Chapter 1316: The Councilmen
With the Patriarch and Cardinal Bishop absent, Qi Xuansu had even considered how he would escape if his identity were exposed. He held not only the Shebishi Venom but also a Buddha’s sarira, which allowed him to unleash the Immeasurable Buddha Palm at a level comparable to the Golden Patriarch.
That palm strike could flatten all the buildings on the floating island. The island itself would collapse under the strain and fall toward the Central District below.
The powerful figures of St. York would naturally focus first on preventing the floating island from crashing into the city, and that moment of chaos would give Qi Xuansu the time he needed to escape.
Some might say such an act would be cruel.
Beneath the Upper District was the Central District, the most prosperous of the five districts, with almost no true commoners. This would be the reason the Holy Court’s powerful figures would exert themselves fully to stop the island from falling, unwilling to allow the slightest harm to occur.
If it were a district of commoners, however, those powerful figures might not care as much. Instead, pursuing Qi Xuansu would become a more urgent matter.
The logic behind such priorities was both tragic and disgraceful.
Qi Xuansu felt no moral burden about destroying Western nobles. From the Western perspective, he might be a demon who brought endless suffering. Yet from the perspective of the natives, he would be a hero avenging them. The slaughter committed by Westerners in the New Continent deserved the suffering that followed.
Whether something was morally right depended on one’s stance. To condemn someone who destroyed one’s enemies suggested that one’s own position might be rather questionable.
However, this was merely the worst-case plan. Qi Xuansu did not wish things to reach that point.
What he truly wanted was to learn what secrets were hidden within that tomb.
Meanwhile, the doors to the lounge were tightly shut. Heavy curtains covered the windows without leaving the slightest gap, and the entire room was enveloped in special magic that completely isolated it from the outside world.