Can Try, but It Must Be Covert

Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.

Zhongli Wu, who had finally gotten a rare chance to rest, approached the Second Elder with great reluctance.

"Just say what you have to say. There's no need for all those twists and turns between us." Zhongli Wu spoke with an indifferent expression, his tone calm and natural.

It was as though the other man's arrival had come as no surprise.

"I'm still on the same subject as before. We must take the harshest and most ruthless measures against the Sun Moon Empire and Jiang Yuheng."

"Otherwise, once the war drags into its later stages, all our advantages will vanish." The Second Elder spoke without hesitation.

Zhongli Wu found his way of thinking extremely difficult to understand. He didn't deny that such a course of action had its merits.

But they shouldn't forget that their opponent this time wasn't Xu Tianran, nor some old monster from Shrek Academy.

It was Jiang Yuheng!

The same Jiang Yuheng who, at the age of five or six, had been able to wipe out an entire bandit group!

They were willing to play ruthless, but did they really think Jiang Yuheng couldn't bring himself to be just as ruthless?

They absolutely mustn't forget that this kid held a grudge like no other. He was especially vindictive.

If you dared touch him, he would wish to slap you across the face the very next second.

His basic principle could be summed up as: Everyone else can suffer losses, but I must never lose out. It was the absolute embodiment of a merchant's mindset, combined with the merciless viciousness of an Evil Soul Master.

If their ways of thinking and interests had not been incompatible, Zhongli Wu had genuinely considered recruiting Jiang Yuheng.

That kid's strength was beyond question. With him, their