183: Chapter 183 The Secret (Part Two)

What exactly is the purpose of the Holy Spirit Sect?

They had no way of knowing.

Originally, the two of them had already made contact with that member of the Holy Spirit Sect and learned the method to save people, but upon leaving, that person suddenly added two sentences.

"The Holy Spirit Sect does not wish to go to war with you Dreamers."

"So, after you finish saving the people, hand Lu Zheng over to me and leave Jianghai City."

These two sentences left the pair stunned in their tracks, but they nodded and left immediately. They did not know why the member of the Holy Spirit Sect would say these things to them.

However, they knew one thing: the incident in Jianghai City might be more complex than they had imagined.

At this moment, somewhere in Jianghai City, a man looked at the Bishop before him with reverence and respect in his eyes, yet his heart held a trace of confusion.

"Bishop, why did you tell them that?"

"Wouldn't that increase the risk of exposure?"

Facing his subordinate's question, The Mysterious Person of the Holy Spirit Sect spoke slowly.

"This is the Grand Bishop's order."

Upon hearing the Bishop's words, the man's eyes were filled with even more confusion. Could those two have a connection to the Grand Bishop? Otherwise, why would the Grand Bishop speak personally?

However, the Bishop quickly gave him the answer.

"The Grand Bishop has already made initial contact with that person from the Dreamers, and this is the goodwill that our Holy Spirit Sect is showing."

"Those two from the Dreamers have considerable strength; in the context of the entire Jianghai City, they can be considered top-tier individuals. If they were to die here, it would be no small loss for the Dreamers."

"It might even provoke the Dreamers into starting a war."

The subordinate nodded slowly, but emboldened, he continued to ask.

"Bishop, what about the fact that you promised them you would stop? What should we do?"

Hearing this, the mysterious Bishop smiled slightly.

"It was originally just to stall for time."

"How could the plans of my Holy Spirit Sect stop just because two people intervened?"

"There is currently a member of the Heavenly Palace in the shadows of Jianghai City. If we act now, we will certainly be discovered, and all our plans will fail."

"That agreement was fake from the very beginning."

"Even when I went personally, it was just to make them believe everything I said."

"The Bishop is wise; your wisdom is beyond what we subordinates can imagine. I admire you..."

The subordinate hurriedly flattered him, feeling genuine admiration and worship for the Bishop's plan, and the Bishop slowly turned his head.

"How is the progress?"

The subordinate hurriedly handed an ancient, stone tablet-like object to the Bishop, which had numbers displayed on it.

"Reporting to the Bishop, we have now sent eight thousand people inside. These people are all from other cities. To minimize the impact, we only capture a few dozen people from each place, and some of them are even vagrants."

"Eight thousand people have been sent into Jianghai City and then taken inside by our people; Jianghai City has not noticed. The progress is now more than halfway done."

"Of these eight thousand people, over seven thousand have successfully mutated, turning into monsters that are neither human nor ghost, possessing terrifying strength."

"The remaining small portion is still struggling desperately, but it won't take long before they are successfully mutated."

"We now need two thousand more people to meet the requirement."

The subordinate said slowly, and the Bishop looked at the token in his hand; the number on it was exactly eight thousand.

"Good!"

"Well done."

The Bishop praised, and the subordinate looked happy, but then a trace of worry appeared on his face.

"Bishop, there is something I don't know whether to worry about."

"Now, as we send more people inside, the space is becoming increasingly unstable. Quite a few people in Jianghai City have already stumbled into it by accident."

"There are even humans who have mutated coming out of it."

"Jianghai City has already noticed this and started investigating. I am worried..."

The Bishop waved his hand.

"Do not be concerned."

"At this rate, even if Jianghai City manages to investigate, it will be too late."

"When this army of ten thousand mutated beings appears in Jianghai City, it will be enough to catch Jianghai City off guard. Even if one of the Twelve Generals of the Heavenly Palace were to intervene, they would not be able to stop Jianghai City from becoming a tragic, bloody battlefield."

"By then, no one will be able to stop that person's resurrection."

As he spoke, a strange gleam flashed in the Bishop's eyes. Once that person is born, the Holy Spirit Sect will completely step onto the stage and become one of the overlords of the entire world—or perhaps the only one.

"Alright, go and get busy."

"Yes, Bishop!"

The subordinate hurriedly left, and the Bishop fell into deep thought alone.

"If it weren't for the intervention of the Heavenly Palace, this plan would not have been used."

"The lives of ten thousand people, plus the chaos in Jianghai City—even my Holy Spirit Sect has to weigh the cost of a plan of this magnitude."

"According to the plan, it was to let the Evolved Beast from the mountains launch an attack on Jianghai City; no one in Jianghai City could stop it, and Jianghai City would still have turned into a sea of blood."

"It would have achieved the goal all the same."

"But who could have imagined that an accident would suddenly occur in the middle?"

"It's just... Zhuang Zhiyong, where did you go?"

"Since Plan One has already failed, why haven't you returned? Did an accident happen?"

The Bishop muttered to himself, looking at the ever-increasing numbers on the ancient token in his hand. He was already feeling some anticipation; it wouldn't be long before Jianghai City welcomed a big surprise.

However, at this moment, besides thinking of Zhuang Zhiyong, the Bishop also thought of another person.

"Lu Zheng..."

"Who exactly are you, and why would the Grand Bishop speak personally?"

"I am truly a bit curious, but no matter what secrets you hold, you cannot escape my Holy Spirit Sect."

"It won't be long before you fall into my hands, and by then, everything about you will become the foundation of my Holy Spirit Sect."

He did not know much about Lu Zheng, but at this moment, Lu Zheng was in the hands of those from the Dreamers. Originally, according to his plan, he would stall for some time, and once the plan was mostly completed, the outcome would be unchangeable.

Then he would act to take Lu Zheng away.

In this situation, even if people from the Heavenly Palace intervened, they would not be able to change it.

But he had not expected the Grand Bishop to tell him to let the two of them go; there was no other way, he had to do so.

As for worrying that the two would not hand over Lu Zheng, he did not have that concern; after all, when faced with a choice between Lu Zheng's life and their own, any normal person should not choose wrong.

Everything was under control; Jianghai City was something in the palm of his hand.

"We must never hand Lu Zheng over to the Holy Spirit Sect."

On the other side, after Senior Brother Li Hongyi and Zhao Mengzhu exchanged a glance, they stated the decision they had both independently reached.

"The Holy Spirit Sect is definitely planning a major move in Jianghai City."

"So we cannot waste any more time."

"After this matter is completed, we must take Lu Zheng and leave Jianghai City. We must ensure that the Holy Spirit Sect's Bishop does not discover this."

"Otherwise, we will have no choice but to fight them to the death."