If there were someone in this world who could give up their dignity for you, disregard everything else, all just to keep you safe.
What effect would that have?
Prince Xue Xing's steps as he entered the imperial palace trembled slightly.
This move was not only a knife stabbed into the empire's heart, but also a relentless excavation of the empire's foundations.
If the empire still did nothing in the face of this disaster, Spirit Hall's prestige would reach its peak.
When they raised their arms and called out in the future, the common people at the bottom would surely all flock to them.
And that was indeed the case. When the Spirit Hall Empire was established, all low-ranking Soul Masters were already under Spirit Hall's command.
If not for the Heavenly Dao's mechanical descent, what could the two great empires use to win?
Those scraps of metal Tang San had?
Even if the Godly Zhuge Crossbow's power rivaled that of a Soul Grandmaster, armor capable of withstanding a level-fifty Soul King had long been forged in the original story. Why had Spirit Hall never equipped its Soul Masters with it?
Did they think everyone else was an idiot?
But that was a matter for later. After Prince Xue Xing met Emperor Xue Ye, the emperor immediately summoned his trusted aides into the palace to discuss countermeasures.
They unanimously agreed that they had to take part in the rescue effort and dilute Spirit Hall's prestige from this incident.
However, differing opinions arose over opening the imperial treasury.
After all, once such a precedent was set, if the various kingdoms suffered disasters again in the future, the central government could no longer stand by and do nothing as it had before.
That was no different from cutting off their flesh!
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