After Venerable Kongxuan left, Xiao Jin fell into a long silence.
The Pill Tower Ancestor did not urge him either. Only when Xiao Jin raised his head again did he say, "You should know that this might be another scheme by the Soul Clan."
"I know." Xiao Jin nodded. He would not lose his head over a few simple words of pity from Venerable Kongxuan.
Aside from Kaito Kid, who would deliberately announce it before doing something bad?
Given the Soul Hall's usual style, the proper process should be: learn of the matter, then come to demand it. If the demand failed, they would immediately turn hostile and attack, simply snatching the damn thing.
Note that they would turn hostile on the spot, not throw out a few harsh words, wait for you to prepare, and then send someone over just to provide the backdrop for their grandstanding and face-slapping.
In Xiao Jin's view, not only would the Soul Hall never do this, but anyone with a normal level of intelligence would avoid such a foolish act.
If you really wanted to snatch something, but genuinely lacked enough manpower at present, you should show nothing on the surface and let the other party lower their guard. Then, secretly gather your experts before coming to seize it.
But now, the Soul Hall had not only declared that it wanted to snatch it, it had done so with such fanfare.
This was practically telling the Kongxuan Sect outright: if you want to keep this Soul Origin, hurry up and call for reinforcements.
That raised the question: which force currently had the greatest momentum on the continent, having beaten the Soul Hall into hiding and forced it to disappear?
Naturally, it was that newly established alliance.
Among the alliance's several constituent forces, one