The moonlight is like mercury leaking out to the ground, shining all over the quiet and deserted streets, like a layer of bright white gauze spread on the ground.
The sound of wheels turning suddenly broke the silence.
A luxurious carriage drove slowly from a distance.
The driver sat firmly on the shaft, waving his whip from time to time to drive the horses pulling the cart.
Inside the carriage.
Lin Ze and Ewei sat opposite each other.
The lamp hanging in the corner of the carriage emits bright but not dazzling light, illuminating the spacious carriage as bright as day.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Lin Ze, Your Highness Ailei is busy with official duties during the day and can't spare time, so I have no choice but to go to the meeting at night."
Evie said in an apologetic tone.
"It doesn't matter."
Lin Ze waved his hand and asked another question casually.
"But what I'm curious about is why Your Highness Ailei set the meeting place in the suburbs. Wouldn't it be more convenient in the royal city?"
After leaving the Royal Central Academy and getting on the carriage, Evie told Lin Ze the location of the meeting - a hidden farm on the outskirts of the royal city.
This made Lin Ze quite confused.
If the second princess Ailei wanted to see him, whether it was the academy or the palace, or even a location within the royal city, it would undoubtedly be much more convenient than a farm in the suburbs.
Why bother traveling so far at night?
Hearing this, Evie hesitated for a moment, and finally answered truthfully:
"The situation in the royal city is complicated and there are many eyes and ears. Your Highness Ai Lei doesn't want irrelevant people to know about this meeting!"
Lin Ze was slightly startled, and his eyes flashed.
What's there to hide about a simple meeting?
Especially now that the Empire is advancing its cooperative relationship with the Federation, it is an aboveboard matter for the Second Princess to invite him, a Federation student.
Unless...this meeting involves some kind of secret deal!
Lin Ze felt slightly enlightened.
Evie seemed to have guessed that Lin Ze had already made a guess. After being silent for a few seconds, she suddenly asked:
"Does Your Excellency Lin Ze know about the Blood Crystal Cult?"
Lin Ze recalled it and found that he had never heard of a similar name before, so he shook his head.
"I don't know, is it a certain sect in your Beast Spirit Empire?"
"That's right."
Evie nodded, with a look of disgust and fear on her face.
"The Blood Crystal Cult is the largest cult in the empire, dedicated to overthrowing the rule of the empire. Their members are cruel and ruthless, causing chaos and bloodshed throughout the empire all year round, causing considerable losses to the empire, and are deeply hated by the people of the empire!
"
Another cult!
Lin Ze laughed dumbly.
It seems that any civilized country with a unified political power in any plane is the same, and similar evil sects will be born in the country.
The Federation has the Red Moon Society, and the Empire has the Blood Crystal Cult.
The difference is that the Red Crescent Society of the Federation is committed to the pursuit of power, and will not hesitate to devote itself to darkness in order to obtain power.
The Blood Crystal Cult aims to overthrow the imperial rule.
Of course.
Evie said it was to overthrow the empire's rule, but Lin Ze was more inclined to overthrow the aristocracy - although in the empire, there is not much difference between the two - with the aristocracy's long-term monopoly on the spirit beast bloodline, if no one jumped
It would be a miracle to come out and resist!
The Blood Crystal Sect is probably a sect composed of those who are unwilling to accept the monopoly of spiritual beast blood by nobles and want to break this situation!
As for what Evie said about the members of the Blood Crystal Cult being cruel and ruthless, that is just a family opinion.
Which cult would not be labeled this way?
Unless Lin Ze has witnessed it with his own eyes - such as the Red Moon Society - he will always have reservations.
Of course.
These are just Lin Ze's guesses. Maybe the Blood Crystal Cult is not what he guessed.
Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Lin Ze remained calm on the surface and continued to listen to Ewei:
"Just five days ago, we received information that two priests of the Blood Crystal Sect secretly sneaked into the royal city, accompanied by twelve priests. This is a very terrifying lineup!"
Under Evie's narration, Lin Ze had a general understanding of the hierarchy system of the Blood Crystal Religion.
The supreme leader of the Blood Crystal Religion is a being named the Pope, who is a saint-level powerhouse!
Below the Pope are the Archbishops, and there are a total of five Archbishops in the entire Blood Crystal Religion.
Each one of them is a king-level top expert.
Further down are the priests. Although their strength level is not as good as that of the priests, they have also reached the king level.
When he heard this, Lin Ze couldn't help but sigh secretly.
This Blood Crystal Sect is much more powerful than the Red Moon Society!
There are only a few legendary beast masters at the top of the Red Moon Society, and their strength is not even in the middle of the pack among the many legendary beast masters.
Therefore, they have been suppressed by the federation all year round and are like rats crossing the street.
On the other hand, the Blood Crystal Cult has many king-level powerhouses, and its supreme leader is still a saint-level powerhouse!
No wonder Ivy, a direct member of a noble family, has a rather fearful tone when mentioning the Blood Crystal Cult.
What makes Lin Ze a little confused is that when the blood of spiritual beasts is monopolized by the nobles and the road to the peak of power is completely cut off, where did the Blood Crystal Religion come from so many top powerhouses?
Lin Ze then asked the question in his mind, but Evie answered it vaguely.
The secrets of the empire were probably involved behind this. Lin Ze gave up the idea of delving into it after seeing this.
all in all.
Two top men whose strength is comparable to that of the great nobles, and twelve men whose strength has reached the realm of beast spirit envoys. These lineups are enough to make people fearful wherever they are placed!
According to the practices of the Blood Crystal Cult that Evie described before, once these people have evil intentions in the royal city, the consequences will be disastrous!
"So, the purpose of Your Highness Ailei's meeting with me this time is related to this matter?"
Lin Ze asked calmly.
Although it was a question, there was a certain degree of certainty in his tone.
If not, why would Evie mention the Blood Crystal Cult to him for no reason.
As expected.
Ivie nodded slightly and said in a condensing voice:
"Indeed..."
The words stopped abruptly in the middle of the conversation, and the expressions of the two people in the car suddenly changed.
Outside the carriage.
Over the streets.
The gloomy night was suddenly stained with a fierce blood color.
The originally bright and bright moonlight has turned into a dull bloody light, exuding a heart-stopping aura.
Above the bloody night sky, surging energy was gathering rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it expanded rapidly to a frightening level.
And at the moment when Lin Ze and Ewei noticed this terrifying energy at the same time, their expressions changed.
This energy suddenly turned into a bloody beam of light, falling from the sky like a rail gun and hitting the carriage with a bang!
There was no time to even scream, the carriages, horses and strange beasts were instantly wiped out!
The upper half of the carriage instantly shattered into countless tiny particles that were imperceptible to the naked eye!
Seeing that the bloody beam of light was about to hit Lin Ze and Ewei in the carriage, at the critical moment, a faint light shield suddenly appeared on Lin Ze's body and spread at an alarming speed, protecting him and Ewei inside.
The next second.
The blood-colored light beam hit the light shield brazenly!
boom!
With the impact point as the core, the boundless air wave swept rapidly in all directions.
Looking down from a high altitude, it looks like a circle expanding rapidly outward.
Under the terrifying power of the bloody light beam, the light shield only lasted for less than a second before suddenly dissipating.
The bloody light pillar immediately flooded the remaining half of the carriage!