Light Fortress Chapter 1932 - 16: Soul Contract (Part 2)

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Previously on Light Fortress...
The Red Dragon, severely wounded and captured by Spring Plow Saint, appeals to the Storm God's Throne. Spring Plow reveals the Ancient Literature Society has conceded to the Holy City's demands, but the Red Dragon pleads for their safety. He then directly addresses the Storm God's Throne, offering his value as a bargaining chip and former First Divine Envoy to secure his survival. The Storm God's Throne acknowledges the Red Dragon as merchandise, whose fate depends on a potential transaction.

"Ha..."

A meaningful smile appeared on the face of the Storm God’s Throne.

He rarely smiled.

"You truly are a smart person."

The Storm God said warmly, "I do not intend to let you go, neither Central Continent nor the Ancient Literature Society will have you..."

In his plan.

The Red Dragon was to leave the Southern Continent together with the Storm.

The reason is simple.

The Holy City is losing talent, the Storm is large, this migration can take away more than ten thousand people, which is more than enough to take the core members of the church.

But what will happen on this drifting journey in the Old World, no one knows.

For the Storm God’s Throne, the more capable and strong subordinates, the better.

He certainly couldn’t handle everything himself.

A single Spring Plow Saint is obviously not enough!

So the Storm God’s Throne planned to first suppress the Red Dragon a bit, then take him onto the Storm to slowly assimilate and inspire him, to see if he could turn the Red Dragon into his own believer.

Looking at it now, it seems this matter is not as troublesome as expected.

"I can roughly guess what you want to do..."

The Red Dragon lowered his eyes and said slowly, "When I was stationed on Yuanting Island, I discovered some doubts. The Storm Church seems uninterested in the wars of the Five Continents. I guess you intend to leave here."

The explosion at the Ice Sea Ruins.

The intent was indeed somewhat apparent.

The Storm God laughed, "So?"

The Red Dragon brought the topic back to himself, "So this transaction is not important, anyway, you won’t hand me over."

The Red Dragon said seriously, "Make a deal with me, let me be the saint under your command, wholeheartedly committed... Even if there is an escape, the church will still need a strong person who can hold the situation and form a counterbalance with ’Spring Plow’ as a second-in-command."

Currently in the Storm Church, if the God doesn’t intervene, it is the Spring Plow Saint who handles all affairs alone.

In fact.

The Storm God’s Throne had issued a command to the Spring Plow Saint, conveying the idea that he wanted to keep the Red Dragon for his use...

But the Spring Plow Saint’s hatred for the Ancient Literature Society led him to engage in "torment" behavior beyond the limits of the command.

From the result, this turned out to be a good thing.

The oppression and torment by Spring Plow towards the Red Dragon led to today’s situation.

But from the source of Spring Plow’s choices...

This is a bad thing.

The command of the God should be unconditionally followed by the saints under his command, even if knowing it’s a wrong command, executing it could lead to great mistakes.

Right or wrong, that’s the God’s matter.

Whether to act, that’s what the saint should consider.

This time Spring Plow’s actions caused a bit of displeasure in the Storm God’s Throne, and there are many similar displeasures, but he never brought it up, because the Holy City cannot leave this saint... such a large organization, having only one spiritual leader is far from enough.

The Source Tower is a very good example.

Qinglong, although the highest authority of the Source Tower, the priest system was established by Tianshui.

The Storm God’s Throne does not want his church to go down the same old path, but his relationship with Spring Plow is different from Qinglong and Tianshui.

The Spring Plow Saint is a loyal follower of his.

The "Authority Origin" he possesses can be taken back anytime as he wishes.

Spring Plow can control most of the Storm Church.

And he can fully control Spring Plow.

"You seem to have made a mistake."

The Storm God’s Throne shook his head, said indifferently, "You never had the qualification to make a deal with me from the beginning to end."

"I indeed don’t have the qualification to make a deal with you."

The Red Dragon laughed freely, "But I have the right to retain my last dignity."

"I want to live... but I’m not afraid of death either."

"If you truly want to take me under your command, then let the Ancient Literature Society go, it’s the only thing I care about in the Five Continents."

The Red Dragon rasped, "This is my only request."

After hearing this, the Storm God’s Throne fell into silence.

What he most desired was a Red Dragon with thoughts, wisdom, action capability, and a willingness to wholeheartedly work for him.

If what he got was a lifeless shell.

Then, it’s better to kill it.

As a God, he has many ways to invade the Red Dragon’s Spirit Sea, to perform "will cleansing", even attempt to alter the Red Dragon’s cognition.

But these methods were not used by the Storm from the start.

In just thirty or forty years, he has cultivated to Titled Peak, only one step away from touching the origin, the Red Dragon’s cultivation talent is among the top five geniuses in the current entire Five Continents at a glance.

Such a super strong person naturally has his own pride!

The Storm God’s Throne believes that once he dares to touch the Red Dragon’s Spirit Sea, the latter would "commit suicide" without hesitation, giving him no chance to alter cognition.

If not as a last resort.

He really doesn’t want to act rashly.

"Let the Ancient Literature Society go..."

The Storm God’s Throne pondered for a moment, then smiled, "It’s not impossible, how do you want me to let them go?"

"Postpone the transaction date with the Ancient Literature Society."

The Red Dragon calmly said, "You should be planning to set the transaction dates of both parties on the same day and then ambush the Central Continent Ancient Literature Association’s leverage and transaction participants together."

"..." The Storm God’s Throne smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

To postpone the transaction with the Ancient Literature Society.

Which means to dispel the Ancient Literature Society’s intention of trading—

Because the ambush in a transaction can only be used once!

In the original plan of the Storm God’s Throne, after this transaction is over, the church members would immediately board the Storm, leave the Ice Sea, and head directly south! After that, the trivial matters of the Five Continents would have nothing to do with him!