I was selling peach wood swords on a live stream, how did I become a Taoist ancestor?

Chapter 274 Li, the Mastermind, the Taoist Priest

Jason took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and put on a polite smile as he went to meet him.

"Bishop Alberto, welcome to the New World."

He extended his hand and shook hands with the cardinal.

Alberto smiled and nodded: "Director Jason, thank you for your warm hospitality."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jason's gaze unconsciously fell on the blond man again.

Alberto seemed to notice his gaze and stepped aside to introduce him: "This is... one of our church's ascetics."

Ascetic?

Jason sneered inwardly.

But he maintained a polite smile and nodded to the blond man.

"welcome."

The blond man nodded slightly in response.

Those golden eyes were calm and deep, like a bottomless lake.

Jason could see no emotion in those eyes.

There was neither goodwill nor malice.

There is only one kind of aloof indifference...

It's like a person watching a group of ants.

……

The convoy left the airport and headed along the highway toward the headquarters of the Bureau of Paranormal Research.

Jason and Alberto rode in the same car, with the blond man sitting in the passenger seat, not saying a word the entire way.

The car was quiet, with only the soft rustling of tires rolling over the road.

Alberto was the first to break the silence.

"Director Jensen, we deeply regret what happened in Katana."

His voice was sincere, carrying a kind of compassion unique to a shepherd.

"The loss of 300,000 innocent lives is a loss for all of humanity."

Jason was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Bishop Alberto, the energy level of that nature spirit is only seventy-five times the standard value of the divine realm."

He turned his head and looked at Alberto.

"Seventy-five times, and the New World paid the price of 300,000 casualties and eight nuclear weapons."

"And the New World has now detected seventeen similar energy fluctuations."

"In seven of these locations, the difference exceeded one hundredfold."

"The highest point has reached 230 times."

He paused, his voice becoming even lower.

"Bishop Alberto, tell me, what should we do with the New World?"

Alberto was silent for a few seconds, then sighed.

"That is precisely the reason for our visit."

He said his voice carried a genuine concern.

"The Lord said, not one of His lambs shall be lost."

"The people of the New World are also the people of the Lord."

"The church will not stand idly by."

Jason looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"So, how does the church plan to manage this?"

Alberto smiled slightly.

"No rush, we can discuss this in more detail later."

……

Headquarters of the Bureau of Paranormal Research.

In the huge conference hall, the two sides took their seats as guests and hosts.

On the New World side, besides Jensen, there were several high-ranking military officials.

At the Church of Holy Light, besides Alberto and several accompanying clergy, the blond man was also seated at the conference table.

But when Alberto introduced him, he still only referred to him as a "hermit".

Jason didn't press further.

He knew that since the other party was unwilling to reveal their identity, pressing for details would be pointless.

It's better to wait and see.

After the meeting began, Alberto first expressed his concern for the New World, then emphasized the Church of Holy Light's willingness to provide assistance, and finally changed the subject to the issue of the incarnation of the natural spirit.

"Director Jason, according to the intelligence the church has, the number of nature spirits about to descend upon the New World is greater than you have detected."

Alberto's voice was calm, but his words sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.

"Moreover, the rate at which these natural spirits descend upon the world is accelerating."

Jason frowned.

Why?

Alberto paused for a second, then slowly spoke.

"Because of Great Xia."

He looked up at Jason.

"The ley lines of Great Xia are devouring the ley lines that cover the New World."

The moment these words were spoken, the conference room fell silent.

Everyone stared at Alberto with expressions of disbelief.

"That's impossible."

A high-ranking military officer spoke first, his voice full of skepticism.

"How could the ley lines of the Great Xia Dynasty possibly extend to the New World?"

Alberto glanced at him, then took a document from his briefcase and pushed it to the center of the conference table.

"This is a map of the earth's energy distribution as monitored by the church."

He opened the document and pointed to a map on it.

"Look, the ley lines in the eastern part of Great Xia have already touched the ley lines of the New World."

"Wherever it went, all the ley lines were assimilated and devoured."

"At the current rate of expansion, it won't be long before the ley lines of the New World are completely covered by the ley lines of the Great Xia."

Silence fell over the conference room once again.

Everyone was looking at the map, at the red line that stretched eastward from Daxia and grew longer and longer.

That line, straight and firm, was like a sharp arrow piercing directly into the New World.

Jason stared at the map for a long time.

Then he looked up at Alberto.

Why would Great Xia do this?

His voice was calm, but his eyes gleamed with a complex light.

Alberto shook his head.

"It's not that Great Xia wants to do this."

He paused, then spoke slowly and deliberately.

"It is that being from Great Xia who is driving all of this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became even more tense.

Jason's pupils contracted slightly.

"You mean...?"

He spoke slowly, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Was all of this orchestrated by that Taoist priest Li from Great Xia?"

Alberto nodded.

"That's right, he activated the earth veins of the Great Xia, causing them to expand autonomously."

"Once the Great Xia's ley lines completely cover the entire New World, then everything on the New World..."

He paused, not finishing his sentence.

But everyone understood what he meant.

Once the Great Xia's ley lines cover the New World, then the New World's extraordinary power, ley line energy, and even the entire extraordinary system will be under the control of the Great Xia.

At that time, the New World will completely lose its autonomy.

To become a vassal.

A colony.

The conference room was deathly silent.

Everyone looked grim.

Some clenched their fists, some gritted their teeth, and some lowered their heads, not daring to look others in the eye.

Only Jensen remained calm.

He picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a small sip.

Then he put down his cup and looked at Alberto.

"Bishop Alberto, I have a question."

Alberto nodded slightly.

"Please speak."

Jason's voice was very calm, unusually so.

"If the ley lines of the New World are replaced by those of the Great Xia, wouldn't the Great Xia then protect the New World from the threat of nature spirits?"

He paused, looking into Alberto's eyes.

"In any case, things will only get better, not worse."

"Isn't that right?"

Alberto paused for a moment.

He hadn't expected Jason to ask such a question.

In his mind, Jason should feel fear, anger, and unease, and then turn to him for help.

But Jensen didn't.

He was so calm that Alberto felt a little uneasy.

"Director Jason, you're wrong."

At that moment, a clear, cold voice suddenly rang out.

All eyes turned to the blond man.

He sat at the conference table, his hands folded on the table, his golden eyes looking at Jason.

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes.