Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 181 The Holy Spirit Cult Taking the Blame

Erming calmed down a bit, after all, he knew Tang San's character. Tang San had a characteristic that his attitude towards others would change as his strength increased.

Dai Mubai used to be known as "Big Brother Dai" by Tang San, but as Tang San's strength increased, Dai Mubai was reduced to "Mubai". Erming felt that if Tang San completely controlled the God Realm, Dai Mubai would have to "voluntarily" call Tang San "Third Brother" when he saw him in the future.

If Yu Xiaogang were still alive, perhaps Tang San's adoptive father would one day become Gangzi. Of course, this process might be very long, since Tang San has not yet made the God Realm his personal fiefdom, which means that Tang San still needs to maintain his pure and innocent image in public.

"Are we just going to let this go like this! If it weren't for the fact that I can't beat him, I would have already stormed the God Realm for Xiao Dong and demanded an explanation from Tang San. I even regret sacrificing myself for him. If it weren't for Sister Xiao Wu, I wouldn't have sacrificed myself for Tang San." Er Ming said with some dissatisfaction.

Da Ming frowned slightly: "There's no need to bring up the past. We should look forward. In any case, after we sacrificed ourselves for Tang San, he resurrected us, so we're even."

Of course, we absolutely cannot let Tang San get away with this mistake. He's determined to send Xiao Dong to the Valley of Love and Destiny, isn't he? Then we'll stall! We absolutely cannot let him get his way!

Erming nodded and said, "Brother, you're right. In my opinion, no grand plan or scheme is as important as Xiaodong. She's still a child!"

Empire of the Sun and Moon.

Inside a palace.

Xu Tianran looked at Zhong Liwu with anger: "Sect Leader Zhong, what exactly is your Holy Spirit Sect thinking! You actually sent an evil soul master to assassinate the Duchess?"

I don't quite understand the point of assassinating the Duchess at this time. Doing so would only anger the Star Luo Empire and bring nothing but harm to the Sun Moon Empire.

The Sun Moon Empire will indeed have a war with the Star Luo Empire in the future, but the initiative should be in our hands. We should only fight the Star Luo Empire when the Sun Moon Empire has accumulated enough strength. If Xu Jiawei is not thinking clearly and starts a war directly, the Sun Moon Empire will face trouble.”

He learned today that a group of evil spirit masters attacked the White Tiger Duke's mansion and killed the Duchess.

To be honest, he was a little stunned when he heard the news.

He didn't understand what benefit the Holy Spirit Cult could gain from doing this. If it was to refine vengeful spirits, it seemed somewhat illogical, since the Duchess's strength was too weak, merely a Soul Emperor.

Zhongli Wu sat in the chair, feeling somewhat depressed.

The Duchess's identity was extremely special, so the Star Luo Empire quickly announced that the Duchess had been assassinated. This immediately attracted widespread attention, and many people in the Douluo Three Kingdoms knew about it.

Zhongli Wu said, "Your Highness, if I said that this was not something our Holy Spirit Sect did, would you believe me? I have asked people within the Holy Spirit Sect, and I am certain that this was absolutely not something our Holy Spirit Sect did!"

Xu Tianran said coldly, "Master Zhong, please explain why this happened. I admit that there are indeed some wild evil spirit masters in this world, but those wild evil spirit masters are easily annihilated by the Shrek Supervision Group before they can become powerful."

The group that attacked the Duke's mansion clearly included at least Soul Masters at the Contra Douluo level. If they weren't from your Holy Spirit Cult, where did they come from?

Zhongli Wu's face was gloomy: "Your Highness, we will never admit to doing something that our Holy Spirit Sect has never done. Whether you believe me or not, I must say that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with our Holy Spirit Sect."

He also felt somewhat wronged, as the Holy Spirit Church had never done such a thing.

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran suppressed his emotions and softened his expression: "Alright, I believe you. However, Sect Leader Zhong, I hope you will thoroughly investigate where these evil soul masters came from. In this world, there should clearly only be one evil soul master organization: your Holy Spirit Sect." Zhong Liwu stood up and nodded: "Your Highness, rest assured, I will definitely find these people who are smearing the Holy Spirit Sect, just to prevent them from sabotaging the Sun Moon Empire's grand plan. Then I will take my leave."

In fact, Zhongli Wu longed for a war to break out between the Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms. On the one hand, this would further demonstrate the importance of the Holy Spirit Cult, and on the other hand, many people would die during the war, which would be quite beneficial for the cultivation of evil soul masters.

Watching Zhongli Wu's figure disappear, Xu Tianran took a deep breath and called out towards the back of the curtain, "Ju Zi!"

"Your Highness." Orange stepped out from behind the curtain with a respectful expression.

Do you think Zhongli Wu is lying?

I cannot say for sure.

"Speak, say whatever you have to say. You're the person I trust most, and I want to hear your thoughts," Xu Tianran said, his face as cold as ice.

Orange said, "I think Zhongliwu lied. Perhaps it was because last time, when Master Kong prevented the Holy Spirit Sect from becoming the Guardian God Sect and demanded that Zhongliwu's process of becoming the National Preceptor be obstructed, Zhongliwu became dissatisfied and arranged for people to do this."

Orange knew there were loopholes in what she said, but in the face of this situation, she made such a response and left loopholes in order to guide Xu Tianran to think about things. Only in this way could she further sow discord between the Holy Spirit Cult and Xu Tianran, and create more opportunities for the future rise of the Spirit Pagoda.

“It’s a good idea, but the connection isn’t strong enough.” Xu Tianran’s face showed a thoughtful expression. “What benefits would killing the Duchess bring to the Holy Spirit Cult? They don’t lack a vengeful spirit at the Soul Emperor level. Even if it’s to get revenge on Elder Kong, they shouldn’t do it.”

After thinking for a while, Xu Tianran had a flash of inspiration: "That's right, I remember that Huo Yuhao and the Duchess had a very bad relationship. Could it be that these guys did this to curry favor with Huo Yuhao?"
Huo Yuhao is a disciple highly valued by Master Kong. If we can win over Huo Yuhao, then the Holy Spirit Sect becoming the national guardian sect and Zhongli Wu becoming the imperial advisor might actually be possible.

Orange was somewhat surprised: "Your Highness, does the Holy Spirit Church really distrust us so much that they can help them solve the problem with Confucius? Is that why they've taken such radical action?"

Xu Tianran snorted coldly: "It's normal to distrust him. Zhongli Wu and I seem to have a good relationship on the surface, but that guy is very cunning."

It's not wise to have a violent conflict with the Holy Spirit Cult now. Once I ascend the throne and the Holy Spirit Cult becomes increasingly useless, I will certainly expel them!

Near the Mingdou Mountains.

Sun and Moon Garrison Area.

Huo Yuhao stood outside Jing Hongchen's tent, preparing to persuade him to let him go to the far north.

He didn't go to the far north to collect soul spirits. In fact, he already had the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass as a substitute, and he already had a new level 50 soul spirit in mind.

His main purpose in going to the far north was to subdue a bunch of soul beasts and prepare future soul spirits. Of course, mining in the far north could also be put on the agenda.

The Sun and Moon people currently face difficulties in mining those minerals, and are also prone to attracting attacks from the Heavenly Soul Empire. However, the Snow Emperor can easily mobilize the soul beasts with a single call to arms.

(End of this chapter)