Secret Contact with the Imperial Family of the Sun Moon Empire (II)

Jiang Yuheng spoke indifferently. "What good would an apology do? If it were useful, why would I have come here?"

"Xu Zhongguo, in some respects, you are Xu Tianran's sharpest sword, because you helped his family seize the throne."

"But now, you've fallen to the point where you can only guard the East District. You can't even help with the most basic matters, and can only watch helplessly as the entire Sun Moon Empire slowly falls into my hands."

"Don't you find that regrettable? Don't you think it's a pity?"

Xu Zhongguo laughed. "I never thought I'd hear the words 'what a pity' from the ruthless Frost Dragon Butterfly."

"You're right. We were the ones who refused to help, and we're also the ones suffering the consequences now."

"But so what? We've never regretted it, because your existence was already obstructing the entire Sun Moon Empire."

"Dare you say that if you had stayed back then, you wouldn't have harbored other thoughts?!"

Jiang Yuheng swirled his teacup with one hand and answered without hesitation, "No. How much appeal could that tiny place called the Sun Moon Empire possibly hold for me?"

"Or do you think I care about that throne? Or the so-called Regent King?"

"Don't make me laugh. I'm not selfish and self-serving like you humans. I've always had only one goal: to put down roots for the Spirit Pagoda in the Sun Moon Empire."

He said it so calmly that Xu Zhongguo broke into a cold sweat.

As a Prince, Xu Zhongguo's informants were by no means limited to the Sun Moon Empire. He still had many personal guards throughout the Douluo Continent.

Through them, he had learned about the Spirit Pagoda and understood what a terrifying existence it was. He had fallen into deep fear.

He knew