It's true that you become like those you associate with. Don't be fooled by their serious demeanor; they're all quite the comedians once you get down to business.

The only two who seem relatively innocent are probably the sisters, Feng and Ling, but do these two younger women have a choice? Sorry, no.

Xu Shi shrugged. "If you guys hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about this..." To be honest, he wasn't really interested in the red-haired silly girl, but what's said is said, so he simply went with the flow and let them arrange things.

Anyway, he doesn't lose out, and it's a kind of benefit for his family (just kidding).

His attention was actually more focused on the saintess in front of him.

I reached out and touched him; he wasn't dead, he just looked like he was asleep.

Yes, turning into ashes happened within the "threshold space," and her physical body was not greatly affected.

If I had to put it bluntly, she's either in a vegetative state or brain dead.

"How should we handle this?"

"Let's settle her down and observe for now. She has connections with that old pope. We'll deal with that first."

Xu Shi glanced at the old pope on the other side, who had collapsed with a bang and was now like a skeleton, and thought for a moment before speaking.

Putting everything else aside, this is at least a complete SS-class "Ascended" corpse, which even retains a certain degree of bodily activity, and has considerable research value.

Not to mention that Miss Saintess is not completely dead; if possible, we might even be able to try to modify her as well.

If we can make use of it, it would be a good gain.

"good."

Su Lin nodded, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Young Master, did you... find out anything from her?"

Almost everyone present was focused on the matter of "Heavenly Principles," and it would be a lie to say they weren't interested.

Xu Shi certainly wouldn't keep such things a secret. Now that everything had settled, he explained to them what had happened within the "threshold space."

"Is that so..."

After he finished speaking, everyone's expressions were different.

The so-called experimental fields or protagonist-villain storylines are not difficult to accept since we've experienced them before.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the clues related to "natural law" have been lost again, which is undoubtedly frustrating.

"So, what are your plans for the future?"

The one who reacted the most was probably Xia Ke'an. Her obsession with "heavenly principles" was probably even deeper than Xu Shi's own. After going to such lengths, she only got such a small result, which was obviously not what she wanted.

"Well..."

Having just withdrawn from the spiritual realm, Xu Shi didn't think too much about it.

But his attitude will not change.

"The 'Heavenly Principle' is hiding its true nature, which isn't a big deal. The trail has gone cold here, so we'll continue our search."

He said in a deep voice, "These things can't be rushed; we have to take it one step at a time."

He needed to process the information he received from the saintess before making any further plans.

Of course, the Hualan Empire cannot be abandoned either.

It's a place I've poured my heart and soul into, so there's no way I can just let go.

Moreover, another great advantage is that if, as we just heard, "Heavenly Principles" have abandoned this place, then this place will be an area that is no longer under their surveillance.

For them, who have to contend with "natural justice" for a long time, such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern.

Xu Shi had even planned that in the future, part of the development focus might be moved here, so that when facing "Heavenly Principles" next time, he might be able to give them some unexpected little surprises.

That being said, the place is still a mess, not much better than when Night City was first ravaged by the River of Sin.

In fact, the problems here haven't even been fully resolved yet, have they?

……broken.

Upon thinking about this, Xu Shi suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked something.

Sure enough, the next second, Xia Wuyou’s anxious message came through the communication bracelet.

"Cheng Gujian...has raised an army in rebellion!"

(End of this chapter)