Outside the manor, in the mountain forest, Su Lingxiu was digging a pit. She intended to bury Kou Ruozhi.
"Kou Ruozhi, you're truly outrageous. When I agreed to become the Heavenly Mother, we made an agreement. You would provide me with the resources I needed, and I would use my medical skills to treat the poor.
"You used this to spread your teachings and gather popular support. How dare you use me to win people over? You're really bold."
Kou Ruozhi was panicking badly as he watched the pit grow deeper. He hurriedly defended himself, "Heavenly Mother, that was only an expedient measure. For the sake of my cult's great cause, I could only deceive him. I never truly intended to use you to win people over.
"Besides, Heavenly Mother, you're so powerful. How would I dare take advantage of you?"
Su Lingxiu sneered. "Do you think I'll believe you? From the first time I saw you, I knew you were a scheming fellow. If it weren't to obtain more Precious Medicine, and if it weren't for the Tianmu Cult's well-informed intelligence network, why would I have agreed to become the Heavenly Mother?"
Back then, she had agreed to become the Heavenly Mother not only because it gave her a place to establish herself, but also because the Tianmu Cult had excellent intelligence channels, allowing her to keep abreast of developments in Qi Kingdom and Wu Kingdom.
The Tianmu Cult supplied her with all kinds of medicinal materials to satisfy her needs, while she used her medical skills to treat the poor. The Tianmu Cult took the opportunity to spread its teachings and gather popular support.
As for rebellion and the like, Su Lingxiu did not care about such things. In the end, she had come to the borderlands to