490 Hot Spot for Healing (1/2)
Li Xingwen himself was plagued with hesitation and doubt. After a moment, he took a deep breath and respectfully cupped his fists and extended a deep bow towards the purple light barrier. Then, he led the rest out of the catacombs.
As soon as they exited the catacombs, Li Xingwen immediately issued orders that prohibited anyone from entering. Then, he left hurriedly with the Governor. It was clear that this matter had exceeded his control and level of jurisdiction. Even though he might be a Nascent Soul realm cultivator now, he still had to call for a meeting and reach a consensus on how to address their coexistence with the catacombs.
Before he left, he lowered his head and stared at Wang Baole, who was pale-faced and trembling, seemingly shocked by what he had witnessed. He narrowed his eyes and thoughts sped through his mind. Then, he withdrew his glance and dashed off like a speeding rainbow arc.
The other Core Formation realm cultivators were all plagued with doubts and suspicions as well. They immediately contacted their respective political forces, but they dared not linger in the city; most left for the main Martian city. They would await their next orders from the Federation and their respective political forces!
Wang Baole watched them leave, and he let loose a breath of relief secretly. Based on his understanding of the Federation, he predicted… that things would likely go according to plan. The Federation was unlikely to cause potential trouble by offending an unknown powerful entity ”Tian Shuaizi” at such a critical time!
There was a great chance of them opting to compromise and give up on acquiring the Martian Divine Armament!
I, Wang Baole, am a reasonable man. I've taken something that should have gone to the Federation… I, Tian Shuaizi, will repay this favor doubly in the future! Wang Baole coughed. He slowly placed his hands behind his back as he watched the skies fill up with departing cruisers. He increasingly felt how much the name Tian Shuaizi suited him.
”Tian Shuaizi?” Li Xingwen, who had returned to the main Martian city, immediately called for a meeting that involved the Federation's various political forces. He described the full details of what had happened during their excavation attempt.
He didn't try to hide anything from the meeting. After all, the Martian Colony Governor and the Core Formation realm cultivators from the various political forces had participated and witnessed the entire thing with their own eyes. When Li Xingwen mentioned the name Tian Shuaizi, everyone in the meeting fell silent.
This was indeed an extremely serious matter. Even Duan Muque reappeared from his seclusion and attended the meeting. After Li Xingwen mentioned the name Tian Shuaizi softly, an awkward expression appeared on everyone's faces in the meeting.
There was no question that the appearance of Tian Shuaizi had been too sudden and unexpected. Most importantly… Li Xingwen hadn't been able to fight back against him. This meant that the mysterious Tian Shuaizi possessed the power to destroy the entire Federation.
The entire meeting fell into silence. Then, the Governor suddenly spoke.
”The Martian Divine Armament has been around for a very long time, and nothing serious has happened all this while… I propose a prudent approach when handling this matter!”
”How can we allow a stranger to sleep so merrily at our own bedside? To be giving such a good deal so freely shows that he must be hiding something!” The Chen Clan Leader of the Five Generation Sky Clan spoke, his eyes flashing with a cold light. He continued, having interrupted the Governor.
”This is an oversight of the special regional city's City Lord. The Federation has been pouring in tremendous resources into the city all these years. To think that he hadn't detected anything amiss with the Divine Armament!”
”Now isn't the time to place blame. What we need to do now is to determine if this entity is pulling wool over our eyes!”
The group started discussing heatedly. The Martian Colony Governor did not continue speaking, and the Head Senator kept his silence as well. They all fell into a contemplative silence. Li Xingwen grew impatient.
”Have your egos swollen? Have you forgotten what kind of firepower the Federation has? Pulling wool over our eyes? Are you willing to gamble on that? Let me tell you. Based on my assessment, this Tian Shuaizi residing inside the Dark Artifact is the owner of the Divine Armament. There's a great likelihood that he's attained phenomenal success at the Spirit Immortal realm. Else, he wouldn't have been able to assert such overpowering awe just by releasing his spirit energy.”
”As for the way to handle this… unless you're looking for an early death, we shouldn't offend… an entity that we are unable to fight back against. I suggest we handle this matter the same way we did for the presence within Pluto.” As soon as Li Xingwen said those words, the cultivators from the various political forces who had been discussing how to handle this matter fell silent. They were startled by Li Xingwen's mentioning of Pluto. Even though it might seem like they had plenty of ideas and suggestions, they all knew very well that, with Li Xingwen powerless against this entity, the best solution was to adhere to the agreement set out with the other.
Duan Muque sighed softly when he saw how the meeting had fallen into silence once again. He felt slightly exhausted. He sensed that there was something strange going on, but at present, his priority was a breakthrough in his cultivation. There was also the Federation Seedlings Initiative that was about to be kicked off, as well as the joint efforts to land on the ancient greenish-bronze sword. He didn't want more trouble.
After a moment of silent contemplation, Duan Muque's eyes flashed with decisiveness.