Chapter 137: When Did It Start?

Yes, Merit was precisely what Xiu Nuo desired.

For it could break through the blockage National Pulse had set on his level of cultivation.

It carried a kind of defiance against the imperial order, correcting the heaven's path amidst chaos and disorder.

But Xiu Nuo cared not for the specifics, he only cared about how much merit it could bring him.

Hanging Thomson from the streetlight was for the sake of Incense, and the current execution of justice was for this purpose.

What did it matter to Mr. Xiu whether these capitalists were punished or not?

But if they could bring Merit to Mr. Xiu, then there was a connection, a very significant one at that.

Xiu Nuo harbored no expectations for the United States' laws to judge them; even if a judgment was made, the Merit would not be his—it might even end up bolstering the United States' National Pulse.

Through the matter of Tom, Xiu Nuo realized that perhaps letting them resolve it themselves was key to his acquisition of Merit.