With a sweep of his great sleeve, Grand Divine Master Ku Ju cleared every Divine Statue from the Underground Divine Temple, leaving behind not even the faintest semblance of a temple.
It gave Ye Zhen quite a headache.
The Heaven Temple was different from other factions.
The Heaven Temple stood on equal footing with the Ancestral God Hall. It was an aloof power that even Holy Son of Heaven Ji Long of Great Zhou had to fear to some extent.
The Heaven Temple's prohibition against preaching within the army and the various war zones was merely an alliance—or rather, a treaty—between Great Zhou and the Heaven Temple.
Even if Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long learned of this matter and wished to condemn the Heaven Temple, he would have to produce evidence.
Moreover, against a massive faction like the Heaven Temple, one that remained aloof from worldly affairs yet acted without shame, a few testimonies would never be acknowledged by them.
And honestly, Ye Zhen could fabricate as many such testimonies as he wanted.
They needed irrefutable evidence.
Only hard evidence preserved in an Imprint Jade Slip could give Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long the moral high ground. Otherwise, even if Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long tore all pretense apart, it would amount to nothing more than a war of words.
He had not expected the Heaven Temple's Grand Divine Master to act so cautiously. The moment the ritual ended, he immediately swept the place clean, leaving Ye Zhen no chance at all to obtain evidence.
But at this moment, these matters were no longer for Ye Zhen to consider.
After reporting what they had discovered here to Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long, he would wait to see Ji Long's arrangements and instructions.
What concerned Ye Zhen now was the disappearance of those two patrol