Chapter 71: News of the Holy Spirit Cult

In the spacious living room, the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy.

As a level 94 Titled Douluo, Xue Chen was imposing and majestic, yet he was absolutely no match for Zhang Peng and Wang Xian'er.

Not everyone is Kong Deming, capable of standing firm against a Limit Douluo as a level 94 Titled Douluo.

Most Soul Masters, even Spirit Engineers, unless they have a well-organized formation.

Otherwise, a Super Douluo is a suppressive existence to an ordinary Titled Douluo.

"Supporter Xue Chen, sit down."

Xu Tianran's voice was incomparably calm, "We are guests; it is not good to be a guest who acts like the host and tries to seize the initiative."

This sentence seemed to be an intentional reminder of something.

Xue Chen was speechless. This book is first published on Tian Tian Kan Xiao Shuo, accompanying you to read, 𝓉𝓉𝓀. 𝓉𝓌, super smooth, providing you with an error-free and non-disordered reading experience.

He had indeed overreacted, but even if he wanted to sit back down, he had to look at the two people opposite him!

He was struggling to resist, alright?

"Wang Lao, Your Excellency Zhang Peng, Supporter Xue Chen is just too worried about His Highness the Crown Prince."

"He should have no malicious intent." Xiadie's voice rang out at the right moment.

Seeing Xiadie speak, Zhang Peng and Wang Xian'er simultaneously withdrew their soul power pressure.

Xue Chen felt his whole body relax and staggered, nearly falling to the ground; he hurriedly steadied himself by grabbing the chair next to him.

He couldn't care about the sweat beading on his forehead and plopped into the chair, habitually protecting his master, nearly forgetting that the two people here were both Super Douluos.

The aura of the Titled Douluo calmed down, and the atmosphere in the entire living room became much quieter.

"This must be Supporter Zhang Peng of the Holy Spirit Cult, right?" Xu Tianran looked at Zhang Peng beside Xiadie, his words implying something.

Xiadie's eyelids flickered slightly, and she did not immediately respond.

Judging from Xu Tianran's expression, he seemed to know that Zhang Peng had defected from the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xiadie was silent for a moment and said, "Your Excellency Zhang Peng has a friendship with me, and after leaving the Holy Spirit Cult, he came here to look after me."

Look after?

The corners of Xu Tianran's mouth twitched.

Do you believe this yourself after saying it?

Someone who severely wounded a level 97 Titled Douluo needs looking after? It would be good enough if you didn't "look after" others.

Xu Tianran withdrew his gaze from Zhang Peng and landed it on Xiadie's position.

"I have been thinking these past few days, Miss Xiadie, are you really not yet twelve years old?"

Xiadie: "————"

Why does everyone question my age!

"That depends on how Your Highness understands age." Xiadie's eyes drifted, her answer somewhat beside the point.

"So that's how it is." Xu Tianran was thoughtful, "It is said that people are divided into physiological age and psychological age."

"I heard that Miss Xiadie has traveled the continent for many years with your teacher, so your psychological age must be quite high."

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

That's going too far.

What do you mean my psychological age is high? Is that right?

Xiadie was cursing internally, but on the surface, she still had to pretend to be smiling.

"You didn't come here to find an explanation for your own opinions, did you? I thought Your Highness was here to treat your legs!" Xiadie forcibly changed the subject.

Xu Tianran fell into silence.

He was indeed curious about Xiadie, but his legs were still more important.

His own legs, and a certain part.

If it weren't for that medicinal pill from the auction, I'm afraid there would truly be no hope at all.

Thinking of this, Xu Tianran said, "Regarding this point, I am still quite grateful to Miss Xiadie and the teacher behind you."

"If your teacher comes, I hope Miss Xiadie will inform us; the Sun Moon Imperial Family will certainly sweep the floor to welcome them."

"Then thank you very much." Xiadie said, her voice pausing slightly, "I have a question, I wonder if Your Highness could clear it up for me?"

"Please speak."

"Your Highness seems to know that Your Excellency Zhang Peng has abandoned darkness for light and left the Holy Spirit Cult."

Xiadie's voice paused, "The incident happened three days ago; theoretically, it is impossible for news to spread this fast."

Knowing of Zhang Peng's defection were the three of them here, plus Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling.

The Holy Spirit Cult would surely hide the defection of a Supporter for as long as possible; it shouldn't have reached Mingdu so quickly.

Could it be that one or two of the Holy Spirit Cult's second, third, fourth, or fifth Supporters are truly high-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire, or people not mentioned in the original story?

That wouldn't be so absurd, would it?

"Actually, there is nothing to hide."

Xu Tianran seemed to know that Xiadie would ask this question and explained, "I do know that you saved His Excellency Zhang Peng, and I also know that he was not lightly injured, but I just didn't expect him to recover so quickly."

Seeing Zhang Peng, Xu Tianran was also quite surprised.

However, all of this can probably only be attributed to some healing pill or the like left behind by the teacher behind Xiadie before leaving.

"Do you know the current Limit Douluos of the continent?"

"Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Mu En." Xiadie answered without thinking.

As expected————

Xu Tianran was not surprised and nodded, "Just three days ago, the Dark Holy Dragon Long Xiaoyao came to Mingdu and found my Imperial Father."

"Just as the three Douluo nations speculated, our Sun Moon Empire does indeed have contact with the Holy Spirit Cult."

"You mean, Long Xiaoyao is a member of the Holy Spirit Cult?" Xiadie feigned surprise in her tone.

"Yes, I only learned of this from my Imperial Father not long ago."

"I won't speak of the imperial secrets involved in this."

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"It could be said that the relationship between both sides is quite good."

Xu Tianran paused here, his tone carrying a hint of mockery, "He came to find my Imperial Father to have us suppress the matter of Xuanzi being called an Evil Soul Master, at least to suppress it on an official level."

"Oh?"

Xiadie revealed a look of curiosity, her eyes shining with the air of someone listening to gossip.

Xu Tianran paused slightly before continuing: "It is said that this was a favor requested by that Dragon God Douluo Mu En of Shrek; he must owe a great debt of friendship, otherwise he wouldn't have come to find us."

"Right around that time, the Soul Guidance Device he carried transmitted news that the upper echelons of the Holy Spirit Cult had been injured."

"If I haven't guessed wrong, you all must have been fighting the Holy Spirit Cult at that time."

Xu Tianran spoke in a very roundabout way.

"Interesting," Xiadie murmured.

She hadn't expected that after Xuanzi was exposed as a "Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult," Mu En would actually ask the Holy Spirit Cult to put out the fire, and even find Long Xiaoyao to do it.

But thinking about it carefully, it seemed normal.

The Sun Moon Empire wanted to suppress Shrek, and to quell this storm, a heavyweight figure was needed.

But did Mu En actually know that Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were the managers of the Holy Spirit Cult?

If he knew, that would be very interesting.

Shrek colluding with Evil Soul Masters, intending to subvert the continent.

And Yan Shaozhe is Long Xiaoyao's grandson, while Xuanzi is a Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.

If it developed like this and were written into a novel.

It would certainly have the potential to be a massive hit.

What a pity, what a pity—

Xiadie shook her head.

I don't have a stable distribution channel; if I could self-publish and self-censor, and had a distribution channel.

Wouldn't that be the arrival of true trash-writing?

"Ahem~"

Xiadie coughed lightly twice, casting away her distracting thoughts.

Writing trash can be discussed later; for now, saving her life comes first.

Offending the Holy Spirit Cult is still very dangerous.

In the end, Xu Tianran asked Xiadie and Wang Xian'er for a summary of the matters regarding joining the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, then left.

Entering the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy would still require waiting for some time.

They had only just beaten up the academy dean not long ago.

Now, they had to go in.

The imperial family also needed to save some face and had to give people a chance to catch their breath.

After Xu Tianran and the other two left, Zhang Peng couldn't help but ask Xiadie: "What exactly did they come here for?"

"To bring over the words of the Sun Moon Emperor, obviously. Didn't he mention before leaving that the Sun Moon Empire and Long Xiaoyao had agreed not to deal with us anymore?"

"Words like that have no binding power at all, right?" Zhang Peng couldn't help but retort.

"Who knows? Regardless, this can still be considered a favor!"

"If they hadn't told us, wouldn't we be unaware and just resting easy?"

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