Chapter 268: The Severely Injured Elder Qin
"You came back a long time ago. After all, you spent a full month in seclusion this time!"
"A month?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Mu could not help but be somewhat surprised.
Although he was in seclusion, he believed he could accurately control his perception of the passage of time in the outside world.
It seemed that this seclusion had exceeded his control.
"As for the answer you want to know."
Ling Yuan paused and said indifferently.
"According to what they said, that junior named Tang San only left two or three days before we wiped out the Clear Sky Sect."
"When he finally left, Tang San's cultivation was only around the Six-ring level."
"I really don't understand why you keep caring about this junior."
"With his level of strength, let alone you, couldn't any random Cardinal from Spirit Hall just kill him?"
Qin Mu did not answer Ling Yuan's query.
Or rather, he did not know how to respond to Ling Yuan.
From Ling Yuan's perspective, as the Pope of Spirit Hall, there was likely no one on the entire continent who dared to oppose Qin Mu.
His own strength had even reached level ninety-nine, making him the undisputed number one person in history!
Yet, Qin Mu was so concerned about Tang San, who was far inferior to him.
Let alone Ling Yuan, if it were Qin Mu himself, he probably wouldn't be able to understand it either.
If it were the former Qin Mu, perhaps he wouldn't care so much about Tang San.
But ever since he had that contact with the God of Destruction, he had to carefully consider whether he should erase Tang San in advance.
After all, he had not yet sensed the two auras that the God of Destruction had spoken of.
At least in Spirit Hall, he hadn't sensed them.
Therefore, the possibility of it being Bibi Dong or Qian Renxue was minimal.
The greatest possibility lay with Tang San, whom he had yet to see.
Now, the information he had received was that Tang San only had Six-ring strength.
With such strength, wanting to inherit a God Position was nothing short of a fantasy.
Even in the original work, it took Tang San nearly five years to reach the god level from a Six-ring Soul Emperor.
Five years might be plenty of time for others.
But in Qin Mu's view, his own achievement of a God Position would happen almost overnight; it wouldn't take five years at all.
"Could it be that those two shameless ones will really use some trick to force Tang San to become a god?"
While he was thinking, a Cardinal rushed into the main hall.
"Who is it?!"
Qin Mu and Ling Yuan noticed this person immediately.
Seeing that this person was acting in a flustered manner, both of them could not help but frown.
Upon hearing this, the Cardinal suddenly straightened his body. After seeing that it was Qin Mu and Ling Yuan, he hurriedly ran over and bowed to them.
Just as he was about to speak, Ling Yuan reprimanded him mercilessly.
"This is the Pope's place of quiet cultivation; entry requires permission from high-level officials at the rank of Elder or above."
"As a Cardinal of this hall, how could you not even know this?!"
"Go to the Judgment Hall and accept your punishment!"
Except for Qin Mu and a few others, Ling Yuan was very strict with everyone else.
On the other hand, Ling Yuan had always been by Qin Mu's side, also acting as the disciplinarian.
Hearing Ling Yuan's words, the Cardinal's face turned pale, but he still looked as if he had something to say.
"Since you are a Cardinal, you surely shouldn't be ignorant of these rules."
"If you aren't ignorant of them, then you must have something very important to say."
"Don't be nervous, explain clearly what happened first."
Qin Mu looked at the trembling Cardinal before him and comforted him in a calm tone.
Upon hearing this, the Cardinal gave Qin Mu a grateful look and then said.
"Elder Qin, Elder Qin has been wounded!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Qin Mu and Ling Yuan instantly became serious.
Elder Qin was one of the Elders in the Elder Council who had opposed Qin Mu becoming the Pope.
Later, because of Qin Mu's forgiveness, Elder Qin was determined to repay Qin Mu and chose to go to the Star Luo Empire, becoming one of the main persons in charge there.
"What happened? Speak clearly!"
The Cardinal took a few long breaths to calm his inner tension.
"According to Elder Qin, that day he was doing his job as usual."
"As a result, he was suddenly ambushed by a mysterious Titled Douluo from who knows where."
"Elder Qin led the people of Spirit Hall to fight to the death, but they were ultimately defeated."
"Now, Elder Qin is at the entrance of Spirit Hall, seriously injured."
"So, that's why I…"
The Cardinal's tone carried a hint of grievance amidst his grief and indignation.
After all, this was such a major matter, and it concerned the injury of an Elder.
The Cardinal had risked punishment to force his way into the secret room.
"I understand."
"You don't need to be punished this time; go back to your work with peace of mind!"
After speaking, Qin Mu immediately disappeared from the spot.
Staring blankly at the empty space before him, it took the Cardinal a while to recover, and he bowed deeply toward the direction of the door.
At this moment, at the entrance of Spirit Hall.
Elder Qin lay covered in blood at the entrance of the The Pope's Palace.
A group of Spirit Hall officers were crowded around him, providing simple treatment for Elder Qin.
"The Pope is here!"
Someone shouted, and everyone stood up immediately. Before they could see the situation clearly, Qin Mu had already arrived in front of Elder Qin.
Bending down, Qin Mu took a dragon zhi leaf from his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse and placed it into Elder Qin's mouth.
Before long, Ling Yuan arrived at the entrance of Spirit Hall with Evergreen Douluo.
After simply examining Elder Qin's injuries, Evergreen Douluo released his Martial Soul and began to treat Elder Qin with all his might.
"Is Elder Qin the only one who returned? Where are the others?"
Qin Mu stood up and asked the guards beside him.
"There is no one else, only Elder Qin!"
At this moment, whether it was the guards of Spirit Hall or the officers, expressions of grief and indignation appeared on their faces almost simultaneously.
One had to know that the current Spirit Hall was even more powerful than before.
It not only occupied most of the elites on the continent, but even some long-established Sects had reached cooperation with Spirit Hall.
Even the Heaven Dou Empire, one of the Two Great Empires, now had a very close relationship with Spirit Hall.
Who would have thought that even so, such a disaster would befall an Elder of Spirit Hall!
One must know that Elder Qin was still wearing the exclusive Elder robes of Spirit Hall!
In the current continent, how could there be anyone who didn't recognize the attire of a Spirit Hall Elder?
Thus, the person who wounded Elder Qin knew very well that Elder Qin was an Elder of Spirit Hall!
To know that Elder Qin was a member of Spirit Hall and still dare to commit such an act.
This act was tantamount to a direct slap in the face of Spirit Hall!
It was no wonder these people were so angry.
Before long, under the healing of Evergreen Douluo, Elder Qin slowly regained consciousness.
Seeing Qin Mu before him, Elder Qin could not help but shed tears of old age, and the first sentence he spoke caused everyone present to change color.
"Pope! The Star Luo Empire has openly declared war on us!"
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