The ones who arrived were naturally Jing Hongchen, who had received Ma Yun's report. However, for some reason, Crown Prince Xu Tianran and Kong Deming had come along as well.
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Elder Kong, Dean!"
Xu Tianming immediately bowed to them as well.
Xu Tianran sat in a wheelchair, which was being pushed by a beautiful young girl who appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen.
"No need for such formalities. Strictly speaking, we're cousins."
Xu Tianran made a gesture to raise him up, a warm smile appearing on his face.
"Courtesy must not be neglected. Your Highness is still Your Highness."
Shaking his head, Xu Tianming said seriously:
"When Your Highness bestowed the Ranking Engraving Knife upon me, Xu Tianming was deeply grateful."
Although Xu Tianran was a controversial figure, he was still a hero of tyrannical ambition.
Colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult and even naming it the nation's guardian holy church was his greatest stain.
Yet in the end, it was still him who dealt the Holy Spirit Cult a devastating blow, nearly killing all of its low- and mid-level members.
As for launching a war to unify the continent, Xu Tianming saw no issue with it whatsoever.
After all, only by unifying the entire continent could war and division be completely eliminated!
"That engraving knife was merely a collectible in the imperial household. If it could be put to use in your hands, wouldn't that be better than letting it gather dust in the royal treasury?"
Seeing Xu Tianming take the initiative to mention the favor he owed him, Xu Tianran's smile became noticeably broader.
"I heard that your physical test data was rather outrageous, so I came to see it for myself."
"What, did you break the Soul Conductor Testing Instrument