Qian Xunji sneered repeatedly. "If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect isn't destroyed, it really makes no sense!"
"You all understand the current situation. It never should have come to this, but now? Heh heh!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei nodded slightly. They too knew what Spirit Hall had gone through over the past year.
Outside, some people even called Spirit Hall's Soul Masters the Coward Hall. From top to bottom, everyone in Spirit Hall was holding back a bellyful of anger!
"This operation will also involve the Grand Consecrator!" Qian Xunji's words were nothing short of earth-shattering!
Who was the Grand Consecrator? One of the three Peerless Douluo of the Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall's pillar that held up the heavens!
Why would even such a figure take action?
"Are you very confused?" Qian Xunji took in Yue Guan and Gui Mei's expressions. "Now you understand how serious this is, right?"
"The severity of this matter far exceeds anyone's imagination. It has truly reached the point where the Grand Consecrator has no choice but to act."
Yue Guan was speechless. "Has it actually reached this stage?"
"In the shortest possible time, gather five thousand Soul Masters capable of fighting. At the same time, notify the other elders. I'll leave this matter to you two."
"We will not fail you, Your Holiness!" Yue Guan and Gui Mei said.
The two left the room and stood outside for a long while without recovering their senses. They simply stood there blankly, staring at each other.
"Old Ghost, is it really this serious?" Yue Guan slowly asked, scarcely able to believe that the Grand Consecrator would actually act!
"The Grand Consecrator—he's the Grand Consecrator! A Level-Ninety-Nine Peerless Douluo! He's actually taking action over this?"
Hearing this, Gui Mei pondered for a moment before saying, "It seems so. The impact of this matter on Spirit Hall is far beyond imagination!"
"Just as His Holiness the Pope said, if Spirit Hall's people lose heart, then Spirit Hall's ranks will become impossible to lead."
"The Grand Consecrator acting is truly shocking, but on further thought, it also makes sense."
"Everyone in Spirit Hall is full of pent-up rage. If we cannot crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect with thunderous force, how can we rally people's hearts again?"
"But..." Yue Guan said, "isn't this a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?!"
"It's only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. They have merely one Titled Douluo. Why would the Grand Consecrator need to act?"
"This is where we are not clever enough." Gui Mei said calmly, "His Holiness the Pope was able to persuade the Grand Consecrator to act."
"Naturally, he wanted to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect with thunderous force and restore Spirit Hall's prestige. If we can easily wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Spirit Hall's prestige will far surpass what it was before!"
"His Holiness the Pope truly thinks far ahead. He even considered things we could never have considered." Gui Mei was utterly impressed.
"Uh..." The more Yue Guan listened, the more absurd it sounded. "Old Ghost, aren't you overthinking this?!"
Gui Mei shook his head. "Yue Guan, have you considered that His Holiness the Pope may have wanted to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect as early as a year ago?"
"Huh? How could that be?" Yue Guan immediately said.
"Nothing is impossible." Gui Mei said, "Although Spirit Hall is the strongest Soul Master force, that does not mean we can simply do whatever we want."
"Therefore, a year ago, His Holiness the Pope threw Bibi Dong into the central square and allowed public opinion to ferment."
"Today, a year later, if we destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the other factions will not dare say anything. We have a just cause!"
"Everyone saw it. We gave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect a full year, yet they did nothing."
"Even if we destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, they will only have themselves to blame!" Gui Mei said lightly.
"This is also where His Holiness the Pope is most brilliant!" Gui Mei said with a smile. "From the moment Bibi Dong betrayed Spirit Hall and His Holiness the Pope learned of it, he wanted to crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!"
"It was only that if he had acted then, the resistance he faced would certainly have far exceeded imagination. But now... things have already come to this. The other factions will understand!"
"What are you two muttering about?" Qian Xunji's voice passed through the door and reached Yue Guan and Gui Mei's ears. "Hurry up and do what you should be doing!"
"Yes, Your Holiness the Pope!" Yue Guan and Gui Mei left.
Inside the room, Qian Xunji leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling in deep thought. Did I really consider that much?!
He had heard Yue Guan and Gui Mei's conversation. It was indeed as they had said: if they had moved against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect a year ago, the resistance they faced would have been enormous, and Spirit Hall's reputation would have suffered as well!
But now... no one would call Spirit Hall overbearing. They would only say that Spirit Hall was truly merciful, to have given the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect a whole year to atone for its sins.
Unfortunately, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect did not cherish the chance. For an entire year, they had played dead without showing even the slightest response.
"Heh heh! I stumbled into the right result by accident!" Qian Xunji said lightly.
"Five thousand Soul Masters, several Titled Douluo elders, plus my old man, the Grand Consecrator—wouldn't taking down the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect be effortless?" Qian Xunji muttered.
After saying that, he looked at the government affairs awaiting his attention today, then shook his head. "Forget it, forget it. Today's affairs can wait until tomorrow."
With Qian Xunji's order and Yue Guan and Gui Mei's mobilization, Spirit Hall, this war machine, had already begun operating in secret.
No one knew that Spirit Hall, which had endured for a year, would ultimately strike at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect! Nor would anyone know that Spirit Hall's supreme figure would choose to act!
Of course, even if Spirit Hall acted, most people would think it only proper. If Spirit Hall did not do this, it truly would become the Coward Hall, something anyone could trample on.
As for the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect? From the second month onward, they had already begun harboring a sense of luck.
When Spirit Hall did not come for them in the first month, they were terrified, fearing that Spirit Hall was preparing something major. When Spirit Hall did not come for them in the second month, they gradually lowered their guard.
From the third month onward, the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect believed that Spirit Hall had never blamed them from beginning to end.
After all, they were the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect! One of the Upper Three Sects! Possessors of the strongest beast martial soul! Even Spirit Hall had to fear them to some extent!
By now, although the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had not forgotten the matter, they no longer cared about it. They even openly mocked Spirit Hall's cowardice on certain occasions.
Yet some shrewd people had seen the clues. Perhaps this was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's final afterglow!
Those whom the heavens wished to destroy, they first drove mad!
In the eyes of certain shrewd people, the current Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was exactly like that. They had gone mad. A whole year had passed, yet they still had not gone to apologize and make amends, and they even continued slandering Spirit Hall?
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