Xin Gugu was from the Conservative Faction.
Jiao Tangtang was also from the Conservative Faction.
The last mission the two of them had received—going to the White Cavern to find Feng Yujin—had likewise been the Conservative Faction's final struggle.
But it had failed.
Feng Yujin had not agreed to join the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon. Instead, he had ultimately been captured by Xu Xiaoshou.
It was precisely because Jiao Tangtang had seen Xu Xiaoshou's potential that she gave him Greed God, and later left Xin Gugu by Xu Xiaoshou's side as well.
This was a crucial move by the Conservative Faction.
If played well, it might yet turn the tide and hold up a collapsing mansion.
But all of that was merely a backup plan.
Back to reality, back to the present.
When the Conservative Faction's two seniors, Wuxia and Yue Xie, truly appeared before him and were about to be taken down by the Red Robes without cause, Xin Gugu could no longer hold himself together.
This had been his childhood faith.
Likewise, it was the faith of most Ghost Beast Hosts with pure and kind hearts.
They should not have been treated like this...
Senior Wuxia truly was a good man! Xin Gugu knew everything.
He knew that war might bring peace, but its cost would absolutely be unimaginably immense.
There had to be another way—one that could protect those Ghost Beast Hosts unwilling to wage war, while finding true peace from another direction.
Senior Wuxia was searching for that way. The Conservative Faction of the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon was searching for it. Xin Gugu was searching for it too.
What differed from the others was this.
Perhaps what others found would be a path.
But Xin Gugu had set his sights on