"What? Is that true?!" When Xu Tianran heard the news, his voice was like a winter wind, threatening to freeze everything around him.
"Absolutely! Apart from the Holy Spirit Cult, nowhere in the empire could possibly possess such power!" Ju Zi replied.
Xu Tianran's eyes turned cold, and he slammed his hand against his wheelchair.
Though the blow was not particularly forceful, it still made Ju Zi tremble.
To think the Holy Spirit Cult dared touch my people right under my nose. Do they have no regard for me at all?
But Xu Tianran did not remain in that state for long before calming down.
He could execute Wang Shaojie without any reservations, but he truly could not do the same to the Holy Spirit Cult.
With his own strength, settling the score with the Holy Spirit Cult was impossible to begin with. Besides, until he won over the Soul Hall, he still needed the Holy Spirit Cult's power to consolidate his position.
Although he had agreed to make the Holy Spirit Cult the state-protecting divine cult of the Sun Moon Empire, ultimately, they were merely using each other. Once he, Xu Tianran, unified the world, they would be the first target he eradicated!
After a long while, he gently exhaled. "Ju Zi, write a letter to the Holy Spirit Cult in my name. They must give me an explanation for what happened today!"
After this incident, Xu Tianran's wariness of the uncontrollable factor that was the Holy Spirit Cult deepened once more, and he resolved to eliminate them once the continent was unified.
"Yes!" Ju Zi promptly agreed.
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory.
Keke held a Grilled Sausage in her left hand and a skewer of specially seasoned Grilled Wings in her right.
Even as she ate, she kept