"Do you remember how Wu Luo shook us off with a scheme earlier and went to brave the trial alone? I suspect the Shadow Battle Leopard was secretly helping him." Shen Luo looked at Nie Caizhu as he spoke.
"Now that you mention it, that does seem highly likely." Nie Caizhu nodded as well.
"No matter what, their goal must be to seize control of the Heavenly Puppet Palace. You should both know that the Heavenly Puppet Palace is a divine artifact forged by the Heavenly Puppet Elder with the efforts of his entire life. Its power is unprecedented. If it falls into the hands of evildoers, the living beings of the Three Realms will likely face an unprecedented catastrophe." The Enlightened Heavenly Beast spoke with a grave expression.
"Right now, both Che Qingtian and Wu Luo are coveting the Heavenly Puppet Palace. Neither of them is righteous. If either gains control of the Heavenly Puppet Palace, Heavenly Mechanism City will likely be the first to suffer. I absolutely cannot allow that to happen..." Shen Luo nodded thoughtfully.
"Fellow Daoists, please make sure to wrest the Heavenly Puppet Palace from their hands." The Enlightened Heavenly Beast swept his gaze over Shen Luo and Nie Caizhu.
"You want us to seize the Heavenly Puppet Palace, but do you have no such intention yourself?" Shen Luo was not judging a gentleman by a petty man's standards; the request simply defied common sense.
After all, they had never met before, knew nothing about one another, and had even less reason to trust each other.
"I am merely a spirit beast and do not understand the mysteries of Puppetcraft. I imagine the Heavenly Puppet Elder would not have wished for the Heavenly Puppet Palace to fall into the hands of someone like me. Besides,