Let them offer their loyalty!

'But... this period is definitely the darkest hour before dawn...'

With this thought, Qiu Tu suddenly realized: why Elder Tang asked him that day if he was willing to accept a challenging mission.

It seems... that mission is to endure this time under Old Pang, to protect himself while not arousing Old Pang's suspicion...

'Tsk. Definitely not a good mission...'

Just as Qiu Tu was thinking this, suddenly, there was a "knock knock knock" at the door of his office.

Qiu Tu snapped out of his thoughts and said, "Come in."

Moments later, the door was pushed open, and Tao Yaoyao walked in, speaking softly, "Speaker, Old Pang is asking for you."

"He said... there's some progress on Xue'er's matter."

Hearing Tao Yaoyao's words, Qiu Tu replied, "Alright, I'll head over in a bit."

Ten minutes later, Qiu Tu headed to the Speaker's conference room with Shen Lingshuang and Tao Yaoyao.

Before pushing the door open, Qiu Tu already heard Rain Butterfly's voice from inside.

Rain Butterfly: "We did indeed find traces of the Evil God in Speaker Qiu's resting room."

"Similarly, traces of that same Evil God were found on Miss Xue'er."

"This proves that Miss Xue'er was indeed abducted by the Evil God that night and delivered to Speaker Qiu's bed."

Hearing Rain Butterfly's words, Old Pang replied somberly, "This is provocation!"

"Today they can sneak into the Speaker's resting room, tomorrow they can outright kill the Speaker!"

"This is a slap in the face to Dongye State as a whole!"

After Old Pang spoke, the conference room fell silent for a moment before a raspy voice spoke up, "We can't definitively conclude that it's the Evil God deliberately causing trouble."

"For all we know, Speaker Qiu might be conspiring with the Evil God to abduct Xue'er."

The next second, Rain Butterfly's sharp voice rang out as she scolded, "Lord Kou, please mind your words!"

Standing outside the door, Qiu Tu listened to the commotion inside, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips.

Just as he suspected... the Evil God is indeed Old Pang's trump card.

Moreover... since Qiu Tu was the first in the Eighth Sanctuary to propose the strategy of "Controlling Evil Gods,"

all matters related to Evil Gods concerning him were bound to become even more sensitive.

In this way, Old Pang could advance by accusing "Qiu Tu of colluding with the Evil God," or retreat by blaming the Evil God entirely, leaving himself unscathed.

As for Old Pang himself... as one of the six leaders of the Sanctuary, he had no enmity with Qiu Tu and no apparent motive or reason to orchestrate such an incident.

Just like Huang Shangzong, before discovering Old Pang's Fog Hidden Association identity—without any hints or reminders from Qiu Tu—he wouldn't have suspected Old Pang even if he racked his brains.

Unfortunately... Qiu Tu possessed the Punishment Divine Domain and a sharp mind and had seen through it all long ago.

In fact... he had even anticipated Old Pang blaming the Evil God and had already devised a counter-strategy.

With this thought, Qiu Tu nodded toward Tao Yaoyao at his side. Tao Yaoyao reached out and pushed open the conference room door.

As the door opened, inside the conference room, Old Pang was seated at the head chair, looking pleased, while Kou Yu, Princess Xi, Rain Butterfly, Yan Chen, Dai Yukang, and Liu Xiongyuan were arranged on either side.

Qiu Tu stepped in with a radiant smile and boldly said, "Who's spouting nonsense in here?"

"Do I need to collude with the Evil God to abduct Xue'er to my bed?"

As he said this, Qiu Tu glanced at the few people present and continued, "I, Qiu Tu, needing to abduct a woman to sleep with her?"

"You all clearly have no understanding of my charms, do you?"

After Qiu Tu spoke, the conference room fell into a brief silence.

After all, no one expected Qiu Tu to say something so frivolous in such a solemn setting.

But on closer reflection, Qiu Tu's words almost seemed to make sense...

After all, Qiu Tu never seemed to lack women at his feet, did he?

Countless women sought to climb into Qiu Tu's bed—even the daughters of his enemies weren't exceptions...

Thinking this, a few in the conference room couldn't help but direct their gaze toward Yan Chen...

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Three chapters totaling 15,000 words (including one extra chapter!)

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