Councilor Huang paid no heed to matters involving demonic evils, but Chong An took them to heart. He knew of the demon gods. Though he did not know this was a measure planted by his teacher, he roughly understood that these things had come from Celestial Xia.
Had Celestial Xia made a move?
Unfortunately, he was here and had no way to contact Celestial Xia. Moreover, for the sake of the greater plan, unless something critical arose, he could not take the initiative to involve himself.
Yet after dealing with Councilor Huang for so long, he knew that although this man always acted carelessly, taking one step and counting one step, he generally only dared act because he had something to fall back on. For him to let things go so freely now was entirely unlike his usual conduct. So he deliberately said, "This matter of demonic evils may involve Celestial Xia. Is it truly harmless to ignore it?"
Councilor Huang gave a snort, cast him a sidelong glance, and said, "Do you think I'm acting on my own authority? Even if I reported it above, it would be handled the same way."
Chong An was truly puzzled now and asked, "Why is that? Shouldn't dangers be nipped in the bud?"
Councilor Huang chuckled twice. "Nipped in the bud? Origin Xia's greatest calamity now is the instability of the Heavenly Sequence. It has spawned no end of disasters. How could they possibly attend to everything?
"Who would be sent to deal with this? Do you think the Myriad Ways truly cannot handle it?"
He gave a cold laugh. "The man who came to report this just now stressed how troublesome the demonic evils were, yet why did he keep silent about their level? It shows that those currently harmed are