Huo Yuhao: Picked up a copy of Peerless Tang Sect at the beginning

Chapter 222 Reasons
Although the Holy Spirit Church is in the same camp as Xu Tianran, the two actually have different demands.

For the Holy Spirit Church, there is no substantial benefit in unifying the continent.

After all, if the entire Douluo Continent was unified by the Sun Moon Empire, then Xu Tianran's attitude towards the Holy Spirit Church would change.

Before the continent is unified, the Holy Spirit will be a good helper, a good assistant, and an absolute friend of the Sun-Moon Empire.

But if the Sun-Moon Empire unified the entire continent, then the Holy Spirit Church would be an absolute rebel.

Because of their different positions, their attitudes towards the Holy Spirit Church are also different.

This is why the Holy Spirit Church is not actually very keen on supporting Xu Tianran to unify the continent.

Of course, they still supported Xu Tianran's expansion of territory, because the larger the territory, the more places they could influence by relying on the Sun and Moon Empire.

As the saying goes, when the water rises, all boats rise. Now the Sun-Moon Empire is the water, and the people living on the boat are the Holy Spirit Church.

The reason why the Holy Spirit Church made such a request to Xu Tianran was mainly to test whether Xu Tianran was still an ally with whom they could cooperate.

Over the past few years, as time went by, Xu Tianran's power grew stronger and stronger, and he was no longer as obedient to the Holy Spirit Church as he was at the beginning.

The Holy Spirit Church was actually very dissatisfied with this.

If Xu Tianran obeyed their orders, the Holy Spirit would be able to do a lot of things through the huge bureaucratic system of the Sun and Moon Empire.

You can find the soul master with the martial soul you need through the household registration.

Use the power of local officials to cover up every massacre.

Collect the resources you need through the court of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Create the soul guide needed by the Holy Spirit Church.

These are things that the Holy Spirit Church cannot do alone.

When the Holy Spirit Church was in the dark, they had to be cautious in everything they did. Unlike now, although they were nominally expelled from the Sun-Moon Empire, in fact the two sides are still firm allies.

The Holy Spirit Church's development speed in the past two years with the help of the Sun-Moon Empire has definitely far exceeded other people's imagination.

It is because I have enjoyed the best that I don’t want to force myself to enjoy something slightly worse.

The Holy Spirit Church wanted to use this seemingly impossible task to target Xu Tianran, and also to tell Xu Tianran that the position you have now is exactly what we want you to have.

If you want to keep your position as crown prince, you must cooperate with our Holy Spirit Family.

Otherwise, if we can elevate you to the position of Crown Prince, we can also naturally dethrone you from it.

Xu Tianran felt extremely angry because he understood the intention of the Holy Spirit Church's behavior.

But Xu Tianran had no other choice at the moment.

Xu Tianran did not want to make enemies with the Xingluo Empire at this time, nor did he want to lose the trust of the Holy Spirit Church.

Just when Xu Tianran was feeling sad, the arrival of another person made Xu Tianran even more violent.

"Your Majesty, Prince Chiyan requests an audience."

Prince Chiyan is a relative of the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire. In terms of seniority, he should be considered Xu Tianran's great-uncle, and the uncle of the current Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

However, such a relationship is of no use in the Sun and Moon Empire.

Prince Chiyan was actually very dissatisfied with Xu Tianran.

The reason is that Xu Tianran has violated the interests of too many royal relatives in the two years since he came to power.

In fact, this is normal. A large part of these royal cycles rely on bloodline to reach the top. Some people don’t actually have any special abilities, but they are able to hold high positions only by relying on the position passed down from their fathers.

Xu Tianran was determined to eliminate the pros and cons, so how could the mainland possibly want its steps to be hindered by these people?
Therefore, over the years, Xu Tianran eliminated many noble children, turning them into commoners and losing their original rights. Eliminating the old nobles and redistributing the benefits is something that every ruler who aspires to unify the continent must do after taking office.

The consequence of doing so is that the original vested interests will inevitably be shaken.

And it just so happens that these top reporters are people who occupy official positions at this moment.

This often makes the problem difficult to handle.

Although Xu Tianran's methods were superb, he inevitably aroused the vigilance of the aristocratic group and royal relatives.

This Prince Chiyan is one of the spokesmen they chose.

And the purpose of his coming here today is very simple.

"Your Highness, the lunatics of the Holy Spirit Church have done such a thing in the territory of the Sun and Moon Empire. Please issue an order. Imprison all the evil soul masters who raided the Holy Spirit Church."

After Prince Chiyan arrived, he immediately knelt down and said to Xu Tianran.

It seems that Prince Chiyan's attitude is good, at least much more respectful than Zhongli Wu, but beneath the surface of his respectful words, he actually has the greatest malice towards Xu Tianran.

The reason why Prince Chiyan made this request was not because he hated the Holy Spirit Church, but because everyone knew that it was because of the support of the Holy Spirit Church that Xu Tianran was able to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince.

Therefore, if one wants to eliminate Xu Tianran, the most inevitable thing is to cut off his arms first.

Expelling the Holy Spirit Church and eradicating evil soul masters is a perfectly normal statement.

Now, under the manipulation of Prince Chiyan, it has been turned into a conspiracy against Xu Tianran.

Xu Tianran naturally knew what Prince Chiyan meant.

There was also a hint of ruthlessness in Xu Tianran's eyes as he looked towards Prince Chiyan.

Xu Tianran didn't expect that such a small contradiction would cause so many problems.

Everyone wants to take advantage of this opportunity to cut off and expand their own interests.

But all the contradictions and entanglements converged on Xu Tianran.

Xu Tianran naturally would not agree to what Prince Chiyan said.

After all, no matter how bad the Holy Spirit Church is, it is still a help to me.

However, these royal centers that seem to be related to him by blood are not his main forces, but opponents he will face in the future.

I want to take away the benefits from them and redistribute them to those children from poor families.

Used to train a group of people with strong strength and extraordinary abilities to be loyal to you.

But Xu Tianran couldn't tell him this openly, so he could only appease Prince Chiyan, saying that he would definitely eradicate the Holy Spirit Church and so on.

But they just kept playing Tai Chi and didn't give a specific solution.

Prince Chiyan saw Xu Tianran's attitude.

But he forced Xu Tianran to express his position and insisted that Xu Tianran come up with a set of rules and regulations to punish the Holy Spirit Church.

Otherwise, these royal relatives would do something unspeakable.

Just when Xu Tianran was struggling, he saw a little palace maid running here in a hurry.

When Xu Tianran wanted to say something, the little palace maid immediately knelt in front of Xu Tianran and told him a shocking news.

(End of this chapter)