Bibi Dong had been watching that Evil Soul Master hideout for a long time. She simply had yet to make a move.
In truth, situations like this were quite common in noble circles.
Lei Zhen, for instance, had already noted down several bandit hideouts. The reason he had not acted was that the time was not yet ripe.
What did it mean for the time to be ripe?
Simple: when Lei Meng needed achievements to secure a promotion, the credit for wiping out those bandits would naturally fall to him.
Bibi Dong intended to build Hu Liena's prestige, so naturally, she had to prepare plenty of "achievements" in advance, waiting for Hu Liena to pluck them.
This time, however, to ensure that Hu Liena and the others could win the tournament championship, she had deliberately offered up one of those achievements, along with a reward Qin Yuan could not refuse, to send him away.
Ma Tu said, "Mr. Qin, His Holiness the Pope has promised that, so long as you complete this mission, all the major Spirit Hall branches within the Heaven Dou Empire will cooperate with your Golden Saber Shop to bring order to the chaos caused by the Soul Hunting Squads."
"I have no authority to alter His Holiness the Pope's decision. If you are dissatisfied with the reward or have other requests, I will relay them all to her. Of course, the journey there and back would take a considerable amount of time."
Reining in the chaos caused by the Soul Hunting Squads was one of Qin Yuan's contributions to the soul master world. If he could secure Spirit Hall's help, regardless of whether Bibi Dong was sincere, it could greatly change the state of the soul master world.
After some thought, Qin Yuan agreed.
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