venerable's Imperial Decree, we need only worship devoutly here and make our report. The Exquisite Divine Venerable will naturally learn of it."
At this point, he suddenly grinned, his eyes fixed venomously on Su Yi. "That is to say, the conversation between you and me, as well as everything you did earlier, can no longer be concealed. The Exquisite Divine Venerable is destined to learn of it all!!"
He appeared smug and exhilarated, as though his sinister scheme had succeeded.
Or rather, he knew he could not escape this calamity. The reason he had been willing to speak with Su Yi was to stall for time and ensure that Su Yi would be noticed by the Exquisite Divine Venerable!
Yet to the gray-clothed man's disappointment, Su Yi showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he let out a scoffing laugh.
That inexplicable laughter was like a sharp blade viciously stabbing into the gray-clothed man's heart, making him feel utterly humiliated. He raged, "You are still laughing! Once a god has set its sights on you, no matter