Douluo Continent: I have the Heaven-Piercing Tyrannosaurus Beast

Chapter 186 Overt bribery, covert plan to silence.

Miles stared wide-eyed, and he had to admit that the boy in front of him was making his heart race just by opening his mouth.

The points raised one after another caught the attention of Miles, a man with a wealth of experience.

Impeach Salas? Me?

What merit do I have to offend the Platinum Bishop? Not to mention that even if the impeachment succeeds, people will think that he used the success of the impeachment to rise to the position of Platinum Bishop.

If the impeachment fails, will I still have a good life in the future?

Whether you can stand Salas or not is one thing, but whether you can afford to offend him is another matter entirely.

Miles is quite clear-headed about these things.

So Miles shook his head in front of Xiao Yan.

"My lord, you think too highly of me. I am merely a purple-robed bishop. I am not capable of impeaching Salas, who is two ranks above me. In fact, this matter would be intercepted before I even report it to the black-robed bishop."

Miles's point was simple: it's not that I can't do it, it's just that if I did, it would be useless, it wouldn't get through, and it would only cause me trouble.

But Xiao Yan was certain that he was just making excuses. If there really was such a good opportunity to impeach the other party and take the throne, how could Miles not do it? However, he also saw danger in this.

He was unwilling to take the risks.

"As you know, what I just told you about the Heaven Dou royal family planting an inside agent in our Hall of Worship is true. This agent is expected to play a significant role in the future development of the Spirit Hall, so how can we expose him prematurely? Therefore, the Venerable One cannot impeach Salas from his perspective. If he insists on going his own way, it will only make everyone inside and outside think that our Venerable One is domineering and that we really don't have any good methods." Xiao Yan said, pretending to sigh.

The shrewd and calculating Miles nodded, still looking skeptical. He didn't deny Xiao Yan's identity or the words of the high priest behind him, but he still doubted whether Xiao Yan could confirm that he would be appointed as the Platinum Bishop after Salas stepped down.

If he can't do it, he's unwilling to do anything thankless or difficult.

It seems this guy wants a promise.

Xiao Yan looked at Miles and understood what the other was thinking. After thinking for a moment, he took out a token from his pocket.

Miles casually tossed it onto the table in front of the sofa. In the dim light, he made out the object on the table and his expression hardened.

Suspicious, he would have suspected that the boy's family was in the business of printing tokens if these two tokens hadn't been extremely rare.

"I'll give you this Six Emperors' Token as a gift," Xiao Yan said casually, but his heart was clenching. If Tang Dachui found out that he had given this thing to someone else, someone from the Spirit Hall, he might get hammered first.

However, even if this token were given to Miles, Xiao Yan was certain that it wouldn't stay in Miles' hands for long.

What Xiao Yan needed to do was to make Miles appear to be an inside agent recruited by the Hall of Worship, but in reality, he would certainly not let Miles live for long.

"This—my lord?" Miles hesitated for a moment, but still held the token in his hand and examined it carefully. Putting everything else aside, just having this Six Emperors' Token in hand sometimes made his words more effective than those of the purple-robed bishop.

The Spirit Hall has always operated this way: those in high positions do not need tokens to demonstrate their status; they themselves are the best identification. However, their families and sects need tokens to demonstrate their position.

From a general perspective on the continent, this Six Emperors' Decree is even superior to the Offering Decree he had seen during the day. To put it bluntly, if he weren't a purple-robed bishop, he wouldn't recognize the Offering Decree at all; he would only think that the token was flashy and made of exquisite material.

However, these six imperial tokens are hard currency; wherever one goes, one can use these tokens to prove one's identity.

"With this token, I'm sure you'll have a smooth journey when you leave Gengxin City," Xiao Yan said.

It was more than just a smooth journey.

Miles thought that with this token in hand, even a local tyrant like himself in Gengxin City would be treated with respect by the royal families of Tiandou and Xingluo.

Although a tall tree catches the wind.

But the token in Miles's hand, which he had already warmed up, was given to him by the young man in front of him at the behest of the high-ranking officials. Its value was self-evident.

"My lord, what I just said was the truth. My rank really has no influence over Salas." Although he accepted the token, Miles still looked troubled.

However, Xiao Yan was not in a hurry. Since the other party had brought it up on their own initiative, it meant that they already had a solution to this matter.

"However, I often communicate with the other purple-robed and black-robed bishops. In fact, all four platinum bishops have some shady dealings. According to the rules of our Spirit Hall, they would have long been unworthy of their positions. And I have recorded all of this in detail."

As Miles spoke, he pulled a black-covered notebook from his pocket. Several pages inside were yellowed, and a corner of the notebook was visible after being folded by its owner. Although the material and workmanship of the notebook were top-notch, it was clearly quite old.

Perhaps it was from the time Miles took office that he began recording all sorts of trivial matters.

Xiao Yan was somewhat interested, so he reached out and took it, casually flipping through a few pages.

Seemingly worried that Xiao Yan might not have found Salas's section, Miles deliberately put his finger in his mouth, moistened it with saliva, and turned to the pages that Xiao Yan was interested in.

As Xiao Yan looked at the contents, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

It's true what they say, everyone's on guard; everyone's trying to save themselves a way out.

Miles was still basking in the excitement of having made such a contribution.

"My lord, all of this is my bargaining chip for survival. You can tear out the pages about Salas, but the rest—"

"Are you planning to use the rest as leverage to hinder those who know your secrets?"

Miles didn't speak, his face still smiling, but he pointed his right index finger at Xiao Yan and shook his wrist up and down. Xiao Yan smiled back, and the two understood each other without saying a word.

"Since that's the content, I'll go back and report to Lord Gong Feng. I'll tell him it's the people's demands, but we still lack physical evidence, and we don't know if we can successfully impeach Salas." Xiao Yan, accompanied by Miles, had already walked to the window.

The guards at the gate meant he intended to leave the same way he came.

Miles nodded, but he also said he couldn't help. Now that they had this information, the High Priest could influence Salas without exposing his own inside information. He had already obtained the Six Emperors' Decree, which was obviously obtained by the High Priest on his behalf. He just hoped that Salas would be caught as soon as possible.

Xiao Yan smiled and walked out the window, disappearing from Miles's sight.

The purple-robed bishop smiled as he watched him leave, but once he was sure the other had disappeared from his sight, his expression instantly turned cold.

He pondered for a moment, then walked back to his lampstand, picked up his pen, and wrote something down.