Chapter 590

Li Chen and the Pope had been alone together for some time, and the people outside were in an uproar.

They were all guessing what Li Chen's true identity could possibly be.

Even among the many Cardinals of the Holy See, few possessed strength like Li Chen's.

Could it be that for all these years, the Pope had been concealing the strength of this personal guard?

These Cardinals had never seen Li Chen and did not know his true identity.

But there was one Cardinal who had seen him, and that was Chet, the Cardinal who had once attacked Charles in the Star Fall Kingdom; he had certainly seen Li Chen.

Because of the incident involving the attack on Charles, Chet had been punished by the Pope with solitary confinement; unless he received a special pardon, he would likely be stuck there for many years.

One must know that this was the Eternal Day Empire; publicly attacking Charles, if word got out, would certainly cause turmoil.

Even for a Cardinal, the Pope had to issue a punishment.

But this punishment was considered very light; under the laws of Eternal Day, having one's entire clan executed would not have been excessive.

This also showed that the status of the Holy See was indeed much higher than that of the imperial family.

The people of the Holy See only followed their doctrines and did not care about any imperial laws.

This was also why the conflict between the Holy See and the imperial family was growing ever larger.

Cardinal Ludwig kept staring inside the palace, his mind constantly pondering.

In his view, with the return of this personal guard to the Holy See this time, the entire Holy See would likely undergo earth-shattering changes.

In the garden of the Pope's palace, only the Pope and Li Chen were present.

To a certain extent, their strength and status were equal, so their conversation was relatively casual.

"Your Majesty Li Chen, having served as a personal guard for so many days, you can also understand that the doctrines of my Holy See can stabilize a nation; why not vigorously promote them in Tian Ce?"

The Pope also began to probe casually.

Li Chen did not deny this point, and he could also understand why the imperial family of the Eternal Day Empire had used the Holy See to consolidate their rule back then.

The extreme faith of the Holy See, combined with its highly exclusionary hegemonic rule, could indeed keep the entire nation stable.

But the problem was that if the Holy See developed this way, it would also cause most of the resources and powerful individuals to belong to the Holy See, and the Holy See still had a reason to explain: "Our Holy See is just like this; if you don't believe in us, how can you become stronger?"

Then the imperial family in a country would be equivalent to the steward managing the country for the Holy See.

As long as such a situation appeared, the imperial family would become a clown.

Li Chen was an emperor, so naturally, he would not make such a choice.

"You know, I don't really like things that are too troublesome. Look at how I'm usually outside; I'm too lazy to manage court affairs. I only came this time because I was invited by you to see if that purple crystal barrier is really as magical as they say."

Li Chen's answer was very simple, leaving even the Pope stunned.

He hadn't expected this emperor to be so straightforward; it was truly not bad.

Looking at Charles, on the other hand, he only spoke ambiguous nonsense and was hypocritical beyond measure.

Charles also didn't know the Pope's thoughts, or else he would have been triggered again.

"Since that is the case, then Your Majesty Li Chen, come with me for a trip," the Pope said, lightly tapping the ground with the scepter in his hand.

A golden light flashed, and the two disappeared from the garden in an instant, leaving behind only a few spinning, falling petals.

Inside the forbidden ground in the deepest part of the Pope's palace, the air seemed to have been frozen for ten thousand years.

A towering divine tree rose from the ground, its trunk so thick it required ten people to embrace it, and liquid holy light flowed between its branches and leaves.

Embedded in the heart of the tree was a huge purple crystal mirror; the mirror surface was as smooth as water, yet bottomless.

"This is the Prophecy Divine Mirror," the Pope's voice echoed in the empty forbidden ground, "It has existed since the beginning of the Holy See's establishment."